Hyderabad: Civil Supplies Department has organized a training program for its officers for preparing an action plan for the next year, particularly on paddy procurement. On Monday, a one-day training program was organized at MCRHRD for officers from Head Office, DCSOs, ACSOs, District Managers and Assistant Managers. Commissioner for Civil Supplies Department Akun Sabharwal started the training program.
Speaking on the occasion, the Commissioner said the training program was meant to motivate the department officers and employees to complete the targets within the stipulated time by reviewing their performances. With the Telangana government’s new irrigation projects, new farmer welfare schemes like Raitu Bandhu, Raitu Bima, 24 hours power supply, bumper paddy yield has been increasing every year. Keeping this in view, the Department will purchase high yield of paddy in coming Rabi and Khariff seasons. The employees should make a plan of action for the ground work preparation. In the previous year’s Kharif and Rabi seasons, a total of 54 Lakh Metric Tons of paddy was purchased by the Corporation, whereas during this year’s Kharif season it purchased a record 40 Lakh Metric Tons of paddy.
The Civil Supplies Corporation was making future plans to make sure farmer gets Minimum Support Price for his paddy. For this, a Business Wing will be established to explore the possibilities of paddy purchase from farmers and send to other states and countries. To prevent irregularities in public distribution system and to provide essential commodities to eligible beneficiaries, several IT projects have been implemented and it will be further strengthened and expanded. Rice procurement, custom milling rice, quality check of rice at godowns, gunny bags usage in grain procurement, PDS rice transportation, distribution, other financial items, intelligence vigilance division, introducing new technologies, OPMS for payments to farmers related subjects were taken up in the training program. (NSS)
