More than Rs 18,880 crore will be transferred directly into the bank accounts of over 9.44 crore farmers across the country, including more than 2.18 crore women beneficiaries. With this disbursement, the total amount released under the PM-KISAN scheme since its launch in 2019 will exceed Rs 4.46 lakh crore

To address these challenges, the IIT Guwahati team utilised sulphate-reducing bacteria, microorganisms that naturally grow in oxygen-free environments. The bacteria convert sulphate present in wastewater into sulphide, which reacts with dissolved lead to form lead sulphide, a solid mineral that can be removed from water