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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 […]

Khammam: With the State government deciding to procure entire paddy produced in Vanakalam season, officials in erstwhile Khammam have begun preparations for the procurement of the produce.According to officials, it was planned to procure about 6.50 lakh metric tonnes of paddy in Khammam and Kothagudem districts. In Khammam district paddy was cultivated in about 2.64 […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday made it clear that the paddy procurement would be taken up for the Vaanakalam season this year, as was done last year. He directed the Civil Supplies Department officials to procure paddy through 6,545 paddy purchase centres that were established last year. Further, the Chief Minister announced […]

Hyderabad: Validating the facts established by ‘Telangana Today’ on the alleged emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) through paddy cultivation in the State, officials of Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) said the issue was being blown out of proportion without even considering other factors that were favourable to the atmosphere. They also questioned the […]

Siddipet: With a motto to produce, preserve and distribute a variety of seeds, a young Agriculture Extension Officer from Narayanraopet Mandal with the support of some progressive farmers developed a seed bank of a variety of paddy and other seeds. Collecting some 33 varieties of paddy seeds from different farmers, AEO T Nagarjuna convinced Rythu […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday appealed to the Union government to examine the possibility of exporting paddy to foreign nations. For the second consecutive day on Monday, the Chief Minister called on Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal in Delhi and urged him to bring the issue […]

Karimnagar: BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar on Sunday said farmers have to take the cultivation of crops other than paddy in the wake of the Union government’s decision not to procure common variety of paddy. The Minister was speaking at a meeting with farmers of Tahirkondapur of Karimnagar Rural mandal. Attributing the […]

Khammam: An age-old practice of direct seeded rice (DSR) cultivation, which was relinquished by farmers in the past, has been gaining traction again in the district. Thanks to the efforts being made by the State government in promoting the practice, more farmers in Khammam district are adopting the cultivation practice that offers multiple benefits. The […]

Hyderabad: Telangana is likely become the largest producer of paddy in the country yet again. With paddy being cultivated in about 55 lakh acres during the ongoing Vaanakalam (Kharif) season, the paddy production estimates are pegged at 1.48 crore tonnes. Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy instructed the officials to create adequate godown space for storing […]

Mallikarjun Reddy, who has won several state and national level awards in agriculture, took up this exercise on the occasion of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahostav'.

Telangana supplied about 178.55 lakh quintals of cotton during the Kharif (Vaanakalam) Marketing Season of 2020-21.

Senigerapu Arjun, a farmer from Vedira of Ramadugu mandal, displayed his affection for Rama Rao by raising the paddy nursery for the present Vanakam season.

ZP Chairman Lingala Kamalaraj along with TS Seeds Corporation Chairman and Rythu Bandhu Samithi district convener took part in direct sowing of paddy at Kalakota village