POLITICS OF ADMK

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THE TAMILNADU NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL,

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI

In Fulfilment of the Requirements for

Internal Component in

POLITICAL SCIENCE
By
A.S.KEERTHI NESAN
(BC0140030)
 DECLARATION

I, keerthinesan .a.s, Student of Tamil Nadu

National Law School, Mr.Aramudan, hereby declare
that the work entitled POLITICS OF ADMK is my
original work. I have not copied from any other students
work or from any other sources except where due
reference or acknowledgment is made explicitly in the
text, nor has any part been written for me by another
person.
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I am using this opportunity to express my gratitude to everyone who
supported me throughout the course of this Political Science
project on the topic Politics of ADMK. I am thankful for their
aspiring guidance, invaluably constructive criticism and friendly
advice during the project work. I am sincerely grateful to them for
sharing their truthful and illuminating views on a number of issues
related to the project.

I express my warm thanks to Mr.Aramudan for his support and

guidance at every juncture.

I would also like to thank Mr.N.Murugavel Vice Chancellor of the

Tamil Nadu National Law School and all the people who provided
me with the facilities being required and conductive conditions for my
Political Science project.
INTRODUCTION

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) (lit. All India Anna
Dravidian Progress Federation) is a state political party in the states of Tamil
Nadu and Puducherry, India. It is currently in power in Tamil Nadu and is the
third largest party in the Lok Sabha. It is a Dravidian party and was founded
by M.G. Ramachandran (popularly known as MGR) on the 17th of October,
1972 as a breakaway faction of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). Since
1989, AIADMK has been led by J. Jayalalithaa, the former Chief Minister of
Tamil Nadu.[2] The party headquarters is located in Royapettah, Chennai, and
was donated to the party in 1986 by its former leader Janaki Ramachandran,
MGR's wife. Coalitions headed by the party have won the elections to the Tamil
Nadu Legislative Assembly six times, making it the most successful political
outfit in the state's history.

MGR era (19721987)

The party was founded in 1972 as Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK)
by MGR, a veteran Tamil film star and a popular politician, as a breakaway
faction of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).

Later, the party leaders prefixed All India (AI) tag before the party name. MGR
used his fan network for building the party cadre. The AIADMK recruited more
than 10 lakh members from the first two months of creation. The first victory of
the AIADMK was in the Dindigul parliamentary by-election in 1973. It also
won the Coimbatore assembly by-election a year later.
The DMK-led government was dismissed by a Central promulgation of
corruption charges in 1976. The party came to power in 1977 after trouncing
DMK in the assembly elections. MGR was sworn in as the 7th Chief Minister of
the state on 30 June, 1977. MGR remained in power for ten years till his death
in December 1987 winning three consecutive assembly elections held in 1977,
1980 and 1984.

In 1979, AIADMK became the first Dravidian and regional party to be part of
the Union Cabinet, when two AIADMK MPs, Satyavani Muthu and Aravinda
Bala Pajanor, joined the Charan Singh Ministry which followed the Morarji
Desai-led Janata Party government of 1977-79.

In a massive reverse of fortunes for the DMK Congress alliance, the

AIADMK won a comfortable majority in the state assembly by winning 129
seats out of 234. Dr. MGR was sworn in as chief minister for the second time on
09.06.1980.

In 1984, even with MGRs failing health and subsequent hospitalization abroad,
the party managed to win the assembly elections.
Many political historians considered MGRs persona and charisma at that point
of time as infallible, and a logical continuation of his on-screen good lad
image, strengthened by his mythical status in the minds of the masses.

MGR continued to enjoy popular support in his third tenure, which ended with
his demise on 24.12.1987.

Succession (19871989)
Two factions of the AIADMK were formed one under Janaki Ramachandran,
wife of MGR and the other under Ms. Jayalalithaa.
The DMK government was dismissed in 1990 by the Central Government led
by Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, an ally of the AIADMK at that time, as the
constitutional machinery in the state had completely broken down.

The AIADMK swept to power in the assembly elections of 1991 under the
leadership of Ms. Jayalalithaa, who became the 2nd woman Chief Minister and
the 10th Chief Minister of the state.

Despite false accusations of corruption, Ms. Jayalalithaa completed her full term
of five years as Chief Minister.

