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HYDERABAD
Minister for Agriculture Tummala Nageswara Rao connected Sunday stated that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has taken a determination to allot ₹1,800 crore much for procurement of maize successful summation to ₹4,000 crore allotted already for the intent since the Centre has not responded to the State’s pleas to instrumentality up procurement of maize and see the harvest nether terms enactment scheme.
In a statement, helium said it was besides decided astatine Saturday’s Cabinet gathering that procurement of sunflower would beryllium enhanced to beyond 25% of the full nutrient this season, the quantity fixed by the Centre, and besides implicit procurement of jowar truthful that farmers were not near to the mercy of traders.
He explained that maize was cultivated successful astir 16.37 lakh acres and astatine an mean output of 26.57 quintals per acre the accumulation was estimated astatine astir 43.49 lakh tonnes. To guarantee enactment terms to farmers the authorities had already provided warrant of ₹4,173 crore to banks for raising loans by Markfed and it was decided to widen warrant for different ₹1,867 crore for procuring different 6.53 lakh tonnes. With the assistance of 354 acquisition centres, astir 12.85 lakh tonnes of maize was already procured from 2.33 lakh farmers.
Tummala Nageswara Rao | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL
Stating that the BRS authorities had spent ₹5,063 crore connected maize procurement during its 10-year rule, Mr. Nageswara Rao said the Congress authorities was spending astir 6,000 crore this play alone. Against the unfastened marketplace terms up to ₹1,850 per quintal, the authorities was giving enactment terms of ₹2,400 per quintal.
On jowar (hybrid) procurement, helium said the authorities had opened 81 acquisition centres successful Adilabad, Sangareddy, Kamareddy, Medak and Vikarabad truthful acold to procure the nutrient with ₹1,100 crore with enactment terms of ₹3,699 per quintal against ₹2,000 being offered by the traders.
The erstwhile authorities had spent lone ₹374 crore connected jowar acquisition during 10 years, but the Congress authorities had spent ₹800 crore successful the past (Kharif) play itself and different ₹1,100 crore this season. The Minister said the State had decided to procure 10,175 tonnes connected its ain beyond the 3,690 tonnes quota agreed to beryllium procured by the Centre astatine a enactment terms of ₹7,721 per quintal against the unfastened marketplace terms of ₹5,376 per quintal.
