By Thursday evening, around 42.43 lakh farmers comprising mostly small and marginal farmers and covering nearly two-thirds of the total 63.25 lakh eligible farmers in the State would have received their amount
On the first day of disbursement, about 16.95 lakh farmers with less than one acre land have received about Rs 516.96 crore into their respective bank accounts under the scheme.
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.
Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan reiterated that the State government has no other priority sector than agriculture and there is no other important person other than the farmer
Collector said that officials of all the departments should work in coordination for effective implementation of welfare schemes and development programmes taken up by govt
He complained that the Centre through the Food Corporation of India (FCI) had imposed restrictions on superfine quality paddy procurement at prices higher than the MSP.
The Chief Justice said that the “present scheme of the government does not follow the thresholds of security as required under the Information and Technology Rules, 2011”.
Indrakaran Reddy said the government was striving hard to provide irrigation facilities to farmers besides supplying uninterrupted quality power for agriculture needs round the clock