Unlike the last year’s hullabaloo with the Centre overpaddyprocurement, the is ready to purchase 1 crore metric tonnes (MTs) of paddy fromfarmersthis time in the midst of reports of a bumper output of 1.55 crore MTs. This tops last kharif season’s 1.24 crore MTs.
While it is it is going to be the highest ever recorded paddy output inTelanganasince the state’s formation in 2014, civil supplies ministerGangula Prabhakar said the government was not only preparing to purchase 1 crore MTs, but also making plans on the additional 55 lakh MTs which could be used for other purposes.
This year’s paddy acreage was also the highest in any kharif season at 24 lakh acres – last year, paddy was cultivated in 21.1 lakh acres.
The minister said the state government has already completed 50,000 tonnes of paddy procurement with the help of 6,713 procurement centres across the state.