' ‘ O N I T»; Tamil Nadu State 1989-90 VA« > N®1 TAMIL NADU STATE ADMINISTRATION REPORT 1989-90 From 1st April 1989 to 31 st March 1990 © GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU 1993 PRINTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF STATIONERY! AND PRINTING, MADRAS ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU PREFACE This report on the Administration of the State of Tamil Nadu for the financial year 1989-90 gives a comprehensive picture of the functioning of various departments of the State Government. 2. The year 1989-90 happened to be a year of mixed fortunes with South-West Monsoon bringing more than normal rains, i.e., 341.8 mm. as against the normal of 30b.6 mm. Yet, the cultivation in the State could not attain full swing owing to the fact that the precipitation in the month of June was less than normal and storage position in the reservoirs was inadequate. The delayed opening of Mettur Dam as late as 20th August from the normal date of 12th June coupled with the receipt of only 42.6 mm. against the normal of 94-6 mm in the month of August 1989 caused and considerable loss in the'area under paddy and millets especially in delta where the farmers had to be content with one crop. Contrary to the behaviour of South-West Monsoon, the North-East Monsoon brought equitable precipitation in the southern drought-prone districts. Yet the rainfall was only 304 mm against the normal of 448 mm. However the State had produced 62.32 lakh metric tonnes of rice during the year. 3. Through a comprehensive and effective net work of Public Distribution System essential commodities such as rice, sugar, wheat, kerosene, palmolein oil, etc. were supplied to the public through 21,134 fair price shops functioning in the state catering to the needs of 129 lakh cardholders at subsided prices. 4. During the year 1989-90, the scheme of allotment of house-sites to , ihe members of Adi-Dravidars, Scheduled Tribes, was continued and 34,879 pattas were issued. 5. In the Industrial Sector, 12,196 permanent and 38,531 provisional small scale units certificates were issued. 7,000 handicrafts units were registered. 8,692 educated unemployed youth were enabled to get loans to the tune of Rs. 1,518.78 lakhs from Banks. 6. During the year, out of 648 Town Panchayats, 257 Town Panchayats- were covered under the “ Comprehensive Water-Supply Scheme 7. In the field of Education, Tamil Nadu has already reached near 100% enrolment under the Age Group 6-11 and 80% under the Age Group 11-14. The rate of dropouts in Primary School level has drastically come down. Tamil Nadu has also been a pacesetter in offering Vocational Education at Higher Secondary level. The Higher Secondary Schools offered one or more vocational courses and the total number of courses offered was 108. Out of 4.42 lakhs higher secondary students, 93,141 were studying in vocational courses during the year 1989-90. 8. Rural Health Centres render preventive, and curative services to the ru^al population. As on 31-3-1990, 1,386 Primary Health Centres including 72 Community Health Centres were functioning in this State. The scheme for control of blindness is being implemented in 145 Primary Health Centres. 9. Under the Integrated Rural Development Programme, a sum of Rs. 4,080.120 lakhs was proviciM'as subsidy benefiting 2,21,509 families. The total number of SC/ST beneficiaries were 1,10,470 whereas the number of women beneficiaries were 77,336. 10. Under the Integrated Rural Development Programme (TRYSEM) i 3,252 persons were trained during the year 1989-90. Among them 5,613 persons "were S.C. candidates and 68 persons S.T. candidates. 2,710 persons were provided with self-employment and 6,646 got wage employment. 11. 41,666 Group houses were constructed for the benefit of SC/ST during the year 1989-90. 7,456 Rural Sanitary latrines were constructed at a cost of Rs. 112.00 lakhs. 12. Adi-Dravidar Welfare is another item, wirch received special attention. To ensure proper representation of SC/ST in educational institutions including Medical, Engineering and other professional courses, 18% of seats in each course have been reserved for SC/ST. Pre-Matric and postmiatric scholarships for education, cash grant of Rs. 1,000/- to Rs. 4,000/- in National Savings Certificates for inter-caste marriages were offered for the welfare of SC/ST. Provision of drinking water wells, construction of houses, free-supply of tools and appliances, formation of Milk-Co-operative Societies and land Colonisation Co-operative Societies were some of the schemes implemented for the benefit of Adi-Dravidars. 13. Maintenance of law and order and prevention and detection of crimes were well under control. 14. The work and achievements of the various departments of the Government of Tamil Nadu are outlined in this report and it is hoped that it will serve as a useful source of information to the public. SECRETARIAT, T. V. VENKATARAMAN, MADRAS-600 009, Chiej Secretary to Government. 