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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 […]
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Hyderabad: The Centre refused to budge from its stand on paddy procurement from Telangana, stating that it will not purchase parboiled rice from the State for Yasangi season. The Union government was also not willing to consider the State’s demand to come up with the raw rice procurement target for Yasangi. Replying to a question […]
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Hyderabad: Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday sought to blame the Telangana government, claiming that the State government had failed to supply the quantity of rice as per the agreement. In Vaanakalam 2020-21 season, Telangana was expected to supply 50 lakh tonnes of rice but delivered only 32.66 lakh tonnes. In […]
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Jagtial: District Collector G Ravi instructed officials to provide all facilities in paddy purchasing centres to ensure that farmers should not face any hardships. The Collector made a surprise visit to paddy purchasing centres in Yashwantharaopet, Gopalapuram, Maddunur, and Sirikonda of Buggaram mandal, Kishanraopet and Endapalli of Velgatur mandal and Thimmapur, and Nerella of Dharmapuri […]
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Nirmal: Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy advised farmers not to believe in the statements of BJP leaders and get cheated by the party. Addressing the media here on Wednesday, Indrakaran slammed the BJP leaders for making contradictory statements over the procurement of paddy. He said it was absurd that while the Centre declared it would […]
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Hyderabad: The State government will not set up paddy procurement centres in the ensuing Rabi season as the Union Government has ruled out lifting parboiled rice from Telangana. Disclosing this at a media conference Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao slammed the Centre for running away from its social responsibility. The Telangana government does not have […]
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Hyderabad: A two-judge Bench of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice A Rajashekhar Reddy took up a PIL challenging the inaction of the government in procuring paddy from farmers. The Bench directed the government pleader for Civil Supplies, Food Corporation of India and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, food and […]
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Hyderabad: The war of words between the ruling parties at the Centre and the State further intensified on Monday when the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao launched a no-holds-barred verbal assault on what he termed as best examples of double speak from the ruling BJP and likened it to a party ‘that kills farmers’. On […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MPs brought the Parliament to a standstill, forcing the adjournment of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, as they demanded that the Centre address the issues of paddy procurement and also issual of a gazette notification taking over irrigation projects on Godavari and Krishna rivers. Later, they staged a […]
