Civil Supplies Corporation Chairman Sri Mareddy Srinivas Reddy said, in this yasangi season till now Rs. 4,006 crores are deposited directly in farmers accounts, on Tuesday itself Rs. 290 crores are deposited.
Till Tuesday, Rs. 7,404 crores worth 40.38 Lakh Metric Tons (LMTs) of paddy was purchased from 7.10 lakh farmers. 38.44 lakh metric tons of paddy has been shifted to Rice Mills. As there reports of untimely rains in some districts, concerned officers are intimated to shift paddy immediately.
Chairman Sri Mareddy Srinivas Reddy said, said that 83% of beneficiaries have taken Free Rice from 1st to 13th of this month. Out of 87.55 lakh beneficiaries till Wednesday 72.73 lakh (83%) card holder have taken 2 lakh 72 thousand metric tons of free rice and 2,488 metric tons of Kandipappu.
