NAFED and NCCF have suddenly sprung into importance in Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J Jayalalithaa’s scheme of things after she joined to begin her 5th stint as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on the weekend.
Soon after joining Jayalalithaa launched , among others , a pulses retail sale scheme through 25 cooperative outlets in Chennai as a market intervention measure.
The initiative is part of the government’s measures to rein in increasing prices of pulses in the open market, the government said in a release.
While half kg toor dal will be available for Rs.53.50, same quantity urad dal of “A” category will be available for Rs 56 and B category of its kind will be available for Rs 49.50 in cooperative outlets here.
The pulses for the scheme will be procured from the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India and the National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India (NCCF).
On Sunday she cleared a string of welfare proposals worth Rs 1800 crore and declared open 201 more eateries under the populist ‘Amma Canteen’ scheme providing food at subsidised rates, across the state through video-conferencing.
Parties like PMK have been targeting AIADMK for its ‘freebie’ schemes like free mixies and grinders accusing it of not focusing on generating employment, developing infrastructure and providing basic amenities.