Govt. plans to complete paddy procurement over next 10 days: Uttam Kumar Reddy
The government plans to complete paddy procurement within the next 10 days, emphasizing the importance of not deducting weight from farmers' produce. Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy announced a revised procurement target of 75 lakh tonnes, down from 90 lakh tonnes, due to lower expected arrivals. He assured farmers that all paddy, including rain-soaked grains, would be purchased to prevent losses from adverse weather conditions.
- ▪The government has procured 51 lakh tonnes of paddy so far against a target of 52 lakh tonnes.
- ▪Minister Reddy emphasized the need to avoid deductions in weight that could harm farmers.
- ▪Procurement operations will be intensified over the next 10 days to handle the expected arrivals of 75 lakh tonnes.
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HYDERABADMinister for Civil Supplies and Irrigation N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has cautioned rice millers and others involved in the procurement of paddy this season against deduction in weight of the produce brought by farmers in the name of chaff and other wastage as the government is against any move that would cause loss to farmers.At a meeting held here on Sunday to review the ongoing exercise of paddy procurement with the officials of the Civil Supplies department and with the District Collectors (through video-conference), the Minister said the government had revised the procurement quantity to 75 lakh tonnes against 90 lakh tonnes planned earlier based on the arrivals of paddy at procurement centres.He noted that the production of paddy was estimated to be 1.41 crore tonnes this Rabi…
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