SUMMARY
Tamil Nadu Budget 2025: Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu presented Budget 2025 in the Legislative Assembly on Friday, March 14. These are the key takeaways.

Education: The Tamil Nadu government will disburse ₹2,500 crore education loans to 1 lakh college students. ₹1,000 crore has been allocated for improving government schools’ infrastructure. An allocation of ₹275 crore has been made for student hostels in Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai, which is expected to benefit 1,000 students.

Drinking Water: ₹675 crore has been allocated for modernisation for drinking water projects. FM also announced a slew of drinking water projects across Erode, Mayiladthurai, Thiruvallur and other districts of TN, with an allocation of over ₹26,000 crore.

Roads: 6,100 kilometers of rural roads will be improved at a cost of ₹2,200 crore. ₹120 crore will be allocated to develop road infrastructure in rural areas, while ₹310 crore has been allocated for a new flyover of about 3 kilometer in Velachery to address road congestion.

Insurance: A group insurance scheme will be introduced for 1.50 lakh workers in Tamil Nadu.

Rural development: ₹29,465 crore has been allocated for the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department.