A Kissan Sammelan cum Webcast Prgogramme was organised at ICAR-CISH, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Malda (W.B.) on the occasion of release of grant to the eligible beneficiaries of 17th PM Kissan Samman Nidhi on 18.06.2024. During the programme a live webcast of Honble Prime Ministers programme was broadcasted to the farmers and farm women of Malda District under the chairmanship of Dr. D. K. Raghav, Head of KVK Malda. In the event, Shri Shantanu Thakur Honble Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India participated as the Chief Guest. He visited the KVK administrative buildings, Laboratory and Farm and planted a Sapota sapling near the KVK Guest House. In his address, the chief guest informed the farmers about the schemes launched by the Government of India for farmers welfare. He said, Kisan Samman Nidhi is one of the most popular schemes in the world which directly benefits the farming community. A Farmers- Scientist interaction was held on Natural farming and income generation of farmers community with active participation of resource persons from the office of Deputy Director (Horticulture), Asst. Director Agriculture (Admin.), Dr. D. K. Raghav (Sr. Scientist cum Head), Dr. Dipak Nayak, Dr. P. Barman, Dr. Shailesh Kumar, Mr. V.V. Diptikar, Mr. Nabin Kr. Das and resource person of IMD Malda. A total of more than 500 participants have benefitted from the program. During the programme, high yielding variety of Paddy Seeds sponsored by ICAR-CRIJAF was distributed among the farmers.