Activities

A) Distribution of Fertilisers      

1. The crop  loan issued by Cooperative banks consists of cash portion and  kind  portion.   The  kind  portion includes  Fertilisers, Pesticides,  Seeds  which  are being supplied  by Tamil Nadu Cooperative Marketing Federation  through Primary Agricultural Cooperative Credit Societies.
2. TANFED  purchase Chemical Fertilisers  from  the  leading manufacturers like M/s.IFFCO,  KRIBHCO, IPL, Coromandal,  FACT, MCF, RCF, GNFC, SPIC, Kothari, etc. and  distributing  through Primary  Agricultural  Cooperative Credit Societies.
3. Details  of Chemical Fertilisers distributed  during the last 7 years are as follows :

1. Nearly 40% of the requirement of  Fertiliser in Tamil Nadu are met out by TANFED through Cooperative Societies.
2. DAP – TANFED was appointed as Nodal Agency from July 2007 to October 2010 by the Government of Tamil Nadu.  Now vide Government letter No.22507/AP3/10 dated 22.10.2010 Government have allowed 50% of the monthly requirement to be channeled through Cooperatives.
3. TANFED is  a Member of Fertiliser Association of India (FAI).
4. To monitor the stocks of Chemical Fertilisers at PACCS level, introduced SMS system to collect the stock details on daily basis.

          
 B) MANUFACTURE OF FERTILISERS

TANFED is  undertaking manufacture of  its  own  granulated mixtures of  Pamani 17:17:17   fertilisers   with right mix up of NPK with special   ingredient, ie., neem cake. 

• This product is very popular  among the farmers in Tamil Nadu.
• This  Plant  was commissioned  in  April  1971  with  the  cost of Rs.110/-  lakhs with  an  annual  production capacity  of    30,000 Tonnes. It is situated at Pamani Village, Mannargudi, Tiruvarur District.   
• Details of production and sale of Pamani NPK 17:17:17  for the last
  7 years are  given below

1. Pamani Fertilisers are sold through PACCS.  In addition, Tamil   Nadu   Government   has   permitted TANFED to appoint private dealers, to sell the Pamani 17:17:17 from Dec.2005 onwards. TANFED has proposed to increase its production from 2 shifts to 3 shifts at the Pamani
   Fertiliser Plant.
              Pamani Plant which is running for the last four decades has been renovated during 2010 – 11 to ensure higher productivity.
    

2. C) TANFED FERTILISER MIXTURES
   At  present Fertiliser mixtures are produced in Trichy, Madurai and Vellore. Details of production and sale of Mixtures  for the last 7 years  are as follows:

Mixing Units at Trichy, Madurai and Vellore have been mechanised to improve the quality at a cost of Rs.15 lakhs.

D) DISTRIBUTION OF PESTICIDES, SEEDS & AGRICULTURAL  IMPLEMENTS
TANFED purchases  Pesticides, Seeds and Agricultural Implements from leading manufacturers and distribute through   the  Primary  Cooperatives in the districts.   The details of the value of these inputs distributed during past  7 years are as follows:-

                                                                                  (Value : Rs.in Lakhs)

TANFED owns a seed processing plant at  Mannargudi which was commissioned during 1980 with a cost of  Rs.3/-  lakhs where quality paddy seeds are processed and distributed  to  the farmers.

E) STORAGE GODOWNS

1)       For  the purpose of storing agricultural inputs as  well  as agricultural commodities, TANFED constructed 39 godowns with the financial assistance from NCDC at various places.  Now, TANFED owns
a combined storage capacity of 28,140 MTs.  In addition to the own godowns,  TANFED hired 9 godowns with the capacity of 3,450 MTs. in needy  areas with   a  view to  minimise the transport  carrying cost   of agricultural inputs.

2)       For storage of seeds, 300 MTs capacity seed godown is under construction at a cost of Rs.42 lakhs under ICDP in Mannargudi.

F) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING

• Being  a marketing Federation, TANFED does the work of procurement of  Agricultural commodities such as cotton, chillies,  maize, coriander, pulses, oil seeds, pepper, turmeric, etc. 
• Procurement operation is undertaken from the farmers through the Cooperative    Marketing      Societies    and    the Regulated    Markets to fetch remunerative price for     the  farmers.
• This activity  is being done  under  joint  venture  basis with Cooperative Marketing Societies.
• Under the PSS 2010 TANFED is acting as agent to NAFED and copra is procured from the coconut farmers in 22 procurement centres in Tamil nadu.  Procured copra supplied to NAFED.
• Details of performance made in Agricultural Marketing for the past
  7 years  are   as follows:-

SALE OF CRACKERS

        For the last 6 years TANFED doing Crackers business.   During the year 2014-15 crackers sold  for Rs.12 lakhs and earned a profit of Rs.3  lakhs.

Sale of IKSL Products upto Upto  March 2020 :

   CATTLE FEED BUSINESS

            TANFED is doing Cattle feed business from the year 2011.  Cattle Feed indents received from the Aavin as per the demands of Tamil Nadu Milk Producers Union and get supply from the Indian Potash Ltd totally and supply directly. 

