A blend of development and welfarism
The Hindu
The State has areas of concern such as water and sanitation, and lower enrolment ratio at the higher secondary school level
In the last eight months, various reports came out, making an inter-State comparison on development indicators. Each one had one positive finding or the other to talk about Tamil Nadu.
The third edition of NITI Aayog’s 2020 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index, whose findings were made public in June 2021, placed Tamil Nadu at the second spot. Significantly, for the third year in succession, Tamil Nadu finished at the top with regard to the Goal 1 — No Poverty — which encompassed the aim of eradicating poverty not only in monetary terms but also in all forms and dimensions by 2030.
In early August, after the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation came out with its annual report on advance estimates of growth figures for 2020-21, Tamil Nadu was found to be the only southern State to clock a positive growth rate of 1.42% even during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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