Rural loans, urban jobs top priorities in TN voter survey

CHENNAI: Availability of agriculture loan tops the priority list for rural voters in Tamil Nadu, while for the people in urban areas the most important issue is better job opportunity, a new survey released by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) on Tuesday said.
"Rural voters still form the bulk of people in the state. When asked for their top three priorities, they said agriculture loans, employment and electricity for agriculture were the top priorities," the report said.
Around 24.75% of voters said that agriculture loan availability was one of the top three priorities for them, followed by better employment at 22.88% and electricity for agriculture at 20.72% people.
Reservation for jobs, education, terrorism, strong military, corruption, and law and order did not feature among the top priorities for voters, the report said.
A survey of over 16,000 respondents was done in every constituency of Tamil Nadu before February 2016, ADR said. On the rural performance rating of government, the worst rated performance was on agriculture loan availability and better employment opportunities. Electricity for agriculture also did poorly according to voters.
There were a total of 31 issues for which they gave priorities and rated government's performance. agencies