Written by : SMTV24x7





Hyderabad, June 11: Here is a good news for the Telangana Farmers as they are getting the immediate payments for the Paddy.



The Telangana Cheif Minister held a review meeting with Civil Supplies Commissioner CV Anand and other officials at Pragati Bhavan here today on the procurement of Paddy at the civil supplies procurement centers in the state.



In the meeting, the CM said that The state government is ready to spend any amount of money to purchase the Paddy and asked officials to arrange for the immediate payments to farmers without causing any delay.



The CM said though the state government is releasing funds, it is taking some time for the money to reach farmers and this delay should be eliminated,



KCR on Saturday issued directions to official concerned to procure paddy from farmers regardless of the price and make payments to agrarians on time.



So far, 37 lakh tonnes of Paddy has been purchased at a cost of Rs 5,300 crore and of this, Rs 4,000 crore has already been paid to farmers.



KCR asked the officials to pay the rest of Rs 1000 crore immediately, the release further said.