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The department exists to monitor the schemes set out in the Vetri Tamizhagam Vision Document - the State's long-term development frame.

Function one: track whether Government Orders are actually issued for every announcement made on the floor of the Assembly or at a Government function - the gap between announcement and G.O. is what this department measures.

District Monitoring Officers meet monthly under the Chief Secretary, so field findings reach the top of the administration rather than stopping at the district.

Announcements monitored come from five sources - the Governor's Address, the Budget Speech, the Agriculture Budget, Rule 110 statements in the Assembly, and other announcements by the Chief Minister and Ministers.

An interactive web system on the Secretariat Intranet captures implementation status department by department, with a designated Nodal Officer in each.

Consolidated reports feed the Monthly All Secretaries' Review Meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary.

District Monitoring Officers are senior officers and Heads of Departments assigned to districts - an inspection layer sitting outside the district administration they inspect.

Key infrastructure projects tracked span energy, water and sanitation, industrial corridors, TIDEL parks, elevated roads, outer ring roads, bridges, heritage, transport, Schools of Excellence, hospitals, fishing harbours, irrigation and stadiums.

TNSDC was formed on 11.06.2013 as a not-for-profit company under Section 8 of the Companies Act 2013 - the State's nodal agency for skill development.

About 500 courses, NSQF-aligned or industry relevant, across 35 sectors including healthcare, IT/ITES, automobile, agriculture and green jobs.

Short Term Skill Training targets 18 to 35 year olds who have completed or discontinued studies, with emphasis on women and vulnerable sections.

Recognition of Prior Learning certifies skills acquired through work experience without formal training - it turns existing competence into a credential.

1,20,953 trained in 2025-26: 1,02,568 in short term training, 15,720 artisans upskilled and 2,665 through RPL. The 2026-27 target is 1,00,000.

Industry Led Skill Training runs on a Recruit, Train and Deploy model with industry partners - the employer is identified before the training starts. 35,930 trained in 2025-26, 40,000 targeted.

Agriculture skilling runs through ten partners including TNAU, the Fisheries University, TANUVAS, Aavin and the Krishi Vigyan Kendras. 18,332 certified in 2025-26.

Pilot special courses lead to external certifications - TELC and Goethe for German, JLPT for Japanese, DGCA for drone piloting and PADI for scuba diving.

With Tamil University, Thanjavur, TNSDC piloted training in palm leaf manuscripts, epigraphy and rare paper manuscript studies for 54 candidates - heritage conservation treated as a skill trade.

Six-month certificates in Applied Journalism and Artificial Intelligence for Media were run with Loyola College for 120 candidates.

Inclusive training reached 12,218 people - 5,590 in urban habitat tenements, 3,135 Sri Lankan Tamils, 1,384 tribals, 1,060 differently abled persons, 1,008 under Vada Chennai Valarchi Thittam and 41 transgender home guards.

Skill incentive: Rs.6,000 up to 250 hours of training and Rs.12,000 beyond, paid only to vulnerable-group candidates identified through Aadhaar verification against the TNeGA database. 65,222 received it in 2025-26.

Artisan upskilling covers metal work, jewellery, pottery and terracotta, basket, mat and broom making, rope weaving, toy making, sculpting and stone carving, traditional textile printing and musical instrument making. 15,720 certified in 2025-26.

Thiranagam District Skill Offices operate in every district, chaired by the District Collector with a District Skill Officer and a TNSDC Programme Executive, mostly housed in Employment and Career Guidance Centres.

NCVET, under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, has recognised TNSDC as both an Awarding Body and an Assessment Agency - dual recognition, so it sets curriculum and certifies.

A Trainer Eligibility Test was introduced alongside Training of Trainers certification, with a mandatory pre-commencement inspection of training centres including their placement MoUs.