CM Revanth Reddy urges Centre to release funds pending to Telangana

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy urged the Union Food & Public Distribution Minister Pralhad Joshi to release the long-pending amount of Rs 1,468.94 crore pertaining to rice supplied by Telangana to Food Corporation of India during the 2014–15 Kharif season.

Revanth, along with Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, met Pralhad Joshi in New Delhi on Tuesday.

During the meeting, the chief minister also urged the Centre to release arrears of Rs 343.2 crore under the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana for the additional rice supplied from May 2021 to June 2022.