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The decisive role played by private traders, who have been reaching out to farmers with a liberal approach regarding moisture content, has impacted the civil supplies corporation's MSP operations

Despite the government's assurance to keep paddy procurement centres open until January, the arrivals in the market over the past week have averaged between 50,000 to 60,000 tonnes per day. This is significantly lower than expected. Private traders and millers have been active in the market, mainly focusing on fine varieties, which has further impacted the government's procurement efforts.

The value of the grains was assessed to be Rs 1.50 lakh.

The Civil Supplies Corporation, responsible for the food security program under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), has proposed starting the distribution of fine rice on Ugadi, the Telugu New Year, on March 30, 2025. This proposal is currently awaiting approval from the State government.

The police named three primary suspects in the case: Cheemakurthi Sudhakar from Bapatla, lorry driver Syed Salauddin from Karnataka, and Ashok from Guntur, who is currently absconding.

The incentive is part of the government’s strategy to reduce dependency on fine rice procurement from other states. However, the current market dynamics pose significant challenges to the implementation of the scheme

The van and driver were handed over to Mandamarri police for further action. On being interrogated, Ali confessed to diverting the rice grains from Jagtial to Maharashtra as per instructions of Shamsheer Khan.

With limited storage space and a substantial interest burden, the civil supplies corporation was in an alarming situation, the Minister said after inspecting a ration shop at Huzurnagar here on Monday.

In Khammam, it is planned to distribute fortified rice to the beneficiaries falling under 745 ration shops in 21 mandals of the district from April onwards

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Task Force along with the Tukaramgate police and Civil Supplies officials busted an inter-State Public Distribution System (PDS) rice selling racket and arrested 16 persons on Friday. They seized about 410 quintals of rice and six vehicles. Police said the suspects procured the rice illegally from beneficiaries at low rates and diverted […]

Adilabad: Sleuths of a Task Force team seized 480 quintals of Public Distribution System (PDS) being illegally diverted from Telangana to Maharashtra at Neradigonda mandal centre on Saturday night. Two drivers and two others were arrested for their alleged involvement in the crime. Task Force Inspector E Chandramouli said that the accused were Madaveni Narsaiah […]

The reasons for decrease in area under pulses’ cultivation may be attributed to farmers preferring cash crops.

During the course of interrogations, Balaram and Dhanaraj admitted to shipping the subsidised rice from Warangal to Gondiya district of the neighboring Maharashtra

To increase procurement centres to 6,575 over next few days from 650

Addressing a crucial meeting of the Congress Working Committee, she alleged that it was now abundantly clear that the three farm laws were prepared in haste.

The farmers' unions did not ask for this solution, given the fact that the implementation of the farm laws can be reinstated anytime, said in the statement issued by Darshan Pal on behalf of Samyukt Kisan Morcha

If the new farm laws are good for everybody, where was the need for secrecy and haste in passing them?

Nizamabad: A truck allegedly transporting PDS rice illegally turned turtle in a paddy field at Jallepalli of Kotagiri mandal Nizamabad district pm Saturday. Suspecting that the rice was being transported illegally, the Civil Supplies Department registered a case and seized 200 quintals of rice. Investigations revealed that the truck carrying rice was on its way […]

Acting on a tip off, the Chaderghat police stopped an auto-rickshaw at Shankarnagar in Chaderghat and found the vehicle driver transporting the rice in bags.

"On completion of reforms, additional borrowing permission of Rs 23,523 crore has been issued to them," Finance Ministry statement said.