PART AGENERAL INFORMATION

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PART "A"

GENERAL INFORMATION

HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR OF TAMIL NADU

THIRU SURJIT SINGH BARNALA

COUNCIL OF MINISTERS WITH THEIR PORTFOLIOS

AS ON 05.01.2009

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1. Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi, Chief Minister

Public, General Administration, Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Other All India Services, Prevention of Corruption, District Revenue Officers, Home, Police, Industries, Information Technology, Prohibition and Excise, Molasses, Minorities Welfare, Tamil Official Language & Tamil Culture, Passports and Special Initiatives. 

2. Prof. K. Anbazhagan, Minister for Finance

Finance, Planning, Legislative Assembly and Elections.

3. Thiru Arcot N. Veerasamy, Minister for Electricity

Electricity, Non-Conventional Energy Development, Personnel and Administrative Reforms.

4. Thiru M.K. Stalin, Minister for Rural Development and Local Administration 

Municipal Administration, Rural Development, Panchayats and Panchayat Unions, Poverty Alleviation Programmes, Rural Indebtedness, Urban and Rural Water Supply. 

5. Thiru Ko.Si. Mani, Minister for Cooperation ,

Cooperation, Statistics and Ex-Servicemen Welfare.

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Stattistics and Ex-Servicemen

6. Thiru Veerapandi S. Arumugam,Minister for Agriculture

Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Agro Service Cooperatives, Horticulture, Sugarcane Cess and Sugarcane Development and Waste Land Development. 

7. Thiru Durai Murugan, Minister for Public Works and Law

Public Works, Irrigation including Minor Irrigation, Programme Works, Law and Courts. 

8. Dr.  K. Ponmudi, Minister for Higher Education 

Higher Education including Technical Education, Electronics, Science and Technology, Mines and Minerals. 

9. Thiru  K.N. Nehru, Minister for Transport

Transport, Nationalised Transport, Motor Vehicles Act 

10. Thiru M. R. K. Panneerselvam, Minister for Health 

Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare

11. Thiru Pongalur N. Palanisamy, Minister for Rural Industries & Animal Husbandry

Rural Industries including Cottage Industries and Small Industries and Animal Husbandry

12. Thiru I. Periasami, Minister for Revenue and Housing

Revenue, District Revenue Establishment, Deputy Collectors, Prisons, Weights and Measures, Debt Relief including legislation of Money lending, Chits and Registration of Companies, Housing, Rural Housing, Housing Development.

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 13. Thiru N. Suresh Rajan, 

Minister for Tourism and Registration 

Tourism, Tourism Development Corporation and Registration and Stamp Act.

14. Thiru Parithi Ellamvazhuthi,Minister for Information

Information, Film Technology and Cinematograph Act, Stationery and Printing and Government Press, Town Planning, Urban Development and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority. 

15. Thiru A.V. Velu, Minister for Food

Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection and Price Control. 

16. Thiru Suba Thangavelan, Minister for Slum Clearance and Accomodation Control

Slum Clearance Board and Accommodation Control. 

17. Thiru K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran, Minister for Backward Classes

Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities, Overseas Indians, Refugees and Evacuees, Handlooms and Textiles.

18. Thiru T.M. Anbarasan, Minister for Labour

Labour, Population, Employment and Training, Steel Control and Newsprint Control, Census and Urban & Rural Employment. 

19. Thiru K.R. Periakaruppan, Minister for Hindu Religions and Charitable Endowments    

Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE). 

20. Thiru Thangam Thennarasu, Minister for School Education 

School Education and Archaeology.

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 21. Thiru S. N. M. Ubayadullah, 

Minister for Commercial Taxes

Commercial Taxes.

22. Thiru T. P. M. Mohideen Khan,Minister for Environment

Sports and Youth Welfare, Environment and Pollution Control and Wakfs 

23. Thiru N. Selvaraj, Minister for Forests 

Forests and Cinchona.

24. Thiru Vellakoil Saminathan, Minister for Highways 

Highways and Ports.

25. Tmt. Geetha Jeevan, Minister for Social Welfare

Social Welfare including Women's and Children's Welfare, Nutritious Noon Meal, Welfare of the Disabled, Orphanages and Correctional Administration, Integrated Child Development and Beggar Homes. 

26. Tmt. Tamilarasi,  Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare 

Adi Dravidar Welfare, Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour.

27. Thiru K. P. P. Sami, Minister for Fisheries

Fisheries and Fisheries Development Corporation. 

28. Thiru U. Mathivanan, Minister for Dairy Development 

Milk and Dairy Development.

