No.288]
chennai, Thursday, July 4, 2019
Aani 19, Vikari, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2050
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.
2019
[Price: Re. 0.80 Paise.
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Ex-II-1(288)
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
IMPLEMENTATION OF PRICE SUPPORT SCHEME (PSS) FOR PROCUREMENT OF BLACK GRAM IN TAMIL NADU
[G.O. Ms. No. 133, Agriculture (AP-4),3rd July 2019, ÝQ 18, Mè£K, F¼õœÀõ˜ ݇´-2050.]
No. II(1)/AG/10(h)/2019.
Crop calendar and Harvesting
period of Blackgram in the State
of Tamil Nadu
A remunerative and stable price environment for Blackgram 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 Price (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 Blackgram in the year of 2019 Kharif season as
per the guidelines for Price Support Scheme (Oil Seeds, Pulses and Cotton) May 2014 issued
by the Government of India, (Department of Agriculture and Cooperation), the notification
regarding Crop calendar and harvesting period of Blackgram in the State of Tamil Nadu is to
be required as part of proposal.
Therefore, the 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: