Govt. to ask Centre to lift entire food grain produced in State
The Hindu
KCR asks agri officers to promote technique of tossing paddy seed for sowing
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has said that the State government will ask the Centre to lift the entire food grain produced in Telangana like Punjab. He expressed unhappiness that the procurement of rice by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) was cent per cent in Punjab but not so in Telangana. He will write a letter against the ‘bias’ shown by the Centre towards the State, Mr. Rao told an official meeting on Saturday to discuss the arrangements for the ensuing agricultural season. Mr. Rao asked agriculture officers to promote the technique of tossing paddy seed on fields for sowing purposes instead of raising nurseries and taking up transplantation. This will save an expenditure of over ₹10,000 crore on one crore acres that farmers will cultivate in two crops. This will also result in additional yield of one to two quintals of paddy for every acre. The agriculture department should take up an extensive campaign on the technique to sensitise farmers, he said.More Related News