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CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2018
Aadi 16, Vilambi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2049
Part II—Section 1
Notifications or Orders of specific character or of particular interest to the public
issued by Secretariat Departments.
NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT
TAMIL NADU
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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[Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14.
GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU
[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.
2018
[Price: Re. 0.80 Paise.
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Ex-II-1(276)
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
IMPLEMENT THE PRICE SUPPORT SCHEME (PSS) FOR PROCUREMENT OF GREENGRAM IN TAMIL NADU.
[G.O. Ms. No. 198, Agriculture (AP-4), 31st July 2018, Ý® 15, M÷‹H, F¼õœÀõ˜ ݇´-2049.]
No. II(1)/AG/15(e)/2018.
Crop calendar and Harvesting
period of Green Gram in the
State of Tamil Nadu
A remunerative and stable price environment for Green Gram growers/farmers is
very important for increasing agricultural production and productivity. The market price for
agricultural produce many times tends to be unstable and volatile which may result in undue
losses to the growers and discourage adoption of the modern technology and required
inputs.
The Government’s price policy for agricultural commodities seeks to ensure
remunerative prices to the growers for their produce with a view to encourage higher
investment and production and to safeguard the interest of consumers by making available
supplies at reasonable prices with low cost of intermediation. The price policy also seeks to
evolve a balanced and integrated price structure in the perspective of the overall needs of
the economy.
Towards this end, the Government announce Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for major
agricultural commodities each year in both the Crop seasons after taking into account the
recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP).
In the scheme for the procurement of Green Gram in the year of 2018-2019 as per
the guideline of Government of India, (Department of Agriculture and Co-operation) the
notifi cation regarding Crop calendar and Harvesting period of Green Gram in the State of
Tamil Nadu is to be required as part of proposal.
Therefore, Government of Tamil Nadu is willing to implement the Price Support Scheme
(PSS) and its operation in Tamil Nadu and accordingly declare the following details:—