 | FCI asks Telangana state to adopt Andhra, Chhattisgarh modelBy following methods adopted by 2 neighbouring States, TS can resolve boiled rice procurement issue, say officials |
 | Mission Shakti drives women’s empowermentUnknown to the trade until a couple of years back, they have now become role models for their counterparts in other states. |
 | 13 per cent rise in cultivation area of paddyA majority of the water storage points in the district have had good water levels in the last three years, which helped in getting good yield of paddy. |
 | Koraput’s rabi purchase target: 24 lakh quintal paddyKoraput district administration has decided to start paddy procurement for rabi season from May 27 this year. |
 | Telangana farmers heed advice, opt for alternative crops as Rabi cultivation begins in earnestFarmers have been cautious about sowing paddy as of now, owing to the uncertainty in procurement due to the ongoing tussle between the State and Union governments. |
 | Don’t spare sellers of spurious farm inputs: CM to officialsThe officials should create awareness among farmers on the cultivation of alternative crops instead of paddy under borewells, CM Jagan said. |
 | KCR reaches Delhi to persuade Centre to announce target for procurement of rice from rabi seasonKCR is expected to meet agitating farmers, in the backdrop of his announcement of paying Rs 3 lakh to the kin of each of the 750 farmers who had died during the course of 13-month agitation. |
 | Crops covered well & high in Tiruchy districtFor the second consecutive year, enrolment under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana scheme for the Special Rabi Season has received a huge response from farmers in the district. |
 | Telangana Agriculture Minister Niranjan Reddy asks BJP to come clean on paddy procurementReddy said the Centre was not only delaying phased payment to Telangana for procuring paddy by 5-6 months, but was also not paying for the accumulated interest on debt, which was being borne by TS. |
 | Centre-Telangana standoff leaves farmers in lurchAs Union govt says it won’t buy produce in Rabi season, State advises farmers against cultivating paddy, fuelling a political slugfest |
 | Live storage in Odisha's Telengiri dam 20 per cent less this year, rabi plans look diceyKeeping this year's deficit rainfall in view, the project authorities have been maintaining the live storage water level of the dam with rotation irrigation in the canal system. |
 | Reopen Mutyampeta sugar factory: Farmers from Jagtial district to Telangana governmentThe farmers staged a three-hour-long rasta roko on the road connecting Jagtial and Nizamabad, raising slogans against the State and Central governments. |
 | Farmers rejoice as water level in Odisha's Upper Kolab dam goes up after heavy rainfallFresh inflow into Upper Kolab dam has brought relief farmers and government agencies who plan irrigation facilities to the ayacut areas depending on the water level in the reservoir. |
 | Bumper yield sparks interest in rice mills in Telangana's KarimnagarAfter a manifold increase in farm yield, entrepreneurs are showing interest in establishing rice mills and have applied for government permission to set up the same in Karimnagar. |
