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Me ego kharchu loan waiver for the farmers aa ?

Adige dhammu unda dora ni ?

 

That was quick! New MP CM Kamal Nath waives off farm loans of upto Rs 2 lakh

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/that-was-quick-new-mp-cm-kamal-nath-waives-off-farm-loans-of-upto-rs-2-lakh-1411313-2018-12-17

 

Kamal Nath announces farm loan waiver shortly after assuming office as Madhya Pradesh chief minister

https://www.firstpost.com/politics/kamal-nath-announces-farm-loan-waiver-shortly-after-assuming-office-as-madhya-pradesh-chief-minister-5745331.html

 

 

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Ground report: Why not make Rythu Bandhu a subsidy scheme, ask Telangana farmers 

n November this year when L Mallesh from Madipally village of Karimnagar district lost the Rs 15,000 he had invested in cotton farming, his loss was buffered by the Rs 12,000 he got for his 3-acre land through the state’s Rythu Bandhu scheme. Cotton farmers in and around Jammikunta mandal under the Huzurabad assembly constituency are reporting widespread crop losses and low yield this rabi season.

However, farmers are using the investment support extended under the Rythu Bandhu scheme as a form of compensation for their crop loss. Also known as the Farmers’ Investment Support Scheme (FISS), Rythu Bandhu was launched in February this year by the Telangana government. The scheme provides financial assistance of Rs 4,000 to land owning patta farmers for every acre they own.

The state government had allocated Rs 11,925 crore in the 2018-19 budget for the scheme. The scheme is, however, not extended to tenant farmers.

“I sowed cotton in 1 acre with an investment of Rs 15,000 just last month… it’s all gone now. The leaves shrivelled up turning red first and then brown before dying,” said Mallesh, who with his wife Kavitha was readying another acre to sow corn. “I am facing losses for sure, but the Rythu Bandhu scheme has helped mitigate that loss a little, but a loss is still a loss,” he added.

Even though the TRS government’s flagship scheme has helped Mallesh stem his losses, he is still unsure if he should vote for the party. “Instead of giving cash, why can’t they give subsidy on pesticides or fertilisers or even seeds? These are the farming items that have become costly over the years,” said Mallesh.

Agreeing with her husband, Kavitha said, “The Rs 8,000 a year just gets spent on some household expenses, but so far none of the political parties have spoken anything about a subsidy.” Though the farmer couple got their second instalment of Rythu Bandhu assistance in November, they invested in the cotton out of their own pocket.

However, unlike her husband who is an undecided voter, Kavitha intends to vote for the TRS. “They are okay, at least they are doing something,” she added.

Forewarned delays

Though Rs 5,925 crore was released in the first week of October for the second phase of the investment scheme, there was a delay in cash deposit to the farmers’ bank accounts. This has impacted how the farmers spent their money.

This delay in payment to the farmers was forewarned by the Principal Secretary for Agriculture, C Parthasarathi, in early October itself. He cited “problems in cash management and a shortage of staff as the revenue department was busy with election work” as the reason for the delay. The payments were to be delayed by four to six weeks.

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At Karimnagar, cotton crops are either giving low yield or dying

Burning cotton

Adjacent to Mallesh and Kavitha’s land was farmer T Aravind piling up a mound of dead cotton. The youth along with his parents had sowed cotton in their 3 acres of land in November.

The SC youth, who has a diploma in electrical engineering, took to farming after his wait for a government job turned futile. “We spent Rs 1 lakh on cotton farming, that’s without the labour charges. I took to farming so as to minimise the labour cost, it will lower my father’s burden,” Aravind said.

Karimnagar district is one of the largest producers of cotton in Telangana. Talking about this year’s low yield and crop loss, B Ravinder Reddy, president of the Telangana Cotton Miller’s Welfare Association said, “The extent of the damage is yet to be declared by the agricultural department, it is expected to be released sometime next week.”

“We are getting only 4-5 quintals of cotton per acre. Reports about low yield are coming from all regions growing cotton in the state, no region has been spared,” he added.

Aravind and his family got Rs 20,000 through the Rythu Bandhu scheme in the last week of November, mitigating some of their loss. Aravind’s father, T Rajendar, is also of the view that the Rythu Bandhu scheme would be more useful as a subsidy for farm inputs than as a cash incentive.

As the family burnt their cotton, they decided to sow corn next. The decision was taken despite being aware of reports about the attack on corn crops by fall armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda) across Telangana.

Aravind is now banking heavily on another 2 acres of turmeric to sail him through until he gets a government job with steady income. “The TRS government promised 1 lakh jobs but they couldn’t deliver. But I am willing to give them one more chance to deliver on that promise, giving so many jobs in just four years is not an easy task,” said the first-time voter from Jammikunta mandal of Huzurabad constituency where the state’s finance minister Etela Rajendran won the 2014 state elections.

As an agrarian crisis looms large in his backyard, Etela will be taking on Padi Kaushik Reddy from the Congress on December 7 at the polls.

