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Despite late rains delaying the kharif season, the Telangana Government has targeted procuring 50 lakh tonnes of paddy in the kharif season. This is 10 lakh tonnes more than what it achieved in the last kharif season. The Civil Supplies Department, which takes care of paddy procurement, said that overall paddy procurement for the whole year would be more than last year.
Though it started on a dull note, the State saw a record area of 12.57 lakh hectares in paddy sowing as against 10.31 lakh hectares in the same period of the previous year. On an average, the State grows paddy on 9.64 lakh hectares.
In the 2018-19 season, the department procured 77 lakh tonnes of paddy from the kharif and rabi seasons, said Mareddy Srinivas Reddy, Chairman of the Civil Supplies Corporation.
He asked rice millers to help the State government in achieving the target by marshalling resources during the crucial procurement season.
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