CM Directs Officials to Provide 7 Fine Paddy Seed Varieties on Subsidy This Kharif

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy directed officials to make seven varieties of fine paddy seeds available to farmers on subsidy for the ongoing kharif session. With the government offering a bonus to farmers cultivating fine varieties of paddy, the Chief Minister asked officials to ensure that there is no shortage of seeds.

These seeds should be stocked at Rythu Vedikas and farmers cultivating fine paddy should be comprehensively mapped, and the agriculture department must maintain complete data on acreage and expected yields.

To bring greater transparency and speed in fertiliser distribution, the CM directed officials to introduce an app-based booking system for all types of fertilisers. Farmers who book urea through the app should receive supplies through Rythu Vedikas. Responsibility for urea distribution should be entrusted to district additional collectors, he said.

Chairing a review meeting of the agriculture department here on Tuesday, Revanth Reddy said officials must implement a comprehensive and structured action plan covering every stage of the agricultural cycle, from seed distribution to procurement of harvested produce, to ensure that farmers do not face difficulties at any stage.

The Chief Minister said the government must maintain complete and real-time information on farmers, crops, production estimates and procurement operations right from the sowing stage until the completion of grain purchases.

The review meeting was attended by Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, ministers Tummala Nageswara Rao and Duddilla Sridhar Babu, Rajya Sabha member V. Narender Reddy, Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao, CMO principal secretary .V Sheshadri, agriculture secretary Surendra Mohan, civil supplies commissioner Stephen Ravindra, agriculture director B Gopi and planning Department secretary.