The Consumer Protection Council, Tamil Nadu, has termed the maiden Budget of the TVK government as a ‘fairly good attempt’.“The Chief Minister’s aim of providing corruption-free governance has been reiterated. The tender reforms are welcome. However, only by the end of the financial year, we can assess how effective the Government has been in checking corruption and augmenting revenue by plugging leakages. The government has a long way to go to clear the huge debt burden,” said S.Pushpavanam, secretary of the council, in a statement.“A Right to Services Act for ensuring timely delivery of services has been promised. Wide consultations with consumer organisations should be held to make it effective. Anywhere registration and paperless and presence-less registration would be much welcome,” Mr. Pushpavanam said.The government, he said, must reduce the transmission and distribution loss of electricity in a time-bound manner. Instead of spending money for infrastructure in Chennai, spending money on satellite town development would help decongest Chennai and develop other areas. The introduction of the ‘Namma Salai’ App to lodge complaints about bad roads was welcome. Establishing senior citizens’ homes and gymnasiums were welcome, he added.However, social activist H. Ghouse Baig said that most of the TVK’s poll promises, such as enhancing the monthly assistance to women to ₹2500 and providing six free LPG cylinders, have not been implemented. “The maiden budget of the government lacks vision,” he added.The former vice-principal of K.A.P.Viswanatham Government Medical College, M.A.Aleem, welcomed the Budget announcement on launch of 1000 mobile geriatric treatment centres and the move to establish five zonal cancer care hospitals. The efforts aimed at making Tamil Nadu drug-free were also appreciable, he said. Published - August 05, 2026 07:58 pm IST