<span style="color: #222222;">Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Prahlad Singh Patel has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has empowered farmers by giving them modern digital technology. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi today, Mr. Patel said that through digital techniques, the assistance given by the government to the farmers has now started reaching the farmers directly.<br />''<br />''The Minister said, through e-NAM Mandi, more than one crore 74 lakh farmers have been linked across the country. He added that more than eleven crore farmers in the country have benefited from the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. Mr. Patel said, through the PM Kisan scheme, two lakh 16 thousand crore rupees have been directly deposited in the accounts of these farmers. </span><br />