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He criticized Ministers from the district for staying insensitive on issues of farmers. The farmers of the ayacut of the Nagarjuna Sagar left canal were facing a hard time due to lack of irrigation facility.

According to him, the government had fixed the Minimum Support Price(MSP) for paddy 'A' grade Rs. 2203 per quintal and Rs. 2183 per quintal for normal quality.

Apart from paddy, maize, jowar, tobacco, ground nut, chilly, onions and horticulture farmers had incurred losses as standing crops were lost.

Hailstorm destroyed paddy in large areas in Sirikonda, Dharpally, Dichpalli and Indalwai mandals.

Reports indicate a significant reduction in paddy cultivation area, with nearly six lakh acres left fallow due to dwindling water supplies

Paddy growers, who have been finding it tough to get a remunerative price for their produce, have pinned hopes on the promise.

Unable to supply water to the standing crop, farmers set the crop on fire

Paddy farmers in Medak district are using the 'Eluka Chitti', an ancient Telugu mantra, to combat rodent damage. Farmers queue for chits, which are then planted in their fields, with some using extra chits for exceptional results.

With the area under paddy projected to be little over 40 lakh acres in Telangana during the Yasangi season, Department of Agriculture has prepared an action plan for supply of 19.24 lakh metric tonnes of various fertiliser grades

Pocharam Srinivas Reddy warned that the State government will be responsible for any decline in crop production, due to delayed release of water.

District Collector Ch Shivalingaiah has directed officials overseeing paddy procurement to accelerate the process.

With farmers starting harvest of the Vanakalam paddy crop, district officials are gearing up to set up 199 paddy procurement centres in the district

An equal quantity of 25 lakh metric tonnes is likely to go up for auction the same way in the second phase too

Telangana State Civil Supplies corporation has opted for disposing the paddy in the open market after obtaining the green signal from the government

Almost all water bodies including tanks, ponds and rivulets had overflowed following the incessant rainfall hit the district in the recent past

As deficit rainfall continues to plague the monsoon season, farmers in five districts of the erstwhile Warangal district have been once again asked to go for short-duration paddy varieties.

Niranjan Reddy on Saturday appealed to Vanakalam (kharif) farmers to opt for short duration paddy varieties

CM KCR said food processing industries to converts paddy into various products would be set up across the State

Finance Minister T Harish Rao said the State government would deposit Rs.6,000 crore in bank accounts of paddy farmers within three days.

Gangula Kamalakar said a record quantity of 62 lakh metric tons of paddy was procured from across the State as on Saturday