CM Revanth announced that this Congress Government is for the welfare of the farming community. All out efforts will be put in to develop the farmers.
My government is committed to provide Rs 15,000 per acre to every eligible farmer under the Rythu Bharosa scheme,” the Chief Minister Revanth Reddy announced during his address.
He recalled that a Cabinet Subcommittee was also constituted and it had visited different places across the State to seek opinions and suggestions from farmers, agriculture labourers , intellectuals and farmer associations on Rythu Bharosa. The previous government paid only Rs 10,000 per acre, he said.
The Government has also decided to join the Fasal Bima Yojana scheme to implement the crop insurance scheme. Government will pay the premium on behalf of the farmers and provide security to the crops
with any burden on the farming community.
The Chief Minister also said that the Government had deposited Rs6,098 crore in the farmers bank accounts directly on July 18 under farm loan waiver scheme and relieved them from debt burden up to Rs 1 lakh in the first installment. In the second phase, 6.40 lakh farmers availed the farm loan waiver scheme benefit.
