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Paddy procurement in Tamil Nadu

July 31 , 2025 12 hrs 0 min 121 0

Tamil Nadu is all set to create a record in paddy procurement.
It is going to touch the 45-lakh-tonne mark soon.
As of now, 44.49 lakh tonnes have been procured.
As on date, the record in procurement was 44.95 lakh tonnes during 2020-21.
The State is procuring an average of about 15,000 tonnes from farmers on a daily basis.
The overall figure may be eventually 47 lakh tonnes.
The present DMK regime, during 2021-22, had fixed a target of 50 lakh tonnes but this could not be achieved then.
As in the past, 10 districts falling under the Cauvery delta have contributed nearly two-thirds of the overall procurement with about 30 lakh tonnes.
In the form of minimum support price, around ₹10,734 crore has been paid to farmers.
According to data available with the Central authorities, around 3.36 lakh farmers received the payment of ₹6,899 crore during the first round (from September 2024 to March 2025) and about 1.95 lakh farmers, ₹3,835 crore subsequently.
In addition, the State government has been providing ₹130 and ₹105 per quintal for Grade A and common varieties, respectively, to the farmers.
Most of the procurement is done by the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation with cooperatives.
And the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation (NCCF) is doing the residual portion.
There have been suggestions from experts that Farmer Producers Organisations (FPOs) should be involved in the procurement.