The investment support under the state's flagship scheme will cover 1,48,23,000 acres across the state, said Agriculture Minister
Among the districts, Nalgonda received the highest assistance of ₹601.74 crore, benefitting 4,69,696 farmers.
Under Rythu Bandhu, the government credits ₹5,000 per acre into the farmers' bank accounts before the beginning of every crop season.
For the Rabi season, the disbursement target is ₹7,646 crore. The authorities began depositing the amount in the farmers' accounts in the last week of December.
When the scheme was launched in 2018, the state government was providing ₹8,000 per acre per year (for both Rabi and Kharif seasons). The amount was enhanced to ₹10,000 from 2019.
On January 10, the cumulative assistance provided under the scheme touched the ₹50,000 crore mark.
He demanded that the Central government announce a national policy for the welfare of farmers.
Stating that farmers were facing a lot of problems due to shortage of farm labourers, Niranjan Reddy reiterated the demand that the Central government should link National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) with the agriculture sector.
He said the state governments should fix the Minimum Support Price (MSP) considering the crop cultivation and other factors in their respective regions and the Centre should procure the entire produce at MSP.
He said it was unfortunate that the Centre was doing nothing except declaring MSP and demanded the Union government to implement recommendations of the Swaminathan Committee.
"The Centre should bring a change in its approach towards agriculture as 60 per cent of the country's population is dependent on this sector," he said.
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