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Maha: Farmers should be given Rs 10,000 per acre for investment, says KCR

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Nanded: Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday in Maharashtra said that State’s farmers should be given Rs 10,000 per acre for investment along with free electricity round the clock.
While addressing a gathering at Maharashtra’s Nanded, BRS supremo said, “farmers should be given Rs 10,000 per acre for investment along with 24 hours free electricity. In case of any unfortunate death of a farmer, he should be given insurance of Rs 5 lakhs. Like Telangana, govt should buy the produce of farmers by opening centres here too.”
Earlier on Thursday, CM KCR announced a compensation of Rs 10,000 per acre for farmers of Telangana, who lost their crops due to recent unseasonal rains and hailstorms.
He had also visited rain-affected areas in a few districts of the state and assured the farmers of financial assistance for cross losses.
CM KCR while addressing the Ramapuram village of Khammam district on Thursday, said, “Due to the rains, there was a loss of 2,28,250 acres of crops throughout the state. Out of this, maize crops suffered the maximum damage of 1,29,446 acres. As per the central government norms, they won’t get much money. In the Telangana government, along with putting in big investments and completing the pending and new projects, we are implementing farmer support schemes that are not there anywhere else in the world. With it, the farmers are also getting stable and coming out of their debts. Despite that, they are some fools who say that we won’t get anything from agriculture. Today Telangana is first in per capita income in the country. We have the highest per capita income, more than Maharashtra. In the GSDP growth rate, farming plays a vital role.”
“Farmers don’t have to feel bad about it as the government is with you”, he said assuring support to the farmers.
“After BRS was formed we have been saying that India requires a total integrated agricultural policy. For funds, we have to write a report to the Centre and we don’t know when they will give it. We don’t want to depend on the Centre as it takes six months to respond,” said the BRS chief.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 27, 2023
BRS to contest all panchayat seats in Maha local body polls: KCR

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Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday announced that the BRS will contest every panchayat in upcoming local body elections in Maharashtra.
The Telangana CM KCR at Kandhar Lohate, replying to the comments of deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis who asked KCR to take care of affairs in his state, the latter replied, “I am a citizen of India and I have work in every corner of the country.”
KCR said that the Telangana model for agriculture should be implemented across the country and farmers should be provided free power, financial assistance; free water all across the country, and insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh to farmers and all agricultural produce should be procured by the government.
“If Devendra Fadnavis gives an assurance, I will not come to Maharashtra. If you want to stop me from coming to Maharashtra, please do it. Otherwise, I will come again and again to Maharashtra and fight for the rights of the farmers,” said KCR said.
He further said that the Dalits and Adivasis in Maharashtra have been facing problems for several decades. “It is not a healthy sign for the country. In Telangana, we have good schemes for Dalit families by announcing a scheme wherein Rs 10 lakh is provided to each family to use the money and improve their living standards. Devendra Fadanvis ji, you implement the scheme in Maharashtra and I would not come here,” he reiterated.
KCR said that compared to other countries there is fertile soil in the country and there is an abundance of rain and farming friendly environment. Our population is 140 crores in the country. “When I came to Maharashtra I noticed the land here is barren. Isn’t there water? There is a lot of water but there is no proper channelization of water for agriculture and water flows down into the sea. There is no need for us to beg for water from any country. We need to ponder about why there is no water for farming and drinking.”
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 26, 2023
KCR to address the public in Maharashtra’s Kandhar Loha on March 26

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Hyderabad: Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K Chandrashekhar is all set for his second public meeting to be held at Kandhar Loha in Nanded district, Maharashtra on Sunday.
Elaborate arrangements have been made for the one lakh people from 16 Mandals who are expected to attend the public meeting.
In order to create a good impact, the BRS party has positioned 16 specially designed campaign vehicles equipped with LED screens. These vehicles will tour villages to showcase and highlight BRS’s progress in Telangana since 2014.
BRS MLA from Chennur Balka Suman tweeted, “Visited the premises of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao massive public meeting to be held on Sunday at Loha, Nanded”
This will be the party’s second public meeting in Maharastra. The first was held at Bhokar of Nanded district on February 5. BRS plans to contest the upcoming local body elections, including the Nanded Municipal Corporation elections.
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March 25, 2023
Hyderabad: KCR to unveil Ambedkar statue on April 14

