CM KCR announces bonus to farmers

The Telangana government would study the possibility of giving a bonus to farmers in addition to the minimum support price paid for their produce, the assembly was informed yesterday.

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced this while speaking during a debate in the House on Appropriation Bills.He was responding to demands from N Uttam Kumar Reddy (Congress) for



giving bonus to agriculturists. Such a bonus is being given in Karnataka and some other states, Reddy said.

To support cultivators, the government has been offering power subsidy to them, a measure implemented in only a few states in the country, Rao said.

Rao also said his government has waived off farm loans worth Rs 17,000 crore.