T.N. Assembly to pass resolution demanding State’s due share of financial devolution: Governor Arlekar

Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, in his code to the Assembly connected Thursday (June 18, 2026), said a solution volition beryllium passed successful the House demanding Tamil Nadu’s owed stock of fiscal devolution from the taxes it contributes to the Union government.

Besides, a Special Legal Committee volition beryllium constituted to prosecute the contented up to the Supreme Court to unafraid just fiscal devolution. Every rupee owed to Tamil Nadu volition beryllium decently documented, and a study detailing the Union government’s “discriminatory approach” toward the fiscal devolution for Tamil Nadu volition beryllium published, helium said.

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The authorities volition guarantee that Tamil Nadu receives its rightful stock of fiscal devolution from the Union government. “This authorities volition enactment diligently to continuously property the Union authorities to safeguard the payment of Tamil Nadu, to combat for State rights, to instrumentality required schemes for the State, and to make caller infrastructure,” helium added.

UNESCO World Heritage Site tag

The Governor said the authorities volition facilitate continued archaeological probe astatine the sites of Keeladi, Adichanallur, Kodumanal, Mayiladumparai, Sivagalai, Azhagankulam, Arikkamedu, Saluvankuppam, and Poompuhar.

The authorities volition strive to get UNESCO World Heritage Site designation for the Keeladi and Adichanallur archaeological sites, and put for schoolchildren to beryllium taken connected acquisition tours. Further, astatine the taste sites of Adichanallur, Kodumanal, and Gangaikonda Cholapuram, the acquisition of Tamil civilisation volition beryllium recreated for tourists done Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) technologies.

Sustainable Tourism Policy

A broad ‘Sustainable Tourism Policy’ volition beryllium framed truthful arsenic to sphere the State’s earthy resources and ecological balance. By processing environmentally sustainable infrastructure, the authorities volition alteration Tamil Nadu into a planetary destination for practice and eco-tourism, helium added.