# Advocate for MSP for raw coconut and higher copra support price

- ID: P05-A-07#4
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p05-a-07-4 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p05-a-07-4)
- Pillar: 5. Welfare of Farmers, Agricultural Labourers and Fisherfolk
- Section: A. Farmers' Welfare
- Manifesto page: 44
- Stage: Said (Announced, with no money or order yet)
- Last recorded: 18 Jun 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

The government will urge the Union Government to introduce a Minimum Support Price for raw coconut and raise the support price for copra.

## Where it stands

Announced on 18 Jun 2026. No budget mention or order recorded yet.

The government announced a request to the Union Government regarding copra procurement.

**So far:** Request to approve copra procurement and increase green gram procurement limit

**Not yet seen:** No request has been made for a Minimum Support Price for raw coconut.

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

## Documents behind this

- 18 Jun 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 21997: The Tamil Nadu Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister requested the Union Agriculture Minister to approve copra procurement and increase the green gram procurement limit under the Price Support Scheme. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.255-Hon_ble_Minister_for_Agriculture____Farmers_Welfare-Press_Release-Date_18.06.2026.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.