Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) is the wing of
Indian National Congress serving in
Tamil Nadu. The current president is K.S. Alagari.
Social policy of the TNCC is officially based upon the
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principle of
Sarvodaya (upliftment of all sections of the society). In particular TNCC emphasises upon policies to improve the lives of the economically underprivileged and socially unprivileged sections of society. The party primarily endorses
social liberalism (seeks to balance individual
liberty and
social justice).
Ideology and policy positions
Since the 1950s, the TNCC has favored liberal positions (the term "liberal" in this sense describes
modern liberalism, not
classical liberalism) with support for
social justice and a
mixed economy. TNCC strongly supports
Liberal nationalism, a kind of
nationalism compatible with values of
freedom
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,
tolerance
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Economics, business, and politics
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,
equality, and
individual rights.
Historically, the party has favoured farmers, labourers, and the working upper class; it has opposed unregulated business and finance. In recent decades, the party has adopted a
centrist economic and
socially progressive
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agenda and has begun to advocate for more
social justice,
affirmative action, a
balanced budget
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, and a
market economy
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. The economic policy adopted by the modern TNCC is
free market policies, though at the same time it is in favour of taking a cautious approach when it comes to
liberalising the economy claiming it is to help ensure that the weaker sectors are not affected too hard by the changes that come with liberalisation. In the 1990s, however, it endorsed market reforms, including privatisation and the deregulation of the economy. It also has supported secular policies that encourage equal rights for all citizens, including those from the lower stratas. The party supports the somewhat controversial concept of family planning with birth control.
Economic policy
The Congress strongly endorses a mixed Capital economy in which both the private sector and the
state direct the
economy, reflecting characteristics of both market economies and
planned economies. A leading economic theory advocated by the modern Tamil Nadu Congress party is
import substitution industrialisation that advocates replacing foreign imports with domestic production. Party also believes that mixed economies often provide
environmental protection, maintenance of
employment standards
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, a standardized welfare system, and
maintenance of competition. The
Indian National Congress party liberalised the Indian economy, allowing it to speed up development dramatically.
Healthcare and education
Tamil Nadu Congress Pioneered the first
Midday Meal Scheme in India in the Year 1953. This led to a huge wave of enrollment by students from the predominant rural and semi urban pockets of Tamil Nadu, which helped increase the Literacy rate of the state from 16% in 1947 to 82% in 2011. Today, it has become the largest schoolchild feeding programme in the world, covering 110 million students in 1.2 million schools. This rural health initiative was praised by the American economist
Jeffrey Sachs and former American President
John F. Kennedy.
During the TNCC tenure, an
IIT
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and was opened in the state.
Security and State Affairs
The Tamil Nadu Congress party has been instrumental in debating and helping strengthen anti-terror and vigilant laws leading to amendments to the Security Laws of the
Tamil Nadu Government Departments. Also,
Unique Identification Authority of India
Aadhaar ( hi, आधार, ādhār, lit=base, foundation, bn, আধার) is a 12-digit unique identity number that can be obtained voluntarily by the citizens of India and resident foreign nationals who have spent over 182 days in twelve ...
was established in February 2009, with the help of the Central Government, an agency responsible for implementing the envisioned
Multipurpose National Identity Card with the objective of increasing national security and facilitating e-governance.
State Office bearers
AICC
TNCC
List of president of TNCC
List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu from the Congress Party
Madras Presidency
Madras State
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election
•
Madras State was completely reorganized into the present state of
Tamil Nadu in the year 1956. But the name was changed to Tamil Nadu only in the year 1969
See also
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Congress Working Committee
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) is the executive committee of the Indian National Congress. It was formed in December 1920 at Nagpur session of INC which was headed by C. Vijayaraghavachariar. It typically consists of fifteen members electe ...
*
All India Congress Committee
The All India Congress Committee (AICC) is the presidium or the central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress. It is composed of members elected from state-level Pradesh Congress Committees and can have as many as a thousan ...
*
Pradesh Congress Committee
References
External links
INC Tamil Nadu website
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Indian National Congress of Tamil Nadu