Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister MRK Paneerselvam presenting the agriculture budget for 2022-23. (Youtube/TNDIPR)Tamil Nadu Budget 2022 Highlights: The Tamil Nadu government will provide free electricity to all farmers across the state and has allocated Rs 5,157.56 crore for the same. Presenting the the agriculture budget for 2022-23, state Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister MRK Paneerselvam on Saturday said the government has allocated Rs 33,007.68 crore to the Agriculture department for the year 2022-23.
Apart from this, “Sustainable Cotton Cultivation Mission” will be implemented at a budget of Rs.15.32 crore with Union and State Government fund, in order to enhance the Cotton yield during the year 2022-23 and special measures are being taken to increase soybean cultivation in Tanjore, Salem, Tiruvallur, Nellai and Villupuram districts of the state. The Tamil Nadu government will also allocate Rs 5 crore as additional 20 per cent of subsidy to SC/ST farmers, Paneerselvam said. The Minister also promised that steps to reduce the negative impact of global warming on agriculture was being taken by the government.
This is the first full-fledged State agricultural budget since the DMK government headed by Chief Minister MK Stalin assumed office in May last year. The budget session is likely to go on until March 24. Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan Friday said that for the first time since 2014, the state’s revenue deficit will fall by over Rs 7,000 crore in 2022-2023 and that the fiscal deficit will decline from 4.61 per cent to 3.80 per cent. He said the revenue growth that the state witnessed during the value added tax (VAT) regime had not been achieved since the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act. Thiagarajan proposed monthly direct cash transfer of Rs 1,000 for every girl student pursuing higher education.
Chennai: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) co-coordinator and Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Edappadi K. Palaniswami, along with AIADMK co-coordinator O. Panneerselvam and MLAs, stages a walkout during the Budget session, at Fort St George, in Chennai, Friday, March 18, 2022. (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar)
The main opposition AIADMK on Saturday alleged that the DMK regime is 'mute' on the Mekedatu issue though Karnataka has held an all-party meeting and decided unanimously to build the dam across the river Cauvery.
Referring to the meet chaired by Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on March 18 in Bengaluru, AIADMK top leader K Palaniswami said it was unanimously resolved in that meeting to build the Mekedatu dam and also visit Union Water Resources Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in this regard. (PTI)
Holding that a rural area cannot be one close to the City, the first bench of the Madras High Court has rejected an appeal from a doctor seeking incentive marks for admission in a post-graduate course on the ground that he was working in a government hospital in a rural area.
The first bench of Chief Justice M N Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy clarified that the incentive marks have been provided to promote the medical services in certain areas, which include difficult location in hills, plains, remote and rural areas.
Rural area can not be an area close to the city and in this case, the Medical College and Hospital, where the appellant was working, is located within the radius of 10 kms from the city area i.e. the district headquarters of Tiruvarur. If the benefit of the rural area is given to a practitioner serving in the medical college and hospital close to the city, the very purpose of granting incentive marks to serve in the rural area would be defeated. The purpose to grant incentive marks is to encourage practitioners to serve in rural areas and not the areas, which are close to the city or urban areas. (PTI)
The Tamil Nadu Agriculture Budget for 2022-23 lays emphasis on the use of technology like IoT, drones and remote sensing, besides envisaging a role for industries and other allied departments to ensure remunerative prices for farmers and enhancing employment opportunities in the farm sector.
Pushing for greater involvement of various departments to further improve the farm sector and make it viable, state Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister M R K Panneerselvam presented the Agriculture Budget for Rs 33,007.6852 crore in the Assembly on Saturday.
He announced that an industrial estate for agro products will be set up in Tiruvarur district by Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation (TANSIDCO) to ensure remunerative prices to farmers for their produce and also create employment opportunities.
Tamil Nadu Start-up and Innovation Mission (TANSIM), in partnership with Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department, will organise a special hackathon for agriculture-related technical problems to identify start-ups who can solve their problems. "Such agritech start-ups with commercially viable ideas will be funded with a grant of up to Rs 10 lakh," he said. (PTI)
Naturalists and wildlife researchers in Tamil Nadu have welcomed Project Nilgiri Tahr, announced by Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan on Saturday as part of the Rs 850-crore budget outlay for programmes related to forests, climate change and the environment.
