Journal of Experimental Agriculture International

Timely access to inputs of Agriculture, such as water, power, fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, labour, and mechanization, is critical to ensure a good yield. Recognizing the importance of financial support towards achieving this objective, the Government of Telangana launched a farmer's investment support scheme, Rythu Bandhu, in 2018-19. The present study was undertaken to know the Rythu Bandhu Scheme's impact on Telangana's Mahaboobnagar district beneficiaries.  A multi-stage simple random sampling method was used to select 120 RBS beneficiaries. The study revealed that 57.50 per cent of beneficiaries had a low overall impact of the Rythu Bandhu Scheme on farm families, followed by medium (30.00 %) and high (12.50 %) before the scheme's implementation. Meanwhile, 37.17% of beneficiaries had a medium overall impact of the Rythu Bandhu Scheme on farm families, followed by low (35.00 %) and high (25.83 %) after implementation. Based on the results there is significant difference among cost of cultivation (16.41**), purchasing power in agriculture (31.39**) and non-agriculture (29.62**), employment opportunities in agriculture (25.70**) and non-agriculture (20.18**), per capita income (27.71**) and credibility of the farmer (24.42**) at 0.01 level of probability using Z test analysis. The study reveals that RBS scheme primarily helps the farmers to provide financial assistance and also reducing the debt burdens.