In the 2001 Assembly Election, the AIADMK-led alliance, consisting of the

Congress, the Tamil Maanila Congress , the Left Front and the Pattali Makkal
Katchi, regained power, winning 197 seats, with AIADMK winning 132 of
them.

Due to the proceedings in a disproportionate assets case which occurred in her

previous tenure, Ms. Jayalalithaa was prevented from holding office. The
AIADMKs treasurer and current Finance Minister O. Panneerselvam was
appointed as the Chief Minister on 21.09.2001.

Once the Supreme Court overturned Ms. Jayalalithaas conviction and sentence
in the case, O.Panneerselvam resigned on 02.03.2002. Ms. Jayalalithaa was
sworn in again as Chief Minister.

During her 2nd term in office, Chief Minister Ms. Jayalalithaa took many
popular decisions such as banning of lottery tickets, restricting the liquor and
sand quarrying business to government agencies and banning tobacco product
sales near schools and colleges.
She encouraged women to join the state police force by setting up all women-
police stations and commissioning 150 women into the elite level police
commandos in 2003, a first of its kind in India. The women underwent the same
training as their male counterparts, covering the handling of weapons, detection
and disposal of bombs, driving, horse riding and adventure sports.

Chief Minister Ms Jayalalithaa sent a special task force to the Satyamangalam

forests in October 2004 to hunt down notorious sandalwood smuggler,
Veerappan. The operation was successful as Veerappan was finally killed by the
task force on 18.10.2004.

Corruption became rampant during the DMK regime from 2001 to 2006. The
Himalayan 2G Spectrum Scam involving Karunanidhis daughter Kanimozhi
and former Telecommunications Minister of the DMK, A. Raja causing the
Exchequer a loss to the tune of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore came to light. Nepotism by
the DMK government also ensured its defeat.

In the 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative assembly election, the AIADMK and its
alliance won 202 seats of the 234 seats. The AIADMK alone won 150 seats.

Ms. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as Chief Minister for the 3rd time on 16.05.2011.

Expansion beyond Tamil Nadu and Puducherry

Under Chief Minister Ms. Jayalalithaas regime, AIADMK has spread out
beyond Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and state units have been established in the
states of Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The party floated 54 candidates
across the state of Kerala in the 2006 assembly election and had contested on its
own.
In Karnataka the party had members in the state assembly and has influence in
the Tamil-speaking areas of Bangalore and Kolar district. AIADMK has its
following in various other places like Mumbai and Delhi. There are also units in
various countries where the Tamil population is spread out.

POLICIES OF THE AIADMK

MGR indicated he never favored anti-Brahminism and AIADMK would

oppose ethnic exclusion. The ADMK sought to depoliticize the education
policy of the government by not insisting on the medium of education to be
Tamil language. Policies of the AIADMK were targeted to the poorer segments
of Tamil society poor, rickshaw pullers, and destitute women and centralizing
the massive Nutritious Noon Meal Scheme for children. There was an
ambivalent approach towards the reservation policy and interest of farmers.

The AIADMK has posted an array of populist schemes targeting the human
development index of the state. The AIADMK government distributed free
cycles to class 11 and class 12 students during its tenure of 2001-2006.

The AIADMK during the 2011 elections announced free laptops for schools
students and mixie, grinder and fans for the public. The AIADMK has kept up
all its election promises after assuming power. The current AIADMK regime led
by the charismatic Chief Minister Ms. Jayalalithaa is marching ahead
victoriously. Chief Minister Ms. Jayalalithaa has been formulating and
implementing a host of visionary schemes in the sectors of Education, Health,
Social Welfare, Agriculture, Manufacturing, etc. for the development and
welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu.
The AIADMK is now aspiring to provide leadership to the entire nation through
Lok Sabha Election 2014, throwing out the Congress led coalition Government
at the Centre that is afflicted with policy paralysis. The slogan of the AIADMK
for Lok Sabha Election 2014 is Peace, Prosperity and Progress.

Once a Central Government is formed with the participation of the AIADMK, a

determined, bold and strong leadership would be provided to the nation.

