Farmers gearing up for season, are expected to go for cotton in a big way as early monsoon is expected to favour the crop.The government had targeted cotton in over 55 lakh acres this year.
The Finance Department released Rs.2,423 crore under the Rythu Bandhu head, the flagship programme of the previous BRS government which had paid the farmer 11 trenches of it with unfailing regularity.
The State government will deposit the Rythu Bandhu amount of Rs 5,000 per acre in the bank accounts of farmers from June 15 to 25, for this Vaankalaam (Kharif) crop season.
