Up to now 5 years, the MK Stalin authorities had carried out a number of welfare schemes with far-reaching impression that helped uplift the lives of girls in addition to different sections.
It delivered on its key ballot guarantees such because the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam that entitled 1.31 crore ladies heads of households to obtain a month-to-month rights grant of ₹1,000 and the Vidiyal Payanam scheme permitting ladies to journey with ‘zero price’ bus tickets in choose routes.
On the similar time, the federal government launched schemes that didn’t determine in its manifesto. This included empowering schemes reminiscent of Pudhumai Pen, Tamil Pudhalvan, Naan Mudhalvan, Illam Thedi Kalvi, Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam, and Thayumanavara.
However how lots of the 505 guarantees the DMK made in 2021 have been fulfilled? The get together leaders have made various claims about this previously. Some leaders claimed 90% of them had been honoured.
Nonetheless, earlier this month, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu, formally, within the presence of the Chief Minister, introduced 75% guarantees have been both fulfilled or have been being fulfilled.
As for the breakdown, he mentioned 206 guarantees had been fulfilled, 170 have been being carried out, and 32 have been underneath the consideration of the State authorities, whereas 33 have been pending with the Union authorities. As many as 20 guarantees have been dropped “as not possible”. The Minister, nonetheless, didn’t point out which ones have been discovered unfeasible.
A perusal of the 2021 manifesto, nonetheless, threw up some vital guarantees that have been both not fulfilled or solely partially addressed.
Promise no. 3 within the manifesto learn: “DMK in its efforts to oppose the Nationwide Training Coverage launched by the BJP authorities will formulate a separate State Training Coverage for Tamil Nadu. To realize this purpose, a high-level committee comprising varied educationists and different consultants will likely be established.” The federal government did represent the Justice Murugesan Committee. Nonetheless, it launched solely the Tamil Nadu College Training Coverage 2025, whereas the Greater Training Coverage is but to be formulated.
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A Horticulture College (No. 53) in Krishnagiri and Agriculture College in Madurai (No. 54) are nonetheless on paper. A separate reservation of two.5% (No. 332) for college kids from government-aided colleges in medical faculties was not carried out.
The promise no. 159 that the federal government will repay graduate schooling loans for college kids from colleges in Tamil Nadu, underneath 30 years of age, who’re unable to pay it again inside a yr, was additionally not taken ahead.
The federal government didn’t execute the peace of mind to ascertain Kalaignar Canteens (No. 331) in 500 areas within the first section to supply meals at a backed price for poor, underprivileged individuals throughout the State.
As for battling corruption, the DMK promised to ascertain particular courts (No. 21) to deal with corruption instances in opposition to former AIADMK Ministers and expedite its perform. However the DVAC solely registered instances in opposition to some former Ministers.
The federal government additionally didn’t take any steps to introduce a laws to order 75% of the personal sector jobs for locals (No. 196). The DMK had additionally mentioned precedence could be given to first era graduates in authorities jobs (No. 179).
Whereas it had promised to revive the Previous Pension Scheme (No. 309), the federal government walked a good rope; discovered a by way of media and launched the Tamil Nadu Assured Pension Scheme.
Among the many most populist guarantees, the federal government was unable to satisfy its assurance of giving ₹100 as cooking gasoline cylinder subsidy (No. 503) to ration cardholders. It didn’t scale back the worth of diesel by ₹4 per liter (No. 504).
Whereas as a part of the identical promise, it had promised to chop petrol value by ₹5 per litre, the federal government truly slashed it by ₹3 (state excise obligation).
Nonetheless, the federal government fulfilled its promise (No. 505) to cut back the worth of Aavin milk by ₹3 per liter.
Its different populist promise that is still unkept is to introduce a month-to-month fee of electrical energy payments (No. 221). The DMK manifesto had mentioned, “The present system of bimonthly fee of electrical energy payments will likely be changed with a month-to-month fee system to ease the monetary burden on individuals. This scheme will allow a consumer family to avoid wasting as much as ₹6,000 (for <1000 models) yearly.”
Whereas the DMK promised it will get NEET-based medical admissions abolished (No. 160), it couldn’t fulfill it regardless of passing a Invoice twice, because the President withheld assent.
Promise no. 376 mentioned, “In the course of the current AIADMK authorities, the Legislative Meeting has been convened for just a few days, due to which many issues confronted by individuals couldn’t be addressed. Due to this fact, DMK will be sure that the Meeting is convened for a minimum of 100 days or extra.” Nonetheless, the typical annual sitting days of the Meeting was simply 32 days, decrease than 34 of in the course of the AIADMK regime, in accordance with an evaluation by PRS Legislative Analysis, an impartial analysis physique.
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