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Untimely rains, inordinate delay in Rythu Bharosa input assistance, lack of smooth procurement system add to their challenges

Rs 950 crore bonus remains unpaid, which places considerable financial burden on over four lakh farmers who sold Grade -A variety

Says Congress juggling with broken promises and diversion tactics, taking farmers for granted

According to police, the paddy grains were seized when the driver failed to show relevant documents to transport paddy at an inter-state checkpost

The State support that encompassed crop investment assistance, timely irrigation, uninterrupted power and assured purchase of produce till the last grain, appears to have faded

Senior officials drafted for monitoring the minimum support price (MSP) operations are reaching out to the purchase centres as part of their stock taking exercise from time to time.

The State government could complete procurement of 3.3 lakh metric tonnes during the last three weeks as against less than one lakh tonnes procured by this time last year, he said.

Additional purchase centres would be opened by assessing the situation where ever the need is felt, and "we will ensure a fair deal to the farmers," corporation officials said.

Hyderabad: Civil Supplies Corporation Limited Chairman M Srinivas Reddy on Sunday asked officials to shift paddy from purchasing centres to rice mills on priority basis. He said the Additional Collectors should play a key role in shifting paddy to rice mills. Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy brought the problems being faced by the farmers in […]