Ragi procurement centres opened in Dharmapuri district
The HinduThe State Government has opened three ragi procurement centres in Dharmapuri district to meet the nutritional requirement of family card holders, where monthly quota of rice has been replaced with 2 kg of ragi. Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation has sanctioned a monthly procurement target of 930 tonnes to meet the nutritional requirement on a pilot basis for the district. The centres are opened at: Dharmapuri Regulated Marketing Warehouse, Thirupathur main road, Madhikonpalayam; Pennagaram Taluk Agriculture Producers Cooperative Society building, Vannathipatty – 636 813; Harur Regulated Marketing warehouse; opposite Harur government hospital; Dharmapuri main road, Harur – 604 408. The centres will function from 9.30 a.m to 1.30 p.m and 2.30 p.m to 6.30 p.m. Small and marginal farmers may register their produce for procurement by producing valid documents of chitta, along with bank details and Aadhaar.