Paddy cultivation in rabi season exceeds estimates in Telangana
1 year, 11 months ago

Paddy cultivation in rabi season exceeds estimates in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Paddy cultivation in the ongoing rabi season in Telangana has surpassed expectations and projections. Data obtained from the agriculture department for the week ended January 11 showed that the normal crop sown area for paddy in the rabi season is 33,53,921 acres. Agriculture officials cite last year’s lower paddy cultivation to restrictions imposed by the Centre, which had refused to purchase parboiled rice from Telangana. The rabi paddy when milled produces broken rice; the Centre would not accept this and it would cause huge losses to the state government. Farmers in several districts are holding protests in front of sub-stations demanding 24x7 power as promised saying that paddy crops are withering as they could not irrigate crops fully due to 12-hour power cuts.

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Arguments aside, rise of Telangana as country’s paddy bowl is not an overnight miracle
1 week, 1 day ago

Arguments aside, rise of Telangana as country’s paddy bowl is not an overnight miracle

The Hindu  

From a State that was dependant on rice from other States to meet its Public Distribution System needs when it came into being in June 2014, the journey of Telangana to be one of the leading paddy producing States in the country, by not only meeting its own needs but those of other States, has been remarkable. Stating that the …

Ryots face hurdles in getting paddy from field to mill in Telangana
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Ryots face hurdles in getting paddy from field to mill in Telangana

New Indian Express  

NALGONDA: With the government procurement of paddy underway, farmers highlight a new kind of issue. Though the process is extremely arduous, it is critical for paddy farmers, who put in their sweat, blood and almost their entire life savings apart from borrowed money to cultivate one batch, sources said. At Indira Kranthi Patham centres, for instance, one kilogram of paddy …

Telangana produces record paddy of 15.3 million metric tonnes
1 month ago

Telangana produces record paddy of 15.3 million metric tonnes

Hindustan Times  

Telangana has achieved a paddy production of 15.3 million metric tonnes during this kharif season, an all-time record, chief minister A Revanth Reddy and state irrigation and civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said in separate statements on Sunday. An official statement from the chief minister’s office said Telangana achieved a record production of 15.3 million metric tonnes in …

Telangana Tops Nation in Paddy, Without KLIS: CM
1 month ago

Telangana Tops Nation in Paddy, Without KLIS: CM

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana topped the country in paddy production during the Kharif season, recording a yield of 153 lakh metric tonnes from 66.77 lakh acres, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy announced on Sunday. The state’s farmers achieved this feat without using a single drop of water from the stricken Rs.1.4 lakh-crore Kaleshwaram project, thus puncturing the previous BRS government claims that …

Telangana govt's announcement of Rs 500 bonus on fine paddy pushes cultivation up by 61 per cent
1 month ago

Telangana govt's announcement of Rs 500 bonus on fine paddy pushes cultivation up by 61 per cent

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a remarkable achievement, fine variety paddy cultivation in Telangana has gone up by 61 per cent to four million acres this kharif season compared to 2.5 million acres during the same period last year, government sources said on Sunday. On the other hand, the cultivation of non-fine variety paddy declined significantly, dropping from 4.1 million acres to 2.63 …

Telangana: Farmers expand crop area amid good rains
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana: Farmers expand crop area amid good rains

Deccan Chronicle  

Major reservoirs were holding 818.39 tmc ft water as on September 25, while stood at 529.10 thousand million cubic feet the same date last year. The state received 948.2 mm rainfall between June 1 and September 25, up 32 per cent from the normal of 717.3 mm. With rains picking up in August and September, sowing of paddy reached a …

Telangana procured 48 lakh MT paddy in this Rabi season
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana procured 48 lakh MT paddy in this Rabi season

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD : Paddy procurement for the Rabi season has concluded in the state. The government procured 48 lakh metric tonnes from nearly nine lakh farmers, disbursing payments amounting to Rs 10,547 crore to the accounts of 8,99,546 farmers as MSP. To facilitate the procurement during the Rabi season, the government operated 7,178 procurement centres, an increase from 6,889 centres last …

Hyderabad: Less Paddy Procured as Market Price Was Higher
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hyderabad: Less Paddy Procured as Market Price Was Higher

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The State Civil Supplies Corporation has informed that by the end of rabi season, around nine lakh farmers were paid Rs 10,547 crores in just three days for the 48 lakh metric tonnes of paddy procured from them. The corporation which started operations early by March 25 opened 7,178 purchase centres this rabi season. The corporation had initially set …

Unending woes of Telangana’s farmers
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Unending woes of Telangana’s farmers

The Hindu  

Exactly a month ago, Telangana farmer Itharaveni Rajesham succumbed to heat stroke while perched atop a small heap of 38 quintals of paddy, waiting for his turn to sell it at a government-run procurement centre in Ragampeta village, 28 km from the Karimnagar district headquarters. “He was visibly exhausted, shuttling between his house and the procurement centre to sell his …

