Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has asked the officials to ensure that the farmers who are selling their produce should be provided with the Minimum Support Price (MSP). He also wanted to see that there was no scope for corruption in the procurement process.
At a review meeting on agriculture and civil supplies departments at his camp office at Tadepalli near Vijayawada on October 11 (Wednesday), the Chief Minister asked the officials to do away with the system of intermediaries and role of millers in the procurement process. The farmers were getting an additional ₹250 per quintal by way of GLT (Gunnies Labour and Transport) during procurement, along with the MSP, he said.
Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said that steps should be taken to use the procured millets in the food processing units being set up. “More food processing units should be established as the quantity of procured millets will go up, besides distributing them through the PDS outlets and creating awareness among people on the health benefits of millet intake,” he said.
