Vijayawada, July 16 -- Andhra Pradesh Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar on Thursday said that power subsidy benefits have been restored to all eligible aqua farmers by revising the policy adopted during the previous YSR Congress government.
In a statement here, the Minister alleged that the previous government had divided aqua farming areas into "Aqua" and "Non-Aqua" zones, resulting in thousands of farmers being excluded from the power subsidy scheme, adding that this had caused hardship to a large section of aqua farmers.
Ravi Kumar said that after assuming office, the TDP government reviewed the policy and initiated corrective measures to ensure that all eligible aqua farmers received the subsidy. As part of the exercise, a registra...