Succession crisis (19871989)

Following MGR's death, his wife, actress-turned-politician Janaki

Ramachandran rose to the party's leadership and led the government for 24 days
as the state's 1st woman Chief Minister until the state assembly was suspended
in January 1988 and President's rule imposed. The party, began to crumble, with
infighting, and broke into two factions, one under Janaki Ramachandran and the
other under J. Jayalalithaa, an associate of MGR and another film actress-
turned-politician who had starred with MGR in many movies and .
The assembly elections in 1989 saw the DMK regaining power after 12 years in
the opposition with Karunanidhi returning as the Chief Minister for the 3rd
time. AIADMK, due to its split, suffered heavily in the elections, with the
Janaki and Jayalalithaa factions winning only 2 and 27 seats respectively.
[7]
Following AIADMK's rout in the elections, the factions led by Jayalalithaa
and Janaki merged under the former's leadership. The DMK government was
dismissed in 1990 by the Central Government led by prime ministerChandra
Shekhar, an ally of the AIADMK at that time, on charges that the constitutional
machinery in the state had broken down.

Jayalalithaa era (1989present)

ADMK head office in Chennai

The AIADMK allied with the Congress and swept to power in the assembly
elections of 1991 under the leadership of jayalalitha, who became the 2nd
female chief minister and the 10th Chief Minister of the state. Many political
observers have ascribed the landslide victory to the anti-incumbent wave arising
out of the assassination of the former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi[7] by
suspected Tamil separatists fighting for a homeland in neighbouring Sri Lanka.
The ensuing government, including Jayalalithaa, was accused of large-scale
corruption, but Jayalalithaa managed to hold on to power for a full term of five
years. In the 1996 assembly election, AIADMK continued its alliance with the
Congress but suffered a massive rout, winning only 4 out of the 234 assembly
seats, with even Jayalalithaa losing from Bargur.[8][9]

The AIADMK formed an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
and Vaiko's Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), another
breakaway faction of the DMK, during the parliamentary elections in 1998.
[8]
AIADMK shared power with the BJP in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee headed
government between 19981999,[4] but withdrew support a year later, leading to
the fall of the BJP government at the centre. Following this, the AIADMK once
again aligned with the Congress.

In the 2001 assembly election, the AIADMK-led alliance, consisting of the

Congress, the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC), the Left Front and the Pattali
Makkal Katchi (PMK), regained power, winning 197 seats, with AIADMK
winning 132 of them.[10] Due to the proceedings in a disproportionate assets case
which occurred in her previous tenure, she was prevented from holding
office. O. Panneerselvam, a close confidant of Jayalalithaa, was appointed as the
chief minister on 21 September 2001. Once the Supreme Court overturned
Jayalalithaa's conviction and sentence in the case, Panneerselvam resigned on 2
March 2002, and Jayalalithaa was sworn in again as Chief Minister.[10]
Unlike her first term, her second term was not marred by corruption scandals.
She took many popular decisions such as banning of lottery tickets, restricting
the liquor and sand quarrying business to government agencies and banning
tobacco product sales near schools and colleges. She encouraged women to join
the state police force by setting up all women-police stations and
commissioning 150 women into the elite level police commandos in 2003, a
first in India. They underwent the same training as their male counterparts,
covering the handling of weapons, detection and disposal of bombs, driving,
horseriding, and adventure sports.[11] She sent a special task force to
theSatyamangalam forests in October 2004 to hunt down notorious sandalwood
smuggler Veerappan. The operation was successful as Veerappan was finally
killed by the task force on 18 October 2004.

However despite the popular measures taken by the government, in the 2004
Lok Sabha election, the party, in alliance with the BJP again, was humiliated,
not even winning any of the 39 Lok Sabha seats from the state. The Democratic
Progressive Alliance (DPA), a DMK-led alliance consisting of all the major
opposition parties in the state, swept the election. Later, in the 2006 assembly
election, in spite of media speculations of a hung assembly, the AIADMK,
contesting with only the support of MDMK and a few other smaller parties, won
61 seats compared to the DMK's 96 and was pushed out of power by the DMK-
led alliance comprising the Congress, the PMK and the Left Front. The
AIADMK's electoral reversals continued in the 2009 Lok Sabha election, which
it contested as a member of the Left Front led United National Progressive
Alliance. However the party's performance was better than its debacle in 2004,
and it managed to win 9 seats.

