TNPSC Thervupettagam

MSP-receiving paddy growers

June 19 , 2023 517 days 441 0
  • Paddy growers, who get covered under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) system in Tamil Nadu, account for around one-fifth of the average number of farmer-beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) in the State.
  • As per the State government’s documents, paddy accounts for 35% of the gross cropped area.
  • PM-KISAN, implemented since February 2019, aims at augmenting the income of families of all landholding farmers, regardless of the size of landholding.
  • Every farmer-beneficiary receives 6,000 annually in three instalments.
  • According to official data, 48 lakh farmers in Tamil Nadu have registered with the authorities for the scheme.

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