KCR to undertake aerial survey of rain-hit districts, obtains reports on crop loss
1 year, 9 months ago

KCR to undertake aerial survey of rain-hit districts, obtains reports on crop loss

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao has obtained reports from districts on crop loss caused by recent unseasonal rainfall and plans to conduct an aerial survey of flood-affected districts within a day or two to assess the damage and announce compensation to the farmers. According to preliminary crop loss estimates from the agricultural department, as many as 25 districts from eight undivided districts sustained massive losses. Following the directions of the CM, incharge ministers of districts, Errabelli Dayakar Rao, Koppula Eshwar and Gangula Kamalakar, Allola Indrakaran Reddy, Vemula Prashanth Reddy, G.Jagadish Reddy, S.Niranjan Reddy, Sabitha Indra Reddy, Puvvada Ajay are undertaking field visits in respective districts for the past four days to assess crop loss due to unseasonal rains. After the state government opted out of Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana in 2020, no compensation is being paid to the farmers for crop loss due to natural calamities.

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Compensation for crop loss will soon reach flood-hit farmers in Andhra Pradesh, says Union Agriculture Minister
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Compensation for crop loss will soon reach flood-hit farmers in Andhra Pradesh, says Union Agriculture Minister

The Hindu  

Union Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan interacted with the flood-affected farmers at Kesarapalli of Gannavaram mandal in Krishna district along with Rajahmundry MP and BJP State president Daggubati Purandeswari and other leaders on September 6. Mr. Chouhan assured the farmers, including the tenant farmers, that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu …

Kerala rains: Several farmers in Kozhikode suffer large crop loss in rain-related calamities
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala rains: Several farmers in Kozhikode suffer large crop loss in rain-related calamities

The Hindu  

The destruction of several hectares of cultivated land in the recent episodes of rain-related calamities has shut the means of livelihood for several farmers in Kozhikode district of Kerala. Field-level reports submitted by various agriculture department officials to the district authorities confirm that the total loss in last month alone is about ₹17 crore. Neighbourhood groups in Kozhikode district are …

KCR’s protest calls find no takers in BRS
7 months ago

KCR’s protest calls find no takers in BRS

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: BRS president and former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is being accused of hypocrisy for ignoring farmer issues for a decade and now using the same issues and demanding immediate resolution by the Revanth Reddy government. They cultivate around 20 per cent of agricultural land but the Rao regime denied tenant farmers Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima, crop loan waiver, …

KCR Demands Rs 25,000 Compensation Per Acre to Farmers
8 months, 3 weeks ago

KCR Demands Rs 25,000 Compensation Per Acre to Farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Demanding the Congress government to provide Rs 25,000 compensation per acre to farmers in drought like situation hit places in the state, the former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday asked the farmers not to extreme steps stating that more than 200 farmers died by suicides due to financial issues. After a long time, the BRS party supremo …

Farmers seek disbursement of crop loss compensation
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Farmers seek disbursement of crop loss compensation

Hindustan Times  

Farmers on Thursday laid siege to the mini secretariat in Hisar demanding the release of disbursement of crop loss compensation for kharif 2022 in 55 villages of the district. The farmers said that the insurance companies had stopped crop compensation of 72 villages for kharif season 2022, of which the company had now disbursed compensation for 17 villages. The company …

AP CS wants contingency plans for crops in rain deficit districts
1 year, 4 months ago

AP CS wants contingency plans for crops in rain deficit districts

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Secretary K.S. Jawahar Reddy directed officials to come up with contingency plans to help farmers raise alternate crops in 130 mandals of six districts, where rainfall has been deficient. Jawahar Reddy underlined that in case rains fail to cover deficient districts in August too, the departments must implement their contingency plans. Districts like Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Guntur and …

KCR assures to buy damaged paddy at MSP
1 year, 7 months ago

KCR assures to buy damaged paddy at MSP

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Providing relief to farmers who have suffered significant losses as a result of the unseasonal rains for the past week, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Tuesday announced that the state government will purchase damaged and soaked paddy stocks currently lying in market yards at MSP. At a high-level meeting with ministers and senior officials held at the newly …

