Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Telangana Prepares Storage, Mechanisation for Kharif Paddy Procurement
Telangana is getting ready to buy paddy from farmers during the 2026-27 Kharif season.
Officials want to make sure there is enough space to store the grain.
They may use warehouses, market yards, empty industrial buildings, function halls and open spaces.
Existing stocks will be moved out quickly to free storage space.
Procurement centres may receive machines that clean paddy and stack it.
These machines are expected to reduce the time farmers spend waiting.
Officials also discussed a system that could track paddy from farms to large silos.
The system may include weighing machines, grain dryers and connections to rice mills.
The Telangana Civil Supplies Department is preparing for Kharif 2026-27 paddy procurement.
District Collectors will identify godowns, market yards, industrial sheds, function halls, open spaces and CAP storage sites.
Authorities plan rapid stock evacuation drives to create space for incoming paddy.
Procurement centres are being equipped with automatic paddy cleaners and mechanical stackers.
Officials reviewed a proposed Farm to Silo system using digital weighbridges, dryers, bulk silos and rice-mill links.
- Who
- The Telangana Civil Supplies Department, Agriculture and MARKFED departments, District Collectors, and other officials are involved.
- What
- Officials are preparing storage, stock clearance and mechanised procurement arrangements for Kharif 2026-27 paddy procurement.
- When
- The preparations were reviewed on Tuesday ahead of the Kharif 2026-27 procurement season.
- Where
- The review meeting was held at Civil Supplies Bhavan in Hyderabad, Telangana.
- Why
- The measures aim to create storage space, speed grain handling, reduce farmer waiting times and ease procurement bottlenecks.
- Procurement season
- Kharif 2026-27
- Review venue
- Civil Supplies Bhavan, Hyderabad
- Storage options
- Godowns, market yards, vacant industrial sheds, function halls, open spaces and Cover and Plinth facilities
- Mechanisation
- Automatic paddy cleaners and modern mechanical stackers are being procured for procurement centres.
- Proposed system
- The Farm to Silo framework includes digital weighbridges, scientific sampling, pre-cleaning, grain dryers and automated bulk silos.
- Additional linkages
- The proposed system would connect bulk storage operations with rice mills.
- Meeting chair
- M Stephen Raveendra, Ex-Officio Principal Secretary to Government, CAF&CS and Commissioner of Civil Supplies
