Governor expresses satisfaction about paddy procurement
The Hindu
Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan expressed satisfaction over the way paddy was being procured at the State-run procurement centres. She visited Nalgonda on Wednesday and attended a slew of programmes,
Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan expressed satisfaction over the way paddy was being procured at the State-run procurement centres.
She visited Nalgonda on Wednesday and attended a slew of programmes, including on-field interaction with farmers and the organisers, and later addressed media persons.
Ms. Soundararajan said Nalgonda district had completed 72% of the procurement and the process, except for disturbances caused by weather, was progressing smoothly. The district was operating 249 procurement centres, more than the 182 centres that were operated in the previous season, she said.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists