TAMILNADU

Nadu has the scope to be a hub for technical textiles, says commissioner of textiles M VallalarIn an interview, he speaks about the state governments initiatives to promote the sector.

Technical textiles are the future of the Industry.Tamil Nadu, which is Home to several leading educational institutions, has skilled manpower.There is a huge potential for mobiltech because Tamil Nadu is the Detroit of India.Our companies must have R&D arrangements with manufacturers of mobiltech products in other parts of the world to produce them in the state.

A textile city of international standards will be established in Chennai on Outer Ring Road.It is going to be a landmark facility with first-of-its-kind Infrastructure in the country.This is going to be a one-stop exhibition centre, where allthe textile products manufactured in Tamil Nadu will be displayed.

he Union budget on Tuesday set the stage for Indiasdrone to take off. This augurs well for Tamil Nadu, which holds the first mover advantage with the recent launch of its own drone manufacturing entity the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Corporation.

The finance minister, as part of her budget speech, said the government will promote use of KisanDrones for crop assessment, digitization of land records, spraying of insecticides, and other purposes to support the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture sector.

Sitharaman also launched the Drone Shakti initiative under which startups will be supported to work on varied applications under the Drone-AsA-Service (DrAAS) theme. In select ITIs, in all states, the required courses for skilling will be started, she said. The budget also classified geospatial systems and drones as sunrise opportunities that provide EMPLOYMENT opportunities for youth.

The widening of two-lane into four-lane bypasses at eight different locations on the Salem-Ulundurpet National Highway would be completed by 2023-24, said Union road transport and highways ministerNitin Gadkari.

He said the concessionaire already provided necessary road safety and traffic calming measures like road signs, blinkers, bollards, road markings at divergent/ convergent locations, high mast lightings at major junctions and streetlights at built-up areas as per the concession agreement. He promised that additional requirements would be reviewed through a safety consultant and work would be taken up separately.

In a letter to Gadkari in September,Anbumanipointed out that only 97.37 km of the 136km-stretch of Salem-Ulundurpet NH was four-lane while the rest 38.99km was two-lane. He said speeding commuters fail to negotiate the sudden change in the number of lanes in the highway resulting in frequent fatal accidents. He said 1,036 people were killed in accidents on the highway in the last 11 years, between 2011 and 2022.

Child Rights and You (CRY) has welcomed the state child policy released by theTamil Nadugovernment.

Calling TN one of the few states in the country to have an individual child policy, a press note from CRY said the policy recognises the fact that children should not be subjected to any discrimination, based on their place of birth, sex, religion, caste, class, language, disability, and social and economic status.

CRY made recommendations to the policy, such as inclusion of early Education for three to five-year-old children; a renewed perspective on education considering the geographical Variance; data on teenage pregnancy and child marriage; and convergence of Health, social welfare, social DEFENCE, AD, BC and tribal welfare, SDAT andICDSdepartments – among a few.

The greenfield airport being planned atParanduris the need of the hour (‘kaalathin kattayam’) to take Nadu‘s economy to the next level and the government will address all the concerns raised by the locals, Industry minister Thangam Thennarasu said.

Around 300-400 acres were required to expand the existing airport, but acquiring land was not possible at the location. Hence, a second airport. “The Airports Authority of India (AAI) evaluated 11 sites, shortlisted four. Parandur site was finally chosen to develop the new airport, without disturbing the ecosystem. There are challenges here too in retaining the water bodies and we will address all the concerns of the local community,” the minister said.

The Nadu government has established the first-ever Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to handle environmental conservation missions in the state.

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“Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company” is the name given to the special purpose entity.
Tamil Nadu Climate Change, Tamil Nadu Wetlands, and Tamil Nadu Green Movement are three essential natural conservation missions that the company will professionally manage.
This was formed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged that India would be carbon-neutral by 2070.

Mission SPV

SPV’s mission is to plan, implement, and monitor a variety of climate change adaptation and mitigation programs across the state.
Wetland mapping and restoration are two of the most important aspects of the project.
Increasing woodland and tree cover to 33%.
SPV will also build strong policy support for climate change across all government sectors.
It will develop methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions as well as benchmarking industries in the transition to green manufacturing.
SPV will also encourage environmentally friendly technologies in order to ensure a long-term future.

SPV members and finances

SPV will have a Rs 5 crore authorized capital.
Chairperson and MD are State Environment Secretary
Top officials from the finance, municipal administration, energy, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, and Forestry departments are among the members.
The State Finance Minister announced three missions while presenting the amended budget for 2021-2022.
This mission was established with the goal of identifying and mapping 100 wetlands in five years.
At a cost of Rs 150 crore, it will also aid in the restoration of natural balance with a focus on livelihood.

The Green NaduMission, aimed at increasing the state’s green cover from 23.7% to 33% in 10 years, was launched by chief minister M K Stalin at Arignar Anna Zoological park in Vandalur.

About 500 saplings of ten indigenous species were planted and later another 1000 will be planted at Vandalur zoo’s parking area.

State forest minister, K Ramachandran stated that planting more trees is an important way to quickly control the natural hazards caused by Climate-change”>Climate Change, so Tamil Nadu is planning to cover 12,000 sq km in the next 10 years through the Green Movement. And only indigenous species will be used.