"procurement-of-paddy"

The farmers had brought paddy to the primary agriculture cooperative society procurement centre (PACS), but the society had not yet started the procurement, prompting the farmers to stage a protest

The Collector further said the estimated yield of the district was 3.41 lakh metric tonnes of paddy. A

Thummala Nageswar Rao directed the Agriculture Secretary to write to the Centre in this regard. He wanted the cap on the procurement of farmers produce to go.

He asked the officials to offer a minimum support price, fixed by the government, to the growers by procuring quality grains.