The much awaited Rythu bandhu amount by the farmers will be disbursed from to by the Telangana government.
In this season, a total 68.94 laks farmers will be getting the input assistance of Rs 7,654.43 crore to an extent of land measuring 153.11 lakh acres in the state. Today on the first day, a total of 19.98 lakh farmers will get Rs 586.65 crore and the rest in phased manner every day.
This time 3.64 farmers were added holding an extent of 1.5 lakh acres due buying and selling of land, mutations among others.
This is the ninth year the TRS government is proving rythu bandhu assistance to the farmers and amounts to a total Rs 58,000 crore.
The chief minister Mr KCR bravely took the decision and had come up with scheme despite non cooperation by the central government and its conspiracies.
The central government even tried to stall the TRS government from mobilizing resources to implement welfare programmes like rythu bandhu but Mr KCR remained determined.
The scheme was lauded by one and all both within the country and abroad. There was no such scheme of helping the farmers anywhere in the world. It attracted the attention of all.
Now the rythu bandhu remains a prestigious programme of Telangana government and a favourite of farmers in the state topping all other programmes.
The state government is already providing free quality power to farmers spending Rs 10,000 crore annually besides rythu bheema, an insurance scheme where the family of a deceased farmer would be paid Rs 5 lakh immediately. So far the government gave Rs 4,150.90 crore towards rythu bheema.
By Gollapudi Srinivasa Rao