Tamil Nadu presented an exclusive budget for agriculture

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, an exclusive budget for agriculture was presented by the Tamil Nadu Minister for Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare MRK Pannerselvam.

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According to the budget, there are 12,524 village panchayats in the state and in each year, the scheme will be implemented in one-fifth of the village panchayats.

The scheme is set to be implemented in 2,500 village panchayats this year. The state government has allocated Rs 250 crore for the scheme.

The government has also allocated Rs 4508.23 crore to Tamil Nadu Electricity Board to provide free electricity for agriculture.

Agriculture is in state list. Centre can make laws in state list based on international treaties. But the schemes that are provided by centre in agriculture are delivered only by the respective state government’s agriculture agency or department. The centre will only assist financially.