"telangana-farmers"

Says the Congress government failed to procure the crop immediately, leading to paddy stocked in purchase centres getting soaked

Former Minister T Harish Rao criticised Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for focusing on events like Miss World while farmers struggled at procurement centres

Works proposed to restore the project are moving at snail’s pace. Farmers under the ayacut of the project have already lost kharif and rabi seasons and they are set to lose yet another kharif season as the project is unlikely to be repaired by the time monsoon sets in

Untimely rains, inordinate delay in Rythu Bharosa input assistance, lack of smooth procurement system add to their challenges

When farmers from Chinnakodur approached him in this regard, Rao called the Agriculture Minister and asked him to continue the procurement.

BRS working president demanded Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to apologise to the people of Telangana for the betrayal

The State's gross cropped area expanded from 129.04 lakh acres in 2014-15 to 232.58 lakh acres last year. It resulted in a growing demand for high-quality seeds.

He held Chief Minister Revanth Reddy responsible for the drought-like conditions across the State and demanded immediate relief for farmers

Face dire situation due to drought conditions, water scarcity, irregular electricity supply; demand compensation

The BRS MLC sought to know the government's measures to safeguard the farmers, while turmeric prices dropped to Rs 9,000 per quintal

The water was seen flowing over a check dam at Ghanpur in Nanganur mandal where the farmers welcomed the sight holding banners of former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and Harish Rao. They hailed the two leaders for getting Godavari water to their agriculture fields

Rama Rao blamed the Congress's silence, despite water meant for Telangana's farmers being diverted to Andhra Pradesh, leaving crops to wither

Ryots see frequent and prolonged outages as an attempt to curtail subsidies, conserve resources

Withering crops, dried-up streams force farmers in several districts to hit the streets

He highlighted that the Congress government has allowed the once-flourishing Kaleshwaram project to fall into disrepair, leading to the drying up of reservoirs and a considerable decline in groundwater levels

The sangham leaders staged a protest at Wyra tahsildar office in the district on Friday demanding completion of loan waiver process and release of paddy bonus

Despite a good harvest, the farmers are struggling to cover production costs

Rao recalled that Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy had promised to release the bonus within 48 hours of procuring the paddy. The former Minister wrote a letter to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to release the bonus amount to all the farmers without any delay.

Though the farmers have completed their harvest, the full amount has not been released yet, says the BRS MLC

BRS MLA demands the ruling party to restore assistance to one lakh farmers with landholding of up to one acre