# Minimum Support Price of Rs 3,500 per quintal for paddy

- ID: P05-A-04#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p05-a-04-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p05-a-04-1)
- Pillar: 5. Welfare of Farmers, Agricultural Labourers and Fisherfolk
- Section: A. Farmers' Welfare
- Manifesto page: 43
- Stage: Formal order (A government order or sanction was issued)
- Last recorded: 13 Sep 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

A Minimum Support Price of Rs 3,500 per quintal will be provided for paddy.

## Where it stands

Formal order on 13 Sep 2026.

The government ordered paddy procurement at increased support prices of Rs 2,750 and Rs 2,600 per quintal.

**So far:** Procurement price of Rs 2,750 for fine-grade and Rs 2,600 for common-grade paddy

**Not yet seen:** The support price has not yet reached the promised Rs 3,500 per quintal.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 13 Sep 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22490: The Tamil Nadu government has ordered the procurement of paddy at an increased price of Rs 2750 per quintal for fine-grade and Rs 2600 per quintal for common-grade paddy through direct procurement centers. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.655_Civil_Supplies_Dept_Press_Release-Date_13.09.2026.pdf))
- 10 Aug 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22307: The state government has increased the incentive for fine paddy to Rs. 289 per quintal and common paddy to Rs. 159 per quintal, raising the total support price to Rs. 2,750 for fine paddy and Rs. 2,600 for common paddy. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR_-_TNLA.NO.007_-_Hon_ble_CM_Assembly_Speech_-_110_Statement_-_Increase_in_incentive_for_paddy_and_sugarcane__-_Date_-_10.8.2026.pdf))

> Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.