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Nalgonda: Nakrekal MLA Chirmarthi Lingaiah on Friday said that the Centre has withdrawn new farm laws after facing the heat of TRS agitation. He also welcomed the decision of the Centre to withdraw three new farm laws, which created unrest in the farmers in the country. He reminded that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has […]

New Delhi: Congratulating the farmers of the country, shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation announced the repeal of the three Central farm laws, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that farmers’ ‘Satyagraha’ forced arrogance to bow its head. The Congress leader tweeted in Hindi, “With their satyagraha, annadata […]

When the country gave us the opportunity to serve as Pradhan Sevaks in 2014, we gave top priority to agricultural development and farmer welfare.

Peddapalli: Two farmers were mowed down by a sand lorry near Bittupalli of Manthani mandal on Sunday morning. According to police, Dharmulla Rajamallu (52) and Chiluveru Gattaiah (50), residents of Bittupalli, were on their way to their agricultural fields to harvest the paddy crop in the morning at the time of the accident. The driver […]

Suryapet: Farmers on Sunday staged a dharna at Kudakuda of Suryapet protesting against the sudden closure of the paddy procurement centre of District Cooperative Marketing Society. The farmers resorted to the protests alleging that the DCMS has closed the paddy procurement center due to political reasons. They expressed strong displeasure over the decision when paddy […]

Hyderabad: Mounting pressure on the Central government against its paddy procurement policy, the ruling TRS organised State-wide protests in all Assembly constituency headquarters here on Friday. Along with farmers, Ministers, MPs, MLAs, MLCs and other elected representatives participated in the Rythu Maha Dharnas organised in their respective constituencies, demanding the Centre to make a clear […]

Nirmal: Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy said that the Union government was showing a stubborn attitude towards farmers’ community. He was addressing a gathering after inaugurating a paddy procurement centre in Soan mandal centre on Sunday. Indrakaran said the State government introduced a slew of innovative schemes for the welfare of the agrarian community. He […]

Nalgonda: Senior Congress leader and Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday said that the Congress would launch agitation to mount pressure on the State government for procuring paddy. Speaking to media after visiting PACS paddy procurement centre in Mosambi market, Uttam Kumar Reddy said that paddy, which was brought to the paddy procurement […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday made it clear that the paddy procurement would be taken up for the Vaanakalam season this year, as was done last year. He directed the Civil Supplies Department officials to procure paddy through 6,545 paddy purchase centres that were established last year. Further, the Chief Minister announced […]

Hyderabad: Bamboo is part of rural livelihood in many countries, especially in developing countries like India. Its multiple uses has given it the tag of ‘poor man’s timber’. As part of the National Bamboo Mission in 2007, Telangana government is also educating the farmers regarding bamboo cultivation pointing out that it would not only benefit […]

Rajanna-Sircilla: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K T Rama Rao urged farmers to cultivate alternative crops instead of paddy. Since the Union government had refused to procure common variety of paddy, it was necessary to shift to crops other than paddy from the next Yasangi season, he said. “Farmers can earn more with less […]

Sangareddy: Collector Sangareddy M Hanumantha Rao has called upon the farmers and officials to put a collective effort to make Varam Farmers Producers Organisation (FPO) a model in the State. After releasing the outlet of Varam FPO on the premises of Collectorate in Sangareddy on Monday, the Collector said farmers from Raikode, Vatpally and Munipally […]

Hyderabad: Agronomists have strongly recommended that farmers should be able to make a profit (share) on the commodity produced by their crops even after selling their crops in the market. They cited the sale of Amul milk as an example where farmers are getting a share in the sale of sweets, yoghurt and other beverages, […]

Anjith Kumar topped the list of meritorious students who applied for the course under the SC category, and declared on Monday. He left for Kerala on Wednesday. “I would like to excel in the field of fisheries, perform well in academics. No student who studied in a government educational institution has taken up this unconventional course from our community, Nethakani, so far," Anjith told Telangana Today. 

Hyderabad: While e-commerce is growing fast, there are still some remote areas where it is yet to reach. It is an additional cost for farmers to buy agri inputs or sell their produce from these places, where last-mile connectivity and unit economics (cost of doing business vs revenues generated) are an issue. To address this, […]

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 […]

Karnal: Thousands of farmers started marching towards the district headquarters here on Tuesday evening after union leaders said their talks with the local administration had failed. Farmer unions had demanded action against officials over the lathi-charge against protesters on August 28 in Karnal. Otherwise, they had threatened farmers will lay siege on the Karnal mini-secretariat […]

The average rainfall of Kumram Bheem Asifabad district was gauged to be 48 mm

About nine lakh farmers will be relieved from the loan burden.

He said Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had emerged as a role model for others in the country with the implementation of Rythu Bandhu scheme in Telangana State.