Tamil Nadu to constitute welfare board for non-resident Tamils
The Hindu
The board, legislation for which was enacted during the last DMK regime, will have 13 members and an initial corpus fund of ₹5 crore
The State government on Wednesday announced that a welfare board for non-resident Tamils would be constituted as per the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Non-Resident Tamils’ Welfare Act, 2011, which was enacted during the last Karunanidhi regime.
The legislation was enacted during the fag end of the 2006-11 DMK regime, and the subsequent AIADMK governments [2011-21] did not constitute the board.
On Wednesday, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced that the welfare board would have 13 members, including officials and representatives from the non-resident Tamil community. The Tamil Nadu Non-Resident Tamils’ Welfare Fund would be created with an initial corpus of ₹5 crore.