Several TVK election promises did not make it into the Tamil Nadu budget
Family pension at ₹2.5 lakh a year for language-struggle martyrs, ₹2,500 women's monthly entitlement, ₹3,000 elder and disability assistance, ₹4,000 jobless-graduate support, Aavin milk procurement at ₹44/litre, and fishing-ban relief at ₹20,000 are missing.
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Tamil Nadu Budget 2026-27 routes about ₹30,589 crore+ of infrastructure through PPP or contracts
Private firms' role in the power sector has grown markedly - ETPS expansion, Coimbatore-Ariyalur 765 KV line, and EV chargers.
Online liquor pre-booking is live across 4,000+ Tasmac outlets in Tamil Nadu via website or app
Those aged 21+ can pick a shop, product and stock, pay digitally, and collect with a QR receipt at the store - no home delivery.
Scheme name changes in the Tamil Nadu Agriculture Budget 2026-27
The rooftop-garden package becomes Vetri Illatharasi home gardens; the soil-life conservation scheme becomes the TN soil-health mission; Uzhavan app is rebranded as the AI farmer app.
Tamil Nadu Agriculture Budget 2026-27 key announcements - part 1
‘Thuli Thuli Thanneer’ drip irrigation expansion gets ₹785 Cr (2.20 lakh acres).
Tamil Nadu Agriculture Budget 2026-27 - part 2
Sugarcane (₹18.36 Cr total), farm ponds, machinery rental hubs, minor millets, wild-boar crop protection, wells, organic farming (Nammazhvar college), market intelligence, Vanmagal drones, 100% crop insurance, AI farmer app, bio-fertiliser incentive, 43,500 t…
20,000 public EV charging stations planned across Tamil Nadu
The budget also proposes apartment charging subsidies, a new Battery Energy Storage System policy, and wider smart-meter use in Chennai and industrial-commercial power connections.
Tamil Nadu has allotted ₹8,852 crore to housing and urban development
A new middle-income housing scheme is planned for the Chennai metropolitan area, with 24,131 homes to be completed this year, construction of 14,194 more units to begin, and a full master plan for the expanded Chennai region.
Tamil Nadu has allotted ₹21,524 crore to highways and announced a Safe Roads Mission
The plan covers better road design and maintenance, AI monitoring of speeding and traffic violations, stronger patrols and emergency care at accident spots, and a new Namma Saalai app for reporting potholes and damage.
Tamil Nadu's school education department has been allotted ₹44,527 crore in the state budget
The package covers cleaner government school campuses, expanded AI and robotics in the curriculum, anti-drug cells in schools, and laptop and bicycle schemes for students.
Is Tamil Nadu's power sector moving toward privatisation?
The budget lists Ennore thermal expansion at ₹8,000 crore and the Coimbatore–Ariyalur 765 kV line at ₹4,000 crore under PPP, plus 20,000 EV charging stations also via PPP.
A fee on UPI payments above ₹2,000?
Those larger payments are only 5% by count but about 65% by value.
In the Tamil Nadu Budget 2026-27, the AI, IT and Digital Services department gets ₹398 crore
Plans include a Tamil Nadu AI Mission; AI use in health, agriculture, education, urban administration and citizen services; upgrading all e-Sevai centres to e-Sevai 2.0; expanding ‘Namma Arasu’ WhatsApp services from 76 to 275; launching the AI-enabled SPEED…
Tamil Nadu Budget 2026-27: school education ₹44,527 crore, higher education ₹8,393 crore
Key lines include Super Clean Super Campus, Kamarajar special schools, TN SPARK, Class 11 cycles, the Vetri laptop scheme, new ITIs, and AI skills training for five lakh students by 2031.
In the Tamil Nadu Budget 2026-27, the government will act to protect 69% reservation
Scholarships continue, medical education fee aid under 7.5% reservation, and incentives against girls' dropout - schemes totaling ₹462.41 crore.
In the Tamil Nadu Budget 2026-27, the Energy department gets ₹15,828 crore
Highlights include smart meters for all Chennai consumers and 50 lakh industrial/commercial users elsewhere, rooftop solar subsidies, Chennai distribution upgrades, a Coimbatore-Ariyalur 765 kV line, new substations, transformer replacement, and a large EV ch…
In the Tamil Nadu Budget 2026-27, Higher Education gets ₹8,393 crore
Major lines include the ₹2,000 crore Vetri laptop scheme, competitive-exam coaching, five new ITIs (₹90 crore), and AI skills training for five lakh students by 2031.
In the Tamil Nadu Budget 2026-27, Labour Welfare and Skill Development gets ₹2,022 crore
Special Schemes Implementation gets ₹17,150 crore.
Tamil Nadu Budget 2026-27: housing and urban development ₹8,852 crore, handloom ₹1,678 crore
MY-HOME launches in Chennai; a PPP plan targets one lakh homes in seven years with ₹15,000 crore investment.
Tamil Nadu Budget 2026-27: municipal administration ₹29,863 crore, highways ₹21,524 crore
Highways and Minor Ports gets ₹21,524 crore, including ₹9,300 crore for an integrated road infrastructure programme prioritising safe, durable, world-class roads.
Tamil Nadu Budget 2026-27: ₹3,937 crore for social justice and tribal welfare
Separate funds support Ambedkar entrepreneur and overseas education schemes, the ‘Mannin Magal’ land ownership plan, and the ‘Vetri Thozhil Munaivor’ scheme.
Tamil Nadu Budget 2026-27: 500 new anganwadis and ₹812 crore for Annanin Seer
Senior recreation centres, old-age homes, and transgender skill loans, subsidies and shelters also feature.
Tamil Nadu Budget 2026-27: transport ₹13,561 crore, agriculture ₹14,984 crore
Three new Chennai metro corridors are recommended.
