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Tamil Nadu Fiscal Capacity

September 21 , 2026 15 hrs 0 min 10 0

A Kearney study, titled Tamil Nadu’s Fiscal Crossroads, has recommended measures to improve the State’s fiscal capacity.
The study estimates that better revenue collection and spending efficiency could add over ₹1.2 lakh crore annually without new taxes or additional borrowing.
Tamil Nadu has a revenue deficit of ₹78,324 crore, outstanding debt above ₹10 lakh crore, and an own-tax-to-GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product) ratio of 5.45%.
The study recommends improving Goods and Services Tax (GST) compliance, property valuation, mining revenue collection, grants, procurement and capital-project execution.
It also identifies scope to improve procurement competition and public-private partnership (PPP) projects for infrastructure.
Union Home Minister inaugurated the 9th two-day National Security Strategies (NSS) Conference 2026 in New Delhi, covering counter-terrorism, intelligence sharing through the Multi Agency Centre (MAC), narcotics control and illegal migration.
Discussions also covered cybercrime, proxy warfare, radicalisation, infiltration, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based security analysis, sub-aerial threats, blue economy security, information warfare and bio-security.