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Tamil Nadu Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare M.R.K. Panneerselvam connected Saturday (November 22, 2025) accused the Opposition parties of spreading mendacious allegations against the State authorities by politicising the contented of paddy procurement during the Kuruvai season.
Speaking to reporters astatine the Secretariat, helium said unseasonal rains caused by clime alteration had affected the cropping season. Because of a bid of initiatives taken by the State authorities for the payment of farmers, including the announcement of the ₹214 crore for the Kuruvai bundle scheme, proviso of subsidies, and timely merchandise of h2o for irrigation from the Mettur dam, the accumulation of paddy had tripled, helium said.
Mr. Panneerselvam said that during the erstwhile AIADMK rule, 1.79 crore metric tonnes of paddy were procured successful 10 years. However, since 2021, erstwhile the DMK came to power, a full of 1.93 crore metric tonnes of paddy had been procured.
He said the Centre had not granted support for the blending of fortified atom and had refused the request to summation the moisture contented for paddy procurement. “After refusing to summation the moisture level for paddy procurement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was participating successful a league connected earthy farming. They are playing a treble crippled connected farmers’ issues,” helium alleged.
He said that successful the past 4 years, harvest security claims amounting to ₹5,997 crore had been settled, benefiting 37 lakh farmers. Under catastrophe relief, ₹1,692 crore had been released to 20 lakh farmers. With respect to providing compensation for caller harvest losses, the Minister said, 4,893 hectares had been affected, impacting 4,667 farmers, and the Chief Minister would soon denote the compensation. He said fertiliser stocks exceeded the request and officials were monitoring their organisation regularly.
