CM Revanth, Ministers contradict on funds for farmers, women’s welfare

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and his Cabinet colleagues presented differing figures on welfare spending for farmers and women during a public meeting in Khammam. While the CM claimed Rs 1.70 lakh crore was spent on farm schemes, Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao pegged it at Rs 1.60 lakh crore.

Khammam: There seems to be a lack of concurrence among Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and his Cabinet colleagues on the money spent on the welfare of farmers and women in the State.

During a Rythu Ashirwada Sabha held at Jagannadhapuram in Khammam on Friday the Chief Minister released Rythu Bharosa funds and issued e-Pattadar passbooks to farmers.

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Addressing the gathering he said funds worth Rs 1.70 lakh crore have been spent towards Rythu Bima, loan waiver, Rythu Bharosa, MSP and crop loss compensation since the Congress came to power.

Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao who addressed the gathering earlier claimed that funds worth Rs 1.60 lakh crore have been spent so far on farmers in the State including irrigation.

The same was the case in terms of claims on women’s welfare made by Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka and Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy. Vikramarka said that with Rs 20,000 crore bank linkages being provided every year an amount of Rs 67,000 crore was offered to women as interest free loans through banks.

On the other hand, Srinivas Reddy stated that an amount of Rs 63,000 crore was given to women in the State as interest free loans so far. The difference in figures mentioned by them left the public confused about whose figures were correct.

Srinivas Reddy announced that 17,000 to 20,000 government jobs would be notified in the coming days while Vikramarka revealed that Rs 5 lakh Indiramma Bima would be implemented for 1.15 crore families in the State.