Telangana to acquire paddy from village centres

After the three farm legal guidelines have been handed, there had been uncertainty over paddy procurement in Telangana.
The Telangana authorities has determined to acquire paddy this 12 months by means of its centres on the village degree.
After the three farm legal guidelines have been handed, there had been uncertainty over paddy procurement within the state. However, Chief Minister Okay Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday, throughout a overview assembly, took the choice to acquire paddy, by means of 6,408 centres in villages, as was performed final 12 months amid the coronavirus pandemic. This 12 months too, with instances rising, procurement at village centres will forestall overcrowding at district headquarters.
On Monday, Rao requested officers to make sure the minimal help worth (MSP), for paddy dropped at centres with moisture content material beneath 17 per cent.

Paddy was cultivated on 52.76 lakh acres, and the state expects an yield of 1.17 crore metric tonnes of the coarse selection paddy and 21 lakh metric tonnes of the tremendous selection paddy.
According to the CM’s workplace, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar was directed to carry an emergency video convention with all district collectors on organising of procurement centres and Agriculture minister S Niranjan Reddy was requested to watch the method. Principal Secretary (Finance) Ramakrishna Rao was directed to make preparations to provide Rs 20,000 crore financial institution assure by Tuesday night.
The officers have been requested to maintain 20 crore gunny baggage prepared at procurement centres.
During the identical assembly, the CM requested the chief secretary to establish lands to be given on lease to the Central Warehousing Corporation, which is able to assemble extra godowns to retailer the meals grains.

The CM additionally wished farmers to be able to develop cotton in 75 to 80 lakh acres within the upcoming monsoon season because the cotton produced within the state was of higher high quality and, therefore had a greater worth within the worldwide market. Similarly, he stated that preparations ought to be made to domesticate pink gram in 20 to 25 lakh acres, stated an official assertion.