Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed farmers at the 'Kisan Kalyan' event in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen through video conferencing on December 18.
"Today Rs 16,000 crore are being transferred into the bank accounts of 35 lakh farmers of Madhya Pradesh," he said.
He added, "Today, several farmers have been given Kisan Credit Card.
Earlier, they were not available to all farmers.
But we changed rules to make Kisan Credit Card available to all farmers across the country."