Following widespread corruption and allegations of nepotism against the DMK

government, in the 2011 assembly election, the party, in alliance with parties
like the left and actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth's Desiya Murpokku Dravida
Kazhagam (DMDK), swept the polls, winning 202 seats, with the AIADMK
alone winning 150. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as Chief Minister for the 3rd time.
[10]
In the Union territory of Puducherry, the party allied with N.
Rangasamy's All India NR Congress (AINRC) and won the 2011 assembly
election which was held in parallel with the Tamil Nadu assembly election.
However, it did not join the newly elected AINRC-led government. The
AIADMK's good electoral performance continued in the 2014 Lok Sabha
election. Contesting without allies, the AIADMK won an unprecedented 37 out
of 39 seats in the state of Tamil Nadu, emerging as the third-largest party in
parliament.

On September 27, 2014, Jayalalitha was convicted in the Disproportionate Asset

case against Jayalalithaa by a Special Court which convicted all four accused
namely Jayalalithaa, and her associates Sasikala Natarajan, Ilavarasi and V.N.
Sudhakaran and sentenced all to four year simple imprisonment. While
Jayalalithaa was fined 100 crores, and her associates were fined 10 crore each.
The case had political implications as it was the first case where a ruling Chief
minister had to step down on account of a court sentence. [12] She was convicted
for the third time overall and was forced to step down from the Chief minister's
office for the second time. Due to her resignation O.Panneerselvam was sworn
in as Chief Minister on September 29, 2014.[13] Jayalalitha has been denied bail
by the High Court and has moved the Supreme Court for bail. The Supreme
Court granted bail on October 17, 2014.

Expansion beyond Tamil Nadu and Puducherry

Under Jayalalithaa's regime, AIADMK has spread out beyond Tamil Nadu and
Puducherry and state units have been established in the states of Kerala,
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The party floated 54 candidates across the state
of Kerala in the 2006 assembly election and had contested on its own. In
Karnataka the party had members in thestate assembly and has influence in the
Tamil-speaking areas of Bangalore and Kolar district. The AIADMK has a
following in various other places like Mumbai and Delhi. There are also units in
various countries where Tamils are present.

Policies

The ADMK moved from the anti-Hindi and anti-Brahmin stand of the DMK
party ideologies formulated by C.N. Annadurai.[14] MGR indicated he never
"favored anti-Brahminism and ADMK would oppose ethnic exclusion". [15] Two
Brahmin ladies Janaki and Jayalalitha were later fighting for the lead position.
[14]
The ADMK sought to depoliticise the education policy of the government by
not insisting on the medium of education to be Tamil language. Policies of
ADMK were targeted to the poorer segments of Tamil society poor, rickshaw
pullers, and destitute women and centralising the massive noon meal scheme for
children.[15] There was ambivalent approach towards the reservation policy and
interests of farmers.[15]

The ADMK and its prime opposition party, the DMK have posted an array of
populist schemes targeting the human development index of the state. Most of
the schemes are accused to be targeting garner larger electoral support. Both the
parties have schemes listed in the election manifestos covering various
segments of the population involving fishermen, farmers and school children.
Till the 2000s, the parties had welfare schemes like maternity assistance,
subsidised public transport and educational grants. After the 2000s, the parties
started competing at an increasing level over the distribution of consumer
goods. The ADMK government distributed free cycles to class 11 and class 12
students during its tenure of 200106. The DMK, in competition, promised free
colour televisions in its manifesto in 2006 elections. The competition continued
during the 2011 elections when both parties announced free laptops for schools
students and grinder, mixer and fans for public.[16]
 Criticism

MGR, during his period did not attempt to build party organisation. [17] Being a
popular actor, his fan clubs became the electoral mobilisation the head of his
fan club association, R.M. Veerappan became a lieutinant and fellow actress, J.
Jayalilatha was groomed as a possible heir apparent. [17] There was a near
administrative collapse during the ADMK rule with the industrial dropping from
3rd position in 1977 to 13th position in 1987. [17] There were lot of populist
schemes which consumed two-thirds of the state's budget and resulted in
unconscionable long-term economic costs.[17] MGR was running a centralised
administration which underwent severe toll on the state administration during
his ill-health for an elongated period.[18]

Jayalalitha is also accused of creating a personality cult, with fans and party
activists calling her 'Amma' which means 'Mother'. Her face adorns cheap food
canteens, pharmacies, salt packets, laptop computers, baby care kits, bottled
water, medicine shops and cement bags in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Following her imprisonment on September 27, 2014, her grief-stricken
supporters have held protests and wept openly. Her replacement - party faithful
and former minister O. Panneerselvam - also wept during his inauguration, with
colleagues saying they were in mourning.[19] Due to the centralized leadership of
Jayalalitha, and the lack of the chain of command, the state of Tamil Nadu is
experiencing policy paralysis, with most legislators and party cadres protesting
against her conviction with hunger fasts, road and rail blockages.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Law
Rs. 9 lakhs grant for 12 students studying in Chennai Dr.Ambedkar
Government Law College and Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, who
 participated in international Moot Court competitions at Hong Kong and
Vienna.

