16.22 lakh metric tonnes of food grains produced in Salem district in five years: Minister

Tourism Minister R. Rajendran connected Thursday (February 26, 2026) stated that successful Salem district, 16.22 lakh metric tonnes of nutrient grains were produced successful the past 5 years.

The Minister inaugurated the district-level millet festival connected behalf of the National Food Security and Nutrition Mission—Nutri Cereals, held astatine a matrimony hallway astatine Vaithiyagoundanpudur, which was attended by implicit 1,000 farmers. He visited the stalls acceptable up connected behalf of the Agriculture, Horticulture, Agricultural Marketing, Agri Business and Agricultural Engineering Departments. The Minister distributed payment assistance worthy ₹3.56 crore to 174 farmers, including a ₹1.82 crore subsidy to 40 farmers to acceptable up Chief Minister’s Farmers’ Welfare Service Centres. He besides distributed currency rewards to 25 farmers who won successful the district-level harvest produce.