Scheme for Kuruvai Cultivation, Tamil Nadu / कुरुवई खेती के लिए योजना, तमिलनाडु

Tamil Nadu government has recently come up with a scheme for Kuruvai cultivation in the state. This announcement was made by Chief Minister MK Stalin. Scheme details were made available through an official statement from the Chief Minister’s office on June 17, 2021. This scheme is basically announced to encourage Kuruvai cultivation in the state. The word Kuruvai is a Tamil word which refers to short term. Kuruvai cultivation covers mostly paddy which requires abundant water flow. These are generally grown Cauvery delta region of the state. Under this scheme, the state government will provide all the necessary farm equipment on subsidy, paddy seeds, biofertilizers and other items as required for kuruvai cultivation. This scheme would be implemented fully in Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur and Tiruvarur districts and partly in Cuddalore, Ariyalur and Trichy districts.

Overview:

Objectives and Benefits:

• Free Rental Scheme mainly aims at encouraging the farmers for taking up Kuruvai paddy cultivation in the Cauvery delta region
• Under this scheme farmers will be provided with necessary farm equipment on subsidy, paddy seeds, biofertilizers and other inputs as required for undertaking the cultivation
• It tends to cover all the eligible farmers across the state
• Measures will be taken for effective use of water from the farm ponds
• This scheme will assist the farmers for this kharif season amidst these critical times of the covid pandemic
• This scheme tends to ensure welfare of the farmers thereby leading to overall development of the agriculture sector in the state

Key Points:

• Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin recently announced a scheme for Kuruvai cultivation in the state
• The word Kuruvai refers to short term, thus Kuruvai cultivation basically covers short term paddy cultivation on the Cauvery delta region in the state
• This cultivation requires abundant flow of water
• Under this scheme, the farmers will be provided with necessary farm equipment on subsidy, paddy seeds, biofertilizers and other inputs as required for undertaking the cultivation
• Measures will be taken for proper utilization of water from farm ponds
• This scheme will cover all the farmers doing Kuruvai cultivation in the Cauvery delta region
• Currently this scheme is to be implemented fully in Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur and Tiruvarur districts and partly in Cuddalore, Ariyalur and Trichy districts.
• Usually, Kuruvai cultivation is done on 3.2 acres of land in the delta region
• Water from Stanley River in Mettur and water from Kallanai was released on June 12 and 16 respectively for irrigation of farmlands in Cauvery delta region
• The total outlay of this scheme is Rs. 61.09 crores out of which 50 crores will be used for providing farm equipment to farmers and 11.09 crores will be used for effective use of water from the farm ponds
• This scheme will benefit about 2.07 lakh farmers undertaking Kuruvai cultivation in the Cauvery delta region in the state