AGRICULTURE - FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT--Implementation of Price Support Scheme (PSS) – Procurement of Copra under Price Support Scheme for the Year 2025 Through National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) - Production, Sowing Area, Average Yield, Peak Arrival/Harvesting Period.

© [Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14. GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU [R. Dis. No. 197/2009. 2025 [Price: Re. 0.80 Paise. TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 60] CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2025 Thai 30, Kurothi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2056 Part II—Section 1 Notifications or Orders of specific character or of particular interest to the public issued by Secretariat Departments. NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURE - FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF PRICE SUPPORT SCHEME (PSS) – PROCUREMENT OF COPRA UNDER PRICE SUPPORT SCHEME FOR THE YEAR 2025 THROUGH NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE MARKETING FEDERATION OF INDIA (NAFED) - PRODUCTION, SOWING AREA, AVERAGE YIELD, PEAK ARRIVAL/HARVESTING PERIOD. [G.O. Ms. No. 36, Agriculture -Farmers Welfare (H2), 12th February 2025, தை 30, குர�ோதி, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2056.] No. II(1)/AGFW/4(t)/2025. Crop calendar and A remunerative and stable price environment for Coconut growers/farmers is Harvesting period of very important for increasing Coconut production and productivity. The market price Coconut in the State of for Copra many times tends to be unstable and volatile resulting in undue losses to Tamil Nadu the growers / farmers as well as discourages adoption of the modern technology and required inputs. The Government’s price policy for agricultural commodities seeks to ensure remunerative prices to the growers for their produce with a view to encourage higher investment and production and to safeguard the interest of consumers by making available supplies at reasonable prices with low cost of intermediation. The price policy also seeks to evolve a balanced and integrated price structure in the overall perspective of the needs of the economy. Towards this end, the Government announces Minimum Support Price (MSP) for major agricultural commodities each year in both the Crop seasons after taking into account the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP). Ex-II-1(60) [ 1 ]2 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY In the scheme for the procurement of Copra in the year of 2025, as per the guidelines of Government of India (Department of Agriculture and Co-operation), the notification regarding Crop calendar and harvesting period of Coconut in Tamil Nadu is required as a part of the proposal. Therefore, the Government of Tamil Nadu is willing to implement the Price Support Scheme (PSS) and its operation in Tamil Nadu and accordingly declare the following details: NOTIFICATION PROPOSAL FOR PROCUREMENT OF COPRA IN TAMIL NADU FOR COPRA SEASON 2025 1 Crop : Coconut 2 Commodity to be notified : Copra 3 Crop Calendar year : Throughout the year 4 Harvesting period : Throughout the year 5 Commencement of Arrival : Second week of February 6 Peak arrival period : March to August 7 Details of Coconut and Copra production (a) Coconut area : 4.727 lakh Hectare (Season and Crop Report 2022-23) (b) Coconut production : 67,989 lakh nuts (c) Average yield per Hectare : 14,383 nuts per Ha (d) Copra production : 3,95,186 Metric Tonne (e) Expected quantity of Total of 98,796 Metric Tonne Procurement under Price Support Scheme a. Milling Copra - 98,000 Metric Tonne (25%) b. Ball Copra - 796 Metric Tonne (f) Ruling market price : Rs.82.57 per Kg of Copra (g) Major Coconut Growing districts : Coimbatore, Thiruppur, Thanjavur, Dindigul, Kanyakumari, Theni, Erode, Krishnagiri, Salem, Tenkasi, Pudukottai, Thirupathur, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Namakkal, Sivagangai, Vellore, Ramanathapuram, Karur, Thoothukudi, Dharmapuri, Thiruvarur, Tirunelveli, Trichy, Nagapattinam, and Mayiladuthurai. V. DAKSHINAMOORTHY, Agricultural Production Commissioner and Secretary to Government. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU