Explained: Telangana’s paddy protest and the controversy over parboiled rice
2 years, 8 months ago

Explained: Telangana’s paddy protest and the controversy over parboiled rice

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Telangana is demanding that the Centre procure more paddy from farmers in the state. Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao launched a sit-in protest in New Delhi on Monday, demanding that the Centre procure more paddy from farmers in his state. According to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi, the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in the state assured farmers that the Centre would procure all paddy from them, encouraging them to sow the crop. However, he later took a U-turn and said the Centre would only purchase raw rice and not parboiled rice, which the state produces during the rabi season. “If the Centre is purchasing parboiled rice from any state in the country then I will make it to purchase the same rice from Telangana,” he reportedly said in response to the protest.

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HC asks AP government if officials can stop loading of rice on ship
6 days, 21 hours ago

HC asks AP government if officials can stop loading of rice on ship

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to submit whether officials have the authority to stop loading of rice into ship M.V. A single judge bench headed by Justice Nimmagadda Venkateswarlu heard a batch of petitions filed separately seeking direction to the state government to allow loading of parboiled rice into the ship from the barge …

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 …

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 …

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 …

TS govt-Centre headed for another Rabi paddy procurement showdown
1 year, 9 months ago

TS govt-Centre headed for another Rabi paddy procurement showdown

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Paddy procurement in the ongoing rabi season is expected to create a fresh round of tussle between the Centre and the Telangana government. The state government wants the Centre to procure parboiled rice as it expects a record paddy production of 1.50 crore tonnes with paddy sown in a record 54 lakh acres. This led to a confrontation between …

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 …

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 …

Centre agrees to procure 8L tonnes of parboiled rice
2 years, 4 months ago

Centre agrees to procure 8L tonnes of parboiled rice

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a major reprieve to the Telangana government and state farmers, the Central government has agreed to procure an additional eight lakh tonnes of fortified parboiled rice from Telangana in addition to the 6.05 lakh tonnes that have already been approved. It may be noted that the central government had refused to procure parboiled rice produced in rabi season …

TS seeks FCI exemption, says buy rain-hit paddy
2 years, 4 months ago

TS seeks FCI exemption, says buy rain-hit paddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Centre restarted procurement of rice from July 21, after stopping it for 45 days on June 7, there is no clarity over who would pay for the loss of 10 lakh tonnes of paddy worth Rs 1,500 crore which were badly damaged due to the recent heavy rains. Millers were demanding that the state government bear this loss …

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 …

Centre Fumes as Telangana Cooks Up a Storm Over Paddy Procurement. News18 Explains Flashpoint
2 years, 8 months ago

Centre Fumes as Telangana Cooks Up a Storm Over Paddy Procurement. News18 Explains Flashpoint

News 18  

Amid the ongoing paddy procurement row with the Centre, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi led by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao staged a massive protest in Delhi on Monday, demanding 100 per cent procurement of rice grains from Telangana produced during the Rabi season. Further, Goyal also told Parliament that Telangana’s original target for parboiled rice was 24.75 LMT, which was …

Procure paddy or quit as CM: Etala tells KCR
2 years, 8 months ago

Procure paddy or quit as CM: Etala tells KCR

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BJP MLA Etala Rajendar on Friday asked Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao to step down from his post if his government was not able to procure paddy produced in Telangana. Rajendar said all it took to solve the problem of millers purchasing paddy during the current rabi crop for the state government was to offer some subsidy and allow …

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