29. Thiru K. Ramachandran,  Khadi and Village Industries

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Minister for Khadi  Board, Bhoodhan and Gramadhan

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PART BTAMIL NADU AT A GLANCE

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TAMIL NADU AT A GLANCE 20081 GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION

North Latitude Between 8° 5' and 13° 35' East Longitude Between 76° 15' and 80° 20'

2 DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONRef. Year Unit Figure

Area : Census 2001

Sq.Km 130058

Population : ’’ Nos. 62405679

By Sex Male : ’’ ’’ 31400909 Female : ’’ ’’ 31004770 By Area Rural : ’’ ’’ 34921681 Urban : ’’ ’’ 27483998

Density : “ Sq.Km 480Literates : “ Nos. 40524545Workers

Total Workers : ’’ ’’ 27878282 Male : ’’ ’’ 18100397 Female : ’’ ’’ 9777885 Rural : ’’ ’’ 17559768 Urban : ’’ ’’ 10318514 Main Workers : ’’ ’’ 23757783 Marginal Workers : ’’ ’’ 4120499

Categories of Workers Cultivators : ’’ ’’ 5116039 Agricultural Labourers : ’’ ’’ 8637630 Household Industry : ’’ ’’ 1499761 Other Workers : ’’ ’’ 12624852 Non-Workers : ’’ ’’ 34527397

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3 VITAL STATISTICS

Ref. Year Unit Figure Births (CRS) (in No.) : 2007(P) Nos. 1044697 Deaths (CRS) (in No.) : ’’ ’’ 425029 Infant Deaths (CRS) (in No) : ’’ ’’ 11902 Still Birth : ’’ ’’ 9820 Maternal Death : ’’ ’’ 276 Birth Rate (per 1000) (SRS) : 2006 ’’ 16.2 Rural : ’’ ’’ 16.5 Urban : ’’ ’’ 15.9 Death Rate (per 1000) (SRS) : ’’ ’’ 7.5 Rural : ’’ ’’ 8.3 Urban : ’’ ’’ 6.4 Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live Birth) SRS) : ’’ ’’ 37.0 Rural : ’’ ’’ 39.0 Urban : ’’ ’’ 33.0Expectation of life at Birth Male : 2006-11 Age in

Year 68.45

Male : 2011-15 Age in Year 68.60

Female : 2006-11 Age in Year 71.54

Female : 2011-15 Age in Year 71.80

4 TEMPERATURE

Plains Maximum : 2007-08 Celsius 32.79 Minimum : ’’ ’’ 23.80 Hill Stations Maximum : 2007-08 Celsius 19.88 Minimum : ’’ ’’ 12.11

5 RAINFALL

Normal : 2007-08 In m.m 911.6 Actual : ’’ ’’ 1164.8

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6 AGRICULTURE Ref. Year Unit Extent

Total Cultivated Area : 2006-07 Ha. 58427902007-08 ’’ 5815174

Net Area Sown : 2006-07 ’’ 51260722007-08 ’’ 5061919

Area Sown more than once : 2006-07 ’’ 716718

2007-08 ’’ 753255 Area and Production of Principal Crops 2006-07 and 2007-08

Name of the Crops

Area (Ha)(in '000)

Production ('000 Tonnes)

2006-07

2007-08

2006-07

2007-08

Paddy (Rice) 1931 1789 6611 5040Millets and Other Cereals 699 699 1361 1357Pulses 536 610 291 185

Sugarcane (Cane) 391 354 45168

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Groundnut 508 535 1006 1048Gingelly 53 74 27 27Cotton (bales of 170 Kg. lint) 100 99 221 201

Agricultural Land Holdings

Ref. Year Unit FigureHoldings : Census

2005-06 Nos. 8192973

Area Operated : ’’ Ha. 6823947Average size of Holdings : ’’ Ha. 0.83

7 IRRIGATION

: 2006-07 2007-08Net Area Irrigated : Ha 2888880 2863823 Government Canals : ’’ 781433 751990 Private Canals : ’’ 560 664 Tanks : ’’ 531376 506070 Tube Wells : ’’ 393449 389279 Open Wells : ’’ 1172758 1204402 Other Sources : ’’ 9304 11418

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Gross Area Irrigated : ’’ 3309283 3251680

8 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Ref. Year Unit FigureVeterinary Institutions Veterinary Hospitals : 2007-08 Nos. 139 Veterinary

Dispensaries : ’’ ’’ 1207

Clinician Centres : ’’ ’’ 22Livestock and Poultry Population

Cow : Census 2004 Nos. 9141043

Buffaloes : ’’ ’’ 1658415 Sheep : ’’ ’’ 5593485 Goat : ’’ ’’ 8177420 Poultry : ’’ ’’ 86591273

9 DAIRY DEVELOPMENT

Main Dairies : 2007-08 Nos. 15Feeder Balancing Dairies : ’’ ’’ 4

Milk Chilling Plants : ’’ ’’ 36 Average Milk Collection by TCMPF

Milk Procurement by Unions : 2007-08

Lakh Litres Per

Day21.64

Milk Procurement by Regd. Private Dairies : ’’ ’’ 18.60

Automatic Vending Machine Units : ’’ Nos. 218

10 FISHERIES

Length of Coastal Line : 2007-08 KM 1076 Coastal Districts : ’’ Nos. 13 Marine Fishing Villages : ’’ ’’ 591 Estimated Marine Fish