Rs.1 lakh each for 5 students who participated in Philip C.Jessup

International Moot Court competition in March 2012 in the USA.

Rs.1 lakh allotted for reimbursement of Tuition fee for first generation
graduates studying Law.

National Law School in Naavalur Kuttapattu at Srirangam Taluk at an

estimate of Rs.75 crores.

Government order based on guidelines for issue of no objection

certificate for setting up private self financing Law Colleges.

Rs.10.00 lakhs has been sanctioned for the purchase of Computers,

Printers and other accessories to Law Department under the Part II Schemes
for the year 2012-2013.

Rs.9.00 lakhs has been sanctioned for Providing cabins to the section of
Law Department under the Part II Schemes for the year 2012-2013.

Rs.56.20 lakhs has been sanctioned for the construction of second floor
for the Womens Hostel, Moot Court Hall and Additional Cycle Stand for the
Government Law College, Tiruchirappalli under the Part-II Scheme for the
year 2012-13.

Rs.14.00 lakhs has been sanctioned for the purchase of books to the
Library in the Government Law Colleges under the Part-II Scheme for the
year 2012-13.

Rs.9.50 lakhs has been sanctioned for the purchase of Computers,

accessories and softwares for the Directorate of Legal Studies under the Part-
II Scheme for the year 2012-13.
 Rs.1.30 lakhs has been sanctioned for the purchase of Water Coolers for
the Government Law Colleges at Chengalpet and Vellore under the Part-
II Scheme for the year 2012-13.

Rs.20.00 lakhs has been sanctioned to the Tamil Nadu Dr.Ambedkar

Law University for the purchase of computers with accessories, laptops,
printers, photo copier machines, fax machines, etc. under Part-II Schemes
for the year 2012-13.
Courts
The Financial assistance given to the legal heirs/nominees of the deceased
Advocates, paid from the Tamil Nadu Advocates Welfare Fund, has been
enhanced from Rs. 2 lakhs to Rs. 5.25 lakhs.

A sum of Rs. 4 crore per annum was sanctioned as Government grant to

the Tamil Nadu Advocates Welfare Fund.

172 candidates were appointed as Civil Judges through direct recruitment.

A separate Litigation Policy has been formulated for the State reflecting
its resolve to bring about a visible and endeavoring qualitative and quantitative
improvement in the manner in which Litigation is perceived, managed and
conducted.

A sum of Rs. 162.13 crores has been sanctioned for construction of Court
buildings, residential quarters and creation of other infrastructure facilities for
judiciary.

The Mettur Dam was opened on 6 th June 2011, bringing an additional

paddy area of 1,80,000 acres.
4% VAT exemption on Agricultural inputs and Farm machinery.
 To ensure uninterrupted supply of fertilizer, especially DAP, interest-free
advance of Rs. 135.5 crores was made to TANFED in 2011 and Rs.150 crores
in 2012.

Increased Budget outlay for Agriculture to Rs.6,491.7 crores.

Implementation of Micro Irrigation

Provision of 100 % subsidy to small and micro farmers on Micro
Irrigation Equipment.

For other farmers, provision of 75% subsidy for Micro Irrigation

Equipment.
SRI Whole Village Concept
SRI whole village concept was implemented in 2,880 villages covering
25.05 lakh acres in 2011-2012. It was implemented in 1,695 villages covering
in 6.01 lakh acres in 2012-2013.

