The district has received a subsidy of Rs. 55.28 lakh to enable the agriculturists to buy farm implements.
In a statement, Collector M. Karunakaran said the amount has been allotted to the district under the National Agriculture Development Programme (NADP) and the Farm Mechanisation Programme.
While Rs. 10.08 lakh will be given to Dalit, small, marginal and women farmers as grant under the NADP, farmers from other communities will get Rs. 8.43 lakh for buying farm implements such as tillers, power tillers, power sprayers and ploughing machines.
Under the Farm Mechanisation Programme, Rs. 6.13 lakh will be given as subsidy for Dalit farmers and others will get Rs. 30.64 lakh.
Aspiring farmers may get the applications from the Assistant Executive Engineer, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Tirunelveli (94433 65790), AEE, Cheranmahadevi (94431 53243) and AEE, Tenkasi (94883 78904) and submit the filled-in applications along with the required documents for processing the applications, Dr. Karunakaran said.

Source : The Hindu