Farmers want TS to buy drenched paddy
2 years, 7 months ago

Farmers want TS to buy drenched paddy

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: Farmers are knocking at the doors of the state government for help as large stocks of their paddy were drenched in the unexpected rain in recent days. Farmers complained that the officials were cutting the weight in the name of high moisture content in the paddy that they brought to purchasing centres for sale. Forest minister Allola Indrakaran said officials should complete paddy procurement from farmers by May 31 as pre-monsoon rains are forecast this time. “So far officials have purchased seven metric tonnes of paddy from the 86 paddy purchasing centres in Nirmal district. He said the paddy procurement target is 1.30 lakh metric tonnes and there are 43 rice mills that would handle this in Nirmal district.

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Damaged paddy due to untimely rain affecting farmers ahead of purchase in Odisha's Ganjam
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Damaged paddy due to untimely rain affecting farmers ahead of purchase in Odisha's Ganjam

New Indian Express  

BERHAMPUR: Even as paddy procurement in Ganjam is scheduled to begin in a few days, farmers of the district are in dire straits as most of their stock have been rendered damaged due to unseasonal rain. Sources said paddy cultivation in the district was initially affected by inadequate rains compelling most farmers to leave their land barren. Apprehending that they …

Paddy purchase: Minister Nadendla Manohar explains facts to YSRCP
1 month ago

Paddy purchase: Minister Nadendla Manohar explains facts to YSRCP

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Nadendla Manohar has targeted YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy through a series of tweets on social media platform X, responding to his recent allegations of tardy paddy procurement. Look at the figures.” In others, he urged Jagan to “Wake up.” The coalition government is ensuring fair deal to farmers by procuring …

Andhra Pradesh: Paddy Procurement Doubled Under NDA, Says Manohar
1 month, 1 week ago

Andhra Pradesh: Paddy Procurement Doubled Under NDA, Says Manohar

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Civil Supplies, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Nadendla Manohar has strongly criticised former chief minister and YSRC chief Y.S. Manohar asserted that paddy procurement during the ongoing Kharif season has doubled compared to the corresponding period under the previous YSRC government. “The NDA alliance government has procured 9.14 lakh metric tonnes of paddy from farmers so far during this …

Untimely rain threatens harvested paddy in Odisha
1 month, 1 week ago

Untimely rain threatens harvested paddy in Odisha

New Indian Express  

ROURKELA: Untimely rain under the impact of cyclone Fengal has emerged as a threat to harvested paddy stacked on farmlands and standing ripe crops, sparking panic among farmers of the tribal-dominated Sundargarh district. Farmers said the unseasonal rain, especially during the harvesting season, has become a cause of concern as harvested paddy crops stacked on fields have become soggy. A …

'Rs 418.75 crore deposited for paddy purchase', claims Minister Nadendla Manohar
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Rs 418.75 crore deposited for paddy purchase', claims Minister Nadendla Manohar

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Civil Supplies, Food, and Consumer Affairs Minister Nadendla Manohar announced that the State government has procured paddy worth Rs 418.75 crore, and deposited payments into the bank accounts within 48 hours of sale, bringing joy to farmers. Recalling the ordeal of farmers who previously had to wait longer for payments, the minister highlighted that the growers are benefitting from …

Rain fear drives farmers to undersell fine variety paddy to millers
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rain fear drives farmers to undersell fine variety paddy to millers

New Indian Express  

NALGONDA: Majority of the farmers in the district who have grown fine variety of paddy are underselling their produce to millers directly. Of this, fine variety of paddy is grown in 53 per cent of the area and coarse variety in the remaining 47 percent area. The civil supplies department is expecting 4,70,000 metric tons of coarse rice paddy and …

Govt to Cover Extra Costs for Paddy Storage: Uttam
2 months ago

Govt to Cover Extra Costs for Paddy Storage: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Civil supplies minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy directed officials to expedite paddy procurement and told civil supplies commissioner and department officials to shift the paddy to intermediary godowns wherever millers were not cooperating. Uttam Kumar Reddy highlighted that Telangana was expected to achieve a record yield of nearly 150 lakh metric tonnes of paddy, making this year’s procurement process …

Delay in procurement leaves paddy farmers on edge in Warangal
2 months, 1 week ago

Delay in procurement leaves paddy farmers on edge in Warangal

New Indian Express  

WARANGAL: Farmers in the erstwhile Warangal district have begun harvesting paddy crops, bringing large loads to procurement centres in their respective mandals. In Bayyaram mandal, farmers have left their crops soaked in rainwater at an Indira Kranthi Patham centre. Local farmers feel that negligence on the part of the state government and officials has allowed private rice mills to purchase …

