TVK Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson on Tuesday, 16 July 2026, highlighted the state’s weak revenue performance in comparison with several major states, stating that Gujarat had outperformed its peers while Tamil Nadu recorded the sharpest decline, as reported in The Week.
Referring to findings contained in the Tamil Nadu government’s White Paper on state finances, Wilson said Gujarat had registered a positive revenue performance of 0.8%, making it the best-performing state among the benchmarked states examined in the report.
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According to the figures presented by the Finance Minister, Karnataka and Maharashtra recorded deficits of 0.7% and 0.8% respectively, while Tamil Nadu registered a significantly worse revenue deficit of 2.2%.
Wilson said the comparison showed that Gujarat had managed to improve its fiscal position while other major states, including Tamil Nadu, continued to face revenue pressures. He noted that Tamil Nadu’s revenue performance was substantially weaker than that of the peer states examined in the White Paper.
The White Paper, released by the TVK government, argues that Tamil Nadu’s revenue mobilisation weakened during the 2021-22 to 2025-26 period despite the state’s strong economic base. The report attributes the decline to administrative shortcomings, revenue leakages and inefficiencies in tax collection.
The government has maintained that improving revenue mobilisation and reducing leakages will be critical to restoring the state’s fiscal health and creating room for future welfare and development expenditure.
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