Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA from Station Ghanpur constituency in Jangaon district Thatikonda Rajaiah assumed office as the chairman of the Telangana State Rythu Bandhu Samithi (RBS) here on Monday.
Speaking after taking charge at the RBS office in Public Gardens, Mr. Rajaiah said the K. Chandrasekhar Rao government had given top priority to the agriculture sector and introduced unique initiatives such as Rythu Bandhu under which investment support of ₹5,000 per acre for two seasosn every year was being given to every landholding farmer since 2018 Kharif and Rythu Bima for providing life insurance cover of ₹5 lakh to every landholding farmer up to 59 years of age.
The two schemes had won accolades within the country and inspired several other State governments to introduce schemes on similar lines, he said adding that he Centre too had introduced PM Kisan Samman Yojana based on it and the two schemes were also termed as positive intervention by the UN-Food and Agriculture Organisation.
