TNCSC to operate mobile DPCs to procure paddy, A-G tells HC

Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) on Thursday informed the Madras High Court of its decision to operate mobile Direct Purchase Centres (DPCs) to procure paddy, that meets the prescribed mi

Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) on Thursday informed the Madras High Court of its decision to operate mobile Direct Purchase Centres (DPCs) to procure paddy, that meets the prescribed minimum quality standards from the registered farmers. The submission was made following a suo motu public interest litigation petition taken up by the court to prevent the harvest from getting soaked in the rains. Appearing before the first Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, Advocate General R. Shunmugasundaram said TNCSC Managing Director V. Rajaraman had written to him on June 14 stating that the corporation would make arrangements for operating mobile DPCs so that the harvest does not get soaked before the farmers could transport their produce to the 282 regulated markets in the State. According to the Advocate General, the regulated markets act as a bridge between farmers and traders. They were being managed by 26 market committees constituted under the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act of 1987 and the statutory rules framed thereunder in 1991. The produce brought to the regulated markets by the farmers were sold to the traders by adopting a closed tender bid method.