"rythu-bandhu"

The district BRS president said that Rs 15,000 crore of rupees were deposited in the accounts of farmers under the Rythu Bandhu scheme in just one year during the previous government's tenure.

The latest BRS initiative to be selected for the name changing game is the Palle Pragathi programme, which has been renamed as 'Swacchadanam – Pacchadanam'.

In the 9 days that the Assembly met, spanning over 65.3 hours, including for one record 17 hour session till 3.15 am, speeches by 132 members and five bills passed apart from two short discussions, meaningful discussions were rare, with the Government refusing discussions even on topics like the much hyped job calendar.

Former minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy pointed out that there was no mention about the support for the tenant farmers and the farm workers in the State budget.

Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao on Wednesday hinted that the framework for the scheme would be finalised only after the implementation of the farm loan waiver scheme by the end of August.

The RBI informed that due to technical problems, around Rs 84.94 crore was not credited into 17,877 bank accounts which would be now returned to the State government after rectifying the issue, said Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao charged that the Congress government was yet again deceiving the farmers.

MLA T Harish Rao outlined numerous flaws in the current guidelines and demanded immediate changes to support farmers effectively. He said the loan waiver norms must be simplified and inclusive, in order to waive loans availed by every farmer.

Taking to X, he shared the concern of the farmers over the denial of the cash support towards crop investment under the Rythu Bandhu

Farmers could not take up sowing of any other dry crops such as maize, red gram and other crops due to lack of adequate rainfall

Accusing Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, BJP Medak MP M Raghunandan Rao alleged that the constitution of cabinet sub-committee for the implementation of Rythu Bharosa was an attempt to delay the scheme.

He criticised the Congress rule, stating that their tenure had historically led to mismanagement of the State administration and dissatisfaction among the people.

In a statement, Rama Rao lashed out at the State government for imposing numerous restrictions to reduce eligible farmers.

They made it clear that Maharashtra state, especially its peasant community was more in need of the BRS and its support for reviving the fortunes of the farmers.

He stated that the Government would come out with a whitepaper on the way the crop investment support was implemented so far and the way forward in the budget session either in June or early July.

Govt to insist on affidavit for tenant farmers

Under BRS rule, agriculture sector witnessed major transformation in State

Pointing out that the Congress party had secured a vote percentage of 39.5 per cent in the Assembly elections, he said the party would improve it in the Lok Sabha elections

“One guarantee is still left. Due to the model code of conduct, we could not implement the guarantee,” Kharge said at a press conference here on Friday.

The Congress had promised everything for everyone, but was imposing conditions for their implementation after assuming power.