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Hyderabad: The 45-foot wide and 125-foot long Dr. B R Ambedkar statue will be inaugurated on April 14 in honour of Ambedkar Jayanti by chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao.
The statue is being constructed along the Tank Bund PV Marg Necklace Road route. Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari inspected the ongoing construction works on Saturday.
Santhi Kumari reviewed the status of the projects with engineer-in-chief Ganapathi Reddy and highways and buildings secretary Srinivasa Raju. She asked them to complete the projects by April 10. The chief secretary looked over the 100-seat amphitheater that is being constructed at the base of the statue.
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March 25, 2023
‘Black day..’: KCR condemns Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification as LS MP

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Hyderabad: In a rare moment of solidarity between the BRS and the Congress, Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao condemned Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha and called it a ‘black day’ for Indian democracy.
“It is the height of arrogance and dictatorship of Narendra Modi,” he said.
Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao also condemned the call to disqualify Rahul Gandhi as a Lok Sabha MP after his conviction in a criminal defamation case from 2019.
“Disqualification of @RahulGandhi Ji is a blatant misinterpretation of Constitution The hastiness showed in this issue is highly undemocratic I condemn this!” he tweeted along with a quote from French philosopher Voltaire on Freedom of Expression and ‘First they came..’ poem written by German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller on Nazi Germany.
By condemning the disqualification, the BRS leaders joined many other opposition leaders from across the country who spoke up against the development.
“Shri Rahul Gandhi, Member of Lok Sabha representing the Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency of Kerala stands disqualified from the membership of Lok Sabha from the date of his conviction i.e. 23 March, 2023 in terms of the provisions of Article 102(1)(e) of the Constitution of India read with Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951,” the Lok Sabha secretariat said in a notification issued on Friday.
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh said that the party will not be intimidated or silenced by the decision to disqualify the Wayanad MP.

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March 24, 2023
Telangana: KCR greets Muslims on the arrival of Ramzan

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Hyderabad: After the sighting of the crescent moon on Thursday to mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramzan, chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao sent his best wishes to the Muslim community throughout the country.
“On the auspicious occasion of the sighting of the Ramzan moon and the beginning of the holy month of fasting, chief minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao congratulated the Muslims of Telangana state and across the country,” said a tweet in Urdu from the office of the chief minister.
رمضان کا چاند نظر آنے اور مقدس ماہ صیام کے آغاز کے مبارک موقع پر وزیراعلی جناب کے چندرشیکھر راؤ نے ریاست تلنگانہ اور ملک بھر کے مسلمانوں کو مبارکباد پیش کی۔
وزیراعلی کے سی آر نے رمضان المبارک کو بابرکت مہینہ قرار دیتے ہوئے کہا کہ رمضان سے نظم و ضبط اور سخاوت کی ترغیب ملتی ہے۔
— Telangana CMO (@TelanganaCMO) March 23, 2023
“Chief Minister KCR declared Ramzan as a blessed month and said that Ramzan inspires discipline and generosity,” it added.
In a tweet, Telangana CM also said that the Ramzan month taught individuals to be disciplined, charitable, and to think spiritually. He asserted that one might comprehend spirituality and the ultimate purpose of life by reading the Quran, praying, engaging in fasting rituals, and engaging in charitable activities like Zakat and Fitr.
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March 24, 2023
Telangana: KCR announces Rs 228 cr as aid to rain-hit farmers

