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