Pulses whole village concept was implemented in 3,402 villages covering

4.18 lakh acres.
Micro Irrigation Scheme for Pulses
Micro irrigation in pulses crops was implemented in 12,179 acres at an
expenditure of Rs.10.25 crores.
Increase of Paddy Procurement Price
The procurement price per Quintal of Fine variety paddy, increased to
Rs.1,350 from the previous years price of Rs.1,100/-. For other varieties of
paddy, the procurement price was increased from Rs.1,080/- to Rs.1,300/-.
Sugarcane Support Price
Rs. 2,100 per Mt as support price of Sugar cane during 2011s. Rs. 2,350
per Mt as support price of Sugar cane during 2012.
Foodgrain Production
 Record food grain yield of 101.52 L.M.T was obtained in
2011-2012. For this achievement, Tamil Nadu received KRISHIKARMAN
AWARD from the President of India.
Thane Relief Measures
As compensation for the loss of crops, Rs.10,000/- was paid for 2.5 acre
of paddy, Rs.7,500/- for other irrigated crops and Rs.4,000/- for rainfed crops.

Rs.10.66 crores was incurred as expenditure for the removal of 2.13

lakhs affected coconut trees.

For securing Food grains production and protecting the livelihood of

farmers, 3.66 Lakh farmers were given pulses Mini-kits at an expenditure
Rs.30.56 crores.

In Cuddalore and Villuppuram districts, 2.11 lakh coconut trees were

replanted at an expenditure of Rs.4.54 crores.
Award to Farmer for Record Yield
The Honble Chief Minister announced cash award of
Rs.5 lakh to the farmer achieving the highest paddy yield.
Thiru P. Solamalai of Madurai district has produced 8,421 kg per acre in SRI
Paddy Cultivation. He received the cash award from the Honble Chief
Minister.
Sugarcane Initiative
12,500 acres of sugarcane crop was raised in SSI method in
2,360 villages at a cost of Rs.22.78 crores.
Redgram Transplantation
Redram crop was raised in transplantation method in ten districts on an
area of 75,000 acres at an expenditure of Rs.10.66 crores.
Uzhavar Peruvizha
 The Honble Chief Minister launched Uzhavar Peruvizha, a multi
disciplinary awareness campaign covering 16,313 revenue villages. Around 38
lakh farmers participated in this programme which cost the Government Rs.36
crores. As part of the programme, 5.60 lakh soil samples were collected.
2.98 lakh Farmers Integrated Hand Books were distributed.
Special Samba Package for Delta Districts
The Honble Chief Minister has announced Special Samba package
having new strategies for Delta Districts to ensure samba cultivation and
productivity in delta districts. A sum of Rs.43.28 crores was incurred as
expenditure.
Additional Schemes for Delta Districts
The Honble Chief Minister announced Additional Samba package
having new strategies for Delta Districts to save the paddy crop in delta
districts despite paucity of water release from Mettur Dam. A sum of
Rs.21.061 crores was incurred as expenditure.
Universal Insurance Package
Paddy cultivated in Samba and Thaladi seasons in Delta Districts was
brought under Universal Crop insurance scheme covering 5.32 lakh farmers
and a sum of Rs. 30 crore was incurred as expenditure. The government itself
paid the farmers premium contributions besides premium subsidy.
Farmers Integrated Handbook
The Farmers Integrated Hand Book contains three year records with
information on farmers, soil nutrition status, recommendation of fertilizers
application and record on crop-wise productivity and scheme benefits. 8.18
Lakhs FIHBs were distributed at a cost of Rs.53.17 lakhs in 2012.
Drought Relief to Delta Farmers
 Drought relief of Rs. 15,000 per acre for paddy crop that suffered damage
in 3.61 lakh acres. Rs. 542 crores was the expenditure. 3.53 lakh farmers
benefited.
Horticulture & Plantation Department
Integrated Horticulture Development Scheme was implemented in
1,67,190 acres at an expenditure of Rs.14 crores.

12,800 farmers were trained in Hi-tech horticulture at an expenditure of

Rs.26.17 lakhs.

Hill Area Development Programme was implemented in Nilgiris district

with the financial outlay of Rs.2.76 crores for the benefit of horticulture
farmers.

Precision Farming established in 20,946.25 acres at an expenditure of

Rs.16.43 crores.

District Horticulture Information and Training Centre has been

established in 10 districts of Tamil Nadu at an outlay of Rs.6 crores.

End-to-End Computerization of the Department of Horticulture under

National Agricultural Development Programme Scheme at an outlay of Rs.2
crores.

At a cost of Rs.34 crores, a scheme to grow Vegetables around the

metropolitan areas of Chennai and Coimbatore.
National Horticulture Mission (NHM)
National Horticulture Mission Scheme was implemented in 1,20,277.5
acres at an expenditure of Rs. 122.94 crores. National Seminar on Banana was
conducted at Theni District for two days at an outlay of Rs. 5 lakhs.

