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With northeast monsoon rains intensifying crossed the delta, Food and Civil Supplies Minister R. Sakkarapani and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Siva V. Meyyanathan connected Wednesday reviewed paddy procurement operations and banal question successful Mayiladuthurai and Nagapattinam districts to guarantee timely handling of harvests and extortion of procured grain.
At Melaiyur successful Kuthalam taluk, the Ministers inspected a Direct Purchase Centre (DPC), accompanied by Mayiladuthurai Collector H. S. Srikanth. Mr. Sakkarapani said the Chief Minister had instructed Collectors successful the delta districts to support procured paddy from rainfall and guarantee its swift question to TNCSC godowns and atom mills to forestall spoilage.
The procurement terms remains ₹2,545 per quintal for Grade A and ₹2,500 for communal paddy, with incentives of ₹156 and ₹131, respectively. The moisture bounds has been raised to 22%, benefitting farmers during the rainy season.
Tamil Nadu’s 700 atom mills person a milling capableness of 12 lakh metric tonnes per month, and DPCs person been told to grip up to 1,000 sacks each, with dual machinery successful engaged centres to negociate 3,000 sacks daily.
In Mayiladuthurai, 1.19 lakh tonnes of paddy person been procured, of which 93,640 tonnes person already been shifted to godowns. Additional retention has been arranged successful backstage and cooperative warehouses.
In Nagapattinam, Mr. Sakkarapani chaired a reappraisal gathering with District Collector P. Akash, and section legislators. So far, 67,815 tonnes person been procured this Kuruvai season, and ₹167.81 crore has been credited to 13,753 farmers. Procurement has accrued nineteenfold implicit past year, with 124 DPCs present functional.
To easiness banal movement, 17 freight trains person been allocated, moving 34,000 tonnes of paddy to different regions, including Coimbatore and Tiruppur.
The Minister aboriginal inspected the Sikkal DPC, interacted with farmers, and directed officials to expedite procurement earlier further monsoon impact.
