Mumbai, Oct. 31 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday transferred Rs.1,835 crore to the bank accounts of 91,12,765 farmers in Maharashtra as part of the 24th instalment of the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, state government officials said here. The funds were transferred during a programme addressed by Modi in Banaskantha in neighbouring Gujarat, in which Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis took part virtually from his official residence 'Varsha' in south Mumbai, a release from the CMO informed. "Jeevan ke antim kshan tak janta ki seva main hi juta rahunga (I will continue to serve the people until my last breath)," Modi said. "There are those who wish to see the country in distress, they actually derive pleasure when the nation faces hardship," he said. Meanwhile,Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary also addressed the Pradhan Mantri Kisan utsav at Banaskantha in Gujarat through video conferencing from Patna. He highlighted that Bihar government had disbursed Rs.1,476 crore to 7.3 million households of farmers under the PM Kisan Samnan Nidhi scheme so far. CM Choudhary also outlined how the state government was taking major initiatives to increase the income of farmers with several new measures being taken for silt management to provide succour to farmers who were affected by silt deposition after floods in their fields. P3 & P4...