Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the Yantra Seva Scheme
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy launched YSR (Yantra Seva), a scheme under which the farmers across the State will get tractors and combined harvesters ahead of the Kharif season. The Chief Minister, on the occasion, also credited an amount of ₹175 crores towards subsidy into the bank accounts of 5,260 farmer groups. He deteriorated off the 1,200 tractors and 20 combined harvesters that were handed over to the farmers from eight districts.
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy launched YSR (Yantra Seva), a scheme under which the farmers across the State will get tractors and combined harvesters ahead of the Kharif season. The Chief Minister, on the occasion, also credited an amount of ₹175 crores towards subsidy into the bank accounts of 5,260 farmer groups. He deteriorated off the 1,200 tractors and 20 combined harvesters that were handed over to the farmers from eight districts.
Addressing a public meeting later, the Chief Minister said his government was hand-holding the farmers right from the stage of sowing seeds to marketing agricultural produce.
We have also promoted the farmers to form groups and provide them with implements at a 40% subsidy. We have also provided bank loans at low interest. Farmer groups have to pay 10% of the money and get all farm implements at a subsidy,” he said.
The TDP government headed by N. Chandrababu Naidu used to provide farmers with a few tractors based on the recommendations of the MLAs, he said. “Mr. Naidu used to be involved in the purchase of tractors and indulge in corruption,” he alleged, and added, “Now, the farmers have the right to choose the tractor of their choice, and the company and the government will provide a subsidy.”
Stating that the government would establish 10,750 YSR (Yantra Seva) Kendras in every Rythu Bharosa Kendra at a cost of ₹2,016 crores, the Chief Minister said the combined harvesters would be made available at the 1,615 cluster-level yantra Seva centers to be established in the districts where paddy is cultivated.
“Today, we are providing 3,800 tractors to the RBK-level yantra Seva centers, and in the future tractors will be given to all the 10,750 RBKs. We are also crediting ₹175 crores as a subsidy into the bank accounts of 5,260 farmer groups. With this, we have given tractors and farm implements worth ₹700 crores to 6,780 RBKs and 391 cluster-level community hiring centers. In the coming days, we will be supplying farm implements worth ₹2,106 crores.
