Telangana’s paddy procurement to cross 75 lakh MT, set to surpass last year’s record

Key points

• Telangana is on the course crossing procurement of 75 lakh metric tonne of paddy, surpassing the record 74.2 lakh metric tonne procurement during Rabi season last year.
• Procurement this year has already crossed 70 lakh metric tonne and another 4.95 lakh metric tonne remains to be procured at purchase centres.
• Coupled with the arrivals likely from the field over the next one week, total procurement is expected to go well beyond the previous year’s quantum setting a new benchmark.
• Civil Supplies Minister N.
• Uttam Kumar Reddy instructed the district collectors and Civil Supplies officials to resolve bottlenecks on a war footing, particularly in districts where procurement was still in progress.