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Rice Price Hike: Anbumani Urges Sale of Fine Rice at Rs. 50/kg in Ration Shops!
- •PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss urged the government to sell fine rice at Rs. 50 per kg in fair price shops, citing a Rs. 40/kg price hike in two months.
- •He criticized the government for not taking action to alleviate the suffering of poor and middle-class people due to rising rice prices.
- •Anbumani highlighted Andhra Pradesh's model, where fine rice varieties are sold at Rs. 50 per kg in Rythu Bazars.
- •He suggested the Tamil Nadu government procure 20% of rice from mills and wholesalers at cost price to implement the scheme.
- •Anbumani also called on the central government to restrict rice exports and set stock limits for wholesalers to control prices.
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PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss has urged the Tamil Nadu government to follow Andhra Pradesh's model and sell fine rice at Rs. 50 per kg in fair price shops. He recommended implementing this scheme by procuring 20% of the rice from rice mills and wholesale traders at cost price.
The prices of daily-use rice in Tamil Nadu have surged by Rs. 17 to Rs. 40 per kg over the past two months. Varieties like Mysore Ponni and Andhra Ponni rose from Rs. 65 to Rs. 85, extra fine rice reached up to Rs. 95, and idli rice increased to a minimum of Rs. 60 per kg.
Andhra Pradesh has established separate sections for rice sales in Rythu Bazars (farmers' markets) where fine rice varieties like Bapatla and KNM are sold at Rs. 50 per kg, while onions are sold at Rs. 35 per kg.
