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BRS leaders led by district president GV Ramakrishna Rao, former MLA Sunke Ravishankar and others submitted a representation to Collector Pamela Satpathy here on Tuesday, demanding the government to protect the interests of farmers.
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Reports indicate a significant reduction in paddy cultivation area, with nearly six lakh acres left fallow due to dwindling water supplies
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Harish Rao also demanded the release of water from Mallanna Sagar and to improve the storage in Anantha Sagar to 1 TMCft. The BRS would launch protests to support the farmers unless the government responds, he added.
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The total crop cultivation area in Telangana during the current Yasangi season dropped by around 5.04 lakh acres compared to the previous Yasangi
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Sudden change in the climate, lack of break in between two seasonal crops and carry forward of insects from Vanakalam to Yasangi season are the reasons for the paddy being infected by stem borer
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The Agriculture department has detailed an extensive strategy for the Yasangi 2023 season with the goal of delivering 19.24 lakh tonnes of diverse fertilisers.
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Earlier, on March 30, the State recorded a peak demand of 15,497 mw, the highest in the history of Telangana.
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Ban on broken rice exports is likely to have an adverse impact on farmers and millers, especially in Telangana, where a huge quantity of broken rice is expected during the Yasangi (Rabi) crop season
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The total area sown in the State is 28.56 lakh acres as on Wednesday against the season normal cultivation area of 47.85 lakh acres
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As part of the 10th installment of the scheme, the State government will distribute a total of Rs.7,676.61 crore into bank accounts of around 70.54 lakh farmers towards cultivation of about 1.53 crore acres during the Yasangi season.
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Khammam: Agriculture Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy has exhorted farmers in the State to cultivate cotton in the yasangi season along with vanakalam. Yasangi cotton cultivation was good practice as cultivation starts in December and crop yield starts in April. Yasangi cotton cultivation would be profitable with availability of 24-hour power and irrigation water, the minister […]
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Hyderabad: Rice millers agreed to start unloading the paddy stocks arriving at their mills with immediate effect. They urged the State government to compensate for the losses incurred due to milling of paddy into raw rice rather than parboiled rice during the Yasangi season. Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar who held discussions with the millers […]
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Peddapalli: Endowment Minister A Indrakaran Reddy warned to teach a befitting lesson to the union government, which was showing discrimination on Telangana farmers by refusing to purchase Yasangi season paddy. On his way to Kotapalli to inaugurate Pranahitha Pushkaralu, the Minister halted in Peddapalli for a while and interacted with media persons along with local […]
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Khammam: The procurement of paddy produced in Yasangi season in the district, would commence from Thursday at 236 centres. Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar who held a review meeting with the officials, directed them to this effect. The Minister chaired a meeting with revenue, agriculture, marketing, transport, cooperative and rural development department officials here on […]
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Hyderabad: Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Wednesday alleged that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had not taken any measures to provide water for the agriculture sector in the State. Ground water levels had increased drastically only due to good rainfall, he said. Stating that the government had agreed to procure produced by farmers in […]
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Hyderabad: Continuing its stir against the Centre over the paddy procurement row, the TRS on Thursday staged protests across the State. The entire party cadre including Ministers, MPs, legislators and other leaders led the protests which were held in 32 district headquarters demanding the union government procure the entire paddy from the State during the […]
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Hyderabad: Braving the searing summer heat, Ministers, TRS leaders and party workers hit the streets to stage protests across Telangana on Monday demanding that the BJP government at the Centre procure the entire paddy produced during Yasangi season in the State. Minister and TRS leaders accompanied by party workers held placards and raised slogans against […]
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Hyderabad: In a clear ultimatum to Central Government, Telangana Ministers warned that after Ugadi festival, severe agitations and protests would be staged across the State, if the Centre did not consider the State Government’s appeal to procure entire paddy produced in the Yasangi season. Till April 1, all the Gram Panchayats and other local bodies […]
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy demanded that the Centre should purchase entire paddy crop produced in Telangana during the Yasangi season. He questioned the Centre’s discrimination towards Telangana despite purchasing the entire crop from Punjab. Ahead of the delegation of Ministers, Parliament members and the officials meeting union Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal, the […]
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Hyderabad: Upping the ante against the Central Government with a demand to procure entire paddy produced during Yasangi season in Telangana as was being done in Punjab, the TRS party has decided to stage protests all over the State and also in the ensuing session of the Parliament. The TRS president and Chief Minister K […]
