Uttam warns of action against PDS rice diversion.
Civil Supplies Minister Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy directed officials to speed up the delivery of rice to the Food Corporation of India to meet the January 31 deadline.
The Minister, along with Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari, Civil Supplies Commissioner DS chauhan and other officials, addressed a video conference on Monday from his office in the Secretariat with Collectors, officials of the Civil Supplies Corporation and the FCI, focusing on expediting the milling of custom milled rice by rice millers and its delivery to the FCI.
Expressing serious concern over the pending delivery of custom milling rice from the Civil Supplies Department to the FCI, Uttam said that during his recent visit to New Delhi, Central officials had complained about Telangana asking for large rice allocations but underperforming on deliveries.
He emphasised the need for the Civil Supplies Corporation to supply 7.83 lakh tonnes of rice during vanakalam by January 31 and 35 lakh tonnes of rice for Yasangi. This requires all Telangana millers to deliver around 42 lakh tonnes of rice in the coming weeks, a commitment currently facing a significant gap.
