All 4,57,645 petitions received under "Ungal Thokuthiyil Muthalamaichar" programme have
been acted upon. After due field verification, 2,29,216
grievances positively redressed.
Use of Tamil as the official language will be strengthened in
all depts.
Rs 5 crore will be allocated to carry out
archaeological excavations, which is the highest among all States in the country.
Govt will revamp the implementation of Old Age
Pensions scheme.
Measures will be taken to fill up remaining 14,317 vacancies in the police force.
Special focus on swift and effective investigation of serious crimes, specifically crimes against women and children, cyber crimes and economic crimes.
1000 check dams and barrages are planned to be constructed over the next 10 years.
Kasimedu Fishing Harbour in Chennai will be upgraded at a total cost of Rs.150 crore in association with Chennai Port Trust.
A total sum of Rs.433.97 crore has been allocated for construction of fishing harbours and fish landing centres in the Revised Budget Estimates.
India's first Integrated Environment Monitoring Studio will be established for forecasting air quality on a real time basis with
an early warning system.
Government will ensure that 8,03,924 houseless families in rural areas are provided a house in the next 5 years.
Funding for the MLA Constituency Development Scheme will be restored to Rs.3 crore per constituency from the current year
onwards.
Singara Chennai 2.0 will be launched with an emphasis on clean and green Chennai. Rs 500 crore alloted for this.
Chennai will become a city without wall posters.
Govt will implement a wage employment scheme,
on a pilot basis, to provide gainful employment to urban poor.
Almost 2,500 MW of power has had to be bought on the power exchanges to meet peak needs. Thus the statement that Tamil Nadu turned a power surplus State over the last few years is inaccurate.
Govt will appoint a high level committee of educationists and experts to formulate a distinct State Education Policy for TN in keeping with the historical legacy, present situation and future aspirations of the state.
School Education is accorded the highest importance in this
Budget, with an overall allocation of Rs.32,599.54 crore.
Govt determined to ensure that TN is
brought within the first 3 States in terms of learning outcomes in India.
This year 10 new government Arts and Science Colleges will
be commenced.
A Land Bank of 45,000 acres will be created in the next 5 years, with focus on industrially backward districts.
108 ambulances operated will be expanded to 1,303
vehicles.
Government will formulate a sustainable Mining Policy to
ensure that mining activity is carried out without affecting the
environment and the ecology.
An amount of Rs 1.50 crore allocated for the
transgender pension scheme, benefiting 1,071 destitute
transgender persons.
Mini stadia at a cost of Rs 3 crore each will be established in all
Assembly constituencies where such sporting
facilities are not currently available.
Maternity leave enhanced
from 9 to 12 months for women Govt
employees with less than 2 surviving children.
Government has decided to reduce the effective rate of tax
on petrol by Rs.3 per litre. This measure will
result in a loss of revenue of Rs.1,160 crore a year.
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Thread on White Paper released by Tamil Nadu finance minister P Thiagarajan:
- Revenue deficit of TN has been deteriorating for the last 8 years. Such a long term trend has affected the development investments.
Revenue deficit : 3.16 as % of GSDP for FY 2020-21.
Fiscal deficit of the state has been primarily increasing due to increase in govt borrowing.
Fiscal deficit is 4.43 as % of GSDP.
The public debt is Rs 2,63,976 per family in TN.
Public debt as % of GSDP is 26.69%, which is above the allowed limit of 25%.
Outstanding debt of GoTN has been metioned as Rs 4,85,503 crores until now. However, if we consider "other means" of financing the fiscal deficit the real debt is Rs 5,24,574 crores.
Thread: Tamil Nadu health secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan has filed a status report before the Madras High Court regarding the Covid situation.
Highlights:
1. Shortage of Remdesivir: State has demanded 20,000 vials per day, but it is getting only 7000 per day.
2. At present, TN's daily consumption of Oxygen is 470 MT. The total requirement is expected to go up to 850 MT in the next 15 days.
Tamil Nadu is currently getting 419 MT as per National Oxygen Plan.
3. Says 3 measures are imperative to avert a "major catastrophe" & loss of lives:
Supply of 40 MT O2 from INOX Kanjikode should continue for atleast 10 more days, 20 MT supply from Air Water Bellary for another 10 days & atleast 200 MT/ day from steel plants in Eastern India.
Thread: Tamil Nadu govt issues new guidelines to tackle the spread of Covid.
- Night curfew announced from 10pm to 4 am across the state from April 20.
Public/ private transport not allowed to ply and inter-state/ district transport also suspended during this time period.
- Only essential services allowed to operate during night curfew. Media, petrol pumps, continuous process industries exempted. Transport for emergency medical need, airport, railway station alone will be allowed.
- Total lockdown on Sundays. Only essential services allowed.
- Parcel facility allowed from hotels from 6am- 10am, 12pm- 3pm and 6pm-9pm on Sundays.
-Tamil Nadu class 12 state board examinations postponed. Practical exams to go on as scheduled.
- 100 people allowed for weddings and 50 for funerals.