Telangana Finance Minister, T Harish Rao today stated that the center has to procure paddy from states which produced huge quantities.
He launched a purchasing center at Siddipet district here with Officials and farmers. Speaking on the occasion the finance minister said that the center has to take immediate action to get the farm produce.
The government supported farming for a golden harvest in the state through irrigation projects.
The center has to change its view and procure paddy from the state. The center should take necessary steps enabling the officials to procure our farm products, he said.
He said that paddy cultivated in about 3 lakh 30 acres paddy and we expect 6 lakh metric tons acre its level production.
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In Siddipet district we achieved this record, he claimed. The Minister said that all over the state paddy production multiplied manifold. He said that credit goes to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for this huge production.
Harish Rao said that the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project was completed which irrigated crops like never before. This is due to KCR’s vision and commitment to farming giving a big change in farming he said.
SOURCE-NSS
