Title: PERCEPTION OF THE RYTHU BANDHU SCHEME AMONG THE BENEFICIARIES

Authors: Gurrala Priyanka, Pandhiri Kruparani and Menta Anusha

Publisher: The President, Society of Extension Education Gujarat

Keywords: RBS, farmers, telangana state, perception, innovativeness

Volume: 40

Issue: 1

Year: December 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56572/gjoee.2025.40.1.0019

Abstract: Rythu Bandhu Scheme (RBS) is a government scheme to support farmers for two seasons to benefit the landowning farmers through a grant of Rs. 5,000 per acre per farmer each season through direct benefit transfer (DBT). An ex post facto research design was adopted for the study. Since agricultural diversification has taken place in Telangana over the last ten years, the Mahaboobnagar district was purposefully chosen for the study. Four mandals and three villages from each mandal were selected randomly from a district with a total sample size of 120 beneficiaries. The study aimed to examine farmers' perceptions of the Rythu Bandhu Scheme. The data was analysed using the Mean Per cent Score. The findings showed that more than half of the farmers (59.17 %) had a medium perception, followed by high (27.50 %) and low (13.33 %) perceptions regarding RBS. The significant association between profile characteristics of the beneficiaries and their perception towards the RBS showed that it was similar to landholding, farming experience, information seeking behaviour, extension contact, achievement motivation, economic motivation, and innovativeness. The results show that respondents' perception of RBS ranged from 44.00 to 87.66 per cent in all the statements.