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CHENNAI, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2019
Aippasi 5, 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
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Ex-II-1(400)
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
IMPLEMENTATION OF PRICE SUPPORT SCHEME (PSS) FOR PROCUREMENT OF RED GRAM IN TAMIL NADU
[G.O. Ms. No. 244, Agriculture (AP-4) 21st October 2019, äŠðC 4, Mè£K, F¼õœÀõ˜ ݇´-2050.]
No. II(1)/AG/18(h)/2019.
Crop calendar and Harvesting
period of Red gram in the State
of Tamil Nadu
A remunerative and stable price environment for Redgram 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 Redgram in the year of 2019-20 Rabi
season as per the guidelines for PSS (Oil Seeds, Pulses and Cotton) May 2014
issued by the Government of India, (Department of Agriculture and Cooperation), the
notifi cation regarding Crop calendar and harvesting period of Redgram 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: