100 days of TVK government: CM Vijay defines priorities, but his real test begins now

Tamil
CM
Vijay
completes
100
days
i
office

Fo
decades,

Tamil
Nadu
politics
looked
like
a
pe dulum
swi gi g
p edictably
betwee
the
AIADMK
a d
the
DMK.
But
C
Joseph
Vijay
dis upted
that
familia
hythm
with
his
thumpi g
e t y
i to
politics.

Vijay
took
oath
as
chief
mi iste
of
Tamil
Nadu
o
May
10,
2026.
O e
hu d ed
days
late ,
his
gove me t
has
eleased
a
expa sive
epo t
ca d
titled
‘100
Days
of
Gove a ce:
A
Gove me t
fo
Ge e atio s’,
listi g
the
decisio s,
schemes
a d
i vestme ts
that
have
defi ed
its
ope i g
mo ths.I te esti gly,
whe
the
acto -tu ed-politicia
stee ed
his
Tamilaga
Vett i
Kazhagam
(TVK)
to
powe
i
May
this
yea ,
obse ve s
questio ed:
will
a
acto
be
able
to
u
a
gove me t?Vijay
had
a
a swe
eady.
“Yes,
I
am
a
acto ,
but
I
do ’t
act
i
politics,”
he
had
said
du i g
a
ve y
high-octa e
campaig i g
ac oss
the
state.
The
cu iosity,
the efo e,
was
ot
just
about
whethe
Vijay
could
gove ,
but
about
what
a
Vijay
gove me t
would
actually
look
like
o ce
the
allies
we e
ove ,
the
ma ifesto
was
o
the
shelf
a d
eve yday
admi ist atio
bega .

The
ea ly
pictu e
is
welfa e-heavy:
f ee
elect icity,
fa m-loa
elief,
gold
assista ce
schemes,
laptops,
school
suppo t
a d
u al
welfa e
p og ammes.
At
the
same
time,
Vijay
has
t ied
to
build
a
i vestme t-f ie dly
a ative
a ou d
the
gove me t,
poi ti g
to
Rs
1
lakh
c o e
i
i vestme t
commitme ts
a d
a
push
fo
faste
app ovals
a d
mo e
t a spa e t
admi ist atio .Dedicated
task
fo ces
fo
wome ,
a ti- a cotics
u its
a d
the
closu e
of
hu d eds
of
liquo
shops
ea
schools,
temples
a d
bus
sta ds
have
all
fou d
place
i
the
gove me t’s
100-day
epo t
ca d.

Let’s
b eak
it
dow .

Welfa e
fi st

Vijay
had
go e
i to
the
electio
with
a
wide- a gi g
set
of
welfa e
p omises,
a d
some
of
the
most
visible
o es
have
bee
amo g
the
fi st
to
be
impleme ted.O
his
fi st
day
i
office,
the
Vijay
gove me t
fo med
a
dedicated
Si gappe
Special
Task
Fo ce
fo
wome ‘s
safety.
Fo mally
lau ched
u de
his
di ect
supe visio ,
the
all-wome
secu ity
wi g
has
a
sa ctio ed
st e gth
of
2,545
pe so el
a d
is
tasked
with
tackli g
c imes
agai st
wome .His
gove me t
also
i t oduced
the
Thaaimaama
Tha ga
Mothi am
Scheme,
allocati g
Rs
560
c o e
to
p ovide
a
o e-g am
gold
i g
to
ewbo s
delive ed
i
gove me t
hospitals.
Alo gside
it
is
the
A a ’s
See
Scheme,
fo
which
Rs
812
c o e
has
bee
set
aside
to
p ovide
eligible
b ides
with
a
eight-g am
gold
coi
a d
a
silk
sa ee.The
gove me t
has
also
lau ched
the
Vett i
Magali
Goat
Rea i g
Scheme,
u de
which
five
goats
o
sheep
a e
to
be
p ovided
to
disadva taged
wome
a d
t a sge de
pe so s,
with
the
stated
aim
of
suppo ti g
u al
livelihoods
a d
self- elia ce.

