Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Mission to solve issues in selection process to include more farmers


Date & Time: 2020-04-01 16:58:18

APSAM vice-chairman MVS Nagi Reddy claimed that the state government was the only one in the entire country extending financial aid to tenant farmers. VIJAYAWADA: After initial payment of financial aid under Rythu Bharosa in the State, Andhra Pradesh State Agriculture Mission (APSAM) is taking steps to solve certain problems in the implementation of the scheme.   "Certain issues came to our notice after the implementation of the scheme. One is about tenant farmers and the other is about farmers who were clubbed with their tax-paying children though both are living separately," APSAM vice-chairman MVS Nagi Reddy told TNIE.  He claimed that the AP government was the only government in the entire country extending financial aid to tenant farmers. Even the Centre, under its scheme Kisan Samman, was not giving aid to tenant farmers, he pointed out. According to him, of total - 46,50,629 farmer families who got financial aid under ‘YSR Rythu Bharosa’ scheme, 1,58,116 are tenant farmers.