CHENNAI, June 17 -- Tamil Nadu's finance minister N Marie Wilson, on Tuesday released a white paper on the state's finances -- a pre-poll promise by chief minister C Joseph Vijay that is part of an effort to highlight that the previous DMK government left the state's finances in a precarious position. To be sure, Wilson said that there would be no new taxes. According to the document, Tamil Nadu's outstanding debt almost doubled in five years from Rs.5.13 lakh crore in 2021-22 to Rs.10 lakh crore approximately in 2025-26; its interest payments rose from Rs.41,564 to Rs.67,050 crore in the same period; and the state's revenue deficit in 2025-26 was higher than Karnataka's and Maharashtra's, at Rs.78,324 crore; and the state's own tax revenue...