AGRICULTURE

About Department:   

                              The District Economy is mostly dependent on agriculture sector. The increase in agriculture production and productivity will boost the health of district economy. The Department of Agriculture as one arm of the government has been established to perform the following functions in the process of harmonizing the farming community.

ACTIVITIES/SCHEMES:

• Rythu Bandhu Scheme:

In 2018, The Government of Telangana has proposed a new scheme for providing investment support to Agriculture & Horticulture Crops by way of grant of Rs 5000/- per acre per farmer per season for the purchase of inputs like Seeds, Fertilizers, Pesticides, towards labour and other investments in field operations of farmers’ choice of crop in the season. The updated and purified land record data base in CCLA portal (Dharani) will form the basis for implementing Rythu Bandhu Scheme.  

              Agriculture Extension officers shall upload the bank details of every farmer in Rythu bandhu Mobile App and after due verification by concerned MAOs/ADAs, the uploaded data shall be freezed by the Commissioner of Agriculture, TS, Hyderabad and the data shall be sent to Treasury where in the amount of grant will be distributed to the farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) (e-kuber platform) in their bank accounts directly.

• Rythu Beema Scheme:

It is a Farmers Group Life Insurance Scheme under which the government  will provide the insured amount of 5.00 Lakhs INR directly deposited into the designated nominee Bank account within 10 days in case of death of the enrolled farmer due to any cause including natural death.

• Subsidy Seeds Distribution:

 Every Season the department distributes Seeds like  Dhaincha,  Paddy, pulses,  groundnut on subsidized rates for encouraging farmers to take up cultivation of crops that incur less cost of cultivation and are commercially viable in markets.

• Crop Booking:

The department has taken up crop booking since 2018 where in, Agriculture Extension Officer of each cluster visits every farmer field in his/her jurisdiction and records the crop sown area on real time basis and upload the data in Rythu Bandhu Mobile App  for both vanakalam and yasangi seasons respectively.

• Rythu Vedikalu :

The Department has taken up construction of Rythu Vedika in each AEO Cluster (62 No.s) for farmers as they need an exclusive place for meeting and discussing about crops, pricing and other farming related issues and also for accommodating AEO Office, Mini Soil Testing Laboratory therefore facilitating easy access to farmers.

• Pulses Production:

In  Jangaon, district  the crops are grown mainly under rain fed condition, is highly suitable for short duration crops like pulses and oilseeds. Here is great potential for taking up pulses as well as Oilseeds like Groundnut production.

• Maize production:

  Maize is a  crop with  high production/productivity levels.

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Websites :

Department of Agriculture- http://agri.telangana.gov.in

Telangana Kisan Portal- http://kisan.telangana.gov.in

Department of Agriculture Cooperation- http://agricoop.nic.in

Rythu Bandhu- http://rythubandhu.telangana.gov.in/

District Agriculture officer,
Jangaon.