Organic push in TN budget to give farmers’ income green shoots

CHENNAI: The Rs 45,661-crore farm budget presented by Agriculture Minister MRK Panneerselvam in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Saturday laid thrust on food security, improving farmers’ income, crop diversification, organic farming and horticultural crops, mechanisation and improving paddy area and foodgrain production in 29 non-delta districts.

In five years, the total budgetary outlay for agriculture and allied sectors has gone up by nearly Rs 10,000 crore from Rs 34,221 crore in 2021-22 to Rs 45,661 crore in 2025-26, the minister said.