CM Reddy credits ₹2190 crore in farmers' accounts
The Hindu
Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said that that the government is committed to farmer welfare.
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday credited a total of ₹2190 crores under YSR Rythu Bharosa, YSR Sunna Vaddi Panta Runalu and YSR Yantra Seva Padhakam directly into the accounts of all the eligible farmers across the State.
Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said that that the government is committed to farmer welfare and keeping up the promise by crediting ₹2052 crore under YSR Rythu Bharosa for the third consecutive year benefiting 50.37 lakh farmers. So far, through Rythu Bharosa alone, the government had disbursed ₹18,777 crores benefiting all the farmers cultivating their own lands and all the eligible tenant farmers of BC, SC, ST and Minorities along with those cultivating RoFR and endowment lands.
Similarly, reimbursing the interest for the loans taken under YSR Sunna Vaddi Panta Runalu, the Chief Minister credited ₹112.7 crore directly into the accounts of 6.67 lakh farmers. Since the inception the government, nearly ₹ 1674 crore was given under YSR Sunna Vaddi Panta Runalu scheme, which includes ₹1180 crore evaded by the previous government. He said that 9160 banking correspondents were brought to 10778 RBKs to facilitate loans and other banking services to the farmers.