Production : 2007-08 Tonnes 393266

Inland Fish Production : 2007-08(P) ’’ 184100

Coastal Blocks : ’’ Nos. 25

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11 FORESTS

Ref. Year Unit FigureForest Area : 2007-08 Sq.Km 21745.94

Reserved Forests : ’’ ’’ 19363.66 Reserved Lands : ’’ ’’ 2327.51 Unclassed Forests : ’’ ’’ 54.77

Out-turn of Forest Produce 2007-08 Metric

Tonnes Teak wood : ’’ ’’ 4675.694 Firewood : ’’ ’’ 5151.520 Total Pulpwood : ’’ ’’ 25672.023 Sandalwood(Sapwood) : ’’ ’’ 83.198 Sandalwood (Heart

Wood) : ’’ ’’ 631.887

Wattle Bark : ’’ ’’ 725.652 Bamboo : ’’ ’’ 129.665 Charcoal Wood : ’’ ’’ -- Babul : ’’ ’’ 26994.349 Cashew : ’’ ’’ 34.191 Tamarind : ’’ ’’ 588.694 Other Minor Forest

Produce : ’’ ’’ 1202.584

12 ELECTRICITY

Net Generation of Electricity : 2007-08 MU 64833.755

Hydro : ’’ ’’ 6430.385 Wind Mill Generation +

Solar : ’’ ’’ 12.058

Thermal : ’’ ’’ 19480.884 Power Purchased

(Central+Private) : ’’ ’’ 37574.456

Gas Turbine : ’’ ’’ 1335.992

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Ref. Year Unit FigureConsumption of Electricity : 2007-08 MU 53370

Agriculture : ’’ ’’ 10922 Industry (Including

Traction) : ’’ ’’ 21100

Commercial : ’’ ’’ 5024 Domestic : ’’ ’’ 12997 Public Lighting &

Water works : ’’ ’’ 1331 Sales of Licenses,

Sales to other States : ’’ ’’ 521

Miscellaneous : ’’ ’’ 1475 Rural Electrification

Villages Electrified : 2007-08 Nos. 15400 Hamlets Electrified : ’’ ’’ 48117 Pumpsets Energised : ’’ ’’ 1839241

13 INDUSTRIES Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSME)

Micro Small Medium Enterprises : 2007-08 Nos. 557761

Employment : ’’ ’’ 3946263 Investment : ’’ Rs. in

Lakh 19636406 Value of Production : ’’ ’’ 11471946 Registered Factories : 2007 No. in

Lakh 0.39 Working Factories : ’’ ’’ 0.31 Estimated Workers : ’’ ’’ 14.27 Mandays Worked : ’’ ’’ 4482.46

Labour Registered Trade

Unions : 2007 No. 10819 Strikes : ’’ ’’ 56 Mandays Lost : ’’ No in Lakh 723291 Lockouts : ’’ Nos. 10 Mandays Lost : ’’ In Lakh 343231

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14 KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES (Value Rs. in Lakh)

Khadi and Village Industries

2007-08Production Sales

Khadi Industries 6744.59 8142.91

Cotton & Muslin Khadi 2743.35 4384.95

Woollen Khadi - 122.59

Silk Khadi 4001.24 3635.37

Polyester - -

Village Industries 98513.57 124656.24

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1. Modern Medicine

Ref. Year Unit Figure Hospitals : 2007-08 Nos. 317+1*

Dispensaries : ’’ ’’ 215 Other Medical

Institutions : ’’ ’’ 22

Primary Health Centres : ’’ ’’ 1421

Health Sub Centres : ’’ ’’ 8706 Beds in Hospitals and

Dispensaries : ’’ ’’ 55013

Doctors : ’’ ’’ 11014

Nurses : ’’ ’’ 24270 Community Health

Nurses : ’’ ’’ 384

PHC Nurses : ’’ ’’ 2597

Sector Health Nurses : ’’ ’’ 1610 Village Health Nurses,

(Auxiliary and Midwives Nurses)

: ’’ ’’ 10367

* ESI Hospital at K.K.Nagar, Chennai-78 is functioning under the Control of ESI Corporation, New Delhi.

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2. Indian Medicine

Ref. Year Unit Figure

Hospitals : 2007-08 Nos. 5

Dispensaries and Mobile Medical Units : ’’ ’’ 76

Wings attached to Medical College Hospitals, District Head Quarters Hospitals, Taluk and Non Taluk Hospitals

: ’’ ’’ 287

Wings attached to Primary Health Centres

: ’’ ’’ 465

Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries ’’ ’’ 939

Doctors (Sanctioned) : ’’ ’’ 923

Nurses : ’’ ’’ 84

3. Homoeopathy

Hospitals : 2007-08 Nos. 1

Dispensaries and Mobile Medical Units : ’’ ’’ 5

Wings attached to Medical College Hospitals, District Head Quarters Hospitals, Taluk and Non-Taluk Hospitals