Rain takes its toll, State’s rice yield figure falls below national average
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Rain takes its toll, State’s rice yield figure falls below national average

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu’s yield of rice, during 2023-24 for both the cultivation seasons of kharif and rabi, is lower than that of the national average. In terms of yield, Tamil Nadu trailed behind two States known for rice production – Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. A former official of the State Agriculture Department attributes the drop in the yield rate to heavy …

Telangana govt. procures 37.59 LMTs paddy from 7171 PPCs
7 months ago

Telangana govt. procures 37.59 LMTs paddy from 7171 PPCs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The State government here on Tuesday informed that as many as 37.59 lakh metric tonnes of paddy was procured during Rabi season from 7171 paddy procurement centres across the State from March 25 to May 20, 2024. During rabi season in 2023, the then BRS government procured only 33.97 LMTs of paddy from 6889 procurement centres, according to officials. …

Telangana farmers worried as groundwater levels drop, temp rises
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana farmers worried as groundwater levels drop, temp rises

New Indian Express  

KAMAREDDY: Agriculture officials from Kamareddy and farmers from various villages are expressing concern over paddy cultivation as groundwater levels are dropping and temperatures are increasing on a daily basis. Sources said that due to the declining groundwater levels, some farmers are feeding dried paddy crops as fodder to the cattle, especially in Ghanpur. Recognising extensive paddy cultivation this year across …

Telangana Has Capacity to Mill All Its Paddy, and More
1 year ago

Telangana Has Capacity to Mill All Its Paddy, and More

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The civil supplies department which had mulled installation of sortex machines to increase the milling capacity of paddy may not go ahead with the plan. The department has found that the existing milling capacity is more than sufficient to match the state's paddy procurement. The combined milling capacity of raw and boiled rice mills is around 400 lakh metric …

Telangana faces huge vegetable crunch
1 year, 5 months ago

Telangana faces huge vegetable crunch

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Telangana requires nearly 40 lakh tonnes of vegetables every year but it produces just 19 lakh tonnes forcing the state to depend heavily on procurement from other states. The government is not taking steps to encourage farmers to sow vegetable crops and even stopped subsidies to vegetable farmers since 2018. According to a report submitted to the state government …

Paddy procurement of 64.5L tonnes in 2022-23 rabi second highest
1 year, 6 months ago

Paddy procurement of 64.5L tonnes in 2022-23 rabi second highest

The Hindu  

An amount of ₹3,000 crore was credited to farmers’ bank accounts at one go on Friday in lieu of sale of paddy produced by them this rabi season at the procurement centres set up by different government agencies under the aegis of Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation. Minister for Civil Supplies Gangula Kamalakar said on Friday that 64.52 lakh tonnes …

Centre agrees to procure additional 6.80LTs of parboiled rice from Telangana
1 year, 6 months ago

Centre agrees to procure additional 6.80LTs of parboiled rice from Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Centre on Friday agreed to procure an additional 6.8 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice from Telangana for the Kharif season 2022-23. This is in addition to the recently approved procurement of 13.73 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice for the Rabi 2021-22 and Kharif 2022-23 kharif seasons. Union minister G. Kishan Reddy who had written to his Cabinet colleague …

Start paddy procurement from April 15, CM Jagan tells officials
1 year, 8 months ago

Start paddy procurement from April 15, CM Jagan tells officials

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has asked officials to start the rabi season’s paddy procurement from April 15 and carry out the enumeration on crop loss due to the untimely rains. Explaining about the Polambadi training programmes being planned for farmers, the officials said the expenses have come down by 15 per cent, 15 per cent, 12 per …

Cabinet meet on March 9 to review salaries, pension
1 year, 9 months ago

Cabinet meet on March 9 to review salaries, pension

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The crucial Cabinet meeting on March 9 — the first since December 10, 2022 — is expected to take a decision to constitute a new pay revision commission to revise salaries and pensions for government employees and pensioners, as well as approve welfare schemes for various sections with an eye on the Assembly elections. The Cabinet is also expected …

TS govt-Centre headed for another Rabi paddy procurement showdown
1 year, 9 months ago

TS govt-Centre headed for another Rabi paddy procurement showdown

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Paddy procurement in the ongoing rabi season is expected to create a fresh round of tussle between the Centre and the Telangana government. The state government wants the Centre to procure parboiled rice as it expects a record paddy production of 1.50 crore tonnes with paddy sown in a record 54 lakh acres. This led to a confrontation between …

