Agriculture

Department of Agriculture

Departmental Profile

Objectives

• To Increase the Production and Productivity with the available area through adoption of new technologies.
• To Double the production with the available area through increasing the productivity of all crops
• To Triple the income of the farmers by reducing the cost of cultivation, increasing the production and fetching better market price through value addition of commodities.

Functions

• • Dissemination of technologies to the farmers through extension services
  • Distribution of quality inputs (Seeds , Fertilizer etc) which are essential for crop production at subsidized cost to the farmers through agriculture extension centre.
  • Motivating farmers to adopt new Technologies (SRI in Paddy, SSI in Sugarcane, SPI in Pulses) for increasing the production.
  • Motivating farmers enroll under PMFBY for Crop Insurance of a notified Crop for secured farming.
  • Motivating farmers to adopt micro irrigation (Drip, Sprinkler, Raingun) for various crops, as minimum water usage and obtaining maximum yield.
  • Increasing the economic status of small and marginal farmers through collective cultivation under collective farming scheme with distribution of farm machineries also.

Tenders for Tniamp-lower palar sub-basin-2022-23

Tenders for Tniamp-Vegavathy sub-basin-2022-23

Organisational Chart- (PDF – 25KB)

Important Schemes or Programmes – (PDF – 20KB)

Important Officials Contact-District Level

Block Level – Important Officials Contact Details – (PDF – 13KB)

RTI Contacts

Deputy Director of Agriculture/
Public Information Officer, (for Schemes )
Land Line Number-(044-27222977)

Administrative Officer /
Public Information Officer (for Administration)
Land Line Number (044-27222977)