Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and Development of Northeast Region G. Kishan Reddy has accused the BRS government of being ‘irresponsible’ in not sending officials for a meeting to discuss the issue of foodgrain procurement for the season and for not procuring yet the remaining 3.40 lakh metric tonnes of paddy of 21-22 season, despite extended deadlines.
“Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and his ministers have only been bad mouthing the Centre without any basis and without even doing the basic job of setting up the sufficient number of procurement centres and collecting the produce on time to be handed over to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) after milling,” he told a press conference at the State party office on Sunday.
It has been the Modi government that has been providing fertilizer subsidy to the tune of ₹18,254 per acre benefitting 12 crore farmers along with giving funds for taking up soil testing, 3% rebate on loans, subsidy on buying farm implements and had even stopped diversion of fertilizers to private chemical firms with neem coating, he claimed.
