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Telangana recovers Rs 700 crore paddy dues, intensifies mill raids
Telangana has recovered nearly Rs 700 crore from rice millers who failed to return custom-milled paddy to the government. Vigilance raids over the past three weeks uncovered paddy shortages worth Rs 900…
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Telangana has recovered nearly Rs 700 crore from rice millers who failed to return custom-milled paddy to the government. Vigilance raids over the past three weeks uncovered paddy shortages worth Rs 900 crore. The total outstanding dues could exceed Rs 3,000 crore.
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy warned millers to 'pay up or go to jail.' He accused the previous BRS government of allowing irregularities. Defaulter millers will lose future allocations, which will be given to women self-help groups. The CM also ordered pilot projects for silo bag storage in high-yield districts.
The Indian Opinion
Both sides are spinning this. The opposition calls the crackdown a witch-hunt, but the CM points to Rs 3,000 crore in accumulated dues under the previous regime. Yet, the government’s claim of a 'cooperative approach' sits oddly with the threat of jail. The real test will be whether women’s groups, now promised paddy allocation, can mill efficiently and whether the recovered money actually reaches farmers, or gets lost in the next season’s storage scramble.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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