After govt’s warning, millers deliver 56K MT of CMR rice to FCI
10 months, 3 weeks ago

After govt’s warning, millers deliver 56K MT of CMR rice to FCI

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD : The stern warning issued by the Congress government to millers over delivery of custom milled rice seems to be working wonders. After procuring paddy from the farmers at minimum support price, the state government gives it to rice millers to process paddy into custom milled rice. However, after Congress came to power, Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy has given a stern warning to rice millers after conducting a series of review meetings on the stock and finances of the department as well as Civil Supplies Corporation. In a span of two months, the rice millers delivered 14.5 LMT of CMR to the FCI as against 24.5 LMT they delivered between October 2022 to November 2023. After the Civil Supplies Commissioner post was filled with a senior IPS officer, DS Chauhan, the department took the help of police officials to address the issue, which led to the rice millers delivering the rice before the deadline.

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After ministry nudge, FCI starts probe into paddy recycling in Odisha
1 month, 2 weeks ago

After ministry nudge, FCI starts probe into paddy recycling in Odisha

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The Food Corporation of India has begun a joint physical verification of paddy by associating teams of the state government in major rice mills in western Odisha districts where alleged massive recycling of custom milled rice has been reported to the central government. The ministry acted upon a complaint about massive corruption in physical verification of paddy at millers’ …

Paddy procurement in Punjab going on smoothly, says Centre
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Paddy procurement in Punjab going on smoothly, says Centre

The Hindu  

Amid complaints and protests by farmers’ organisations in Punjab that paddy procurement from the State has been delayed, the Centre said on Saturday that the Food Corporation of India and the State agencies have procured 120.67 lakh metric tonnes paddy from the State. The Centre said so far 6.58 lakh farmers in the State have received the benefits of procurement …

{Punjab cabinet meet} Mann govt okays custom milling policy for 2024-25 kharif season
2 months, 2 weeks ago

{Punjab cabinet meet} Mann govt okays custom milling policy for 2024-25 kharif season

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh The Punjab cabinet on Tuesday approved the Punjab Custom Milling Policy for kharif 2024-25 for conversion of paddy procured by the state procurement agencies — Pungrain, Markfed, Punsup and PSWC — into custom milled rice and its delivery into the central pool. The Punjab cabinet on Tuesday approved the Punjab Custom Milling Policy for kharif 2024-25 for conversion of …

Rice millers call off strike after Punjab accedes to their demands
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rice millers call off strike after Punjab accedes to their demands

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab Rice Millers Association of Punjab on Saturday called off their stir after a meeting with chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Saturday. Tarsem Saini, president of the Punjab Rice Millers Association, said that after the assurances given by CM Bhagwant Mann, the millers have decided to lift the strike. During the meeting with the association, the CM said …

Procurement hits roadblock as millers refuse to lift, store paddy
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Procurement hits roadblock as millers refuse to lift, store paddy

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab Rice Millers Association general house on Wednesday unanimously decided not to participate in this year’s paddy procurement process and allow government agencies to store grains in their mills till the time their issues are resolved. Tarsem Saini, president of the Punjab Rice Millers Association, said, “We don’t have the space to store fresh paddy for milling, as our …

Telangana: Rice Millers Seek Amendments to Milling Norms
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana: Rice Millers Seek Amendments to Milling Norms

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Commissioner of civil supplies D.S. Chauhan on Wednesday held a meeting with representatives of rice millers from across the state at Civil Supplies Bhavan and sought their cooperation for the smooth procurement of rice during Kharif 2024-25, which is set to begin in October. We are not getting 67 kg of rice per quintal of paddy milled, as per …

Amid boycott by arhtiyas, labourers, 730-tonne paddy procured on Day 1
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Amid boycott by arhtiyas, labourers, 730-tonne paddy procured on Day 1

Hindustan Times  

Amid strike by arhtiyas, labourers and rice mill owners, the Punjab government announced the beginning of the paddy procurement from Tuesday that saw about 1,000-tonne freshly harvested grain reaching the over 1,800 mandis of the state. Muktsar district mandi officer Ahaypal Brar said the authorities have made ample arrangements to purchase 9 lakh tonnes of paddy. “The government may store …

