The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government has set the stage in New Delhi to scale up its fight against the Centre on the issue of procurement of paddy (parboiled rice) produced this rabi (yasangi) season to the national-level as a last ditch effort to make the Food Corporation of India (FCI) start procurement of paddy.
Time is running out fast for the State government to find a way out of the crisis situation as the produce has started arriving into markets and the traders are resorting to exploitation of farmers in the absence of support price operations by the government by paying up to ₹700 less per quintal against the MSP of ₹1,960 for Grade-A varieties and ₹1,940 for common varieties.
A team of party leaders camping the national capital for the last five days have put all arrangements in place including dais, stay, food and parking facilities in Telangana Bhavan and its surrounding areas. The party has also arranged vehicles for transporting the leaders not only from the airport/railway station but also from their stay facilities to the protest site on the Telangana Bhavan premises.