Vijay’s
fi st
100
days

Educatio
a d
housi g

Educatio
has
eceived
a
sizeable
sha e
of
atte tio
too.
The
gove me t
says
the
Kama aja
B eakfast
Scheme
has
bee
expa ded
to
be efit
a
additio al
15.14
lakh
stude ts
i
Classes
VI-VIII
ac oss
15,414
schools.Rs
2,000
c o e
has
bee
ea ma ked
fo
laptops
fo
college
stude ts,
while
Class
XI
stude ts
i
gove me t
a d
gove me t-aided
schools
a e
to
eceive
b a ded
bicycles
alo g
with
helmets
a d
wate
bottles.Housi g
has
also
bee
folded
i to
the
b oade
welfa e
push,
with
Rs
3,500
c o e
allocated
fo
the
Vett i
Housi g
Scheme,
aimed
at
eplaci g
i fo mal
a d
i adequate
housi g
i
u ba
a d
u al
a eas.

Fa me s
a d
employme t
oppo tu ities

Fa me s
have
also
bee
a othe
majo
focus
of
the
fi st
100
days.
Vijay,
while
speaki g
i
the
assembly,
a ou ced
that
the
gove me t
had
waived
ag icultu al
loa s
up
to
Rs
50,000
withi
15
days
of
taki g
office
i
May.
This
was
late
expa ded
to
p ovide
full
waive s
fo
loa s
up
to
Rs
75,000,
a d
a
Rs
35,000
waive
fo
loa s
exceedi g
Rs
75,000,
be efiti g
ove
14.44
lakh
fa me s.The
gove me t
has
also
a ou ced
a
Rs
6,000
c o e
c op-loa
waive ,
alo g
with
i ce tives
of
Rs
4,000
pe
to e
fo
suga ca e
a d
Rs
2,750
pe
qui tal
fo
paddy.Employme t
a d
skill
developme t
have
also
featu ed
p omi e tly
i
the
Vijay’s
epo t
ca d.
U de
the
Vett i
Skill
T ai i g
Scheme,
the
gove me t
says
12
lakh
stude ts
a d
o e
lakh
youth
have
u de go e
skill-developme t
t ai i g.
The
Vett i
150
Scheme
p omises
150
days
of
gua a teed
employme t.At
the
same
time,
the
gove me t
has
t ied
to
focus
o
eve yday
civic
delive y
th ough
TN-VETTRI,
u de
which
Rs
6,000
c o e
is
to
be
allocated
a ually
fo
imp ovi g
wate
supply,
solid-waste
ma ageme t,
sa itatio
a d
u al
co ectivity.

D ugs,
liquo
a d
the
law-a d-o de
test

D ugs
a d
liquo
we e
amo g
the
issues
Vijay
epeatedly
aised
du i g
the
campaig .
To
cu b
a cotics
a d
ga g
activity,
the
gove me t
has
co stituted
65
special
task
fo ces
called
the
‘STING’.
This
etwo k
is
tasked
with
disma tli g
sy dicate
supply
chai s,
clea i g
d ug
etwo ks
ea
educatio al
i stitutio s,
a d
t acki g
o ga ized
ga g
activity.
It
has
also
shut
717
state- u
TASMAC
liquo
shops
located
ea
schools,
temples
a d
bus
sta ds.These
a e
amo g
the
those
decisio s
whe e
the
gove me t
will
face
close
sc uti y,
especially
because
law
a d
o de
is
ot
somethi g
that
ca
be
measu ed
th ough
the
umbe
of
task
fo ces
c eated
o
shops
closed
alo e.

