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Hyderabad: Telangana insisted for a written assurance from the Centre which has promised to enhance the target of paddy procurement for Kharif Marketing Season 2021-22, upon fulfilling the initial target of 60 lakh tonnes (i.e., 40 lakh tonnes rice). With Union Minister for Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal informing that he would consult the […]
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Hyderabad: Union Minister for Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal’s attempts to stick to the script that he has been playing out on paddy procurement from Telangana boomeranged on him when he called up the railway and FCI authorities to arrange for rakes and make arrangements to lift rice stocks immediately from godowns. This comes […]
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Hyderabad: Sangareddy MLA T Jagga Reddy accused both TRS and BJP governments at the State and Centre of playing double game with an eye on the next general elections and at the cost of farmers’ welfare. Both the State and Central governments were equally responsible for the farmers’ plight, especially when it comes to paddy […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana delegation of six Ministers and MPs is camping in Delhi for the last two days and is still waiting for an appointment with Union Minister for Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal. They have also sought the appointment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there has been no response so far. On Monday, Telangana […]
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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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Adilabad: MLAs belonging to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party staged a protest against the Union government’s decision to not to procure paddy produced in Yasangi season, across the erstwhile Adilabad district on Monday. Forest minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy expressed anger over the Union government’s move. He opined that the Centre was showing stubborn attitude […]
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy demanded that the Central government should give a written assurance to the Telangana government over enhancing targets for paddy procurement during the Vaanakalam (Kharif) season. He sought Union Minister for Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal to increase the Vaanakalam target from 60 lakh tonnes of paddy (i.e. 40 […]
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Hyderabad: A delegation of Ministers and TRS MPs left for Delhi on Saturday evening, to ascertain the Centre’s stance on procurement of paddy from Telangana beyond the initial agreement of 60 lakh tonnes (approximately 40 lakh tonnes rice). They have sought appointment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush […]
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Hyderabad: With the BJP-led Union government refusing to buy rice from Telangana State during Yasangi (Rabi) season, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao reiterated that the State government will neither open paddy purchase centres nor procure paddy from farmers. He wanted the District Collectors and Agriculture officials to go to the field level and explain to […]
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Medak: Additional Collector Medak Ramesh said that Medak district has completed the paddy procurement of Vanakalam season thus becoming the first district in the State 15 days before the schedule. During a meeting with officials on Friday, the Additional Collector said that they have closed down 378 paddy procurement centers opened to buy the paddy […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation procured 50 lakh tonnes paddy from about nine lakh farmers in the ongoing Vaanakalam (Kharif) paddy procurement season, breaking the previous year’s record of 48.75 lakh tonnes. The government is likely to procure another 20 lakh tonnes before end of the season. Till date, the Corporation has procured […]
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Hyderabad: TRS working president and MA&UD Minister KT Rama Rao came down heavily on the Central government on Wednesday for changing its paddy procurement policy without proper planning and deciding not to procure parboiled rice. The Centre’s decision has had an impact not only on Telangana, but also the neighbouring States of Andhra Pradesh and […]
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Mancherial: District Collector Bharati Hollikeri toured Bellampalli and Thandur mandals and created awareness among farmers over crop diversification on Wednesday. Speaking at an awareness programme held at Budakhurd village in Bellampalli mandal, Bharati opined that fertility of the soil would be affected if a single crop was raised. She advised farmers to go for alternate […]
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Nalgonda: Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over paddy procurement from farmers by the State government. The Governor, accompanied by district officials, inspected PACS paddy procurement centres at Arjalabavai and Anishetti Duppalapally in Nalgonda district and interacted with the farmers there. Interacting with Mandai Madhusudan Reddy, a farmer from Cherlapally village, she inquired about […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Tuesday announced that it would boycott the ongoing winter session of Parliament following the Union government’s failure to respond to a host of issues raised by Telangana including lifting of rice stocks from the State, a uniform national paddy procurement policy and the continuing suspension of 12 Rajya […]
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Hyderabad: Rubbishing the allegations of Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal over Telangana’s failure to deliver Custom Milled Rice (CMR) as per schedule, Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation Chairman Mareddy Srinivas Reddy said the Central government was trying to blame the State government for its inefficiency to procure, transport and store rice from […]
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Hyderabad: TPCC president A Revanth Reddy alleged that the TRS and BJP were involved in match-fixing over paddy procurement issue and charged that TRS MPs were enacting protest dramas in Parliament. Addressing mediapersons in New Delhi on Monday, the TPCC president said TRS MPs would stop their protests in a few days and return home, […]
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy turned the tables on the Union government, accusing Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal of mouthing blatant lies in Parliament and misleading the country on paddy procurement from Telangana State. Rubbishing the Union Minister’s allegations that Telangana had failed to supply the agreed quantity of rice, he […]
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Jogulamba Gadwal: District Collector V Kranthi directed the officials to ensure 100 percent vaccination, besides initiating measures to avoid inconvenience to farmers during paddy procurement. The district Collector inspected the paddy procurement centre set up in the primary agricultural Cooperative society on Saturday. During the inspection, he specifically checked the provision of tarpaulins, gunny bags, […]
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Hyderabad: With the Centre asserting that it would not purchase parboiled rice and refusing to clarify the quantity of rice it would procure for Yasangi season from Telangana, the TRS appears to have decided to mount pressure on the Union government by joining hands with the Opposition parties. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao chaired a […]
