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There is a marginal drop in rice procured by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in Andhra Pradesh.
According to the latest figures available (as on March 27), FCI procured 39.58 lakh tonnes against 40.13 lakh tonnes on the same date last year.
Meanwhile, various Government agencies procured 9.77 lakh tonne paddy stocks (2.57 lakh tonnes). The agencies included FCI, AP State Civil Supplies and Indira Kranti Patham (IKP, a World Bank funded programme). Rice millers procured 83 lakh tonnes (74.45 lakh tonnes).
In all, the state procured 92.75 lakh tonnes of paddy (77 lakh tonnes), a Civil Supplies Department statement said.
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