Govt. wants ramp-up of paddy procurement with forecast of unseasonal rains

HYDERABAD

Minister for Civil Supplies and Irrigation N. Uttam Kumar Reddy instructed authorities of the Civil Supplies section to ramp up paddy procurement successful the aftermath of forecast of unseasonal rains lashing the State implicit the adjacent mates of weeks.

In a gathering held present connected Monday to reappraisal the paddy procurement exercise, the Minister asked the authorities to enactment swiftly to standard up paddy procurement operations portion ensuring urgent safeguards to support farmers from untimely rains and losses. The forecast of untimely rains for the remainder of the week and dense summertime showers that battered aggregate districts connected Sunday nighttime had played havoc connected paddy stocks astatine harvesting platforms and marketplace yards.