Rythu Bharosa will be implemented after Sankranti: Revanth
New Indian ExpressHYDERABAD: Asserting that crop loan waiver scheme was extended to all the eligible beneficiaries in the state and describing his government as ‘farmer friendly’, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday announced the implementation of Rythu Bharosa scheme after Sankranti. The chief minister’s announcement on rolling out Rythu Bharosa scheme, an initiative to increase subsidies from Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000 annually, is one of the six guarantees of the Congress government. He said that the Cabinet sub-committee headed by Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka and ministers T Nageshwara Rao, D Sridhar Babu and Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy has finalised the terms and references for Rythu Bharosa and the proposal will be tabled in the upcoming Assembly winter session. Stating that the crop loan waiver scheme is unprecedented, which allows waiver of up to Rs 2 lakh, the chief minister said it was a historic achievement in independent India.