Rs 500 per quintal bonus on paddy
“వరి పంటకు క్వింటాలుకు రూ. 500 బోనస్”English: “Rs 500 per quintal bonus on paddy”
The verdict
From kharif 2024 the bonus is paid only on fine (sanna) varieties, not all paddy. Fine paddy covered about 40 lakh of 66.77 lakh paddy acres in kharif 2024. Rs 3,500 crore is budgeted for the bonus in 2026-27.
Rule applied: Partially kept: 50–74% of the target met → 5
Evidence timeline
- News20 May 2024· Deccan ChroniclesupportsCabinet approves Rs 500 bonus to paddy farmers ↗
“the Congress government has decided to give Rs 500 per quintal bonus to paddy farmers producing 'sanna vadlu' (fine quality paddy) from the upcoming kharif season”
- News17 Nov 2024· Siasat (PTI)supportsTelangana govt's announcement of bonus on fine paddy boosts cultivation ↗
“fine variety paddy (sanna vadlu) cultivation in Telangana has gone up by 61 percent to four million acres this kharif season”
- News18 Aug 2025· The South FirstsupportsTelangana Congress government: A long list of unkept promises ↗
“The bonus has been extended only to superfine paddy varieties, leaving a large section of farmers dissatisfied.”
More agriculture promises from this manifesto
Rythu Bharosa: Rs 15,000 per acre a year to farmers and tenant farmers
“Rs 15,000 per acre, after GST: Government Scaled-down Total.”
Rythu Bharosa: Rs 12,000 a year to agricultural labourers
Board laga hai: kaam chalu hai. Hum bhi dekh rahe hain.
Rs 2 lakh crop loan waiver immediately after forming the government
Glass aadha bhara hai. Ya aadha khaali. Depends kaun puch raha hai.
Promise ID inc-tg-2023-006 · drafted 5 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON