“The budget will have schemes to ensure that farmers in the state attain self-sufficiency in the next 10 years. Farmers who struggle to sustain their livelihood will have their heads high after the budget,” said Panneerselvam, while addressing reporters, in Secretariat. 

The state government for the first time will present a separate budget on agriculture on August 14 and following the instructions of Chief Minister MK Stalin, a meeting with representatives of farmers’ associations across the state was held at Secretariat in which the Minister and Vice Chairman of State Development Policy Council J Jayaranjan participated. 

In the meeting, various issues pertaining to agriculture and farmers were discussed and representatives of various agriculture unions stressed on the need for providing training in marketing for farmers and to setup facilities for exporting farm produces. Before the commencement of the meeting, the Minister while addressing reporters, said that since Independence farmers have been demanding a separate budget for them and as promised by the Chief Minister the separate budget will be presented within 100 days of DMK government coming to power. On farm laws, the Minister said DMK is still against the Centre and a decision on a resolution against it will be taken by the CM.