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Shortly aft Governor R.N. Ravi walked retired of the Assembly without delivering the customary code connected Tuesday, the Lok Bhavan issued a property merchandise detailing the reasons for his action.
A information cheque of the claims successful property merchandise shows galore reasons stated were incorrect oregon the information was cherry-picked. The Lok Bhavan claimed that 4 years agone Tamil Nadu was the 4th largest recipient of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) but “today is struggling to stay astatine the sixth”. This is factually wrong. According to latest information from the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, for FY26, the FDI equity inflow to Tamil Nadu stood astatine $3.5 cardinal for the April to September period, the 3rd highest among States. In FY22, Tamil Nadu ranked 4th and a twelvemonth earlier it had ranked sixth.
MSMEs successful State
The property merchandise said implicit 55 cardinal Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) were registered successful India, of which 4 cardinal are successful Tamil Nadu. These figures amusement discrepancies with the information successful the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises dashboard, which shows determination are 75 cardinal registered MSMEs successful India, of which six cardinal are successful Tamil Nadu, the 3rd highest among States.
Besides, the Lok Bhavan said Tamil Nadu recorded 20,000 suicides successful 1 year, “nowhere other successful the state the concern is truthful alarming and Tamil Nadu is being referred to arsenic the termination superior of India”. According to the latest National Crime Records Bureau data, Maharashtra recorded much suicides than Tamil Nadu successful 2023 — a inclination accordant with erstwhile years. This raises questions arsenic to wherefore Tamil Nadu is labelled the “suicide capital”. Still, it is concerning that Tamil Nadu has ranked 2nd successful the fig of suicides each twelvemonth betwixt 2013 and 2023 (irrespective of which enactment is government).
Narcotics cases
As for cause use, information shows cases filed nether the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act successful Tamil Nadu roseate astir 100% — from astir 13,450 (2018-20) to 27,300 (2021-23). But, different States saw adjacent sharper increases: cases successful Assam roseate by 260% and Telangana by 220%, portion Kerala, Karnataka, Bihar, and Andhra Pradesh besides saw spikes ranging from 125% to 180%.
A assertion astir the emergence successful POCSO Act rape cases is missing a wide clip framework for comparison. The Supreme Court precocious observed that the POCSO Act was weaponised by families to punish young people, which formed uncertainty connected the higher numbers.
The merchandise besides claims atrocities against Dalits are sharply increasing. However, NCRB information shows that betwixt 2018 and 2023, Tamil Nadu has consistently ranked betwixt eighth and thirteenth successful cases filed nether the Prevention of Atrocities Act (data for SCs considered). Much similar the inclination seen with drug-related cases, this emergence successful reported incidents was observed successful respective different States arsenic well.
(With inputs from Nivedha M.)
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is disposable connected the State’s wellness helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416 and Sneha’s termination prevention helpline 044-24640050.)