We Will Distribute Six Kg Fine Rice to Three Crore People: Uttam
3 months ago

We Will Distribute Six Kg Fine Rice to Three Crore People: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Civil supplies minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the Civil Supplies Corporation would distribute six kg of fine rice to each of the three crore people in the state from January. The government will also give Rs 500 as a bonus for fine rice paddy from the Kharif season, while separate procurement centres would be set up for …

Rice millers demand hike in milling fees
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Rice millers demand hike in milling fees

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The All Odisha Rice Millers Association has demanded the state government to increase the custom milling fee for rice along with transportation and storage charges of paddy at mills. Association president Mahesh Bansal said charges for transportation of paddy from mandis to mills and rice from mills to government-owned or rented warehouses along with paddy procured by the government …

Paradigms addressed by direct purchase of rice from FCI for States: Explained
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paradigms addressed by direct purchase of rice from FCI for States: Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Union Minister for Food and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi announced on August 1 that States can directly purchase rice from the Food Corporation of India under the Open Market Sale Scheme without participating in the e-auction beginning August 1. Under the Open Market Sale Scheme, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution sells excess …

Centre to resume rice sale to states, pvt traders
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre to resume rice sale to states, pvt traders

Hindustan Times  

The Centre will resume sale of federally-held rice to states, which had been discontinued in June last year, at the time sparking protests by Opposition-ruled state governments, apart from selling the staple to private traders, steps aimed at paring record inventories, a person aware of the development said. Centre to resume rice sale to states, pvt traders The move to …

Telangana Extends Recovery Limit for Rice Millers
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana Extends Recovery Limit for Rice Millers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The civil supplies department has extended the time limit for recovery of custom milled rice from default rice millers for a further period of 90 days, following requests from the rice millers association. The department has allowed the millers to either pay in the form of cash or an equivalent quantity of rice under state pools with certain conditions. …

Record rice stocks may prompt higher public distribution
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Record rice stocks may prompt higher public distribution

Hindustan Times  

India’s rice stocks in state-owned granaries are at a record high and nearly four times the summer buffer target, prompting the Union government to look at ways to reduce inventories in the world’s second-biggest producer, which expects a robust crop this year, an official said. The government is required to have 13.5 million tonnes of rice as buffer stock beginning …

Millers defaulting on CMR supply face music
7 months ago

Millers defaulting on CMR supply face music

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Civil Supplies department, under the leadership of Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, is cracking the whip on rice millers who are defaulting on supply of custom milled rice to the government in a bid to recover dues of Rs 1,438 crore. In one such incident, the department through district collector put the registration related transactions pertaining …

Millers Ignore CMR Delivery Deadline Civil Supplies Officials Remain Tightlipped
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Millers Ignore CMR Delivery Deadline Civil Supplies Officials Remain Tightlipped

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Despite the January 31 deadline set for millers to return custom-milled rice from the paddy given to them, officials from the state civil supplies corporation are tightlipped on the volume of the custom-milled rice that has come back. Citing the Rs 56,000 crore debt and Rs 11,000 crore losses piled up by the BRS regime, the minister had noted …

Committee Members Allege Non-cooperation in FCI Visits, Move HC
11 months ago

Committee Members Allege Non-cooperation in FCI Visits, Move HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Five of the 12 members of the consultative committee of the Food Corporation of India filed in the TS High Court.The CC members said the committee chairman, BRS Rajya Sabha member K. Keshava Rao, had remained a silent spectator. Minutes of the meetings between Dr Keshava Rao, the Civil Supplies Corporation commissioner and the TS FCI officers, which have …

Uttam Kumar Reddy Asks Officials to Expedite Rice Delivery to FCI
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Uttam Kumar Reddy Asks Officials to Expedite Rice Delivery to FCI

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Food and civil supplies minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday directed officials to fast track rice delivery to the Food Corporation of India to meet the deadline of January 31. Ambedkar Secretariat with district collectors, civil supplies corporation, and FCI officials, focusing on expediting milling of custom-milled rice by rice millers and its delivery to the FCI. Expressing …

