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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 […]

Mulugu: A farmer, who consumed pesticide on Tuesday night, died at the MGM Hospital in Warangal on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Bethelli Kumar (42) of Shivapur village of Eturnagaram mandal in the district. Kumar had cultivated paddy in eight acres. While he owned two acres, he took six acres on lease. He harvested […]

Suryapet: There certainly is a compelling reason behind farmers’ reluctance to shift from paddy cultivation to pulses, cotton or even vegetables. No, its neither the pests nor the human effort required to raise crops other than paddy. But its the marauding groups of monkeys that forced the farmers to opt for paddy cultivation only in […]

Karimnagar: BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar decided to cultivate oil farming in his agricultural land as an alternative to paddy. Minister has taken this decision to motivate the farming community to shift to alternative crops in the wake of the Union government’s denial to purchase paddy. Kamalakar on Saturday visited his agricultural […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation has procured 5.06 crore tonnes of paddy worth Rs 88,000 crore in the last seven years, which is a record of the sorts at the national level. No other State could achieve the feat in the country. In a statement issued here on Friday, Corporation chairman Mareddy Srinivas […]

Mancherial: Internal bickering among leaders of the Congress party came to the fore when former Congress MLC K Premsagar Rao submitted a representation to Collector Bharati Hollikeri requesting her to procure paddy produce and to immediately initiate payments to farmers here on Thursday. Supporters of Premsagar Rao blocked a convoy of vehicles in which senior […]

The paddy of farmers in Bodhan, Kotagiri and Chandur were affected because of the untimely rains. The district registered one millimetre rainfall in the last 24 hours, according to MeT department officials.

By Krishank Manne It is evident that the BJP has chosen paddy production and procurement for its politics. This is something unprecedented and a very strategic ploy of the party to misguide poor farmers. The BJP state president’s call to farmers contradicts his own party’s policy at the Centre on procurement cap. The whole argument […]

Warangal: Farmers and TRS party workers led by Ministers Errabelli Dayakar Rao, Satyavathi Rathod, Chief Whip Vinay Bhaskar and MLAs staged dharnas at several places in erstwhile Warangal district on Friday. They demanded the Centre to make a categorical statement on the purchase of paddy harvest of Yasangi season from Telangana. Addressing the farmers at […]

Warangal: With the State government’s decision to purchase the paddy crop harvested in Vaanakalam season, the officials of the erstwhile Warangal district have already started the procurement process at several centres for the convenience of the farmers. While Panchayat Raj and Rural Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao inaugurated two centres in Jangaon district on Saturday, he […]

Hyderabad: Continuing his onslaught against the BJP leadership for the second consecutive day, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao announced that the TRS would stage protests in all Assembly constituency headquarters in the State on November 12, demanding that the Centre procure entire paddy crop from farmers of Telangana State. He urged people of Telangana to […]

Siddipet: Medak MP Kotha Prabhakar Reddy on Sunday demanded the State unit of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and Dubbak MLA Raghunandan Rao to convince Prime Minister Narendra Modi to purchase paddy from Telangana government instead of criticising Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. Countering BJP MLA Ragunandan Rao’s comments on the Chief Minister, the Medak […]

Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy on Saturday urged farmers not to cultivate paddy during Yasangi season and instead he wanted them to take up alternate crops, including cotton cultivation. Telangana Government will not procure paddy produced during Yasangi. Farmers, who have tie ups with seed companies or rice millers can cultivate paddy but do […]

Hyderabad: State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Wednesday took exception to the alleged warning issued by Siddipet District Collector P Venkatrami Reddy to officials and seed sellers that they would be suspended, and shops closed even if one kg of paddy seeds was sold in the district. “We will proceed legally against such officers,” […]

Huzurabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Wednesday categorically stated that farmers could cultivate the crop of their choice and there was no restriction on the selection of crop cultivation. “BJP leaders are spreading falsehood that the State government is placing restrictions on the cultivation of paddy. There is no truth in the BJP’s propaganda,” […]

Siddipet: Siddipet District Collector P Venkatrami Reddy on Wednesday said the government would set up 396 paddy procurement centres across Siddipet district to procure 6.86 lakh tonnes of paddy from 1.79 lakh farmers in the district. Addressing a meeting conducted with rice millers at Integrated Collectorate Complex in Siddipet on Wednesday, the Collector said that […]