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Hyderabad: Coming down heavily on the Opposition parties, Agriculture Minister Niranjan Reddy accused the Congress and the BJP of colluding with each other in Telangana for their own political gains despite their being arch-rivals at the national level. He demanded that leaders of both the Opposition parties stage protests in Delhi rather than in Telangana […]
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Hyderabad: In a major relief to the families of farmers who committed suicide, the State government released Rs 7.95 crore providing an ex-gratia of Rs 6 lakh each to 133 bereaved families. Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar issued orders to this effect and directed the District Collectors to distribute the amount to the farmers’ families. Over […]
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Khammam: District Collector VP Gautham advised the farmers to go for alternative crops in Yasangi season. Participating in a farmers’ awareness programme at Gannavaram cluster in Wyra mandal on Thursday, the Collector said that farmers should focus on dry crops in Yasangi as there was no permission to set up paddy procurement centres in Yasangi […]
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Warangal: Narsampet MLA Peddi Sudharshan Reddy on Wednesday said Kisan Credit Card scheme will provide financial support to farmers, fishermen, dairy farmers, sheep and goat herders, and urged them to utilize the scheme. The MLA was speaking at a programme to hand over ID cards to 2,500 persons that will facilitate them to get Kisan […]
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KARIMNAGAR: TSCAB Chairman Konduru Ravinder Rao has stressed the need for value addition in farm produce as it will facilitate doubling farmers’ income within a reasonable time frame. Speaking at a sensitisation programme for bankers of integrated Karimnagar district organised by NABARD here on Tuesday, he said banks should educate farmers about several initiatives taken […]
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Hyderabad: The TRS activists along with farmers launched protests against the anti-farmer attitude of the BJP-led Central government in all villages across the State. They took to the streets raising slogans over the Centre’s discrimination on farmers’ issues especially paddy procurement in Telangana and also condemned it’s nonresponsiveness to the State government’s requests on the […]
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Etawah: A 33-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide after strangling his wife to death in Etawah district. Station House Officer (SHO) Sudhir Kumar said that the farmer Rajneesh Kumar Dubey, on Saturday, first killed his wife Kanchan, 25 in his house in the Nagla Nariya village under Jaswantnagar police circle and then consumed some poisonous substance. […]
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Jaunpur: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said the “double-engine” government of the BJP has failed with its engines colliding against each other, accusing it of disappointing farmers and the jobless youth in Uttar Pradesh. He said the BJP government at the Centre withdrew the three contentious farm laws only because of the upcoming […]
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Bhongir: District Collector Pamela Sathpathi on Monday instructed the officials of Agriculture department to encourage farmers to take up organic farming. Inaugurating organic food products stall on the premises of the District Collectorate here, Pamela Sathpathi said that cultivation with organic fertilizers will bring down input expenditure. In addition to this, crops raised through organic […]
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The farmers have said, they will vacate the Delhi borders on Saturday and will meet on January 15.
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Yadadri-Bhongir: District Collector Pamela Satpathy on Wednesday urged farmers to take up the cultivation of crops that required low investment and yield a higher profit. The Collectors was speaking after visiting the agriculture field of Balaswamy, a farmer who took up the cultivation of ten verities of crops on one-acre land at Sikhinder Nagar of […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday advised farmers to go for alternative cash crops such as groundnut, cotton, blackgram, mungdaal, and bengal gram since they have a good demand in the market. “Farmers should focus on such crops rather than paddy since it will not only fetch them good prices but also prevent […]
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Nalgonda: TRS MLC Gutha Sukender Reddy on Wednesday said the Centre was responsible for the inconvenience being faced by the farmers in selling their crops in the State. Addressing a media conference here, Sukender Reddy said the BJP government had not been able to stomach the growing popularity of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao following […]
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Hyderabad: For the second consecutive day on Tuesday, proceedings in the Lok Sabha were disrupted and the House was adjourned twice amid protests by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MPs demanding clarity on paddy procurement, a law on Minimum Support Price (MSP) and compensation for families of farmers who lost their lives during agitation against the […]
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Kothagudem: A massive protest rally was taken by the district Congress leaders here on Thursday demanding the State and Central governments to take steps to procure entire paddy produced by farmers in the State. The rally was led by the TPCC Vikalangula Vibhagam Chairman Muthineni Veeraiah and district Congress leader Naga Seetharamulu. Speaking to the […]
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Hyderabad: Alleging that both TRS and BJP were indulging in match-fixing in paddy procurement issue, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A Revanth Reddy here on Wednesday said the farmers were facing problems because of the delay in procurement process. In an open letter written to the Telangana society, Revanth Reddy said the Congress would […]
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Hyderabad: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy slammed BJP State president Bandi Sanjay for his lack of knowledge about agriculture and yet making irresponsible statements against the State government.He demanded that Sanjay who started ruckus over the paddy cultivation two months ago, must put an end to it by convincing the Centre to give a clarity […]
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Hyderabad: Kisan Ekta Morcha appreciated Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s decision to offer Rs 3 lakh ex gratia each to the families of farmers, who lost their lives during the agitation. This was in response to Industries Minister KT Rama Rao’s tweet “Proud of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao Garu for announcing Rs.3 lakh […]
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Even after that, they could not find enough water to cultivate paddy in their two and a half acre agriculture field when they looked for alternatives that would bring them out of the debt trap.
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Chennai: Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to repeal the three contentious farm laws, actor and politician Kamal Haasan on Saturday congratulated farmers, who, he said, had got their victory through a non-violent struggle. Taking to Twitter, Kamal Haasan also went on to point out how his fledgling political party, Makkal Needhi Maiam, had firmly […]
