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On Thursday morning Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao reached Khammam district to begin an aerial observation of the crop damage, he also inspected fields at Ramapuram, Garlapadu and Govindapuram villages.
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy urged all the political parties in the State to rise above politics and encourage farmers to take up cultivation of alternate crops through crop diversification as a social responsibility. He cautioned that cultivation of the same crop for a long period will increase the salinity of the soil and […]
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Hyderabad: Providing the much-needed boost to the seed production industry in the State, the Telangana International Seed Testing Authority (TISTA) laboratory has been opened at Rajendranagar. Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy inaugurated the laboratory established by the Telangana State Seed and Organic Certification Authority (TSSOCA) here on Friday. Speaking on the occasion, Niranjan Reddy said […]
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Wanaparthy: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said about 10 lakh marriages were performed with government assistance under Kalyana Lakshmi scheme and this was a testimony to Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s committed towards the welfare of poor and downtrodden. Kalyana Lakshmi, KCR Kit, Rythu Bandhu and Rythu Bheema were role model schemes to the entire […]
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Hyderabad: The State leadership of both the Congress and BJP came under fire on Monday from TRS leaders for indulging in low grade and opportunistic politics in the State. While TPCC president A Revanth Reddy was scheduled to hold a ‘Rachabanda’ at Erravalli under Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s Gajwel Assembly constituency on paddy procurement […]
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Hyderabad: The eighth phase of distribution of Rythu Bandhu amount will commence from Tuesday, marking a milestone achievement of distribution of Rs 50,000 crore in the State since its inception. Till date, about Rs 43,036.63 crore have been deposited into the bank accounts of farmers and the State government has released Rs 7,645.66 crore for […]
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy on Thursday launched a blistering attack on BJP leaders from Telangana for unnecessarily speaking on paddy procurement issue when both State and Central governments were discussing it. Stating that the BJP leaders were speaking irresponsibly on the issue, Niranjan Reddy told mediapersons in New Delhi that the Union Food, […]
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Hyderabad: Accusing the Centre of playing a double game in paddy procurement, Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy on Thursday advised farmers to go for crops that fetch them good prices in Yasangi instead of paddy. Farmers should go for the crops such as pulses and oil seeds which have high demand in the market and […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana has decided to promote cultivation of alternative crops on a large scale commencing from the ensuing Yasangi (Rabi) season. Considering the recommendations of the Research and Analysis wing of the Marketing department, the farmers are being advised to cultivate pulses, oilseeds, and vegetables among other crops to meet the market demand. In the […]
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Hyderabad: TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao lambasted the BJP State leadership for making statements contradictory to the Centre on paddy procurement and misleading farmers to cultivate paddy during the upcoming Yasangi season. He demanded that BJP State president Bandi Sanjay must own his statement and take the responsibility of convincing the Centre […]
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Hyderabad: Conserving every drop of water in Telangana through irrigation projects was possible only for Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, who worked as a social, political and field engineer in redesigning the irrigation projects to provide water to agricultural fields in the State, Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said here on Sunday. The ideas which […]
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy stated that the Centre had utterly failed in terms of paddy procurement. He accused that the Union government had no specific policy on paddy procurement for the Yasangi season and was showing discrimination towards Telangana State, despite purchasing entire paddy crop from Punjab. Addressing the mediapersons at Telangana Bhavan […]
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy on Saturday urged farmers not to cultivate paddy during Yasangi season and instead he wanted them to take up alternate crops, including cotton cultivation. Telangana Government will not procure paddy produced during Yasangi. Farmers, who have tie ups with seed companies or rice millers can cultivate paddy but do […]
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Siddipet: Medak MP Kotha Prabhakar Reddy has assured the farmers that they will make available paddy seeds at all the seed shops across Siddipet district.Addressing the general body meeting of Thoguta Mandal Parishad in Dubbak constituency on Saturday, the Medak MP said that Telangana government was not going to completely ban paddy cultivation in the […]
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said the State will produce horticulture and forest-related plants on a large scale through the upcoming Tissue Culture Laboratory and supply them to farmers. He said all types of plants required for the ambitious Telangana ku Haritha Haram programme being implemented in the State will also be supplied. The […]
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Three companies to set up jute mills in the State; to provide over 10,400 direct jobs
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Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje on Monday emphasised the need to promote agriculture exports to facilitate doubling of farmers’ income within a fixed time frame. She assured that the Centre would consider the Telangana government’s request for extending cent per cent subsidy to encourage oil palm cultivation. Addressing […]
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy emphasised the need to bring radical changes in farming and asked farmers to focus on cultivating all types of crops, instead of paddy alone. He instructed the officials to expedite the crop enumeration which was started on August 15 and conduct field visits to complete it within next 10 […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will lay the foundation stone for the proposed government nursing colleges at Wanaparthy and Nagarkurnool soon. Similarly, IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao will lay the foundation stone for the nursing college at Gadwal, announced Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy. He wanted the officials to make all arrangements […]
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Hyderabad: The State government on Tuesday sought the Centre to relax the existing norms for implementation of Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme in the State and make it applicable to even small and marginal farmers. Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy appealed to the Union government to encourage the cultivation of oil seeds and pulses, apart from […]