 

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Just now, akhil ch said:

this is a trend building up. not good for economy

Basic truth : Subsidies / Freebies are not good for the economy

Reality : They are here to stay

Keeping this in mind, lets compare runa mafee and raithu bandhu

In runa mafee, farmers are cleared of their debts. For a small farmer 2 lacs is a big benifit. For a big farmer, 2 lacs works a cieling

Raithu bandhu - no cieling, farmers with 2/3 acres get 10-15 thousand per year, but a farmer with 20 acres get 1.6 lacs per year and 8 lacs in 5 years :surprise:

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మరో ఐదేళ్ళ బానిసత్వాన్ని వోటుతో కొని తెచ్చుకుని

అదేదో గొప్ప ఘనఖార్యం లాగా జబ్బలు చర్చుకుంటున్న అమాయకులారా

కొడుకు పట్టాభిషేకం తర్వాత మాకు ఇస్తాను అన్న రుణమాఫి ఎక్కడ అని దొరని నిలదీసే దమ్ముందా ?  

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సీఎం కమల్‌నాథ్ తొలి సంతకం దానిపైనే...!
17-12-2018 18:08:41
 
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భోపాల్: మధ్య ప్రదేశ్ ముఖ్యమంత్రిగా బాధ్యతలు స్వీకరించిన కాంగ్రెస్ సీనియర్ నేత కమల్ నాథ్... రైతులకు ఇచ్చిన మాట నిలబెట్టుకున్నారు. సీఎంగా ప్రమాణ స్వీకారం చేసిన కొద్దిసేపటికే రుణమాఫీ ఫైలుపై తొలిసంతకం చేశారు. 2018 మార్చి 31కి ముందు రైతులు రూ.2 లక్షల వరకు జాతీయ, కోఆపరేటివ్ బ్యాంకుల్లో తీసుకున్న రుణాలను మాఫీ చేస్తూ నిర్ణయం తీసుకున్నారు.
 
మధ్య ప్రదేశ్ అసెంబ్లీ ఎన్నికల్లో కాంగ్రెస్ పార్టీ ఇచ్చిన హామీల్లో ప్రధానమైనది రైతు రుణమాఫీనే కావడం గమనార్హం. తాము అధికారంలోకి వస్తే పదిరోజుల్లోగా రైతుల రుణాలన్నీ మాఫీ చేస్తామని ఎన్నికల ప్రచారం సందర్భంగా కాంగ్రెస్ అధినేత రాహుల్ గాంధీ ప్రకటించారు. ఈ నేపథ్యంలోనే అధికారం చేపట్టిన వెంటనే ఈ హామీపై సీఎం కమల్‌నాథ్ వేగంగా స్పందించినట్టు కనిపిస్తోంది.
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16 minutes ago, kumar_tarak said:

tappu ledu..raithulaki enta chesina takkuve

they need to help farmers in other ways. This scheme is benefiting already rich people. Piga so many members next year elections ki clear chestarani loan teesukuntunnaru :)

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development with right priorities provide longterm solutions to the problems faced by country. 

we need only universal healthcare and education. other welfare should be restricted to needy person. once needy people  come out of distress they will focus on further development. they will help country economy with their purchasing power(country gets indirect taxes) and may pay direct taxes . unfortunately our politicians made welfare universal.

farmers need quality seeds, water, storage and marketing facilities for their produced , insurance to protect from natural calamities. farmers also need suggestions from agriculture department, like crop they have to sow based on market forecast and water availability . politicians promising loanwaiver every 5 years which only drains economy. 

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3 hours ago, akhil ch said:

this is a trend building up. not good for economy

nothing can be done bro. even rich countries give some thing for farmers. ivvakapothe farming chesevadu kuda vundadu future lo as farmers don't make that much money

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3 hours ago, ravindras said:

@krantionline29  what is the cause of low yield ? 

low yield has many reasons. might be bad seeds, might be bad sprouting, might be climate, might be pests, might be non-availability of water, might be diseases, etc... many reasons which are out of farmer's control. Even if everything is good, there still is a problem with the price. Exactly at the time of crop is harvested, the price of the produce goes down drastically.

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3 hours ago, krantionline29 said:

Raithu bandhu - no cieling, farmers with 2/3 acres get 10-15 thousand per year, but a farmer with 20 acres get 1.6 lacs per year and 8 lacs in 5 years :surprise:

very small percentage of farmers have more than 5 acres bro. saying it benefits rich farmer is just a rhetoric. but I agree that lot of land owners rent their land.

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1 hour ago, ravindras said:

farmers need quality seeds, water, storage and marketing facilities for their produced , insurance to protect from natural calamities. farmers also need suggestions from agriculture department, like crop they have to sow based on market forecast and water availability . politicians promising loanwaiver every 5 years which only drains economy. 

when will this happen? and at what cost. what about yearly cost after that? even after that if a cyclone like pethai comes exactly at the time of harvest, what can anyone do? farmers need to be provided with some benefits what ever you might call them.

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2 minutes ago, katti said:

very small percentage of farmers have more than 5 acres bro. saying it benefits rich farmer is just a rhetoric. but I agree that lot of land owners rent their land.

Bro ..that's the whole point

I agree that they are very small percentage. But that small percentage is getting an unfair amount of scheme amount. 

In my above example, if someone is getting 8 lakhs from a government , there is something terribly wrong with the scheme bro.

It's equal to helping 20 people with one acre

Benifit based on amount of land you own is a flawed scheme...however good the intentions are.

Lenodi kadupu kitti unnodiki pedtunnattu bro idi

 

 

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