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Farmers alleged that the CCI and State government were intentionally not taking steps to address the glitches in Aadhaar servers

He wants the district collector to lay a special focus on the issue and to inquire into the allegations and take action against wrongdoers

The department initiated a probe into the irregularities when farmer associations lodged a complaint against the officials, alleging that large-scale discrepancies took place in issuance of temporary registrations

He opined that it was unfair to delay extending crop investment support to 500 farmers citing a handful of ineligible farmers. He maintained that the government was not moving in the right direction and path

According to Jangaon agriculture market secretary, the CCI centres would remain closed on January 1 on the occasion of New Year, whereas it would not function on January 2 and 3 as the cotton stock has accumulated in various mills

Farmers expressed their frustration, stating that no cotton procurement had taken place for the past three days. They claimed they had been waiting at the CCI center without proper food or rest.

Farmers had raised concerns that they were being paid Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,500 less per quintal than the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 7,521 for premium-quality cotton

Procurement process in all 11 ginning mills across the region comes to a standstill over opposition to new CCI guidelines

Despite the CCI announcing a 7% hike in the MSP this year, with rates set as Rs 7,121 per quintal for medium staple cotton and Rs 7,521 per quintal for long staple cotton, farmers are facing major challenges in marketing their produce

The BRS district president asked whether only farmers of Gujarat get the remunerative price, stating that the BJP was not recognizing the farmers of other States

After inaugurating a CCI purchasing centre in Husnabad market on Tuesday, the Minister said the delay in opening the centres was affecting the farmers

While Adilabad topped in growing the cash crop by seeing 3.96 lakh acres, Kumram Bheem Asifabad district accounted for 3.30 lakh acres

The farmers from several parts of the district arrived at the market expecting the CCI would buy the produce in the early morning.

The CCI, which has set up 20 procurement centres across the district against the target of 22 centres, is offering lower prices if the moisture content is more than the permissible level.  

Adilabad: Adilabad Collector Sikta Patnaik said cotton procurement from farmers will begin from October 20. She convened a meeting with growers, farmer leaders, traders, officials of Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) officials here on Tuesday. She was joined by MLAs Jogu Ramanna and Bapu Rao. Sikta stated the minimum support price fixed by the government […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: District Collector Pamela Satpathy on Thursday instructed the officials to prepare a plan within three weeks for purchase of cotton crop from farmers. Speaking at a meeting with officials of Marketing, Agriculture, Police departments and Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) here, Pamela Satpathy said it was estimated that cotton production would be over 86,141 […]

Minister warns against unfair treatment of farmers in procurement