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Detailed explanation-1: -Telangana was the highest contributor to the Food Corporation of India (FCI)’s total paddy procurement across the country till May 2020. It contributed 63 percent of FCI’s total paddy procurement across the country.
Detailed explanation-2: -The government aims to procure 775.72 lakh tonne of paddy in the 2022-23 kharif marketing season (October-September). The government’s paddy procurement for the central pool rose 9.58 per cent to 541.90 lakh tonne so far in the ongoing 2022-23 kharif marketing season, according to the food ministry data.
Detailed explanation-3: -The kharif marketing season 2022-23 runs from October to September. The Food Corporation of India (FCI) is the government’s nodal agency for the procurement and distribution of food grains.