Tamil Nadu: DMK govt launches Rs 1,000 monthly assistance scheme for women heads of families

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin Thursday launched the DMK government’s flagship Rs 1,000 monthly financial assistance scheme for women on the birth anniversary of Dravidian icon C N Annadurai. Stalin said that the monthly financial assistance of Rs 1,000 to women heads of families, the ‘Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam,’ is a groundbreaking initiative that will reshape women’s welfare in India. The state will take a “historic leap” with the launch of the scheme on September 15, and the initiative will inspire other states in the country to roll out schemes to empower women, he said. A basic income programme, it is named after former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and the state government has christened the assistance the “right” of women. The government has identified as many as 1.06 crore women (1,06,50,000) as beneficiaries under the plan and the Rs 1,000 assistance is paid to beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer. “Tamil Nadu takes a historic leap with the Kalaignar Magali Urimai scheme, offering Rs 1,000 monthly assistance to 1,06,50,000 women family heads,” the CM said in the social media post X. “A groundbreaking initiative reshaping women’s welfare in India, which is set to inspire many other states,” he said ahead of the launch. He further said that the “visionary” finance minister Thangam Thennarasu had shed light on the pioneering KMUT scheme and the government’s commitment to improving the finances in the state. With inputs from PTI.