PM Modi assumes office; signs first file about release of PM Kisan Nidhi funds

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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assumed office and signed the first file pertaining to release of PM Kisan Nidhi funds, officials said.

Modi said his government is fully committed to ‘kisan kalyan’; and it was fitting that the first file he signed after taking charge is related to farmer welfare.

“We want to keep working even more for farmers and the agriculture sector in the times to come,” Modi said.