Daily Current Affairs – 03-02-2025
Tamil Nadu
Growing Revenue
Deficit in Tamil Nadu
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Tamil Nadu’s revenue deficit has been rising since 2013-14.
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The state recorded its last revenue surplus in 2012-13 with an amount of ₹1,760 crore.
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Revenue deficit occurs when revenue expenditure exceeds revenue receipts.
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The highest revenue deficit was in 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a significant fall in receipts and rise in expenditure.
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Estimated revenue deficit in the current year’s Budget is ₹49,279 crore.
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The state’s debt was around ₹4.86 lakh crore at the start of 2021-22.
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The debt will expect to reach ₹8.33 lakh crore by March 2025.
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The borrowings ceiling for the year 2024-25 is set at 3.44% of GSDP.
EVMs for Local Body
Elections in Tamil Nadu
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Voters in 28 districts in Tamil Nadu will use EVMs to elect ward members, panchayat presidents, and other representatives at the district, union, and village levels.
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Term of Representatives in other 9 districts (Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi) ends in October 2026.
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The Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) will implement EVMs for Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) in these districts in phases.
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A pilot for using EVMs in RLBs was conducted in 2019 at Melpuram Panchayat Union.
Tamil Nadu
Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (TNCPCR)
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The Madras High Court has cleared the way for the constitution of the Tamil Nadu Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (TNCPCR).
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The State government had prematurely dissolved the commission in February 2022, which was formed in January 2021 for a three-year term.
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The panel is set to function for three years, in accordance with the Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005.
Renovated Memorial
of Tamil Martyrs Unveiled
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Tamil Nadu CM inaugurated the renovated memorial of Tamil martyrs Natarajan and Thalamuthu at Moolakothalam, Chennai.
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Both martyrs sacrificed their lives in the 1939 struggle against Hindi imposition to protect the Tamil language.
National Consumer
Rights Day (Bharatiya Grahak Diwas)
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Day- December 24
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Theme- “Virtual Hearings & Digital Access to Consumer Justice”
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Observed since –1986
National
Mathematics Day
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Day- December 22
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Theme- Mathematics: The Bridge to Innovation and Progress
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Observed since – 2012
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Commemorating – The birth anniversary of the Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan
World Meditation
Day
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Day- December 21
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Theme- Meditation for Global Peace and Harmony
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Observed by – UN
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Observed since – 2024
World Basketball
Day
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Day
- December 21
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Observed by – UN
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Observed since – 2023