Govt plans to sell FCI rice under Bharat brand; price not yet decided
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Govt plans to sell FCI rice under Bharat brand; price not yet decided

The Hindu  

In order to check rice inflation, the Government is considering a proposal to sell FCI rice under the 'Bharat' brand but the discounted rate has not yet been decided, a Food Ministry official said. x The Ministry's efforts to check retail rice prices by boosting domestic availability through sale of FCI rice via e-auction under the Open Market Sale Scheme …

FCI Rejects Telangana Rice Worth Rs.150 cr
1 year, 5 months ago

FCI Rejects Telangana Rice Worth Rs.150 cr

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A new dispute has arisen between the Telangana state government and the Food Corporation of India regarding the rejection of fortified rice stocks. The FCI has turned down rice supplies worth nearly ₹150 crore from 290 rice mills in Telangana, claiming "inferior quality." The Chief Minister discussed the problem of previous kharif rice stocks and recent rabi paddy stocks …

Govt's rice procurement reaches 55.8 million tonnes and wheat 26.2 million tonnes so far
1 year, 6 months ago

Govt's rice procurement reaches 55.8 million tonnes and wheat 26.2 million tonnes so far

The Hindu  

The government's rice procurement has reached 55.8 million tonnes so far in the ongoing 2022-23 marketing season, benefitting 1.22 crore farmers with MSP of ₹1.7 lakh crore, the Food Ministry said on June 20. Wheat procurement has reached 26.2 million tonnes so far in the 2023-24 rabi marketing year, more than the last year's total procurement of 18.8 million tonnes. …

Rice millers say they can meet partial requirement of Anna Bhagya
1 year, 6 months ago

Rice millers say they can meet partial requirement of Anna Bhagya

The Hindu  

The Karnataka government, which is scouting for rice for its Anna Bhagya scheme across the country, is yet to speak to Karnataka Rice Millers’ Association to ascertain the cost or the quantum of rice available with the mills in the State. Srinivas, the government has not involved the local millers in the Anna Bhagya scheme while it is looking for …

Centre agrees to procure additional 6.80LTs of parboiled rice from Telangana
1 year, 6 months ago

Centre agrees to procure additional 6.80LTs of parboiled rice from Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Centre on Friday agreed to procure an additional 6.8 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice from Telangana for the Kharif season 2022-23. This is in addition to the recently approved procurement of 13.73 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice for the Rabi 2021-22 and Kharif 2022-23 kharif seasons. Union minister G. Kishan Reddy who had written to his Cabinet colleague …

Distribution of fortified rice through PDS on track: Centre
1 year, 8 months ago

Distribution of fortified rice through PDS on track: Centre

The Hindu  

As many as 269 districts in 27 States have started distributing fortified rice under the Targeted Public Distribution System, achieving a 100% target set for Phase II by March 2023 in the Rice Fortification Programme, said Union Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra here on Thursday. He said 105 LMT of fortified rice was lifted by Phase II and targeted 27 States/ …

Patnaik writes to Piyush Goyal, urges him to procure surplus rice from Odisha
1 year, 8 months ago

Patnaik writes to Piyush Goyal, urges him to procure surplus rice from Odisha

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written to Union Minister Piyush Goyal, urging him to lift around 20 lakh tonne of surplus rice for the 2022-23 Kharif marketing season from Odisha to enable the state government to procure paddy from farmers in the coming seasons. During the 2022-23 Kharif season, a record 14,94,320 farmers have sold paddy to the government …

Telangana govt forms special teams to recover PDS rice stocks from rice millers
1 year, 9 months ago

Telangana govt forms special teams to recover PDS rice stocks from rice millers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Many millers have not returned milled rice to the government for the public distribution system and the state government has constituted special inspection teams to recover the stocks. TS Civil Supplies Corporation chairman Sardar Ravinder Singh held a review meeting with senior officials here on Friday to chalk out action plan to recover rice stocks arrears from mills. Singh …

