TN Farmers to get Rs. 50-70 more per Quintal for Paddy from Oct 01,2013

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday Sep 26,2013 said farmers in the State would get an additional Rs. 50 and Rs. 70 per quintal over the minimum support price of Rs. 1,310 (ordinary) and Rs. 1,345 (high quality) respectively as announced by the Centre for kharif crops for this season. 

With this, farmers would get Rs. 1,360 per quintal for ordinary paddy and Rs. 1,415 per quintal for high quality paddy from October 1,2013

The Central Govt announced a hike in the support price of paddy by Rs. 60 to Rs. 1,310 and by Rs. 65 to Rs. 1345 for high quality paddy per quintal for the 2013-14 crop year