The present study entitled “An economic analysis of production and marketing of paddy in nalgonda district of telangana” was conducted in the year 2019-2020. The study made use of a multistage sampling and random sampling technique to select 120 farmers among the selected villages. Data for the selected study were collected with the aid of well structured questionnaires. Data collected were analysed using tabular methods along with required statistical tools. The production of paddy has increased in the area largely due to productivity increase and increase in the area under crop, resource use structure in paddy was found to be varied among the size groups.

Keywords : Paddy, Costs and Returns, Input Output Ratio, Productivity, Nalgonda.