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Department Of Agriculture (Tamil Nadu)
The Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department of State of Tamil Nadu is one of the Department of Government of Tamil Nadu Sub - Departments Undertakings & Bodies Former Ministers for Agriculture * 1990 – 1991: ** Veerapandy S.Arumugam * 1991 – 1996: ** Ku. Pa. Krishnan * 1996 - 2001: ** Veerapandy S. Arumugam * 2006 - 2011: ** Veerapandy S. Arumugam * 2011 – 2012: ** K. A. Sengottaiyan * 2012 – 2014: ** S. Damodaran * 2014 – 2016: ** R. Vaithilingam * 2017 - 2020: ** R. Doraikannu * 2021 - present: ** M. R. K. Panneerselvam See also * Government of Tamil Nadu * Tamil Nadu Government's Departments * Ministry of Agriculture (India) * Department of Finance (Kerala) References External links * http://www.tn.gov.in/departments/agri.html (Official Website of the Agriculture Department, Tamil Nadu) * http://www.tn.gov.in (Official website of Government of Tamil Nadu) {{Government Departments of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu state government departments Ag ...
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India by population, sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language—one of the longest surviving Classical languages of India, classical languages in the world—is widely spoken in the state and serves as its official language. The state lies in the southernmost part of the Indian peninsula, and is bordered by the Indian union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh, as well as an international maritime border with Sri Lanka. It is bounded by the Western Ghats in the west, the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait to the south-eas ...
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Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in the country and forms the fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. The Greater Chennai Corporation is the civic body responsible for the city; it is the oldest city corporation of India, established in 1688—the second oldest in the world after London. The city of Chennai is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the 36th-largest urban area in the world by population and one of the largest metropolitan economies of India. The traditional and de facto gateway of South India, Chennai is among the most-visited Indian cities by foreign tourists. It was ranked the ...
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Government Of Tamil Nadu
Government of Tamil Nadu is the subnational government for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is seated at Fort St George, Chennai. The legislature of Tamil Nadu was bicameral until 1986, when it was replaced by a unicameral legislature, like most other states in India. Structure The Governor is the constitutional head of state while the Chief Minister heads the council of ministers. The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court is the ''head of the judiciary''. Officials M. K. Stalin is the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Munishwar Nath Bhandari is the acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court. The Chief Secretary is V. Irai Anbu, IAS. Administrative divisions The state of Tamil Nadu has a population of 72,138,959 as per the 2011 Census and covers an area of 130,058 km2. The major administrative units of the state constitute 38 districts, 76 revenue divisions, 220 taluks, 21 municipal corporations, 150 municipalities, 385 panchayat unions (blocks), 561 town pan ...
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Rice Paddy Fields In Tamil Nadu
Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera ''Zizania'' and ''Porteresia'', both wild and domesticated, although the term may also be used for primitive or uncultivated varieties of ''Oryza''. As a cereal grain, domesticated rice is the most widely consumed staple food for over half of the world's human population,Abstract, "Rice feeds more than half the world's population." especially in Asia and Africa. It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production, after sugarcane and maize. Since sizable portions of sugarcane and maize crops are used for purposes other than human consumption, rice is the most important food crop with regard to human nutrition and caloric intake, providing more than one-fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by humans. There are many varieties of rice and culinary preferences tend to vary ...
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Tamil Nadu Horticulture Development Agency (TANHODA)
The Tamil Nadu Horticulture Development Agency (TANHODA) was constituted with the objective to rto chanelise the central assistance in a larger scale to promote Horticulture History * Tamil Nadu Horticulture Development Agency (TANHODA) was formed on 18 June 2004 vide G.O.Ms.No.91 (Agri) dated 27.03.2000 to channelise the central assistance in a larger scale to promote Horticulture. It has been registered as a Society under Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act 1975 Functions And Powers of the Agency The following are the Functions And Powers of the Board: * TANHODA acts as a Special Purpose Vehicle for the purpose of implementing various schemes like National Horticulture Mission, Micro Irrigation or Drip Irrigation, Precision Farming and National Bamboo Mission Activities of Board * Training to Farmers and Staff * Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell (DEMIC) was established in November 2004 * Publications: Tamil Nadu State Marketing Board published many usef ...
