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Chinna Reddy calls for farmer welfare dept. within Agriculture dept.
HYDERABAD
Telangana State Planning Board vice-chairman G. Chinna Reddy has emphasised the need for a separate 'Farmer Welfare Department' within the Agriculture Department, modelled after the Department of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare.
He also called for reservation in education, healthcare, and other fields for the families of farmers.
Speaking at a training session for government junior assistants at the MCRHRD on Saturday, Mr. Reddy highlighted the importance of enhancing farmers' welfare.
He pointed out that during the previous Congress governments, there was a Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, and the same system continues in the neighboring state. However, during the previous BRS government in the State, the Farmers Welfare Department was removed from the Agriculture Department, and even in the current Congress-ruled government, there is no Farmers Welfare Department in the Agriculture Department.
Mr. Reddy suggested that the department should be renamed as the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department. He also said that the children from farming families who have endured many hardships and losses to grow crops should be provided reservations in admissions in educational institutions and subsidies in medical care.
He also underscored the importance of technology in agriculture, mentioning that artificial intelligence (AI) can help in accurately spotting diseases affecting crops. Centre for Telangana Studies Head Capt. Panduranga Reddy, Faculty B. Srinivas, and others were present.
