Tamil
Nadu Events
[April
– June 2015]
Tamil New Year Awards
2014 and 2015
2014
& 2015 Tamil New Year Awards
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Award
Name
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Purpose
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2014
Winner
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2015
Winner
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Tamil
Thaai Award
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Aimed
at encouraging and recognising the work of Tamil Sangams and other groups
working in Tamil Nadu and elsewhere for the cause of Tamil language and
culture
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Mumbai
Tamil Sangam
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Thiruvananthapuram
Tamil Sangam
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Kapilar
Award
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Aimed
at recognising work in traditional forms of Tamils couplets and poems
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Dr.
Lalitha Sundaram
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Poet
Piraisudan
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U
Ve Sa Award
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Invokes
the legacy of its namesake by honouring publications on palm leaf documents
and old manuscripts
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Marudhu
Alagu Raj
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Kudavayil
Balasubramanian
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Kambar
Award
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for
work in spreading the teachings of the Kambaramayanam
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Dr.
Shanmugam
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K.
Selvam
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Sollin
Selvar Award
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Best
literary speaker
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Dr.
Sudha Seshayan
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Dr.
Sathyaseelan
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G.
U. Pope Award
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For
translating Tamil literature into other languages
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J.
Narayanaswamy
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Madurai
Ilangavin (M. Arokyasamy)
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Umarupulavar
Award
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For
lifetime contribution to Tamil and Tamil literature
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Dr.
Muhammed Ali
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Saibu
Maraikayar
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Ilangovadigal
Award*
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To
honour people who have done pioneering work in the field of literature
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Dr.
Nirmala Mohan
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CM
Tamil Computing Award*
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For
promotion of Tamil computing
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Kumaresan
(2014)
Theivasundram
(2013)
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* à Newly Instituted Award
Tamil
Thaai Award: Rs. 5 lakh + a citation
All
other Awards: Rs. 1 lakh + 1 sovereign Gold + a citation + Shawl
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Perambalur Dt.
Collector bags award
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Perambalur Collector Darez Ahmed has received the
‘Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in public administration.’
·
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi gave away the award, which carries a purse of Rs. 1
lakh, in appreciation of his service in protecting girl children.
·
The
award was given at a function held in New Delhi to mark the observance of the
Civil Services Day.
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The
district had poor sex ratio till a few years ago. Foeticide and female
infanticide had been the main reason for the poor child sex ratio.
·
Mr.
Darez Ahmed had evolved various programmes to check foeticide and female
infanticide. . Focus on ante-natal care included a special surveillance to
check foeticide.
TN bags e-Panchyat
award
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Tamil
Nadu has bagged the e-Panchayat Puraskar award for 2014 for developing a set of
applications for better administration of panchayati raj institutions.
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The
State has won the award, which carries a cash prize of Rs. 20 lakh, for
developing applications like PRIASoft,
Local Government Directory, National Panchayat Portal, National Asset Directory
and Plan Plus.
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It
had spent about Rs. 80 crore on hardware at panchayats towards implementation
of the applications as well.
·
Rural
Development and Panchayat Raj secretary Gagandeep Singh Bedi received the award
from Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a function in New Delhi.
TN cancels land for
Coca-Cola
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Tamil
Nadu Government cancelled allotment of land for Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages
Private Limited (HCCBPL) in the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil
Nadu Limited (SIPCOT) Industrial Growth Centre in Perundurai.
·
SIPCOT
Managing Director R. Selvaraj issued the cancellation order of 71.34 acres
allotted to HCCBPL for non-compliance of terms and conditions of allotment
order / lease deed.
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SIPCOT
allotted 71.34 acres at the Industrial Growth Centre in Perundurai on 21 June
2013.
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A
lease deed was executed and registered by HCCB on 23 January 2014. The lease deed was executed for 17.9 crore
rupees for a period of 99 years.
Engineer suicides;
Minister held
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Former
Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister Agri S S Krishnamoorthy and a chief engineer in
the Agriculture Department were arrested in connection with the suicide of a
senior officer.
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Executive
engineer S Muthukumarasamy, employed with the department, had killed himself in
Tirunelveli on February 20, allegedly owing to pressure on him to demand bribes
to fill up seven posts of drivers in the department.
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After
the suicide snowballed into a major controversy, Krishnamoorthy had resigned
(sacked) as Agriculture Minister.
Jayalalithaa was
sworn in as the CM of Tamil Nadu
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Jayalalithaa
was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (May 23, 2015)
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She
won the R.K. Nagar assembly constituency by-poll
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Chief
Electoral Officer Sandeep Saxena launched E-Netra System in RK Nagar Assembly constituency, to
track election related expenditure and to ensure ‘quality disposal’ of by-poll
related complaints within two to 24 hours.
Amma Marundhagam hits
100
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The
number of Amma Marundhagams (Pharmacies) has crossed 100 with Chief Minister
Jayalalithaa inaugurating 16 more through video-conferencing at the
Secretariat. Such pharmacies are opened at Dindigul, Karur, Pudukottai,
Tiruvannamalai, Tirupur, Sivaganga and Tuticorin districts as well for an
estimated total cost of Rs 1.60 crore.
MCI sanctions 100
seats for new medical college in Chennai
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The
Medical Council of India has recommended to the Central government that the new
medical college coming up on the Omandurar Estate be permitted to add 100 seats
this academic year.
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With
this, the number of seats available in government medical colleges under single
window counselling is expected to go up to 2,655.
