His name is U Sagayam. He became District Collector of Namakkal in 2009. The first thing he did was upload his personal assets on the district website. Bank balance: Rs 7,172. House in Madurai jointly owned with his wife: Rs 9 lakh. That was everything he had after 18 years of government service. He said this. The district collector should set an example of honesty for his subordinates. He was the first IAS officer in Tamil Nadu to voluntarily publish his financial details. In 2000 he found dirt floating in Pepsi bottles as Additional District Magistrate in Kanchipuram. He sealed the entire plant. Refused to back down despite pressure. In 2004 he found restaurants in Chennai using subsidized domestic gas cylinders illegally. He confiscated 5,000 cylinders in three days. In 2012 as District Collector of Madurai he investigated illegal granite quarrying. His report found losses to the state of at least Rs 16,000 crore. He named politicians and officials. He was transferred four days after submitting the report. That was transfer number 19. In 2015 the High Court appointed him to probe a granite scam. He needed to exhume bodies as evidence. The police refused to help. He was worried evidence would be tampered with. He spent the night alone in a graveyard. In Namakkal 5,000 villagers once came out to protest when the government tried to transfer him. The transfer was withdrawn. He was ultimately kept for six years in an insignificant post at Science City Chennai with nothing to do. In 2021 he resigned voluntarily. Three years before retirement. His office door had a sign throughout his entire career. Reject bribes. Hold your head high. His name is U Sagayam. Follow for real stories about people who chose truth over everything.

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I've been trying to put my best efforts to voice out for the protesting Sanitary workers of the @chennaicorp for the last 11 days ,against their unconstitutional layoff by the state . 1953 workers of two zones working under #NULM have been sacked over night by july 31st and are left without a livelihood. The workers are mainly widowed single Dalit women . Who is being coerced by Mayor Priya and minister Sekar Babu (Who is minister of CMDA and HRCE,who is in no way connected to the Chennai sanitary workers ). They are being forced to join as outsourced employees with a private player who has acquired the solid waste management tender in an unconstitutional way with the Greater Chennai Corporation. This also poses a challenge to the reservation system which DMK "claims" to be a frontrunner of . And there are 9000 such workers under NULM who are affected by this policy of the state . The workers are tented outside the Chennai Corporation office in the centre of the city ,with their kids , suffering in heat and rain ,with no toilet facilities. I had been at the protest regularly and never witnessed any mainstream political party fight for their cause .But had mobilized a few movements and individuals to support. Therefore when a mainstream party like Naam Tamilar Katchi of Tamilnadu extended their support to the Protest and conducted a big protest event yesterday,I participated as a guest and spoke on the rights of the sanitation workers . I was given immense love from @vennilaVT and @Sunandha_TS who invited me . The party leader Annan Seeman is truly dedicated to the cause and welcomed me with open arms to join in solidarity to voice out for the sanitary workers . Went as a guest but felt at home with the solidarity given by the party and its co-ordinator Mr @Seeman4TN who is tied up to the cause by ideology , heart and ethics. I demand @CMOTamilnadu to hold talks with the workers union and make Municipal administration minister KN Nehru meet with the delegation. Dignity of labour must be upheld. Jai bhim !

My article in Indian express why boycott of elections or Parliament is a bad and losing idea.

75% of TNPSC aspirants, from humble backgrounds, seek one stable job for their family's survival. They are unfairly filtered out, left clueless without access to their own scores, cut-offs, or correct answer keys. @TNPSC_Office, it's time for real reform & transparency. #TNPSC

First, the preliminary examination, which was designed to select the most deserving, has now become a ‘jealous gatekeeper’ with the sole objective of reducing over five lakh aspirants to around 10,000. Paper-II, which is a qualifying paper, favours students with a background in Sciences and Engineering and is a challenge for Humanities students.