FCI procures 17.5 LMT of fortified rice in 2021-22 in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 11 months ago

FCI procures 17.5 LMT of fortified rice in 2021-22 in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

A total quantity of 17.59 Lakh Metric Tonnes of fortified rice was procured by the Food Corporation of India during Kharif Monsoon Season 2021-22 in Andhra Pradesh. A quantity of 6.15 LMT fortified rice has been distributed in high burden and aspirational districts under the National Food Security Act as well as PM Poshan and Integrated Child Development Services schemes …

FCI directs officials to accept only fortified raw rice
1 year, 11 months ago

FCI directs officials to accept only fortified raw rice

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In a move that is likely to trigger a fresh controversy between the BRS government and the Centre, the Food Corporation of India has issued directions to its officials in Telangana state to accept only fortified raw rice for public distribution starting on January 9. The FCI's circular may spark a verbal spat between the Telangana government and the …

Millers buy more paddy from farmers than Telangana govt
2 years, 1 month ago

Millers buy more paddy from farmers than Telangana govt

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Rice millers have purchased more paddy from farmers than the stage government in the kharif procurement season, which began in the last week of October. Farmers associations said the growers preferred to sell to millers, even at prices below the minimum support price due to the government's delay in opening procurement centres. The first, farmers are in dire need …

TD alleges rice scam in AP, demands CBI probe
2 years, 1 month ago

TD alleges rice scam in AP, demands CBI probe

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The opposition Telugu Desam has sought a CBI inquiry into the 'rice scam' allegedly involving civil supplies minister Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao and Kakinada MLA Dwarampudi Chandrasekhara Reddy. Speaking to the media in Mangalagiri on Tuesday, TD spokesperson K Pattabhiram said the sudden increase in rice exports through the Kakinada port at a time raised some questions. The involvement …

Telangana govt open to milling from other states
2 years, 2 months ago

Telangana govt open to milling from other states

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government is faced with a challenging task to procure paddy in the ongoing kharif season as paddy was sown in over 65 lakh acres, the highest ever so far. Civil supplies minister Gangula Kamalakar on Monday held a meeting with department officials to devise a Kharif action plan for paddy procurement. This could be handed over to …

Rice prices expected to go up as production falls 6-7 million tonnes shorter
2 years, 3 months ago

Rice prices expected to go up as production falls 6-7 million tonnes shorter

Firstpost  

However, officials believe that if steps like banning export and raising export duty succeed the price rise won’t go beyond 5-6 per cent and will keep enough stocks at disposal to mitigate any problem New Delhi: A 6-7 million tonnes shortfall in rice production due to a fall in paddy sowing area is likely to keep rice prices at elevated …

Millers left in lurch as FCI refuses to buy rice
2 years, 4 months ago

Millers left in lurch as FCI refuses to buy rice

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: The refusal of the Food Corporation of India to buy 30,000 tonnes of discoloured custom milled rice from 63 rice mills of Khammam has left mill owners facing a bleak future. After another round of back and forth, the Centre agreed to buy 52,000 tonnes, but the FCI refused to buy around 30,000 tonnes of it claiming that the …

FCI gets nod to procure rice from Telangana
2 years, 5 months ago

FCI gets nod to procure rice from Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a relief to the Telangana state, the Centre on Wednesday permitted the Food Corporation of India to resume the procurement of rice from the state with immediate effect. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Wednesday along with Union tourism minister G. Kishan Reddy, minister for food and public distribution system Piyush Goyal said the Centre was …

BJP intervenes, Sanjay says rice procurement in state will start again
2 years, 5 months ago

BJP intervenes, Sanjay says rice procurement in state will start again

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Telangana state BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday said the Centre responded positively to a request from him to extend by one month purchase of custom-milled rice from the state. It may be recalled that rice millers in Telangana state have been complaining for some time that the Food Corporation of India had stopped rice purchases from the …

Over 50 lakh tonne paddy piled up in mills as FCI stop purchase
2 years, 6 months ago