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Of
these, 85 seats will be allotted to students in the State and 15 seats will be
reserved for All India Quota.
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With this, the number of government medical
colleges in Tamil Nadu increased to 20.
No outages in this summer as TNEB bridges gap
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This
summer was the first in seven years in Tamil Nadu without any power outages.
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Chennai
and other cities in Tamil Nadu too spared of power cuts with TNEB planning
uninterrupted supply, thanks to an increase in generation over the last two
years, which helped keep the shortage under 1,000MW for the first time in
several years.
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This
is a big improvement from the situation in 2008 when the shortage was around
4,000MW.
Chennai Metrowater
bags international award
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Chennai
Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board has bagged ‘The Water Leaders
Award-2015’ for managing the drought situation in the city efficiently last
year.
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The
award was presented by Global Water Leaders group, a non-profit organisation,
which brings together top executives of water agencies to address the world’s
water challenges.
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It
was presented by Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission and
Prime Minister of Portugal at a function in Greece.
Project clearance in
30 days
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After
the acquittal of AIADMK general secretary and former Chief Minister
Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case, the often postponed Global
Investors Meet (GIM) is being revived again.
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The
State Industries Department has promised to provide all statutory and
administrative clearances within 30 days to the companies signing MoUs during
the GIM 2015 scheduled for September 9 and 10 (as of now).
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It
also promised appointment of Escort Officer for each of the companies with whom
MoUs would be signed to facilitate single window clearance.
World Bank to help Tamil Nadu
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The
Union Government signed Loan and Project Agreements with the World Bank for
assistance of 400 million US
dollars for Tamil Nadu Sustainable Urban Development Project (TNSUDP).
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The
objective of the project is to improve urban services in participating Urban
Local Bodies (ULBs) in a financially sustainable manner and to pilot improved
urban management practices in selected cities.
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The
total project size is 600 million US dollars.
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Three main components of the Project:-
Ø Investment in Urban
Services: The project will support improvement in range of urban services
including water, sewerage, municipal solid waste, urban transportation,
sewerage management and storm water drainage. The project includes creation of
a reserve fund to provide credit enhancements for municipal bonds and other
market based Loan instruments issued by ULBs.
Ø Result Based Grants
for Urban Governance: The project will provide results-based grants to eligible
ULBs to implement new urban-management models that strengthen governance and
financial sustainability.
Ø Urban Sector
Technical Assistance: The project will support strengthening the capacity of
ULBs and urban sector officials.
Migrant Resource Centre in Chennai
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The
Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) along with the Tamil Nadu
Government launched the Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) in Chennai.
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The
MRC in Chennai is the fourth such
MRC in India set-up by MOIA.
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The
first Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) was established by MOIA in 2008 in Kochi,
Kerala, followed by fully functional MRCs in Hyderabad (Telangana & Andhra
Pradesh), Gurgaon (Haryana) and Chennai (Tamil Nadu).
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The
MRC will provide information, guidance, advise and counselling on all aspects
of overseas employment including legal and regulatory requirements;
documentation and procedures; policies; and problems faced while working aboard
to intending migrants and overseas Indian workers.
Madras HC made wearing of helmets for
two-wheelers compulsory
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The
Madras High Court (HC) directed the Tamil Nadu Government to make wearing of helmets for two-wheelers compulsory
from 1 July 2015 onwards.
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This
direction was given with concern over the increasing number of people losing
their lives in road accidents.
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The
order was passed by Justice N Kirubakaran who directed the State Home Secretary
to make the public aware of the happening through media under Section 129 of
the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
For differently abled kids, treatment comes
to their door step
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Medical
treatment will henceforth reach severely diffabled kids at their door steps.
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Chief
Minister J Jayalalithaa flagged off 31 mobile units (vans) for treating
diffabled children at their residences.
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This is a first of its kind initiative in
the country
and the vans have been bought at a cost of Rs. 4.49 crore.
Memorial for Sankralinganar and Veerapandiya
Kattaboman
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Chief
Minister J Jayalalithaa inaugurated a memorial constructed at Virudhunagar to honour Sankaralinganar, who died in
1956 on an indefinite hunger strike to rename the erstwhile Madras State as
Tamil Nadu.
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The
memorial has been built at a cost of Rs 77 lakh.
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The
Chief Minister also inaugurated a memorial for the first freedom fighter to
oppose British Raj, VeeraPandiya Kattabomman.
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The
memorial has been built at
Kayathar in Thoothukudi district, where he was hanged by the British.
The memorial has been built at a cost of Rs 1.20 crore.
TN, Adani Group to sign an agreement on 200-MW
solar plant
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The
Adani Group to sign a power purchase agreement with the Tamil Nadu
government to set up a 200-MW solar power plant in Ramanathapuram at an investment of nearly
Rs.1,400 crore.
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The
group is also in discussion with the State government to set up a 1,000-MW
solar plant in the State.
Chennai Metro Train
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The
first phase of Chennai Metro Rail service was on 29 June 2015 launched by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J
Jayalalithaa.
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The
first phase of Metro service covers the 10-km elevated stretch. It connects
Alandur in south Chennai to Koyabedu in the north.
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The
whole project is implemented by Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL). The project
was approved by then Congress-led UPA government in 2009.
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With launching of this Metro service,
Chennai became seventh city in India to have metro service including Delhi,
Mumbai, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Kolkata and Jaipur.
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