“We are happy the Chief Minister has opened his eyes to the new Acts at last and has given sufficient indications about implementing them in TS also to ensure farmers incomes are enhanced. We also demand the Government to take more steps to improve the facilities for the farmers,” he said. The BJP leader wanted the State Government to immediately take up soil testing for which the Centre had already disbursed sufficient funds so that the farmers were more aware of the kind of crops to grow in their areas. TS farmers should be encouraged to grow crops like groundnut, millets, sugarcane, chilly, vegetables, horticulture and so on for better incomes along with paddy by providing timely subsidy, he added in his release. Earlier in the day, the BJP chief unveiled the statues of former Union Minister G. Venkataswamy in the presence of Vivek Venkataswamy and other leaders at Jallapally and Sultanabad.

Source: The Hindu December 27, 2020 17:31 UTC