The Telangana Government on Saturday accorded administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 2,043 crore towards the Crop Loan Waiver Scheme, 2014.
As against the allocation of Rs. 4,250 Crore made in the budget for 2015-16, the State Government released Rs. 2,043 Crore on Saturday. An amount of Rs 2,207 crore is yet to be released towards the second installment of crop loan waiver. The Director of Agriculture has been directed to take further action in this regard. (INN)