Archive · 19 Nov 2025
PM Modi Inaugurates Tamil Nadu Farmers Summit, Boosts BJP's 2026 Campaign; 9 Crore Farmers Get Rs 18,000 Crore
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, to inaugurate a big farmers' summit and give money to farmers.
He praised the region's farming innovations and encouraged natural farming.
This visit is seen as the start of the ruling party's campaign for the upcoming state elections.
Meanwhile, farmers in Tamil Nadu are having trouble storing their bumper harvest of paddy rice, and they want the government to change the rules for buying it.
PM Modi inaugurated the South India Natural Farming Summit in Coimbatore, benefiting 50,000 farmers
He released Rs 18,000 crore to 9 crore farmers nationwide under the 21st PM-KISAN instalment
PM Modi held a roadshow, signaling the start of the NDA's 2026 Tamil Nadu campaign
He praised South India's leadership in agricultural innovation and natural farming
The event comes amid a paddy procurement crisis in Tamil Nadu, with farmers demanding higher moisture content limits for procurement
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, farmers from South India
- What
- Inaugurated the South India Natural Farming Summit, released Rs 18,000 crore to farmers, held a roadshow
- When
- November 17, 2022
- Where
- Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
- Why
- To promote natural farming, support farmers, and boost the ruling party's campaign for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections
Tamil Nadu Farmers
Central Government
Moisture content limit
Tamil Nadu Farmers
Farmers demand higher limit for paddy procurement
Central Government
Central government maintains 17% limit
- Total farmers benefited
- 9 crore
- Amount released
- Rs 18,000 crore
- Farmers summit attendees
- Over 50,000 farmers from six southern states
- Paddy arrivals in Tamil Nadu
- 1.86 lakh metric tonnes by November 16, 2022
- Tamil Nadu's rice mills
- 1,760, including 123 approved for FRK blending
- PM-KISAN instalments released
- 21st instalment, totaling over Rs 4 lakh crore
Sources
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