Telangana government to set up 6,575 centres to procure Yasangi paddy

TheTelangana governmentwill set up 6,575 procurement centres in the state during Yasangi to procure 90 lakh metric tonnes of paddy.

In all, the civil supplies corporation procured 3.93 crore metric tonnes of paddy worth Rs 68,000 crore at minimum support price between 2014-15 and 2020-21 Vaanakalam.

The corporation chairman sought to advise farmers to cultivate crops that had demand in the market.

TheFood Corporation of India(Fci) may not purchase boiled rice in future and in Yasangi too, as it is not evincing interest to purchase boiled rice.

From , boiled rice used to be transported toWest Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Odisha.