Hyderabad: Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao today assured that the government will purchase the last crop of cotton in the state.
He started a purchasing center on Yenumamula Market in the Warangal district here. On the occasion, the minister has promised that the farmers are needless to worry about their crops like cotton and others. He instructed the officials concerned to coordinate to purchase cotton or other crops as and when required. There is no need for panic for the farmers who should avoid the fear of their farm produce.
The previous vhas produced more crop of cotton this year compared to last year, he said. We have set up 28 purchase centers in the district to procure cotton against 18 last year he informed.
This year we got high cotton produce in 7,58,560 acres while it was expected to get around 6.25 lakh metric tons.
Warangal urban district is a major contributor to the cotton production in the district he said. The minister also said that 24 cold storage space is available to preserve 19 lakh metric tons of cotton. He urged the farmers to get quality cotton as per CCI norms to the market and get minimum support prices.
SOURCE: NSS
