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Urging farmers to go for dry seeding in dry as well as wet lands, Chandrashekhar Rao said he is cultivating paddy in 60 acres using the dry seeding method this Vaanakalam

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao called for an emergency meeting of the State Cabinet at 2 pm on Saturday at Pragathi Bhavan. The Cabinet is likely to take a decision on extension of the lockdown in the State after considering the Covid-19 pandemic situation. It is also scheduled to discuss issues pertaining to Vaanakalam […]

Gopala Rao said necessary steps were also taken to meet the requirements, particulary issues of low voltage, of farmers in tail-end areas

State govt has been strongly promoting cultivation of alternative crops including cotton, red gram, vegetables and fruits among others in tune with the market demand

In all, the government will distribute about Rs 7,508.78 crore for cultivable land of around 1.5 crore acres

Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy asked the AEOs (Agricultural Extension Officers) to record authentic information with regard to crop booking between second week of June and first week of September

Though Telangana stands second in terms of cultivation area after Maharashtra, the State is largest producer of cotton in the country

He conducted a review meeting with the engineers of the irrigation department to discuss pending irrigation projects and check dams at the Collectorate conference hall here on Friday.

Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar took part in 'Eruvaka festival' and launched Vaanakalam agriculture activities at Manchukonda village of Raghunathapalem mandal in the district on Wednesday

In-charge Superintendent of Police M Rajesh Chandra said that a special drive was being carried out for enforcing the norms of the lockdown

The officials informed the Minister that about 4 lakh tonnes of buffer stock was available with the Telangana State Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited (TS Markfed) at present

Agriculture Minister S Niranajan Reddy suggested that the farmers should increase usage of organic manure and compost to increase the fertility of their farm lands.

To increase procurement centres to 6,575 over next few days from 650

Production expected to rise to 7.08 lakh tonnes against 3.25 lakh tonne in last year in Siddipet

As many as 179 centres had already started procurement in Nizamabad, Kamareddy, Khammam and Suryapet

State witnessed a whopping 2.09 crore acres being brought under cultivation during the combined period of Vaanakalam (Kharif) and Yasangi (Rabi) seasons

The entire produce was purchased from farmers at a Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 1,888 per quintal.

With increased irrigation facilities farmers took up paddy cultivation on a large scale

A whopping Rs 35,660.65 crore was spent on the scheme since its launch in Vaanakalam (Yasangi) of 2018

During the current Vaanakalam, farmers have undertaken cultivation in 1,33,53,959 acres as per the suggested pattern.