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Tiruvallur tightens checks on paddy brought to procurement centres
Tiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu has tightened checks on paddy brought to government procurement centres after farmers complained that traders were selling crops using farmers’ documents.
Farmers say some traders, including people from neighbouring States, obtain papers such as land and crop records to sell the paddy.
The administration says officials are checking registrations, crop quantities and varieties at border checkpoints and procurement centres.
It has also made a digital survey of standing crops mandatory and formed teams to check fields where records do not match.
Officials seized a truck carrying 16 tonnes of paddy from Andhra Pradesh in Uthukottai taluk.
The district has approved 70 procurement centres, of which 58 are operating, and has so far bought 9,600 tonnes from 1,300 farmers.
More centres are due to open as harvesting begins in their areas, while farmers who give their crop records to traders face a warned two-year ban from procurement.
Tiruvallur district has tightened checks on paddy movement after complaints that traders were bringing bags to direct procurement centres.
Farmers alleged that traders, including some from neighbouring States, use farmers’ documents to sell paddy at the centres.
District Collector S. Kavitha said officials were inspecting border checkposts and checking registrations, procurement quantities and paddy varieties.
Officials seized a truck carrying 16 tonnes of paddy from Andhra Pradesh in Uthukottai taluk.
Of 70 approved procurement centres, 58 were open, and 9,600 tonnes had been procured from 1,300 farmers.
- Who
- Tiruvallur district administration, including District Collector S. Kavitha, is tightening checks; farmers have alleged that traders are bringing paddy to procurement centres.
- What
- Officials are monitoring paddy movement and verifying registrations, procurement quantities and varieties.
- When
- The article was published on October 16, 2026; it does not state when the checks began.
- Where
- Tiruvallur district, including border checkposts and the Ponneri and Uthukottai areas.
- Why
- The checks follow complaints that traders use farmers’ documents to sell paddy at direct procurement centres.
Farmers alleging trader misuse
Tiruvallur district administration
Paddy sales
Farmers alleging trader misuse
Farmers alleged traders bring paddy to procurement centres and use farmers’ documents to sell it.
Tiruvallur district administration
The administration is increasing surveillance and checking registrations, quantities and varieties.
Use of farmer documents
Farmers alleging trader misuse
A farmer said farmers give traders their adangal and chitta, sometimes after pledging their crops.
Tiruvallur district administration
The administration warned of a two-year procurement ban for farmers who give traders their adangal.
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- District
- Tiruvallur
- Seized truck
- 16 tonnes of paddy from Andhra Pradesh
- Approved direct procurement centres
- 70
- Centres open
- 58
- Procurement to date
- 9,600 tonnes from 1,300 farmers
What people are saying
We have created awareness among farmers that a two-year procurement ban would be imposed on those who gave their adangal to traders.
This, we hear is happening in Ponneri and Uthukottai areas. It should not be allowed.