Farmers Movement Archive

Do away with growing same crop all the time, urges Telangana CM

HYDERABAD: Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday said agriculture market yards in the state will continue to be live with the support of the government. In an eight hour-long review meeting on agriculture and marketing departments on Sunday, he advised officials to devise a method where farmers systematically sell their produce at the yards. “Despite the farm laws diluting the functioning of the market yards, they will be active in the state. Even if cess is not collected due to the new farm laws, the state government will provide funds to strengthen the marketing department,” he said. Placing more responsibility on marketing department officials to prod farmers adopt viable crops, the CM told officials to educate farmers on new methods of farming which could give them benefit of Rs 10,000 per acre. There should be continuous effort at mandal-level by agriculture officers and agri economists. He said the method of going for same crop all the time should be done away. He also asked the officials to strengthen agriculture marketing department, set up market research wing soon, Rythu Bandhu Samiti offices and agriculture extension offices should be part of Rythu Vedikas. Elaborating on the progress made since formation of Telangana, he said the state made great strides and became a hub of paddy production in the country. He asked the officials to make an estimate of how much paddy was coming market wise and how much buying capacity traders have. There should be easy trading licence methods in the markets, he added. Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has entrusted the responsibility of addressing issues of woman government employees to his secretary Smita Sabharwal. During the lunch break of the review, he interacted with the woman employees and told them that amenities would be provided for them to work hassle-free at offices.

The Times of India

2021-01-25

Hyderabad