12 districts likely to be affected more due to El Niño, plan in place to tackle it: TN Agri Minister

CHENNAI: Forecast says that due to the super El Niño event, 12 districts of Tamil Nadu are likely to be affected more, state Agriculture Minister R Vinoth said on Thursday (August 6) in the State Assembly.

Presenting the TVK regime's first agriculture budget, Vinoth said the budget has been prepared following consultations with stakeholders and farm schemes in vogue will continue to be implemented in addition to new initiatives.

On the super El Niño event, the minister said that efforts have been stepped up to tackle it in the state by implementing Tamil Nadu Agricultural University's action plan.