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- 1pension of Rs.12,000/- is being provided to 399 journalistsப.7
Journalist pension: Rs.12,000 a month to 399 journalists with 20 years of service in indigent conditions, now enhanced to Rs.15,000.
- 2family pension of Rs.6,000/- is being provided to the families of 75 journalistsப.7
Family pension of Rs.6,000 to the families of 75 pensioner-journalists, now raised to Rs.7,500.
- 3Rs.2,50,000/- is being provided to journalistsப.8
Medical assistance up to Rs.2,50,000 for serious illness, paid from the interest on a Rs.1 crore corpus with TNPFC; 21 journalists benefited.
- 4Rs.10,00,000/- for twenty years of serviceப.8
Family Benefit Fund from the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund scales with service: Rs.2.5 lakh at five years, Rs.5 lakh at ten, Rs.7.5 lakh at fifteen and Rs.10 lakh at twenty. 130 families assisted.
- 52,318 press accreditation cardsப.9
2,318 press accreditation cards and 377 press passes were issued in 2026. Accredited journalists also get free State Transport Corporation bus passes.
- 6Chennai Institute of Journalism was establishedப.10
The Chennai Institute of Journalism at Kotturpuram offers a Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism from 2025-26; its first convocation on 02.06.2026 conferred degrees on 39 students.
- 7"Kalaignar Ezhuthukol Award"ப.11
The Kalaignar Ezhuthukol Award carries Rs.5 lakh, for a journalist whose work has served the downtrodden.
- 8seven official members representingப.12
The Journalist Welfare Board is chaired by the Minister, with seven official members from Finance, Revenue, Housing, Labour, Land Administration and Information, and nine non-official members from newspapers, television and periodicals.
- 9One per cent of the advertising chargesப.13
The Board is funded by one per cent of the advertising charges the Government pays agencies for newspaper advertisements - the industry funds its own welfare board.
- 104,195 journalistsப.13
About 4,195 journalists hold Welfare Board membership cards; three years of service in print or visual media is the eligibility.
- 11Financial Assistance for Natural Deathப.15
Board assistance: Rs.50,000 on natural death, Rs.5,000 for funeral, Rs.6,000 maternity, Rs.3,000 marriage, plus a separate Rs.2 lakh accident relief for journalists who die in accidents.
- 12@CMOTAMILNADUப.19
The Social Media Wing runs two teams - one for the Chief Minister's accounts (@CMOTAMILNADU) and one for the department's own TN DIPR platforms.
- 1317,324 digital media contents have been created for 37 departmentsப.21
The Media Hub has produced 17,324 digital assets for 37 departments and 22,150 creatives for the 38 district offices.
- 1446.95 Lakhப.22
Reach as on 16.8.2026: the CM's Instagram account leads with 46.95 lakh followers and 174.52 crore views, ahead of X at 23.97 lakh and Facebook at 18.24 lakh.
- 15countering misinformationப.18
The Section's stated functions include monitoring public opinion, countering misinformation and compiling adverse news into a daily report - publicity and media monitoring in the same wing.
- 16commemoration arches totalling 219 in numbersப.29
The department maintains 219 memorials across the State - 89 memorials, 77 full-size statues, 28 busts, 17 arangams, 5 commemorative pillars, 2 monuments and 1 arch.
- 17Perarignar Anna Memorial and Museumப.30
The Marina cluster - Anna Memorial and Museum, the Kalaignar Memorial within its premises, and the M.G.R. Memorial - is the department's principal charge.
- 18www.tenders.tn.gov.inப.74
All Government tender advertisements go on the NIC-run tenders.tn.gov.in portal, with documents downloadable free of cost.
- 19Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998ப.74
Tender bulletins are published under the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998 and the Rules of 2000, released every Thursday.
- 20Rs.25 Lakh to Rs.50 Lakhப.75
District bulletins carry procurement estimates of Rs.25-50 lakh and works of Rs.50-75 lakh; anything above those thresholds goes into the State Tender Bulletin.
- 2116 feet in width and 10 feet in heightப.76
Digital display walls 16 feet by 10 feet have been installed at bus terminals in ten corporations, fed live from headquarters; the remaining 28 districts are to follow.
- 225,72,254 visitorsப.79
Ten Government exhibitions a year drew 5,72,254 visitors in 2025-26 and earned Rs.1,01,35,000 in revenue.
- 23Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Tirunelveli, Tiruchirappalli and Velloreப.79
Six district headquarters host an exhibition every year - Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Tirunelveli, Tiruchirappalli and Vellore - with four more districts by rotation.
- 24Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund and the required safetyப.80
Private exhibitions over five days need the Collector's recommendation, safety NOCs and a cheque to the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund; up to five days the Collector alone permits.