Uncertainty continues over paddy procurement by FCI beyond 60 lakh tonnes
The Hindu
TRS MPs and Ministers to stay put in Delhi for two more days for clarity
The uncertainty over procurement of paddy produced in Telangana during the 2021-22 Kharif season, beyond 60 lakh tonnes already agreed upon by Food Corporation of India (FCI), continues even after a delegation of half-a-dozen Ministers and several MPs of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) met Union Minister of Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Apart from explaining the Union Minister about non-lifting of rice pertaining to the last (2020-21) Rabi season by the FCI — although the custom milled rice was ready with the millers — they also brought to his notice the misinformation being spread by State BJP leaders including Union Minister for Culture and Tourism G. Kishan Reddy.
The delegation has explained to Mr. Goyal about the letters written by the Civil Supplies Commissioner of Telangana and District Collectors to the FCI on lifting the Rabi rice to ease storage space with millers for Kharif procurement. It was again reiterated that there would be no parboiled rice procurement from this Rabi season.
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