Can Telangana’s Rythu Bandhu scheme, which many believe helped K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) retain power in the state, be rolled out at the national level?
Under the scheme, the Telangana government currently provides the state's 5.83 million farmers an income support of Rs 4,000 per acre per season, irrespective of the size of their land holding. To fund this scheme, the state government has earmarked a budget of Rs 120 billion in its 2018-19 Budget.
Two principle questions need to be addressed here. First, can landowners be accurately identified across the country and two, what will the scheme's burden be