Over 50 lakh tonne paddy piled up in mills as FCI stop purchase

Govt secured nearly Rs 30,000 crore loans from banks to pay MSP for farmers for paddy procurement

Millers seek more time to supply fortified rice

Supplying fortified rice through the public distribution system is an ambitious attempt of union government to combat anaemia in the country

The Central government and the FCI decided not to procure parboiled rice from Telangana at all

Chief Minister Rao said that if farmers in the state plant paddy this Yasangi season, then there will be no one to purchase the crop

Nearly 90 per cent of the paddy produced in Telangana pertains to boiled rice

In East Godavari district, the paddy purchasing centres procured paddy worth Rs 2,178.31 cr out of which Rs 760 cr were paid to the farmers

Government to supply 5 kg of foodgrains per month to over 80 crore people at a highly subsidised price under the National Food Security Act

Department of Public Instruction (DPI) sources said that the government is studying various options and working out the cost modalities.

The proposal is to extend one kg sugar supplies to additional 16.29 crore beneficiary families, would cost Rs 4,727 crore.

Food Corporation of India (FCI) and state government agencies buy wheat at the minimum support price to meet the demand of welfare schemes.