Cultivable area in Tamil Nadu has shrunk by 5 lakh hectares
State Planning Commission holds consultation meeting in Madurai
In the last 10 years, cultivable land in the State has shrunk by a whopping five lakh hectares owing to urbanisation and industrialisation, resulting in agriculture and allied sectors registering 0.69 per cent growth in the first four years of the 11th Plan (2007-12) against the targeted four per cent.
Publication Date:
06/12/2011