Telangana BJP president and Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy, on Monday announced that the Centre has agreed to purchase 50 lakh tonnes of paddy from Telangana this rabi (yasangi) season and also the coming kharif season till September 30 this year through the Food Corporation of India (FCI).
The Centre has also agreed to buy the entire produce of boiled rice after he represented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the onus is now on the State government to ensure that paddy procurement is done efficiently from this month onwards, he told a ‘Kisan Morcha’ (farmers wing) meeting of the party.
Mr. Reddy assured total support for procurement by the Central government from the banks and other institutions as the highest procurement of paddy will be from Telangana this year, he said. The Modi government has hiked the paddy price per quintal from ₹1,300 to ₹2,300 or by 60% since 2014, he claimed.
