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Hyderabad: The union government’s stubborn attitude in refusing to procure the Yasangi paddy harvest from Telangana can only mean two things – that it stands completely exposed in understanding the global market needs or it is guilty of wilful rejection of the State’s genuine pleas. There has been a growing demand for broken rice in […]

Hyderabad: The TRS legislators on Sunday slammed the BJP-led union government for being vengeful towards farmers and discriminating the non-BJP-ruled States like Telangana. They said with the fear that Telangana would overtake Gujarat in economic growth, the Centre was rejecting requests from the State for paddy procurement. Speaking to mediapersons at TRS Legislative Party office […]

Hanamkonda: An emergency general body meeting of the Zilla Parishad has passed a resolution demanding the Centre to procure the entire paddy of the Yasangi season from Telangana here on Sunday. The meeting was chaired by ZP chairman Sudhir Kumar, and attended several ZPTCs, MPPs and ex-officio members. The members have also criticised the BJP […]

Karimnagar: Zilla Parishad general body meeting passed a unanimous resolution demanding the central government to purchase paddy from the state. General body meeting held under the chair of ZP chairperson Kanumalla Vijaya at ZP meeting hall here on Saturday, adopted the resolution demanding the union government to procure paddy from Telangana. A copy of resolution […]

Warangal: TRS leader and former Mayor Gunda Prakash Rao, former director SAAP, Rajanala Srihari and several others have staged a dharna in front of BJP district office here on Friday demanding that the Centre purchase paddy. They brought several bags of paddy in a bullock cart and dumped them at the office. Speaking on the […]

Hyderabad: Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Friday said the onus of making the Centre purchase the entire paddy crop from Telangana was on the BJP State leadership considering the assurances given by the party’s State president Bandi Sanjay as well as union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy. He reminded that the two had, […]

Hyderabad: In a remarkable and welcome development during this Yasangi season’s sowing operations that are nearing completion, many farmers across the State have opted for alternative crops to paddy. More importantly, cultivation of pulses and oil seeds has hit a new high in Telangana that is in tune with the State government’s appeal for crop […]

Hyderabad: Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar said the government procured a record 70.30 lakh tonnes of paddy for the 2021-22 Vanakalam season. “This was record procurement for the season even in the united Andhra Pradesh. Telangana stood third in the country among the States in terms of paddy procurement,” the Minister said. In a statement […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the government will pay Rs 2.37 lakh crore towards procurement of wheat and paddy under MSP operations. The fiscal 2022-23 has been announced as International Year of Millets, the finance minister said while presenting the Union Budget for 2022-23.

Hyderabad: Surpassing the Centre’s target, the Civil Supplies department has procured 70 lakh tonnes of paddy for the Vaanakalam 2021-22 season which is about 44 per cent i.e. 21.21 lakh tonnes more than last Vaanakalam 2020-21 season. The paddy procured by the State government is around 1.31 lakh tonnes more than the official target of […]

Khammam: Unable to digest the growing support for Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao among the farming community, BJP leaders in the State were making baseless allegations against the TRS government, TRS leaders said on Wednesday. The BJP government at the Centre was known for its anti-farmer attitude, and the saffron party leaders have a history […]

Khammam: The Central government was adopting double standards in purchasing paddy from Telangana State, TRS Lok Sabha leader Nama Nageswara Rao said on Monday. “The BJP government at the Centre is not responding to the State’s appeals to buy paddy produced by farmers. It is sad that the Centre which has been purchasing paddy from […]

Hyderabad: The face-off between Telangana and the BJP government at the Centre over paddy procurement reached a flash-point on Friday with the State declaring that it would dump the entire stock of Vaanakalam paddy procured beyond the targetted 60 lakh tonne, at India Gate if the latter continues with its stubborn attitude. “We achieved the […]

Hyderabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao said he was astonished that Union Minister for Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal chose to keep the Ministerial delegation from Telangana waiting for three days for an appointment, but chose to meet BJP leaders from the State first. He also strongly objected to the Union Minister blaming the […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Tuesday said post Covid impact, Telangana was back on development track and was being ranked among the top States in progress being achieved in the country. “Seven years ago, per capita income of Telangana was about Rs 1 lakh. In 2021, it increased to Rs 2.37 lakh. Telangana […]

Khammam: The Centre has adopted anti-farmer policies that were harming the interest of farmers in Telangana, Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar said on Monday. He took part in a protest at Raghunathapalem mandal headquarters in the district on Monday following a call for Statewide protests given by TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. […]

Mancherial: Additional Collector D Madusudan Naik instructed the officials concerned and rice millers to achieve targets with regard to transportation of paddy to rice mills. Speaking after inspecting four rice mills at Sabbepalli village in Hajipur mandal on Sunday, Madusudan directed the officials and millers to shift both raw and boiled rice which were pending […]

Medak: Transforming his farm into a perfect model for alternate crop cultivation, MLC Sheri Subhash Reddy skipped paddy this season and is raising different crops in his 55 acres of farmland on the banks of River Manjira at Kuchanpally village in Havelighanpur mandal. Subhash Reddy, who is also the political secretary to Chief Minister K […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has procured nearly 42.22 lakh tonnes of paddy worth Rs 8,268 crore from 4.5 lakh farmers as of December 12. This is about 30 per cent more than the paddy procured during the corresponding period last year. However, there is a severe shortage of godown space in the State with the Centre not […]

Hyderabad: Taking shelter under technicalities, Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal once again washed his hands off over paddy procurement from Telangana State. “It is the responsibility of Telangana State government to procure paddy and supply rice to the Central government and the Central government has no role in paddy procurement as Telangana […]