(a) the on-going various projects of Tamil Nadu with the help of various International Financial Agencies;
(b) whether the Union Government has recently received any request from Tamil Nadu Government for more financial support to its development;
(c) if so, the details thereof; and
(d) the response of the Union Government towards this requests?
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (SHRI S.S. PALANIMANICKAM:)
(a) There is one State Sector World Bank aided Project presently being implemented in Tamil Nadu the Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project.
(b) to (d) Government of India has posed the 3rd Tamil Nadu Urban Development Project, Tamil Nadu Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project and Tamil Nadu Empowerment and Poverty Reduction Project for World Bank assistance on the request of Government of Tamil Nadu.