For the last 2 years Cattle Feed business is as follows :

(* IPL and IKSL)

G) COLD STORAGES

TANFED has established two Cold Storage units at Chennai  for the purpose  of  storing  vegetables, fruits and perishables of the farmers,  traders and General Public. The  storage space are allotted  on monthly rental basis.

 (1) BASIN BRIDGE :

• The first Cold Storage Godown of TANFED was established in the year  1973 at  Basin  Bridge , Chennai.

         The installed capacity of this godown is 1350 MTs  Total cost of this project  was Rs.9.55 lakhs.

 
(2) KOYAMBEDU :

• TANFED  installed  its  second Cold Storage  at  Koyambedu Vegetable Market  Complex, Chennai by  availing  loan facility from NCDC, Share Capital assistance from the State Govt. and subsidy from Ministry of Food Processing. 

• The installed capacity of this godown is 2500 MTs. Total cost of this project was Rs.198.75 lakhs

  Modernisation of Cold Storages :

TANFED has taken-up the work of modernisation  the above cold storages with latest state of the art split refrigeration system with automation and material handling system.  It is also planning to implement the inventory management system to have proper control on stocks stored by the customers at a over all project cost of Rs.200 lakhs.                                                      
H) KEROSENE DISTRIBUTION

• TANFED  installed  one kerosene bunk at Kodambakkam  with a storage capacity of 15 Kilo Litres in the year 1969 and  continue its  function  as wholesaler  till date.   
• In  addition  to  the wholesale  distribution,  in order to cater to the needs  of the ration  card  holders, four retail kerosene bunks are functioning in Kodambakkam   (Chennai), Mannargudi  and   Coimbatore  under  Public  Distribution Scheme.
• Around 50,000 litres of kerosene is supplied to the card holders every month in  each  of  these retail outlets.
• The allocation  of kerosene for both wholesale  and  retail distribution  is  made by the Civil Supplies  Department  and is drawn from the Indian Oil Corporation Limited.
• The  details of distribution of Kerosene as  wholesaler  and retailer during the past 7 years are as follows:

   I) Petrol / Diesel Distribution

The sale of Petrol / Diesel upto March 2024  are as follows:-

PETROL   

                                               (Rs. in lakhs)

Name of the Retail Outlet	Qty. in KL	Value
Kodambakkam	1238.794	1270.45
Koyambedu	975.888	1000.65
Cuddalore	709.729	777.18
Trichy	353.416	364.12
Tiruneveli	844.572	881.32
Dindigul	186.273	192.46
Virudhunagar	639.609	614.85
Kovilpatti	502.578	518.14
Total	5450.859	5619.17

 

DIESEL

Name of the Retail Outlet	Qty. in KL	Value
Kodambakkam	0	0
Koyambedu	1264.221	1190.22
Cuddalore	283.982	271.93
Trichy	385.768	365.18
Tiruneveli	717.205	678.05
Dindigul	208.795	198.22
Virudhunagar	420.491	399.52
Kovilpatti	403.939	387.03
Total	3684.401	3490.15

      

Finance and Accounts

Sources of Funds

TANFED has  raised its funds from

• Share Capital paid by members
• Reserves & Surplus generated out of profit
• Borrowings  in the form of Short Term loans, Long  Term loans, Ways and Means Advance  from State / Central Government, NCDC and cash  credit from financing bank, i.e., Tamil nadu State Apex Cooperative Bank.

  Accounts

• As in the case of Public Limited Companies, TANFED also maintains   its accounts   under 'Double Entry System of  Book Keeping'.   
• But instead of preparing Trial Balance,  TANFED  is preparing Receipts and Charges statement as directed in the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Societies Act. From the Receipts  and Charges statement, the final accounts are prepared.
• Every year Budgets are prepared and approved by the Board.  The Annual accounts are prepared as per the Act.

Computerisation

• The  entire  accounting system  were  computerized for which a  separate Computer  wing is  working   with   six   terminals under SQL LAN system with one Pentium   II   server and one Window SQL server.   
• The computer environment commenced from 1.4.1998 at  the   cost  of  Rs. 10/-  lakhs.  
• It is working under Foxpro  / VB SQL  software   package.
• In  addition  to the  above systems,  six more latest Pentium IV are installed for general  purpose.  
• As a prelude to computerise the Accounts of the Regional Offices of TANFED, computers have been provided to all Regional Offices with internet connection.

Audit

• The Audit Wing consists of Internal Audit and Statutory Audit.
• The Internal  Audit  constituted with the own staff of TANFED.
• The Statutory audit of the TANFED is being done by the Audit Officers of Director of Co-operative Audit which is working under the control of Finance Department of the State Government. 
• There are one Assistant Director, 5 Co-operative Audit Officer and
  1 Senior Co-operative Auditor working in TANFED on concurrent basis. 
• The audit of TANFED  up to the year 2021 – 2022 has been completed
• The Audit Certificate received for the year 2021-2022
  

Communication Facilities :

Head Office is well connected with Landline Telephones, Mobile telephones, FAX and E-Mail facility.  All Regional Offices are having Landline and Mobile connections.  They have fax and provided with Internet connected computer facilities.

Financial Results :

The financial results of the TANFED for the past years are as follows :
           

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