Dravidian Movement’s contribution to Education in TN: Reality check

Population : 1961 in Crores

Andhra Pradesh : 3.6
Bihar : 3.5
Gujarat : 2.1
Karnataka : 2.4
Kerala : 1.7
Maharashtra : 4.0
Tamil Nadu : 3.4
Uttar Pradesh : 7.0
West Bengal : 3.5

India : 43.9 Crores

Literacy Rate : 1961

Andhra Pradesh : 21.2%
Bihar : 22%
Gujarat : 31.5%
Karnataka : 30%
Kerala : 55%
Maharashtra : 35%
Tamil Nadu : 36.4%
Uttar Pradesh : 20.9%
West Bengal : 34.5%

India : 28.3%
Population : 2011 in Crores

Andhra Pradesh : 8.5
Bihar : 10.4
Gujarat : 6
Karnataka : 6.1
Kerala : 3.3
Maharashtra : 11.2
Tamil Nadu : 7.2
Uttar Pradesh : 20
West Bengal : 9.1

India : 121 Crores
Literacy Rate : 2011

Andhra Pradesh : 67%
Bihar : 61.8%
Gujarat : 78%
Karnataka : 75.4%
Kerala : 94%
Maharashtra : 82%
Tamil Nadu : 80%
Uttar Pradesh : 67.7%
West Bengal : 76.3%

India : 73%
Growth in Population : Between 2011 & 1961

Andhra Pradesh : 136%
Bihar : 197%
Gujarat : 186%
Karnataka : 154%
Kerala : 48%
Maharashtra : 180%
Tamil Nadu : 112%
Uttar Pradesh : 186%
West Bengal : 160%

India : 176%
Kerala, AP & Tamil Nadu are Three states where the population has not grown on par with the national average.

The declining growth started in the 1960s in Kerala & TN, 1980s for AP

The reasons could be internal migration & mostly permanent migration to other countries.
Total Number of Schools: All India

1961 : 3.97 Lakh
2011 : 13.9 Lakh

Total Number of Schools: Tamil Nadu

2009 : 0.55 Lakh

TN is home to 6% of the country’s overall population and has 4% of the total schools in India.
Despite the population growing on par or higher than the national average; Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra & West Bengal are close to Tamil Nadu’s literacy rate.

Despite the country growing at 173%, the All India literacy rate is at 73%.
80% literacy despite being the first to introduce The Mid day meal scheme in India.

And the last time I checked Dravidian movement started and continues to exist only in Tamil Nadu.
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Save Kattupalli?? From whom?
Yet another Flip Flop of DMK

Most print media including the Wire & News Minute had taken up the expansion of Adani’s Katupalli port.

The National Herald had also reported this with a political flavour. But vital details missing in all these.


The Kattupalli port received approval & began construction during the DMK Regime. Surprised to see questions posted by them now on the need of this port when chennai already has 2 ports. EIA submitted in 2008 by L&T and the port became operational in 2013
https://t.co/YQVsmdBE19


The EIA submitted in 2008 had clear mention of no fishing activity near the coastal areas.

The future expansion plan also was part of the initial proposal that was submitted.

Also find the proposed development plan. Now compare it with the initial proposal. No change at all.


See the biased reporting of The Wire.

As per the application for environmental clearance submitted by MIDPL in 2018, 1087 acres of sea area will be reclaimed by using the dredged sand but Wire reports it as 2000 acres.

https://t.co/ie7KR3J1tK


Total proposed area of expansion is 5238 Acres as per the report, Wire calls in 6111 acre master plan. Not sure where they got these information.

And the most important point to note in all these is MIDPL expansion proposal submitted by L&T, even before Adani acquired it.

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Reporters, pundits, activists. Before you echo the notion that Palestinians are being "corralled into small, crowded enclaves", which is in vogue in some circles, here are some facts that you won't find in @btselem's new position paper. Read and decide for yourself.

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Starting with the West Bank, specifically Area C from which allegedly Palestinians are being systematically pushed into the enclaves of Areas A and B, and replaced by Jewish settlers. If so, we should've seen the demographic balance in Area C shift in the Jews' favor. Has it? /2

Well, there's no evidence for that, certainly none in the paper. Latest UN estimate is ~ 300k Palestinians in Area C in 2013, probably >3 times their number in 1995 when the area was delineated. Jewish population growth in the same area & period was slower or similar at 2.6%./3

While good population stats for Area C are unavailable, there are construction surveys based on aerial photos. Do they support Btselem's claim? Quite the contrary. At least one shows that in recent yrs the total Palestinian residential area expanded more than the Jewish one./4


The same analysis by @RegavimIsrael found that the number of Palestinian structures in Area C increased by 28,600 during 2009-2019, nearly doubling in one decade, far more than the 18,600 built in Jewish settlements in that period, according to official statistics. /5

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