New Anna Marumalarchi Thittam – State Level Monitoring Committee Eighth Meeting held on 4 th July 2005 - Decision taken at the meeting – New Anna Marumalarchi Thittam units which fall under Town Panchayat areas at the time of selection by the State Level Coordination Committee but commenced production after reclassification as Special Village Panchayats - Extending subsidy under New Anna Marumalarchi Thittam - Orders – Issued.

Small Industries - Payment of Back ended interest subsidy for term loans obtained for Technology Upgradation / Modernisation, term loan obtained under NEF Schemes, NSIC - SIDCO Consortium loan, Composite term loan and loans obtained by Tiny Industries under Credit Guarantee Fund Trust Scheme from any bank or financial institution and term loan obtained for ISO certification R & D resulting in Registration of Patent and Intellectual property rights - Guidelines approved - Amendment - Issued.

Acts - Right to Information Act, 2005 - Implementation of the Act - Public Authority - Entrepreneurship Development Institute - Appointment of Public Information Officer and Appellate Authority for Entrepreneurship Development Institute - Orders issued.

New Anna Marumalarchi Thittam - 8 th State Level Monitoring Committee Meeting held on 4.7.2005 - Decision taken on the eligibility of Aquaculture units promoted under New Anna Marumalarchi Thittam for subsidy at 15% on eligible investment with a ceiling limit of Rs.3 lakhs per unit - Orders - Issued.

New Anna Marumalarchi Thittam - 7 th State Level Monitoring Committee Meeting held on 19.8.04 - Decision taken regarding projects promoted under non SSI category as per Government of India guidelines and inclusion of cut flower and mushroom cultivation activities eligible for assistance under New Anna Marumalarchi Thittam - Orders - Issued.

Small Industries - Payment of Back ended interest subsidy for term loans obtained for Technology Upgradation / Modernisation, NEF Schemes ISO Certification and R & D resulting in Registration of Patent and intellectual property rights and loans obtained by Tiny units under CGFT scheme - Permitting the General Managers, District Industries Centres and RJD, Chennai to process back ended interest subsidy applications of banks / financed units - Orders - Issued.

New Anna Marumalarchi Thittam - 8 th State Level Monitoring Committee Meeting held on 4.7.2005 - Decision taken for inclusion of Mineral Water activity as an eligible activity under New Anna Marumalarchi Thittam - Orders - Issued.

NAMT - Subsidies - Capital subsidy for the projects which commenced production under NAMT with New and Second Hand machinery and Low Tension Power Tariff Subsidy to new units commenced with Second hand machineries / with mixture of both old and new machineries with new power connection - Eligibility for subsidy - orders issued.

Small Industries - Industrial Clearance in Districts - Inclusion of Branch Managers of TIIC as Members of District Level Single Window Clearance Committee - Orders - Issued.

Small Industries – Small Tea Growers Protection Scheme - Relief to the Small Tea Growers of The Nilgiris District affected by steep fall in price of tea - Sanctioned - Orders - Issued.

Small Industries - Part II Scheme 2005-2006 – Small Industries Development Corporation Limited – Investment in Incubators Project of TREC-STEP – Sanction of Rs.25.00 lakhs – Orders – Issued.

Announcement for 2005-06 – Market Development assistance to SSI Units to participate in National Level Product based Exhibitions in other States – Grant of Subsidy – Orders issued.

Small Industries Department - Announcement made by Minster (Rural Industries) in the Legislative Assembly on 24.3.2005 regarding granting Special subsidy on power consumption charges to cold storage units under New Anna Marumalarchi Thittam - Implementation of - Sanction of Rs.60 lakhs - Orders - Issued.

Small Industries - Part II Schemes 2005-06 - Setting up of Quality Certification Lab for Agro, Food, Bio Tech products at Madurai and expansion of activities of Chennai Industrial Cooperative Analytical Laboratory Limited at Chennai - Sanction of Rs 10.00 lakhs - Orders - Issued.

Small Industries Department - Part II Scheme 2005-06 State Government participation in providing common facilities to Small Scale Industrial units in product based cluster under the Small Industries Cluster Development Programme (SICDP) - Sanction of Rs.50.00 lakhs - Orders - Issued.

Small Industries Department - Part II Schemes for 2005-06 - State Level Award to financial Institution and Women Entrepreneurs for their best performance under New Anna Marumalarchi Thittam - Sanction of Rs.1.00 lakh orders - Issued.

Small Industries - Announcement made on the Floor of the House – State Level Review Committee to review the flow of benefits and concessions granted to Small Scale Units – Constituted – Orders issued.

Small Industries - Part II Scheme for 2005-06 - Providing additional facility to Data Bank and Information Centre for Electrical and Electronics Industries, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Instronic Estate, Chennai - Expenditure of Rs.0.90 lakh - Sanctioned.

Small Industries - Part II Schemes 2005-06 - Provision of Computers to 16 District Industries Centres, One Lap Top to Directorate and 2 Computers to Small Industries Department, Secretariat at a total cost of Rs 10.00 lakhs - Orders issued.

Small Industries – Part II Scheme 2005-06 – Assistance for conducting Coir Industry Seminars in Five Coir Cluster districts – Government share of Rs.2.50 lakhs sanctioned – orders – issued.

Small Industries – Part II Scheme 2005-06 – Trichy District Venkatachalapuram Adi Dravider Brick Workers Cottage Industrial Cooperative Society Ltd., - Government share participation of Rs.1.94 lakh sanctioned – orders – issued.

Small Industries Department - Part II Scheme 2005-06 - Organising District Industrial Seminars in 15 districts during 2005-06 - Sanction of Rs.15 lakhs - Orders - Issued.

Small Industries – Quality Upgradation Scheme in Six Indco Tea Factories - Sharing of assistance by State Government to match the Tea Board's 25% subsidy – Rs.27.80 lakhs sanctioned – Orders – Issued.