more-inThe Telangana Government is yet to arrive at the exact extent of agriculture land for which it plans to give input support of ₹4,000 per acre from the next kharif season, scheduled to begin with the early south-west monsoon rains in June. “We have received questions from Legislative Assembly and Council on the extent of land eligible for input assistance along with the number of farmers and total amount to be disbursed. As the extent of land eligible for the assistance has not been announced so far, the statistics to be given to the Legislature would become official. Stating that there would not be much problem in identifying the eligible extent of land for the ₹4,000 per acre assistance for the first crop (kharif season), sources, however, admitted that finalising the extent for the second crop (rabi season) would be difficult. The land data received from the Revenue Department would be forwarded to State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) by the Agriculture Department by specifying the exact requirement of cheques to be distributed to the farming community.

Source: The Hindu March 11, 2018 18:33 UTC