The first-of-its-kind project aims to protect the state animal, endemic to the Nilgiris and the southern portion of the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and raise awareness about it.
Nilgiri-based ecologist Godwin Vasanth Bosco said he was waiting to see how the Rs10-crore fund earmarked for the project would be spent. “It’s so sad to see the Nilgiri tahr population restricted to the fragmented patches of grasslands in the Mukurthi National Park. The Glenmorgan patch is not connected with the very next habitat due to human activities and habitat loss. The government should take some steps to strengthen the inner corridors in every range so the genetic exchange will take place for the healthy population.” (Read the full story here)
More than 1.34 crore eligible people in Tamil Nadu have not received the second dose of vaccination against COVID-19 and they should make use of the Mega Vaccination Camp conducted every week by the health department, state Minister Ma Subramanian said on Saturday.
The Minister for Health and Family Welfare inspected the 25th Mega Vaccination Camp currently underway in the city.
At the camp, he said 3,61,283 children in the age group of 12-14 years have received the jabs as against the eligible 21.21 lakh. Vaccination to this age category commenced on March 16 across the country.
"In Tamil Nadu on a daily basis two lakh vaccination doses are being administered. As many as 1,34,35,505 people are eligible to receive the second dose and are yet to get vaccinated while 51,82,974 people are yet to receive the first dose of vaccination in the state. They should make use of the Mega Vaccination Camp conducted on Saturdays by the health department," he said. (PTI)
The union territory of Puducherry logged five fresh coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours pushing the overall caseload to 1,65,771, a senior Health department official said on Saturday.
The union territory had not recorded any new infections in the last two days.
The five new cases were identified at the end of the examination of 329 samples, Director of Health G Sriramulu said in a release. While Puducherry reported four infections, Mahe logged the remaining one. (PTI)
While presenting Tamil Nadu’s budget for the financial year 2022-23, Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan Friday switched from speaking in Tamil to English for about 10 minutes during his speech that lasted for over two-hours. Towards the end of the speech, Thiagarajan said, “The Finance Minister presented the Union Budget in English. I congratulated her at that point because big corporate giants are keenly monitoring the developments, and I said it will be good if the Budget is presented in English.”
“Similarly, we are from Tamil Nadu, a state that attracts most investments in the country. So, with the permission of the Speaker, I will read a few paragraphs on the finances of the state government in English so that it reaches all national and global media and investors.” Read the full story here
The Tamil Nadu government has allocated Rs 30.56 crore for the 'Vaazhnthu Kaatuvom' scheme which is being implemented to develop manufacturers groups and community farm schools.
Tamil Nadu Agriculture and Family Welfare Minister MRK Paneerselvam concluded his 110-minute long agriculture budget speech.
Tamil Nadu government has allocated Rs 8 crore for digital agriculture, Agriculture Minister MRK Paneerselvam said.
The Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister MRK Paneerselvam Saturday said that the “Sustainable Cotton Cultivation Mission” will be implemented at a budget of Rs.15.32 crore with Union and State Government fund, inorder to enhance the Cotton yield during the year 2022-23.
Three new food parts will be set up in Theni, Tindivanam and Manaparai at a cost of Rs 381 crore.
The Tamil Nadu Government will take steps to achieve 126 lakh Metric Tonne of food grains production in the year 2022-23, Agriculture Minister MRK Paneerselvam said.
The Tamil Nadu government will set up 3,000 solar powered pump sets.
During his budget speech, Agriculture and Family Welfare Minister MRK Paneerselvam Saturday said that over Rs 150 crore has been allocated to procure machinery inorder to overcome agriculture labour shortage.
The Tamil Nau government has allocated Rs 33,007.68 crore to the Agriculture department in the year 2022-23.
The Tamil Nadu government will provide a subsidy of 75% for the production of value added products like Jaggery.
Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister MRK Paneerselvam Saturday said that Rs 3 crore will be allocated for ginger and turmeric cultivation.
The Tamil Nadu government will provide free electricity to all farmers across the state and has allocated Rs 5,157.56 crore for the same.
Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister MRK Paneerselvam Saturday said that the government was taking measures to increase soybean cultivation in Tanjore, Salem, Tiruvallur, Nellai and Villupuram districts of the state.
A new soil testing centre will be set up in Mayiladuthurai at Rs 75 lakhs, TN Agriculture Minister MRK Paneerselvam said.
The Tamil Nadu government will allocate Rs 5 crore as additional 20 per cent of subsidy to SC/ST farmers, Agriculture Minister MRK Paneerselvam said.
TN Agriculture Minister said that Rs 12 crore will be allocated to encourage tree plantation across the state.
The Tamil Nadu government will implement a new scheme called State Agricultural Development Plan at a budget of Rs 71 crore.
Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister MRK Paneerselvam on Saturday said that over 200 students will be given Rs one lakh each to start agro-related businesses.
Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister Saturday said that the government was taking steps to mitigate the impact caused on agriculture due to global warming.
Tamil Nadu government has allocated Rs 2,339 crore for the state's crop insurance scheme for 2022-23.
Agriculture and Family Welfare Minister MRK Paneerselvam Saturday said that Rs 400 crore has been allocated to boost organic farming.
In order to encourage and enhance millet production in Tamil Nadu, MRK Paneerselvam said that the government will implement special schemes.
TN Agriculture Minister MRK Paneerselvam said that the area of agriculture had increased to 53.50 lakh acres in 2021-2022.
Tamil Nadu Agriculture and Family Welfare Minister MRK Paneerselvam Saturday said that out of the 86 annoucements made by the state government during the first agriculture budget last year, 80 of them have already been implemented.
In his budget speech, Agriculture Minister MRK Paneerselvam Saturday said that the agriculture budget will take the agriculture sector to the top.
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare MRK Panneerselvam paid respect to Kalaignar Karunanidhi at his memorial before leaving to Kalaivanar Arangam to present agriculture budget.
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare MRK Panneerselvam begins to present the agriculture budget for the year 2022-2023.
The Tamil Nadu Assembly session began at 10 am today. Agriculture Minister MRK Paneerselvam is expected to deliver the agriculture budget speech today.
On Friday, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan said that a sum of Rs 2,531 crore for waiver of agricultural loans, Rs 1,000 crore for waiver of jewel loans and Rs 600 crore for waiving self-help group loans have been allotted. While Rs 10,285.22 crore has been earmarked for the police, Rs 7,474.94 to the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Rs.1,314.84 crore to the Animal Husbandry Department, Rs 496.52 crore has been allotted to Fire and Rescue Service.
The Tamil Nadu Budget for 2022 - 23 has been designed to ensure flow of adequate funds to priority sectors, boost growth and fulfil the aspirations of society, Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan said on Friday. Now that the economy is bouncing back, there's a need to rebalance the priorities and focus on social infrastructure and development without compromising on welfare schemes, he said.
The Budget focussed on enhancing the growth rate of primary sector, strengthening social safety net, making youth employable by specific interventions at school and college level, creating job opportunities by attracting new investments and encouraging existing entrepreneurs, he said.
Empowering women through education and better livelihood opportunities and elimination of poverty through inclusive growth were also in focus. The capital expenditure, including net loans and advances, is estimated at Rs 43,832.54 crore to increase employment opportunities. This is 23.28 per cent higher than the revised estimates of 2021-22. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu will for the second time present an agriculture budget today. Agriculture minister MRK Paneersevlam had presented an interim agriculture budget in August last year. Tamil Nadu is the third state in India to file a separate budget for agriculture after Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
The Tamil Nadu Budget for 2022-23 presented on Thursday has disappointed the people as there was no announcement on the much-expected waiver of educational loan and the government has deferred its assurance of providing Rs 1,000 aid to woman head of a family, former Chief Minister and co-coordinator of AIADMK K Palaniswami said and stated that the DMK regime appears to depend entirely on borrowings to run the government.
