New DelhiUnion Food Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said there is “no problem” in the procurement of ‘raw rice’ in Telangana and its procurement has increased significantly. He said the state government should not “mislead” the farmers. He said this a day after farmers staged statewide protests over the delay in paddy procurement in the state.
However, in the matter of procurement of light boiled rice, the minister said that the state government itself had made a commitment in October 2021 that it would not transport light variety rice to the central pool in future. Besides, the Telangana government is yet to supply around 27 lakh tonnes of rice procured during last year’s rabi season to the central pool, which includes 1.4 million tonnes of boiled rice and the remaining 1.3 million tonnes of raw rice, he said in a statement. Are included. The Center had repeatedly given extension of time for the delivery of rice to the state government.
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“Telangana government should expedite the supply of agreed quantity of rice grown in last year’s rabi season as per the agreement and not mislead the farmers in the state,” the minister said. Goyal further said that there is “no problem” in procuring raw rice and the state-owned Food Corporation of India (FCI) has procured a lot from the state.
He said that the central government has given top priority to the welfare of farmers across the country including Telangana. Farmers in Telangana staged a day-long protest across the state on Monday over the delay in procurement of paddy. (agency)