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State to speed up paddy procurement | Vijayawada News

Vijayawada: The state government is planning to intensify paddy procurement for the current kharif season. The government has pressed into service 774 rythu bharosa kendras (RBKs) to procure paddy from farmers in all 13 districts. While the AP State Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd (Markfed) is procuring paddy in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts through the RBKs, the AP Civil Supplies Corporation is the procuring agency in the remaining districts.
So far, according to officials, procurement has started in 123 of 664 mandals in the district. RBK staff across these mandals have procured one lakh metric tonnes of paddy by Friday noon, worth Rs 190 crore. Payments too are being made through the RBKs and the farmers will receive the money 21 days after procurement.
Sources in the agriculture department say the RBKs have procured paddy from 8,285 farmers so far while payments have been made to around 2,000 farmers. “Every farmer would get the payment after 21 days of procurement. All they have to do is approach the procurement staff attached to the RBKs and register their names,” said a senior official with the agriculture department.
Procurement and payments are linked to the Aadhaar numbers of farmers to avoid misappropriation at any level.
AP Civil Supplies Corporation is ahead of the Markfed in paddy procurement this time. Out of the 10 districts allotted to it, the corporation has procured the highest quantity of 52,735 metric tonnes in Nellore district, followed by 32,877 metric tonns in West Godavari district. Procurement in other districts is yet to pick up.
However, recent cyclonic rains and the subsequent floods have halted the procurement process in the flood-affected districts of Nellore, Chittoor, Anantapur, Kadapa and Kurnool. In Krishna, Guntur and the two Godavari districts, the rains have caused discolouration of the paddy. The Civil Supplies Corporation officials are also worried about the moisture levels in the paddy and are working with the Centre to give relaxations in the light of the floods.

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