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- Tamil Nadu is one of only three government members of the Unicode Consortium that sets digital standards for scripts and emojis.
- But the Tamilnadu State government has largely stayed away from actually using the standard.
- The State government has spent $200,000 over a 16-year period in membership dues to the Consortium.
- The board of the Tamil Virtual Academy (TVA) — which represents the State government at the Consortium.
- Press releases, government orders and gazette notifications usually use custom Tamil fonts that are incompatible with the Unicode standard.
- This can harm the accessibility of government documents and their discovery online.
- Tamil Nadu is a ‘Supporting Member’ at the Unicode Consortium.
- This privilege allows the State a half vote on proposals at the Unicode Technical Committee, where it has not voted in years.
- The governments of Bangladesh and Oman are the only others who are currently paying for this membership.
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