Minister of Civil Supplies N. Uttam Kumar Reddy (Center) held a review meeting on Paddy procurement in Hyderabad on Saturday. |Picture source: Arrangement
Hyderabad
The state government will purchase about 7 million tons of rice fields in this rabies (2024-25) season, including exquisite varieties, and an additional support per punch is 500 rupees in the estimated 127.5 million tons of bonus.
This is because during the Kharif season, an estimated 15.35 million tons of production were purchased, and approximately 6.67 million tons were purchased during the Kharif season. Paddy was planted on 6.549 million acres of land in Kharif, and on nearly 5.873 million acres of land this rabbi season.
The minister, reviewing arrangements for the procurement of rabies Paddy, said that it is estimated that around 2.81 million tons are produced during the two crop seasons of 2024-25, and Telangana has become the highest rice field production state in the country.
Mr Uttam Reddy spoke to regional collectors via video conference, warning officials to remain alert as several areas reported non-seasonal rainfall. He said such weather fluctuations could damage harvested or standing rice fields, even if they were not purchased quickly.
As of April 18, about 851,000 tons of rice fields had been purchased and reached the procurement center, of which 577,000 tons had been purchased. It includes 3.79 billion tons of exquisite varieties and 1.98 million tons of crude (doddu’) varieties. A total of 63,887 farmers benefited, and payments including bonuses are being processed.
The government has proposed to open 8,329 rice field procurement centers (PPCs), of which 7,337 have been opened. Nizamabad, Kamareddy, Nalgonda and Siddipet regions have all PPC plans.
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Rabbi’s rice fields purchase
The requirements for gunny bags purchased in rabbit rice fields are placed at 17.5 cr.
They include 9.45 Cr. New package and 8.05 Cr. Old; 9.23 Cr. Available so far
The state has 6.465 million tons of storage facilities available; so far, its 2.5 million tons of space is vacant
CCTV cameras operate at border checkpoints to prevent unauthorized transport
Exporting 10 million tons of rice to the Philippines is underway
Procurement drives are expected to peak at 2.732 million tonnes from April to May, with a May target of 34.21 billion tonnes
publishing – April 19, 2025 07:05 pm ist
