Announcing this to the media, chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said that the state government will spend nearly Rs 30,000 crore to procure about 1.05 crore tonne of paddy and another 14.5 lakh tonne of maize from farmers. Bringing a huge relief to farmers, the Telangana government has decided to procure the entire paddy and maize crop being harvested directly from the farmers at minimum support price (MSP) during the lockdown period. The purchases will be done through the village procurement centres over a period of 45 days.