Tuesday 23 December 2014

‘Govt. committed to making farming profitable’

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has asserted that his government will take all measures to make agriculture profitable.
Replying to the issue of farmers’ suicides, loan waiver and drought raised by the Opposition in the Assembly here on Tuesday, Mr. Naidu squarely blamed the last 10 years’ policies of the Congress governments in the Centre and the State for the agrarian crisis in the State.
Citing statistics of National Sample Survey conducted by the Centre, he said that while 52 per cent farm households were indebted, the percentage was the highest at 92.9 per cent in Andhra Pradesh , followed by Telangana at 89.1 per cent and Tamil Nadu at 82 per cent.
He also promised to sanction Rs.5 lakh to families of farmers who committed suicides. 
Wondering why the Opposition was not talking about red sanders smuggling and illegal barytes mining, he said he would recover that money and transfer it to the poor.
Under Polavaram project, Godavari water going waste into the sea alone would be diverted to Krishna delta and from there to parched districts of Rayalaseema.
Emphasising on water conservation to tackle drought, the Chief Minnister said that the Thotapalli reservoir would be completed in a year to benefit Vizianagaram.

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