"telangana-farmers"

The Civil Supplies department promised to purchase 8.16 lakh tonnes of paddy in October itself. But as on October 28, only 7,629 tonnes of paddy has been purchased from 913 farmers," he said.

"Farmers are being deceived in every way," he said, expressing anger over the government’s failure to commence crop procurement and provide MSP as promised during elections.

Procurement of paddy has not started in many paddy purchasing centers in the erstwhile Karimnagar district.

Farmers were outraged, accusing the Congress government of betraying them by not only delaying the promised financial assistance for the previous Yasangi (Rabi) season, but also denying it for the entire Vanakalam season.

BRS leader and former minister S Niranjan Reddy demanded that the support price given to cotton in Gujarat be extended to Telangana farmers as well.

The committee includes Ministers Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu, N Uttam Kumar Reddy, D Sridhar Babu, and Tummala Nageswara Rao

The Telangana Civil Supplies Corporation is currently gearing up with the necessary infrastructure to commence full-fledged procurement from the third week of October

Thummala Nageswar Rao directed the Agriculture Secretary to write to the Centre in this regard. He wanted the cap on the procurement of farmers produce to go.

The MPs and MLAs of the BJP held a 24-hour protest to force the State government to fulfil the promises made to the farming community, especially the crop loan waiver scheme, at the Dharna Chowk, Indira Park on Monday.

Harish Rao found fault with Priyanka Gandhi for failing to stand by the assurances she gave to the RRR victims during the election campaign.

Nearly 100 farmers from the village arrived at the Collectorate carrying their bank passbook, pattadar passbook and other documents

Centres to be operated through Primary Agricultural Cooperatives (4,496), Indira Kranti Patham centres (2,102), and other agencies (541), to streamline the process for farmers during the harvest season.

The farmers, who borrowed more than Rs.2 lakh, had repaid the additional amount to banks, but many were yet to get the waiver. They also said majority of farmers in the village had not yet got the loan waiver.

The demonstrators, led by former MLA K Prabhakar Reddy, voiced their opposition to the forcible acquisition of their agricultural lands without fair compensation.

Since Ramulu knew welding and a little bit of carpentry as well, he spent Rs.2 lakh to procure cement poles and steel to build the bridge. The father-son duo built the bridge within 20 days before the onset of the rainy season.

Chief Minister Revanth Reddy was trying to restrict YouTube channels since they were streaming the real issues to the people, said BRS leader Harish Rao

The hopes of the farmers have been dashed due to adverse weather conditions. The initial sowing of cotton, which began in late May following pre-monsoon showers, was severely impacted by dry spells.

Among the hardest-hit areas are Mahabubabad, Mulugu, Khammam, Nalgonda, Nagarkurnool, Mahabubnagar, Hanamkonda, Bhadradri Kothagudem and Jangaon districts. The initial assessments indicate that the most significant losses are in paddy, cotton, and maize crops.

Farmers continued to hit the streets in several areas in the State raising basic issues, including water for their crops.

Sirpur (T) MLA Dr P Harish Babu said that the government cheated the farmers by allocating Rs 18,000 crore as against the outlay of the loans of Rs 65,000 crore in the state. He opined that it got rid of the loans by waiving loans belonging to a minor portion of farmers.