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MSP-receiving paddy growers
June 19 , 2023
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- 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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