Hyderabad, Aug. 12 -- The Telangana government has cracked down on rice millers defaulting on Custom Milled Rice (CMR) targets, with Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy directing officials to intensify recovery of the full dues owed by the millers.

Revanth Reddy, along with Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, reviewed the performance of the Civil Supplies Department at the MCRHRD institute on Wednesday.

The Chief Minister said the government had adopted a cooperative approach towards millers operating with a genuine business mindset, but warned that those deliberately attempting to evade payments would be dealt with sternly.

During the review, Revanth Reddy accused the previous government of indulging in irregularities in collectin...