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Rice requirement of Tamil Nadu
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- Food Corporation of India (FCI) reiterating its position of not providing more food grains to States under its Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS).
- Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) is negotiating with the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India (NCCF) and other States to procure the additional quantity of 50,000 to 60,000 tonnes a month.
- The monthly allocation by the Centre to Tamil Nadu is approximately 2.97 lakh tonnes of rice for the public distribution system (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.
- TN has over 2.2 crore rice-drawing ration cards.
- Between December 2022 and March 2023, it bought 3 lakh tonnes from the NCCF.
- During the Kharif Marketing Season 2022-23, 7 lakh tonnes were retained by the State for local requirements.
- At present, the State has a stock of 5.4 lakh tonnes of rice at its godowns.
- Besides, around 1.9 lakh tonnes are available with millers and this quantity will eventually be available for the PDS.
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