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Agriculture Minister K. Atchannaidu and Industries and Commerce Minister T.G. Bharath connected Saturday distributed ₹50,000 per hectare compensation announced to the bulb farmers from Kurnool and Kadapa districts who suffered losses owed to unseasonal conditions. Onion farmers from the 2 districts suffered losses arsenic they received debased prime output owed to unfavourable seasonal conditions past year.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had earlier announced the compensation for the affected farmers. The State authorities had identified a full of 37,752 farmers who suffered losses and deposited ₹128.33 crore into their slope accounts, of which ₹99.92 crore has been deposited into the accounts of 31,352 farmers successful Kurnool district.
Participating successful a programme to widen fiscal assistance to the farmers successful Kodumur, Mr. Atchannaidu said the authorities had announced ₹50,000 per acre adjacent though the State was reeling nether fiscal problems to supply alleviation to the bulb farmers. “Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has fulfilled the committedness made to the farmers by releasing the amount,” helium said.
Mr. Atchannaidu said the TDP authorities during 2014-19 prioritised irrigation and agriculture sectors and walk ₹50,000 crore connected irrigation projects alone. The past government’s efforts had led to summation successful GDP successful agriculture from 7-8 per cent to 17 percent, helium said. However, aft 2019, for 5 years, the adjacent authorities neglected some the sectors. “We person present prioritised irrigation assemblage and purpose to supply h2o to each acre of onshore successful the State,” helium said.
The Minister said that the NDA authorities had travel to the rescue of cocoa farmers successful East and West Godavari districts, baccy farmers successful Prakasam, mango farmers of Chittoor territory successful the past 1 twelvemonth and the bulb farmers. He said the State authorities was focussing connected improvement alongside payment and had walk ₹12,000 crore connected irrigation successful 18 months and besides completed the Handri-Neeva project.
Meanwhile, Mr. Bharath said the Chief Minister’s Office had responded positively and swiftly to the woes of bulb farmers and announced contiguous relief. “During 2014-19 also, the TDP authorities had announced minimum enactment terms to the farmers twice,” Mr. Bharath said, and added that the NDA authorities gave precedence to health, agriculture and concern sectors. “The State volition usher successful improvement if NDA authorities remains successful powerfulness continuously. More jobs volition beryllium created and the agriculture assemblage volition besides flourish,” helium said.
