Chennai, Nov. 18 -- Citing that Tamil Nadu has created a record of sortswith a bumper harvest in a single paddy procurement Kharif season, ChiefMinister M K Stalin today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urginghim to direct the Department of Food and Public Distribution to issue ordersimmediately for procuring paddy by relaxing the moisture content from17 to 22 per cent in view of the Northeast monsoon rains in Cauvery Deltaregion and other districts.
In a Demi-Official letter to Mr Modi, copies of which were released to themedia here, he pointed out that following a request from the State government,Central teams visited the State and had made an on the spot assessment of themoisture content for procuring paddy.
Despite the visit, th...