CM KCR review on Revenue Department (Rs 8000 Input Subsidy) at Pragathi Bhavan

Honourable Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar has instructed the officials concerned to start forming the Farmers Associations to implement maintaining the land records in a transparent way, giving Rs 8000 per acre input subsidy to the farmers. The CM held a high-level review meeting on formation of farmers associations, maintaining the land records in a transparent way at Pragathi Bhavan here on Tuesday. The guide lines for forming the Farmers Association have been finalized at the meeting. The guide lines are fixed in such a way that farmers have no need to approach anyone or pay any bribes for getting Rs 8000 input subsidy or in the maintenance of the land records and without any difficulty.  It is decided to have a special drive on the maintenance of the land records in a transparent way in the next month. It is also decided by the CM to hold an awareness conference in Hyderabad shortly on the issue of Rs 8000 subsidy and maintenance of the records.

            Deputy CM Mahamood Ali, State Planning Commission Vice Chairman Niranjan Reddy, Government’s Chief Advisor Rajiv Sharma, Chief Secretary SP Singh, Legislators Redynaik, Marri Janardhan Reddy, MLC Karne Prabhakar, Principal Secretaries S Narsing Rao, BP Acharya, BR Meena,  Rajesh Tiwari,  Shivshankar,  Umar Jaleel,  Utpal, Secretary Ms Smita Sabharval, District Collectors   Raghunandan Rao,   Venkatram Reddy, MV Reddy, Ms Yogita, Joint Collectors Sundar Abnar, Ms Snigdha Patnaik and others participated.

The following are the Guidelines finalized for the formation of Farmers’ Associations and maintenance of the land records:

·         One Farmers Association will be formed for every Revenue Village. Since the Agricultural officers have already completed the comprehensive farmers’ survey in the villages, every farmer who owns a land as per records should be enrolled as member of the Association. The government will form a Farmers Coordination Committee with 11 Members.

·         SC/ST/BC/Minority and Women will have a representation in the coordination Committee. Farmers who have land and doing agriculture will only be taken on the coordination committee. Farmers association will take the responsibility on its shoulders for any farmers’ related issue.

·         Village Farmers’ Coordination Committees will form the Mandal Farmers’ Coordination Committee, Mandal Farmers’ Association will in turn form the district level Farmers Federation and with the district Farmers’ Federation will for the state level Farmers Coordination Federation. For every Federation Committee, Coordination samithi will be appointed by the government.

·         The entire process of formation of Farmers’ Associations will be done under the Agriculture department’s authority.

·         For the first time in the country, a special drive to maintain land records properly will be launched in the next month. As on date land records are there with the Revenue and Agriculture officers. There are some disputes over the lands. Besides clearing the disputes, clarity will be given during the special drive on who owns which land. All the land records in the Telangana state will be rectified during the special drive. Details will be available on each and every inch of the land and ownership rights will be properly established. Henceforth there will not be any scope for any land dispute or litigation. Only during the erstwhile Nizam state such a massive programme took place on the land records. During the Salar Jung’s regime Revenue Village system came into being. Then the village boundaries were established and after that nothing happened to rectify the records till date.

·         For the special drive, if need be, unemployed youth will be taken on a monthly salary of Rs 20,000 to work in the drive. For this every district will have special budget.

·         How much land is available in the village and on whose name the land is registered etc., will be finalized during the drive. Besides giving clarity on the land ownerships rights, these details will be displayed at the village centre and made public.

·         The details of undisputed land will be made public first and this may account for 90 per cent of the lands. For the rest of 10 per cent of lands having some disputes or mistakes, a public enquiry will be held under the Farmers’ Associations on comprehensive note and then the right of the ownership is finalized.

·         New Pass Books are given after getting clarity on the ownership of the land, every farmer, pass book is given a unique code and the data will be computerized. Whenever anyone sales or purchase land anywhere in the State, information and data will automatically updated.

·         Here after the land records maintenance should be made simple and easy

·         Rs 8000 input subsidy scheme will be implemented based on the records rectified. The rectified names list will be sent to the government. Based on the land holding of farmers the money will be deposited on his name in the bank.

