Initiatives/ Schemes
Kalaignar Kanavu Illam Scheme
- Context: The Chief Minister announced that a total of 7 lakh houses will be built for the poor in Tamil Nadu by 2030.
- Under the “Kalaignar Kanavu Illam” scheme, 5 lakh houses will be built in rural areas and 2 lakh houses in urban areas by 2030.
Development Plans of TN government
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- Under the “Nalamudan Tamil Nadu 2030” plan, steps will be taken to provide adequate health insurance to all and special medical camps will be held for early detection of diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure and cancer.
- Special measures will be taken to reduce maternal mortality and mental health counseling centers will be set up in every district.
- In the agriculture sector, it is planned to increase the net cultivation area to 50 lakh hectares and provide soil health cards to 43 lakh farmers.
- Organic farming will be expanded to 17,000 hectares and bio-farming to one lakh hectares.
- To improve water conservation, micro-irrigation will be expanded to 21 lakh hectares and 1,000 rainwater harvesting structures will be set up in the Western and Eastern Ghats.
- Steps will be taken to increase food production to 125 lakh metric tons.
- 1,000 model schools will be expanded under the “Vetri palligal Scheme”.
- In all government and government-aided schools Smart classrooms will be set up and steps will be taken to increase the enrollment rate in higher education to 90 percent by 2030.
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- Artificial intelligence technologies will be introduced in the education sector and AI labs will be set up in every educational institution.
- It was said that steps will be taken to provide housing land patta to every Adi Dravidian and tribal family without a house.
- It was announced that a new scheme called “Uttamar Gandhi Model Villages” will be introduced to improve rural development.
- By 2030 The target has been set to make Tamil Nadu a trillion dollar economy state by the year.
Tamil Nadu State Information Commissioners
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- Context : The Governor administered the oath of office to two new State Information Commissioners to the Tamil Nadu Information Commission.
- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 15 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (Central Act 22/2005).
- The Governor has appointed retired IAS Atulya Mishra and retired IPS officer Abhay Kumar Singh as State Information Commissioners to the Tamil Nadu Information Commission.
State Information Commission (SIC)
- It is a statutory body established under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005.
- The State Information Commission consists of a State Chief Information Commissioner and a maximum of 10 State Information Commissioners.
- The Governor appoints the State Chief Information Commissioner and State Information Commissioners on the recommendation of a selection committee comprising the Chief Minister (Leader), the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly and a Cabinet Minister nominated by the Chief Minister.
- Their term of office is three years or up to the age of 65 years.
