Hyderabad: Telangana agriculture minister S Niranjan Reddy on Friday said that the area under cultivation has increased from 1.31 crore acres in 2014 to 2.38 crore acres by 2022-23, which means an 81.6 per cent rise during the corresponding period.
Speaking to the media the minister explained the progress of agriculture in the last 10 years and said that paddy production has gone up from 68 lakh tonne to 3 crore tonne.
“Since 2014, 722.92 lakh tonne paddy has been procured by spending Rs 1.33 lakh crore, and other crops have been procured by spending Rs 11,439.06 crore,” said the minister.
“Furthermore, 45 lakh acres have been brought under irrigation through the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) and another 12.30 lakh acres in six districts will be irrigated through Palamuru-Rangareddy LIS,” the minister added.
Disclosing that Rs 72,815 crore has been spent in 11 phases of the Rythu Bandhu scheme, Niranjan Reddy said that insurance claims worth Rs 5,566 crore have been disbursed to families of 1,11,320 farmers through Rythu Bima.
Talking about the crop loans, the minister said that loans worth Rs 16,144.10 crore have been waived in the first phase of the loan waiver covering 35.31 lakh farmers. “Likewise, Rs 13,000.51 crore has been spent in waiving off loans of 22.98 lakh farmers till now in the second phase.”
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