Hyderabad: Providing quality and nutritious food to people is a major challenge before the world, said Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy. He emphasised the need for incentivising agriculture to encourage farmers for cultivating crops as per the market demand. He was participating in a national conference on ‘Sustainable Growth of Agriculture for Self-Reliant India’ during […]
Hyderabad: Promoting extensive cultivation of pulses in Yasangi (Rabi) season, the State government has decided to approach the union government to purchase the entire crop produced by farmers in the State. So far, the Centre has been purchasing only 25 per cent of the total production at Minimum Support Price (MSP). “To this effect, we […]
Hyderabad: Agriculture is not a profession, but a way of life and the governments must take measures to support farmers who are feeding the nation, said Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy. He exuded confidence that India will emerge as the food bowl of the world over the next two decades and wanted youth to take […]
Nalgonda: Agriculture minister S Niranjan Reddy on Wednesday said that the farmers should cultivate diversified crops keeping in mind the changing food habits of the people. Inspecting the seed development centre at Dindi in the district, Niranjan Reddy said that the farmers should adopt the modern cultivation methods and choose new varieties of hybrid seeds […]
Wanaparthy: The State Government has accorded administrative sanction of Rs.18.66 crore for constructing a new canal covering 9.35 metres till Khan Cheruvu in Peddagudem under Wanaparthy mandal. Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy thanked Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for approving the project. In the past, the MJ4 canal was dug up till Goplapur and Davajipally […]
Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy castigated the Central government for its failures and discrimination towards Telangana on various fronts. He said Telangana was the only State with highest budget allocation for agriculture sector and K Chandrashekhar Rao was the only Chief Minister in the country who is aware of the farmers’ plight as well […]
Hyderabad: The State government has deposited a total Rs 1,820.75 crore into the bank accounts of 36.3 lakh farmers for the ninth season of ‘Rythu Bandhu’ investment support scheme as on Wedneday. Since the launch of the scheme, Rs 50,448 crore were provided to farmers under the scheme in the last eight tranches while Rs […]
Hyderabad: The State government on Tuesday credited Rs 586.66 crore into the bank accounts of farmers with less than one acre land on the first day of the Rythu Bandhu investment support scheme. The first day of the ninth season of the scheme benefited about 19.98 lakh farmers covering a total area of 11.73 lakh […]
Hyderabad: The State government will commence from Tuesday crediting financial support amount of Rs 5,000 per acre into the bank accounts of eligible farmers under the Rythu Bandhu scheme for the current Vaanakalam (Kharif) season. The scheme will benefit about 68.1 lakh eligible farmers covering a total of 1.5 crore acres of farm land in […]
Hyderabad: Focusing on cultivation of crops alternative to paddy, the State government will encourage farmers to take up cultivation of cotton, pulses and oil seeds across Telangana during the ensuing Vaanakalam (Kharif) season. In this regard, the State government successfully completed 17 agriculture workshops for farmers across 32 districts from April 25 to June 24. […]
