Hyderabad: Telangana Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday said the state government would extend full support to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) for expanding its foodgrain storage infrastructure to match the state’s record paddy procurement. The two discussed issues related to foodgrain procurement, storage infrastructure and logistics. Uttam Kumar Reddy assured FCI of the Telangana government’s complete cooperation for the successful implementation of the storage expansion programme. He called for closer coordination between the state government and FCI to improve procurement efficiency, storage management and logistics. Despite the record procurement, Telangana currently has only about 31.00 LMT of Central Pool storage capacity, leaving a storage deficit of 16.25 LMT under FCI’s storage norms.