Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on March 20 launched the much awaited scheme of providing Rs 1000 per month to female heads of households in the southern state.
The detailed process to avail benefits of the monthly assistance scheme will be released soon, he said, as he allocated to Rs 7,000 crore to the initiative in the state budget for the financial year 2023-2024.
The announcement came as Tamil Nadu FY24 budget was tabled today.
The scheme was a key poll promise by Chief Minister MK Stalin’s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party. During his campaign for the Erode (east) by-poll, the CM declared the Budget would declare the date for the launch of the scheme that will provide Rs 1,000 to women heads of households in the state:
On February 27, when Stalin, also the president of DMK, hit the campaign trail for Erode (East) bypoll on the last day of canvassing votes, said his party never failed to execute its promises or announcements.
The DMK's poll promise of providing Rs 1,000 per month to every woman head of the family will certainly be implemented, he had asserted. His remarks came following severe criticism from Opposition parties who have been questioning the government over the alleged delay in rolling out the initiative.
The CM said 85 percent of the DMK's election promises have been implemented and the rest would be done by the end of this year.
Tamil Nadu finance minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan presented the budget for 2023-24 at 10 am. Speaker M Appavu had earlier said the finance minister would table the vote on account for the first few months of 2023-24 and final supplementary estimates for 2022-23 on March 28.
"Soon after the budget is presented, the business advisory committee will decide on the dates for the presentation of the agriculture budget and debates for the demand for grants for various government departments,” Appavu said.
First Published: Mar 20, 2023 9:32 AM IST
