It is not just the
education sector that has been left feeling shortchanged by the budget.
Even the money allocated for the government’s flagship Rythu Bandhu
investment subsidy scheme for farmers saw a fall in actual spending. The
budgeted amount was Rs 12,300 crore, but only Rs 10,552 crore was
spent. The allocation of Rs 6,000 crore for farm loan waiver saw zero
spending and the promise remains to be fulfilled. The government has
increased the allocation now to Rs 6,225 crores and promised to waive
all farm loans up to Rs 25,000 at a single go.