150 Lakh MT of Paddy Expected: A Record Procurement Exercise in Telangana
2 months, 1 week ago

150 Lakh MT of Paddy Expected: A Record Procurement Exercise in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Civil supplies minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has directed officials to ensure a smooth and efficient paddy procurement process across Telangana. He emphasized the importance of meticulous planning, with a projected paddy harvest of 150 lakh metric tonnes worth Rs 30,000 crore. The government has allocated Rs 20,000 crore for procurement, with an additional provision for additional funds as needed. …

Government to Credit Paddy Payments Within 48 Hours of Purchase: Minister
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Government to Credit Paddy Payments Within 48 Hours of Purchase: Minister

The Hindu  

Civil Supplies Minister Nadendla Manohar announces immediate payment of MSP for paddy. The government will purchase every grain of paddy produced by the farmers at the minimum support price (MSP). Farmers can bring their paddy to the rice mills of their choice, and within 48 hours of delivery, the payment will be credited to their accounts. The government will continue …

‘More than 1.1L metrictonne paddy procured’
3 months ago

‘More than 1.1L metrictonne paddy procured’

Hindustan Times  

Government agencies in Haryana procured 1,18,763 metric tonnes of paddy at minimum support price till Friday. The spokesperson said that till October 4, about 4.37 lakh MT paddy arrived in various mandis of the state. “Out of the arrival of paddy, 1,18,763 MT of paddy has been purchased by government agencies and 18,577 MT has already been lifted,” the spokesperson …

Amid boycott by arhtiyas, labourers, 730-tonne paddy procured on Day 1
3 months, 1 week ago

Amid boycott by arhtiyas, labourers, 730-tonne paddy procured on Day 1

Hindustan Times  

Amid strike by arhtiyas, labourers and rice mill owners, the Punjab government announced the beginning of the paddy procurement from Tuesday that saw about 1,000-tonne freshly harvested grain reaching the over 1,800 mandis of the state. Muktsar district mandi officer Ahaypal Brar said the authorities have made ample arrangements to purchase 9 lakh tonnes of paddy. “The government may store …

Just 5 days to go for procurement to kick off, bumper paddy yield may spell more trouble for Punjab
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Just 5 days to go for procurement to kick off, bumper paddy yield may spell more trouble for Punjab

Hindustan Times  

Punjab is expecting a bumper yield of 230 lakh tonne paddy this kharif season, with harvesting starting in some patches of the state and freshly harvested produce expected to arrive in the mandis by October 1. A total of 175 lakh tonnes of food grain is still stored in the godowns of four state procurement agencies, Pungrain, Markfed, Punsup and …

We Will Distribute Six Kg Fine Rice to Three Crore People: Uttam
3 months, 2 weeks ago

We Will Distribute Six Kg Fine Rice to Three Crore People: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Civil supplies minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the Civil Supplies Corporation would distribute six kg of fine rice to each of the three crore people in the state from January. The government will also give Rs 500 as a bonus for fine rice paddy from the Kharif season, while separate procurement centres would be set up for …

Telangana govt. procures 37.59 LMTs paddy from 7171 PPCs
7 months, 3 weeks 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. …

Protesting farmers demand government to procure paddy
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Protesting farmers demand government to procure paddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: Farmers staged a dharna by blocking the road in protest against the state government’s failure to purchase paddy after opening the purchasing centres two months back, at Malkapet village in Konaraopet mandal of Rajanna Sircilla district on Thursday. “They are giving silly reasons and saying they did not receive any information from the higher authorities to do this yet.” …

Telangana: Procurement delay upsets farmers, rains damage paddy
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana: Procurement delay upsets farmers, rains damage paddy

New Indian Express  

YADADRI BHUVANAGIRI/ADILABAD: Farmers burnt paddy on the Hyderabad to Warangal highway and blocked the road for almost an hour, demanding the purchase of their produce, causing severe traffic jams, on Wednesday. Meanwhile, heavy rains lasting for two hours damaged paddy stored at procurement centres in Laxmanchanda, Mamada, and a few other mandals of Nirmal district, on Tuesday night. Farmers urged …

Telangana: Government to Buy Paddy Damaged in Rain at MSP
8 months ago

Telangana: Government to Buy Paddy Damaged in Rain at MSP

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Civil supplies commissioner D.S. Chouhan assured that the department would purchase damaged paddy owing to adverse weather conditions at the minimum support price. He said, “In instances where paddy has been damaged by unseasonal rains, the government reassures farmers that irrespective of the loss, the government will purchase the paddy and its priority remains to protect the livelihoods of …

Don’t go for distress sale of paddy, Harish Rao tells farmers
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Don’t go for distress sale of paddy, Harish Rao tells farmers

