We have delivered more than what we promised to farmers, says A.P. Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy
The Hindu
We have delivered more than what we promised to farmers, says A.P. Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy. Every decision of the government has been taken considering the welfare of farmers and farm workers, he asserts after releasing financial assistance under the YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan and YSR Sunna Vaddi Panta Runalu schemes.
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on February 28 (Wednesday) disbursed ₹1,078.36 crore as the third tranche of financial assistance under the YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan scheme. He also released another ₹215.98 crore under the YSR Sunna Vaddi Panta Runalu initiative.
As many as 53.58 lakh farmers received the benefit under the Rythu Bharosa scheme, while 10.78 lakh farmers received the aid under the Sunna Vaddi initiative.
Speaking after releasing the amounts directly into the bank accounts of the beneficiary farmers at his camp office at Tadepalli, near here, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said the government firmly believed that the State’s wellbeing depended on the prosperity of the farmers.
“Over the last 57 months, every decision of the government has been taken considering the welfare of farmers and farm workers. Throughout these five years, we have consistently offered support through Rythu Bharosa,” he said.
He said the government had disbursed more than ₹34,000 crore for the welfare of the farmers, and that each beneficiary of the Rythu Bharosa–PM Kisan received ₹67,500 in the last 57 months.
The Chief Minister claimed that his government had outperformed itself and delivered more than what it promised in the manifesto to benefit the farmers. “We promised to give ₹50,000 to each farmer in five years, but we have given ₹67,500,” he said.
Referring to the aid given under Sunna Vaddi scheme, he said the beneficiaries who had been consistently repaying loans received the financial assistance. “So far, 84.66 lakh farmers have received ₹2,050 crore as interest subsidy under this scheme in the last 57 months,” he said.