As various state governments are making allocations to different departments for their work, the Tamil Nadu government is planning to allocate more than 5,000+ crores to the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) for the fiscal year, which will offer free electricity to farmers across the state.
Also, a statement has come from the ministry of agriculture (Tamil Nadu) which says that the government will provide an amount of 2,300+ to the faremer under the benefit of the state subsidy plan for executing the crop insurance plan for 2022–23. This scheme has come into light as one of the initiatives by the government to protect farmers’ interests from agriculture losses caused by natural disasters.
As mentioned by the ministrial office, the point to focus on is to increase the area under micro-irrigation on a cluster basis, providing a 100% subsidy for small and marginal farmers and a 75% subsidy for other farmers. With the scheme, the state will build a village-level marketing centre and implement measures to assist small and marginal farmers in earning additional revegenerating which can be generated by farmers’ participation in the centre through various activities and participation. Such a centre will be operational in 38 villages where millets, pulses, vegetables, and oilseeds are mostly grown. Assistance from these centres will provide farmers with value-added services such as product cleaning, packaging, grading, and value-adding. These will provide farmers with the opportunity to sell their products internationally and across the nation.