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Chief Minister M. K. Stalin connected Saturday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contented indispensable instructions for revising the procurement people for Tamil Nadu from 16 lakh tonnes to 32 lakh tonnes of atom for KMS 2025–2026 (Kharif crop) connected a precedence basis, successful bid to facilitate continued procurement and guarantee timely payments to farmers.
In a missive to Mr. Modi, helium said the timely opening of the Mettur Dam for irrigation, favourable climatic conditions, accrued country coverage, improved harvest absorption practices, amended irrigation support, and the adoption of high-yielding varieties of paddy by farmers, with progressive authorities support, had resulted successful a historical summation successful paddy accumulation and productivity successful the State.
Mr. Stalin besides recalled his missive successful November past twelvemonth requesting the Union authorities to revise the atom procurement people from 16 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) to the existent procurement level.
He said that arsenic connected March 12, the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation and the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India Ltd. (NCCF) had procured 36.63 lakh tonnes of paddy, arsenic against 24.17 lakh tonnes procured during the corresponding play of KMS 2024–2025, reflecting a important summation successful procurement this year.
He said that retired of the 36.63 lakh tonnes of paddy procured, astir 24.91 lakh tonnes of atom was expected to beryllium hulled, and the procurement had already exceeded the atom people of 16 lakh tonnes fixed by the Government of India.
“Further, paddy procurement is continuing astatine an mean complaint of astir 50,000 tonnes per day. The inclination is expected to proceed and the full procurement is apt to scope 47.50 lakh tonnes of paddy, which would effect successful the transportation of astir 32 lakh tonnes of rice,” helium said.