: ’’ ’’ 37

Wings attached to PHCs : ’’ ’’ 4

Beds in Hospitals and Dispensaries : ’’ ’’ 50

Doctors : ’’ ’’ 46

Nurses : ’’ ’’ 3

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16 EDUCATION

Ref. Year Unit FigureUniversities : 2007-08 Nos. 29Arts and Science Colleges : ’’ ’’ 557

Colleges for Professional Education

Medicine (2007-08)

Medical : 2007-08 Nos. 18

Dental : ’’ ’’ 23

Para Medical Colleges : ’’ ’’ 134

Indian Medicine Institutions : ’’ ’’ 24

Engineering and Technology Institutions

: ’’ ’’ 301

Polytechnic Colleges : ’’ ’’ 284

Agriculture : ’’ ’’ 11

Veterinary and Fisheries : ’’ ’’ 3

Law Colleges : ’’ ’’ 7

Colleges for Special Education : ’’ ’’ 171

College of Education : ’’ ’’ 160

Schools for Professional Education : ’’ ’’ 782

Schools for Special Education : ’’ ’’ 81

Institutions for Other Professional Education : ’’ ’’ 1875

Schools for General Education : ’’ ’’ 47454

Higher Secondary Schools : ’’ ’’ 4925

High Schools : ’’ ’’ 4578

Middle Schools : ’’ ’’ 8595

Elementary Schools : ’’ ’’ 29356

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17 ROAD AND TRANSPORT

Ref. Year Unit Figure1. Road Length

National Highways : 2007-08 Kilo Metre 4499.364 State Highways : ’’ ’’ 56971.000 Corporation and

Municipalities Road : 2006-07 ’’ 17014.000 Panchayat Union and

Village Panchayat : 2007-08 (P) ’’ 99610.000

Town Panchayat Roads : ’’ ’’ 15592.000 Others (Forest Road) : 2007-08 ’’ 3930.420

2. Registered Motor Vehicles Commercial : 2007-08 Nos. 706869 Non-Commercial : ’’ ’’ 9362141

3. Railways Route Length : 2007-08 Kilo Metre 3950.80

Broad Gauge : ’’ ’’ 2616.09 1. Electrified : ’’ ’’ 1072.79 2. Non-Electrified : ’’ ’’ 1543.30 Metre Gauge : ’’ ’’ 1334.71 1. Electrified : ’’ ’’ 0.00 2. Non-Electrified : ’’ ’’ 1334.71

Track Length : ’’ ’’ 5911.05 Broad Gauge : ’’ ’’ 4450.79 1. Electrified : ’’ ’’ 2366.54 2. Non-Electrified : ’’ ’’ 2084.25 Metre Gauge : ’’ ’’ 1460.26 1. Electrified : ’’ ’’ 0.00 2. Non-Electrified : ’’ ’’ 1460.26

Railway Stations : ’’ Nos. 541 Broad Gauge : ’’ ’’ 390 Metre Gauge : ’’ ’’ 137 Broad Gauge and Metre Gauge Combined : ’’ ’’ 14

4. Sea Ports : 2007-08 ’’ 18 Major Ports : ’’ ’’ 3 Minor Ports : ’’ ’’ 15

5. Air Ports : ’’ ’’ 5

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Ref. Year Unit Figure

1. Post and Telegraph Post Offices doing

postal business alone : 2007-08 Nos. 12115

2. Telephones*

Telephones in Use : 2007-08 Nos. 3346906

Public Call Offices : ’’ ’’ 319128

Local : ’’ ’’ 256080

STD : ’’ ’’ 62579

Highways : ’’ ’’ 469

Telephone Exchanges : ’’ ’’ 2407

3. No. of Cellular Phones in use* : ’’ ’’ 3337087

4.No. of WLL Phones in use* : ’’ ’’ 453095

* Chennai Telephones and BSNL in Tamil Nadu Circle Only 19 CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES

Central Co-operative Bank : 2007-08 Nos. 23

Primary Agricultural Co-Op Bank : ’’ ’’ 4505

Growers Bank : ’’ ’’ 4

Rural Bank : ’’ ’’ 6

Farmers Services Co-operative Societies : ’’ ’’ 15

Large sized Adivasi -Multipurpose Primary Co- operative Society

: ’’ ’’ 19

Primary Agricultural Rural Development Bank

: ’’ ’’ 180

Urban Bank : ’’ ’’ 120

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19 CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES (Contd.)

Ref. Year Unit Figure Employee’s Co- Op

Society : 2007-08 Nos. 1835 Other Urban Credit

Society : ’’ ’’ 43 Co-Operative Wholesale

Stores (CWS) : ’’ ’’ 38

Primary Stores : ’’ ’’ 208

Employee’s Stores : ’’ ’’ 180

Student Stores : ’’ ’’ 2571

Women Stores : ’’ ’’ 8

Canteen : ’’ ’’ 25

Lift Irrigation Society : ’’ ’’ 21

Land Colonization : ’’ ’’ 7

Tenant Farming : ’’ ’’ 19 Prime Marketing

Society : ’’ ’’ 117 Fruits & Vegetables

Growers : ’’ ’’ 4 Labour Contract

Co-operative Society : ’’ ’’ 72 Co-operative Printing

Press : ’’ ’’ 23 Co-operative Training

Institute : ’’ ’’ 10 Union (District Co-

operative Union) : ’’ ’’ 29 Others (Private

Societies) : ’’ ’’ 56 Thanjavur Federation

Society : ’’ ’’ 1 Apex Institution : ’’ ’’ 6 Milk Producers

Co-Operative Societies : ’’ ’’ 7833 Primary Handloom

Weavers Co-Operative Society

: ’’ ’’ 1103

Total 19174

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20 REGISTRATIONS Ref. Year Unit Figure

District Registrar Offices : 2007-08 Nos. 50

Receipts (Registration Fees and Other Receipts)

: ’’ “ Rs.in Cr. 578.33

Stamp Duty : ’’ ’’ 3654.03

21 COMMERCIAL TAXES

Registered Dealers : 2007-08 No. in Lakh 7.22

1. VAT ’’ ’’ 4.48 2. CST ’’ ’’ 2.74 Assessees : ’’ ’’ 2.28 1. VAT ’’ ’’ 1.85 2. CST ’’ ’’ 0.43 Percentage of Assessees

to Dealers : ’’ % 32 1. VAT ’’ % 41 2. CST ’’ % 16

Revenue

TNGST : 2007-08 Rs. in Cr. 329 Value Added Tax : ’’ ’’ 16473 CST : ’’ ’’ 1744 Entertainment Tax : ’’ ’’ 16 Entry Tax : ’’ ’’ 1125 Others : ’’ ’’ 266

22 HOUSING Residential houses constructed by

Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board : 2007-08 Nos. 3126

Police Housing Corporation Ltd. : ’’ ’’ 2689

Tamil Nadu Housing Board : ’’ ’’ 1440

Construction of Houses by DRDA

1. Pucca : ’’ ’’ 80311 2. Kutcha : ’’ ’’ 24325

Construction of Houses : ’’ ’’ 91

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for Tribals by AD & TW Dept

23 SOCIAL WELFARE

Ref. Year Unit Figure Old age Pensioners : 2007-08 Nos. 1446804 Marriage Assistance Schemes (as Beneficiaries) Moovalur Ramamirtham

Ammaiyar Ninaivu Thirumana Udhavi Thittam

: ’’ ’’ 83333

EVR Maniammaiyar Ninaivu Poor Widow’s Daughter & Marriage Assistance Scheme

: ’’ ’’ 2361

Dr. Dharmambal Ammaiyar Ninaivu Widow Re-Marriage Assistance Scheme

: ’’ ’’ 173

Annai Therasa Ninaivu Marriage Assistance to Orphan Girls

: ’’ ’’ 274

Anjugam Ammaiyar Ninaivu Intercaste Marriage Assistance Scheme

: ’’ ’’ 2265

24 NUTRITIOUS MEAL PROGRAMME CENTRES

P.T.M.G.R – Noon Meal Scheme (Rural & Urban)

: 2007-08 Nos. 41663

W.B. I.C.D.S.III Project (C.N.C.) : “ “ 50433

25 REVENUE ADMINISTRATION

Revenue Districts : 2007-08 Nos. 31 Revenue Divisions : ’’ ’’ 74 Revenue Taluks : ’’ ’’ 208 Revenue Firkas : ’’ ’’ 1120 Revenue Villages :

a. Revenue Department

: ’’ ’’ 16563 b. Statistics Department (T.R.S.)

:’’ ’’ 17292

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26 LOCAL BODIES

Ref. Year Unit Figure

Corporations : 2007-08 Nos. 8

Municipalities : ’’ ’’ 150

Panchayat Unions : ’’ ’’ 385

Town Panchayats : ’’ ’’ 561

District Panchayats : ’’ ’’ 29

Village Panchayats : ’’ ’’ 12618

27 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Covered by SGSY No. of Self Help Groups

formed : 2007-08 Nos. 19061 No. of Families

benefited : ’’ ’’ 87763

Revolving Fund : ’’ Rs. in Cr. 18.54

Mandays generated Covered by SGRY : ’’ No. in

Lakh 251.319

Covered by NREG Act : ’’ ’’ 642.986

28 POLICE AND PRISONS

Police Police Force Sanctioned

Strength of Police : 2007 Nos. 102421

Police Stations : ’’ ’’ 1256 All Women Police

Stations : ’’ ’’ 196

Police Outposts : ’’ ’’ 94

Prisons Central Prisons : ’’ ’’ 9 Special Prisons for : ’’ ’’ 3

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Women Other Prisons : ’’ ’’ 122

29 LEGISLATURE

Ref. Year Unit Figure Members of the Legislative Assembly

Elected : 2006 Nos. 234 Nominated (Anglo-IndianMember) : ’’ ’’ 1

Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) : 2004 ’’ 39 Members of Rajya

Sabha : ’’ ’’ 18 30 CINEMA THEATRES

Permanent : 2007-08 Nos. 1221 Air-Conditioned : ’’ ’’ 179

Non-Air Conditioned : ’’ ’’ 1042 Open Air Theatres : ’’ ’’ 2

Amusement Park : ’’ ’’ 23 Semi Permanent : ’’ ’’ 133

Touring Theatres : ’’ ’’ 186

31 BANKS AND LIFE INSURANCE

Bank Offices : 2007-08 Nos. 5441

State Bank Group : ’’ ’’ 794 Nationalised Banks : ’’ ’’ 3143 Other Scheduled Banks

(Commercial) : ’’ ’’ 1232

Regional Rural Banks : ’’ ’’ 248 Foreign Banks : ’’ ’’ 24

Life Insurance Corporation of India in Tamil Nadu Offices (Branch) : ’’ ’’ 176

Policies Issued : ’’ ’’ 3638870 Sum Assured : ’’ Rs. in Cr. 25916.41

First Premium Income ’’ ’’ 4990.63

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32 INDEX NUMBERS

Ref. Year Unit Figure Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (Base Year 2001=100):

Chennai : 2007 Index No. 124

Tiruchirappalli : ’’ ’’ 126 Madurai : ’’ ’’ 121

Coimbatore : ’’ ’’ 127 Coonoor : ’’ ’’ 122

Salem : ’’ ’’ 122 All India : ’’ ’’ 131

Wholesale Price Index Number

(1970-71=100) All Commodities: 2007 Index No. 1539.19

Urban Consumer Price Index Number

(1970-71=100) Composite Index

: ’’ ’’ 1540.25

Rural Consumer Price Index Number

(1970-71=100) Composite Index

: ’’ ’’ 1540.23

Consumer Price Index Number for Urban Non-Manual Employees (1984-85=100) :

Chennai : 2007 Index No. 599

Madurai : ’’ ’’ 536

Coimbatore : ’’ ’’ 598

Salem : ’’ ’’ 536

Tiruchirappalli : ’’ ’’ 529 Index Nos. of Industrial

Production (Base Year 1993-94 = 100)

: 2007-08 ’’ 162.5

Index Nos. of Building Construction Cost 2007-08 (State Average) (Base year 1999-00=100)

Building Material Index : 2007-08 Index No. 166.38

Labour Cost Index : ’’ ’’ 151.61

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Other Charges Index : ’’ ’’ 156.38

Combined Index : ’’ ’’ 159.89 33 STATE INCOME (A.E.- Provisional) (Base Year 1999-00) (Rs in Lakh)

Ref. Year Unit Figure Gross State Domestic

Product at Current Prices

: 2007-08AE(P)

Rs. in Lakh 27928746

Gross State Domestic Product at Constant Prices

:’’ ’’ 20943583

Percapita Income(NSDP)

At Current Price : ’’ In Rupee 36915 At Constant Price : ’’ ’’ 27879

34 STATE FINANCE BUDGET ESTIMATE

Revenue Account Receipts : 2007-

08(RE)Rs. in Lakh

4651677

Disbursement : ’’ ’’ 4560112 Surplus (+) or Deficit (-) : ’’ ’’ 91565

Capital Account ’’ ’’ Receipts : ’’ ’’ 868912 Disbursement : ’’ ’’ 1237311 Surplus (+) or Deficit (-) : ’’ ’’ (-)368399

Total Transaction (Net) : ’’ ’’ 4113 Receipt on Revenue Account by Principal Heads Tax Revenue : ’’ ’’ 3731397

Share from Central Taxes : ’’ ’’ 721540 State Own Tax Revenue : ’’ ’’ 3009857

Non-Tax Revenue : ’’ ’’ 920279 State Own Non Tax

Revenue : ’’ ’’ 300423 Grants in Aid from

Central : ’’ ’’ 619856 Total Revenue Receipts : ’’ ’’ 4651676

Expenditure on Revenue Account by Principal Heads Development

Expenditure : ’’ ’’ 2478648 Social Services : ’’ ’’ 1691894

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Economic Services : ’’ ’’ 786754 Non-Development

Expenditure : ’’ ’’ 1748608 Compensation &

Assignments to Local Bodies and Panchayat Raj

: ’’ ’’ 332856

Total Revenue Expenditure : ’’ ’’ 4560112

35 FOREIGN TRADE

Ref. Year Unit FigureExports : 2006-07 Rs. in Cr. 67759

By Sea : ’’ ’’ 60260 By Air : ’’ ’’ 7499

Imports : ’’ ’’ 159035 By Sea : ’’ ’’ 128540 By Air : ’’ ’’ 30495

36 EMPLOYMENT

Working of Employment Exchanges Employment Exchange

Offices : 2007-08 Nos. 35

Registration during the year : ’’ ’’ 1060168

Placements during the year : ’’ ’’ 36363

Nos. on the Live Register : ’’ ’’ 4958231

Number of Renewal Lapses : ’’ ’’ 404390

37 EMPLOYMENT IN PUBLIC SECTOR

Central Government :As on

30.09.2007

Nos. 225839

State Government : ’’ ’’ 587111

Central Quasi Government : ’’ ’’ 178805

State Quasi Government : ’’ ’’ 333734

Local Bodies : ’’ ’’ 174039

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SELECT SOCIO ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF

TAMIL NADU AND INDIASl. No

.Economic Indicators Tamil

Nadu India

1. Area ('000' Sq.Kms) (2001 Census) 130 32872. Population ( in Million) (2001 Census) 62.4 1029

Rural 34.9 742.6 Urban 27.5 286.1

Projected 2006 65.0 1094.1 2011 67.6 1178.9 2016 69.9 1263.5

3. Density (Population per Sq.Kms) 480 3134. Sex Ratio ( Females per 1000 Males) (2001 Census) 987 9335. Urban Population Percentage (2001 Census) 44.04 27.816. Scheduled Caste Population as Percentage of

Total Population 2001 19.0 16.27. Scheduled Tribe Population as Percentage of

Total Population 2001 1.0 8.2

8. Birth Rate – 2006 16.2 23.59. Death rate – 2006 7.5 7.5

10. Infant Mortality Rate – 2006 37 5711. Literacy Rate - 2001 Persons 73.5 64.8

Male 82.4 75.3 Female 64.4 53.7

12. Area under Rice - 2005-06 ('000 Ha) 2051 43660Area under Rice - 2006-07 ('000 Ha) 1931 43768

13. Production of Rice 2005-06 ('000 Tonnes) 5220 91793Production of Rice 2006-07 ('000 Tonnes) 6611 93355

14. Average Yield of Rice 2005-06 (Qtls. per Ha) 25.5 21.0Average Yield of Rice 2006-07 (Qtls. per Ha) - -

15. Total Livestock – 2004 (in Lakh Nos) 24.9 485.0

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16. Poultry - 2004 (in Lakh Nos) 86.6 489.017. Production of Milk 2005-06 ( '000 Tonnes)

( Cow, Buffalo and Goat )5474 97066

18. Production of Eggs 2005-06 (in Cr) 622.3 4623.119. Annual Survey of Industries (Factory Sector)

No. of Factories (2004-05) 21053 13635320. Small Scale Industries (Registered Units in '000)

(2001-02) 419.5 3442

Sl. No. Economic Indicators Tamil

Nadu India21. No. of Reporting Mines (All Minerals) 2005-06(P) 175 297022. Total Applicants on Live Register-2001('000 Nos) 4925.5 41995.923. Percapita Consumption of Electricity (KWH.) –

2004-05 713.3 411.124. Rural Electrification - As on 2005-06

Villages Electrified (Percentage) 15400 459486 Pumpsets Energised 2005-06 (in '000) 1886 14803

25. No. of Students in Primary and Secondary Schools per 1000 Population (2003-04) 175 172

26. Total No. of Motor Vehicles registered–2003-04 (P) 8575241 72717785

27. No. of Bank Offices of Scheduled Commercial Banks – 31.03.2008 5441 74326 Deposit (Rs in Cr) 199949 3228817 Credit (Rs in Cr) 226830 2394566 Credit – Deposit Ratio (%) 113.45 74.16

28. Foreign Direct Investment Approved (2003-04) Projects (Nos) 261 1929 Investment (Rs in Cr) 1415.18 6833.38 % Share to Total Investment 13.53 100.00

29. Budgetary Position – 2005-06 (B.E.) (Rs in Cr)Revenue Account Revenue 30252 348474 Disbursement 31656 440295Capital Account Receipts 8431 145194

Disbursements 7733 6841030. Actual Strength of Police Force – 2006

(Civil and Armed) 84240 140602131. No. of Policemen per100 sq.km. of Area –2006 64.8 44.432. No. of Policemen per '000' of population –2006 1.3 1.333. No. of IPC Cases per Civil Policeman -2006 2.6 2.234. No. of Newspapers and Periodicals – 2006 3590 6248335. T.V. Coverage Area (Percentage – March 2007) 95.8 78.236. T.V. Coverage Population

(Percentage – March 2007) 95.8 90.137. Marine Products Exports 2007-08

a. Quantity (In Tonnes) 72644 541701b. Value (Rs. in Lakhs) 181314 762092

38. Coastal Length (Kms) 1076 8041

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Source: Statistical Abstract of India – Combined Issue of 2007Banking Statistics Quarterly Handout - March 2008.Endeavour and Achievements (2005-06) Fisheries DepartmentAudience Research Officer, Prasar Bharathi AIR, Chennai-4

Statistics At a Glance – TNEB – 2007-08Commercial Taxes At a Glance – 2007-08

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PART CSELECT ECONOMIC INDICATORS

