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Tamil Nadu Issues Operational Guidelines For Rs 1000 Monthly Assistance To Women Family Heads

news.abplive.com: 08/07/2023

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin on Friday announced that the monthly cash assistance scheme for women family heads will be rolled out on September 15. The Magalir Urimai Thogai Thittam (Women Entitlement Scheme) was also named after former Chief Minister Kalaignar Karunanidhi as 'Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai'. According to The Hindu, the operational guidelines said that women with an annual family income of less than Rs 2.5 lakh and families not holding land exceeding 5 acres (wetland) and 10 acres (dryland) would be eligible for the scheme.