The Hindu  

Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader and former minister T. Harish Rao has asked paddy farmers in Siddipet district not to go for distress sale of their produce and assured that he would speak to the authorities concerned for speedy procurement in the wake of untimely rain in different parts of the State. Mr. Rao visited the paddy procurement centre at Mettu …

AP: Will purchase paddy, minister assures farmers
1 year, 1 month ago

AP: Will purchase paddy, minister assures farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

Kakinada: Civil Supplies minister Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao on Wednesday assured farmers that the government would purchase inundated paddy without considering that it contains moisture and the farmers need not worry about their damaged paddy. Jagan Mohan Reddy has given instructions to officials to shift the paddy to rice mills and added that the Chief Minister would prevent farmers from …

AP farmers told not to worry about paddy caught in rain, compensation promised
1 year, 1 month ago

AP farmers told not to worry about paddy caught in rain, compensation promised

Deccan Chronicle  

Kakinada: Civil supplies minister Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao and BC Welfare Minister Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venu Gopalakrishna visited the paddyfields in their constituencies where the harvested paddy was heaped on the grounds, on Monday. Nageswara Rao said the harvested paddy has been carried to the nearest rice mills on a war-footing. The paddy in Krishna district would be sent to the …

NTR district officials told to gear up to mitigate cyclone damage
1 year, 1 month ago

NTR district officials told to gear up to mitigate cyclone damage

The Hindu  

Vijayawada woke up to a cloudy sky on December 4 as Michaung, which turned into a severe cyclonic storm by noon, triggered wet spell in the city. While light rain continued through out the day across the city, India Meteorological Department has predicted that NTR district will record very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall on Tuesday, when the severe cyclone …

Paddy purchase declines as farmers hold back in run-up to elections
1 year, 2 months ago

Paddy purchase declines as farmers hold back in run-up to elections

Live Mint  

Government procurement of paddy has fallen as farmers hold back on selling their crop, hoping for sops ahead of Assembly elections in five states this year. The union government, through the federal Food Corporation of India and state agencies, has procured 14.7 million tonnes of paddy in the ongoing kharif marketing season that started on 1 October, as against 15.9 …

Purchase paddy sans conditions: Telangana Kisan Congress
1 year, 7 months ago

Purchase paddy sans conditions: Telangana Kisan Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Leaders of the Telangana Kisan Congress, who tried to meet the civil supplies commissioner seeking redressal of farmer’s grievances and other irregularities in purchase of paddy in the guise of wastage, were taken into custody on Saturday. The paddy that is yet to be purchased is getting soaked in rains and farmers are facing problems owing to this,” wrote …

Relief to farmers as AP government assures to purchase entire paddy produce
1 year, 8 months ago

Relief to farmers as AP government assures to purchase entire paddy produce

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: Civil supplies minister Karumuri Nageswara Rao said that in order to help and rescue farmers from crop losses, the government is purchasing paddy both offline and online. It is taking steps to purchase the entire paddy produce without considering its moisture, brokenness and other such aspects. Jagan Mohan Reddy has instructed officials to purchase the entire paddy stock and …

Buy soaked paddy, CM Jagan tells officials
1 year, 8 months ago

Buy soaked paddy, CM Jagan tells officials

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the civil supplies officials to take necessary steps to purchase soaked paddy from the farmers in the state due to untimely rains. The CM held a teleconference with the district collectors and CMO officials following untimely rainfall and its impact on crops here on Wednesday and issued orders to procure soaked paddy. …

TSCSC initiates steps to procure damaged paddy from farmers
1 year, 8 months ago

TSCSC initiates steps to procure damaged paddy from farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A day after Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao assured rain-farmers of the government's full support and assistance by buying damaged paddy stocks, the state civil supply corporation has initiated steps to purchase rain-soaked paddy from farmers at the minimum support price. TS Civil Supplies Corporation chairman Sardar Ravinder Singh on Wednesday held a review meeting with officials on the …

TS govt to set up 7,100 procurement centres to purchase paddy from Tuesday
1 year, 9 months ago

TS govt to set up 7,100 procurement centres to purchase paddy from Tuesday

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government has decided to set up procurement centres from Tuesday to purchase paddy from farmers at minimum support price for ongoing rabi season, as directed by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao. Chief Secretary A.Santhi Kumari, additional collectors, civil supplies officials, depot managers of all districts besides officials from Food Corporation of India attended the meeting. The government …

Mandous cyclone worries Godavari paddy farmers
2 years ago

Mandous cyclone worries Godavari paddy farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: Intermittent rains, cold weather and heavy gales triggered by Mandous Cyclone have become a major worry for paddy farmers of Kakinada, Dr B.R. Farmers led by Andhra Pradesh Rythu Sangham staged a stir at the Paddy Grounds near Rythu Bharosa Kendram at Malkapuram village in Eluru Rural mandal on Saturday demanding that the government purchase paddy immediately, so that …

