Telangana: Farmers to get Rythu Bandhu dole in 10 days

HYDERABAD: With farmers getting ready for monsoon cultivation, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has directed officials to deposit Rythu Bandhu amount within 10 to 12 days. The CM said farmers have responded to the government’s suggestions on the regulated farming and getting ready to sow seeds in 1.25 crore acres.
The CM held a high-level review meeting on Rythu Bandhu and regulated cultivation on Monday with agriculture minister S Niranjan Reddy and Rythu Bandhu Samithi president Palla Rajeshwar Reddy along with other officials. He said every farmer should get the benefit and the amount should be deposited in their accounts in a week or ten days time.

KCR instructed officials to prepare a plan for the rabi season crops as they did it for the monsoon (vanakalam) season. “Apart from advising farmers on which crops they should cultivate during the rabi, seeds for the crops suggested should be made available by the officials,” he said.
In the previous rabi season, all types of crops were cultivated in 53.5 lakhs. This rabi season, due to availability of water from the projects as well as the good rains, the crop cultivation may increase by another 10 lakh to 12 lakh acres. “Maize, which was discouraged during the monsoon, can be cultivated in rabi. Paddy should be cultivated in 45 lakh acres, Maize in 6 lakh to 7 lakh acres, chickpea in 4 lakh acres, groundnut in 5 lakh acres and vegetables in 1.5 lakh acres. Make availability of seeds accordingly,” the chief minister said.
Officials said that based on the government’s instructions, already seeds were sown in 11 lakh acres. The farmers have also purchased seeds based on the suggestion given by the government on the crops to be cultivated.
State govt releases another Rs 1,500 crore for Rythu Bandhu
The government on Monday released another Rs 1,500 crore under the Rythu Bandhu scheme. Earlier, the government had released Rs 5,300 crore. Agriculture minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy said that despite the Covid-19 crisis, the government had released the funds. “Like no other state, Telangana allocated Rs 7000 crore towards its agriculture budget,” he said.