The Andhra Pradesh government on March 6 (Wednesday) released ₹1,294.58 crore towards input subsidy. It would benefit 11.57 lakh farmers who had lost their crops due to drought in 2023 and Michaung cyclone in December that year.
Releasing the amount at a programme held at his camp office here, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said Andhra Pradesh “is the only State paying input subsidy to the farmers for the crop loss in the same season.”
Out of the total subsidy, ₹847 crore would be paid to 6.96 lakh farmers hit by drought in 103 mandals of seven districts, while the remaining was for the benefit of 4.61 lakh farmers who suffered losses due to cyclone.