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CM asks officials to guide farmers on cultivating demand-based crops

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has instructed the officials concerned to guide farmers to cultivate crops in tune with the food habits of the people and those agriculture produce, which have demand in the market. The Chief Minister instructed the officials to prepare a report and submit it to the government by May 5 […]

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8 crop varieties approved for release to farmers

Hyderabad: The 2nd State Varietal Release Committee (SVRC)- 2019, in a meeting held at the Telangana Secretariat, on Thursday approved the proposal for release of 8 new varieties of various crops developed by the Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU). The committee had met under the chairmanship of C. Parthasarathi, the APC & Principal […]

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The fight of survival between bateria and rice plants

Hyderabad: The bacterium, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, causes a bacterial blight infection in rice, one of the most economically important crops in India. This infection is fatal for rice crops and farmers can lose up to 60% of their crops owing to this disease. The first barrier encountered by the bacterium when it comes in […]

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Evolve strategy to provide MSP to farmers: CM tells officials

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has instructed the officers concerned that keeping in view the future supply of irrigated water to 1 crore 25 lakh acres and developing the irrigation sector accordingly, resulting in increase of agriculture produce largely, a strategy should be evolved to provide Minimum Support Price to the farmers. The Chief […]

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Farm land holders having Patta Passbook are only farmers: KCR

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has categorically stated that only farmers holding farm land with patta pass book would get the benefits of Rythu Bandhu scheme and they are only farmers. He said that the State Government does not consider the tenant farmers and coolie farmers as farmers. Hence these sections of farmers will […]

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Good quality and correct quantity of seeds will benefit farmers: Sabharwal

Hyderabad: Supplying good quality and correct quantity of seeds will give assurance of financial support to farmers, said Controller for Legal Metrology Department Akun Sabharwal. “When farmers are comfortable, countries financial growth will also develop. Telangana government is taking all measure for the welfare of farmers,” he said and requested seed companies not to compromise […]

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Life Insurance scheme will cover all farmers: CM KCR

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has instructed the agricultural Department officers that the RythuBandhu life Insurance Scheme should be made applicable to all eligible farmers in the State. The Chief Minister said that until every farmer is registered for the scheme, applications for enrolling nominees, shall be continued to be received and the details […]

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Congress demands judicial probe into farmers’ electrocution

Hyderabad: Congress senior leader and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy on Tuesday demanded judicial enquiry into the death of two farmers in Raghunadhapalem of Khammarn Urban on Monday. In a letter to Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, Ponguleti said that a farmer, Shankar (45) and his son Venkatesh (19), belonging to ST community, lost their lives […]

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CM wants ‘Rythu Bandhu’ cheques distribution completed by June 2

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has instructed concerned officers that they should ensure distribution of Rythu Bandu cheques and Pattadar pass books to each and every eligible farmer by June 2. The Chief Minister said that the government has information that due to technical reasons at some places some farmers did not get either […]

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Farmers are happy with ‘Rythu Bandhu’ scheme: TRS

Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has claimed that there has been a wave of happiness among farmers over Rythu Bandhu scheme whose cheques are being distributed since the last four days. Addressing a press conference at TRS Legislature Party office on Monday, TRS MLC Karne Prabhakar said that the Rythu Bandhu scheme has been so […]