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Siddipet: Finance Minister T Harish Rao has said that the government has set a target of taking up oil palm plantation in 30 000 acres in Siddipet district this year as part of encouraging alternative cultivation in the district. He had suggested to the agriculture officials to sensitise the farmers on Oil palm cultivation. Stating […]
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Hyderabad: Maintaining a strategic silence on State Government’s repeated appeals to sanction rightful projects and funds to Telangana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made a vain bid to project the State in poor light, especially in terms of development. This was even at a time, when Central Government agencies and organisations ranked Telangana as […]
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Hyderabad: IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao expressed concern that an agricultural crisis could ensue, if the Centre does not take urgent steps to make the farming profitable. He reminded that the Central Government, which promised to double the income of farmers in India, failed to achieve that goal. Responding to him, spiritual leader […]
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Hyderabad: Farmers’ unions from the Southern States which met at Thiruvanthapuram on Saturday, demanded implementation of Telangana Government’s Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima, 24-hour free power and other welfare programmes in Kerala. Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh founder Shivakumar Kakkaji and farmers unions leaders from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala participated in the meeting. Turmeric […]
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Karimnagar: BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar said the dream of the poor to have a house of their own was being fulfilled with the construction of double bedroom houses across the State as part of the 2BHK housing scheme launched by the State government. Speaking at an event after inaugurating 40 double […]
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Kamareddy: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K T Rama Rao led from the front in promoting the ‘Mana Ooru, Mana Badi’ scheme, the innovative and ambitious programme of the Telangana government to improve infrastructure facilities in government schools across the State, when he laid the foundation stone for a school building at Konapur, his […]
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Karimnagar: BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister, Gangula Kamalakar said that no BJP ruled State was implementing schemes like Kalyanalakshmi and Rythu Bandhu, which have been successfully implemented in Telangana. While the financial assistance was being provided for the marriage of poor women under Kalayanalakshmi schemes, Rythu Bandhu aims to protect the interests of farmers. […]
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Hyderabad: Countering the Congress party’s Farmers Declaration, the ruling TRS reminded that farmers in Punjab had rejected the grand old party in the recent elections and said Telangana farmers would not fall prey to the false assurances and deceptive politics. “It was not Rythu Sangarshana Sabha but it was Rahul Sangarshana Sabha,” tweeted Health Minister […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana State Planning Board vice chairman B Vinod Kumar demanded that former Congress president and MP Rahul Gandhi spell out the party’s agriculture policy during his public meeting at Warangal on Friday. He also wanted the Congress leader to clarify if the agriculture policy would be applicable to Telangana alone or the entire country. […]
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Telangana comes a long way from 2014 when the conditions in State were similar to Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh
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Karimnagar: Zilla Parishad Chairperson Kanumalla Vijaya assured that the state government would procure the entire paddy crop produced by the farmers in the Yasangi season. The ZP chairperson along with the District Collector RV Karnan inaugurated a paddy purchasing center in Jammikunta market yard on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, Vijaya said that the Chief […]
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Hyderabad: Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Friday said the BJP must come to power in Telangana for transforming backward Palamuru region into fertile and crop-yielding area. Participating in ‘Praja Sangrama Yatra’ of the State party president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on the second day at Undavalli in Gadwal, he said the BJP would try […]
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Khammam: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao stood firmly behind Telangana farmers by his decision to purchase the entire yasangi paddy, stated Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. He launched a paddy procurement centre at Manchukonda village in Raghunadhapalem mandal in the district on Thursday. The Minister described Chandrashekhar Rao as the true ‘Rythu Bandhu’ for his […]
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Rajanna-Sircilla: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao said that the word Ambedkar was a slogan for a few political parties. However, it was a policy for the Telangana government. A majority of the people would confine themselves to talk about Ambedkarism. However, they would not show interest in implementation. It was the […]
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Hyderabad: Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Wednesday alleged that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had not taken any measures to provide water for the agriculture sector in the State. Ground water levels had increased drastically only due to good rainfall, he said. Stating that the government had agreed to procure produced by farmers in […]
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Hyderabad: Industries and Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao here on Wednesday said the works pertaining to installation of 125-feet height statue of Dr. B R Ambedkar near NTR Gardens would be completed by December this year. Speaking after reviewing the progress of the works along with the Social Welfare Minister Koppula Eshwar and others, […]
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Hyderabad: Bharatiya Kisan union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait has extended support to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s (TRS) protest in New Delhi on Monday and said he will participate in the demonstration demanding that the Central government procure paddy produced in Telangana. He also pitched for the uniform procurement policy that is being demanded by […]
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Hyderabad: Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal’s attempts at hiding behind a veneer of satire to run down the TRS government on the paddy procurement issue on Thursday is bound to boomerang on the BJP government at the Centre. Describing the Telangana government as anti-farmers was probably the ultimate faux […]
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Nalgonda: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Thursday asked the farmers to stand with the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao in his fight against Narendra Modi government on anti-farmer policies including for paddy procurement. Speaking at Nalgonda assembly constituency level meeting of TRS here, Jagadish Reddy said that farmers of Telangana have history of playing […]
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy emphasised the need for develop crop clusters across the country and create ample marketing facilities, to turn agriculture into a remunerative occupation for farmers. He urged the union government to take the responsibility and promote crop clusters in a planned manner. A delegation led by the Minister is visiting […]
