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T.N. govt. to sell parboiled rice at ₹30 per kg through 260 Amudham, cooperative stores: Minister
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- The Tamil Nadu government announced a new scheme to sell parboiled rice at ₹30 per kg and tur dal at ₹130 per kg through 260 Amudham and cooperative stores to combat food inflation. Minister P. Venkataramanan stated that the government is monitoring commodity prices and attributed rising retail prices to a shortage of rice from neighboring states and opportunistic trading practices. The initiative involves releasing 25,000 tonnes of rice immediately and a total of one lakh tonnes over time.
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Published - October 16, 2026 01:07 am IST - CHENNAI
To ease the impact of food inflation and stabilise the prices of essential commodities, the Tamil Nadu government has decided to sell parboiled rice at ₹30 per kg through 211 cooperative stores and 49 retail outlets of Amudham departmental stores run by the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation across the State, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies P. Venkataramanan said on Thursday.
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