KCR’s protest calls find no takers in BRS
7 months ago

KCR’s protest calls find no takers in BRS

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: BRS president and former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is being accused of hypocrisy for ignoring farmer issues for a decade and now using the same issues and demanding immediate resolution by the Revanth Reddy government. They cultivate around 20 per cent of agricultural land but the Rao regime denied tenant farmers Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima, crop loan waiver, insurance, compensation for crop loss and all other benefits. The BRS government’s Rythu Bandhu actually resulted in a loss of Rs 30,000 per year for landed farmers and more for those who do agriculture on rented farms. Use Rythu Bandhu Rao govt stopped enumerating crop damage to avoid paying farmers The BRS government stopped enumeration of crop loss due to natural calamities on the ground that it was extending Rs 10,000 per acre as Rythu Bandhu per year. 24-hour free power to farmers Rao govt gave power for 13 hours, hid data from substations Rao announced in January 2018 that the BRS government was extending 24-hour free power to the agriculture sector.

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BRS terms farm loan waiver guidelines as an attempt to betray ryots
5 months, 1 week ago

BRS terms farm loan waiver guidelines as an attempt to betray ryots

The Hindu  

The opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi has termed the guidelines issued for implementing the ₹2 lakh farm loan waiver by the government as an attempt to deceive and betray the farming community after promising the loan waiver to every eligible farmer. In a statement issued here on Monday, BRS leader and former minister for agriculture Singireddy Niranjan Reddy recollected how the …

Farmers seek disbursement of crop loss compensation
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Farmers seek disbursement of crop loss compensation

Hindustan Times  

Farmers on Thursday laid siege to the mini secretariat in Hisar demanding the release of disbursement of crop loss compensation for kharif 2022 in 55 villages of the district. The farmers said that the insurance companies had stopped crop compensation of 72 villages for kharif season 2022, of which the company had now disbursed compensation for 17 villages. The company …

BRS offer: Rs 1L waiver, more aid in schemes
1 year, 3 months ago

BRS offer: Rs 1L waiver, more aid in schemes

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The BRS is expected to promise the increase the Rythu Bandhu amount to Rs 12,000 per acre per year from Rs 10,000 currently, if it forms government after the polls. Aiming for a hat-trick victory, the party is set to retain its promise of waiving crop loans to up to Rs 1 lakh, which was the same it had …

KCR goes to polls with most promises fulfilled
1 year, 4 months ago

KCR goes to polls with most promises fulfilled

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: After freeing 16 lakh farmers from debt, by waiving loans up to Rs 99,999 through release of Rs 5,809 crore, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar will now take to the electorate from August 23 with the credibility of fulfilling major promises as his major poll plank for this year’s Assembly election. While Rao already holds the record of being the …

Farmers Rap BRS at Outreach Event
1 year, 5 months ago

Farmers Rap BRS at Outreach Event

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Taking a cue from the Opposition on holding the government to task, farmers in several villages left BRS leaders red-faced by confronting them about their failure to fulfil the RS 1 lakh loan waiver, as the 10-day farmer outreach programme of the state government kicked off on Monday. They held the BRS government responsible for banks declaring nearly 20 …

Farmers to intensify agitation for crop damage compensation
1 year, 7 months ago

Farmers to intensify agitation for crop damage compensation

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Irked at the inordinate delay, farmers spilled onto the roads demanding immediate disbursement of compensation for the crop damages they have suffered due to thunder and hail storms from March 17 to 21. Agriculture officials carried out a field survey and identified that 1,30,988 farmers, including tenant farmers, had incurred losses due to untimely rains. In the Warangal district, …

KCR asks CS to assess crop loss due to unseasonal rains
1 year, 7 months ago

KCR asks CS to assess crop loss due to unseasonal rains

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Unseasonal rains and hailstorms for the last three days have caused damage to standing crops, some of which are ready for harvest, in thousands of acres as well as paddy lying in the open in government procurement centres. The CM had in mid-March conducted an aerial survey in Khammam, Warangal and Karimnagar districts to assess the crop damage after …

Kishan: BRS govt defaming centre over compensation for farmers
1 year, 8 months ago

Kishan: BRS govt defaming centre over compensation for farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Union minister G. Kishan Reddy said that the Centre had allocated Rs 3,069.87 crore to the state from 2014 under the national and state disaster relief funds, but the BRS government was still claiming that it had received no money under the heads. In the advanced technical era, the BRS government would not be able to hush up the …

KCR announces Rs 10,000 per acre relief for crop loss
1 year, 8 months ago

KCR announces Rs 10,000 per acre relief for crop loss

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, who conducted an aerial survey of the four rain-affected districts of the state on Thursday, announced Rs 10,000 per acre financial assistance to farmers whose crops were damaged by unseasonal rains and hailstorms last week, while criticising the BJP government at the Centre for showing little concern for farmers other than doing politics. Speaking …

KCR to undertake aerial survey of rain-hit districts, obtains reports on crop loss
1 year, 9 months ago

KCR to undertake aerial survey of rain-hit districts, obtains reports on crop loss

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao has obtained reports from districts on crop loss caused by recent unseasonal rainfall and plans to conduct an aerial survey of flood-affected districts within a day or two to assess the damage and announce compensation to the farmers. According to preliminary crop loss estimates from the agricultural department, as many as 25 districts from …

New Year gift: KCR to waive farm loans up to ₹1 lakh
1 year, 11 months ago

New Year gift: KCR to waive farm loans up to ₹1 lakh

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: As part of its efforts to woo farmers ahead of the elections in line with the Bharat Rashtra Samithi campaign slogan Ab ki baar kisan sarkar, the Telangana government, led by Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao, plans to offer farmers a New Year's gift in January —waiver of agricultural loans of up to Rs 1 lakh, which has been pending …

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