Telangana is poised for a record paddy harvest thanks to a favourable monsoon, but farmers face mounting challenges. Escalating input costs, urea shortages, and a nationwide rice glut have driven prices below MSP, threatening profits.
Telangana’s GVO in agriculture and allied sectors doubled over the past decade, with the State ranking No.1 in paddy and making significant gains in cereals, livestock, fibres and spices. Flagship irrigation and farm welfare schemes have driven this growth
In any other State or country, KLIP would be a celebrated case study. As it nears its sixth anniversary, we revisit how it transformed Telangana’s agriculture before political neglect halted its momentum.
The Congress party, which promised to provide Rs 500 bonus to all paddy varieties during the time of elections, had changed its voice after coming to power and announced bonus only for fine variety
Khammam: Paddy production increased manifold in Telangana with the pro-farmer measures taken by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, stated Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. Telangana Farmers faced many difficulties to produce as little as 40 lakh metric tonnes paddy in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh but now the State was producing as much as 1.40 crore metric […]
CM KCR took up agriculture as a priority sector and initiated multiple measures to improve the infrastructure as well as supply of power and irrigation water without any disruption.
Hyderabad: Breaking its own record, Telangana’s paddy production in the Vaanakalam (kharif) season could be a whopping 1.6 crore tonnes, a quantum jump from the 1.13 crore tonnes of paddy produced last Vaanakalam, on account of the increase in area under cultivation as well as increased yield per acre in the State. The first advance […]
Addressing villagers after laying the foundation stone for a two-lane bridge at a cost of Rs 3.53 crore at Chowdaram village in Chinnakodur mandal on Thursday, Harish Rao said Rythu Bandhu and round the clock free power supply were also helping the farming community.
State witnessed a whopping 2.09 crore acres being brought under cultivation during the combined period of Vaanakalam (Kharif) and Yasangi (Rabi) seasons
