TN: CM Stalin Requests 10000 MT Of Wheat And Tur Dal Per Month From Central Stock In Letter To Piyush Goyal

Chief Minister MK Stalin has written a letter to Union Minister for Food and Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal, asking him to allocate 10000 MT of wheat and tur dal per month to Tamil Nadu to combat the rise in prices due to shortage.

In his letter, Chief Minister Stalin wrote that his government has been making efforts to procure these items from domestic as well as foreign suppliers in order to cool down prices.

This letter comes days after he wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to increase the amount of copra purchased in the state under the Price Support Scheme (PSS) from 56000 MT to 90000 MT and extend the deadline till September.