Rythu Bharosa: Rs 15,000 per acre a year to farmers and tenant farmers
“రైతులకు, కౌలు రైతులకూ ఎకరానికి రూ. 15000”English: “Rs 15,000 per acre to farmers and tenant farmers”
The verdict
In January 2025 the cabinet fixed Rythu Bharosa at Rs 12,000 per acre a year (80% of the promised amount), paid from 26 January 2025 to landowners. Tenant farmers were reported in May 2025 as still excluded. The 2026-27 budget allocates Rs 18,000 crore.
Rule applied: Partially kept: 50–74% of the target met → 5
“Rs 15,000 per acre, after GST: Government Scaled-down Total.”
Evidence timeline
- ResearchUndated· PRS Legislative ResearchcontextTelangana Budget Analysis 2026-27 ↗
“Of this, about 85% is estimated to go towards Rythu Bharosa (Rs 18,000 crore)”
- News5 Jan 2025· The South FirstsupportsTelangana Cabinet slashes Rythu Bharosa by Rs 3,000; to pay Rs 12,000 each from 26 January ↗
“Though the amount is ₹2,000 more than what farmers have been receiving, it fell short of ₹15,000 the Congress had promised ahead of the Assembly elections in 2023.”
- News5 Jan 2025· Akashvani News (All India Radio)supportsTelangana farmers to receive Rs 12,000 per acre annually under Rythu Bharosa scheme ↗
“the state cabinet decision to provide 12 thousand rupees per acre per annum of agricultural land under the Rythu Bharosa scheme”
- News13 May 2025· Down To EarthsupportsNo land, no rights: Tenant farmers shut out of Telangana's welfare net despite political promises ↗
“Telangana’s tenant farmers, who form the backbone of its agriculture, continue to fall through the cracks of state welfare schemes despite repeated political promises”
More agriculture promises from this manifesto
Rythu Bharosa: Rs 12,000 a year to agricultural labourers
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Rs 500 per quintal bonus on paddy
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Rs 2 lakh crop loan waiver immediately after forming the government
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Promise ID inc-tg-2023-004 · drafted 5 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON