Review of Tenth Five Year Plan

The objectives of the State in the Tenth Five Year Plan were to promote
Tamil language, literature, grammar, art and culture, especially promotion of
Tamil writers, translation of Tamil writing into other languages, preparation of
encyclopedia on Tamil art, literature, grammar, special and technical terms,
translation of Tamil literature, as well as effective implementation of official
language scheme and encouraging of computer literacy in Tamil through
preparation of Tamil software.

Financial Review
As against the outlay of Rs.10.00 crore for Tamil language development,
an expenditure of Rs.1.53 crore was incurred during the plan period.
Physical Performance
During the Tenth Plan period, the activities such as special inspection
in all departments of Tamil Nadu Government and conduct of training classes
on official language scheme for the Government servants were carried out as
part of the implementation of the Official Language Scheme. Competitions in
poetry, essay and eloquence among the college and school students to
encourage their efficiency in language and creativity, preparation of verbose,
encyclopedia on technical terms, digital dictionary, spell check and grammar
check software in Tamil, as well as CDs on the specialities of places mentioned
in Tamil literature and translation of Tamil literature into Hindi were carried
out as part of the efforts for the development of the Tamil language.
The works of following Tamil scholars, were nationalized during the plan
period: 1) Thiru Puthumaipithan, 2) Tmt. Ku.Pa. Sethu Ammal , 3) Navalar
Pandithar Na. Mu. Venkatasamy Nattar., 4) Thiru Ka. Na. Subramanian, 5)
Thiru Na. Pichamurthi, 6) Thiru Mayuram Vedanayakam Pillai, 7) Thiru Sakthi.
Vai . Govindan, 8) Thiru T.P. Meenatchi Sundaranar, 9) Thiru Tha. Na.
Kumarasami, 10) Thiru Pulavar Kulandai, 11) Silambuchelvar Ma.Po.Si and
12) Parithimar Kalaignar (Thiru .Vi.Ko Suriyanarayana Sastriar).