Paddy procurement centre inaugurated in Narayanpet

Narayanpet: District Collector of Narayanpet S Venkat Rao inaugurated the first paddy procurement centre at the agriculture market yard in the district on Wednesday.

Earlier, the District Collector participated in a training programme for the MEPMA, DRDA, Marketing and Agriculture department officials, wherein he directed the officials to ensure that they give priority to farmers and ensure that they get Minimum Support price (MSP) for the paddy crop as stipulated by the government.

"As Narayanpet is a newly-carved district and paddy is grown on largescale here, we have inaugurated a special paddy procurement centre. The farmers will get all kinds of facilities and they can come and safely sell their produce at MSP rates.

We have also given clear instructions to the officials to give priority to resolve the issues of farmers," said Venkat Rao.