Rice prices witness sharp rise in Tiruchi due to supply crunch
Rice prices in Tiruchi have surged significantly due to a supply crunch caused by reduced paddy arrivals from major cultivating regions. Traders report that the lack of steady supply from Karnataka and the Cauvery delta has driven wholesale and retail costs to unprecedented levels.
Why it matters
Rising food prices directly impact household budgets and highlight vulnerabilities in regional agricultural supply chains.
Rice prices have made a strong surge in Tiruchi apparently due to short supply of paddy from the cultivating centres.
Tiruchi, which has a number of rice mills in Manachanallur, Ariyamangalam and Kattur, gets paddy from Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and other areas in the Cauvery delta. Besides them, the mills receive paddy from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. There are traders who procure rice from various parts of Karnataka and market it as Karnataka Ponni, a fine rice variety. The prices, which were under control until the first quarter of the calendar year, began to increase from April and May. The prices have increased sharply in recent weeks.
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