Telangana CM directs officials to ensure availability of fine rice varieties’ seeds to farmers

Subscribed with another email? Logout and Login with that one. Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming. Today's Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day. Science For All The weekly newsletter from science writers takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers THEdge At the cutting edge of education and careers Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there Gender Agenda Stories from beyond the binary. The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features. Updated - June 16, 2026 04:09 pm IST - HYDERABAD Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) said that he has directed the Agriculture department officials to ensure that seeds of seven varieties of fine rice, for which the State Government is awarding ₹500 per quintal bonus, should be kept ready for farmers. “These seeds should be provided at subsidised prices and they should be made available at Rythu Vedikas across the State. Steps should be taken to prepare data of farmers preferring cultivation of fine rice,” he said, adding the Agriculture “department should have thorough understanding of the crop yields.” The CM said that he wanted the officials concerned to leverage technology in agriculture and extensively use the pilot project initiated in Dammapeta in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, promoting sustainable data driven farming practices in other places. Officials could consider utilising Artificial Intelligence in farming practices and nominate the Agriculture University as nodal agency for development and deployment of technology in agriculture, he added. The Agriculture department, Civil Supplies department and Agriculture University should work in close coordination from the sowing stage to procurement to help farmers, he said. “Steps should be initiated to bring down losses of Markfed as also for strengthening Oilfed while a mobile application could be developed enabling farmers to get details of all kinds of fertilisers available. Farmers booking fertilisers through the App should be supplied the commodity through respective Rythu Vedikas and the additional collectors should be given the responsibility of urea distribution in their jurisdiction,” Mr. Reddy said. Further, he emphasised that the concerned officials should be in constant touch with the Central Government on urea and fertiliser allocation to the State. “Pressure should be mounted on the Centre to supply entire fertilisers manufactured in the Ramagundam unit to Telangana. The district collectors should convene meetings with MPs of different political parties and explain them about the situation in the agriculture sector,” he said. Copyright© 2026, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. Terms & conditions | Institutional Subscriber Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.

Telangana CM directs officials to ensure availability of fine rice varieties’ seeds to farmers

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