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CHENNAI, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2020
Purattasi 19, Saarvari, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2051
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.
2020
[Price: Re. 0.80 Paise.
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Ex-II-1(412)
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
IMPLEMENTATION OF PRICE SUPPORT SCHEME (PSS) FOR PROCUREMENT OF RED GRAM IN
THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU.
[G.O.Ms.No. 230, Agriculture (AP4) 1st October 2020, ¹ó†ì£C 15, ꣘õK, F¼õœÀõ˜ ݇´-2051.]
No. II(1)/AG/15(e)/2020.
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 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 Redgram in the year of 2020 Kharif 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:
TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
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NOTIFICATION FOR RED GRAM IN TAMIL NADU–KHARIF 2020
1.
Crop
:
Red gram
2.
Commodity to be notifi ed
:
Red gram
3.
Crop calendar year
:
May 2020 to March 2021
4.
Sowing period
:
May to September 2020
5.
Harvesting period
:
December 2020 to March 2021
6.
Commencement of arrival
:
2nd week of December 2020
7.
Peak arrival period
:
1st January 2021 to 15th March 2021
8.
Expected Quantity of Procurement
:
3000 MT
9.
Proposed duration of the scheme
:
15-12-2020 to 14-3-2021
10.
Details of Red gram Production in Tamil Nadu.
(a)
Area
:
36,920 ha (as per 2018-19 Final Estimate-Kharif area)
(b)
Area Expected
:
37,000 Ha
(c)
Expected Production
:
38,961 MT
(d)
Average yield
:
1053 Kgs/ha
(e)
Ruling market price
:
Rs.58 to Rs.62 per Kg of Red gram
(f)
Major growing
districts
:
Vellore, Thiruppathur, Thiruvannamalai, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri,
Salem, Theni, Madurai, Erode and Karur Districts.
GAGANDEEP SINGH BEDI,
Agricultural Production Commissioner and
Principal Secretary to Government.
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