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The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) expands Rs. 378.82 crore to create infrastructure in 10 districts across the state for Tamil Nadu Supply Chain Management (TNSCM) of Ministry of Agriculture Marketing and Agri Business.
Deputy Director of Agricultural Marketing and Agriculture for the Districts of Coimbatore and Tirupur Mr. R. Palanisamy said that the cost of the project for ten districts was Rs. 398.75 crore. NABARD covered 95% of the total project cost under the Warehousing Infrastructure Fund (WIF). The remaining 5% would be paid by the state government.
The TNSCM program is implemented in the following districts (project cost in parentheses): Dharmapuri (Rs. 32.45 crore); Krishnagiri (Rs. 97 crore); Ramanathapuram (Rs 27.28 crore); Thoothukudi (Rs. 35,36 crore); Tirunelveli (Rs. 35.56 crore); Tiruchirapalli (Rs 28.66 crore), Dindigul (Rs 26.30 crore); Theni (Rs. 32.67 crore); Coimbatore (Rs. 64.94 crore) and The Nilgiris (Rs. 14.93 crore).
The objective of the program is to reduce post-harvest losses by up to 5% of the amount processed in these facilities, to ensure increased income to According to Mr. Palanisamy, farmers, who to in turn leads to higher prices and higher GDP and improves prices by about 5%, and encourages farmers to abandon traditional crops and cultural practices. Of the seven primary treatment centers (PPCs) with scheduled grading, processing, packaging and storage facilities in Coimbatore District, work has started on the center under construction of 3, 4 acres on campus of Sulur Regulated Market Committee at Rs. 10.10 crore.
million. Palanisamy said the department also plans to export agricultural products and value-added products directly to foreign buyers, thereby eliminating middlemen. In the future, the department will also link Farmers Producers Organizations to online marketing companies such as Amazon and Flipcart, in the interest of farmers and customers alike.
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