Economic Survey hails State’s social sector progress, but flags challenges
1 week, 2 days ago

Economic Survey hails State’s social sector progress, but flags challenges

The Hindu  

: The Economic Survey of Tamil Nadu for 2024-25, released on Thursday, said that the State had successfully increased enrolment in all levels of education and strengthened its public healthcare system. The Tamil Nadu government’s expenditure on the social sector — covering both revenue and capital — has steadily increased from ₹79,859 crore in 2019-20 to ₹1,15,644 crore in 2023-24, it said. Tamil Nadu has made significant strides in education, healthcare, and social welfare, ensuring that its population benefits from inclusive and sustainable development, it further said, highlighting the benefits of projects such as the Illam Thedi Kalvi, the Pudhumai Penn, the Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam, and the Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme. Investments in skilled-based education, vocational training, and lifelong learning initiatives will ensure that Tamil Nadu’s workforce remains globally competitive and future-ready, the survey said.

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Identities and symbols: On Tamil Nadu and the ரூ
1 week, 1 day ago

Identities and symbols: On Tamil Nadu and the ரூ

The Hindu  

Even as the ruling DMK government in Tamil Nadu engages in a political discourse with the BJP-led regime at the Centre over the delimitation of parliamentary and Assembly constituencies and the implementation of the National Education Policy, its use of the Tamil letter ‘Roo’ instead of the Indian currency symbol ‘₹’ in the promotional logo for the State Budget has …

Economic Survey does not make exact growth projections due to uncertainties: J. Jeyaranjan
1 week, 2 days ago

Economic Survey does not make exact growth projections due to uncertainties: J. Jeyaranjan

The Hindu  

J. Jeyaranjan, Executive Vice Chairman, State Planning Commission, on Thursday said that the first-ever economic survey of Tamil Nadu — Economic Survey of Tamil Nadu 2024-25 — did not make exact growth projections for the coming years owing to various uncertainties. Technological disruptions could displace traditional jobs in industrial and services sectors, necessitating urgent reskilling, the survey said. Technological disruptions, …

Tamil Nadu not just growing, also leading: MK Stalin on Economic Survey 2024-25
1 week, 2 days ago

Tamil Nadu not just growing, also leading: MK Stalin on Economic Survey 2024-25

India Today  

Tamil Nadu on Thursday released its first-ever Economic Survey for 2024-25, showcasing the state's economic progress and its roadmap to becoming a 1 trillion dollar economy by 2030. The report, presented by the Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission, highlighted the state's strong growth trajectory, with the Gross State Domestic Product reaching Rs 27.22 lakh crore in 2023-24. Tamil Nadu contributed …

Tamil Nadu’s first Economic Survey indicates State likely to maintain 8%+ growth rate
1 week, 2 days ago

Tamil Nadu’s first Economic Survey indicates State likely to maintain 8%+ growth rate

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu’s first Economic Survey 2024-25 has indicated that the State is expected to maintain a growth rate of above 8% in 2024-25. Building on a strong foundation of inclusive policies, Tamil Nadu has demonstrated remarkable economic resilience, consistently achieving growth rates of 8% or more since 2021-22,” the report said. The survey highlighted that Tamil Nadu’s progressive social policies, …

T.N. government to present its first Economic Survey on March 14
3 weeks ago

T.N. government to present its first Economic Survey on March 14

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government may launch its edition of the Economic Survey on March 14, the day the government will table the State Budget on the floor of the Assembly. Last year, the Centre for Public Finance at the Madras School of Economics brought out a working paper, “Economic Overview of Tamil Nadu,” with inputs from the State government, especially …

Kerala budget increases social sector funding, but no hike in pensions
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kerala budget increases social sector funding, but no hike in pensions

New Indian Express  

There has been a serious effort by the finance minister to sustain financial inputs in the social sector despite financial constraints. But the gender budget analysis presented shows total allocation for women and girls under all government departments together showed a rise of just 4%. Another highlight is the declaration that the pending social security pension payments will be paid …

Budget 2025: Viksit Bharat a Pipe Dream Unless Education and Healthcare Spending Gets Proportionate Boost
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2025: Viksit Bharat a Pipe Dream Unless Education and Healthcare Spending Gets Proportionate Boost

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 06, 2025 17:19 IST - 5 MINS READ A close look at the budgetary numbers offers critical insights into government spending in two vital areas: education and health. Healthcare paints an equally dire picture where India is short by a staggering 2.4 million hospital beds, leaving millions without access to proper medical treatment. While at first glance …

India’s Economic Survey 2024-25: Key Insights on Agriculture, Employment, Technology, Education, and Healthcare for Sustainable Growth
1 month, 3 weeks ago

India’s Economic Survey 2024-25: Key Insights on Agriculture, Employment, Technology, Education, and Healthcare for Sustainable Growth