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Tamil Nadu Horticultural Producers Co-operative Enterprises Limited (TANHOPE)
The Tamil Nadu Horticultural Producers Co-operative Enterprises Limited (TANHOPE) was constituted with the objective to rto chanelise the central assistance in a larger scale to promote Horticulture. History * Tamil Nadu Horticulture Development Agency (TANHODA) was formed on 18.06.2004 vide G.O.Ms.No.91 (Agri) dated 27.03.2000 to channelise the central assistance in a larger scale to promote Horticulture. It has been registered as a Society under Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act 1975. Functions And Powers of the Agency The following are the Functions And Powers of the Board: * TANHODA acts as a Special Purpose Vehicle for the purpose of implementing various schemes like National Horticulture Mission, Micro Irrigation, Precision Farming and National Bamboo Mission Activities of Board * Training to Farmers and Staff * Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell (DEMIC) was established in November 2004 * Publications: Tamil Nadu State Marketing Board published many ...
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Tamil Nadu Watershed Development Agency (TNWSDA)
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Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) is the state agricultural university of Tamil Nadu located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. History The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University had its genesis from establishment of an agricultural school at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, as early as 1868 which was later relocated at Coimbatore during 1906. In 1920, it was affiliated to Madras University. TNAU assumed full responsibilities of Agricultural Education and Research and supported the State Agricultural Department by delivering research products. In 1958, it was recognized as a post-graduate center and began to offer masters and doctoral degrees. Academics The university offers 13 undergraduate programs, 40 graduate programs and 27 doctoral programs. As the university switched over to the e-learning from the academic year 2007, it was made compulsory for first-year students to procure personal laptops. Apart from academic institutes, the university now has research programs at ...
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Tamil Nadu State Agricultural Marketing Board (TNSAMB)
The Tamil Nadu State Agricultural Marketing Board (TNSAMB) was constituted by an executive order of the State Government in G.O. Ms. No.2852 Agriculture Department, dated: 24.10.1970 and functioning since 24.10.1970, with the objective to regulate the activities of Market Committees and to act as an advisory body. History The TNSAMB was functioning as a non-statutory board, and was reconstituted as a statutory board in accordance with the new Act "The Tamilnadu Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act 1987" which was brought into force from 1-2-1991, as per Government order No.299 Agriculture (AM I) Department, dated 13-6-1995. Functions and powers of the board The following are the functions and powers of the board: * The co-ordination of the working of the market committees and other affairs thereof including programmes undertaken by the market committees for the development of markets and market areas. * To undertake State level planning of the development of the agr ...
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Domestic And Export Market Intelligence Cell (DEMIC)
Domestic may refer to: In the home * Anything relating to the human home or family ** A domestic animal, one that has undergone domestication ** A domestic appliance, or home appliance ** A domestic partnership ** Domestic science, sometimes called family and consumer science ** Domestic violence ** A domestic worker In the state * Domestic affairs, matters relating to the internal government of a Sovereign state * Domestic airport * Domestic flight * Domestic policy, the internal policy of a state Other * Domestic, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Wells County * ''Domestikos'' ( en, the Domestic), a Byzantine title ** Domestic of the Schools, commander-in-chief of the Byzantine army in the 9th-11th centuries * ''Domestic'' (film), a 2012 Romanian comedy film See also * Domestic discipline (other) * Housekeeper (other) Housekeeper may refer to: * Housekeeper (domestic worker), a person heading up domestic maintenance * "House Keeper" (song), 1 ...
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Tamil Nadu Government's Departments
The following are Government of Tamil Nadu Departments Introduction This a List of Government of Tamil Nadu's: * Departments headed by Principal Secretary (India) to the Government * Departments headed by Director (or) Commissioner of the Government Tamil Nadu Government's Secretariat Departments (Head) There are 260 Secretariat Departments as follows: * Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise (Tamil Nadu) * Department of Welfare of Differently Abled Persons (Tamil Nadu) * Department of Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare (Tamil Nadu) * Department of Agriculture (Tamil Nadu) * Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (Tamil Nadu) * Department of Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare (Tamil Nadu) * Department of Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection (Tamil Nadu) * Department of Commercial Taxes and Registration (Tamil Nadu) * Department of Energy (Tamil Nadu) * Department of Environment and Forests (Tamil Nadu) * Department of Fin ...
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