"spurious-seeds"

The Government should initiate stringent action against them irrespective of their political associations, he said.

V&E officials seized 229.55 quintals of BT cotton, soybean and other seeds, 74.3 metric tonnes of fertilisers and 268 kgs of pesticides worth Rs 58 lakh

Agriculture Minister appreciated Task Force officials for striving towards CM K Chandrashekhar Rao’s objective of making Telangana free from spurious seeds

Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said the State government has decided to deal with the producers and suppliers of spurious seeds in a stern manner

Acting on a tip-off, the team raided Vaishnavi Seeds and Pesticides located at Keshampet and seized 115 kg of spurious banned BG-III HT cotton seed and Glyphosate pesticide

Seven arrested with 29.2 quintals of spurious cotton seeds

The DCP further said that surprise raids would be carried out for checking the menace, by coordinating with authorities of the Agriculture department.

Seeds worth Rs 3 lakh, a motorbike, trolley and three mobile phones were recovered from them.

Ten persons involved in illegal trading of spurious seeds including vegetables and cotton were detained under the PD Act by Rachakonda police

The Collector instructed the agriculture and police department officials to conduct random checks in seed dealer shops across the district.

The arrested persons were T.Madhu (23) and Shiva Keshava Reddy (39), both farm workers from Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh.