'Implement PSS for procurement of groundnut,soyabean& kharif'

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Last Updated : Sep 26 2018 | 10:10 PM IST

The Telangana government Wednesday requested Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh to implement the Price Support Scheme (PSS) for procurement of groundnut, soyabean and redgram for the Kharif season in the current fiscal in the state.

T Harish Rao, Minister for marketing and Irrigation, in a letter to Singh, said the expected production of soyabean would be 2.01 lakh tonnes, while redgram has been pegged at 2.99 lakh tonnes.

The groundnut production would be about 21.684 tonnes.

He requested the minister to look into the proposal and issue necessary orders for procurement of groundnut, soyabean and redgram under thePrice Support Scheme through Central Nodal Agencies during 2018-19 kharif season in Telangana for the welfare of farmers.

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First Published: Sep 26 2018 | 10:10 PM IST

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