Kya hua
Tamil Nadu ke Food Minister P. Venkataramanan ne 21 October ko kaha ki December ke end tak paddy collection 5 lakh tonne tak pahunch sakta hai, jo September se ab tak gather kiye gaye 3.6 lakh tonne se zyada hai.
Mujhe kya farq padta hai
Pudukottai mein fuller buffer aur nayi storage ki wajah se state ration shops ka supply steady rakh pa raha hai, bhale hi Samba output kareeb 20 per cent gir gaya ho.
Yaad rakh
Tamil Nadu saal ke end se pehle apna paddy buffer badha raha hai.
Aur context aur kis par asar
Food Minister P. Venkataramanan ne 21 October ko kaha ki Tamil Nadu se December ke end tak kareeb 5 lakh tonne paddy collect hone ki umeed hai. September se ab tak ka intake lagbhag 3.6 lakh tonne hai, jabki 2025-26 ke isi samay mein yeh 7.6 lakh tonne tha.
Minister ne is gap ko manageable bataya: is season mein Samba output kareeb 20 per cent gir gaya, phir bhi state ke stocks maujooda zarooraton ko cover karne ke liye kaafi hain.
Thulaiyanur aur Konnaiyur mein 2 naye godowns se Pudukottai mein 2,500 tonnes ki nayi storage capacity jud gayi hai, jiski cost Rs 4.35 crore aayi hai, jo collection drive ko support karegi.
- Saal ke end tak target
- 5 lakh tonnes Food Minister P. Venkataramanan ke mutabiq, December 2026 ke end tak Tamil Nadu jitna paddy collect karne ki umeed kar raha hai.The Hindu
- September se collect kiya gaya
- 3.60 lakh tonnes September 2026 se ab tak procure kiya gaya paddy, jabki 2025-26 ke isi samay mein 7.6 lakh tonne tha.The Hindu
- Nayi storage add ki gayi
- 2,500 tonnes Rs 4.35 crore ki laagat se bane do naye Pudukottai paddy godowns (Thulaiyanur 1,500 t, Konnaiyur 1,000 t) ki combined capacity.The Hindu
Yeh push kyun matter karta hai
Minister ne is intake ko drought preparedness ke roop mein frame kiya hai. DT Next ki pehle ki report unke is quote ko batati hai ki 8 lakh tonne ka collection state ko taiyaar rakhega agar El Niño-driven scarcity aati hai.
Aud Policy Watchers
Zyada paddy intake aur nayi storage capacity se state ka grain buffer sambhavit El Niño-driven shortfall ke khilaaf badh jata hai.
Aud Tn Residents
Kaafi stocks ki wajah se state ration shops aur cooperative societies mein fixed price par subsidised grocery kits aur fine rice chalta reh sakta hai.
Aud Farmers
Naye Thulaiyanur aur Konnaiyur godowns state ko locally zyada paddy absorb karne dete hain, jisse growers par off-season mein bechne ka pressure kam hota hai.
ReportingThe Hindu ↗DT Next ↗
Sources aur jaanch2 sources · 4 daave
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- The HinduReporting
Paddy procurement may touch 5 lakh tonnes by December, says Food Minister ↗
Publish hua Oct 21, 2026 · Dekha gaya Oct 21, 2026 - DT NextReporting
Tamil Nadu aims to procure 8 lakh tonnes of paddy to avert scarcity amid El Niño threat ↗
Publish hua Oct 20, 2026 · Dekha gaya Oct 21, 2026
Daave aur unke sources
21 October ko Tamil Nadu ke Food Minister P. Venkataramanan ne kaha ki state December khatam hone se pehle 5 lakh tonne paddy collect kar sakta hai.
September se ab tak kareeb 3.60 lakh tonne paddy procure kiya ja chuka hai, jabki 2025-26 ke isi samay mein yeh 7.6 lakh tonne tha.
Is season mein Samba paddy output kareeb 20 per cent gir gaya, lekin minister ne kaha ki maujooda stocks zarooraton ko poora karne ke liye kaafi hain.
20 October ko minister ne is exercise ko drought preparedness ke roop mein pesh kiya, yeh kehte hue ki 8 lakh tonne ka intake El Niño ke asar se hone wali kami se bacha sakta hai.
