Students OR Farmers

The government of telangana state are in dilemma of students or farmers . The state government is under pressure to clear the fee dues to the students and as well as crop loans to the formers.

The state government cannot do both to the huge financial implications.The government owes Rs 2,500 crore fee arrears of 14 lakh students to colleges and Rs 4,250 crore crop loan arrears of 32 lakh farmers to banks.The kharif season for crops will begin in June and if the government fails to pay banks by May, the banks will stop disbursal of fresh crop loans to farmers, already hit by two consecutive droughts

On the other hand, The government is under pressure to clear these dues in April and May since the ongoing academic year is about to end and colleges are refusing to issue certificates to students till fee arrears are cleared.

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has asked the finance department to prioritise fee reimbursement scheme, clearing all the fee arrears by this month-end by scouting all the available options so that the government can pay fee every month or quarter from new academic year 2016-17