[5] The scheme was announced by the Former Chief Minister of Telangana, K. Chandrashekhar Rao at Farmers Coordination Committee (Rythu Samanvaya Samithi) conference at Jayashankar Agriculture University on 25 February 2018.
The total farming land is 1.43 crore acres and the number of farmers in the state stood at 58.33 lakh.
To prevent legal disputes, the tenancy column was removed from the newly issued Pattadar Passbook.
The Agriculture Extension Officers (MEO ) will supervise the Rythu Bandhu cheques distribution at village level.
They make entries cheque details on a tablet computer provided to them for easy monitoring.
In recent times the practice of land leasing is increasing substantially due to scarcity of farm labor.
The political opposition often criticized the state government for its failure to curb the misuse of the scheme.
Annadatha Sukhibhava (అన్నదాత సుఖీభవ ) is a welfare programe started by Andhra Pradesh Government to provide ₹15,000 investment support to small and marginal farmer’s family per annum which includes ₹6000 Central Government Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi share.