"rythu-bharosa"

Highlights severe challenges faced by farmers, warns that decrease in cultivated area dangerous sign for survival of ryots

With less than 50 days remaining in the season, the cultivation of major crops like paddy, cotton, and pulses is in jeopardy.

Addressing a programme at his camp office on Saturday, Harish Rao said the Congress government had denied many schemes that they had promised during the election campaign.

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

The government also assured the implementation of a crop loan waiver for farmers with loans up to Rs 2 lakh without any conditions.

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.

Slamming the State government for curtailing the budget session, Harish Rao said the Congress government was not only evading promises made to the people but was also evading facing questions in the Assembly.

Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka is scheduled to present the full-scale budget on July 25, with a reported outlay of more than Rs.2.9 lakh crore.

Reacting to a farmer’s appeal for providing insurance facility to crops, the Minister made these comments while participating in Rythu Bharosa consultation meeting held in a private function hall here on Friday.

Despite Agriculture Minister Thummala Nageshwar Rao’s repeated appeal to farmers for advice on how to extend Rythu Bharosa to tenant farmers, a majority of the farmers skipped the subject.

Mobilizing agriculture investment support from private sources is an uphill task. Loan waiver should have been scheduled after Rythu Bharosa.

Speaking at Telangana Bhavan on Friday, Rajeshwar Reddy criticised the Congress government for its insufficient support to farmers.

In a press statement on Thursday, Prabhakar said the conditions mentioned by the government in the GO would deprive many farmers of the benefit.

Referring to the tall claims being made by the Congress government and the propaganda launched by it on the loan waiver, Niranjan Reddy called it much ado about nothing.

Chengal Reddy said that every farmer, irrespective of the land in his possession, should merit consideration for the government support for crop investment.

The previous BRS government used to release water to Kudavelly Vagu, and all the canals under Mallanna Sagar, Kondapochamma Sagar, Ranganayaka Sagar and other projects under Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme, says Kotha Prabhakar Reddy.

Addressing the media here on Saturday, Ramanna said that the government was in a miserable situation where it could not provide the same welfare schemes as implemented in the previous BRS government.

Mesram Jangu, a tribal farmer from Narnoor mandal maintained that the scheme should be confined to tribal and dalit farmers, while exempting landlords.

Addressing BJP Mahila Morcha workers at Dharna Chowk here on Tuesday, Kishan Reddy said though seven months had passed, the Congress government had not fulfilled the promises made during the polls.

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