‘Centre should encourage TS for its agricultural growth’

Palm oil to be promoted on mission mode in State, says Minister

Telangana Minister for Agriculture S.Niranjan Reddy on Tuesday underscored the need for the Centre to encourage Telangana for the strides it made on the agricultural front.

“We need appreciation of government of India,” the Minister told a conference in which Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar participated. His statement assumes significance as it came amid a growing discord between Telangana and the Centre on issue of paddy procurement.

Mr.Reddy said this while pointing to how the State government was creating awareness of the need for crop diversification among the farmers. “We are educating them to go for oilseeds, pulses, fruits and vegetables,” he told the business summit for southern States on the National Mission on Edible Oil – Oil Palm.