Minister for Finance and Health T. Harish Rao has stated that costs of farming have gone up considerably with the unabated increase in fuel prices, burdening farmers badly and eating into their income further as the investment for cultivation has doubled instead of income as promised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Speaking in Banswada constituency in Kamareddy district on Friday, he said tilling an acre of land would cost ₹2,000 till BJP came to power but now it had gone up to ₹5,000 to ₹6,000 as the price of litre diesel had gone up to ₹110 from just ₹60. Similarly, engaging paddy harvester would cost only ₹1,200 per acre in the past, while it had gone up to ₹2,500 now.
Mr. Harish Rao participated in several development programmes in Banswada constituency along with Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, who represents the constituency. Among others, he laid foundation stone for Jakora lift which is likely to irrigate about 6,000 acres.
