Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has contended that he had offered the best possible relief package to the farmers in rain-hit districts in spite of financial constraints and said his was a pro-farmer government and will ever remain so.

Reviewing the progress of paddy procurement from New Delhi with the officials, He said he too was the son of a farmer and it was his bounden duty to protect their interests at any cost. Explaining the pro-farmer profile of the Congress government, he listed out the numerous schemes being implemented like free power supply to 27 lakh pumpsets and Jalayagnam programme to provide irrigation to one crore acres of new ayacut.

Relaxing norms Mr. Reddy said his government had prevailed upon the FCI to relax its norms for purchase of damaged, discoloured and sprouted paddy and even begun procurement on its own to buy crop damaged up to 50 per cent.

Published Date : Tuesday, 21/12/2010 12:53 PM IST

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