CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu budget for 2008-09 has proposed several measures for small farmers and women, including sanction of new crop loans of Rs.1,500 crore and formation of 4 lakh new self-help groups for women. Also, 10,000 SHGs of farmers will be formed and the groups will be provided a total of Rs.10 crore as revolving fund.
Interlinking of rivers in the State, making Women''s Commission a statutory body, broadband internet for police stations, setting up of emergency trauma care centres, abolishing of special fees in schools, providing computers for the remaining government high schools and higher secondary schools, establishment of separate welfare boards for persons in the publishing industry, powerloom weavers and Narikoravas, setting up five new engineering and two new medical colleges, provision of Rs.2,000 crore for the rural employment guarantee scheme, addition of 3,500 new buses to the state transport corporation''s fleet and establishment of four more special economic zones are some of the schemes announced in the budget.
Government employees stand to gain considerably since they have been promised that the "government will examine the order of the [Sixth Pay Commission] and take expeditious action to issue orders." There is also a hike in reimbursement of their medical expenses.
Interlinking of rivers in the State, making Women''s Commission a statutory body, broadband internet for police stations, setting up of emergency trauma care centres, abolishing of special fees in schools, providing computers for the remaining government high schools and higher secondary schools, establishment of separate welfare boards for persons in the publishing industry, powerloom weavers and Narikoravas, setting up five new engineering and two new medical colleges, provision of Rs.2,000 crore for the rural employment guarantee scheme, addition of 3,500 new buses to the state transport corporation''s fleet and establishment of four more special economic zones are some of the schemes announced in the budget.
Government employees stand to gain considerably since they have been promised that the "government will examine the order of the [Sixth Pay Commission] and take expeditious action to issue orders." There is also a hike in reimbursement of their medical expenses.
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