Andhra Pradesh govt. would announce the prices of the farm produce

  • Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has asked the concerned officials to take every possible measure to avoid losses to farmers.
     
  • The CM made an announcement that the govt. will fix the prices of produce after seeing the expenditure on the particular crop.
     
  • At the meeting, it was also decided that 207 agriculture market committees would be constituted and 56 new rythu bazars would be inaugurated.
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  • It was also decided that the benefits of the scheme would be extended to farmers who were tilling endowments lands and those who were cultivating in the name of societies. 
     
  • So far, 45,20,616 families have benefited under the scheme and Rs 5,185.35 crore was distributed to them.