A sum of Rs. 1.02 crore has been sanctioned under the National Agriculture Development Programme (NADP) to the district this financial year for improving mechanisation in farming, said S. Ganesh, Collector. Addressing beneficiaries of NADP at a function to mark the distribution of farm implements here on Thursday, he said that farm mechanisation aimed at enhancing quality in agricultural operation. A target of 209 farmers had been fixed for the implementation of the subsidy-based programme this financial year.
Subsidy was available for the purchase of power sprayer, trans-planter, and other implements.
Earlier, the Collector distributed the implements worth Rs. 29.23 lakh to 21 farmers.
Loganathan, Superintending Engineer, Agricultural Engineering Department, the subsidy for the implements distributed today stood at Rs. 13.29 lakh.
