Govt. to procure more maize, jowar, sunflower this season to help ryots: Minister
The government has announced an increase in procurement of maize, jowar, and sunflower to support farmers. An additional ₹1,800 crore will be allocated for maize procurement, while sunflower procurement will exceed the Centre's fixed quantity. The government aims to ensure fair prices for farmers and has already procured significant amounts of maize and jowar this season.
- ▪The Chief Minister has decided to allot ₹1,800 crore more for maize procurement.
- ▪The government plans to enhance sunflower procurement beyond 25% of the total produce this season.
- ▪Support prices for maize and jowar are significantly higher than open market prices.
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HYDERABADMinister for Agriculture Tummala Nageswara Rao on Sunday stated that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has taken a decision to allot ₹1,800 crore more for procurement of maize in addition to ₹4,000 crore allotted already for the purpose since the Centre has not responded to the State’s pleas to take up procurement of maize and include the crop under price support scheme.In a statement, he said it was also decided at Saturday’s Cabinet meeting that procurement of sunflower would be enhanced to beyond 25% of the total produce this season, the quantity fixed by the Centre, and also complete procurement of jowar so that farmers were not left to the mercy of traders.He explained that maize was cultivated in about 16.37 lakh acres and at an average yield of 26.57 quintals per acre the…
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