Telangana CM urges Centre to release ₹1468 crore pending dues for rice supply

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has urged the Centre to immediately release long-pending dues of over 1468 crore rupees meant for the supply of rice to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) during the 2014-15 Kharif season. He called on Union Minister for Food Pralhad Joshi in Delhi yesterday, along with state civil supplies minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy. An official release stated that the Chief Minister brought to the attention of the Union Minister that the pending dues were related to the additional levy collection, which was borne by the state government and had remained pending for 10 years.

The Chief Minister also requested Mr Joshi to release the arrears of over 343 crore



rupees for the supply of rice from May 2021 to March 2022 and in April 2022 under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana. He appealed to the Union Minister to release pending dues of over 79 crore rupees for rice distribution under non- National Food Security Act- NFSA from June 2021 to April 2022 and extend the CMR (custom milling rice) deadline for handing over rice to FCI by at least four months instead of one month to avoid hurdles in the supply.

The Chief Minister requested Mr Joshi, who is also the Union Minister for renewable energy, to restore the 4 thousand MW solar power generation permit granted to Telangana under the PM Kusum scheme earlier.