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BRS MLAs staged a protest in the Telangana Legislative Assembly premises over an acute urea shortage affecting farmers during the Yasangi season. The party demanded an immediate discussion on the issue and blamed both the State and Central governments.

Telangana farmers continue large scale protests over loan waiver delays, erratic Rythu Bharosa payments, fertiliser shortage, crop losses and procurement problems. With flood and drought relief still unmet and input crises worsening, unrest has grown across districts as 2025 ends

Telangana has recorded 793 farmer suicides since the Congress government took office. Rising debt, high input costs, erratic MSP, delayed Rythu Bharosa payments, and aggressive moneylenders are pushing farmers into distress, with the problem worsening in 2025, say activists and experts.

Farmers in Stage II of the project initiate protests over uncertainty surrounding irrigation support

Rs 950 crore bonus remains unpaid, which places considerable financial burden on over four lakh farmers who sold Grade -A variety

The purchases would, however, continue for a few more days to ensure that the stocks left with the farmers are procured till the last grain.

The procurement was hit by untimely rains last year too. But summer showers were experienced this time in long spells and almost throughout May.

The driver, who carried the load from Mutaiyakota to Bejjanki, informed him that the paddy that got wet had not been purchased and that they were waiting for this to happen for the last three days.

The paddy procurement achieved so far is in the order of some 31,000 metric tonnes only and this is mainly from Nizamabad and Nalgonda districts.

The party announced that it would take out a 'Chalo Secretariat' protest and besiege the Secretariat with lakhs of farmers if the government failed to respond.

The Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved the increase of up to 9 per cent in the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for all mandated Rabi crops for marketing season 2024-25.

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has, so far, procured nearly five million tonnes of paddy worth Rs 9,726 crore from over nine lakh farmers during the Rabi season. Last year (2020-21), the State government had procured 14.1 million tonnes at an estimated cost of Rs 26,610 crore from over 21 lakh farmers, according to an official […]

TS buys 30 lakh tonne paddy so far Strap: Procurement to continue till June 10 to reach target of 50 lakh tonne

Karimnagar: The general body meeting of Municipal Corporation of Karimnagar, passed a unanimous resolution demanding that the central government purchase each and every grain produced during Yasangi and Rabi seasons in the state. The general body meeting, held under the chair of Mayor Y Sunil Rao here on Thursday, adopted the resolution in the wake […]

Despite lockdown, procurement picks pace as TS expects highest yield for the season since the formation of State seven years ago

Despite the steep increase in power demand, TSNPDCL Chairman A Gopal Rao assured that there would be no power cuts during the ongoing summer

Good spells of rain in past few months resulted in 49% excess rainfall for Yasangi crop season.