Under Indo-Israel project, the Centre of Excellence for cut flowers at

Thalli, Krishnagiri District & Centre of Excellence for Vegetables at
 Reddiyarchatiram, Dindigul District was launched by Honble Chief Minister
of Tamil Nadu on 15.10.2012, at an expenditure of Rs. 18.98 crores, for a
period of three years.
National Mission on Micro Irrigation (NMMI)
National Mission of Micro Irrigation was implemented in 1,30,661.9
acres at an expenditure of Rs.209 crores.

Model Micro Irrigation villages were planned and established at the

district level (one village per district, totalling 31 villages). 2,546 farmers
benefited from Micro Irrigation in 5,534.95 acres.

PARKS AND GARDENS

An Eco park was established at Courtallam is Tirunelveli District at a cost
of Rs.5.73 Crores and opened to the public on 15.10.2012 by Honble Chief
Minister of Tamil Nadu.

Improvement works were taken up at Bryant Park, Anna Park and

Chettiar Park at Kodaikanal at a cost of Rs.1.13 crores and opened to the
public on 15.10.2012 by Honble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

Government Botanical Garden (Rs.7.45 crores) and Genetic Heritage

Garden (Rs.8.16 crores) were established at Yercaud in Salem District and
opened to the Public on 15.10.2012 by Honble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

Foundation stones were laid by Honble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on

15.10.2012, for Rose Garden and Cut Flower Demonstration Unit (Rs.3.5
crores) at SHF, Kodaikanal, Eco Park (Rs.4 crores) at Kanniyakumari and
Development of infrastructure facilities (Rs. 2 crores) at HTC, Thally in
Krishnagiri District.
STATE HORTICULTURE FARMS
 350 lakh Pedigree planting materials were produced in the State
Horticulture Farms and distributed to farmers under various Horticulture
Schemes.

Modernization of State Horticulture Farms and increasing the efficacy in

use of Farm land schemes were launched by Honble Chief Minister on
15.10.2012 at a cost of Rs.14.23 crores.

Under TN IAMWARM PROJECT, an area expansion of 16,405 acres was

covered out of the target of 20,455 acres at an outlay of Rs.9.60 crores.
At an outlay of Rs.7.64 crores, a record 16,980 acres was covered under
the above project.
TAMIL NADU HORTICULTURAL PRODUCERS CO-OPERATIVE
ENTERPRISES LIMITED (TANHOPE)
Inputs worth Rs.95 crores were procured for distribution to farmers under
various schemes.
Engineering
The Agricultural Mechanisation Programme is being implemented to
reduce the problem of shortage of agricultural labourers. Subsidy assistance
of Rs.116.22 crores has been provided to farmers for the purchase of 60,928
numbers of agricultural machinery and implements.

Demonstrations of Agricultural Machinery and Implements were

conducted in farmers fields at a cost of Rs.18.47 lakhs. Training programmes
were conducted for farmers in handling and maintenance of Agricultural
Machinery / Implements at a cost of Rs.31.85 lakhs.

Training programmes have been conducted for 554 rural youth, in

operation and Maintenance of Agricultural machinery / implements at a total
cost of Rs.73.90 lakhs.
 Soil and water conservation programmes were implemented in River
Valley Catchments, Hill areas, Tribal areas, Western Ghat areas with the main
aim of controlling soil erosion, protecting agricultural lands from degradation
and conserving soil fertility by improving soil moisture to increase the
productivity.

Soil and water conservation works have been completed in 68,602.5 acres
and 5,168 structures have been constructed at a total cost of Rs.49.71 crores.

Under the improvement of irrigation areas and water controlling system

in the irrigation areas of 10 districts, farm improvement scheme activities were
executed in 1,11,685 acres at a cost of Rs.111.90 crores.

1,235 Rain water harvesting structures were constructed at a cost

of Rs.30.30 crores.

Micro Irrigation works in 46,412.5 acres, 453 farm ponds, 658 water
harvesting structures and PVC pipe laying works were completed at a cost of
Rs.71.17 crores under TNIAMWARM Project.

Tractors, Bulldozers and Combine harvesters were hired out to farmers

for taking up ploughing for 3,33,678 hours, land development works for
1,79,182 hours and paddy harvesting for 33,826 hours under land development
scheme.
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