Agriculture Minister S Nirajan Reddy said sericulture would be beneficial and farmers from Telangana had proved this. Participating in a state-level meeting of sericulture farmers, along with Finance Minister T. Harish Rao, held here Friday, Mr. Niranjan Reddy said the government had been according top priority to sericulture. Kaleshwaram waterThe Agriculture Minsiter said that construction of the Kaleshwaram project for two tmcft was completed in a record time with the initiative of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and Finance Minister T Harish Rao and work was under progress for another tmcft. Stating that about 35 per cent of the budget was being spent on the farming sector, the Minister said investment on sericulture would yield returns for about 15 years. Earlier in the day, sericulture farmers from various places explained how they had been reaping it rich by taking up sericulture.

Source: The Hindu January 24, 2020 14:17 UTC