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With paddy harvesting commencing successful the ayacut areas irrigated by the Kalingarayan Canal, the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation has opened a Direct Purchase Centre (DPC) astatine Vairapalayam successful the city.
Water was released from the Kalingarayan Anicut astatine Kalingarayanpalayam successful Bhavani into the canal for the archetypal harvest play to alteration farming connected 15,743 acres successful 3 taluks of the district, for 120 days from June 16, 2025, to October 13, 2025. Paddy was wide cultivated connected implicit 9,000 acres successful the taluks of Erode, Modakkurichi, and Kodumudi, and harvesting began a week ago. The centre was opened astatine Vairapalayam connected November 19 to procure paddy straight from farmers.
An authoritative said that portion the Grade ‘A’ assortment of paddy is procured astatine a minimum enactment terms of ₹2,545 per quintal, including an inducement of ₹156, the communal assortment is procured astatine ₹2,500 per quintal, with an inducement of ₹131. An e-procurement strategy is successful spot astatine the centre, which involves fingerprint registration of farmers, and payments are transferred straight to their slope accounts via Electronic Clearing Services (ECS). The authoritative said astir 1,000 gunny bags are procured each time from farmers successful the area, and further centres volition beryllium opened erstwhile harvesting commences successful different ayacut areas.
