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Telangana aims to procure 4.4 million tonne paddy for Rabi

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad

The Telangana government aims to procure 4.4 million tonnes of paddy for the Rabi season.

About 4.5 million tonnes of paddy yield is expected during the season from nine lakh hectare of land, an official release said Friday.

Telangana Civil Supplies department procured 1.8 million tonnes during the kharif and 3.6 lakh tonnes of paddy was procured for the Rabi season during 2017-18 totaling 5.4 million tonnes.

During the recent Kharif season alone the state government procured 4.1 million tonnes in 2018-19, Commissioner of Civil Supplies Akun Sabharwal said.

Minister for Agriculture Niranjan Reddy instructed officials to take necessary steps to purchase paddy from farmers, it added.

 

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First Published: Mar 01 2019 | 5:25 PM IST

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