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HYDERABAD
Telangana has achieved a uncommon treble of grounds paddy accumulation and procurement successful the 2025-26 Kharif season, Minister for Civil Supplies and Irrigation N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has said and termed it “unprecedented” successful the state since Independence.
In a gathering held present connected Thursday to reappraisal the advancement of Kharif 2025-26 paddy procurement and finalise the enactment program for the upcoming Rabi 2025-26 season, the curate besides elaborate a broad roadmap for infrastructure upgrades, export promotion and payment expansion, underlining accountability and technological advancements to prolong the momentum.
Speaking to the media later, helium announced that Telangana had procured 71.64 lakh tonnes of paddy worthy ₹19,000 crores during the Kharif season, benefiting implicit 15 lakh farmers. “This is not conscionable a number. It’s a testament to our committedness to farmers’ welfare”, the curate said and congratulated the Civil Supplies Department for orchestrating the feat.
Capitalising connected the grounds procurement backed by bumper harvest, helium said the State Government was actively drafting policies to beforehand export-oriented atom accumulation and boost atom exports. State has important imaginable for bulk export of atom annually, aft gathering the home requirements specified arsenic customized milled atom (CMR) supplies to the Food Corporation of India, Public Distribution System (PDS) needs and section consumption.
The curate stressed the request for targeted incentives to promote farmers to cultivate paddy varieties with precocious export demand. Explaining the procurement programme’s standard and reach, helium stated that the Civil Supplies Department was paying ₹38,000 crore annually to farmers against paddy procurement.
He released a caller guidelines publication for ineligible enforcement successful civilian supplies cases, prepared by Commissioner M. Stephen Ravindra’s team. Stating that determination would beryllium nary atom allocation for defaulter mills, the curate reiterated. In a bid to capitalise connected excess production, the curate stated that a argumentation would beryllium formulated soon to beforehand export-oriented atom mills with incentives to mills that export atom extracurricular the State and the country.
