Rythu Bandhu scheme cheque distribution from May 10

Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao said that the first phase of Cheque distribution program under Rythu Bandhu Scheme towards investment support for agriculture of Rs 8000 per acre will be launched and commenced from May 10.

The Chief Minister said that along with cheques the week long Pattaadar Pass Books distribution to farmers program will also commence from the same day. As part of this the pass books and cheques will be provided to all the farmers in all the villages said CM. He recalled the Rythu Bandhu scheme of distributing Rs 4000 for the monsoon crop and another Rs 4000 for the summer crop in this context. He said that the first batch of cheques of Rs 4000 per acre towards investment support scheme for agriculture for the monsoon crop will be distributed now.

KCR also said that to ensure availability of enough cash reserves in the banks for the farmers to withdraw adequate cash will be deposited in the banks concerned. For thoroughly discussing and drafting a detailed action plan for distributing 58 lakhs pass books and equal number of cheques, CM convened a meeting with all the district collectors on 21st April at Pragathi Bhavan.

The Chief Minister held a high-level review meeting on Tuesday in



Pragathi Bhavan on distribution of pattaadar passbooks and distribution of cheques as part of investment support scheme for agriculture.

Ministers T Harish Rao, Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, Tummala Nageswara Rao, G Jagadish Reddy, MLAs Marri Janardhan Reddy, B Ganesh Gupta, CMO Officers Narsing Rao, Smitha Sabharwal, Officers Rajeshwar Tiwari, Parthasarathy, Jaganmohan Rao, Vakati Karuna, Venkatewar Rao and others. Action Plan for distribution of Passbooks and cheques has been finalized in this meeting.

The details are - Passbooks and Cheques to be distributed: 58 Lakh; Passbooks, Cheques to be distributed per day:  8,25,571; Number of teams to be formed for the distribution: 2, 762; Each team to distribute Passbooks, cheques per day:  300; Number of villages in which the programme will be held: 10,323 and no villages in which the programme will be held per day are 1,546.

The 2762 teams formed for this purpose will distribute cheques and passbooks in 1546 villages per day.The Chief Minister will formally launch this program on May 10, 2018 and Ministers, MPs, MLAs, MLCs will launch the program in their respective constituencies.