Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has warned millers against purchasing paddy from farmers at lower prices and said that the government will not tolerate any attempts to ‘deceive’ farmers.
He directed the officials to take stringent action against those resorting to such practices. “Steps should be initiated to cancel trade licences of millers and traders purchasing food grain at lower prices and blacklist them,” he said.
Mr. Revanth Reddy gave these directions during a review meeting on paddy purchase and drinking water supply with senior officials on Friday. Ministers N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy were present. The CM said that it had come to the notice of the government that millers/traders were lowering prices citing high moisture content in paddy. Farmers should take steps to dry the food grain before bringing it to the agricultural market yards rather than moving the commodity directly from the farm yards.
