Union Minister of State for Labour Bandaru Dattatreya has appealed to the State government to join hands with the Centre for effective implementation of the Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana and Prime Minister Krishi Sinchai Yojana to help farmers in the State.
In view of a series of crop failures and severe drought conditions prevailing across the country, the Centre has introduced the two major schemes, besides several other programmes, to protect the interests of the farming community, he said while addressing a press conference here on Thursday.
The Union Minister was here for a brief period on his way back to the State capital after participating in the BJP Vikas Parve programmes in Nanded district of Maharashtra on Wednesday. Party senior leaders Yendala Lakshminarayana, Loka Bhoopathi Reddy, Palle Ganga Reddy, Venkataramani, Muralidhar Goud and a galaxy of activists gave him a rousing reception at the district party office.
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Mr. Dattatreya felt that if political parties and governments kept aside politics and worked together, the welfare schemes would become successful. With the PM Fasal Bima Yojana, a large section of farmers would benefit as it drastically reduces the premium amount from 15 per cent to just 2 per cent in kharif and 1.5 per cent in rabi, he said.
Claiming that there was an unprecedented change in governance in the last two years, he said that Mr. Narendra Modi built a scandal-free India for the first time. There were no scandals while development was fast and full during the BJP rule, he said. The recent ILO meeting attended by the representatives from all countries was in praise of the fastest economic growth rate in India and also the good governance, he added.
He promised to talk to the State Labour Minister Nayini Narsimha Reddy and also the Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, on reopening of the Nizam Sugar Factory at Bodhan and also payment of arrears to cane farmers and factory workers. He expressed his sympathies to the plight of both the communities. In a reply to a question, Mr. Dattatreya said that defections in the State were unethical and undemocratic. They were not good in a newly-formed State, he said.
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