A day after Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s announcement that the State would procure paddy from the farmers as Centre rejected to do so, the Ministers are in districts on Wednesday to speed up the process and gear up the district administrations .
Finance and Health Minister T Harish Rao held a review meeting regarding paddy procurement at Siddipet on Wednesday evening with officials and public representatives. He has directed the officials to make arrangements to establish paddy procurement centres immediately.
Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister E. Dayakar Rao held a review meeting at Jangaon on Wednesday with rice millers, public representatives and officials. “In a critical situation the Chief Minister came forward to procure paddy despite incurring a loss of ₹3,000 crore. This was despite the rejection by the Centre to procure paddy. Farmers and public must recoginse this and cooperate with the government in procurement. The government has been implementing various schemes to benefit farming community,” said Mr. Dayakar Rao.