State at less than 2% of paddy procurement target
2 years, 2 months ago

State at less than 2% of paddy procurement target

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Paddy procurement by the state government for the kharif season is yet to pick up pace, with procurement of only 1.5 lakh tonnes, against a target of one crore tonnes, completed so far. The government initiated paddy procurement in the last week of October by opening 2,000 centres in Nizamabad and Nalgonda districts, where paddy generally arrives first. This …

Middlemen offer 100 less than MSP to paddy in AP\'s Godavari districts
2 years, 2 months ago

Middlemen offer 100 less than MSP to paddy in AP\'s Godavari districts

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: As the Khariff crop in Godavari districts is getting ready for harvest, middlemen have entered the scene and are offering a lower rate -- Rs 100 less than the MSP of Rs 1540 per bag of 75kg paddy. Further, if farmers take paddy to Rythu Bharosa Kendras or other purchasing centres, they have to face hassles. During the harvesting …

Paddy growers in Nellore at their wits’ end
2 years, 7 months ago

Paddy growers in Nellore at their wits’ end

The Hindu  

There has been no end to the woes of paddy growers in SPSR Nellore district as the Asani-induced rains had not only damaged just harvested paddy but also submerged seedlings raised by them for growing the summer crop ''Edagaru''. A majority of the paddy growers, including tenant farmers sold their produce in the open market at a price much below …

IKP centres fail to help farmers dry wet paddy
2 years, 7 months ago

IKP centres fail to help farmers dry wet paddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Farmers from Rajanna-Siricilla, Nizamabad, Jagtial, Kamareddy, Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy, Warangal, Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda districts are in turmoil. Bemoaning that they have been left to fend for themselves, farmers said officials manning IKP centres set up for paddy procurement are not helping them, farmers say. “It rained again today,” a farmer who had brought his five-tractor trailer loads of paddy a …

AP government to purchase discoloured paddy
2 years, 7 months ago

AP government to purchase discoloured paddy

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: West Godavari in-charge minister Dadisetty Ramalingeswara Rao assured farmers not to worry about their paddy that has got damaged due to Asani Cyclone. Speaking about roads, the minister Raja said he would try to get funds sanctioned from central government for linking the four main highways of the state with the national highway. Civil supplies minister Karumuri Venkata Nageswara …

Of 7000 paddy purchase centres, only 2300 are open: Revanth
2 years, 8 months ago

Of 7000 paddy purchase centres, only 2300 are open: Revanth

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: State Congress president A. Revanth Reddy alleged that the TRS government had failed to procure paddy in proper manner. Speaking at the preparatory meeting of undivided Nalgonda district at Nagarjunasagar on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the state, Revanth Reddy said the Congress was proud to say that it constructed major irrigation projects including Nagarjunasagar. “He advised farmers …

Only 10 per cent of paddy purchase centres open in Khammam district
2 years, 8 months ago

Only 10 per cent of paddy purchase centres open in Khammam district

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: State government has opened only about 10 percent of its proposed 236 paddy procurement centres in Khammam district on Thursday. Procurement of paddy by state government in Khammam district formally commenced with transport minister P. Ajay Kumar inaugurating the purchasing centre at Manchukonda in Raghunathapalem mandal on Thursday. Paddy had been raised over 98,000 acres in Khammam district against …

TS purchases paddy to fill Centre’s 46LT rice order
3 years ago

TS purchases paddy to fill Centre’s 46LT rice order

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has completed the purchase of paddy from the farmers to produce 46 lakh tonnes of rice, which the Centre had agreed to purchase from the state in the Kharif season. The government needed to procure 68.65 lakh tonnes of paddy which when milled produces 46 LT of rice, civil supplies minister Gangula Kamalakar said. He said …

Rythu Bharosa Kendras to purchase paddy from farmers
3 years, 3 months ago

Rythu Bharosa Kendras to purchase paddy from farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: State Civil Supplies Corporation vice chairman and managing director Veera Pandyan said on Friday that the paddy for Khariff crop would be purchased from all Rythu Bharosa Kendras in the state, He asked officials to make arrangements for purchase of paddy from farmers from now on without causing any inconvenience to producers. He convened a meeting with officials of …

Centre Buys 5.73 Lakh Tons of Paddy at MSP in Last 8 Days
4 years, 3 months ago

Centre Buys 5.73 Lakh Tons of Paddy at MSP in Last 8 Days

News 18  

New Delhi, Sep 4: The Centre on Sunday said about 5.73 lakh tonne of paddy worth Rs 1,082.46 crore has been purchased at the minimum support price in the last eight days from key growing states like Punjab and Haryana. As on September 3, state-run Cotton Corporation of India has procured a cumulative quantity of 147 bales at Rs 40.80 …

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