·         Village Farmers Associations should ensure that every farmer member opens an account with the banks. His account number should be given to the agriculture officers. The government will deposit money in the farmer’s accounts from Hyderabad only. Farmers for their input subsidy need no approach anyone nor make any application.

·         Farmers Association’s responsibility is to record the names of persons buying or selling the lands and pass on the information to the officials and ensuring that farmers get their input subsidy.

·         The Mandal Farmers Federations will be in talks with the traders in the markets and the Federations will be a key role in fixing the crop price. The system of only after finalizing the Minimum Support Price, the farmers get their produce to the markets will begin.

·         The Farmers Federation work towards getting  the MSP and it will intervene when a crops does not get the MSP. It will buy the crops and the government will provide Rs 500 Crore Fund for this in the Budget. The Farmers State Federation will raise funds with Rs 10,000 Crore grant guarantee given by the government. With this money it will buy produce from the farmers.

·         The state government will give permit to the Farmers state Federation to process the produce it purchased from the farmers. Thus, it can change paddy to rice, make pulses, Turmeric and red chilly powders and sell them.

·         Village farmers associations are the platform for rectifying the land records and the officials visit the villages to rectify the records in the presence of the farmers.

·         There will be total transparency in changing the name of the ownership when children get their land on hereditary basis, change of names and the procedure will be simple and easy without giving any scope for corruption.

·         In case someone sells the land and purchases, the register should pass on the information to the farmers Association and MRO concerned then only the land can be registered. All this process should get over in four days. After the registration mutation should be done within 15 days and the pass books should also be ready by that time. Record the details sale and purchase in the pass books.

·         Registered documents and pass books should be sent by courier to the farmers directly. Farmers should not or need not meet any official in this regard. If there is any delay in registration, mutation the official concerned will have to pay a late fee as is done under TS iPass Act.

·         A conference will be held in Hyderabad to create awareness on the land records maintenance and Rs 8000 input subsidy shortly and representatives of farmers will be invited from all the districts. Honourable CM

K Chandrashekhar Rao, Agriculture Minister and officials concerned will participate in the conference.

            The CM declared that, to pull the farmers out of misery and to offer a permanent solution for their welfare the programmes are designed. The CM has stated the aims and objectives at the review meeting on the maintenance of the land records in transparent way and giving input subsidy of Rs 8000 per acre, formation of farmers associations and special drive on the land records.

            ‘Not only in our state, farmers are facing problems all over the world and there are several issues troubling our farmers.  Farmers who are dependent on agriculture have walked into the debt trap. Telangana farmers suffered a lot due to neglect and discrimination during the united AP rule.  That was the reason why the second phase of Telangana movement was based on the farmers’ issues.  I have agitated against Chandrababu hiking the power tariff and launched the Telangana movement. We fought for Telangana and achieved it. For us Farmers are on top priority and we are taking every measure for them. First of all we have waived Rs 17,000 Crore loans. We have give 9 hours power supply and very soon we will be giving 24 hours supply.  We are providing seeds and fertilizers on time.  We have taken stringent measures against spurious seeds and fertilizers. We are reviving tanks under mission kakatiya. We are constructing projects to give water to 1 crore acres.  We are giving input subsidy of Rs 8000 per acre from the next year.  For getting the MSP we are forming farmers associations.  We are creating crop colonies for getting demand for crops in the market.  I have faith that the lives of farmers will be better with these measures. There will be a better change in the lives of farmers after five years.  Banks will stand in front of the houses of farmers and give loans. This is my dream and it will be realized. With small measures there is a marked difference in Palamuru district. There is a reverse migration there due to completion of the pending projects.  By giving water to Singur Aayacut there is a change in Medak District.  All those migrated to Hyderabad from these two districts returned their ration cards and went back to the districts.  This gave me a lot of satisfaction, situation in Mahaboob Nagar changed due to availability of water.  There is happiness on the faces of farmers. Fruit of Telangana should reach farmers. They should prosper. I don’t care for GDP numbers or economists estimates.  My blind theory is to give more funds to the farming sector. That is the reason we never bothered about the expenditure and doing what is good for the farmer,” the CM said,

-Press note