TSCSC initiates steps to procure damaged paddy from farmers
1 year, 8 months ago

TSCSC initiates steps to procure damaged paddy from farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A day after Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao assured rain-farmers of the government's full support and assistance by buying damaged paddy stocks, the state civil supply corporation has initiated steps to purchase rain-soaked paddy from farmers at the minimum support price. TS Civil Supplies Corporation chairman Sardar Ravinder Singh on Wednesday held a review meeting with officials on the arrangements to be made in market yards to procure paddy stocks that were damaged due to recent unseasonal rains. It was decided to supply adequate tarpaulin covers to all the market yards to save paddy stocks lying in market yards for procurement. Ravinder Singh informed that the corporation has procured 8.30 lakh tonnes of paddy worth ₹ 1,710 crore from farmers so far and the procurement process will be expedited by setting up 7,000 centres across the state to complete the entire process by this month-end.

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Untimely Rains Prompt Rice Procurement, As State Stocks Arrive in Bulk
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2 months, 1 week ago

Untimely Rains Prompt Rice Procurement, As State Stocks Arrive in Bulk

The Hindu  

Minister for Civil Supplies N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has instructed the officials of the Civil Supplies Corporation to ensure a smooth and flawless paddy procurement exercise across Telangana. The government has allocated ₹20,000 crore for the purpose and has also increased the milling charges for fine varieties of paddy and common varieties from ₹10 to ₹40.

Telangana govt. procures 37.59 LMTs paddy from 7171 PPCs
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana govt. procures 37.59 LMTs paddy from 7171 PPCs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The State government here on Tuesday informed that as many as 37.59 lakh metric tonnes of paddy was procured during Rabi season from 7171 paddy procurement centres across the State from March 25 to May 20, 2024. During rabi season in 2023, the then BRS government procured only 33.97 LMTs of paddy from 6889 procurement centres, according to officials. …

Telangana: Procurement delay upsets farmers, rains damage paddy
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana: Procurement delay upsets farmers, rains damage paddy

New Indian Express  

YADADRI BHUVANAGIRI/ADILABAD: Farmers burnt paddy on the Hyderabad to Warangal highway and blocked the road for almost an hour, demanding the purchase of their produce, causing severe traffic jams, on Wednesday. Meanwhile, heavy rains lasting for two hours damaged paddy stored at procurement centres in Laxmanchanda, Mamada, and a few other mandals of Nirmal district, on Tuesday night. Farmers urged …

Telangana: Government to Buy Paddy Damaged in Rain at MSP
8 months ago

Telangana: Government to Buy Paddy Damaged in Rain at MSP

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Civil supplies commissioner D.S. Chouhan assured that the department would purchase damaged paddy owing to adverse weather conditions at the minimum support price. He said, “In instances where paddy has been damaged by unseasonal rains, the government reassures farmers that irrespective of the loss, the government will purchase the paddy and its priority remains to protect the livelihoods of …

Don’t go for distress sale of paddy, Harish Rao tells farmers
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Don’t go for distress sale of paddy, Harish Rao tells farmers

The Hindu  

Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader and former minister T. Harish Rao has asked paddy farmers in Siddipet district not to go for distress sale of their produce and assured that he would speak to the authorities concerned for speedy procurement in the wake of untimely rain in different parts of the State. Mr. Rao visited the paddy procurement centre at Mettu …

Civil Supplies Corp. Being Run by Outsourced and Contract Staff
1 year ago

Civil Supplies Corp. Being Run by Outsourced and Contract Staff

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Civil Supplies Corporation is manned by around 80 per cent outsourced and contract staff as there has been no major recruitment since 2011. The TSCSC procured 137 lakh metric tonnes of foodgrains in 2022-23 as against far lesser quantities by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra (13 LMT paddy and coarse grains. However, the Tamil Nadu corporation has 7,293 …

AP farmers told not to worry about paddy caught in rain, compensation promised
1 year, 1 month ago

AP farmers told not to worry about paddy caught in rain, compensation promised

Deccan Chronicle  

Kakinada: Civil supplies minister Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao and BC Welfare Minister Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venu Gopalakrishna visited the paddyfields in their constituencies where the harvested paddy was heaped on the grounds, on Monday. Nageswara Rao said the harvested paddy has been carried to the nearest rice mills on a war-footing. The paddy in Krishna district would be sent to the …

TS govt to set up 7,100 procurement centres to purchase paddy from Tuesday
1 year, 9 months ago

TS govt to set up 7,100 procurement centres to purchase paddy from Tuesday

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government has decided to set up procurement centres from Tuesday to purchase paddy from farmers at minimum support price for ongoing rabi season, as directed by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao. Chief Secretary A.Santhi Kumari, additional collectors, civil supplies officials, depot managers of all districts besides officials from Food Corporation of India attended the meeting. The government …

Farmers want TS to buy drenched paddy
2 years, 7 months ago

Farmers want TS to buy drenched paddy

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: Farmers are knocking at the doors of the state government for help as large stocks of their paddy were drenched in the unexpected rain in recent days. Farmers complained that the officials were cutting the weight in the name of high moisture content in the paddy that they brought to purchasing centres for sale. Forest minister Allola Indrakaran said …

TS decides to buy paddy at MSP; revokes GO 111
2 years, 8 months ago

TS decides to buy paddy at MSP; revokes GO 111

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Tuesday announced that the government had decided to purchase paddy at minimum support price from farmers in the rabi season, which will cost the state about Rs 3,500 crore. For that reason, we have decided to purchase paddy on our own although it may put an additional burden of Rs 3,500 crore on …

Rythu Bharosa Kendras to purchase paddy from farmers
3 years, 3 months ago

Rythu Bharosa Kendras to purchase paddy from farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: State Civil Supplies Corporation vice chairman and managing director Veera Pandyan said on Friday that the paddy for Khariff crop would be purchased from all Rythu Bharosa Kendras in the state, He asked officials to make arrangements for purchase of paddy from farmers from now on without causing any inconvenience to producers. He convened a meeting with officials of …

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