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Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare M.R.K. Panneerselvam connected Wednesday said AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami was making mendacious allegations against the State authorities with respect to paddy procurement astatine nonstop acquisition centres (DPCs).
Addressing the media astatine the Secretariat, Mr. Panneerselvam said that successful the past four-and-a-half years, the DMK authorities had taken punctual enactment successful matters related to paddy procurement. “Mr. Palaniswami asked wherefore 2,000 bags of paddy cannot beryllium procured per time astatine DPCs. When helium was the Chief Minister, lone 600 bags of paddy were procured per day. Currently, our authorities is procuring 1,000 bags per time done each DPCs,” helium said.
According to the Minister, the procured paddy bags were being safely stored successful warehouses. Additional sheds person been acceptable up nether the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation for retention purposes. Due to precocious measurement of paddy cultivation this year, arrangements person besides been made to safely store paddy bags successful warehouses located connected sweetener mill premises and successful selling committee godowns.
He insisted capable unit were deployed successful the DPCs to facilitate procurement of paddy. Responding to a question connected expanding the moisture contented of paddy being procured astatine DPCs, the Minister said the State authorities had already requested the Centre to unbend the permissible moisture contented for paddy procurement from 17% to 22%.
