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- The TVK government led by Chief Minister Joseph Vijay in Tamil Nadu will present its maiden full budget in the Assembly on August 5, according to Speaker JCD Prabhakar.
- A separate agriculture budget will be presented the next day, August 6, by Agriculture Minister R Vinod.
- The agriculture budget is expected to focus on direct financial assistance to farmers, lowering cultivation costs, and new technologies to boost farm output, with targeted subsidies aimed at small and marginal farmers.
- The budgets come against the backdrop of high state debt and will show how far the new government meets farmer expectations.
What to watch next
- The August 5 Business Advisory Committee meeting will fix the duration of discussion on the agriculture budget.
- What direct subsidy schemes for small and marginal farmers are announced in the August 6 agriculture budget.
- How the government balances new spending commitments against the state's high debt.
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