Summary:
This year, a large number of farmers had cultivated early kuruvai in Mayiladuthurai division using borewells. Traders have been offering farmers Rs 200 lower than the MSP fixed by the government for a quintal of paddy, he added. “Unlike Nagapattinam district, some DPCs are functioning from Tiruvarur district. The traders who purchase paddy from the farmers transport the grains to Tiruvarur and sell them at the DPCs in the district at MSP”, Kalyanam further alleged. The absence of procurement centres is forcing the farmers to sell their produce to traders in the open market at low prices leading to huge losses for them..