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Informist, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025

HYDERABAD – The Telangana government has set a target to procure 8 million tonne paddy for an estimated INR 220 billion-INR 230 billion, the state government said in a release. The state government expects kharif paddy output this year at a record high of 14.8 million tonne.

On Wednesday, state Civil Supplies and Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageshwar Rao conducted a video conference on Kharif paddy procurement with district collectors. "Telangana has emerged as the leading paddy-producing state in India, and this kharif season marks an all-time record in both cultivation and procurement," the government release said, quoting Minister Reddy.

The government would procure 8 million tonnes paddy, equally divided between 4 million tonne of fine and 4 million tonne of coarse varieties. The paddy was cultivated across 6.68 million acres this season in the state, the government said. The government has already opened 8,342 paddy procurement centres across the state from Tuesday.

For the 2025-26 kharif season, the minimum support price for Grade-A paddy has been fixed at INR 2,389 per 100 kilograms and INR 2,369 per 100 kg for the common variety. The Telangana government has offered an additional bonus of INR 500 per 100 kg for fine variety paddy sold at state-notified centres.  End

Reported by Narayana Krishna

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

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