The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution has accepted the TS government’s request to extend the period for milling of paddy and delivery of custom-milled rice into the central pool till May 31 for the Rabi crop of 2020-21.
A communication to this effect has been sent from the Ministry to the TS Commissioner of Civil Supplies here on Wednesday, informed Union Minister for Tourism, Culture and Development of Northeast G. Kishan Reddy.
The Ministry said that “no more extensions” will be granted and it will be the responsibility of the State government to dispose off the remaining custom-milled rice.