The ruling Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) and the opposition Congress have blamed each other for the ECI’s decision. Representational image | Photo Credit: MUSTAFAH KK A political slugfest has broken out over the Rythu Bandhu scheme that provides monetary support to farmers during the cultivation period, after the Election Commission of India (ECI) first permitted … Read more
Use of drones has picked up in the State of late and many farmers are engaging private firms to spray pesticides on the crops. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Starting July, the Rythu Bharosa Kendras (RBKs), the one-stop centres for farmers’ services, in Andhra Pradesh will be equipped with agricultural pesticide spraying drones … Read more
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will visit Pathikonda in the district on Tuesday to formally release ₹7,500 per head under the Rythu Bharosa scheme to all farmers in the State. He will also release input subsidy of ₹44.19 crore to compensate for the crop loss from March to May this year due to hailstorms … Read more