Over 50 lakh tonne paddy piled up in mills as FCI stop purchase

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Finance minister T. Harish Rao and civil supplies minister Gangula Kamalakar on Friday held a meeting with Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar and other senior officials of civil supplies department at BRKR Bhavan to discuss what to do with mounting rice stocks in rice mills across the state in the wake of Centre stopping rice procurement from the state from …

Centre gives excuses to stop buying rice, says TS minister
2 years, 6 months ago

Centre gives excuses to stop buying rice, says TS minister

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana government and the Centre engaged in a fresh tussle on the issue of rice procurement on Wednesday with the civil supplies minister Gangula Kamalakar charging the BJP-led government at the Centre of finding ‘lame excuses’ to stop procurement from Telangana. He said 'missing rice bags' from rice mills pertained to previous year's rabi crop across the state …

Post-CMR paddy scam, officials step up vigil, raid rice mills
2 years, 7 months ago

Post-CMR paddy scam, officials step up vigil, raid rice mills

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: Following the custom milling rice paddy scam running into crores that was exposed and traced to Laxminarasimha Industries rice mill in Pusala village of Sultanabad mandal, officials from the civil supplies department on Monday stepped up vigil to prevent such irregularities in the erstwhile Karimnagar district. At Laxminarasimha Industries rice mill, officials found that around 21,100 quintals of the …

Will KCR's pressure tactics over paddy procurement work?
2 years, 8 months ago

Will KCR's pressure tactics over paddy procurement work?

India Today  

High drama to push for his demands is second nature to Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao since the days he spearheaded the second phase of the campaign for a separate statehood. The aim was to pressure the Union government into procuring parboiled rice produced by the state during the 2021-2022 rabi season. Telangana MPs, MLCs, and other leaders stage …

Union Cabinet approves distribution of fortified rice across schemes
2 years, 8 months ago

Union Cabinet approves distribution of fortified rice across schemes

The Hindu  

The government on Friday approved the distribution of fortified rice across government schemes such as the public distribution system, and nutrition services for school children and anganwadi beneficiaries. The second phase will cover targeted public distribution system and other welfare schemes in all 291 aspirational districts as well as districts with high burden of stunting by March 2023. Last year, …

With mountains of paddy at FCI, Centre unlikely to heed KCR plea
3 years, 1 month ago

With mountains of paddy at FCI, Centre unlikely to heed KCR plea

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Centre on Thursday reiterated its limitations in procuring paddy and boiled rice even as Telangana Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Rao staged a Maha Dharna in the city demanding that the Centre procure 90 per cent of the paddy grown in the state. According to the note, currently par-boiled rice stock available with the Food Corporation of India was 46.28 …

Bangladesh gets offers in tender to buy 50,000 tonnes rice
3 years, 11 months ago

Bangladesh gets offers in tender to buy 50,000 tonnes rice

Live Mint  

The lowest offer in a Bangladesh tender to buy 50,000 tonnes of parboiled rice that closed on Monday was $405.60 a tonne, including freight, insurance and other expenses, an official from the state grains buyer said. India's ETC Agro made the lowest offer while only other bidder took part in the tender, with the rice to be shipped within 40 …

Bangladesh to finalise first bilateral rice deal with India in three years
4 years ago

Bangladesh to finalise first bilateral rice deal with India in three years

Live Mint  

Bangladesh is finalising a purchase of 150,000 tonnes of rice from India's NAFED, the New Delhi-based state agency told Reuters, in what would be the first such bilateral deal in three years after floods in Bangladesh sent local prices to a record high. A senior official with Bangladesh's food ministry said they could buy 100,000 tonnes of parboiled rice and …

FCI, State Procurement Agencies Purchase 48.53 Lakh Tonne of Paddy So Far
4 years, 2 months ago

FCI, State Procurement Agencies Purchase 48.53 Lakh Tonne of Paddy So Far

News 18  

Food Corporation of India and state procurement agencies have purchased 48.53 lakh tonnes of paddy till Monday at the minimum support price for over Rs 9,000 crore, the government said on Tuesday. “Food Corporation of India along with other govt agencies has, up to October 12, procured over 48.53 LMT paddy with a total MSP value of Rs 9,164.30 crore …

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