Archive · 6 Sep 2026
Telangana Plans Rs 18,250-Crore Kharif Paddy Procurement Operation
Telangana is getting ready to buy a large amount of paddy from farmers.
The state plans to purchase 65 lakh metric tonnes during the Kharif season.
This work is expected to cost Rs 18,250 crore.
Officials will set up 8,283 places where farmers can sell their paddy.
These centres should open by October 1, and buying should start on October 15.
The busiest months are expected to be November and December.
The minister wants enough storage, bags, trucks and workers ready before then.
He also wants farmers to receive their payments without delays.
Telangana plans to procure 65 lakh metric tonnes of paddy during the 2026-27 Kharif marketing season.
The procurement operation is estimated to cost Rs 18,250 crore and will involve 8,283 purchase centres.
All purchase centres are to open by October 1, with procurement scheduled to begin October 15.
Officials were told to arrange storage, gunny bags, transport, hamalies and equipment before peak arrivals in November and December.
The state currently has 3.50 crore of the 16.25 crore gunny bags required, while the remainder is being procured.
- Who
- Telangana Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy directed state procurement officials.
- What
- The state is preparing a Rs 18,250-crore operation to procure 65 lakh metric tonnes of Kharif paddy.
- When
- Purchase centres must open by October 1, with procurement scheduled to start October 15; peak arrivals are expected in November and December.
- Where
- Across Telangana, through 8,283 paddy purchase centres.
- Why
- To prevent delays for farmers, ensure timely payments and avoid transportation and other logistical disruptions.
- Procurement target
- 65 lakh metric tonnes of paddy
- Estimated operation cost
- Rs 18,250 crore
- Purchase centres
- 8,283 total: 3,180 IKP, 4,372 PACS and 731 other centres
- Estimated production
- 119.57 lakh metric tonnes from 57.70 lakh acres
- Paddy varieties
- 45 lakh metric tonnes of Sanna paddy and 20 lakh metric tonnes of Doddu paddy
- Gunny bags
- 16.25 crore required; 3.50 crore currently available
- Expected peak arrivals
- 24.72 lakh metric tonnes in November and 25.32 lakh metric tonnes in December