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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 […]
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Hyderabad: Finance and Health Minister T Harish Rao did not pull any punch in his fiery condemnation of Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal’s inappropriate behaviour with the Ministerial delegation that met with him on Tuesday, and demanded an unconditional apology from the Union Minister for ‘humiliating’ the delegation. “He should apologise and […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana insisted for a written assurance from the Centre which has promised to enhance the target of paddy procurement for Kharif Marketing Season 2021-22, upon fulfilling the initial target of 60 lakh tonnes (i.e., 40 lakh tonnes rice). With Union Minister for Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal informing that he would consult the […]
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Hyderabad: Union Minister for Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal’s attempts to stick to the script that he has been playing out on paddy procurement from Telangana boomeranged on him when he called up the railway and FCI authorities to arrange for rakes and make arrangements to lift rice stocks immediately from godowns. This comes […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana delegation of six Ministers and MPs is camping in Delhi for the last two days and is still waiting for an appointment with Union Minister for Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal. They have also sought the appointment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there has been no response so far. On Monday, Telangana […]
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Hyderabad: Textiles Minister KT Rama Rao, demanding the Centre drop its proposal to hike GST on textiles and handlooms from five per cent to 12 per cent on Sunday, said that SCs, STs and BCs who constitute 70 per cent of the families in the handloom sector would be the worst hit by the decision. […]
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Hyderabad: Upping the ante against the BJP government at the Centre for its anti-farmers’ policies, the TRS has decided to join hands with like-minded political forces at the national level and support their efforts to dethrone the saffron party at the Centre. TRS President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao is likely to meet the […]
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy turned the tables on the Union government, accusing Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal of mouthing blatant lies in Parliament and misleading the country on paddy procurement from Telangana State. Rubbishing the Union Minister’s allegations that Telangana had failed to supply the agreed quantity of rice, he […]
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Hyderabad: TRS Parliament members on Friday came down heavily against the statement made by Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal in the Rajya Sabha on paddy procurement from Telangana State. They said the BJP State leaders claimed that the Centre will purchase every grain of paddy from Telangana for Yasangi (Rabi) season, but […]
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Hyderabad: Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday sought to blame the Telangana government, claiming that the State government had failed to supply the quantity of rice as per the agreement. In Vaanakalam 2020-21 season, Telangana was expected to supply 50 lakh tonnes of rice but delivered only 32.66 lakh tonnes. In […]
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Hyderabad: TRS Lok Sabha party leader Nama Nageshwara Rao said the Telangana paddy procurement issue would be raised in Parliament in addition to demanding fulfillment of assurances made under AP Reorganisation Act. The Winter Session of Parliament will be commencing on Monday and he attended the all-party meeting held under auspices of Union Parliamentary Affairs […]
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Hyderabad: Much to the disappointment of farmers, the Centre on Friday failed to give any assurance on enhancing rice procurement from the State. Though the State government has pinned hopes on the Union government, the Telangana delegation led by Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy was forced to return home with empty promises, after more than […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has appealed to the Centre again to revise its paddy procurement to at least 80 lakh tonnes from the proposed 60 lakh tonnes for Vaanakalam (Kharif) season 2021-22. He is also learnt to have urged enhanced procurement of parboiled rice up to 80-90 per cent of total rice procured […]
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Hyderabad: IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao requested Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal for setting up of first National Design Centre (NDC) in Hyderabad for which a detailed project report (DPR) was submitted to the Central government. A representation was submitted to Goyal at his residence in New […]
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The Centre was also requested to increase the CMR (custom milled rice) delivery date by 30 days for the Yasangi season
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The Industry Minister said the ministry is not changing any policy on e-commerce for foreign direct investment as the policy is crystal clear
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MMTS services had suspended in March 2020 due to Covid induced lockdown and 10 services were resumed last week
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New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has hit out at foreign e-commerce companies which are violating Indian laws. “Unfortunately, many of these large e-commerce companies have come into India and very blatantly violated the laws of the land, in more ways than one,” Goyal said at an event by the Stanford India Policy […]
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The Chief Minister called Modi, after he returned to Pragathi Bhavan on Thursday and pointed out that even the allocated quantity of oxygen from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka was not reaching Telangana
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Amidst increasing demand for oxygen, Additional Secretary in MHA said, "There is absolutely no need to panic for oxygen as we are trying to resolve the issue of oxygen transportation
