India, Jan. 21 -- The Telangana Civil Supplies Corporation has procured a record 44 lakh metric tonnes of paddy this kharif. Arrangements have been made to procure another 2 lakh metric tonnes of paddy from farmers, which would take the total to 46 lakh metric tonnes paddy production in kharif season. In the last kharif season, the Civil Supplies Corporation had purchased 40.41 lakh metric tonnes of paddy from 8 lakh farmers through 3,297 paddy purchase centres (PPCs).
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