KCR asks CS to assess crop loss due to unseasonal rains
1 year, 7 months ago

KCR asks CS to assess crop loss due to unseasonal rains

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Unseasonal rains and hailstorms for the last three days have caused damage to standing crops, some of which are ready for harvest, in thousands of acres as well as paddy lying in the open in government procurement centres. The CM had in mid-March conducted an aerial survey in Khammam, Warangal and Karimnagar districts to assess the crop damage after …

Crop loss: Congress slams Punjab govt over ‘meagre’ relief to farmers
1 year, 8 months ago

Crop loss: Congress slams Punjab govt over ‘meagre’ relief to farmers

Hindustan Times  

Phillaur MLA Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary said on Monday that the compensation promised to the farmers for their crop loss was inadequate. During a visit to multiple villages in his constituency, Chaudhary said the recent heavy rain in Punjab had caused extensive damage to crops and property, and yet the AAP government had not taken the necessary measures to compensate the …

Crop loss due to rains: Punjab CM Mann announces relief to farmers before Baisakhi
1 year, 8 months ago

Crop loss due to rains: Punjab CM Mann announces relief to farmers before Baisakhi

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh To ensure compensation for crop loss to farmer before Baisakhi, chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday asked MLAs and officials to enhance their field visits for expediting the process of girdawari. To ensure compensation for crop loss to farmer before Baisakhi, chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday asked MLAs and officials to enhance their field visits for expediting the …

BJP rubbishes KCR's crop damage aid, seeks Fasal Bima in state
1 year, 8 months ago

BJP rubbishes KCR's crop damage aid, seeks Fasal Bima in state

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The BJP on Thursday said the Rs 10,000 compensation offered by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao to farmers whose crops were damaged in the recent heavy rain and hailstorm spells in Telangana state was nothing more than an eyewash. The party said farmers in Telangana, facing periodic catastrophic losses on account of weather-related events, would not be in a …

KCR announces Rs 10,000 per acre relief for crop loss
1 year, 8 months ago

KCR announces Rs 10,000 per acre relief for crop loss

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, who conducted an aerial survey of the four rain-affected districts of the state on Thursday, announced Rs 10,000 per acre financial assistance to farmers whose crops were damaged by unseasonal rains and hailstorms last week, while criticising the BJP government at the Centre for showing little concern for farmers other than doing politics. Speaking …

KCR to meet Ramadagu farmers today over crop loss
1 year, 9 months ago

KCR to meet Ramadagu farmers today over crop loss

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Karimnagar collector R.V. Karnan, accompanied by police commissioner Subbarayudu, on Wednesday inspected arrangements being made in Ramadagu mandal for the visit of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday to meet farmers of the area who have lost their crops in the recent hailstorm and heavy rains. State planning board chairman B. Vinod Kumar and area MLA Sunke Ravi …

Govt. ready to help farmers hit by crop loss: Vinod Kumar
1 year, 9 months ago

Govt. ready to help farmers hit by crop loss: Vinod Kumar

Deccan Chronicle  

WARANGAL: Farmers need not be worried over crop loss due to the unseasonal rain and hail storms as the state government “will help every such farmer,” promised the vice-chairman of the state planning commission Boinapally Vinod Kumar on Tuesday. He hoped that officials would take immediate steps for helping around 18,000 affected farmers and submit their report to the government …

Compensation to farmers after crop loss enumeration: Palla
1 year, 9 months ago

Compensation to farmers after crop loss enumeration: Palla

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The enumeration of crop loss due to heavy rains was underway in the districts and once the district collectors submit final reports, the state government will take a decision on extending compensation to the farmers, asserted Rythu Bandhu Samithi chairman and MLC Palla Rajeshwar Reddy. Speaking to the media at the BRS Legislature Party office on Monday, he claimed …

Congress demands Govt provide succour to flood hit farmers
2 years, 4 months ago

Congress demands Govt provide succour to flood hit farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Questioning the state government’s failure to assess crop damage due to floods, CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka urged Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to instruct officials to send a report to the Centre on priority so that money for flood relief could be released. In a media statement on Sunday, Bhatti expressed anguish that despite the Congress Legislature Party …

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