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"Congress government should give clarity on the farm loan waiver. It cheated the farmers by not waiving off the loans fully," says Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy

Farmers staged dharna blocking roads and raised slogans against the State government for not extending the waiver to them. They said that they were forced to roam around banks to get the scheme. Due to the protest, traffic came to a standstill for a while.

Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said the loan waiver was pending in respect of over 17 lakh accounts. The waiver was could not be implemented due to technical reasons and that their issues would be addressed soon.

A decision was taken to stage ‘rasta roko’ protest on national highways on Saturday. This apart, they demanded that the State government should waive their crop loans without imposing any terms and conditions.

Farmers across different districts have been complaining about difficulties in obtaining sufficient urea, which is crucial for the Vanakalam (Kharif) crops.

Farmers from three zones have been mounting pressure on elected representatives and officials for early release of water to their respective distributaries.

Farmers in erstwhile Medak district protest the land acquisition for the Regional Ring Road (RRR), demanding compensation based on market value or land-for-land. They urge the government to announce compensation before proceeding.

On his way to Chinnamulkanur of Chigurumamidi mandal, the Minister stopped his vehicle on seeing a few agricultural labourers engaged in paddy plantation.

Former minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy pointed out that there was no mention about the support for the tenant farmers and the farm workers in the State budget.

Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao on Wednesday hinted that the framework for the scheme would be finalised only after the implementation of the farm loan waiver scheme by the end of August.

The RBI informed that due to technical problems, around Rs 84.94 crore was not credited into 17,877 bank accounts which would be now returned to the State government after rectifying the issue, said Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao.

Mobilizing agriculture investment support from private sources is an uphill task. Loan waiver should have been scheduled after Rythu Bharosa.

CPI (M) State Secretary T Veerabhadram demanded the State government to amend the guidelines issued for the crop loan waiver, citing that many farmers would not get benefited due to the terms and conditions listed out in the scheme.

Accusing Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, BJP Medak MP M Raghunandan Rao alleged that the constitution of cabinet sub-committee for the implementation of Rythu Bharosa was an attempt to delay the scheme.

The sharp decline in suicides among farmers was attributed to proactive measures initiated by the BRS government following the formation of the State

According to agriculture officials, farmers would need two packets of cotton seeds per acre which would weigh 475 grams each.

On Tuesday, police had to use force to control the angry farmers, as the seed sellers limited sale of cotton seeds to two packets per person leading to arguments and police intervention.

Farmers held a prominent position in Telangana, however, in the past few months, unprecedented protests have erupted in various regions across the state, marking a significant shift in the prevailing scenario.

Wanaparthy: A team of over 70 farmers from the district have left for Baramati in Maharashtra on a study tour and would be visiting the sugar factories, besides examining the functioning of farmers Cooperative societies. The objective behind the study tour was to encourage the horticulture farmers to take up sugarcane cultivation and create awareness […]

Hyderabad: The Congress party will unveil its plans for Telangana’s agriculture sector at the public meeting to be addressed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at Warangal on Friday evening. After failing to capture power twice (2014 and 2018) despite claiming credit for carving out the separate state, the Congress will begin its preparations for next year’s […]