Chief ministerY SJagan Mohan Reddy paid a compensation of Rs 22 crore to 34,586 farmers who sufferedcrop lossdue toCyclone Gulabin September this year. The chief minister sent the amount to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries from hisTadepallicamp office.
Chief minister said the government was giving highest priority to farmers welfare. Besides extending a helping hand to the farmers through the Rythu Bharosa Kendras (RBKs) across the state, he said the government was also coming to their rescue at the time of distress, including disasters. He said the government had paid a compensation of Rs 645.99 crore to 8.34 lakh farmers who lost their crops due toCyclone Nivarin November 2020. The compensation was paid in December 2020, he added. With the latest Rs 22 crore, the government has in total paid Rs 1,071 crore to the farmers during the last two years towards compensation, he said.
Listing out the welfare initiatives of the government during the last two years, the chief minister said Rs 18,777 crore was credited under YSR Rythu Bharosa, Rs 1,674 crore under Sunna Vaddi Panta Runalu, Rs 3,788 crore was credited through YSR Bima, Rs 18,000 crore under nine-hour free power supply and Rs 1,520 crore towards power subsidy for aqua farmers.