The Bharat Rashtra Samithi-led Telangana government’s struggle to mobilise funds to effectively implement its flagship schemes is proving to be worrying for it, with the State set for elections in less than six months.
The government made a budgetary provision of ₹17,700 crore for Dalit Bandhu, where the government provides a one-time capital assistance of ₹10 lakh each to Dalit families to aid their entrepreneurial aspirations. Under Rythu Bandhu, another flagship scheme, the government provides ₹5,000 per acre per farmer each season for the purchase of inputs and other investments. The government allocated more than ₹15,000 crore for Rythu Bandhu in the Budget for this fiscal.
It began crediting these amounts to farmers’ accounts after the commencement of the kharif season. Farmers who own land up to five acres received the funds. But the process has slowed down due to financial constraints.