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Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday announced a Rs 10,000 per acre relief and rehabilitation assistance for crops devastated by recent unseasonal rainfall.
The State government will issue a total of Rs 228.25 crore on Thursday evening, and the distribution of financial aid will begin as soon as possible by district administrations.
On Thursday, the chief minister informed reporters at Ravinutala village of Bonakal mandal in Khammam district that financial help will be given to all crops equally. He stated that standing crops on around 2.28 lakh acres were destroyed in the state, with maize affecting 1.29 lakh acres. He stated that the crop loss report will not be provided to the Government as a protest for its previous refusal to provide crop loss assistance to Telangana.
“We don’t want to rely on the Centre since it takes at least six months to reply. The Centre has never responded positively to farmers who suffered as a result of natural disasters. On behalf of the State government, we would provide Rs 228 crore in relief and rehabilitation assistance to farmers,” KCR stated. Chief Secretary A Santhi Kumari has been asked to make the required directives in this regard.
The Chief Minister stated that steps would be taken to ensure that tenant farmers received the financial assistance provided by the government by amending the rules as needed. He went on to say that the decision not to seek aid from the central government was made because the Modi administration was renowned for its ‘anti-farmer’ policies and the state’s petitions have previously fallen on deaf ears.
Agriculture minister S Niranjan Reddy, transport minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar, Rythu Bandhu Samithi chairman MLC Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, chief secretary A Santhi Kumari and MP Vaddiraju Ravichandra accompanied KCR during his aerial inspection of the areas.
Warangal district collector VP Gautham and district agriculture officials bride the minister about the extent of the loss caused by the rains and said, “as many as 10,324 acres of cultivation land was damaged affecting the livelihood of 7092 farmers in Bonakal Mandal alone.”
‘In addition to that land damage, crops on 31,027 acres were damaged affecting 22, 000 farmers,” briefed the district collector.

Following the tour, KCR scheduled his visit to different villages in Mahabubabad and Karimnagar districts to assess the crop damage.
BRS district president MLC Tata Madhusudan, MLAs S Venkata Veeraiah, L Ramulu Naik and K Upender Reddy, ZP chairman L Kamal Raju and others were present.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 23, 2023
Telangana: KCR to tour, examine crop damage due to unseasonal rains

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Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will evaluate agricultural damage caused by the recent unseasonal rains, and hailstorms in several districts of the state.
“In the context of crop damage due to recent unseasonal rains, chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will tour the districts of Khammam, Mahabubabad, Warangal and Karimnagar, will interact with farmers and provide confidence to them,” read a press release from the CMO.
రాష్ట్రంలో కురిసిన అకాల వర్షాలకు పంట నష్టం జరిగిన నేపథ్యంలో, ముఖ్యమంత్రి శ్రీ కె. చంద్రశేఖర్ రావు గురువారం నాడు ఖమ్మం, మహబూబాబాద్, వరంగల్, కరీంనగర్ జిల్లాల్లో పర్యటించి రైతులను కలిసి పరామర్శించి వారికి భరోసా కల్పించనున్నారు.
— Telangana CMO (@TelanganaCMO) March 22, 2023
Unseasonal rains and hailstorm in parts of Telangana have damaged standing crops in more than 1.50 lakh acres, according to initial estimates by the state government.
The unexpected rains and hail storms due to the trough over the state caused huge losses to farmers, who were hoping to reap the Rabi harvest in a few days.
Maize, mango, cotton, and chilli crops have been damaged due to the untimely rains and hailstorm.
Based on the preliminary estimates from District Collectors, Telangana State Rythu Bandhu Samithi president and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) legislator Palla Rajeshwar Reddy stated that crops over 1.50 lakh acres belonging to 80,000 farmers were damaged.
The actual losses could be much higher. The state government is waiting for reports from agriculture clusters. There are 2,603 agriculture clusters in the state.
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has asked the district ministers concerned, the Chief Secretary and the officials to get the details of the damages caused by hailstorm.