வெப்ப அலைகள் தமிழ்நாட்டில் சமூக நீதிப் பிரச்சினையாக மாறியுள்ளன! காலநிலை மாற்றத்தால் தீவிரமடையும் வெப்பம், சமூக-பொருளாதாரத்தில் பின்தங்கியவர்கள், தொழிலாளர்கள், பெண்கள், முதியோர், குழந்தைகளை கடுமையாக பாதிக்கிறது. #வெப்பஅலை #சமூகநீதி [1/9]

In economics, you must learn basic curves and graphs to write good answers in UPSC Pre & Mains. I have compiled them in one single PDF Want this PDF in your DM? 1. Like and Retweet this post. 2. Comment 'Graphs' "You must follow @ayusshsanghi , so that I can easily DM you."

Place in news #News #Geography #DiegoGarcia

மீண்டும் சூடுபடுத்தி சாப்பிடவே கூடாத உணவுகள்! #Food | #Health

நல்லவங்களை ஆண்டவன் சோதிப்பான். கை விட மாட்டான். கெட்டவங்களுக்கு ஆண்டவன் நிறைய கொடுப்பான். ஆனா கை விட்டுடுவான். புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துகள். #Welcome2025

Year End Review 2024: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ➤ India achieved Milestone of Planting 102 Crore Trees Under '#EkPedMaaKeNaam' Campaign, aiming for 140 Crore by March 2025 ➤ Ministry notified the Eco-mark Rules on 26th September, 2024 ➤ National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) hit Milestones: 40% PM Reduction in 23 Cities, ₹11,200 Crore fund allocated for Pollution Control; PRANA Portal launched for Real-Time Air Quality Monitoring Details: pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail… #YearEnder @moefcc (1/2)

➤ Tiger Reserves in India rose to 57; Two New Tiger Reserves Notified in 2024: Guru Ghasidas-Tamo Pingla Tiger Reserve and Ratapani Tiger Reserve ➤ 13 beaches across 6 States and 3 Union Territories certified with Blue Flag Certification for the season 2024-2025 ➤ UNEA adopted Resolution on Sustainable Lifestyles, based on the precepts of #MissionLiFE ➤ India hosted the 3rd Voice of Global South Summit on 17th August, 2024 Details: pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail… #YearEnder @moefcc (2/2)

#சென்னை_மெரினா கடற்கரையில் நடைபெற்று வரக்கூடிய உணவுத் திருவிழாவில் மாட்டிறைச்சியை மட்டும் புறக்கணிக்க வேண்டிய அவசியம் என்ன? பெருமளவிலான மக்கள் பீப் சாப்பிட கூடியவர்கள். ஆனால், திட்டமிட்டே ஓர் உணவை புறக்கணிக்கப்படுவதை #நீலம்பண்பாட்டுமையம் வன்மையாகக் கண்டிக்கிறது. #உணவு_எங்கள்உரிமை @CMOTamilnadu @beemji

Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Maternity Benefit Scheme @CMOTamilnadu @mkstalin @mp_saminathan @Udhaystalin @TN_Plan #TNDIPR #TNMediahub #CMMKStalin #TNGovt #PeoplesGovt #TNGovtSchemes #CMOTamilnadu #peoplecm #TamilNadu #maternal #benefit #welfare

Beating the Heat - Tamil Nadu Heat Mitigation Strategy report @CMOTamilnadu @mkstalin @Udhaystalin @mp_saminathan @TN_Plan @DrJeyaranjan #TNDIPR #TNMediahub #CMMKStalin #DyCMUdhay #TNGovt #PeoplesGovt #TNGovtSchemes #CMOTamilnadu #peoplecm #TamilNadu

Was reading an article in BusinessLine. For overall India, 18.59% of the factory workers are women. It varies from state to state. Share of women factory workers in some states: Tamil Nadu- 41.8% Karnataka- 14.7% Andhra Pradesh- 6.8% Kerala- 5.2% Maharashtra- 5.14% Gujarat- 5.07% Uttar Pradesh- 2.7% I think one of the key reasons industrialists want to setup factories in Tamil Nadu is women participation. Especially foreign companies would view this point very favourably. Nothing prevents other states from emulating this.

Justice and Equality!. Use of the word Harijan is deprecated by Govt and Hon'ble courts. #justice #law #citizens #TNGovt

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