HYDERABAD: While TRS and BJP are at war over procurement of rice, records suggest the state held the country’s second-highest procurement, with 94 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) in 2021.
Paddy production has risen from 50 lakh metric tonnes per year to more than 2.5 crore metric tonnes per year.
The Centre says that it only purchases fine varieties of rice, despite the fact that the state demands that all rice be purchased.
