The Tamil Nadu government has announced the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy for the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2025-26, along with incentives for Grade A and Common varieties. A Government Order was issued today by the Cooperation, Food, and Consumer Protection Department.

The Union Government has fixed the MSP for paddy at ₹2,389 per quintal for Grade A and ₹2,369 per quintal for the Common variety. The State government has added an incentive of ₹156 per quintal for Grade A and ₹131 per quintal for the Common variety, taking the procurement price to ₹2,545 per quintal for Grade A and ₹2,500 per quintal for the Common variety.

Paddy procurement will begin on September 1, a month earlier than usual. The Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation has set a procurement target of 42 lakh metric tonnes (MT), including 30 lakh MT of Grade A and 12 lakh MT of the Common variety.

Procurement will take place under the Decentralized Procurement System at Direct Purchase Centres (DPCs) across the state. District Collectors in the Cauvery Delta have been instructed to open sufficient DPCs, while cooperative institutions and the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation will handle procurement in non-delta regions.

The procured paddy will be stored on behalf of the Union Government for contribution to the Central Pool as rice. The revised MSP will remain in effect until August 31, 2026.