Though life returned to normalcy with industrial activity revving up and revenue through registration and transport departments increasing post-pandemic, the government continues to borrow, Palaniswami said. “During the AIADMK regime, the pandemic caused havoc and there was a lull in industrial activity. The revenue declined as a result, but now things have become normal. The revenue is increasing and strangely even the borrowings,” he told reporters outside the Assembly after staging a walkout from the Assembly, along with the AIADMK members. Read more
Amid high expectations, Tamil Nadu Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister MRK Paneerselvam will on Saturday present the agriculture budget for 2022-23, the first full-fledged State agricultural budget since the DMK government headed by Chief Minister MK Stalin assumed office in May last year.
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The budget presented by Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan gives special focus in certain critical areas and broad-based approach in social sectors that would enable holistic development of the state, industry body Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industrysaid on Friday.
MCCI President Srivats Ram said the development of new industrial parks and micro industries' clusters in a number of districts would help in moving towards a broad-based development across the state.
The chamber also lauds the plan to take over losses incurred by the state electricity board Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) to the extent of Rs 13,000 crore to ease the burden of the debt-ridden state utility.
While allotment for the credit guarantee scheme is a welcome move to help micro, small and medium enterprises, the earlier shortcomings of the scheme also need to be addressed to make it more effective, he said.
"The broad-based approach in social sectors like healthcare, water and sanitation, education, housing will enable a holistic development of the state," he added. (PTI)
Tirupur Exporters' Association (TEA) termed the Tamil Nadu Budget presented by Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiaga Rajan as inclusive and growth oriented while also lauding the efforts taken to bring down the revenue deficit by over Rs 7,000 crore and improve the state's economy.
TEA President Raja M Shanmugham, in a statement, welcomed the allocation of Rs 100 crore to create infrastructure for export cluster, including in Tirupur, which is a major requirement to enhance the export growth potential.
He expressed confidence that Tamil Nadu's exports will reach the envisaged target of USD 100 billion by 2030 with these positive measures. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan has said that for the first time since 2014, the state’s revenue deficit will fall by over Rs 7,000 crore in 2022-2023 and that the fiscal deficit will decline from 4.61 per cent to 3.80 per cent. Read more
The Tamil Nadu government will purchase 500 new electric buses and 2,213 diesel-powered buses in the coming fiscal year with KfW assistance to improve mobility in the state, according to Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan.
Presenting the state budget for 2022-23 in the Assembly, he said: "Under the 'Climate-Friendly Modernisation of Buses in Major Cities of Tamil Nadu' Project being implemented with KfW assistance, 2,213 BS-VI new diesel buses and 500 new electric buses will be procured."
A deer in the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), has been detected with the presence of Anthrax, a highly infectious disease. As per the statement from the Institution, four deer deaths were recorded in the last two days and among them, one sample revealed the presence of Anthrax, and the other three sample tests were inconclusive.
“Standard operating procedures are being followed in disposing the carcass. The area where the carcass was found has been sanitised and cordoned off. We are going by the advice of the Wildlife Warden with regard to safety measures on campus."
"The Wildlife and Animal Husbandry authorities and Chennai Corporation are guiding the institute on protocols for such notifiable disease. All the handlers including the Wildlife personnel in close proximity to the carcass or who have handled the carcass will be put on a course of antibiotics by our hospital for the next 10 days,” a statement from IIT-M read.
The Institution said they will soon start vaccination against anthrax.
After the completion of budget proceedings, CM Stalin, finance minister Palanivel Thiagarajan and other DMK leaders visited the memorial of late TN Chief Ministers Kalaignar Karunanidhi, Arignar Annadurai on Chennai's Marina beach and paid their respects.
In order to support startups by SC/ST entrepreners, the Tamil Nadu government has decided to allocate a corpus of Rs.30 crore to Tamil Nadu Startup and Innovation Mission (TANSIM).
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan said that the government will set up a botanical garden at a cost of Rs.300 crore near Chennai in partnership with Kew Gardens of London.
Tamil Nadu government has allocated Rs 136 crore for widening the six-way lane in East Coast Road (ECR), Chennai to reduce traffic congestion.
In order to develop world class athletes and Olympic medalists from Tamil Nadu, finance minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan Friday said that a budget of Rs 25 crore will be provided.
The Tamil Nadu government has allotted Rs 10 crore to improve the weather forecasting systems in the state.