Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 11th installment of financial benefits worth Rs 21,000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme to more than 10 crore farmers in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh today. PM Modi is on a visit to Shimla today where he will interact with the beneficiaries of 16 schemes and programmes implemented by nine ministries. The event will be telecast across the country as ‘Garib Kalyan Sammelan’ via video conferencing, the agriculture ministry said in a statement earlier. It is being organised under the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ year-long celebrations. "PM will release the 11th installment of Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme worth Rs 21,000 crores," the statement said.