"farm-loan-waiver"

Farmers failing to get considered in the first phase remittances, took up their issues with the branch heads of their respective banks.

Speaking at a media conference at Telangana Bhavan on Wednesday, the former Agriculture Minister criticised the current guidelines on the loan waiver as defective and restrictive.

Harish Rao outlined numerous flaws in the current guidelines and demanded immediate changes to support farmers effectively.

Special Chief Secretary for Finance K Ramakrishna Rao was instructed to release Rs.5,809.78 crore for the benefit of 9,02,843 farmers in the State

The farmers wrote the letters 'KCR' with paddy seedlings in the paddy field. In a similar programme in Kothagudem, BRS leaders took out a massive rally thanking the Chief Minister.

In the last five days since the launch of second installment of crop loan waiver, about Rs 172.86 crore have been deposited into the bank accounts of about 63,074 farmers

Chief Minister K Palaniswami said the scheme would come into immediate effect and the required financial allocation would be made by his government.