Hyderabad: After launching an input subsidy scheme for farmers, the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP)-run Andhra Pradesh government on Friday announced that it will give a cash incentive of ₹10,000 to car and auto drivers every year in the state. The ‘YSR Vahana Mitra’ scheme will be launched on 4 October and self-employed auto and taxi drivers will be eligible under it. Prior to this, the YSRCP government, after coming to power this year, launched the ‘Rythu Bharosa’ input subsidy scheme for farmers under which the beneficiaries will get ₹12,500 a year. The scheme was launched after scrapping the previously launched (under the previous Telugu Desam Party) ‘Annadata Sukhibhava’ input subsidy programme. The report by the committee also suggested to use solar power instead of wind power.

Source: Mint September 27, 2019 12:33 UTC