On Tuesday TRS MP Gaddam Ranjit in Loksabha raised a question regarding 34 vacant posts in the State which is against the sanctioned strength of 139 IPS officers. Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai responded to his question by providing this information that the batch-size of IPS (direct recruit) was increased from 88 to 103 from Civil Services Examinations (CSE) in 2005 and to 200 from CSE-2020.
No closure of procurement centres
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has released his statement in response to a question raised by N Uttam Kumar Reddy. The Union Minister said “The procurement at MSP is being done by Central and State agencies under various schemes of the government. Besides, the overall market also responds to the declaration of MSP and government’s procurement operations, which results in private procurement on or above the MSP for various notified crops.” He concluded that the Telangana government did not make an announcement on the closure of paddy procurement centers.