Bhubaneswar: The 24th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme will be disbursed on Friday on the occasion of PM Kisan Utsav Diwas. The national-level programme will be held at Banaskantha in Gujarat, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend as chief guest and release the instalment to farmers across the country.In Odisha, the state-level programme will be held at 9 am at OUAT Krushi Shiksha Sadan in Bhubaneswar. A total of Rs 707.85 crore will be transferred directly to the bank accounts of 35,39,297 farmers in the state. CM Mohan Charan Majhi and deputy CM Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo will attend the programme.PM KISAN is a central govt scheme launched in 2019 to provide financial support to landholding farmer families across India. Under the scheme, eligible farmers receive Rs 6,000 annually in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000 each, directly transferred to their bank accounts through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). The objective is to help farmers meet agricultural and household expenses and improve their financial security.