The procurement of paddy had so far crossed 18.5 lakh tonne mark, as the daily arrivals are in the range of 1 lakh tonnes to 1.25 lakh tonnes. The paddy arrivals picked up even in districts like Nirmal, Mulugu and Nagarkurnool that are known for late transplantation. Arrivals in such centres are on par with Nalgonda and Nizamabad. Senior officials drafted for monitoring the minimum support price (MSP) operations are reaching out to the purchase centres as part of their stock taking exercise from time to time.