Direct Procurement Centres for Samba season paddy start functioning in Anamalai and Kottur in Coimbatore district
Direct Procurement Centres for paddy have opened in Anamalai and Kottur to support farmers during the Samba season. The initiative uses an electronic system to ensure transparency and direct payment to farmers, bypassing middlemen.
Why it matters
This system aims to improve agricultural income and efficiency by streamlining the procurement process and ensuring fair pricing for farmers.
Direct Procurement Centres for paddy for Samba season began functioning from Thursday (October 1, 2026) at Anamalai and Kottur, the only areas where the crop is grown to a combined extent of over 408 hectares, in Coimbatore district.
Farmers anticipate harvest of about 2,550 tonnes of paddy by the end of October. The DPCs, District Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar said, were opened by the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) to keep middlemen at bay, in deference to the farmers’ requests, with working times of 9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m..
The State government, which provides a special incentive, has fixed the procurement rates factoring in the Central government’s Minimum Support Price (MSP).
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