"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.

Reviewing the arrangements, Sikta stated that the paddy crop was grown in 1,646 acres in the district and expected yield was 4,115 metric tonnes

Minister Gangula Kamalakar instructed officials to make all arrangements at paddy procurement centres to ensure the farmers do not face any problems at PPCs.

He suggested the officials to come up with proper estimates of the yield and chalk out an appropriate plan for paddy procurement accordingly