First Vijay government budget: Why debt is Tamil Nadu’s biggest fiscal challenge

The article highlights Tamil Nadu's significant fiscal challenges, primarily its mounting public debt and rising interest payments, despite being one of India's fastest-growing economies. The new government aims to address this by implementing measures to reduce borrowings, cut expenditure, and enhance revenue generation, with a target to bring down the debt-to-GSDP ratio and achieve a $1.5-trillion economy by 2036. A high-level Revenue Augmentation Committee has been constituted under economist Montek Singh Ahluwalia to tackle these issues.