-The scheme was launched to provide income support to all landholding farmers’ families across the country and enable them to meet expenses related to agriculture as well as domestic needs, it added.

-Total number of beneficiaries covered under the scheme is about 14 crore, based on estimates of the Agriculture Census 2015-16.

“Finance Minister Smt @nsitharaman emphasised that growing inequality has slowed down the pace of inter-generational mobility globally. She pointed out that identifying the causes and developing solutions require coordinated policy solutions,” the ministry tweeted.