Andhra records ‘highest-ever’ paddy procurement under NDA govt

AMARAVATI:  Andhra Pradesh Civil Supplies Minister Nadendla Manohar on Thursday said the state government’s innovative reforms in paddy procurement over the past two years have helped the state achieve its ‘highest-ever’ procurement while ensuring faster payments and greater transparency.

Addressing a meeting in Vijayawada, the minister said the procurement process is being carried out through the Civil Supplies Corporation in coordination with farmers and rice millers.

“Over the past two years, the NDA coalition government has introduced several innovative reforms in paddy procurement, enabling Andhra Pradesh to record its highest-ever procurement while ensuring faster payments to farmers and greater transparency in the process,” said Manohar. PTI