Hyderabad, April 17 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister, A. Revanth Reddy, on Friday met Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Pralhad Joshi, and requested him to procure 30 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice from Telangana during the Rabi season. The CM also urged the Union Minister to release outstanding dues of ₹1,468.94 crore, pertaining to the procurement of additional levy from the 2014-15 Kharif (monsoon) season.Accompanied by State Civil Supplies Minister, N. Uttam …
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Jaipur, April 9 (IANS) In a major relief for farmers affected by unseasonal rains, hailstorms, and adverse weather conditions, the Central government has relaxed wheat procurement norms for the ongoing Rabi season in Rajasthan. The decision comes after an initiative by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who actively raised farmers’ concerns and pushed for corrective measures at the central level.The revised norms aim to ensure that farmers do not suffer financial losses from weather-induced cro…
Hyderabad, March 23 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) alleged a scam in export of rice to the Philippines and demanded a House Committee to probe the same. However, Civil Supplied Minister, N. Uttam Kumar Reddy denied the allegation and stated that the Telangana government has entered into an historic agreement with the Philippines government.BRS Deputy Leader in Telangana Legislative Assembly, T. Harish Rao, made the allegation in the House during Question Hour.He sought details on export of …
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Lok Sabha on Friday that the country currently holds a robust fertiliser stock of 163 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) for April. This represents a significant 26 per cent increase over the previous year’s stock of 128.54 LMT.The Minister stated that while sufficient stocks are available for the Kharif season, the government is already making provisions through supplementary demands to ensure the Department of Fertilisers can pr…
Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) Maharashtra’s economy is set to grow at 7.9 per cent in 2025-26 against the India’s growth rate of 7.6 per cent especially due to a record collection of Goods and Services Tax and favourable market conditions. Maharashtra continues to be the growth engine of the country. The nominal Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) at current prices is expected to grow by 10.4 per cent. According to the Economic Survey for 2025-26 presented by the Minister of State for Finance Ashish …
Chennai, Feb 7 (IANS) Farmers across the rain-fed belts of Thoothukudi district have urged the Union government to extend the Minimum Support Price (MSP) mechanism to maize cultivated during the Rabi season, warning that the sharp fall in market prices has pushed them into financial distress.Maize, which is largely grown in the district after the northeast monsoon, is currently being procured by private traders at nearly ₹1,800 per quintal. Farmers say this is a steep decline compared to last …
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The government has issued 14,692 show-cause notices, suspended or cancelled 6,373 licenses and registered 766 first information reports (FIRs) to curb the diversion and misuse of fertilisers during the Kharif and the ongoing Rabi season 2025–26 (April–Mid January 2026), to safeguard farmer interests and ensure the integrity of the national fertiliser supply chain, an official statement said on Saturday.In collaboration with state governments and district-level author…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Fertiliser movement from the Centre to the states on Indian Railways, during the first nine months (April-December) of the financial year 2025-26, reached an all-time high with total supplies crossing 530.16 lakh metric tons to surpass the 500 lakh metric ton mark for the first time during this period, an official statement said on Friday.This represents a 12.2 per cent increase over the corresponding period of FY 2024–25 and is 8.5 per cent higher than the previous re…
Shimla, Jan 7 (IANS) In a relief for the farmers in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh, the deadline for insuring wheat and barley crops under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for the Rabi season has been extended to January 15. The extension in deadline follows an appeal by the Himachal Pradesh Agriculture Department, which sought extension in the prescribed time limit on technical grounds, to ensure that no farmer is deprived of the benefits of the crop insurance scheme.This date…
Ahmedabad, Jan 2 (IANS) Gujarat has witnessed record sowing during the ongoing rabi season, with farmers significantly increasing cultivation of key crops such as wheat, gram and maize, encouraged by remunerative prices received last year. The rabi agricultural season, considered crucial after the kharif harvest, is now entering its final phase across the state.Against an average rabi sowing area of 46.43 lakh hectares over the past three years, farmers have already completed sowing across more …