Kharif season
- Business
58.10 lakhs farmers benefitted in 2022-23 Kharif season: Govt
New Delhi: In the ongoing Kharif marketing season 2022-23 in states, 58.10 lakhs farmers benefitted with MSP value of Rs 1,01,475.06 crore, the Food and Public Distribution Ministry said on Tursday. Approximately…
- Telangana
Paddy procurement at MSP reaches 44.72 L tonne in Telangana: Centre
New Delhi: Paddy procurement at the minimum support price (MSP) reached 44.72 lakh tonne in Telangana till December 14 of the 2022-23 kharif marketing season, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. In Telangana,…
- Telangana
Telangana 26 lakh tonnes paddy procured for Kharif season so far
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has procured 26 lakh tonnes of paddy from 4.16 lakh farmers as of November 24 compared to the corresponding period during the last Vaanakalam (Kharif) season, this is…
- Telangana
Telangana procures 8.93 lakh tonnes of paddy for kharif season
Hyderabad: The purchase of paddy for the Kharif season is progressing quickly. As of Monday, 1.32 lakh farmers had supplied 8.93 lakh tonnes of paddy. About 8.1 lakh tonnes have been purchased…
- India
India: Rice production may fall by 12 mn tonne in Kharif season: Food Secretary
New Delhi: India’s rice production could fall by 10-12 million tonnes during the Kharif season of this year, due to a fall in paddy sowing area, the government said on Friday. However,…
- Telangana
Telangana will plant cotton on 70 lakh acres this Kharif
Hyderabad: Out of the 1.42 crore acres that will be planted during the upcoming Vaanakalam (Kharif) season, cotton will be the main crop, with a sowing area of roughly 70 lakh acres.…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: CM Jagan calls for early Kharif season among key cabinet decisions
Amravati: Andhra Pradesh chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday called for an early Kharif season while chairing a cabinet meeting on major decisions for the next five years. The chief minister…
- Telangana
Won’t procure paddy in Rabi: Telangana agriculture minister
Hyderabad: Telangana agriculture minister S Niranjan Reddy, on Saturday clearly stated that the state government will not procure paddy in the Rabi season, this year. Although farmers contractually bound to seed companies…
- Telangana
Telangana farmers to get Rs 7,509 cr investment support from June 15
Hyderabad: Telangana government will provide Rs 7,509 crore as investment support to over 63 lakh farmers for cultivation during Kharif season under Rythu Bandhu scheme. Agriculture Minister S. Niranjan Reddy said on…
- Business
Water Woes: Deficient rain fails to dampen “granaries of India”
CHANDIGARH: Rains ahead of the southwest monsoon across the northern states of Punjab and Haryana, known as the “granaries of India”, remained over 50 per cent deficient in the past one month,…
- Business
Bengal rolls out free crop insurance scheme for farmers
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Friday said it has rolled out a crop insurance scheme, in collaboration with the Agriculture Insurance Company of India (AIC), for the 2019 ‘kharif’ season to…
- Business
UP falters in wheat procurement target
LUCKNOW: The Yogi Adityanath government has failed to achieve its target of purchasing 55 lakh metric tonne (MT) of wheat from farmers at Minimum Support Price (MSP) during the kharif season from…
- Crime and Accident
Odisha: Uncle sacrifice nephew to appease god for better harvest
Bhubaneswar: In an appalling case reported from Odisha, a 12-year-old boy was beheaded by his uncle to “appease deities” for a better harvest in this Kharif season. According to Times Of India…
