No. 60]

CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12,  2025

Thai 30, Kurothi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2056

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

©

[Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14.

GOVERNMENT  OF  TAMIL  NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2025

[Price: Re. 0.80 Paise.

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AGRICULTURE - FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT

IMPLEMENTATION OF PRICE SUPPORT SCHEME (PSS) – PROCUREMENT OF COPRA UNDER PRICE

SUPPORT SCHEME FOR THE YEAR 2025 THROUGH NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE

MARKETING FEDERATION OF INDIA (NAFED) - PRODUCTION, SOWING AREA, AVERAGE YIELD, PEAK

ARRIVAL/HARVESTING PERIOD.

[G.O. Ms. No. 36, Agriculture -Farmers Welfare (H2), 12th February 2025,

தை 30, குரோதி, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2056.]

No. II(1)/AGFW/4(t)/2025.

Crop calendar and

Harvesting period of

Coconut in the State of

Tamil Nadu

A remunerative and stable price environment for Coconut growers/farmers is

very important for increasing Coconut production and productivity. The market price

for Copra many times tends to be unstable and volatile resulting in undue losses to

the growers / farmers as well as discourages 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 overall perspective

of the needs of the economy.

Towards this end, the Government announces 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).

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In the scheme for the procurement of Copra in the year of 2025, as per the

guidelines of Government of India (Department of Agriculture and Co-operation), the

notification regarding Crop calendar and harvesting period of Coconut in Tamil Nadu is

required as a part of the 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:

NOTIFICATION PROPOSAL FOR PROCUREMENT OF COPRA IN TAMIL NADU FOR

COPRA SEASON 2025

1

Crop

:

Coconut

2

Commodity to be notified

:

Copra

3

Crop Calendar year

:

Throughout the year

4

Harvesting period

:

Throughout the year

5

Commencement of Arrival

:

Second week of February

6

Peak arrival period

:

March to August

7

Details of Coconut and Copra production

(a)

Coconut area

:

4.727 lakh Hectare

(Season and Crop Report 2022-23)

(b)

Coconut production

:

67,989 lakh nuts

(c)

Average yield per Hectare

:

14,383 nuts per Ha

(d)

Copra production

:

3,95,186 Metric Tonne

(e)

Expected quantity of

Procurement under Price Support Scheme

(25%)

Total of 98,796 Metric Tonne

a. Milling Copra - 98,000 Metric Tonne

b. Ball Copra - 796 Metric Tonne

(f)

Ruling market price

:

Rs.82.57 per Kg of Copra

(g)

Major Coconut Growing districts

:

Coimbatore,

Thiruppur,

Thanjavur,

Dindigul,

Kanyakumari, Theni, Erode, Krishnagiri, Salem, Tenkasi,

Pudukottai,

Thirupathur,

Madurai,

Virudhunagar,

Namakkal,

Sivagangai, Vellore,

Ramanathapuram,

Karur, Thoothukudi, Dharmapuri, Thiruvarur, Tirunelveli,

Trichy, Nagapattinam, and Mayiladuthurai.

V. DAKSHINAMOORTHY,

Agricultural Production Commissioner and

Secretary to Government.