Crop colonies would be set up across the state to encourage farmers to opt for banana, chilli, cotton seed, red gram, mango and other horticultural crops, by branding and promoting crops specific to areas where they are grown extensively, he said.

Crop loans to the tune of ₹17,000 crore were waived off for 40 lakh farmers, Rythu Bima claims of ₹3,695.10 crore disbursed to 73,902 farmers and Rythu Vedikas were constructed across the state by spending ₹573 crore, he was quoted as saying by media reports from the state.

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