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BRS accuses Congress of stopping Rythu Bima scheme
The BRS on Thursday accused the Congress government in Telangana of stopping the Rythu Bima scheme by not paying the insurance premium. Former agriculture minister S. Niranjan Reddy said the last payment…
The Story in Brief
The BRS on Thursday accused the Congress government in Telangana of stopping the Rythu Bima scheme by not paying the insurance premium. Former agriculture minister S. Niranjan Reddy said the last payment date of August 15 has passed without action. The scheme paid Rs 5 lakh per insured farmer who died; 21,099 families received Rs 5,909.85 crore in total claims.
Reddy alleged the government intends to discontinue Rythu Bima in favour of Intintiki Indiram Bima, announced for June 2 but with no guidelines yet. He noted that some landless families bought farmland just to qualify for the scheme.
The Indian Opinion
The accusations are familiar: the BRS calls the insurance premium a promise broken for political vendetta, while Congress says it replaced the scheme with a better one. Yet both parties claim to champion farmers. The real test is not in who announces what, but in how many families actually receive claims this year. Has the Intintiki Indiram Bima paid a single rupee yet? That number will settle the debate.
Source: thehindu.com
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