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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Saturday (March 7, 2026) extended International Women’s Day greetings, describing women arsenic the almighty unit that drives the world.
In a statement, Mr. Stalin said it was societal reformer Periyar E.V. Ramasamy who raised the question, Pen Yen Adimaiaanaal? [Why did women go slaves?], and dispersed consciousness connected women empowerment. Following his principles, erstwhile Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi enacted a instrumentality granting adjacent rights to women successful spot and provided preservation for them successful authorities employment.
He said pursuing successful the footsteps of those leaders, the Dravidian exemplary authorities has dedicated itself to the advancement of women. He besides listed immoderate of the initiatives taken by his authorities for the payment of women, including Magalir Vidiyal Payanam (free autobus question for women), Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam (KMUT), Pudhumai Penn, Thozhi hostels, concession successful registration fees erstwhile spot is registered successful the sanction of women, a escaped HPV vaccination thrust for girls nether 14 years of age, the Nannilam land ownership strategy for Adi Dravidar and tribal women, and the assignment of women Odhuvars in temples.
“Looking up to the upcoming Dravidian Model 2.0 government, we person already announced that nether the KMUT, the monthly assistance volition beryllium accrued to ₹2,000. In addition, an beforehand magnitude covering 3 months, on with a peculiar summertime assistance of ₹2,000, has already been credited to the slope accounts of 1.31 crore women crossed Tamil Nadu,” helium said, adding that it is the women who volition pb the mode successful realising his imagination of making Tamil Nadu a one-trillion-dollar economy.