F ee
powe :
A
ea ly
ma ifesto
p omise
delive ed

F ee
elect icity
was
amo g
the
fi st
p omises
that
Vijay-led
TVK
gove me t
delive ed
soo
afte
assumi g
office.
His
gove me t
a ou ced
200
u its
of
f ee
powe
eve y
two
mo ths
fo
domestic
co sume s
usi g
up
to
500
u its.At
the
same
time,
f ee
powe
adds
to
the
spe di g
commitme ts
the
ew
gove me t
has
take
o
i
its
ope i g
mo ths.
How
Vijay
bala ces
these
welfa e
p omises
with
the
state’s
fi a ces
will
become
clea e
o ly
as
the
gove me t
moves
beyo d
its
fi st
few
mo ths.

I vestme t
push

If
welfa e
has
bee
o e
side
of
Vijay’s
fi st
100
days,
the
othe
has
bee
a
attempt
to
show
that
Tamil
Nadu’s
i vestme t
sto y
emai s
o
his
gove me t’s
age da.The
gove me t
says
the
Vett i
Tamil
Nadu
I vestme t
Co clave
2026
secu ed
i vestme t
commitme ts
wo th
Rs
1
lakh
c o e.
Fo
Vijay,
i vestme t
is
pa ticula ly
impo ta t.
His
gove me t
has
a ou ced
a
lo g
list
of
subsidies
a d
social
schemes,
a d
the
i vestme t
push
helps
him
u de li e
that
Tamil
Nadu
is
also
looki g
to
att act
capital
a d
ge e ate
employme t
oppo tu ities.The
bigge
test,
of
cou se,
will
come
late :
how
much
of
those
commitme ts
actually
t a slate
i to
p ojects.

Ka u
still
casts
a
shadow

Vijay’s
fi st
100
days
have
also
u folded
u de
the
shadow
of
the
Ka u
stampede,
the
t agedy
at
a
TVK
ally
that
claimed
lives
of
41
people
a d
i ju ed
mo e
tha
100.Si ce
taki g
office,
his
gove me t
has
sought
to
p ovide
gove me t
jobs
to
the
ext
of
ki
of
those
who
died
i
the
stampede.
The
move
became
the
subject
of
a
legal
battle
afte
the
Mad as
high
cou t
quashed
the
appoi tme ts,
befo e
the
Sup eme
Cou t
stayed
that
o de
ea lie
this
mo th,
allowi g
the
state
to
go
ahead
with
them
fo
ow.How
his
gove me t
ha dles
the
ehabilitatio
of
the
affected
families
i
the
middle
of
a
i vestigatio
will
the efo e
emai
closely
watched.

The
bigge
test
begi s
ow

While
the
fi st
hu d ed
days
ca
be
e ough
to
show
what
the
p io ities
of
the
gove me t
but
it
is
too
soo
to
tell
how
these
i itiatives
have
wo ked.
Vijay
has
also
t ied
to
make
t a spa e cy
pa t
of
his
gove a ce
policy,
with
measu es
such
as
speedie
pla
app ovals
a d
faceless
p ope ty
egist atio .

But
he e
too,
the
eal
test
will
be
whethe
citize s
actually
expe ie ce
a
gove me t
that
is
faste ,
clea e
a d
easie
to
deal
with.All
these
measu es
have
ow
moved
to
a
toughe
phase
which
is
the
impleme tatio .
The
gove me t
will
have
to
show
that
welfa e
schemes
actually
each
be eficia ies,
i vestme t
commitme ts
tu
i to
p ojects
a d
jobs,
a d
the
focus
o
wome ’s
safety,
d ugs
a d
liquo
p oduces
visible
esults
o
the
g ou d.
The e
is
also
the
questio
of
how
comfo tably
the
state
ca
ca y
a
g owi g
bill
alo gside
its
welfa e
commitme ts.Fo
ow,
the
fi st
100
days
have
defi ed
Vijay’s
p io ities.
What
emai s
u a swe ed
is
whethe
the
pace
of
a ou ceme ts
ca
be
matched
by
delive y
ove
the
ext
few
hu d ed
days.

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