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Udhayanidhi Stalin at the Tamil Nadu Assembly in Chennai on August 5, 2026 | Photo Credit: S.R. Raghunathan Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) charged the only change ushered in by the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam-led (TVK) government was the renaming of schemes introduced by the previous DMK government. Talking to…
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson presents the maiden budget of the TVK-led coalition government in the Legislative Assembly, in Chennai on Wednesday | Photo Credit: ANI The debut Budget of the C. Joseph Vijay-headed Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led coalition government, presented by Tamil Nadu Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson on Wednesday (August 5,…
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Image used for representation | Photo Credit: M. Periasamy With crop damage caused by wild boars emerging as a major concern for farmers in Tamil Nadu, Agriculture Minister R. Vinoth has announced a special ₹7.35-crore package in the Agriculture Budget 2026-27 to reduce economic losses and protect farmlands. Presenting the Agriculture Budget in the Assembly…
Sources said preliminary work is in progress to construct the circular pipeline, which will connect all major drinking water sources in Chennai with distribution points. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM For Chennai, no State budget seems complete without allocation for the city’s rivers restoration. The maiden budget of the TVK-led government also promises restoration…
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M.K. Stalin. File | Photo Credit: X/@mkstalin DMK president and former Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) described the Revised Budget Estimates presented by the TVK-led government in the Legislative Assembly as a “damp squib”, saying they lacked originality and failed to fulfil the government’s promises. Tamil Nadu Budget: TVK-led government needs…
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Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) said the Budget session of the Assembly would continue till September 8. The entire proceedings of the Assembly would be telecast live, he added. Addressing journalists after the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting,…
Image used for representational purposes | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Tamil Nadu Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) said the State government will increase lean-period fishing assistance for traditional fishermen from ₹6,000 to ₹7,000 per family, benefiting 1.93 lakh traditional fishermen families, with an allocation of ₹135 crore. Presenting the…
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Tamil Nadu budget: Ahead of TVK’s maiden budget, a primer on Tamil Nadu’s finances As the new Tamil Nadu government led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay gears up to present its first budget on Wednesday, here is a look back at the State’s finances, with charts explaining the changes over the years, how Tamil…