Stalin promises that the procurement price of paddy will be increased to ₹3,500 a quintal under the Dravidian Model 2.0 government. He flays the Centre for raising the price of commercial gas cylinders
The two leaders were at loggerheads over a January 9 communication of the Union Finance Ministry, regarding incentives to paddy, which was sent to the Chief Secretaries of all States
Mr. Stalin, during an Assembly election campaign in Thanjavur on Friday (April 10), contended that the Centre had advised the Tamil Nadu government to discontinue providing incentives for paddy procured from farmers, claiming it was leading to excessive production