In Telangana, Rythu Bandhu, Dalit Bandhu take a rear seat due to money crunch

Hyderabad: The Telangana federal government’s serious fund crunch has actually required the Cabinet, which satisfied at Pragathi Bhavan on Saturday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, to hold off a choice on launching funds for Rythu Bandhu and Dalit Bandhu this month. The Cabinet was expected to take a choice on launching funds for Rythu Bandhu for the continuous rabi season, along with for Dalit Bandhu to extend the plan to 500 more recipients in each of the 118 Assembly constituencies, with the exception of Huzurabad where funds were launched to cover all 20,000 Dalit households. The federal government should mobilise Rs 7,500 crore for Rythu Bandhu and Rs 5,900 crore for Dalit Bandhu. On December 5, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) had actually provided a main note that specified, “The State Cabinet will satisfy at Pragathi Bhavan on December10 The Cabinet is most likely to talk about release of Rythu Bandhu funds, application of Dalit Bandhu and so on” However, the main note released by the CMO following the Cabinet conference on Saturday made no reference of the release of funds for Rythu Bandhu and Dalit Bandhu. According to main sources, the Cabinet did not go over the concern after financing department authorities notified that it would not be possible to mobilise funds for the 2 plans this month. For more than 2 months, over 75 lakh farmers have actually waited for Rythu Bandhu funds for the rabi season, which started on October 1. Farmers remain in alarming requirement of funds to cover the expenses of seeds, fertilisers, labour, and other inputs throughout the rabi season. On November 24, the CM revealed that the federal government suffered an earnings loss of Rs 40,000 crore in financial 2022-23 due to limitations enforced by the BJP-led federal government at the Centre on market loanings and off-budget loanings, and he required an unique Assembly session for a week in December to talk about the concern. The session might not start due to the fact that the CM was preoccupied with the launch of BRS on December10 Even today, the session would be difficult to hold due to the fact that the CM will get here in Delhi on Monday to inaugurate the BRS nationwide workplace in Delhi on December 14 and is anticipated to camp in Delhi for a week to concentrate on broadening BRS activities to other states. …
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