The Amma brand in Tamil Nadu is getting bigger each day . After Amma canteens, vegetable outlets, drinking water and pharmacies, the government will set up Amma Amudam outlets to sell groceries and other essential commodities across the state. Making the announcement in the state assembly, chief minister J Jayalalithaa said, “The government will open 300 Amma Amudam outlets across the state at a cost of Rs.37.17 crore. These new outlets will be opened in addition to the existing 114 cooperative outlets and 23 Amudam outlets.“
Currently , there are 20 Amudam outlets in Chennai and suburban areas besides the three outlets in Cuddalore district. “The commodities sold in these outlets are cheaper and qualitative. The idea is to open similar outlets in the districts with brand Amma,“ said a government official.Other announcements made by the chief minister , include setting up of a 140 tonne modern rice mill in Tiruvarur district at a cost of Rs.16 crore to extract cooking oil from rice bran. This follows a good response from public to the oil, the chief minister said.
The government proposes to construct 39 more godowns with a total capacity of 84,500 tonnes at a cost of Rs.112 crore to upgrade the storage capacity of foodgrains. With the completion of these new godowns, the state's total capacity to store foodgrains would increase to 8.36 lakh tonnes, Jayalalithaa said.
Paddy farmers will get 100 direct procurement centres across the state at a cost of Rs.35 crore. “Out of the 100 centres, 75 will be set up in the Cauvery delta area and the remaining in Tiruvannamalai, Kancheepuram, Erode and Kanyakumari,“ she said.
Traders and farmers will get negotiable warehouse receipts with which they can avail loans from banks. The . state proposes to set up modern research centres at Srirangam, Trichy , Tiruvarur, Erode, Arani, Vellore and Villupuram to ascertain the moisture content in paddy and type of grain.
A new training centre will be set up at Sholinganallur with the help of the Centre at a cost of Rs.10.31 crore to train officials to tackle problems of adulteration.
Currently , there are 20 Amudam outlets in Chennai and suburban areas besides the three outlets in Cuddalore district. “The commodities sold in these outlets are cheaper and qualitative. The idea is to open similar outlets in the districts with brand Amma,“ said a government official.Other announcements made by the chief minister , include setting up of a 140 tonne modern rice mill in Tiruvarur district at a cost of Rs.16 crore to extract cooking oil from rice bran. This follows a good response from public to the oil, the chief minister said.
The government proposes to construct 39 more godowns with a total capacity of 84,500 tonnes at a cost of Rs.112 crore to upgrade the storage capacity of foodgrains. With the completion of these new godowns, the state's total capacity to store foodgrains would increase to 8.36 lakh tonnes, Jayalalithaa said.
Paddy farmers will get 100 direct procurement centres across the state at a cost of Rs.35 crore. “Out of the 100 centres, 75 will be set up in the Cauvery delta area and the remaining in Tiruvannamalai, Kancheepuram, Erode and Kanyakumari,“ she said.
Traders and farmers will get negotiable warehouse receipts with which they can avail loans from banks. The . state proposes to set up modern research centres at Srirangam, Trichy , Tiruvarur, Erode, Arani, Vellore and Villupuram to ascertain the moisture content in paddy and type of grain.
A new training centre will be set up at Sholinganallur with the help of the Centre at a cost of Rs.10.31 crore to train officials to tackle problems of adulteration.
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