**Executive Summary**
The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, published on January 10, 2024, includes notifications and orders from Secretariat Departments. It lists gazette extraordinary issues published during the week ending December 30, 2023. It includes notifications on welfare boards, restructuring of offices, and disaster management.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Gazette Extraordinary Issues (Week Ending December 30, 2023):**
* **Issue 417 (Part II-Section 2, December 26, 2023):** Establishment of the Tamil Nadu Platform Based Gig Workers' Welfare Board.
* **Issue 418 (Part II-Section 2, December 26, 2023):** Order to restructure the sub-registrar office boundaries based on revenue districts, circles, and panchayat unions for 2021-2022.
* **Issue 419 (Part II-Section 2, December 26, 2023):** Order to consolidate all villages and hamlets within the same sub-registrar boundary for 2021-2022.
* **Issue 420 (Part IV-Section 2, December 28, 2023):** The Tamil Nadu Protected Agricultural Zone Development (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act No. 32 of 2023).
* **Issue 421 (Part II-Section 1, December 29, 2023):** Declaration of Chennai, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, and Kancheepuram districts as "Cyclone Affected Districts" and Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Kanniyakumari, Tenkasi, Ramanathapuram, and Virudhunagar districts as "Flood Affected Districts" following the Northeast Monsoon 2023 and Cyclonic Storm "Michaung".
* **Parts and Sections Not Published This Week:**
* Part III-Sections 1(a), 1(b) and 2
* Part IV-Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4
* Part V-Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4
* Part VI-Sections 2, 3(a) and 3(b)
**Impact Analysis**
**Labour Welfare and Skill Development Department**
* **Impact:** Responsible for the implementation of the Tamil Nadu Platform Based Gig Workers' Welfare Board.
* **Action Required:** Take actions pertaining to the Establishment of the Tamil Nadu Platform Based Gig Workers' Welfare Board
**Commercial Taxes and Registration Department**
* **Impact:** Affected by the restructuring of sub-registrar office boundaries.
* **Action Required:** Implement the restructuring of sub-registrar offices and boundaries as per the orders.
**Law Department**
* **Impact:** Involved in the implementation and enforcement of The Tamil Nadu Protected Agricultural Zone Development (Amendment) Act, 2023
* **Action Required:** Implement and enforce The Tamil Nadu Protected Agricultural Zone Development (Amendment) Act, 2023.
**Revenue and Disaster Management Department**
* **Impact:** Responsible for managing disaster relief and support in affected districts.
* **Action Required:** Provide relief and support to the "Cyclone Affected Districts" and "Flood Affected Districts" as declared.
**Gig Workers**
* **Impact:** They will now be protected by Tamil Nadu Platform Based Gig Workers' Welfare Board.
* **Action Required:** Gig Workers must engage with the Tamil Nadu Platform Based Gig Workers' Welfare Board.
**Residents of Chennai, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu and Kancheepuram districts**
* **Impact:** Entitled to relief measures as residents of Cyclone Affected Districts
* **Action Required:** Follow Government advice regarding cyclone relief and support
**Residents of Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Kanniyakumari, Tenkasi, Ramanathapuram and Virudhunagar districts**
* **Impact:** Entitled to relief measures as residents of Flood Affected Districts
* **Action Required:** Follow Government advice regarding flood relief and support
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette: Official gazette publishing notifications and orders.
Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Work) Act, 1982: Referenced act related to the establishment of the Tamil Nadu Platform Based Gig Workers' Welfare Board.
Tamil Nadu Platform Based Gig Workers' Welfare Board: Newly established board for the welfare of platform-based gig workers.
The Tamil Nadu Protected Agricultural Zone Development (Amendment) Act, 2023: Amendment Act for protected agricultural zones.
Chennai: Location of cyclone and flood affected districts.