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The Hindu
21-05-2025
- General
- The Hindu
2,00,001-acre boundary stone to mark temple lands under purview of HR&CE department installed
CHENNAI A boundary stone to mark the 2,00,001 acres of land belonging to temples under the purview of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department in various parts of Tamil Nadu, was symbolically installed on Wednesday near Sriperumbudur. Ministers T.M. Anbarasan and P. K. Sekarbabu jointly placed the stone on the land belonging to Sri Valleeswarar temple in the presence of officials, including Kancheepuram Collector Kalaiselvi Mohan, an official press release here said. The project to mark lands belonging to temples was inaugurated at Kapaleeswarar temple on September 8, 2012. All the stones have the text HRCE engraved on them. A total of 40 tahsildars and 172 licenced surveyors using 36 DGPS rovers have been identifying and marking the lands. The 1,00,001-acre stone was kept on January 25, 2023 at Tiruvallur on the land belonging to Sri Bhavani Amman temple at Periyapalayam, the release said.
The Hindu
24-04-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Tamil Nadu is currently home to over 10,800 start-ups, says T.M. Anbarasan
Until March 2021, only 2,032 start-ups were registered in Tamil Nadu, and now, this number has increased to over 10,800 and nearly 50% of these are founded by women, Tamil Nadu's Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) T.M. Anbarasan said. Delivering the valedictory address at The Hindu Tamil Nadu Startup Summit-25, the Minister said a regional innovation centre had been planned in Thoothukudi in this fiscal. 'In the last four years, regional innovation centres have been established in Erode, Tirunelveli, Hosur, Salem, Cuddalore, Thanjavur, and Coimbatore.' Mr. Anbarasan shared details of various projects that were executed in the last four years. 'Around 31,11,000 students studying in schools and colleges have been provided with entrepreneurship and innovation training. Over 205 start-ups have benefited under the TANSEED scheme (including 36 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/STs) start-ups). The government has given a total of ₹69.99 crore in funding,' he said. 'Launch pad programmes are being conducted to introduce new businesses. 'Pre Incubation Centres' have been set up in educational institutions across cities in Tamil Nadu,' he added. The Minister said that at the Global Investors Meet, which was held in January last year, around 5,068 memoranda of understanding were signed in the MSMEs sector. These agreements are expected to generate employment for 91,785 people. 'And of these, around 2,360 companies have already been launched, entailing investments of ₹25,097 crore. Work is in progress to launch the remaining companies soon,' he added. Mr. Anbarasan also mentioned how 59,584 entrepreneurs were created. This includes 21,281 are women, 9,224 are from SC/STs, 2,497 are from minority communities and 717 are disabled individuals. 'These initiatives have promoted entrepreneurship across all sections of society, ensuring equality and social justice, as envisioned by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin,' he said. Suresh Balakrishna, Chief Revenue Officer, The Hindu Group (THG), felicitated the Minister in the presence of L.V. Navaneeth, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), THG Publishing Private Limited, and Sivarajah Ramanathan, Mission Director and CEO, StartupTN.
The Hindu
22-04-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Tamil Nadu government to apply for GI tag for tamarind from Dharmapuri
The Tamil Nadu government will take steps to explore the possibility of getting a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for a tamarind variety from Pennagaram in Dharmapuri district, Minister T.M. Anbarasan said in the Assembly on Tuesday (April 22, 2025). Listing the requirements for obtaining a GI tag for a product, the Minister said Tamil Nadu ranked second among the States, with 69 GI tags. The Minister was responding to a query by Pattali Makkal Katchi's G.K. Mani (Pennagaram) during the Question Hour. Mr. Anbarasan also recalled an announcement made by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin last week, increasing the subsidy provided for applying for GI tags, from ₹25,000 to ₹1 lakh.
