Narsapuram MP K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to instruct the officials concerned to identify the exact requirement of rice exports from Andhra Pradesh in order to curb irregularities.
In his letter, Mr. Raju alleged that the State government had recently proposed to pay ₹12 per kg to those beneficiaries of the Public Distribution System (PDS) opting for cash payment in lieu of rice, which worked out to ₹300 for a 25-kg quota per family.
The amount was 40% of the procurement cost as the Central government was incurring an expenditure of ₹30 per kg towards the rice supplied to the State governments at a subsidised price under the Food Security Act, 2013, Mr. Raju explained.
