From 1989 to 1991
- 20 per cent separate reservation for Most Backward Classes including Vanniar and Seer Marabinar;
- 18 per cent separate reservation for Scheduled Castes and 1 per cent for Scheduled Tribes;
- Free Education to Most Backward Classes and subject to income ceiling to Backward Classes upto Degree level;
- Free Education to Scheduled Castes and subject to income ceiling to women upto Degree level;
- Free Electricity to Farmers – First time in the Country;
- Law for equal property rights to women;
- 30 per cent reservation for women in Government services;
- First Veterinary and Animal Sciences University – First in Asia;
- Financial Assistance to poor girls for marriages;
- Financial Assistance to Widows for remarriages;
- Financial Assistance to encourage inter-caste marriages;
- Direct Paddy procurement centres;
- Incentive and payment of cart-hire charges for procurement from farmers;
- Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation established;
- Financial assistance to pregnant women;
- Wage hike for Government employees on par with the Central Government Employees with retrospective effect;
- Women’s Self-Help groups benefiting 10 lakh women;
- Manonmaniam Sundaranar University;
- Pavendhar Bharathidasan University;
- Dr. M.G.R. Medical University;
- Efforts to set up Cauvery Tribunal.
