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The Telangana government has resumed pumping operations under the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme after heavy rainfall boosted inflows into the Godavari and Krishna rivers. Water is being lifted from major projects like Sripada Yellampalli and routed to reservoirs, easing drinking water and irrigation concerns.
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Criticises government for failing to purchase paddy effectively, leaving farmers with unsold produce despite producing 1.53 crore tonnes during Vaanakalam season
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The paddy procurement for Vaanakalam (Kharif) season is being undertaken at a brisk pace, with around 8.93 lakh tonnes procured
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Telangana is expected to produce a massive 1.41 crore tonnes of paddy during the ensuing Vaanakalam (Kharif) crop season
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Hyderabad: Cotton will be the major crop with sowing area of nearly 70 lakh acres out of total 1.42 crore acres to be cultivated during the ensuing Vaanakalam season. While paddy farming will be taken up in about 45 lakh acres, the cultivation of red gram has been proposed to be taken up in around […]
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Hyderabad: The State government will deposit Rs 5,000 per acre into the bank accounts of farmers in the State under Rythu Bandhu financial support scheme commencing June 28 for the 2022-23 Vaanakalam season. Orders to this effect are expectedly soon. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Wednesday directed Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to release the […]
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Hyderabad: With the central government deciding not to procure parboiled rice from Telangana, the State government has again appealed to farmers not to take up paddy cultivation in Yasangi. During a video conference with district Collectors here on Saturday, chief secretary Somesh Kumar said farmers, who had tie-up with seed companies or with millers or […]
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Hyderabad: The Civil Supplies Corporation has intensified the paddy procurement in the State and recorded purchase of 7.71 lakh tonnes paddy through 4,039 procurement centres till Saturday. The daily average paddy procurement is on a par with the paddy procured during the last . As on November 13 last year, about 8 lakh tonnes paddy […]
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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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The project, having 29.91TMCft storage capacity, now has 20.885 TMCft water
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In a statement issued here, the Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said on Thursday alone, Rs.120.16 crore will be deposited into 18,000 farmers accounts, covering 2.40 lakh acres.
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By Thursday evening, around 42.43 lakh farmers comprising mostly small and marginal farmers and covering nearly two-thirds of the total 63.25 lakh eligible farmers in the State would have received their amount
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With the procurement target set as 80 lakh tonnes, the Corporation is gearing up to purchase another 20 lakh tonnes of paddy before the commencement of Vaanakalam season
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He pointed out that the State government imposed the lockdown notwithstanding the adverse impact on the State revenues
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Telangana is set to become the first State in the country to implement a Seed Traceability System
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With increased irrigation facilities farmers took up paddy cultivation on a large scale
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The Chief Minister also decided that agricultural produce must be procured from villages considering the looming and persistent fear of the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on farmer's health.
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State witnesses 30 per cent increase in cultivation of agricultural crops
