The Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, VD Satheesan, on Saturday expressed his concern over the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan-led state government's failure in paddy procurement, attributing the recent farmer suicide to this neglect. Prasad, he mentioned, is the latest victim
A quantity of 521.27 lakh tonne rice has been estimated for procurement during the forthcoming Kharif marketing season 2023-24 as against the previous year's estimates of 518 lakh tonne.
Payments worth Rs 159,659.59 crore have been made to as many as 1.12 crore farmers by the centre for having procured paddy at Minimum Support Price (MSP), the Union food ministry said Friday.
Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the officials of the Agriculture Department to be prepared to disburse the YSR Rythu Bharosa instalment to the eligible farmers in May before the kharif season begins and immediately clear the balance amount of Rs. 33 crores outstanding to the far
According to the statement by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution on Friday, all arrangements are in place for hassle-free procurement operations.
According to a press release issued by the CMO, the General Administration Department (GAD) has issued detailed instructions to all the collectors about the celebration of the Gaurav Diwas.
For the Kharif crop of the current marketing season 2022-23, a quantity of 771 lakh tonne Paddy (518 lakh tonne in terms of Rice) has been estimated to be procured as against 759 LMT paddy (510 lakh tonne in terms of Rice) actually procured during 2021-22 (Kharif Crop).
Balod (Chhattisgarh) [India], September 20 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday announced the procurement of paddy at a support price from November 1.
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): Paddy procurement under the central pool has been progressing smoothly for the Kharif marketing season 2021-22 across various States and Union territories.
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution on Wednesday has accepted the Telangana government's request to extend the period for procurement of paddy and delivery of custom-milled rice into the central pool till May 31 for the Rabi
Telangana (Hyderabad) [India], April 17 (ANI): Hitting out at Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao over the paddy procurement row, former Congress MP Madhu Yashki on Saturday said that party leader Rahul Gandhi's "Kisan Sangarsh Sabha" in Warangal will expose "nexus" between Telangan