The ADMK Workers’ Rights’ Retrieval Committee coordinator, O. Panneerselvam, on Tuesday called upon the DMK government to make public the recommendation of a panel headed by the School Education Secretary on the PM Schools for Rising India scheme and convey to the Central government its position on the National Education Policy 2020. In a statement, Mr Panneerselvam called former Chief …
Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare M.R.K. Panneerselvam on Saturday announced that the State government will implement a special scheme to increase the area of maize cultivation in 18 districts at a cost of ₹30 crore. Mr. Panneerselvam said a kit with high-quality maize seeds, natural and liquid fertilisers, and urea would be distributed to 50,000 farmers to increase the …
The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, announced that it would set up ‘Uzhavar Angadis’ along the lines of ‘Uzhavar Sandhais’ with an outlay of ₹5 crore, from the State fund. Panneerselvam said 100 Uzhavar Angadis would be established to facilitate easy access to quality agricultural produce and value-added products, for urban consumers. “Agricultural produce, adhering to specified …
Tamil Nadu Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister M.R.K. To reiterate the fact that shifting crop cultivation was essential to prevent the decline of soil health as practised by Tamils since ancient times, the Minister, quoting from Sangam poetry, said in the realm of conventional agriculture, the current prevalent practices of monocropping and cultivating high-nutrient exhaustive crops have contributed to the …
Former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Sunday, July 9, 2023 criticised the DMK government over the criteria it has imposed for benefitting from the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai scheme. In a statement, Mr. Panneerselvam criticised the plan to consider the income of all the members in the ration card to calculate a family’s annual income, while the guidelines say only …