"paddy-procurement"

Collectorinformed that 7,88,850 tonnes of paddy worth Rs 1,470 crore was purchased from 1,10,468 farmers through IKP and PACS paddy procurement centres

Says govt procured 70 lakh tonnes despite lockdown and labour shortage

The Chief Secretary directed Collectors to meet the shortage of labour and gunny bags from the local market, and advised them to ensure sufficient availability of vehicles for transport of paddy.

The Cabinet is scheduled to discuss Covid lockdown, agriculture, ongoing paddy procurement, etc in the state

The Minister directed the officials to complete the procurement of remaining 1.9 lakh tonnes in the next 10 days.

Rythu Bandhu Samithi chairman Palla Rajeshwar Reddy said crop cultivation in TS during Yasangi season was taken up in about 1.43 cr acres which cannot be found in any other States

Reviewing the paddy procurement in the district on Thursday, the Collector instructed the millers to increase the storage capacity in the godowns

Now, fuel stations/retail outlets in the urban and rural areas can operate in the normal working timings during the day

The Minister instructed the officials concerned to take steps to carry out the procurement of the remaining paddy by the end of May to avoid inconvenience to farmers.

Minister reviews Covid situation, fever survey and paddy procurement

Of the total harvest in the country, nearly 50 per cent is being contributed by Telangana, Agriculture Minister Niranjan Reddy said

A majority of the procurement centres proposed have been opened; transactions as per Covid protocols

Minister observed that the staff at procurement centres were not uploading the paddy procurement details though they were given tabs to upload the particulars

The agriculture department has estimated that the paddy production would increase to 10 lakh tons in this yasangi crop season

Madhusudan stated that as many as 250 procurement centres were created for buying paddy produce from farmers across the district and added that they are expecting about 2.30 lakh metric tonnes of paddy to be procured this season.

In a review meeting at his camp office here on Saturday, Shashanka informed that 5.9 lakh tonnes crop is expected to arrive since paddy was sowed in 2.55 lakh acres in this Yasangi season

The entire produce was purchased from farmers at a Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 1,888 per quintal.

Stating that the Telangana government was always thinking about farmers, he informed that setting aside old rules, the state government led by Chandrashekhar Rao was supplying water to the agriculture sector from projects.

The Minister was speaking at an awareness programme for rice millers, transporting agencies and procurement centres officials here

As many as 250 centres were arranged for procuring the produce.