2010-2011 - Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
2010-2011 - Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
2010-2011 - Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
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very essential for this industry, I would like to inform that<br />
this Government will also provide a financial assistance of<br />
Rs.120 crores as its share as already promised. A sum of<br />
Rs.320 crores has been provided in this Budget for this<br />
purpose. Besides this, necessary steps are being taken for<br />
implementation of the project for marine discharge of treated<br />
liquid effluents containing salt by availing the financial<br />
assistance of Rs.200 crores provided by the Thirteenth<br />
Finance Commission for this purpose.<br />
Welfare of Palm Workers<br />
104. Palm Workers Welfare Board was constituted by<br />
this Government and 31,000 palm workers have registered so far<br />
with the Board and have received welfare assistance of over<br />
Rs.80 lakhs. They have also been given free tools. I am glad to<br />
inform that, accepting the demand of the palm workers for<br />
enhancing the price of Rs.7 per litre given by the Palm Board<br />
for procuring Neera from them, henceforth, the procurement<br />
price for Neera will be increased to Rs.10 per litre. In<br />
addition to this, the <strong>Tamil</strong> <strong>Nadu</strong> Palm Board will be given<br />
Rs.one crore as grant from the Government of <strong>Tamil</strong> <strong>Nadu</strong> to<br />
install chilling facilities to store Neera procured by it,<br />
acquiring necessary transport facilities and supplementing<br />
working capital required for procuring jaggery and Neera.
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