Set for a file: paddy procurement in Tamil Nadu prone to contact 45-lakh-tonne mark quickly

Tamil Nadu is all set to create a file in paddy procurement, as it’s going to contact the 45-lakh-tonne mark quickly.

As of now, 44.49 lakh tonnes have been procured. As on date, the file in procurement was 44.95 lakh tonnes throughout 2020-21. With the State procuring a median of about 15,000 tonnes from farmers each day, the present excessive might be crossed in just a few days. With a few month to go for the completion of the present procurement yr, the general determine could also be finally 47 lakh tonnes. In reality, the current DMK regime, throughout 2021-22, had mounted a goal of fifty lakh tonnes however this might not be achieved then.

As up to now, 10 districts falling below the Cauvery delta have contributed practically two-thirds of the general procurement with about 30 lakh tonnes. In the type of minimal assist value, round ₹10,734 crore has been paid to farmers. According to knowledge obtainable with the Central authorities, round 3.36 lakh farmers obtained the fee of ₹6,899 crore through the first spherical (from September 2024 to March 2025) and about 1.95 lakh farmers, ₹3,835 crore subsequently.

In addition, the State authorities has been offering ₹130 and ₹105 per quintal for Grade A and customary varieties respectively to the farmers. A perusal of knowledge from totally different sources reveals a substantial part of farmers raised paddy even after the tip of the irrigation season or throughout summer time.

Paddy procurement within the final 5 years (in lakh tonnes)

Till the tip of March 2025, solely about 28.3 lakh tonnes had been procured. The remaining 16 lakh tonnes have been obtained within the final three and a half months. Factors that contributed to this growth embody higher availability of groundwater this time and the free electrical energy scheme for farmers.

Most of the procurement is finished by the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation with cooperatives and the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation (NCCF) doing the residual portion. There have been recommendations from consultants that Farmer Producers Organisations (FPO) be concerned within the procurement.