Distribute passbooks, cheques to farmers from May 10, CM tells Collectors

Hyderabad | Sunday | 22nd April, 2018

Summary:

Nobody till date ever made any attempt to survey the lands, issue new passbooks and provide financial assistance as investment support. We have arranged Rs 6,000 crore for the first phase of financial assistance to be distributed for the monsoon crops. The Chief Minister held meeting at Pragati Bhavan here on Saturday with the district collectors, joint collectors, district agriculture officers, ministers, heads of the departments, Chief Secretary Sri SK Joshi, DGP Sri Mahender Reddy and others. We have set aside Rs 12,000 crore in the Budget for the Investment Support Scheme. Therefore, we have decided to give financial assistance as investment support for agriculture..