In the nation-wide data released by the union Agriculture Ministry on Friday, the Telangana State recorded over seven per cent growth in paddy sown area during the ongoing Vaanakalam (Kharif) season when compared to last Vaanakalam season.
Anantapur: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday released Rs 2,977 crore under the YSR Free Crop Insurance scheme for the 2021-Kharif season directly into the accounts of 15.61 lakh farmers at a function held at ChenneKothapalli village of Sri Satyasai district. Speaking on the occasion the Chief Minister said that Anantapur district in […]
Hyderabad: The Balanagar Special Operations Team along with Dundigal police and Agriculture department officials busted a spurious cotton seeds (BG-II) racket and caught two persons on Saturday. They seized seeds weighing 400 kg and a car, altogether worth Rs.16.2 lakh. The arrested persons are M.Harish (36), from Karimnagar district and D.Hari (31), from Medchal, who […]
Nalgonda: An agricultural action plan was prepared by the agricultural officials for kharif crop season estimating cultivation of crops in 11,46,300 acres in the district. According to the kharif action plan, it was estimated that the cultivation of paddy would continue as second highest crop take up by the farmers in terms of area after […]
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy has exuded confidence that the prestigious Polavaram project would be completed by Kharif season in 2023. Participating in a discussion on the project in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly here on Tuesday, he said the approval of the designs by the CWC was being awaited which the […]
What’s it about: State IT department takes up pilot project on AI based pest management for cotton 2,800 villages in Karimnagar, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Khammam, Wanaparthy and Mahabubabad covered AI based solution enabled cotton farmers to identify pest attacks in the early stages and initiate corrective measures accordingly to avoid crop damage Hyderabad: This Kharif season, […]
By Prof Devi Prasad Juvvadi The challenges of agriculture in Telangana are different compared with other States. The measures taken after the bifurcation of the State towards agricultural development started giving desired results, but this has landed the sector into different problems. Expansion of irrigated areas has helped increase paddy production by about three times […]
Hyderabad: A two-judge Bench of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice A Rajashekhar Reddy took up a PIL challenging the inaction of the government in procuring paddy from farmers. The Bench directed the government pleader for Civil Supplies, Food Corporation of India and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, food and […]
The officials informed the Minister that about 4 lakh tonnes of buffer stock was available with the Telangana State Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited (TS Markfed) at present
The IAS officer further said that crop loans to the tune of Rs 776.36 crore as against the target of Rs 923 crore were disbursed in the kharif season, indicating an achievement of 84.11 percent
