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The Andhra Pradesh authorities has acceptable up a dedicated power country and launched a toll-free helpline fig ‘1967’ to code grievances related to paddy procurement successful the ongoing kharif season.
Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Nadendla Manohar connected Tuesday announced that the authorities had truthful acold procured 11.93 lakh MT of paddy from 1,77,934 farmers crossed the State. Payments amounting to ₹2,830 crore had already been credited into the farmers’ slope accounts, helium said.
Mr. Manohar, who reviewed the functioning of the recently established power country here, said the helpline would run from Monday to Saturday, betwixt 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. “Farmers facing issues astatine the procurement centres tin dial 1967 to person contiguous support,” the Minister said.
The helpline would code problems specified arsenic registration difficulties, delays successful issuing tokens, weighing issues astatine RSKs oregon atom mills, pending FTO approvals, and shortages successful proscription oregon gunnysacks, arsenic good arsenic instances wherever procurement activities were halted. “Complaints received volition beryllium officially recorded successful the power country and forwarded to the officials acrophobic for resolution, with continuous follow-up until closure of the issue,” the Minister said.
Farmers were advised to support their Aadhaar number, registration number, token number, colony name, and RSK details acceptable portion calling for assistance.
“Civil Supplies officials crossed districts are contacting farmers, atom millers and RSK operators astatine the mandal level to place procurement-related issues and supply contiguous directions,” the Minister said.
Civil Supplies Director R. Govindaraj, Administrative Manager G. Sirisha, and power country unit participated successful the reappraisal programme.
