Tamil Nadu Package for Delta Farmers -Wednesday Dec 5,2012

 

TN CM Jayalalithaa on Wednesday Dec 5,2012 announced a package of measures costing 69.88 crores to provide succour to farmers of the Cauvery delta in the State.The Details are -

• All delta farmers would be provided with crop insurance cover - cost to TN 30 crores

• If crop loss occurred, solatium of Rs. 8,962 per acre would be given under crop insurance schemes

• Besides, under the State Disaster Relief Fund, compensation for paddy would go up from Rs. 4,000 per acre to Rs. 5,000. Totally, the farmers would get Rs. 13,692 per acre

• A subsidy of Rs. 600 per acre would be given to meet the cost of diesel in respect of 32,000 pump set - 15 crores set apart for the purpose

•  100% subsidy would be granted for procuring 180-metre-long high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes that would prevent loss of water conveyed from main canals to agricultural lands. The subsidy would cover 6,000 units at a unit cost of Rs. 20,000 -12crores set apart for the purpose

• 100 % subsidy would be given to 6,000 units of low-density polythelene pipes at a cost of Rs. 2,800 per unit - 1.68 crore allocated for the purpose

• 300 multi-purpose boom sprayers would be given through the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and Agriculture Research Station for crops on the verge of withering - 1.20 crore allocated for the purpose

• Muriate of Potash (MOP) fertilizer and pink pigmented facultative methylotrop, which could help the crop sustain the dry period of seven to 10 days, would be given - 4 crores allocated for the purpose