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YSR asks Manmohan to restore rice quota

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy has appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take steps to restore the State’s quota of rice for public distribution under the APL (above poverty line) category.

Dr. Reddy, who called on the Prime Minister in New Delhi on Friday, urged him to restore last year’s quota of 1.76 lakh tonnes a month that was reduced to 1.31 lakh tonnes.

Positive response

He assured Dr. Singh that the State Government was prepared to increase rice procurement from Andhra Pradesh from 62 lakh tonnes to 67 lakh tonnes.

A press release from the A. P. Information Centre in New Delhi said that the Prime Minister responded positively to the request.

The Chief Minister also pleaded with Dr. Singh to initiate special measures, including use of provisions of the MRTP Act, to control the rising prices of cement and steel.

He also made out a case for waiver of loans extended to weavers’ cooperative societies and for early clearance for the Polavaram project.

Dr. Reddy during his interaction with the Prime Minister requested the Centre for early implementation of the Usha Mehra Commission report on classification of the Scheduled Castes in Andhra Pradesh so that the benefits could be reaped by the all the SC sub-castes in the next academic year itself.

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