Telangana Sees A Steady Rise In Paddy Area

Telangana State is slowly but surely emerging as the ‘Rice Bowl of India’. Within a short span of five years, the area under paddy cultivation has doubled, from 22.7 lakh acres in 2014-15 to 40.7 lakh acres in the 2019-20 kharif season. With regard to yasangi, the area under paddy cultivation has increased more than three-fold, from 12.23 lakh acres in 2014-15 to 39.12 lakh acres in the ongoing season in the State. It should not come as a surprise then that the State government is targetting a humongous one crore acres in a single season in the next three years.

“Paddy cultivation has increased manifold in the State, especially during the current yasangi season. We are also receiving huge yields amounting to about 1.03 lakh crore metric tonnes, which is being entirely procured by the State government,” Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said. With the completion of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme, the extent of paddy cultivation has doubled in just one year, from 18.35 lakh acres in 2018-19 yasangi season to 39.12 lakh acres in 2019-20.