september 2020

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu launches one nation, one ration card scheme Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami launched a one nation one ration card scheme in the state. The scheme allows the ration card holders to get their monthly entitlement of foodgrains from any PDS outlet of their choice in the state and across the country. The scheme will be … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu has most number of ‘accident-prone black spots’ in NH network There were around 5,489 black spots across the national highway network till December 2019 with Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh having the biggest share of such highly dangerous stretches. Stretches of NH of about 500 metres where at … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu in the running for Rs 4,000 crore furniture hub Tamil Nadu is one of the three states in the running for a Rs 4,000 crore furniture hub to be set up by the central and state governments and the private sector. Furniture is one of the manufacturing areas under focus as part of the … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu tops in road accidents for third year Tamil Nadu has the dubious distinction of recording the highest number of road accidents in the country for the third successive year, though there were fewer than in the previous year. In 2019, Tamil Nadu saw 57,228 cases, while Madhya Pradesh was second with 51,641 cases and Karnataka … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu & Arunachal Pradesh integrated under One Nation One Ration Card Scheme Two more States, Tamil Nadu and Arunachal Pradesh have been integrated with the existing national portability cluster of 26 States and UTs under One Nation One Ration Card. With this, a total of 28 States and UTs are now seamlessly connected … Read more

TAMILNADU IIT Madras Develops ‘MOUSHIK’ Microprocessor For IoT Devices Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras Researchers have made ‘MOUSHIK,’ an indigenously-made Microprocessor, that can cater to the rapidly-growing IoT devices, an integral part of Smart Cities of a Digital India. MOUSHIK is a processor cum ‘system on chip’ which has been conceptualized, designed and developed … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu to provide legal sanctity to MSP   The Tamil Nadu government is planning to provide legal sanctity to minimum support price (MSP) in the farming sector and would make MSP mandatory for contract farming too, which the Centre seeks to encourage.   A provision to this effect will be made under Section 23 (1) … Read more

TAMILNADU Water level in Stanley Reservoir at Mettur, Tamil Nadu reaches 100 ft   The water level in the Stanley Reservoir at Mettur in Tamil Nadu has reached hundred feet. This is considered the 66th time the level rises above 100-feet since its inception against its full reservoir level of 120-feet.   The water inflow … Read more

TAMILNADU Tamil Nadu CM orders release of water from Vaigai dam Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has ordered the release of water from the Vaigai dam from Sept 27, for irrigation of 1,05,002 acres of land. As the combined storage of both the Mullaperiyar dam and the Vaigai dam touched 6000 MCFT, water … Read more