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Karimnagar: Union Government’s yet another attempt to vilify the Telangana Government on paddy procurement issue fell flat on its face, when Civil Supplies minister G Kamalakar made a point by point rebuttal of the allegations levelled by none other than Secunderabad parliament segment MP and union Minister G Kishan Reddy. Speaking to reporters here on […]
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Peddapalli: Paddy procurement has started across the district. District administration made required arrangements to procure paddy from farmers. Local MLA D Manohar Reddy started the procurement process by inaugurating Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS) centers in Bompalli and Raginedu of Peddapalli mandal on Thursday. Though the central government refused to procure paddy from the state […]
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Hyderabad: TPCC president A Revanth Reddy appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to order a CBI probe into the irregularities in paddy procurement during the last two Kharif seasons in the State. He also appealed to the Prime Minister to extend Minimum Support Price (MSP) for farmers, who taken […]
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Hyderabad: At a time, when the State Government had already set up over 530 paddy procurement centres, union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy said the Telangana Government was yet to commence procurement. Despite the Central Government agreeing to State Government’s requests on paddy procurement, the TRS Government has not procured stocks from farmers, the union […]
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Warangal: With the harvest of the yasangi paddy to begin in 10 days in the district, the officials are planning to set up more than 186 paddy procurement centres in the district to help the paddy farmers. As per the preliminary estimations, 1.86 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of the paddy will be expected in the […]
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Hyderabad: Considering the climatic conditions in Telangana and welfare of farming community, Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar appealed to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) not to raise any unreasonable objections during the current paddy procurement. The Minister met with FCI General Manager Deepak Sharma here on Saturday and briefed him about arrangements in place […]
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Hyderabad: Much to the delight of farmers, the Telangana government kickstarted the paddy purchases on Friday through the procurement centres established across the State especially in the erstwhile districts of Nizamabad, Nalgonda and Khammam. The officials made arrangements to procure nearly 65 lakh tonnes of paddy during the ensuing Yasangi (Rabi) season. During the Yasangi […]
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Hyderabad: Civil Supplies Minister G Kamalakar said paddy procurement would commence from Friday across the State and the exercise would be completed by May end or first week of June. This Yasangi season, paddy was cultivated in 34 lakh acres and 65 lakh metric tonnes was expected to arrive at the procurement centres, he said. […]
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Hyderabad: A day after Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao announced procurement of the entire paddy produced in the State, the administration swung into action to make arrangements for purchase of paddy across the State on Wednesday. While Ministers reviewed the arrangements and plans in their respective districts, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar held a teleconference with […]
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Nalgonda: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Wednesday asked the elected representatives and Rythu Bandhu Samithi members to cooperate with the officials for purchase of paddy from the farmers through paddy procurement centres. Holding a meeting with the officials, DCCB and Rythu Bandhu Samithi members of of Nalgonda, Yadadri-Bhongir and Suryappet district held in Udhyaditya […]
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Khammam: The procurement of paddy produced in Yasangi season in the district, would commence from Thursday at 236 centres. Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar who held a review meeting with the officials, directed them to this effect. The Minister chaired a meeting with revenue, agriculture, marketing, transport, cooperative and rural development department officials here on […]
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Karimnagar: TRS workers and farmers hailed the State government’s decision to procure paddy in the Yasangi season. Thanking Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for taking the decision in favour of farmers, they performed palabhishekam to his portrait in various villages of the erstwhile Karimangar district on Wednesday. The State Cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief […]
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Hyderabad: With the Telangana government deciding to procure the entire paddy produced by the farmers this rabi season, state Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar held a teleconference with District Collectors and other officials concerned on Wednesday and took stock of the situation in the respective districts. The meeting comes a day after Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana government has decided to procure paddy produced in the State during Yasangi in the backdrop of the Centre’s stubborn attitude in turning down the State government’s request for procurement of paddy. This decision was taken at the State cabinet which met for more than five hours in Hyderabad. Briefing media after the cabinet […]
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Hyderabad: In a deliberate and brazen attempt to misguide the farmers of Telangana on a day when Telangana took the battle on paddy procurement to New Delhi, union Parliamentary Affairs Minister V Muralidharan on Monday asserted that Centre was willing to bear the entire paddy procurement cost. This is in sharp contrast to what union […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao put the BJP government at the Centre on notice on Monday when he set a sharp 24-hour deadline for the union government to make its stand clear on procurement of the entire paddy crop from Telangana besides formulating a uniform food grains procurement policy. “If the Centre fails to […]
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Hyderabad: The political heat in New Delhi will go up several notches on Monday when the entire Telangana State Cabinet, elected representatives of TRS and party leaders embark on an unprecedented day-long ‘Maha Dharna’ against the BJP government at the Centre for its discrimination towards the State in paddy procurement. TRS President and Chief Minister […]
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Hyderabad: Bharatiya Kisan union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait has extended support to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s (TRS) protest in New Delhi on Monday and said he will participate in the demonstration demanding that the Central government procure paddy produced in Telangana. He also pitched for the uniform procurement policy that is being demanded by […]
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New Delhi: Alleging that Centre’s paddy procurement is “discriminatory”, TRS leader K Kavitha on Sunday said that the Union government’s policies are threat to national food security system. Ahead of the Telangana Rastra Samiti protest against the Centre’s paddy procurement policy in the national capital on April 11, the leader inspected the protest site at […]
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Hyderabad: Industries Minister and TRS Working president KT Rama Rao said the paddy procurement issue was not just about farmers struggle but it was also about Telangana’s self-respect. On Saturday, the Minister shared a video clip on twitter, in which union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy and State BJP president Bandi Sanjay assured that Central […]
