Paddy procurement 2 lakh tonnes higher: TSCSC

Paddy procurement 2 lakh tonnes higher: TSCSC

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It admits to farmers’ woes due to untimely rains

Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation and other agencies have purchased about 19 lakh tonnes of paddy at minimum support price at 5,703 procurement centres opened so far. The procurement of paddy produced this Kharif season is 2 lakh tonnes higher than what was purchased till November 25 last year.

According to Chairman of the TSCSC M. Srinivas Reddy, a maximum of 5.2 lakh tonnes was purchases in Nizamabad district followed by 2.86 lakh tonnes in Kamareddy, 2.1 lakh tonnes in Karimnagar so far. He stated that paddy purchases in the three districts had already been completed in the range of 70% to 90%.

Since formation of the State, the Corporation had procured 5.06 crore tonnes paddy worth about ₹88,000 crore so far. It included 24.29 lakh tonnes in 2014-15, 23.56 lakh tonnes in 2015-16, 35.7 lakh tonnes in 2016-17, 53.99 lakh tonnes in 2017-18, 77.46 lakh tonnes in 2018-19, 1.11 crore tonnes in 2019-20 and 1.41 crore tonnes in 2020-21.

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