Hyderabad, April 10 -- Telangana's Minister for Irrigation and Civil Supplies N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Thursday, April 9, wrote to Union Minister Pralhad Joshi (Food and Public distribution) demanding the centre to address issues that have lead to the southern state dealing with excess stocks of rice.

In a letter to the Union Minister, Uttam Kumar Reddy formally placed three specific demands before the Union government to address the mismatch between the state's "booming" paddy production and the Centre's "shrinking" procurement allocations.

"He requested reallocation of 5 LMT boiled rice target for Rabi 2024-25 by reducing the FCI raw rice target. Currently, 8.45 LMT of rice is yet to be delivered. The original deadline of 28 February, ...