Tamil Nadu Congress Committee

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) is the wing of Indian National Congress serving in Tamil Nadu.[1] The Current President is K. S. Alagiri.

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee
PresidentK. S. Alagiri
HeadquartersSathyamurthy Bhavan, General Patters Road, Chennai-600002, Tamil Nadu
Youth wingTamil Nadu Youth Congress
Women's wingTamil Nadu Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
AllianceDemocratic Progressive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
7 / 39
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 18
Seats in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
7 / 234
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Website
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Social policy of the TNCC is officially based upon the Gandhian 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, tolerance, equality, and individual rights.[2]

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 agenda and has begun to advocate for more social justice, affirmative action, a balanced budget, and a market economy. 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, 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.[3] 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.[4] During the TNCC tenure, an IIT and was opened in the state.[5]

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 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.

List of Current Congress State Legislature MLAs
MLA List
Sl. No. Name Constituency
1. Shri. K.R. Ramasamy Karaikudi
2. Smt. S. Vijayadharani Vilavancode
3. Shri. J.G. Prince Colachal
4. Shri. S. Pandian Mudhukulathur
5. Shri. V.S. Kalimuthu Dharapuram
6. Shri. R. Ganesh Udhagamandalam
7. Shri. S. Rajesh Kumar Killiyoor

State Office bearers

AICC
  • General Secretary (State Incharge) - Dinesh Gundu Rao
  • Secretaty (State Incharge) - Sanjay Dutt

TNCC
  1. K. Jayakumar
  2. M. K. Vishnu Prasad
  3. Mayura Jayakumar
  4. Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam
  • Treasurer - Ruby R. Manoharan

List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu from the Congress Party

Madras Presidency
Name Took Office Left Office
C. Rajagopalachari 14 July 1937 29 October 1939
T. Prakasam 30 April 1946 23 March 1947
O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar 23 March 1947 6 April 1949
P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja 6 April 1949 26 January 1950

Madras State (Tamil Nadu)
Name Took Office Left Office
P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja 27 January 1950 9 April 1952
C. Rajagopalachari 10 April 1952 13 April 1954
K. Kamaraj 13 April 1954 2 October 1963
M. Bhakthavatsalam 2 October 1963 28 February 1967

See also

References
  1. "All India Congress Committee". AICC. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  2. N. S. Gehlot (1991). The Congress Party in India: Policies, Culture, Performance. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 177. ISBN 978-81-7100-306-8.
  3. "Mid day meal scheme: Food for Thought"
  4. Sachs, Jeffrey D. (6 March 2005). "The End of Poverty". Time.
  5. "LS passes bill to provide IIT for eight states". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
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