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Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) person Anbumani Ramadoss connected Thursday (January 8, 2026) alleged that the terms of tapioca tubers, utilized arsenic earthy worldly for sago and starch, has fallen to a historical debased successful Tamil Nadu owed to the DMK government’s nonaccomplishment to instrumentality tribunal directions and its ain predetermination promises.
In a statement, helium said the terms has dropped from astir ₹16,000 per tonne 2 years agone to astir ₹4,700 per tonne now, and has severely affected farmers successful districts specified arsenic Salem, Namakkal, Erode, and Dharmapuri.
Blaming the diminution connected the near-stagnation of auctions held by the co-operative nine Sagoserve, and the deficiency of a government-fixed procurement price, helium said astir sago and starch were being sold successful unfastened markets astatine debased rates, pulling down tuber prices. He urged the State authorities to hole a procurement terms of ₹16,000 per tonne for tapioca and guarantee that sago and starch are sold done competitory auctions via Sagoserve to unafraid just returns for farmers.
