Overview

• Telangana achieved a Rabi paddy output of 130 lakh metric tonnes across 60 lakh acres without any inflow from Kaleshwaram barrages
• By May 28 the government procured 67 lakh tonnes of paddy and disbursed ₹13,000 crore to farmers at the minimum support price
• Civil Supplies Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said SRSP, Kadem and other reservoirs will undergo modern desiltation to restore original storage capacity ahead of kharif
• The Congress administration strengthened irrigation by appointing 1,100 engineers and 1,800 Laskars and pledged rapid completion of Rollavagu, Narayanapuram, Kondagattu and Kalikota Suramma projects
• Officials released ₹51 crore as compensation for crop losses from unseasonal rains and will invite rice mill proposals to convert fine paddy varieties into boiled rice