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Emulating the populist electoral strategies of the Dravidian majors successful Tamil Nadu, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay connected Saturday unveiled a acceptable of women-centric canvass promises for the upcoming Assembly election, including ₹2,500 monthly assistance for women, escaped authorities autobus question for them crossed the State, and six escaped cooking state cylinders per household per year.
Speaking astatine the International Women’s Day celebrations organised by the enactment successful Mamallapuram, helium said nether the Madhippumigu Magalir Thittam [Honourable Women’s Scheme], a ₹2,500 assistance would beryllium provided for each women up to 60 years of age, barring household members of Union and State authorities employees.
He besides criticised the DMK authorities for giving lone ₹1,000 arsenic a rights assistance for women, saying that it was not capable to conscionable adjacent basal expenses.
Under the Annapoorani Super Six scheme, six Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders would beryllium provided to each household escaped of outgo each year.
Under the Annan Seer Thittam [Brother’s Wedding Gift Scheme], 1 sovereign of golden and a superior prime silk saree would beryllium provided arsenic a acquisition escaped of outgo for the bride, helium said.
Curbing dropout rate
To guarantee determination are nary dropouts successful schools owed to economical hardship, Kamarajar Kalvi Urudhi Thittam [Kamarajar Education Assurance Scheme] volition beryllium implemented, nether which ₹15,000 per twelvemonth would beryllium provided arsenic a assistance for the parent oregon guardian of schoolchildren. Under Vetri Payanam Thittam, women shall question escaped of outgo connected each authorities buses crossed Tamil Nadu, Mr. Vijay said.
Under Thaai Maaman Thanga Modhiram Thittam, each children calved successful Tamil Nadu volition beryllium provided a golden ringing on with a babe invited kit containing nutrition products, dresses, soaps, oil, powder, mosquito nets, toys, and diapers, the actor-turned person said. Under Singa Pengal Membattu Thittam, to amended accumulation efficiency, a ₹5 lakh interest-free indebtedness volition beryllium provided to self-help groups (SHGs). Registered MSMEs calved retired of SHGs volition beryllium provided ₹5 lakh per twelvemonth arsenic afloat subsidy, helium said.
To guarantee the information of women, children, and aged persons, Mr. Vijay said a abstracted section for women, children, and aged improvement would beryllium created and relation nether his nonstop oversight.
Women safety
To guarantee zero tolerance towards crimes against women and guarantee their safety, Rani Velunachiyar Padai [Rani Velunachiyar Force] volition beryllium created. In this force, plain-clothes women police, equipped with assemblage cameras, volition beryllium posted for information successful nationalist places. A full of 500 women information groups volition beryllium created crossed the State.
Anjalai Ammal Fasttrack Courts volition beryllium created to velocity up cases related to crimes against women. To guarantee the information of women travelling successful nationalist transport, astute panic buttons volition beryllium fitted successful vehicles, including stock autorickshaws, and they volition beryllium connected to a centralised bid centre that would relation circular the clock. If the fastener is pressed, authorities volition guarantee to respond wrong 5 minutes, helium said.
Lighting facilities and CCTV cameras volition beryllium installed successful nationalist places crossed the State to guarantee determination are nary acheronian spots and volition beryllium connected to modern power centres. Sanitary napkins volition beryllium provided escaped of outgo astatine nationalist organisation strategy outlets, schools and colleges, helium said, alleging determination were respective discrepancies successful the existing strategy nether this initiative.
Mr. Vijay said each these canvass promises were conscionable a illustration and that helium would unveil further canvass promises successful the coming days. He besides claimed that 30% of the budgetary allocation successful Tamil Nadu was being siphoned disconnected arsenic what helium called “Stalin sir tax,” successful which “20% goes for Stalin sir and 10% for Ministers.”
He besides questioned however the authorities was capable to transportation ₹5,000 to women beneficiaries precocious erstwhile the ruling enactment was raising the contented of a fiscal crunch successful the exchequer. Because of “Stalin sir tax,” an artificial shortage was being created, helium claimed.
