Highlights | Tamil Nadu Budget 2025: Airport in Ramanathapuram, 2,000-acre global city near Chennai among key announcements
The Budget aims to uplift marginalised communities, support students, and create more opportunities for professionals.
Tamil Nadu Budget for 2025-26 is being presented by State Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu presented the 2025-26 Budgetat the Legislative Assembly building in the state Secretariat on Friday.
The Budget aims to uplift marginalised communities, support students, and create more opportunities for professionals.
A key highlight is the sustained investment in flagship initiatives, including free bus travel for women, the development of a 2,000-acre modern city, and a Rs 20,000 subsidy for 2,000 gig workers to buy electric scooters.
These efforts, along with strategic investments in industrial parks, skill development, and transport infrastructure, are set to boost Tamil Nadu’s economic growth and job creation.
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- 14 March 2025 4:28 PM
IN CASE YOU MISSED THESE TN BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENTS...
- Rs 2,000 crore allotted for 'Kalaignar Nagarpura Mempattu Thittam' for the upcoming fiscal
- 6,483 kilometres of roads in urban local bodies will be upgraded at Rs 3,750 crore
- A new 3km-flyover to connect Velachery Bypass Road and Gurunanak College at Rs 310 crore
- Seven climate-resilient sponge parks in Chennai at Rs 88 crore
- River-side development in Tiruchy, Madurai, Erode, Coimbatore and Tirunelveli Corporations at Rs 400 crore
- Marine Resource Foundation for the adoption of modern fishing practices to ensure sustainable marine resource management
- Blue Flag certification for beaches Tiruvanmiyur, Palavakkam, Uthandi in Chennai, Kulasekarapattinam in Thoothukudi district, Keezhputhupattu in Villupuram district and Samiyarpettai in Cuddalore district
- 700 diesel buses of State Transport Corporation to be converted into CNG buses
- ‘Raptors Research Foundation’ will be established to protect eagles, hawks, and vultures
- Dhanushkodi will be notified as a Greater Flamingo Sanctuary
- A comprehensive coastline management study will be conducted to mitigate the risks of sea erosion
- Dedicated master plans for hill areas covering 1,200 sq km to regulate developments
- Heatwave action plans will be developed for Greater Chennai Corporation, Madurai, Thoothukudi, Tiruchyi, Coimbatore, Erode, Tiruppur, Vellore, Salem, Tambaram, and Avadi
- 14 March 2025 6:42 AM
Additionally, for extending the Chennai Airport metro line to Kalaignar Centenary Bus Terminus in Kilambakkam, covering 15.46 km at a cost of Rs.9,335 crore; extending the Koyambedu line to Pattabiram via Avadi, spanning 21.76 km at a cost of Rs.9,744 crore; and for extending 27.9 km of metro line from Poonamallee to sunkuvarchatram via Sriperumpudur at a cost of Rs.8,779 crore, the Detailed Project Reports were received and the same will be submitted to the Union Government for their equity contribution.
- 14 March 2025 6:42 AM
Detailed project reports for the metro rail projects on the Avinashi Road and Sathyamangalam Road routes in Coimbatore, estimated at Rs.10,740 crore, and for the Thirumangalam–Othakadai corridor in Madurai, estimated at Rs.11,368 crore, have been submitted for equity contribution from the Union Government.
Construction work in both the cities will commence as soon as the approval is granted.
14 March 2025 6:40 AMChennai Metro Rail Limited
Chennai Metro Rail Phase-II is the largest ongoing metro rail project in the country, being implemented at a cost of Rs.63,246 crore and a total length of 119 km across three corridors.
The project is progressing rapidly, and in these routes, the elevated corridor between Poonamallee and Porur is set to be opened for public use in December this year.
- 14 March 2025 6:35 AM
Tamil Nadu StartUp Data Server Services Scheme
The scheme will provide vouchers for availing data centre services worth up to Rs.5 lakh each to startups registered with iTNT and StartUp TN will be implemented by ELCOT through the ‘Tamil Nadu StartUp Data Server Services Scheme’ at an allocation of Rs.10 crore.
