3.79 lakh women receiving cash assistance under Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam in Erode: Minister Muthusamy
The Hindu
3.79 lakh women heads of family in Erode district receive monthly assistance under Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam scheme.
Minister for Housing and Urban Development S. Muthusamy said that a total of 3.79 lakh women in Erode district were receiving monthly cash assistance under the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam.
Distributing ATM cards to beneficiaries in the presence of District Collector Raja Gopal Sunkara here on Friday, shortly after Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated the 2nd phase of the scheme in Chennai, the Minister said that 5,38,645 applications were received for the scheme in the district of which 3,64,373 (67%) were selected in Phase I. Of the 40,470 appeal petitions, 15,455 (38%) were selected in Phase II. Of the total applicants, 70.5% were selected in the district, he added.
Erode MP A. Ganeshamurthi, Mayor S. Nagarathinam, Corporation Commissioner V. Sivakrishnamurthy, Deputy Mayor V. Selvaraj and other officials were present
In Salem, Municipal Administration Minister K.N. Nehru distributed debit cards to beneficiaries. He said that the scheme benefitted around 1.06 crore women in Tamil Nadu. MP S.R. Parthiban, MLAs R. Rajendran, R. Arul, and S. Sathasivam, District Collector S. Karmegam, Mayor A. Ramachandran, and officials from concerned departments participated.
In Namakkal district, Minister for Forest Mathiventhan distributed debit cards to beneficiaries at Senthamangalam and Tiruchengode.
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