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No farmer in Tamil Nadu will be hit by farm laws, says CM

TIRUVARUR: Not even a single farmer in Tamil Nadu will be affected by the Centre’s new farm laws and instead they stand to benefit a lot from them, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has said. He was speaking to reporters at Thennavarayanallur in Tiruvarur district while on a tour of the cyclone-hit Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur and Mayiladuthurai districts on Wednesday to assess the damage suffered by them. Reiterating his support for the new laws, Edappadi said, “DMK had stated in its 2016 election manifesto that it would formulate a new policy to facilitate direct selling of agricultural produces by farmers anywhere in India and internationally. The manifesto had also stated that they would create a system to eliminate intermediaries. This is what the agriculture laws introduced by the central government also say”, Palaniswami said. Earlier, the CM assessed the extent of damage caused by cyclones at Karunkanni village in Keelaiyur union. He distributed relief materials to villagers at Pazhankalliedu relief camp in Thalaignayiru union. After his visit in Nagapattinam district, the chief minister reached Thiruthuraipoondi in Tiruvarur district. He got down from his vehicle and stepped into the flooded paddy field at Pamini along with agriculture minister K P Anbalagan and food minister R Kamaraj, and examined the damaged crops. He also distributed relief materials at a relief centre at Thiruthuraipoondi and assessed crop damage at Kachanam village. He also visited Kuvalaikal and Kollumangudi relief camp as also Nalladai in Sembanarkoil union, Sirkazhi in Sattanathapuram and Erukkur in Kollidam in Mayiladuthurai district. Based on the enumeration done so far, the chief minister said that about 2.1 lakh acres of samba paddy and other horticulture crops have been affected by the rain. Thirteen people lost their lives in rain-related incidents and over 10,000 huts and tiled houses were damaged. Measures have been taken to provide compensation to all the affected people, he added. The CM promised to pressure the central government for the required relief to help those affected by cyclone Nivar and the rainfall triggered by cyclone Burevi. Before kicking off his tour, the chief minister visited the shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health at Velankanni and Nagore Dargah in Nagapattinam and offered prayers accompanied by agriculture minister K P Anbalagan, textile minister O S Manian and health minister C Vijaya Baskar.

The Times of India

2020-12-10

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