Buy paddy from farmers in villages, KCR tells officials

HYDERABAD: Owing to lack of marketing facilities for farmers due to the pandemic, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has directed the officials to make arrangements for purchase of paddy in full scale in villages also.
He complimented the farmers for cultivating red gram in 10.78 lakh acres as directed under the regulatory farming policy of the state and asked officials to purchase red gram also.

Government agencies would be sent to the villages to procure entire paddy crop of ‘vaanakalam’ (kharif or rainy season crop) as was done during March and May this year in view of the lockdown.
He directed the officials to ensure that the farmers get their money immediately along with the bank guarantee and sought to advise the farmers not to spend their energy and time on taking their paddy produce to the markets.
The CM on Wednesday held a review meeting for the second consecutive day on paddy procurement and said the minimum support price (MSP) for A-grade paddy with less than 17% moisture has been fixed at Rs 1,888 per quintal and the MSP for B-grade variety is Rs 1,868 per quintal.