29th JUNE 2026 ENGLISH TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS
Conference of IAS, IPS, and IFS Officers Led by Chief Minister Joseph Vijay
- Following the assumption of office by the Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam government, a high-level two-day conference of IAS, IPS, and IFS officers, led by Chief Minister Joseph Vijay, commenced at the Chennai Secretariat at 10:00 AM on Monday.
- Detailed deliberations are underway regarding various key aspects, including the implementation of public welfare schemes and the state's law and order situation. As part of this two-day conference, Chief Minister Vijay is scheduled to hold individual, in-person meetings with all District Collectors this afternoon.
- During these exclusive meetings, he will conduct detailed consultations regarding schemes to be implemented for the public under 28 key departments of the Tamil Nadu government, their current status, and strategies for their expeditious completion.
- The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released indices regarding industrial production. Additionally, production-related indices from the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry have been published.
- The Ministry of Statistics examined the possibility of shifting the methodology for calculating industrial production indices from the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) model to a system based on the prices of manufactured goods.
- Consequently, the Ministry has decided to implement the index system based on the prices of manufactured goods. Under this new method, indices for 234 out of the 463 items are being calculated.
- The IIP growth rate for the month of May 2026 is 5.1 percent as compared to May 2025.
- The growth rates of the Four sectors, Mining & Quarrying, Manufacturing, Electricity & Gas Supply and Water Supply, Sewerage & Waste Management for the month of May 2026 are (-)1.6 percent, 5.5 percent, 9.9 percent and 5.5 percent respectively.
- The Quick Estimate of IIP stands at 122.7 against 116.7 in May 2025. The indices of Industrial Production for Mining & Quarrying, Manufacturing, Electricity & Gas Supply and Water Supply, Sewerage & Waste Management for the month of May 2026 stand at 112.9, 122.6, 129.6 and 145.1 respectively.
- Within the Manufacturing sector, 16 out of 23 industry groups at NIC 2 digit-level have recorded a positive growth in May 2026 over May 2025. The top three positive contributors for the month of May 2026 are – “Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers” (14.5%), “Manufacture of electrical equipment” (20.8%) and “Manufacture of basic metals” (4.6%).
- As per the Use-Based Classification, the indices stand at 119.6 for Primary Goods, 135.3 for Capital Goods, 123.1 for Intermediate Goods and 130.8 for Infrastructure/ Construction Goods for the month of May 2026. Further, the indices for Consumer durables and Consumer non-durables stand at 120.4 and 118.4 respectively.
- The corresponding growth rates of IIP as per Use-Based Classification in May 2026 over May 2025 are 2.6 percent in Primary Goods, 12.9 percent in Capital Goods, 5.8 percent in Intermediate Goods, 5.9 percent in Infrastructure/ Construction Goods, 7.2 percent in Consumer durables and 3.6 percent in Consumer non-durables.
