There has been tremendous response to the scheme and so far more than 19.33 lakh applications have been received including over 2.58 lakh applications which were received by 9.00 PM on Thursday.
Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, who held a high-level meeting at Pragathi Bhavan here, instructed the officials concerned to facilitate paddy procurement through more than 6,000 procurement centres across the State.