
Congress MP raps Centre over ‘stepmotherly treatment’ of T.N.
The Hindu
It has not announced Madurai airport as an international terminal: Manickam Tagore
Congress MP B. Manickam Tagore on Sunday said the Centre’s stepmotherly treatment of Tamil Nadu continued with non-announcement of Madurai airport as an international terminal and non-setting up of a NEERI branch at Karaikudi to help the fireworks industry.
Talking to reporters here, Mr. Tagore said he welcomed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Virudhunagar on January 12. He would be the second Prime Minister after Rajiv Gandhi to visit the district..

Although students from Tamil Nadu remain the leading recipients of educational loans across India, there has been a significant decline in the number of active loans they hold. The number of active education loan accounts decreased from 27.4 lakh accounts to about 20.1 lakh in the period. The fall can be mostly attributed to the fall in Tamil Nadu’s numbers.












