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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: 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: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy announced that 67,699 farmers in Telangana received a total Rs 3,384.95 crore insurance amount i.e. Rs 5 lakh each under Rythu Bima scheme in the last three years. Telangana is the only State to implement Rythu Bima and Rythu Bandhu schemes in the country. The State government paid insurance […]
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Hyderabad: Strongly condemning the violence against farmers in Nalgonda district, Ministers came down heavily on the BJP State leaders especially the party State president Bandi Sanjay and held them responsible for triggering violence in erstwhile Nalgonda district. They stated that the BJP are unable to digest the progress of farmers in the State under the […]
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Hyderabad: After cutting down on paddy procurement from Telangana, the Centre continued its discrimination in supply the required quantity of fertilisers to the State. As against the required 6.4 lakh tonnes of fertilisers during October and November, the Centre allotted only 3.67 lakh tonnes. Of this, only 1.55 lakh tonnes have been supplied which could […]
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy on Friday lashed out at the BJP Telangana leaders for spreading false propaganda against the TRS government over paddy procurement. He termed the statements made by the BJP Telangana leaders over paddy procurement as irresponsible and strongly objected to the remarks that the State government was only playing the […]
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy on Thursday demanded BJP State president Bandi Sanjay to exert pressure on the Centre to procure the entire paddy crop produced in the State and prove their commitment to farmers’ welfare in Telangana State. “If the BJP leaders succeed and make the Centre issue orders by 5 pm today, […]
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said Telangana, which was once known for poverty and drought, had now emerged as the rice bowl of India following the reforms introduced by the TRS government. In the united Andhra Pradesh, farmers in the Telangana region faced many difficulties, including lack of sufficient water, power supply and investment […]
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He declared that the State government was ready to purchase black gram crop through the Telangana State Co-operative Marketing Federation (TS MarkFed).
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy and Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud blamed Congress for the backwardness of erstwhile Mahabubnagar district. They accused the Telangana Congress leaders of supporting the Andhra leadership even though the latter brought sufferings to people of Telangana and dared them to show a Congress-ruled State which was better than Telangana. […]
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Hyderabad: The layout of the land allocated for traders in the proposed fruit market at Koheda will be finalised on October 15, on the auspicious occasion of Dasara. The same day, the operations will be launched at the temporary fruit market being established at Batasingaram. The fruit market is proposed to be shifted from Gaddiannaram […]
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"There are a lot of shortcomings in the existing policy which need to be rectified to ensure that the benefits of crop insurance reach the grass root level farmers," the Chief Minister said.
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said there would be clarity on paddy procurement by the Central government in 10 days. He urged the Centre to procure paddy from Telangana State in the same manner it was procuring from Punjab. After Punjab, paddy is widely cultivated in Telangan State, which is now the second largest […]
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Three companies to set up jute mills in the State; to provide over 10,400 direct jobs
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Hyderabad: The State government on Monday urged the Centre to increase funding to Telangana State under the Central Sector Schemes or Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) by at least 10-folds from this financial year. Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy submitted a representation to Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje in this […]
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Hyderabad: Suravaram Pratapa Reddy was a multi-faceted personality who left his indelible mark on Telangana’s social consciousness and also worked for uplift of the downtrodden as well as development of society as a whole, said Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy. He said Pratapa Reddy was a dynamic person who organised community lunches nearly 80 years […]
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Nalgonda: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy on Saturday asked the farmers to take up the cultivation of the crops including pulses as per the demand in the market. On his way to Shaligowraram to attend an official programme, Niranjan Reddy visited vegetables farm belonging to a farmer Sathi Reddy at Chityal and interacted with him. […]
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Nalgonda: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy on Saturday challenged both the Congress and BJP to implement a scheme similar to Rythu Bandhu in any one of the states being ruled by their party government for the welfare of the farmers. Inaugurating godown of Agriculture Market Committee (AMC) at Shaligowrarm in the district, Niranjan Reddy said […]
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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 […]
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S. Niranjan Reddy said Telangana State Cooperative Oil Seeds Growers Federation Limited (TS Oilfed) generated a net profit of Rs.57 crore last financial year after the annual turnover increased to over Rs.700 crore. Launching the TS Oilfed’s Vijaya groceries here on Monday, the Minister said in the united AP, the Oilfed’s turnover […]
