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Updated: Tamil Nadu CM opens a veterinary science college, rebuts Stalin’s criticism Share Article AAA Poll point: Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami speaking at a meeting of the party’s women’s wing at Attur in Salem district on Monday. | Photo Credit: LAKSHMI NARAYANAN E Tamil Nadu CM opens a veterinary science college, rebuts Stalin’s criticism Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Monday rebutted DMK president M.K. Stalin’s criticism that his government had failed to keep its promises. He was speaking after opening a veterinary science college at the Advanced Institute for Integrated Research on Livestock and Animal Sciences (AIIRLIVAS) at Thalaivasal. Minister for Animal Husbandry Udumalai Radhakrishnan and senior officials were present at the function. He said Thalaivasal had been made a taluk. ....
‘No harm in altering conventions’ With Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam set to present an interim budget in the Assembly on Tuesday, the question being debated in government and political circles is whether he will announce a scheme, following the example set by the Centre two years ago. Deviating from the convention of refraining from launching schemes at the presentation of an interim Budget, the BJP-led government at the Centre, in Februrary 2019, unveiled the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), which was meant to provide farmers up to ₹6,000 a year as minimum income support. ‘Rules more sacrosanct’ S. Semmalai, a veteran legislator from the ruling party, sees no harm in taking the path shown by the Centre. ....
‘T.N.’s cumulative revenue deficit hit ₹1,31,000 cr. in 5 years’ DMK MLA and IT wing secretary P.T.R. Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on Monday said the Tamil Nadu government’s Vetrinadai Podum Tamizhagam (Tamil Nadu marches on successfully) campaign was a farce since the State’s cumulative revenue deficit had touched a whopping ₹1,31,000 crore in five years. “This is unheard of in any State or country in the world. That is why we say leadership matters. I do not understand the slogan of the government that says Tamil Nadu is on the path of progress,” he said in a pre-Budget analysis. The government is set to present its interim Budget on Tuesday. ....
Palaniswami seeks funds for Cauvery rejuvenation Updated: Updated: ‘T.N. committed to Atmanirbhar Bharat’ Share Article ‘T.N. committed to Atmanirbhar Bharat’ Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Saturday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the linking of the Godavari and the Cauvery a national project for the benefit of lakhs of people in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Addressing the sixth Governing Council Meeting of the NITI Aayog, he made a strong case for rejuvenating the Cauvery and its tributaries on the lines of ‘Namami Gange’, an integrated Ganga conservation mission. “The Government of India is requested to accord sanction and extend financial assistance to Tamil Nadu at the earliest,” he said. ....
Farmers’ bodies thank Palaniswami Updated: Updated: CM meets leaders of agriculturists’ associations Share Article CM meets leaders of agriculturists’ associations Representatives of several farmers’ welfare groups from the delta region thanked Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami for announcing the waiver for farm loans, worth ₹12,110 crore. availed by 16.43 lakh farmers from cooperative banks. He met with Tamil Nadu Cauvery Delta Region Farmers’ Welfare Association general secretary Cauvery S. Ranganathan, Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Association co-ordinator P.R. Pandiyan, Cauvery Delta Farmers’ Association general secretary Delta V. Sathyanarayanan, Tamil Farmers’ Welfare Association president G. Sethuraman, Tamil Farmers’ Association Tiruvarur district president Payari S. Krishnamani, Tamil Farmers’ Association District secretary Semmangudi M. Rajendran, Kollida Keezhanai Delta Farmers’ Association president P. Vinayagamurthy, Ca ....