Farming given focus in Kollam panchayat budget
The Hindu
The Kollam district panchayat budget 2021-22 has a string of projects to protect the environment and empower women, with agriculture continuing to receive the maximum impetus. The budget showing a revenue of ₹158.36 crore, expenditure of ₹151.75 crore, and surplus of ₹6.61 crore was presented by vice president V. Sumalal here on Wednesday.
Poliyopoli, a project to promote paddy farming, gets ₹1.6 crore, including an outlay of ₹1 crore for farm equipment. Randidangazhi, a school-based farming initiative that brings together students, NSS volunteers, clubs and teachers gets ₹50 lakh. Another ₹50 lakh will be spent on distributing quality fruit tree saplings to school students on Chingam 1 as part of Chingapulari project.
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