Amid rising cases of Covid-19, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had recently announced that the State government will procure paddy crop through Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation as was done for the Yasangi crop during lockdown last year,, for this Paddy procurement for the ongoing Yasangi (Rabi) season is all set to begin at 6,408 procurement centres across the State on Tuesday. Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy will formally launch the paddy purchase at Kesamudram in Suryapet district.

For yout information let us share that Paddy was cultivated in around 52.76 lakh acres during the Yasangi season in the State. The total paddy yield is estimated to be around 1.38 crore tonnes including 1.17 crore tonnes of coarse variety and 21 lakh tonnes of fine variety. Of this, the government will purchase about 80 lakh tonne which will be supplied to the Food Corporation of India (FCI). While the millers in the State will buy 20 lakh tonne, seed companies will buy another 10 lakh tonne and millers from other States are likely to purchase the remaining paddy crop.

However , here it is to be noted that following the Chief Minister’s directions, the officials have made arrangements to give Rs 20,000 crore bank guarantee to enable the Civil Supplies Corporation purchase the paddy and make payments to the farmers at the earliest. The officials have also arranged for around 20 crore gunny bags and kept them ready at the procurement centres.

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