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Civil Supplies Minister Nadendla Manohar connected Friday acceptable a procurement people of 23 lakh MT of paddy successful Andhra Pradesh during the Rabi play from April 4.
Addressing the media on with Tourism Minister Kandula Durgesh here, Mr. Manohar assured that outgo would beryllium made to the farmers successful 24 hours of the procurement.
“The people to procure 23 lakh MT successful Rabi 2025 is the highest ever successful Andhra Pradesh. The erstwhile government, led by Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, had procured hardly 14 lakh MT successful 2023 and 12.64 lakh MT successful 2024,” Mr. Manohar said. The nutrient would beryllium procured done 1,917 paddy procurement centres, helium added.
On availability of gunnysacks, a premier situation successful paddy procurement, Mr. Manohar said, “At slightest 5.4 crore gunnysacks are available, and a self-declaration volition beryllium sought from the atom miller, enabling a creaseless procurement drive.”
Mr. Manohar said that 17,200 lorries would beryllium deployed for proscription of the procured paddy, and they would beryllium linked to the GPS to way their question and route.
In Kharif-2025, a whopping 51 lakh MT of paddy had been procured and ₹11,300 crore paid to 7.8 lakh farmers. A sum of ₹7,300 crore was paid wrong 8 hours aft procurement, the Minister said.
