Rao stated, “We demand that the government bring national procurement policy.” Rao stated “We demand the government bring the national procurement policy.” The party’s MPs held placards that read Bring Bill for MSP and Decide on Rabi Crops.The party has been raising the issue of procurement since the Parliament commenced work but has not got any assurance from the government, TRS leaders said.
With the Centre ruling out lifting of the parboiled rice from Telangana, Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday announced that the state government will not set up paddy procurement centres in the coming Rabi season.
Lashing out at the Centre for “running away” from its social responsibility, he told the farmers that the state neither has the financial capacity to procure the rice nor the infrastructure to store it.
He, however, assured the farmers that the government will buy the entire paddy produced during the current Kharif season.Rao stated that even though the Centre had not agreed to increase the procurement target to 40 lakh tonnes, the state government would procure the entire paddy regardless of the losses it has to take .The Chief Minister said that the Centre has only agreed to purchase 40 lakh tonnes in the current season.However, the expected production is 90 lakh tonnes.He warned that the paddy not procured by the Centre during the current season will be dumped at the offices of the BJP and at the India Gate in Delhi.
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