Rythu Bharosa Scheme

May 10, 2024

GS Paper II Indian Polity and Governance

Context

The Election Commission of India put on hold the disbursement of amounts under Rythu Bharosa Scheme till the completion of polling for the Lok Sabha election in the State.

The EC stated that the state violated the conditions laid down for the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by publicly speaking about ensuing disbursement under the scheme.

Rythu Bharosa Scheme

Rythu Bharosa Scheme also known as the Farmer’s Investment Support Scheme (FISS), it has been implemented from the year 2018-19 Kharif season onwards to take care of the initial investment needs of every farmer.

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Benefits: The Scheme provides Investment Support for Agriculture and Horticulture crops by way of a grant of Rs. 5,000/- per acre per farmer each season for the purchase of inputs.
- There is no cap on the number of acres, and most of the farmers are small and marginal.
Eligibility:
- The farmers must be residents of Telangana state
- The farmers must own the agricultural land
- All farmers are eligible, including small and marginal farmers and farmers cultivating the land in the forest (majority from Scheduled Tribe communities) having a Record of Forest Rights (ROFR) document
- Commercial farmers are not eligible under this scheme
- Farmers working on a rental contract or tenant farmers are also not eligible under this scheme.

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