The Chief Minister is also likely to visit badly-affected districts on Wednesday. He is likely to announce relief measures after the visit.
The state government has demanded that the Centre should send its teams to assess the damage caused to the crops due to the unseasonal rains.
However, the BRS government does not have huge expectations. Rajeshwar Reddy alleged that during the monsoon, when there was a crop loss of Rs 7,000 crore, the Centre had given just Rs 250 crore.
The opposition parties and farmers’ groups have demanded the state government to come to the rescue of affected farmers.
As the state government is not implementing any crop insurance scheme, the farmers are looking towards the state government to compensate for the loss they incurred.
Some farmers’ organizations are demanding the state government to either implement the Centre’s Pradahan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) or launch its own scheme.
BJP state President Bandi Sanjay claimed that there was a crop loss in more than five lakh acres of crops in about 13 districts.
He said chilli and mango farmers were the worst affected due to rains and hailstorms and added that about 40,000 acres of mango crop has been damaged due to rains.
He alleged that since the Telangana government was not implementing crop insurance schemes of the Centre, farmers were not getting crop insurance for the damages caused due to rains.
In an open letter to the Chief Minister, Bandi Sanjay said that if the state government implemented the PMFBY, farmers would have immediately received the compensation.
However, the BRS government says that the PMFBY is useful only for the insurance companies and not for farmers. It wants the Centre to bring a new crop insurance scheme.
CPI-M state Secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram demanded that a compensation of Rs 20,000 per acre should be paid to each acre to all those farmers who lost their standing crops.

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March 22, 2023
Kavitha returns to Hyderabad, meets father KCR

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Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Wednesday returned from Delhi and drove straight to the residence of her father and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao where she was understood to have briefed him on questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi excise policy case.
Accompanied by her husband D. Anil Kumar, brother and minister K.T. Rama Rao, cousin and minister T. Harish Rao, Kavitha reached Pragati Bhavan.
While the family members came together to celebrate Ugadi, the Telugu New Year, Kavitha reportedly also briefed her father about the questioning by the ED in the national capital on March 20 and 21.
The BRS legislator is understood to have explained to her father what happened in Delhi during the last three days, the kind of questions asked by the ED and her replies to them.
Chief Minister KCR, Kavitha, KTR and Harish Rao also believed to have discussed the strategy on how to counter the BJP which they believe is using investigating agencies for political mileage.
As Kavitha’s petition challenging the ED summons is coming up for hearing on March 24, the meeting also reportedly discussed the arguments to be put forward during the hearing.
The possibility of ED summoning her again for questioning was discussed by the BRS leaders.
KCR was reported to be closely monitoring the developments in Delhi.

He had sent KTR, Harish Rao and other leaders to the national capital to stand by her.
Kavitha was first summoned by the ED in Delhi liquor scam to appear on March 9.
However, she had requested the ED to defer questioning citing a one-day hunger strike announced by her on March 10 in the national capital over the delay in passing the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Parliament.
The ED had issued fresh summons asking her to appear on March 11.
She was grilled for nine hours on March 11. The agency again issued summons to Kavitha to appear on March 16, but she skipped the hearing citing her pending petition in Supreme Court against the ED’s summons till March 24.
The same day, ED issued fresh summons to Kavitha asking her to appear before them on March 20. On March 20, the ED quizzed her for over 10 hours. The agency asked her to appear again on March 21.
She was again questioned for 10 hours at ED office in Delhi on March 21. There was no clarity on the date of her next appearance as the ED is yet to issue summons.
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March 22, 2023
Telangana: KCR made tribals and adivasis lives miserable, says Bhatti

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Hyderabad: Congress leader Bhatti Vikarmarka on Monday said that chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao turned the lives of tribals and adivasis miserable and threw a challenge to CM to repeat his tremendous development-in-the-state claims.
On day 5 of Haath Se Haath Jodo Yatra in Asifabad and Adilabad, Bhatti said that minister KT Rama Rao’s claims that the per capita income in the state was Rs 3.17 lakh is ridiculous.
“The KCR’s claims of Telangana becoming the richest State and achieving growth are nothing but propaganda and false. The tribal areas and the population do not have access to proper roads, drinking water, housing, or a decent livelihood,” he alleged.
“The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), which was introduced by the previous Congress government is not being implemented properly and the dues of thousands of workers remained uncleared,” the Congress leader said.
He further alleged that the 12 percent reservation for tribal communities has still not seen the light of day. “I am shocked to learn that the BRS government officials are seeking huge bribes from tribals who don’t even earn Rs 100 per day,” he said.
He said that the formation of a government by Congress has now become a necessity to protect the interest of marginalized communities like tribals.
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March 20, 2023