Andhra Pradesh agriculture minister Kanna Lakshminarayana today said the state government was spending Rs.10,000 crore as subsidy on fertilizers and assured all kinds of assistance to farmers.
Addressing a programme, he said in 2004, the subsidy on fertilizers was only Rs.1,900 crore.
Now, it was Rs.10,000 crore.
Urging farmers not to take extreme steps, he said steps had been taken to disburse compensation to farmers, who had committed suicide, unable to bear crop loss. The minister reiterated that the government was giving top priority to agriculture sector and committed to extend all required help to farmers. UNI