Scheme name changes in the Tamil Nadu Budget 2026-27
About 10 DMK-era schemes - including Naan Mudhalvan, Magalir Urimai Thogai, and Kalaignar Kanavu Illam - are cited with renames or reworks.
No drinking water for two months: Araipakkam residents gherao the Chengalpattu collector's office
Around 1,500 people across 7 streets are affected and have been forced to buy water or travel several kilometres to collect it.
Cauvery water released from Karnataka dams has reached Tamil Nadu’s Biligundulu border
Kabini outflow is reported at about 25,000 cusecs; Hogenakkal inflow has risen by 1,000 cusecs to 9,000 cusecs.
FSSAI has said claims such as '100% Natural' and '100% Pure' on Dabur products are misleading
Honey, ghee, coconut water and coconut oil are among items under watch; the company has been ordered to stop selling products with the disputed '100%' claims immediately and to report corrective steps within 15 days.
Finance Ministry clears a proposal to raise the EPF wage ceiling from ₹15,000 to ₹25,000
It now goes to the Union Cabinet.
Heavy rain continues in Karnataka catchment areas
Kabini dam is receiving about 31,700 cusecs; with the reservoir near full capacity, outflow has been raised to 27,000 cusecs.
The 16th Indian Organ Donation Day was held in Delhi on 3 August
NOTTO, under the Union Health Ministry, presented the awards.
Udhayanidhi’s speech was wrong - no dispute
Why does TVK show such intensity only here, not on Cauvery water rights and Mekedatu?
The case against Udhayanidhi lists multiple BNS sections, from disharmony to criminal intimidation
Reports also say the case lists nine sections under the Women Protection Act and the Information Technology Act.
High Court orders Udhayanidhi released today after questioning
His side sought anticipatory bail in the Madras High Court citing possible arrest.
Udhayanidhi questioned for about 90 minutes at Sengipatti police station and released
He was taken from his Neelankarai residence in Chennai to Sengipatti police station in Thanjavur and questioned for about one and a half hours.
Tamil Nadu has no separate rules for bike taxis yet
The government says a panel will study permits.
India has about 94,000 fewer government schools than a decade ago, while private schools grew
Mergers and administrative reorganisation are a major reason; the count is not only “closed” schools.
Puducherry resident Rajan, 32, was critically injured in an accident and treated at JIPMER
After doctors declared brain death, his family agreed to donate his organs.
Reports say government-school students joining government colleges may get ₹8,000
Talk also includes autonomy for 30 government-aided colleges, startup funding for government-college students, and raising the government-school quota from 7.5% to 10%.
Theeran Chinnamalai was born near Kangeyam on 17 April 1756
He fought the East India Company alongside Tipu Sultan and later from Odanilai fort.
Tamil Nadu's new investment proposals fall 74.5% in Q1 and the state slips to 17th
The state slipped from 6th to 17th in the national investment ranking.
The Cauvery authority ordered Karnataka to ensure 3,500 cusecs of flow to Tamil Nadu for 15 days
Karnataka objected, citing weak inflow and its own drinking water needs.
Karnataka has been directed to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu at 3,500 cusecs a day for 15 days
To counter the order, the Karnataka government has pulled every party, former chief ministers and MPs onto a single platform.
Kerala rains have lifted Kabini inflow to about 15,500 cusecs and KRS to about 10,504 cusecs
Hogenakkal rose from 150 cusecs for seven days to 500 cusecs on the morning of 1 August.
Andhra has opened a new international airport at Bogapuram (₹5,640 crore)
Karnataka is surveying sites for Bengaluru’s second airport.
💧 Kuruvai acreage across the Cauvery delta has fallen sharply this year
Against 5,05,456 acres on 27 July 2025, only 3,87,484 acres are under cultivation on 27 July 2026 - a drop of 1,17,972 acres (23.3%).
Jason Sanjay says his first choice to act opposite a Hollywood star is his father
He shared Vijay’s advice to build his own identity and do things himself to gain experience.
Water is being released from the Kabini dam at 10,000 cubic feet per second
Heavy rain in Kerala has raised inflow to 15,500 cusecs, prompting the discharge.
Parthiban files a PIL seeking a law for caste and religion free certificates
After obtaining his own certificate in April under a court order, he moved the petition following a judge’s remark that others too must get the same opportunity.
The Centre has released ₹1,09,019 crore as additional tax devolution to states
Tamil Nadu’s share is ₹4,466 crore, while Uttar Pradesh received the highest at ₹19,208 crore.
High Court extends by-election stay on five constituencies to August 24
Petitions challenge the election results for these seats; the plea warned that holding by-elections before the cases end could create two representatives for the same constituency.
KSAPS has denied claims that 7,000 college students in Karnataka are living with HIV
The agency says it does not track HIV data under a separate "students" category, and that a cumulative figure of 39,028 people aged 18-35 on treatment since 2004 was misread.
Nurses protest GO 204 staff cuts as 292 face transfer
Unions say 292 nurses face transfer under "restructuring" (192 from primary health centres, 100 from government hospitals).
Rahul Gandhi arrives in Tamil Nadu for a Congress training camp in Mamallapuram
Reports suggest he may meet CM Vijay, but no official announcement has been made yet.
CM Vijay presents medals to 665 police personnel at the Chennai ceremony
President, Union Home Minister, and Chief Minister medals were also conferred.
₹340 crore allocated for drinking water and essential works
₹340 crore has been allocated for drinking water and other essential works, with officials directed to use the funds and complete necessary works quickly.
D.K. Shivakumar asks CM Vijay not to visit Karnataka amid the Cauvery row
Shivakumar said water already released to Tamil Nadu has flowed into the sea, and that the Cauvery Management Authority did not accept Karnataka's claim of shortage.
