AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): Govt may increase the paddy-buying funds massively which may go up to Rs. 170 crores.

Chief Minister Biplab Deb said on yesterday that his Food Dept Director Debasish Basu has suggested Rs. 170 crores of budget sanctioning which can assure the farmers that Tripura Govt will buy 1 lakh matric ton of paddies at minimum support price. Biplab Deb alleged, CPI-M Govt had licensed 65,000 fake ration cards which helped it to loot 63 crores per financial year. “CPI-M ruled for 25 years by looting 63 crores per year and BJP will rule for 50 years by 170 crores of budget for buying paddies”, said Deb.