Telangana targets 70 lakh tonnes paddy procurement this kharif

Telangana authorities has set a procurement goal of 70 lakh tonnes (lt) of paddy for the kharif time. This is up from the overall procurement of forty seven.fifty lt of paddy in the final kharif time.

The Condition has enhanced the procurement goal soon after the overall cropped space has long gone up by 36 for each cent. The Condition procured a overall of one.twelve lt of paddy final calendar year, such as sixty four.fifty lt in the rabi time.

Condition Civil Materials Corporation Chairman M Srinivas Reddy held a assessment conference with millers and ration sellers to evaluate the output and most likely procurement by the Condition agencies. He mentioned the Condition would need 19 crore gunny baggage for the forthcoming paddy procurement time.

Telangana has carried out the controlled cropping program this calendar year, mandating the farmers to grow cotton on sixty lakh acres and paddy on about 40 lakh acres. It asked the farmers not to go for maize this calendar year.

According to the Agriculture Action Approach for 2020-21, the Condition estimates a paddy creation of 254 lt in the two seasons. This would include 121 lt from forty one lakh acres in the kharif time.

Final kharif, the Condition generated 104 lt of paddy on an extent of 39 lakh acres.