Ryots asked not to raise paddy in rabi
The Hindu
Speed up kharif procurement, Chief Secretary tells officials
A day after the Union government made it clear to the State government that it would not procure parboiled rice from Telangana from this year with an advice against cultivating paddy this rabi season, the State government has given a call to the farming community against taking up paddy cultivation in rabi.
Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar along with Director General of Police M. Mahender Reddy held a video conference on Saturday with all District Collectors, Superintendents of Police, Commissioners of Police, Additional Collectors, District Agriculture Officers, District Supply Officers and others on procurement of paddy pertaining to the recent kharif season and on educating farmers against taking up paddy cultivation this rabi season.
The Chief Secretary explained that the Union Government represented by Food Corporation of India (FCI) had decided not to procure parboiled rice from Telangana from now on. He however stated that paddy grown in Telangana in Yasangi (rabi) season was suitable only for processing as parboiled rice due to the local seasonal conditions.
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