The DMK government in Tamil Nadu announced the first separate budget for agriculture in the state’s history and allocated Rs 34,221 crore for agriculture and related departments in 2021-22, while dedicating it to protesting farmers in the National Capital Region.
The state has also lined up a series of sops, including higher allocation for the crop insurance scheme and also taking steps to ensure credit availability to farmers, in addition to higher allocation for free power to farmers. The state may see one of the highest disbursals of crop loans of Rs 1.45 trillion through National Bank for Agricultural and Rural