Impact of ‘RythuBandhu’ Scheme on Farmers: An Evolutionary Study in Telangana State
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Abstract
The Government of Telangana launched ‘RythuBandhu’ scheme for farmers on 10th May 2018. The scheme was aimed at relieving farmers of debt burden and protects them from falling into the debt trap.It is a farmer’s welfare programme. Under the scheme, the state Government offered Rs. 4000 per acre per farmer per each crop for the purchase of inputs like seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, labour, etc. The total farming land is 1.42 crore acres and the number of farmers in the state is 58.33 lakhs. During 2018-19 budget, the Government has allocated Rs. 12000 cr. for the scheme. Further,Telangana Government decided to increase the amount under the scheme up to Rs. 5000 per acre during 2019-20 budget and allocated Rs. 12000 cr. Since, June 2nd 2019, the farmerswere being given Rs. 5,000 per each acrein both Kharif and Rabi season. Therefore, the present studyaims to evaluate the performance of RythuBandhu scheme.The study also focusesto evaluate the impact of RythuBandhu scheme on farmer’s with the help of three parameters. As a part of it, primary data collected from 193 respondents and tested with the help of SPSS version 20. Besides, results, discussions,policy implications and suggestions are also discussed.