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Speech
of Thiru C. Ponnaiyan, Hon'ble
Minister for Finance, Government of Tamil Nadu, presenting
the Revised Estimates for 2002-2003 and the Budget for 2003-2004 to
the Legislative Assembly on 21st March,
2003.
Honourable
Speaker Sir,
I
rise to present the Revised Estimates for the year 2002-2003 and the
Budget proposals of the Government of Tamil Nadu for the year
2003-2004 before this august House. The people of Tamil Nadu
have once again reaffirmed their immense faith and trust in the
dynamic leadership of our visionary leader Puratchi Thalaivi J Jayalalithaa. The resounding victory in
the recent Sathankulam by-election amply demonstrates that our
people stand solidly behind our Hon'ble Chief Minister, Puratchi
Thalaivi J Jayalalithaa
in her bold efforts to set right complex and seemingly
insurmountable problems and forge a brand new development path,
which will take the State to the Number One position in the
country.
2.
Hon’ble Members are well aware of the difficult problems that
this Government had to face after it assumed office in May, 2001. We
have had to contend with an extremely serious fiscal situation with
no easy solutions and widespread drought conditions, following
successive failure of monsoons and non-release of water by
Karnataka, leading to the failure of crops in the Cauvery delta
region. These adverse conditions would have broken the will of any
other Government and completely paralyzed the entire development
process. It is only
because of the steely resolve and indomitable will of the Hon'ble
Chief Minister, Puratchi Thalaivi J Jayalalithaa that despite
extreme odds, this Government has been able to chart out a new
development agenda and take resolute steps for achieving the
development goals.
Drought
Relief Measures
Fiscal
Situation
Twelfth
Finance Commission
Tenth
Five-Year Plan
Annual
Plan 2003-2004
Police,
Prisons And Fire Services
Development
Imperatives For 2003-2004
Primary
Sector
Comprehensive
Rural Development
The
Secondary Sector
Infrastructure
Development
Urban
Development
Services
Sector
Human
Resources Development
Health
and Family Welfare
Welfare
Of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes, Most
Backward Classes, Denotified Communities And
Minorities
Social
Safety Net
Welfare
of women, children, elderly and the
disabled
Social
Security
Tamil
Development
Welfare
of Government Employees
Good
Governance
Fiscal
Projections
Commercial
Taxes
Electricity
Tax
Motor
Vehicle Tax
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