Jagan party targets farmers with sops

amaravati — Farm investment support of Rs12,500 per annum, free crop insurance and interestfree loans for farmers are some of the major promises made by the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) in its election manifesto released on Saturday.

Releasing the manifesto for the April 11 elections to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and Lok Sabha, YSRCP president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy said if voted to power his party would implement ‘YSR Ryhu Bharosa’ under which every family will get an annual benefit of Rs12,500 to Rs100,000.

Tenant farmers belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Backward Classes (BC) and minority communities will also get an investment support of Rs12,500.

Free borewells, setting up godowns, cold storages and food processing plants were the other measures promised to reverse farm distress. Focusing on welfare, the manifesto aims to empower the marginalised sections of the society, the party said.

The YSRCP promised that Rs15,000 will be paid under the ‘Amma Vodi’ scheme for women sending their children to schools. Female members of self-help groups (DWCRA) will get Rs50,000 per annum under ‘YSR Aasara’.

The state government will also pay the interest payment on the loans of self-help groups.

Women belonging to the BC, SC, ST, and minority communities and over the age of 45 years will get Rs75,000 annually under ‘YSR Cheyutha’.

Under ‘YSR Housing’, houses will be registered in the name of the women. The government will provide Rs100,000 support for the marriage of girls belonging to SC, ST, BC, and minority women. The party also promised liquor prohibition. —