Chennai: Speculations are rife in Secretariat circles that Tamilnadu Budget will be presented on 13 August.
According to sources, Chief Minister M K Stalin will chair Cabinet meet on Wednesday, during which crucial decisions on Budget will be taken.
Stakeholders and experts should be consulted for preparation of the State Budget and a separate one on agriculture to usher in a renaissance in the lives of Tamilnadu people, Stalin advised ministers and top officials recently.
Stalin impressed on his Cabinet colleagues and officials that farmers, agriculture experts and farmers associations should be consulted for the farm budget, which would be a first of its kind exercise in the State’s history.
The Agriculture Budget should incorporate schemes that would nurture farming and ensure ryots getting benefits commensurate with their hard work, Stalin advised Ministers and top State officials, a Government release here said. In the run-up to the 6 April Assembly polls, the DMK had promised a seperate farm budget.