The government led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay completes 100 days in office today. Sworn in on 10 May 2026 after the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won 108 of the Assembly's 234 seats with a 34.92% vote share, the administration marked the milestone with a video titled “A Government for 100 Days — The Conscience of the People for an Era,” and with a fresh expansion of its crop loan waiver announced in the Assembly.
Agriculture has been the government's most consistent theme. A crop loan waiver began within 15 days of taking office in May, covering cooperative loans up to ₹50,000, and has been expanded twice since — most recently today in the Assembly, bringing the total waiver to ₹6,220 crore.
The Agriculture Budget presented on 6 August set out ₹17,000 crore in crop loans for 2026-27, a Soil Conservation Mission, a ₹134.83 crore Kuruvai Special Package and a target of 125 lakh metric tonnes of food-grain production. On 10 August, the government raised procurement incentives, taking fine-variety paddy to ₹2,750 per quintal and sugarcane to ₹4,000 per tonne.
The first full Budget, presented on 5 August by Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson, allocated ₹44,527 crore to school education and ₹8,393 crore to higher education, and launched the ₹2,000 crore Vetri Laptop Scheme. It also announced the Annan Seer Thittam marriage assistance scheme with gold coins and silk sarees (₹812 crore), the Vetri Magalir goat-rearing scheme (₹110 crore), and the Vettri Veedu housing programme (₹3,500 crore for 70,000 houses).
The Independence Day address confirmed the gold ring scheme for newborns will launch on 15 September at an outlay of ₹755.83 crore.
The government has reported investment commitments crossing ₹1 lakh crore in its first 100 days. The largest single tranche came at the Vettri Tamil Nadu Investors Conclave on 13 August — 97 memoranda worth ₹67,542 crore, expected to generate more than one lakh jobs — following agreements signed on 30 July that included the state's first foreign university campus.
| Date | Assembly Action |
|---|---|
| 10 August | Tamil Thai Vazhthu resolution — passed unanimously |
| 11 August | NEET abolition and FCRA Amendment Bill resolutions |
| 12 August | Delimitation resolution — 543 seats, 33% women's reservation |
| 17 August | Crop loan waiver expansion under Rule 110 |
On 14 August, Vijay wrote to the Prime Minister carrying the delimitation resolution to the Centre.
Two matters have run through the government's first 100 days and remain open.
The Cauvery dispute has been the most persistent. The state moved the Supreme Court on 3 August; today the court directed Karnataka to comply with CWMA directions and will review the position again on 24 August.
The Karur stampede case also continues. The government's decision to provide compassionate employment to families of the 41 who died was quashed by the Madras High Court in July, and stayed by the Supreme Court on 14 August — interim relief, with the substantive challenge still pending.
Among other measures highlighted at the 100-day mark: the TN-VETTRI rural development programme; the closure of 717 liquor shops; 65 anti-drug special teams; and the Singappen women's safety special force. Increased assistance for ex-servicemen was announced on Independence Day.
For the full day-by-day record since 10 May, see the CM Diary.
100 Days Milestone TVK Government Governance Record August 17, 2026