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 31, 2025 21:21 IST - 4 MINS READ India’s Economic Survey 2024-25, tabled in the Parliament by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on January 31 presents an ambitious vision of inclusive and sustainable development, focusing on strengthening key social sectors such as agriculture, employment, technology, education, and health. Key government interventions, such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman …

Economic Survey 2023-24: Convergence of efforts at Centre, States needed to improve quality of education
8 months ago

Economic Survey 2023-24: Convergence of efforts at Centre, States needed to improve quality of education

The Hindu  

Convergence of efforts across the Centre, States, and local bodies is needed to improve the quality of education, especially primary education, the Economic Survey has suggested. The National Education Policy 2020 is expected to yield foundational literacy and numeracy for every child passing the third standard in the near future, said the Survey for 2023-24 tabled in Parliament on July …

Tamil Nadu government lists out welfare programmes
8 months, 1 week ago

Tamil Nadu government lists out welfare programmes

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday, July 14, 2024 said that it was taking steps to cover more people under the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai scheme. Under the Pudhumai Penn Thittam launched in September 2022, a monthly aid of ₹1,000 each was being provided to over 2.73 lakh girl students pursuing higher education, it said. While the national Gross Enrolment …

Tamil Nadu First State To Form IT Policy, One Of The Biggest Economies: Stalin
1 year, 5 months ago

Tamil Nadu First State To Form IT Policy, One Of The Biggest Economies: Stalin

ABP News  

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin Thursday expressed his concerns about the 2026 delimitation, referring to it as a "sword hanging on the heads of the South Indian regional parties". In the 1970s, he said, the Union government promoted the population control programme, which the South Indian states "implemented effectively", adding that the states are now being made to …

We have revolutionised farming, education, industrial sectors: CM
4 years, 2 months ago

We have revolutionised farming, education, industrial sectors: CM

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Government, despite the prevailing unfavourable situations, has revolutionised farming, higher education and industrial sectors through a range of meticulously taken steps, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami said on Wednesday. Addressing a private function held at Sankarankovil, Mr. Palaniswami said his government, was taking “revolutionary steps” in sustained fashion for the uplift of the downtrodden rural population. “At …

Youth can be a clear advantage for India
5 years ago

Youth can be a clear advantage for India

The Hindu  

India’s population is among the youngest in an ageing world. Key caveats First, India’s population heterogeneity ensures that this window of demographic dividend becomes available at different times in different States. Second, harnessing the demographic dividend will depend upon the employability of the working age population, their health, education, vocational training and skills, besides appropriate land and labour policies, as …

India’s march towards SDGs anchored in investing in human capital, inclusive growth: Economic Survey
5 years, 8 months ago

India’s march towards SDGs anchored in investing in human capital, inclusive growth: Economic Survey

The Hindu  

India’s development path is intertwined with investments in social infrastructure and the country’s march towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals is firmly anchored in investing in human capital and inclusive growth, the Economic Survey said Thursday. Stating that India is committed to achieving these Sustainable Development Goals, it said to reap the benefits of demographic dividend, the Centre is committed to …

Economic Survey 2018-19 : $5 trillion economy by 2024-25, emphasis is on “Virtuous Cycle” of investment, jobs and exports
5 years, 8 months ago

Economic Survey 2018-19 : $5 trillion economy by 2024-25, emphasis is on “Virtuous Cycle” of investment, jobs and exports

Op India  

A day before the Union Budget to be presented in the Parliament, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday tabled the Economic Survey in both Houses of Parliament Thursday. The Economic Survey 2018-19 has projected the GDP growth for 2019-20 at 7-7.75%, up from 6.8 per cent in the previous fiscal, reinstating India as the world’s fastest-growing major economy. Investment …

Tamil Nadu suffers from maximal casualisation of workforce: Study
6 years, 1 month ago

Tamil Nadu suffers from maximal casualisation of workforce: Study

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Frank and informal chats lighten the burden of work, more so at construction projects. It is despite Tamil Nadu “seen as a state that has been able to combine high levels of economic growth with high levels of social development in recent years.” Just sample these macro-trends that show up apparently contradictory trends: About 92 per cent of farmers …

The state of social sector spending in 15-16
9 years ago

The state of social sector spending in 15-16

Live Mint  

In February 2015, the Government of India accepted the Fourteenth Finance Commission’s recommendation to empower states with greater expenditure discretion. First, the government, in its 2015 budget, significantly reduced funding to states through plan transfers—the primary instrument for financing social sector schemes. Given this, it would be fair to argue that despite states receiving fewer resources from the union through …

Lower middle class left out
9 years, 11 months ago

Lower middle class left out

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu has 36.8 lakh people, or 10.4 per cent of its population, aged above 60, with Chennai having 12-16 per cent. In 2011-12, it announced an Integrated Complex of Special Homes in each State block, for which it adopted existing homes and took over 75 per cent of their funding. “The welfare schemes don’t benefit the lower middle-class,” said …

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