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Hans India
6 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Tummala Nageshwar Rao assures implementation of Rythu Bharosa without fail
Telangana's Agriculture Minister, Tummala Nageswara Rao, has reiterated that the Rythu Bharosa scheme will remain in place for as long as the Congress government is in power. The minister announced that government officials are currently in the process of identifying lands that are unsuitable for cultivation. Looking ahead, Rao indicated that the Rythu Bharosa scheme will be exclusively tailored to support cultivated lands. He also assured that the concerns over the non deposit of the funds into beneficiaries accounts due to technical issue will be resolved as early as possible.


The Hindu
23-06-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Rythu Bharosa disbursement to be completed today
HYDERABAD The Telangana government has almost completed the disbursement of investment support to the landholding farming community under the Rythu Bharosa scheme, as promised before the commencement of the process, Minister for Agriculture Tummala Nageswara Rao said. An amount of ₹8,284.66 crore has been credited to the bank accounts of 67.01 lakh farmers with landholding up to 15 acres in a matter of just eight days, seven days effectively, and it is the speediest disbursement of the benefit ever since the introduction of the scheme in Kharif 2018-19 season, the Minister stated on Monday. The investment support to farmers with landholding above 15 acres would be completed on Tuesday. The disbursement was taken up on June 16 and on the first day, farmers with landholding up to 2 acres were credited with ₹2,349.83 crore, followed by farmers with holding up to 3 acres with ₹1,551.89 crore, up to 4 acres with ₹1,313.53 crore, up to 5 acres with ₹1,189.44 crore, up to 7 acres with ₹905.92 crore, up to 9 acres with ₹460.25 crore and up to 15 acres with ₹513.83 crore over the next six days. The Minister said that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy would address the farming community as part of the Rythu Nestham programme on the completion of the disbursement of the benefit for the season and other measures initiated by the government. The Minister explained that the BRS government had completed the disbursement of Rythu Bandhu (for two seasons) in 128 days in 2018, 132 days in 2019, 169 days in 2020, 69 days in 2021 and 108 days in 2022. As promised the Congress government had also implemented the farm loan waiver scheme by August 15 last year, he stated.
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Business Standard
23-06-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
T'gana govt to hold event for transferring Rs 9,000 cr payout to farmers
The Telangana government will hold a public function in Hyderabad to mark the transfer of about Rs 9,000 crore to farmers' accounts in just nine days under the 'Rythu Bharosa' investment support scheme, state Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said. The event, which will be attended by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and his cabinet colleagues, will take place on Tuesday evening near the Rajiv Gandhi statue outside the Telangana Secretariat complex, Rao added. The minister, who reviewed the arrangements for the event with officials on Monday, said Rs 9,000 crore has been transferred to farmers' accounts ahead of the monsoon to ensure they have funds to carry out agricultural activities. Recalling the farm loan waiver of Rs 70,000 crore during the UPA regime led by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Rao said the present Congress government has already spent Rs 21,000 crore on loan waivers. Chief Minister Revanth Reddy launched the disbursal of funds under the 'Rythu Bharosa' scheme on June 16. He had announced that the government would transfer Rs 9,000 crore in nine days under the scheme, despite economic challenges. The 'Rythu Bharosa' scheme will benefit 70,11,984 farmers, covering 1.49 lakh acres, Reddy had said.


Time of India
18-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Hyderabad govt rolls out Rythu Bharosa scheme; non-arable land excluded from benefits and Rs 2,349 crore disbursed
HYDERABAD: The Congress govt has clarified that the removal of nearly 2.95 lakh acres from the Rythu Bharosa scheme was due to ineligibility, and not any imposed acreage cap. The state govt launched the ambitious farmer support scheme on Monday without restricting landholding size. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Instead, the only criterion was that the land had to be arable. Non-arable parcels - such as roads, rocky terrain, real estate plots, or land left uncultivated for over four years - were excluded. This rationalisation helped the govt save approximately 170 crore. Senior officials said that even if land isn't currently under cultivation, as long as it is suitable for agriculture, it qualifies for benefits. Moreover, land that can be developed into arable plots will be considered for support in that season itself, making the exempted acreage dynamic across seasons. Earlier speculation suggested the govt might cap benefits to landholdings of up to 10 acres. However, this did not materialise. "We prioritised the core principle - supporting those with land suitable for agriculture," said officials. Farmers who recently received pattas (land titles) have been given until June 20 to apply. On the second day of disbursement, agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao announced that 1,551 crore had already been transferred to 10.45 lakh small farmers with up to three acres. He assured that all eligible farmers - regardless of land size - would receive their share shortly, and no one would be left out. Funds are being directly credited into bank accounts, avoiding any transaction issues. Chief minister A Revanth Reddy kicked off the scheme on Monday by crediting 6,000 per acre into the accounts of farmers owning up to two acres. So far, 2,349.83 crore has been distributed for 39.16 lakh acres, covering 41.25 lakh farmers. The total outlay for the nine-day rollout stands at 9,000 crore.


The Hindu
10-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
KCR to depose today before panel probing Kaleshwaram row
Hyderabad As the inquiry into the 'collapsed' Medigadda barrage deepens with claims and contradictions by both the ruling Congress and BRS, former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will depose before the P.C. Ghose Commission on Wednesday. Amidst the confusion over the project's idea, shifting of location and discrepancies in permission dates and actual grounding of project, the spotlight is on KCR as he is the 'man behind the Kaleshwaram project'. The Congress government claims that contradicting statements made by former ministers Eatala Rajender, Tummala Nageswara Rao and T. Harish Rao on how the Medigadda barrage was conceived, approved, and executed, throw light on the deeper issues. Hornet's nest Finance Minister under BRS government and now BJP MP Mr. Rajender's claim that construction of the Medigadda barrage was taken up as per the decision of a Cabinet Sub-Committee has stirred up a hornet's nest. He apparently also claimed that the KLIP was approved by the Cabinet. But these claims were rebutted by current Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, who was part of the same sub-committee. He categorically denied that the panel had any role in approving the Medigadda barrage, and said that the GO granting administrative sanction for its construction was issued before the panel was even formed. Records reveal that on March 1, 2016, the GO was issued for the construction of Medigadda, and the Cabinet Sub-Committee was constituted two weeks later, on March 15, 2016, to study the re-engineering of irrigation projects. Mr. Nageswara Rao released these documents to support his claim that sanction was given much before the sub-committee was formed. Meanwhile, former Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao, who also deposed before the Commission, claimed that the Medigadda barrage was built on the recommendations of the Central Water Design (CWD) body and consultancy firm WAPCOS. However, Government sources reveal that on April 2, 2015, the Chief Engineer of the Irrigation Department wrote to the Principal Secretary requesting the preparation of a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Medigadda. Subsequently, on April 13, 2015, the government issued a GO officially assigning WAPCOS the task of preparing the DPR for Medigadda. Pointing this out, the government now claims that the project appears to have been pre-decided at the highest level rather than driven by a consultancy recommendation. Now, KCR's deposition will be critical in determining the mismatch in the conflicting claims of Mr. Rajender, Mr. Nageswar Rao and Mr. Harish Rao. Some of the questions likely to be posed to him are: Why was the project site shifted from Tummidihatti to Medigadda?, Was there any Cabinet approval for the project?, Were there design or execution flaws flagged during construction?, Why were bills cleared before the performance tests, and what steps were taken after NDSA and Vigilance raised quality and structural concerns?