Every district was required to open a bank account into which those who had received notices were required to deposit the recuperated funds. This is the untold story of India’s Rs 3,000-crore farmer scheme scam.
On October 29, Himadri Seshadri, an assistant officer with Assam's Agriculture Directorate, arrived at her workplace and went straight to the PM-Kisan website, the federal government's main farmer assistance program. PM-Kisan, which was launched in 2019, seeks to pay Rs 6,000 to millions of qualified farmers across India in three payments every year.
To enter the dashboard for the state of Assam, Seshadri entered in the organization's official username and password. She was locked out, reports Scroll.
"Someone had changed the password. They must have done it at night because the last time I logged in was before leaving the office," Seshadri explained the next day at her Guwahati office.
The portal is only accessible to individuals with official accounts and pas...