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- Tamil Nadu's TVK government under Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay will present its first agriculture Budget on August 6, 2026, and farmers and traders have submitted wide-ranging demands ahead of it.
- Farmers want the recent farm loan waiver extended to all outstanding cooperative crop loans up to February 28, 2026, compensation for drought and El Niño crop losses, completion of the Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar linking project, and a higher paddy procurement price of ₹35 per kg, along with an end to illegal middleman commissions at procurement centres.
- The Agri and All Trade Chamber has proposed upgrading regulated markets with drying, grading, cold storage and testing facilities, protecting irrigation tanks from encroachment, and abolishing the 1933-era market fee on farm produce, which it says amounts to double taxation given GST.
- The demands matter because the Budget's response could shape the farm economy in the drought-hit Delta and southern districts.
What to watch next
- Whether the Budget extends the farm loan waiver to all cooperative crop loans up to February 28, 2026
- Any announcement on the market fee's abolition or upgrades to Agri Regulated Markets
- Action on the Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar linking project and paddy procurement price revision
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