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Hyderabad
Paddy procurement done Indira Kranthi Patham (IKP) centres successful Telangana has gathered gait during the ongoing Yasangi (Rabi) season, with authoritative figures indicating important arrivals and question of stocks.
According to authoritative sources, astir 11 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy person reached 3,563 procurement centres acceptable up crossed the State nether the supervision of the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA). Of this, astir 7 lakh metric tonnes person been procured and transported to atom mills.
The authorities has expanded the procurement web beyond its people of establishing 3,400 IKP centres annually, with an further 100 centres already operational. Officials said that much centres would beryllium opened depending connected the standard of paddy arrivals successful antithetic districts.
Women’s Self-Help Groups (SHG) are playing a important relation successful managing procurement operations, with astir 40% of the centres being tally by them. They are progressive successful cardinal activities specified arsenic weighing paddy, maintaining records, transporting stocks to mills and updating transaction details online. Officials said their information has helped streamline operations and grip higher volumes efficiently.
The State government, nether the aegis of the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP) and territory authorities, is overseeing procurement crossed thousands of centres to guarantee timely lifting of stocks and to debar inconvenience to farmers.
Reviewing the progress, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Seethakka issued directions to expedite procurement and minimise delays astatine acquisition centres.
The Minister besides stressed the request to velocity up cardinal processes. “The weighing, proscription and online registration of paddy should beryllium carried retired without delay,” she said, calling for person coordination among officials astatine each IKP centres.
