Latest news with #TNCSC
The Hindu
3 days ago
- The Hindu
TNCSC contract computer operators demand regularisation, basic entitlements
Contract computer operators working under Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) have renewed demands for regularisation, citing over 16 years of continuous service without job security, statutory benefits, or basic workplace rights. At a State-level meeting held in Tiruchi on Sunday, the operators passed a resolution pressing four key demands: immediate regularisation of all contract computer operators, provision of basic amenities for women including functional toilets in all godowns, grant of paid maternity leave, and an end to arbitrary and frequent transfers. Operators A. Manivannan from Nagapattinam and S. Sivashanmugamani from Tiruppur said the monthly salary, which began at ₹4,500, was revised to ₹13,648 in March 2022. However, they alleged irregularities in deductions made for Provident Fund (PF) and Employees' State Insurance (ESI), with little transparency or accountability. 'Despite the DMK government's electoral promise to regularise contract workers, TNCSC continues to take a hostile approach. We are denied even casual leave. For women, there is no maternity leave, and basic facilities like toilets are missing in many centres,' said Mr. Manivannan. Workers also alleged that women employees faced arbitrary transfers and punitive actions for minor issues, including discrepancies in attendance records or leave applications. In some cases, they claimed staff were locked out of work without prior notice.
The Hindu
07-07-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
PDS workers want ration shops under single department
Demanding that the Public Distribution System (PDS) shops be brought under a single department, the Tamil Nadu Government Fair Price Shops Employees Union (TNGFSEU) on Monday staged a sit-in protest outside the Collector office here on Monday. As the ration shops were administered by different departments such as Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection and Revenue, any plea from the workers was not reaching the officials concerned, said D. Chelladurai, State deputy president, TNGFSEU. 'If only one department administers the shops, our basic demands such as decent pay and enhanced facilities could be represented through a single window. In the current situation, due to several roadblocks in accessing the department concerned, many of our demands are not even taken into consideration by the government,' he added. The protestors also demanded equal pay for all workers of ration shops. While Tamil Nadu Civil Service Corporation (TNCSC) runs about 3,500 ration shops, the Co-operative Department runs close to 32,000 shops, the eligibility criteria for workers of the ration shops is grade 12. In this situation, the workers falling under TNCSC were paid about ₹40,000 per month, and those under the Co-operative Department only about ₹20,000, he said. Condemning the difference in pay as discriminatory, he said everyone should be brought under the same pay scale. Another demand was to link the TNCSC warehouses measuring device with the ration shops billing system. By bringing them together through a system, the discrepancies in difference of stock in the warehouses and shops could be resolved. Also, the Point of Sale (POS) machines used at ration shops to record the fingerprints of the consumer, due to high accuracy, were rejecting users with even a slight deviation of fingerprints, Mr. Chelladurai said. 'For many people, their fingerprints could fade away due nature of their work. So, in such cases, high accuracy machines could reject their fingerprints. As this has increased in recent days, the workers face delays in processing the bills and selling the products,' he further said. When the accuracy level was reduced to about 40%, with the linkage of Aadhar card to the system, the users could be identified with whatever fingerprints they had, he added.
New Indian Express
24-06-2025
- 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.
The Hindu
19-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Arappor Iyakkam asks CM to terminate paddy transportation tenders
Arappor Iyakkam has urged Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and other concerned authorities to terminate the tender for transportation and movement of paddy for Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC). In a representation, the organisation demanded that the tender contract, filled with illegalities to unjustly enrich the contractor, be terminated immediately so that crores of peoples' tax money is saved. Its convenor, Jayaram Venkatesan, said that the organisation had submitted a complaint in March to the investigating agencies and concerned authorities but to no avail. The organisation alleged that corruption to the tune of Rs. 992 crore and unjust enrichment of a select set of firms. 'We are writing this representation to you all to request/ demand that the tender contract filled with illegalities to unjustly enrich the contractor be terminated immediately so that hundreds of crores of our tax money is saved. It must be noted that in the tender notice, period for the paddy transportation tender was mentioned as June 2023 to June 2025. However, when the contract was awarded in July 2024, the work order was issued until June 2026 by which they are violating the period mentioned in the tender notice. This is illegal and therefore, as per the tender notice, the tender must end in June 2025, he added. In spite of pointing out the grave illegalities, the government has not been acting on the complaint to terminate the contract, recover the lost money, blacklist the contractors, take action on public servants responsible involved in illegal and collusive bidding leading to massive corruption. The Corporation, over the last 10 years, has been involved in scams in favour of one particular group including the Rs. 2028 crore corruption in procurement of dhal, sugar and palmolein between 2016 to 2021.
New Indian Express
02-06-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
Stored paddy worth Rs 840 crore spoiled in five years in TN
CHENNAI: Despite ongoing efforts to expand storage infrastructure, Tamil Nadu suffered wastage of 3.72 metric tonnes (MT) of paddy/rice stored at direct procurement centres and warehouses from 2019-20 to 2023-24 at a minimum estimated financial loss of around Rs 840 crore. TNIE obtained this data through Right to Information (RTI) Act requests made to the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC). The actual financial loss, which was not fully disclosed by TNCSC, could be higher. TNIE acquired this information after multiple RTI requests and appeals, following delays and denials from TNCSC. The data revealed that between 65,000 MT and 1.25 lakh MT of paddy/rice was lost annually due to various factors. Losses were particularly higher in the districts of Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam and Pudukottai. In 2021-22, an alarming 1.37 lakh MT of paddy/rice was wasted across the state. During that year, a total of 43.27 lakh MT of paddy was procured, which was subsequently converted into 28.5 lakh MT of rice. The annual expenditure for paddy procurement is Rs 5,000 to Rs 6,500 crore depending on the minimum support price (MSP) and paddy cultivation. Several factors contributed to these storage losses, including inadequate or poorly-maintained storage facilities — such as those with leaky roofs, cracked walls and open storage areas — improper drying of paddy, leading to high moisture levels; infestations by rodents and insects and rough handling during loading.
