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Karnataka Anna Bhagya Scheme: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah met Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday (June 21). During this, he wrote Karnataka’s ‘Anna Bhagya’ Raised the issue related to the supply of rice for the scheme. After this, Amit Shah asked Union Food Minister Piyush Goyal to discuss this issue. Earlier, CM Siddaramaiah met the President Met Draupadi Murmu.
Siddaramaiah said before meeting Amit Shah, "I did not meet the President after becoming the Chief Minister. I have paid a courtesy visit to him. I will also meet the Home Minister. This will also be a courtesy meeting, there will not be any major discussion, but some issues can be raised according to the situation.’’ Responding to a question, Siddaramaiah said that he would raise the issue of rice supply during his meeting with the Home Minister.
Political allegation on rice supply
The Chief Minister of Karnataka alleged that the Government of India had done ‘petty politics’ in the matter of rice supply. and ‘politics of hate’ Key’s. According to him, the Karnataka government has contacted many states like Telangana, West Bengal, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and is trying to buy rice. However, he also said that these states would not be able to supply the 2,28,000 metric tonnes of rice required by Karnataka and the cost of transporting the rice would be high.
‘Rice not available in Karnataka in abundance’
Siddaramaiah told, ‘‘Rice purchase from Andhra Pradesh will cost Rs 42 a kg. Telangana has said that only wheat is available there. The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh (Bhupesh Baghel) has told me that he is in a position to provide one lakh metric tonnes of rice for a month. Chief Minister of Punjab (Bhagwant Mann) has said that he will discuss with the authorities and then inform.’’
The Chief Minister said that such a large quantity of rice is not available in Karnataka. He said, ‘‘We will have to take out the tender in the open market. It will take at least two months to do this.’’ The Center recently stopped the sale of rice and wheat to state governments from the central pool under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS).
FCI issues order
According to an order issued by Food Corporation of India (FCI), ‘‘Sale of wheat and rice under OMSS (Domestic) to State Governments has been stopped. It said, however, that the sale of rice under OMSS would continue at the existing rate of Rs 3,400 per quintal for northeastern states, hilly states and states facing law and order situation and natural calamities.
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