Minister holds meeting with farmers on demands for farm budget
The Hindu
The government’s policy is to implement development projects that had public consent and not implement projects that are detrimental to people’s welfare, said Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Wel
The government’s policy is to implement development projects that had public consent and not implement projects that are detrimental to people’s welfare, said Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare M.R.K. Paneerselvam here on Thursday. Mr. Paneerselvam was responding to a query on the objections raised by the farmers to the GAIL’s KKBMPL pipelines being laid under farmlands, on the sidelines of a public hearing with the farmers over the separate agriculture budget. Earlier, speaking at the meeting, Mr. Paneerselvam said, a separate agriculture budget was an election promise made by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. In preparation of an agriculture budget, the government was seeking out information from the farmers on their needs and demands.More Related News