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 …
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Sunday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi for relaxation in the paddy procurement norms on account of the unseasonal rain that affected the samba crop in the Cauvery delta. In a letter, Mr. Stalin said that when paddy was being harvested this month, heavy rain lashed Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai and Pudukkottai districts and …
