T.N. Finance Minister holds meeting of economic advisory panel
The Hindu
Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management Palanivel Thiaga Rajan chaired a meeting in Chennai on Monday with some members of the Chief Minister’s Economic Advisory Committee over socio-econo
Minister for Finance and Human Resources Management Palanivel Thiaga Rajan chaired a meeting in Chennai on Monday with some members of the Chief Minister’s Economic Advisory Committee over socio-economic development schemes in the State.
Committee members Jean Drèze, Arvind Subramanian and S. Narayan and senior officials fwere present.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.