The Sub-Committee, headed by Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, held the first meeting in Khammam on Wednesday.
The meeting, held in the erstwhile Khammam district, was attended by two other members of the Subcommittee: Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao and Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that the Congress government is determined to implement the Rythu Bharosa scheme. The Sub-Committee was constituted last month to receive feedback from farmers and other stakeholders to work out modalities for the scheme.
Rythu Bharosa was one of the schemes promised by the Congress in the Assembly elections. Under the scheme, annual financial assistance of Rs 15,000 per acre will be provided to farmers. This scheme will replace the existing Rythu Bandhu, implemented by the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government, under which farmers received Rs 10,000 per acre.
Vikramarka, who is also the Finance Minister, said the Sub-Committee exercise is aimed at taking suggestions to draft modalities for benefits to reach eligible farmers. The Sub-Committee will visit all 10 erstwhile districts to take suggestions from people and farmers before submitting its report to the government. The report will be discussed in the next Budget session of the state legislature before finalizing the modalities.
He said the government would make an allocation for the implementation of the plan in the full state budget for 2024-25. He said since the Center could not present a comprehensive union budget due to the Lok Sabha elections, the state government also had to present a poll-on-account budget.
Agriculture Minister Nageswara Rao said the government was taking all necessary steps to give justice to small and marginal farmers. He said the previous government's plans did not reach the real beneficiaries. Revenue Minister Srinivasa Reddy said the exercise was aimed at ensuring that public money is not misused. He said that the previous government used to take decisions within four walls and impose them on the people, but his government was working in a transparent manner taking feedback from the people.
The Rythu Bharosa scheme will cover tenant farmers as promised by the Congress. Tenant farmers were not beneficiaries of the previous government's scheme. There were also allegations that during the Rythu Bandhu government, assistance was provided to landowners, including those who were not engaged in agriculture.
The meeting, held in the erstwhile Khammam district, was attended by two other members of the Subcommittee: Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao and Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that the Congress government is determined to implement the Rythu Bharosa scheme. The Sub-Committee was constituted last month to receive feedback from farmers and other stakeholders to work out modalities for the scheme.
Rythu Bharosa was one of the schemes promised by the Congress in the Assembly elections. Under the scheme, annual financial assistance of Rs 15,000 per acre will be provided to farmers. This scheme will replace the existing Rythu Bandhu, implemented by the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government, under which farmers received Rs 10,000 per acre.
Vikramarka, who is also the Finance Minister, said the Sub-Committee exercise is aimed at taking suggestions to draft modalities for benefits to reach eligible farmers. The Sub-Committee will visit all 10 erstwhile districts to take suggestions from people and farmers before submitting its report to the government. The report will be discussed in the next Budget session of the state legislature before finalizing the modalities.
He said the government would make an allocation for the implementation of the plan in the full state budget for 2024-25. He said since the Center could not present a comprehensive union budget due to the Lok Sabha elections, the state government also had to present a poll-on-account budget.
Agriculture Minister Nageswara Rao said the government was taking all necessary steps to give justice to small and marginal farmers. He said the previous government's plans did not reach the real beneficiaries. Revenue Minister Srinivasa Reddy said the exercise was aimed at ensuring that public money is not misused. He said that the previous government used to take decisions within four walls and impose them on the people, but his government was working in a transparent manner taking feedback from the people.
The Rythu Bharosa scheme will cover tenant farmers as promised by the Congress. Tenant farmers were not beneficiaries of the previous government's scheme. There were also allegations that during the Rythu Bandhu government, assistance was provided to landowners, including those who were not engaged in agriculture.
