Though Tamil Nadu is one of only three government members of the Unicode Consortium that sets digital standards for scripts and emojis, the State government has largely stayed away from actually using the standard, The Hindu has found.
The State government has spent $200,000 over a 16-year period in membership dues to the Consortium, but has not attended any meetings for the last decade, a response to a Right to Information (RTI) query and meeting minutes from the Unicode Consortium show.