The State government has made arrangements to distribute the price of paddy to farmers within 15 days of procurement, Food and Civil Supplies Minister G.R. Anil has said.
He was inaugurating paddy harvest at Chithira Kayal paddy polder in Kuttanad on Monday. Mr. Anil said that the procedures involved in the distribution of paddy procurement prices would be simplified.
The Minister said that K-Rice would be introduced in the State soon. “The government is trying to buy rice from government-run institutions in neighbouring States at reasonable rates. It will be made available in Kerala through Supplyco under the brand name K-Rice. The government is committed to providing rice to people at a reasonable rate. The K-Rice will materialise soon,” Mr. Anil said.
