Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Coimbatore on Wednesday (November 19, 2025), Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has listed out three demands on behalf of the farmers in the State. An official release from the Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday (November 18, 2025) said the Chief Minister wrote to the Prime Minister on Monday.
In a social media post, Mr. Stalin, noting Tamil Nadu has recorded a “bumper harvest” this year and in view of the Northeast monsoon, said he was making urgent requests to Mr. Modi. “I hope you will consider them favourably ahead of your visit to Coimbatore.”
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He requested for necessary orders to allow Tamil Nadu to revise the target of 16 lakh MT of rice for current kharif 2025-2026 season to the actual production and procurement levels for the (kharif) season.
Referring to the recent visit of central teams, he said orders have not yet been issued by the Government of India for relaxing the moisture content from 17% to 22%. “This needs to be done urgently,” Mr. Stalin stressed. The Chief Minister said the existing packing size of 25 kg of fortified rice kernels may be permitted to be increased to 50 kg, and the sample lot size may be increased from 10 MT to 25 MT.
