The Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) has placed an order with the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation (NCCF) for the supply of 7 lakh tonnes of rice.
It will be used for the public distribution system.
The monthly allocation by the Centre to Tamil Nadu is approximately 2.97 lakh tonnes of rice for PDS under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
Over and above this quantity, the State requires, on an average, 50,000 tonnes to 60,000 tonnes per month.