PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday demanded that the Tamil Nadu government release a white paper on the financial position and functioning of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA), alleging that the planning authority had been pushed into a financial crisis and was unable to meet even salary payments without government assistance.

In a statement, Dr. Anbumani referred to reports that the CMDA had sought ₹200 crore from the State government to pay salaries and meet immediate expenses. He said the government should explain how an organisation that had functioned as a financially self-sustaining body since its establishment in 1972 had reached such a state.

He alleged that the CMDA’s financial position had deteriorated after it was made to undertake infrastructure projects instead of focusing on its core function of granting planning permissions.

While Chennai required major infrastructure development, Dr. Anbumani said such works should have been carried out by the State government and the Greater Chennai Corporation, not the CMDA. He further alleged that infrastructure contracts awarded through the CMDA during the previous DMK government involved irregularities.

The Tamil Nadu government, headed by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Monday (May 25, 2026) announced a waiver on loans up to ₹50,000, availed by small and marginal farmers from cooperative banks since May last year.

Loans up to ₹50,000 obtained by marginal farmers will be completely waived. For small farmers, 50% of the loan within this limit will be waived. Marginal farmers who borrowed ₹50,000-₹60,000 will receive a waiver of ₹40,000, and small farmers in the same bracket ₹20,000.

As the loan amount increases, the quantum of the amount waived will decrease. Small and marginal farmers who borrowed more than ₹1 lakh will be provided a flat waiver of ₹5,000. Besides, other large-scale farmers who obtained crop loans through cooperative banks will receive a uniform waiver of ₹5,000 each.

The government said 14,22,555 farmers who availed crop loans from cooperative banks between May 1, 2025, and February 28, 2026, will benefit from this scheme, imposing an additional expenditure of ₹2,044.46 crore on the government.