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Tamil Nadu government to foot the Central agency's Rs 143 crore due to paddy farmers
Tamil Nadu government to foot the Central agency's Rs 143 crore due to paddy farmers

New Indian Express

time24-06-2025

  • Business
  • New Indian Express

Tamil Nadu government to foot the Central agency's Rs 143 crore due to paddy farmers

CHENNAI: Following the protests by farmers over delayed payments and the suspension of paddy procurement in eight non-delta districts during the peak of cultivation by the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation (NCCF), functioning under the union government's Department of Consumer Affairs, the state government has directed the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) to disburse the pending Rs143 crore directly to the affected farmers. The amount will later be recovered from the NCCF. A total of Rs 143 crore will be disbursed to around 5,000 farmers within the next seven to 10 days, officials said. NCCF had procured paddy from these farmers in the eight districts – Tiruvannamalai, Kancheepuram, Tirunelveli, Ramanathapuram, Vellore, Ranipet, Villupuram and Thiruvallur – outside the Cauvery irrigation region. Tamil Nadu's decision to disburse the amount has followed a recent request from the union government, urging the state's intervention to resolve the issue. According to officials, the NCCF had procured paddy worth Rs 810 crore from 24,000 farmers, of which Rs 667 crore has been paid to 19,000 farmers as of June 20. TNCSC, the agency responsible for paddy procurement under the central pool system, has also decided to take over the procurement operations from the NCCF in these districts. The agreement between TNCSC and NCCF earlier allowed the latter to procure paddy at minimum support price (MSP) in the eight non-delta districts.

Wheat procurement hits zero in Kumaon as farmers turn to open mkt
Wheat procurement hits zero in Kumaon as farmers turn to open mkt

Time of India

time05-06-2025

  • Business
  • Time of India

Wheat procurement hits zero in Kumaon as farmers turn to open mkt

Rudrapur: For the first time in five years, not a single grain of wheat has been procured by govt centres in Kumaon this season, as farmers sold their produce to private buyers offering rates well above the Minimum Support Price (MSP). Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The procurement season, which began on April 1 and runs till June 30, has drawn a complete blank across all 53 govt centres set up in Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital, and Champawat. The MSP for wheat was set at ₹2,425 per quintal, but farmers fetched prices ranging from ₹2,625 to ₹2,750 in the open market. "Since the open market is offering rates higher than MSP, farmers are naturally selling there. That's why procurement at govt centres has dropped to zero this year," said Ashok Kumar, deputy RMO, food department. The global wheat shortage caused by the Ukraine-Russia war has pushed international prices up, inadvertently benefiting Indian farmers but leaving state procurement efforts redundant. "We will be taking up the matter with senior officials in Dehradun for necessary intervention," the RMO said. Despite 38 centres being run by cooperative societies and others by the food department and the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation (NCCF) of India, no procurement has taken place. Official data shows a consistent fall in wheat procurement over the past five years. In 2021–22, 122,703 metric tonnes were procured against a target of 1.85 lakh metric tonnes. That dropped to just 54.65 metric tonnes in 2024–25, with a lower target of 40,000 metric tonnes. This year's target stands at 38,000 MT—but not a single kilogram has been purchased so far.

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