21 lakh Telangana farmers receive Rs 607 cr Rythu Bandhu
1 year, 11 months ago

21 lakh Telangana farmers receive Rs 607 cr Rythu Bandhu

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: For the ongoing rabi season, 21.02 lakh farmers received Rs 607.32 crore in their bank accounts towards Rythu Bandhu on Wednesday at a rate of Rs 5,000 per acre, while BRS leaders, workers, and farmers held rallies thanking Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao by chanting the BRS campaign slogan ‘Ab Ki Baar, Kisan Sarkar’. Despite financial constraints, the CM …

Centre agrees to procure 8L tonnes of parboiled rice
2 years, 4 months ago

Centre agrees to procure 8L tonnes of parboiled rice

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a major reprieve to the Telangana government and state farmers, the Central government has agreed to procure an additional eight lakh tonnes of fortified parboiled rice from Telangana in addition to the 6.05 lakh tonnes that have already been approved. It may be noted that the central government had refused to procure parboiled rice produced in rabi season …

Farmers in Telangana choose cotton over paddy
2 years, 5 months ago

Farmers in Telangana choose cotton over paddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Farmers in Telangana are avoiding paddy production even during the current kharif season as a result of the Centre's restrictions on buying paddy from the state. As per data obtained from the agriculture department till July 6, farmers in Telangana sowed paddy crops over an extent of 1,31,136 acres against 2,30,955 acres on July 6 last year. The total …

Rs 15,000-crore loans to help Telangana buy paddy
2 years, 8 months ago

Rs 15,000-crore loans to help Telangana buy paddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government has secured a Rs 15,000-crore loan from four banks to pay MSP for farmers for paddy procurement in rabi. Speaking to media persons on Wednesday, the civil supplies minister Gangula Kamalakar said the Centre’s refusal to purchase paddy from Telangana in rabi will impose a heavy financial burden on the state government. If they backtrack again …

Telangana Cabinet To Buy Paddy From Farmers At MSP After Centre's Refusal
2 years, 8 months ago

Telangana Cabinet To Buy Paddy From Farmers At MSP After Centre's Refusal

ABP News  

New Delhi: With the Centre refusing to buy paddy from Telangana farmers during the current Rabi season, the state government opt to purchase it on Tuesday, news agency IANS reported. After the Modi Govt failed the Telangana paddy farmers, Hon’ble CM KCR Garu has announced that the state Govt will buy entire paddy at MSP. He guaranteed farmers that the …

Telangana’s paddy procurement problem
3 years, 1 month ago

Telangana’s paddy procurement problem

The Hindu  

The story so far: The relationship between the Bharatiya Janata Party -led Government at the Centre and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi Government has deteriorated over the past few weeks over the issue of paddy procurement. The TRS Government insists that 90% of the paddy produced in the State should be procured by the Centre and that the Centre should complete …

Rabi food grain output sees rise in Andhra Pradesh
3 years, 8 months ago

Rabi food grain output sees rise in Andhra Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh has witnessed a rise of area of cultivation during rabi season to 59.06 lakh acres against the targeted 58.92 lakh acres. In terms of food,grain production, it was up to 90.10 lakh metric tonnes this season against 87.35 lakh metric tonnes last year, as per the third advance estimate. Under the influence of Nivar cyclonic storm, Kharif …

2020-21 rabi foodgrains output may surpass previous record: Agriculture Minister Tomar
3 years, 11 months ago

2020-21 rabi foodgrains output may surpass previous record: Agriculture Minister Tomar

The Hindu  

The country’s rabi foodgrains production including wheat in the ongoing 2020-21 crop year is expected to be better than the previous year’s record of 153.27 million tonne, according to Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. For the 2020-21 crop year, the Centre has set a target of a record foodgrains output of 301 million tonne, out of which it expects 151.65 …

Over 61 Lakh Farmers in Telangana to Receive Aid Worth Rs 7,500 Crore under 'Rythu Bandhu' Scheme
3 years, 11 months ago

Over 61 Lakh Farmers in Telangana to Receive Aid Worth Rs 7,500 Crore under 'Rythu Bandhu' Scheme

News 18  

Over Rs 7,500 crore would be disbursed to 61.49 lakh farmers in Telangana under the TRS government's 'Rythu Bandhu' financial assistance scheme from Monday, Chief Minister K Chandrasekar Rao said. At the meeting, officials said farmers can sell their crop anywhere under the new farm laws and the state government need not set up purchase centres in villages. The review …

Wheat Sowing Increases by 2.53 Percent So Far in Rabi Season 2020-21: Govt
4 years ago

Wheat Sowing Increases by 2.53 Percent So Far in Rabi Season 2020-21: Govt

News 18  

Area sown to wheat, the main rabi crop, has increased marginally by 2.53 per cent to 254.73 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing 2020-21 rabi season from 248.44 lakh hectares in the year-ago period, according to the Agriculture Ministry. As per the ministry's latest data, area sown to pulses rose 9.10 per cent to 130.59 lakh hectares as on …

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