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Tamil Nadu has not implemented immoderate strategy for expanding occupation procreation successful the State, alleged K. Annamalai, erstwhile State president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successful Coimbatore connected February 17, 2026, (Tuesday).
He told the media that according to the Interim Budget of the State, which was presented connected Tuesday, the indebtedness GDP ratio of the State has not reduced. Instead, the indebtedness of the State successful 2025-2026 is ₹9.29 lakh crore and it is projected to summation to ₹10.62 lakh crore adjacent fiscal.
Tamil Nadu authorities volition get ₹1.33 lakh crore successful 1 year. According to the gross receipt projection of the Budget past year, the State was expected to make ₹3.31 lakh crore revenue. But, the existent realisation is ₹3.09 lakh crore. So determination is ₹21,871 crore shortfall. “This is simply a authorities that does not make gross and spends by borrowing,” helium said.
The gross enrolment ratio successful higher acquisition was 49 % erstwhile the DMK came to powerfulness 4 years ago. It has reduced by 2 percent points to 47 % this year. The allocation for Higher Education Department is accrued by conscionable ₹11 crore. But, the authorities has announced that it volition renovate Anna University astatine ₹1,380 crore. The allocation for the VB-G RAM G (rural employment scheme) has been reduced and conscionable 23,879 radical person submitted applications for the ‘Kalaignar Kaivinai Thittam’. The Central authorities implements the Vishwakarma strategy and though it is not implemented successful Tamil Nadu, astir 8 lakh radical had registered for it from the State.
The DMK authorities has said it spent ₹8,100 crore for temple renovation. But, it spent conscionable astir ₹82 crore. It should merchandise a achromatic insubstantial connected the magnitude spent for temples. The agriculture assemblage grew conscionable 3 % successful the State, portion it grew astatine CAGR 10 % successful Gujarat erstwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat for 10 years, helium claimed.
The PLI strategy of the Central authorities is instrumental for improvement of physics clusters successful the State. The DMK authorities has not implemented immoderate strategy to make jobs successful Tamil Nadu, helium said.
