Buyers return ₹30 ‘fine rice’ in Theni, confront MLA over quality
Madurai: Residents in Theni district returned rice sold under Tamil Nadu government’s new ₹30-a-kg fine-rice scheme on Thursday, alleging that the grain was coarse and resembled rice distributed free through ration shops. Government launched the scheme on October 17 to cushion households against rising rice prices. It promised A-grade fine rice through 250 cooperative and Amudham outlets statewide, with each family eligible to buy up to five kilograms. The initial distribution target was 25,000 tonnes. Officials returned 20 tonnes of the supplied stock, arranged replacements from local mills and ordered a departmental inquiry.
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The govt should also ensure that quality rice is sold to the public,” Dhinakaran said in a post on X. The complaints surfaced at a cooperative outlet in Cumbum, where ruling TVK MLA P L A Jeganath Mishra inaugurated sales. Buyers confronted him, questioning why inferior rice was being supplied instead of the promised sanna variety. Mishra instructed the salesperson to refund their money before leaving. Customers subsequently received refunds. Similar complaints emerged in Salem and Tiruvannamalai . In Tiruvannamalai, cooperative joint registrar Parthiban inspected the rice following complaints and suspended sales. “Under the guise of selling fine rice at a low price, poor-quality rice has been sold to people. This needs to be probed and action taken against those involved in the irregularities. Download the TOI App.
AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran on Friday accused the TVK govt of deceiving people by selling poor-quality rice as fine variety at a subsidy rate of Rs30 per kg through Amudham stores across the state.