INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KARIMNAGAR: BC well-being minister Gangula Kamalakar on Saturday announced that with Chief Minister K
Chandrasekhar Rao's intervention, Food Corporation of India (FCI) has actually consented to acquire Custom Milled Rice (CMR) of the Rabi
Of the 43 lakh metric tonnes of CMR acquired, rice millers have actually already handed over to FCI about 37 lakh metric tonnes till
Subsequently, FCI authorities were requested to extend the date for procurement of staying CMR from rice millers
But there was no clear response
The problem was therefore brought to the notice of Chief Minister, who instantly used up the problem with FCI authorities
Following this, FCI has decided to continue procuring CMR from rice millers up until February 28, Kamalakar stated.He asked rice millers to
hand over the remaining six lakh metric tonnes of CMR to FCI as early as possible without waiting until the last minute.As land under
cultivation is increasing every year, farmers are getting excellent earnings
About 48.42 lakh metric tonnes of paddy worth Rs
9,138 crore has been purchased from around 10.92 lakh farmers
8,696 crore of minimum statutory cost has currently been deposited into the checking account of farmers
Following the procurement, 6,139 acquiring centres of the total 6,505 have already been shut down.With consistent efforts put in by CM KCR
considering that past 6 years, agricultural circumstance has actually altered in its entirety with huge growth, BC welfare minister
