
Don’t over-fill paddy sacks: Minister
The Hindu
Move to avoid spillage of the produce while sewing before transporting them to mills
Minister for Agriculture S. Niranjan Reddy has asked those manning the paddy procurement centres to weigh only 40.7 kg of paddy per sack (gunny bag) so that there is no spillage while sewing it before transporting to the mills. In a teleconference held with officials from his residential quarters here on Friday he said it was the responsibility of procurement centres staff to ensure that no loss occurred to farmers in weighing of their produce. Stating that procurement centres would be opened based on harvesting of the paddy in different areas, he noted that 3,028 centres had been opened to date.
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