Chennai, March 14 -- Buoyed by the success of the Chennai International Book Fair over the last three years, Tamil book fairs will be conducted in all Indian metros and foreign countries from this year, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu said on Friday.

President the 2025-26 Budget in the State Assembly, he said as part of the efforts to disseminate and democratize knowledge, the Chennai International Book Fair conducted for the past three years, and similar book festivals held in all district headquarters, are being widely appreciated across the country.

In the next phase, Tamil book fairs will be conducted from this year onwards, not only in other major Indian metropolitan cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Ko...