Rs. 687 Cr. deposited into accounts of 5.4 lakh farmers under Rythu Bandhu

HYDERABAD: The Telangana Government, on Friday, disbursed Rs Rs. 687.89 crores into the accounts of 5,49,891 farmers under the Rythu Bandhu scheme. The distribution of funds started on Wednesday with Rs 680 crore on the first day and Rs 1,218 crore distribution on the second day.

The KCR-led State Government had sanctioned and released Rs 7,676 crores to be disbursed into 70.40 lakh farmers' accounts under Rythu Bandhu for the Yasangi season.

Telangana Agriculture Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy, on Friday, attacked the Centre for being against Rythu Bandhu, even though it was a farmer-friendly scheme.

He said that there were Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bhima, Kalyana Lakshmi, KCR Kit, Mission Bhagiratha and Mission Kakatiya schemes for the benefit of the people and said that farmers who faced hardships in undivided Andhra Pradesh were now able to continue farming peacefully in Telangana.

The Minister also said that Chief Minister KCR initiated revolutionary changes in the field of education by setting up Gurukuls and in the field of medicine by establishing medical colleges. "The opposition parties' criticism and trials will not fetch any result for them as people are with KCR," Singireddy Niranjan Reddy said.