TDP demands immediate release of farm input subsidy

The party will stage protests on July 5 in front of the Mandal Revenue Offices and on July 7 outside the Revenue Divisional Offices to exert pressure on the government to release the input subsidy without further delay.

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) demanded that the government should immediately release the input subsidy due for 2018 and 2020 Kharif seasons so that farmers in arid regions such as Rayalaseema could buy seeds for the 2021 Kharif and begin the sowing operations. The party will stage protests on July 5 in front of the Mandal Revenue Offices and on July 7 outside the Revenue Divisional Offices to exert pressure on the government to release the input subsidy without further delay. At a press conference in Anantapur on Saturday, TDP leaders Kalava Srinivasulu and B.K. Parthasarathy questioned the delay in paying the ₹930 crore input subsidy for 2018 Kharif, and pointed out that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had made an announcement in the Assembly that the dues would be cleared, but to no avail.