TVK govt releases white paper on State finances, targets DMK regime

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Tamil Nadu Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson (centre right), and Additional Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu Finance Department, M.A. Siddique (centre left), Secretary to Government (Expenditure), N. Venkatesh (right), and Deputy Secretary to Government C.A. Rishabh (left), releasing a White Paper connected the Fiscal Management of Tamil Nadu, successful Chennai connected June 16, 2026.

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Marie Wilson connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) released a achromatic insubstantial connected the state's finances, which faulted the erstwhile DMK authorities helmed by past Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.

Addressing a property league astatine the Secretariat, Wilson said Tamil Nadu has a "direct" indebtedness load of ₹10 lakh crore and ₹78,324 crore of gross deficit, a "new high, not seen truthful far."

As regards cardinal metrics of SOTR (State's Own Tax Revenue) and GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product), it stood astatine 5.45%, which was beauteous low.

Soon aft taking implicit arsenic the Chief Minister, TVK laminitis person C. Joseph Vijay had assured that his authorities would merchandise a achromatic insubstantial connected the State finances.

Published - June 16, 2026 07:46 p.m. IST

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