Khammam: BRS MLA and senior leader T. Harish Rao on Friday accused the Congress government of failing to ensure the Minimum Support Price for paddy, cotton, and chilli, which he said has caused financial distress to farmers in the state. Due to difficulties in selling their cotton at Cotton Corporation of India procurement centres, many farmers are forced to sell …
HYDERABAD: BRS working president KT Rama Rao alleged that Rs 1,000 crore scam took place in paddy lifting and in purchasing fine variety rice in the state. Asking Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy to speak on this issue, he alleged that the Congress was known for scams. Showing some documents to the …
Bharat Rashtra Samithi president K. Chandrasekhar Rao has asked party leaders to submit a memorandum to District Collectors across the State on April 2 seeking ₹500 per quintal bonus for paddy to be procured this season as promised by the Congress government. Speaking at Suryapet on Sunday, he said the party MLAs and MLCs would make a representation to the …
HANAMKONDA: Price of red chilli appears to be competing with gold, shooting up to an all-time high of ₹ 52,000 per quintal in the country on Wednesday at Enumamula, Asia’s biggest agriculture market in Hanamkonda district of Telangana. Baluguri Rajeshwara Rao, a farmer from S. Nagar village in Mulugu mandal of Mulugu district, brought seven bags of red chilli to …
Khammam: The excessive rains hit the cotton farmer very adversely who are in no position to get the minimum support price of Rs 5,825 per quintal. N. Nageswara Rao, a cotton farmer from Subledu, said that the excess rains and the inability to dry it has resulted in the produce having a lot of moisture. G. Srininvasa Rao, an expert …