22nd JANUARY 1993. 1989—90 CONTENTS. Pages. CHAPTER 1—GENERAL. 1. Administration .................................... ......................... ^ ^ 2. Governor’s Tour . • — •• ......................... 2 3 3. Visit of V.I.P.’s and V.V.I.P.’s in 1989-90 .. .. .. 3-11 / CHAPTER II—ADI—DRAVlDAR AND TRIBAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT. v/^4. Adi—Dravidar and Tribal Welfare .. .. ... ... ~ 12 18 CHAPTER III—AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT. 5. Agriculture - ........................ — — — ^ 20 6. Agricultural Engineering ... ... .............................................. 21—25 7. Agricultural Marketing ............................................. ........................ 25' 27 8. Agricultural University - ...................................................................... 27—28 9. Horticulture and Plantation Crops .. ................................................. 28—30 10. Oil Seeds ....................................................................... 30-31 11. Seed Certification .. - .............................................. •• 31—34 12. State Agricultural Marketing Board ................................................ 34—35 13 Tamil Nadu Agro Engineering Service Co -operative Federation Limi­ ted (ENCOFED) 35—38 14 Tamil Nadu Co-operative Oil Seeds Growers Federation Limited 38—39 (TANCOF) CHAPTER IV—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT. 15. Animal Hustundary ............................................................. 40—43 16. Aud it for Milk Co-operatives .. .. .......................... 43—4S 17. Dairy Development .. ............................................................ 46—49 18. Fisheries ........................................................................ 49 52 ,/ 19. Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producer’s Federation Limited(TCMPF) 52—53 CHAPTER V—BACKWARD CLASSES AND MOST BACKWARD CLASSES WELFARE DEPARTMENT. 20. Welfare of Backward Classes -- •• ....................................... — 54—55 21. Welfare ot M jst Backward Classes and Denotified Communities .. 55—57 108—3—’B vi Pages. o h a p t e r v i—c o m m e r c ia l t a x e s a n d r e l ig io u s e n d o w m e n t s DEPARTMENT. 22. Commercial Taxes ................................................ 58—59 23. Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Administration .. 59—63 24. Registration and Chits — — - ....................... • 64—70 25. Stamps iNon-PotsaljStampS) ... ... — ' ... ... ... .. 70—74 26. Tamil Nadu Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal — ......................... 75 27. Wakfs — ~ ~ — 76—78 CHAPrER VII—CO OPERATION, FOOD AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DEPART­ MENT. 28. Co-operation ......................... 79—82 29. Civil Supplies «- ~ — . • — — — 82—84 CHAPTER VIII—EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. 30. Alagappa University •• — ~ — 85>—87 31* Anna University ~ — •- — ......................... 87*—89 32. Annamalai University ....................................................................... 89—90 33. Bharathiar University ....................................................................... 90 93 34. Bharathidasan University ..... ......................... .. .. 93—95 35. Collegiate Education ....................................................................... 95—97 36. Connemara {State Central) Library ................................................ 98 -9 9 37. Government Examinations ....................................................................... 99— 100 38. Institute of Remote Sensing .. .. .............................................. 101—102 39. Legal Studies ....................................................................... 103 104 40. Madurai Kamaraj U n iv e rsity ....................................................................... 105— 109 41. Mother Teresa Women’s University .. .. .. .. .. 109-—112 42. National Cadet Corps ............................................................ 112—113 43. Non-Formal Adult E d u catio n ....................................................................... 113—116 44. Public Libraries ....................................................................... 116—118 45. School Education ................................................ •• 118—123 46. Sports and Youth Services •• .. .................................................. 123— 127 47. Tamil Nadu Text Book Society ..........................................................- 127—128 -48. Tamil Nadu Archives ..................................... •• •• 128 131 49. Tf.mil University •• ..................................... •• 132—133 vii CHAPTER VIII- EDUCATION DEPARTMENT— cont. Pages 50. Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre, Madras ...................... 134-135 51. Tamil Nadu State Council for