Centre Not Cooperating In Paddy Procurement: CM Revanth

The state government is procuring maize from farmers, though it makes losses in the process, he said and stated that the state has witnessed a good yield of maize during the crop season. In a separate interaction with CPI(M) leaders who met him, the chief minister alleged that the Centre is not procuring even 30 per cent of the produce from farmers. The Centre should be questioned on this, he said.

Against the backdrop of opposition's attack on the Congress government over the alleged delay in procurement, the CM said there has been a shortage of workers for the procurement process as many of them belong to West Bengal who travelled to their home state for the recent assembly elections. The procurement is not taken up at the agriculture market yards in the afternoons in view of severe heat, he said. The state government is purchasing all the produce from farmers, and it is also paying a bonus for a fine variety of paddy, he said.