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00:00I welcome you all.
00:02Today, in particular, I would like to welcome the guests from Pongal,
00:05the Mahabharathi IAS Collector,
00:10Arjuna Madam, DSO, the representatives of the Agricultural Union,
00:14Mohan Aram, and most importantly, the Chief of the Co-operative, Mr. Dayalan Ambalraj.
00:20We have a lot of people here from all walks of life,
00:23from the fields, and I would like to start with the cutting-edge issues.
00:27First of all, Pongal wishes to everyone.
00:29Pongal has done a lot for us.
00:31On the 9th, the Chief Minister of Pongal, Mr. Manmohan,
00:34gave a gift of 2.2 crores to Pongal.
00:40Since yesterday, we have given 1.47 crores to the families.
00:46So, we have given 67% to the families.
00:49Today, we are expecting to give 80% to the families.
00:56Tomorrow, our ration shops will open,
01:00and we have arranged for those who have left the shops.
01:07But today, my main objective,
01:10as we are in the other part of the country,
01:12is to open the DPC.
01:14This year, there will be a good growth for the farmers.
01:17We will have a lot of opportunities to cultivate.
01:21We need to open the DPC.
01:23If you look at it,
01:25we do not have any limit to 1300 DPCs or 500 DPCs.
01:31Freedom should be given to the district government.
01:33When we look at the farmland,
01:35as we started discussing,
01:37generally, the farmers are not ready to cultivate in some places.
01:40In some places, they are ready,
01:42and the government officials are ready,
01:45but there is a starting delay.
01:47So, I am a slave to the farmland.
01:49The government wants us to start the DPC
01:54for all the farmers in the farmland.
01:58We have communicated this to all the districts.
02:01This DPC is in operation.
02:03Yesterday, we had 1,208 DPCs in operation.
02:07Today, we have more than 37 DPCs in Thanjavur.
02:12In all the places,
02:15if you are ready to cultivate,
02:17do not wait.
02:19This is the second problem in this field.
02:22If there is a DPC in an area,
02:24they can cultivate up to 1000 crops.
02:26If there is a lot of cultivation,
02:28immediately, we have the machines we need.
02:31We do not need 3300 machines everywhere.
02:34If we divert it here,
02:36in that area, DPC 1 and DPC 2.
02:38We should not send the farmers back.
02:40We should not wait in the queue.
02:43Till now, we have procured 5.52 lakh metric tons.
02:49From September 1, 2013,
02:52we have procured 1321 crores for the farmers.
02:56In the next 2-3 months,
02:59we expect 30-35 lakh metric tons.
03:08For that, our department should be fully prepared.
03:11We should work with the collectors.
03:14We should send it to the godowns.
03:17Similarly, we should send it to the railways.
03:20This is what we have planned.
03:23We have delegated all the departments
03:26to the district government.
03:29They should be responsive.
03:32We have asked the district government
03:35to take a look at it.