₹5,146 cr. Rythu Bandhu benefit disbursed in 5 days: Minister
The Hindu
54.37 lakh ryots get investment support for 102.92 lakh acres landholding
About 4.9 lakh farmers with a landholding from 4 to 5 acres each were extended the investment support of ₹5000 per acre, totalling ₹1,050.1 crore, under the Rythu Bandhu scheme on the fifth day of the benefit disbursement on Saturday. The amount was credited into their bank accounts from district treasuries concerned. According to Minister for Agriculture S. Niranjan Reddy, a total of ₹5,145.87 crore has been credited into the bank accounts of about 54.37 lakh farmers with a landholding of about 102.92 lakh acres so as to help them take up kharif cultivation. He stated that the investment support given as grant since 2018 has increased the extent of cultivation and the rising production of various crops over the last last few years is an indication of it. He explained that a highest of ₹401.92 crore has been credited into the accounts of 3,97,260 farmers in Nalgonda district and the least of ₹19.68 crore has been disbursed to 27,819 farmers in Medchal-Malkajigiri district so far. An amount of ₹254.62 crore has been given out to 2,35,549 farmers in Nagarkurnool, while ₹247.67 crore is extended to 2,66,797 farmers in Sangareddy district.
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