The total worth of the paddy purchased so far is Rs10,903 crore and out of this, Rs 10,149 crore has already been paid to farmers. The total number of farmers who benefitted with the timely disbursement is 8.84 lakh

Metro India News | Hyderabad 

The Telangana Government procured a record 47.01 lakh MTs of paddy, a record so far. It is 6 lakh tonnes more compared to previous year Kharif season procurement. Senior officials said that the Rs 500 bonus per quintal given to the farmers is the best price in the whole country. The fine rice quality procured was 18.78 metric tonnes and 28.23 lakh tonnes was of regular variety.

Officials at the CM office say that the opposition parties are falsely claiming that the procurement and payment of bonus to farmers is not happening, which is false. The additional 6 lakh metric tonnes indicating its commitment towards the farm sector.

Officials revealed that 3.36 lakh farmers have received bonus for fine variety rice. So far, 18.78 lakh metric tonnes of fine variety have been procured from purchasing centres. The government will spend Rs 939 crore for the additional bonus of Rs 500 per quintal. Out of this amount, Rs 591 crore have been paid to farmers already.

The government established 8,318 purchasing centres across the State this year and adequate precautions were taken to ensure farmers did not suffer losses due to unseasonal rains. Kamareddy, Nizamabad, Medak, Jagtial, Peddapalli and Siddipet were among the top in procurement of grain.