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Budget Highlights 2007-08 for Agricultural Sector

Budget highlights for kerala’s agriculture 2007-2008

 Union Budget

• Special Purpose Tea Fund to rejuvenate tea production has been established
• National Agricultural Insurance Scheme will be continued current year

Kerala state Budget

• Special package for paddy production with outlay of Rs45 crore in 2007-08
• Special schemes for plantation crops like coconut
• Rs 765 crore Central agricultural package for Wayanad, Palakkad and Kasaragod Districts.
• Schemes for enhancement of the quality of cross bred cattle at a cost of Rs  6  crore
• scheme to bring down the age of puberty and to reduce the duration between two conceptions at a cost of Rs 7.5 crore.
• Schemes for the promotion of commercial dairy farms and milk sheds.
• Schemes to increase egg production
• Schemes for coastal area development for the development of ports, with 50 % Central assistance
• Reorganisation of coirfed and the handloom sector