Uncertainty prevails over the date for crediting the amounts to accounts of farmers under the flagship Rythu Bandhu, farmers investment support scheme, for the kharif season.
Though agricultural operations commenced in different parts of the State, the Government is yet to announce the date from which the amounts at the rate of ₹5,000 an acre will be credited to farmers’ accounts. The government has made provision of ₹ 14,800 crore, ₹7,400 crore each for kharif and rabi seasons, in the budget presented to the legislature in March this year.
The scheme has been one of the major welfare measures by the State Government since its commencement in 2018 and the government had been regularly crediting the amounts at the time of commencement of kharif and rabi seasons. The government has credited close to ₹7,000 crore in the last kharif between June 15 and 25 while an equal amount was given to farmers in rabi season in January this year.
