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Tamilnadu achievements in the Agri, dairy, and fisheries sectors
May 21 , 2025
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- The State’s average agricultural growth has achieved a record average of 5.66% from 2021 to 2024.
- It stood at 1.36% between 2012-13 and 2020-21.
- The area under irrigation in the State, which was 36.07 lakh hectares in 2020-21, increased to 38.33 lakh hectares in 2023-24.
- Tamil Nadu ranked first in India in the productivity of finger millet (ragi) and guava.
- The state held the second position in the country in the productivity of maize, sugarcane, tamarind, tapioca, jasmine, and oilseeds.
- Under the Kalaignar All Village Integrated Agricultural Development Scheme, 47,286 acres of fallow land have been brought under cultivation in 10,187 village panchayats.
- Under the Agricultural Mechanisation scheme, the agricultural machinery and implements worth ₹499.45 crore were distributed to 62,820 farmers with a subsidy.
- A total of 1,652 new farm machineries have been procured and, through e-hiring (e-vaadagai) mobile service, about 69,000 farmers have benefited.
- Over 900 tanks across 27 districts were renovated at a cost of ₹1,212 crore.
- 814 minor irrigation tanks were renovated, and over 88 check dams have been constructed in 24 districts.
- Milk production has been raised to 10,808 metric tonnes in 2023-24 from 8,362 metric tonnes in 2018-19.
- The annual egg production has risen from ₹1,884.22 crore in 2018–2019 to ₹2,233.25 crore in 2023–24.
- In the fisheries sector, the State government has established 72 new fish landing centres at a cost of ₹1,428 crore.
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