Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said Telangana was the only State in the country to procure every single grain of crop from farmers even during these times of crisis trigerred by the coronavirus. “It has never happened in the history that any State has procured the entire crop during such times,” he said.
The Telangana government which decided to procure the entire yield of paddy and maize in the State this Yasangi added three more crops to the list. The Chief Minister said jowar, sunflower and chickpea would also be purchased from farmers along with paddy and maize. “No other in State in India is purchasing all crops produced by farmers like Telangana. There has been a concern everywhere about “World Ration” because of the pandemic. But we understand the importance of agriculture. We extended release of water till April 15. Now there is bumper jowar, sunflower, and chickpea crop as well, and hence, will purchase these too,” he said.