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Image for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu With 44 seats over nine districts at stake, the region has often tipped the scales in deciding who takes Fort St George In the closely fought, high-stakes battle for the Tamil Nadu Assembly, the State’s central region with 41 Assembly seats spread over nine districts, could prove to be the political barometer. In recent elections, the party that has won the most number of constituencies here, has eventually formed the government.
Having ceded much ground to its archrival in the region in the past two Assembly elections, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is keen to reassert its supremacy in the agrarian heartland of the State, spread largely over the fertile Cauvery delta. ....
CHENNAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the farmers of Tamil Nadu for record food grain production and advised them to remember the mantra of per drop more crop stating that this will help future generations. Speaking after inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of several key projects in Chennai, the Prime Minister said, I want to appreciate farmers of Tamil Nadu for record food grain production and good use of water resources. For thousands of years, this Anicut canal has been a lifeline to the rice bowl. The Grand Anicut is a living testimony of our glorious past. From Chennai today we begin key infrastructure projects which are symbols of innovation and indigenous development. These projects will further the growth of Tamil Nadu, he said. ....
Updated Feb 05, 2021 | 13:09 IST Chief Minister K Palaniswami said the AIADMK was the only party that fulfills promises and also comes up with fresh welfare measures. Chief Minister EK Palaniswami | File image | Photo Credit: PTI Chennai: The AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu on Friday announced waiver of Rs 12,110 crore farm loans availed by 16.43 lakh farmers from cooperative banks. Making the announcement in the state assembly, Chief Minister EK Palaniswami said the scheme would come into immediate effect and the required financial allocation would be made by his government. He said the AIADMK was the only party that fulfills promises and also comes up with fresh welfare measures. ....
Union Budget 2021: Tamil Nadu farmers not excited The farming community in the State is a disappointed lot as the Union Budget has failed to address their issues. Share Via Email | A+A A- By Express News Service The farming community in the State is a disappointed lot as the Union Budget has failed to address their issues. Most of them expected a one-time farm loan waiver following the Covid and related lockdowns. Sami Natarajan, state secretary of the Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Association said, “There were no effective steps announced for fixing remunerative prices for agriculture produce, and no major irrigation schemes to convert rain-fed farm lands into irrigated ones.” Natarajan said that over 55 per cent of the total farm land is rain-fed. ....