Centre has advised T.N. to halt incentive for paddy: Stalin

The Centre has advised the Tamil Nadu authorities to discontinue providing inducement for the paddy procured from farmers claiming it was starring to excessive production. The DMK, however, volition not springiness successful and nary tin halt it from expanding the procurement terms of paddy to ₹3,500 a quintal nether the Dravidian Model 2.0 government, Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin said astatine an Assembly predetermination rally successful Thanjavur connected Friday.

“I person shocking quality to stock with you. Just arsenic I returned to Chennai aft campaigning successful Srikazhi, Cuddalore, and Villupuram, officials showed maine the missive asking america to reconsider providing the inducement [given implicit and supra the Minimum Support Price fixed by the Centre]. Can anyone adjacent deliberation of this? The missive has travel from the Finance Ministry headed by Nirmala Sitharaman, who claims to beryllium from Tamil Nadu. Will AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami travel guardant to condemn the BJP astatine slightest for this?” Mr. Stalin asked, campaigning successful enactment of the Secular Progressive Alliance candidates successful Thanjavur district.