A. AREA AND POPULATION 20011. Density of Population per sq.km. 480

2. Literacy Rate 2001 73.45

3. Percentage of Workers to total Population 44.67

4. Percentage of Scheduled Castes to total Population 19.00

5. Percentage of Scheduled Tribes to total Population 1.04

6. Sex Ratio (Female per 1000 Males) 974

7. Percentage of Literate Scheduled Castes to total Scheduled Castes Population (2001 Census)

54.90

8. Percentage of Literate Scheduled Tribes to total Scheduled Tribes Population (2001 Census)

35.45

9. Birth-rate per thousand 2006 16.2

10. Death-rate per thousand 2006 7.5

11. Infant Mortality Rate 2006 (Per ‘000’ Live Births) 37

B. STATE INCOME (Base Year 1999-00)1. Per Capita Income at Current Prices (Rs.) 2005-06(QE) 29958

Per Capita Income at Current Prices (Rs.) 2006-07(AE) 32733

2. Net State domestic product at current prices (Base Year 1999-00)(Rs. in Lakhs) (2005-06 QE)

19452815

Net State domestic product at current prices (Base Year 1999-00)(Rs. in Lakhs) (2006-07 AE)

21418671

C. AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION (2006-07 & 2007-08)2006-

072007-

081. Cropping Intensity 1.14 1.152. Percentage of Cultivated area to Total area 39.35 38.863. Net area sown per capita (Hec.) (2001 Census) 0.08 0.084. Percentage of area sown more than once to net

area sown13.98 14.86

5. Percentage of net area irrigated to net area sown 56.36 56.586. Percentage of gross area irrigated to gross area

sown64.56 55.92

7. Yield-rate per hectare (Kgs.) 2006-07a. Rice 3423 2817b. Cholam 999 874c. Cumbu 1511 1436d. Ragi 1552 1878e. Maize 3838 3676f. Cotton (Bales of 170 Kg Lint each) 374 343g. Sugarcane (Cane) (Tonnes/Hect.) 115 108

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h. Groundnut (Nuts in shell) 1981 195736

C. AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION (Contd.)8. Number of Tractors (as per 2004 Livestock Census) per

thousand hectare of net area sown 2006-07 139. Index Nos. of Wages paid to certain categories of

Agricultural Labourers 2007-08 :- (Base year 1993-94=100)a. Ploughmen i. Men 408b. Sowers and pluckers i. Men 362 ii. Women 306c. Transplanters and weeders i. Men 372 ii. Women 323d. Reapers and Harvestor i. Men 393 ii. Women 282e. Other Agricultural Labourer i. Men 349 ii. Women 322

D. LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (2004 Livestock Census)

1. Live stock served per veterinary institution in numbers 189572. Number of villages served per veterinary institution 5

E. ELECTRICITY 2007-081. Percentage of consumption of electricity by purpose

a. Domestic 24.35b. Commercial 9.41c. Industrial 39.53d. Public Lighting and Water Works 2.50e. Sales to licensees 0.98f. Sales to other States --g. Agriculture 20.47h. Miscellaneous (including Traction and Railways) 2.76

TOTAL 100.002. Percentage of villages electrified to total villages 100.00

F. EMPLOYMENT Average daily employment in registered working factories per lakh of population (Based on 2001 Census Population)

2006 19912007 2075

G. MEDICAL 2007-08Population served per (Based on 2001 population)

a. Medical Institution (Modern Medicine) 5842

b. Bed 1134

c. Doctor 5666

d. Nurse 2571

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H. EDUCATION 2006-071. Average number of students per Institution

a. Primary stage 105b. Middle stage 288c. High School stage 374d. Higher Secondary stage 1060

2. Teacher-Pupil ratioa. Primary Schools 32b. Middle Schools 36c. High Schools 25d. Higher Secondary Schools 32

3. Number of Primary Schools per lakh of population 2001Census Population

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4. Number of Middle Schools per lakh of population 135. Number of High Schools per lakh of Population 86. Number of Higher Secondary Schools per lakh of population 87. Drop Out Rate in Tamil Nadu (in Percentage)

2005-06Boys Girls Total

a. Upto Primary stage …. …. 2.75 2.72 2.74b. Upto Middle stage …. …. 5.53 4.89 5.22c. Upto High School

stage…. …. 43.60 41.20 42.45

d. Upto Higher Sec. Stage

…. …. 72.23 66.30 69.45

I. ROAD AND TRANSPORT 2006-071. Surfaced road length per hundred sq.km. of area (Kms.) 148.182. Surfaced road length per 10,000 of population

(2001 Population)30.88

3. Number of Motor Vehicles per 10,000 of population 2007-08 (Based on 2001 Population)

1613

J. COMMUNICATION 2007-08Population served per Post and Telegraph Office(Based on 2001 Population)

3976

K. SMALL SAVINGS 2006-07Per Capita Net Small Savings (Rs.) (Based on 2001 population)

446

L. FIVE YEAR PLAN 2007-08 (Revised Estimate)Percentage of Annual Plan Expenditure to total outlay :-

a. Agriculture and Allied Services 5.34

b. Industry and Minerals 3.61

c. Irrigation Power and Flood Control 3.20

d. Transport and Communications 14.07

e. Social and Community Services 33.23

f. Others 40.55

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