"yasangi"

Unable to clear the debts, he reportedly took an extreme step. Balaraj was survived by two daughters, a son, and his wife.

The purchases would, however, continue for a few more days to ensure that the stocks left with the farmers are procured till the last grain.

The driver, who carried the load from Mutaiyakota to Bejjanki, informed him that the paddy that got wet had not been purchased and that they were waiting for this to happen for the last three days.

The Finance Department released Rs.2,423 crore under the Rythu Bandhu head, the flagship programme of the previous BRS government which had paid the farmer 11 trenches of it with unfailing regularity.

Many farmers are yet to receive the Rythu Bandhu assistance for the Yasangi season, which has almost come to a close.

As for the paddy exposed to rains, only the Civil Supplies department is able to come to the rescue of the farmers. It has been purchasing paddy soaked in rain to meet the requirement of parboiled rice mills.

Though the thundershowers could bring much needed respite to the general public from the heat wave conditions that prevailed all over the State, farmers have had to pay a big price.

Paddy ready for harvest and stocks close to the paddy purchase centre were exposed to rains in different districts including Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Kamareddy recently

According to millers and wholesale traders, non-basmati rice prices have fallen by up to 7 per cent in April consequent to the arrival of new crop.

Hanumanthu said the government had cleared pending bills of farmers to a tune of Rs. 98 crore.

The paddy procurement achieved so far is in the order of some 31,000 metric tonnes only and this is mainly from Nizamabad and Nalgonda districts.

Additional purchase centres would be opened by assessing the situation where ever the need is felt, and "we will ensure a fair deal to the farmers," corporation officials said.

The farmers of Narayankhed and Zaheerabad assembly constituencies cultivate jowar in vast areas compared to other parts of the district.

The party announced that it would take out a 'Chalo Secretariat' protest and besiege the Secretariat with lakhs of farmers if the government failed to respond.

According to him, the government had fixed the Minimum Support Price(MSP) for paddy 'A' grade Rs. 2203 per quintal and Rs. 2183 per quintal for normal quality.

Addressing a press conference at the Secretariat, Bhatti Vikramarka said the government had already deposited the amount into accounts of farmers possessing up to three acres of land.

He questioned as to how the sector would be able to make up for a net drop of Rs 7085 crore cut in allocations.

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.

Farmers are complaining that they are not able to get enough stock of urea in the market and those available were sold at higher prices

With the area under paddy projected to be little over 40 lakh acres in Telangana during the Yasangi season, Department of Agriculture has prepared an action plan for supply of 19.24 lakh metric tonnes of various fertiliser grades