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As portion of the 2025–26 paddy procurement season, the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation has opened 10 nonstop paddy procurement centres in the territory connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025) to straight procure paddy from farmers astatine the Minimum Support Price.
In a property release, Collector S. Kandasamy said that a full of 45 nonstop paddy procurement centres have been approved crossed the district, covering Kuruvai and Samba cultivation areas. In the first phase, procurement centres were opened on Tuesday at Nasiyanur, Kanjikovil, Pethampalayam, Nallampatti, Kasipalayam-1, Kasipalayam-2, Kalingiyam, Pudhuvalliyampalayam-2, Nathipalayam and Gugalur.
Based connected the accomplishment of paddy, 27 much centres volition beryllium opened connected January 6, 2026, followed by eight connected January 20, 2026, the Collector said. The procurement terms has been fixed at ₹2,545 per quintal for Grade-A paddy and ₹2,500 per quintal for communal paddy, inclusive of incentive. Procurement volition beryllium carried retired done the e-procurement system, and payments volition be credited straight to farmers’ slope accounts after documents verification.
Farmers selling paddy astatine the centres indispensable nutrient certificates from the Village Administrative Officer, copies of onshore records including patta, chitta and adangal, Aadhaar card, bank passbook, and passport-size photographs. The Collector appealed to the farmers to marque usage of the facilities to guarantee just pricing and timely payment, the merchandise added.
