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YSRCP wide caput (Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare) M.V.S Nagi Reddy has alleged that agriculture successful Andhra Pradesh is successful heavy situation and that declining agrarian incomes are dragging down the State’s finances, contrary to the optimistic projections successful the Budget.
Addressing the media astatine the enactment cardinal office, Mr. Nagi Reddy said gross receipts projected astatine ₹2,17,976.53 crore for 2025–26 were revised down to ₹1,96,903.53 crore, a shortfall of implicit ₹21,000 crore. Despite this, the authorities present projected ₹2,34,140.14 crore, an 18.91% increase, which helium termed unrealistic.
Similarly, State taxation revenues were chopped from ₹1,28,126 crore to ₹1,11,865 crore, but caller estimates peg them astatine ₹1,37,320 crore.
Mr. Nagi Reddy argued that falling workplace incomes owed to anemic MSP realisation, little yields and selling failures reduced agrarian purchasing power. He noted that contempt accrued paddy acreage during Kharif 2025–26, accumulation saw lone a marginal rise, indicating declining productivity. Cotton farmers reportedly suffered losses owed to Cyclone Montha, portion groundnut and maize farmers faced crisp terms drops beneath MSP.
He besides flagged constricted procurement by the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) for chickpea, informing of further distress.
Andhra Pradesh, helium said, slipped to the 10th spot nationally successful paddy procurement, portion Telangana offered a ₹500 bonus per quintal.
Calling the projections “cooked-up,” helium urged urgent corrective measures to forestall irreversible harm to the agrarian economy.
