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TFA urges govt to ensure adequate urea supply in State
Hyderabad: The Telangana Farmers' Association State Committee demanded that the government take steps to address the issue of urea shortage in the state. On Sunday, the TFA State Committee President and Secretaries, Pothineni Sudarshan Rao and T Sagar, said that with the timely arrival of rains in the state, paddy planting is going on in full swing as there is water in reservoirs, ponds, and canals. Fertilizers should be made available to farmers. But in many districts, farmers are standing in long queues at cooperative societies and dealer shops. If fertilizers are not available on time, there is a possibility of reduced crop yields. Taking advantage of this shortage, many dealers are charging Rs 267 for a 40 kg urea bag, but the farmers are saying that they are charging extra. The dealers are also creating an artificial shortage and causing trouble to farmers. The Telangana Farmers' Association is demanding strict action against these. The Centre has allocated 5 lakh metric tonnes of urea for the months of April-June 2025, but the actual supply was only 3.06 lakh tonnes, which means there is a deficit of 1.94 lakh tonnes. Agriculture department officials say that this deficit has now increased to 2.24 lakh tonnes. 'We demand that urea and fertilizers be supplied as per the quota allocated to the state by the central government. Otherwise, we inform you that the farmers will resort to state-wide agitations,' they warned.
Hans India
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
SKM, trade unions stage dharna against Centre's ‘oligarchy-promoting' policies
Hyderabad: The Kisan Morcha on Tuesday called upon the working class to unitedly fight until the central government withdraws its pro-corporate policies. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) state conveners T Sagar, Pashya Padma, trade union joint action committee leaders Paladugu Bhaskar, Venkatesh, Suryam, Y Srinivas, Chandra Shekhar, and Public Sector Employees Federation secretary Nageswara Rao led a dharna held in front of the Central Labour Commissioner's office on Tuesday. 'We are organising a dharna in front of the Central Labour Commissioner's office as part of the nationwide protests being organised on Tuesday,' they said. The protesters demanded that the four labour codes be repealed, the minimum wage for workers be fixed at 26,000, the 8-hour work schedule be continued, and that public sector enterprises not be tied to private corporate companies. They demanded that the new agricultural market draft be withdrawn, that a law be made to purchase at support prices by adding 50 percent to C2, that farmer loans be canceled, that a comprehensive law be made to protect tenant farmers, that the Indo-American Free Trade Agreement be rejected, that the Employment Guarantee Scheme be increased to 200 days and the daily wage to Rs 600, the Electricity Amendment Act be repealed. They demanded that a minimum support price be allocated and purchased for the crops grown by farmers. J Venkatesh, Eswar Rao, Srikanth Kurapati Ramesh (CITU), M Shobhan, Prabhulingam (Farmers Association), SL Padma, Anuradha (IFTU), Narasimha, Yadagiri (AITUC) and others participated in the protest.
