Hyderabad, April 9 -- Telangana Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Thursday urged the Centre to enhance paddy procurement allocations and extend delivery deadlines in view of the sharp rise in paddy production in the state.
In a letter to union Food Minister Pralhad Joshi, Uttam sought three urgent measures to address the mismatch between Telangana's increasing paddy production and the Centre's reduced procurement allocations.
He requested reallocation of 5 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of boiled rice target for Rabi 2024-25 by reducing the Food Corporation of India (FCI) raw rice target, noting that 8.45 LMT of rice is yet to be delivered and the original deadline of February 28 has expired.
The Minister sought a ...