Rs 1k Pongal dole for families with ration card

CHENNAI: With Lok Sabha elections just months away, the Edappadi K Palaniswami govt has decided to reward ₹1,000 to every circle of relatives within the state with a ration card.

Nearly two crore ration card holders within the state will get pleasure from the government’s generosity, excluding those in Tiruvarur district where the type code of behavior is in drive in view of the bypoll on January 28.

The AIADMK govt had in December announced reward hampers containing rice, sugar, raisins, cashewnuts, cardamom and sugarcane to card holders for Pongal “to mitigate the affect of Gaja cyclone in Cauvery delta and the standard drought in northern districts”.


Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday announced the ₹1,000 dole whilst making the yearly commonplace deal with within the meeting.


Chief minister committed to protecting the interests of TN folks, says Purohit

He said, “I am glad to announce that this govt will give a cash improve of ₹1,000 according to circle of relatives for Pongal competition,” he said, amid loud thumping of desks via ruling birthday celebration participants. While the state had sought ₹2,709 crore as immediate aid and ₹15,190 crore for permanent restoration, the NDA govt sanctioned ₹900.31for immediate aid beneath National Disaster Relief Fund. On the inter-state water disputes, specifically at the Centre’s sanction for the Mekedatu dam proposal across the Cauvery in Karnataka, the governor said it was once a “blatant” violation of the Supreme Court order. “Following the footsteps of former leader minister J Jayalalithaa, our leader minister is committed to protecting the interests of farmers and the folks of Tamil Nadu via prison manner,” he said. The dam safety bill presented within the Parliament infringed at the state’s rights. He hoped that considerations of the state will probably be impartially addressed and resolved via the Centre. The TN govt will proceed its pursuit of raising the water level of Mullaperiyar dam to 152toes.While creating a slew of announcements, the governor said the state may even embark on a complete restructuring programme for the shipping corporations with the improve of German bilateral financing company, KfW. “This would involve substitute of the aging fleet with gasoline efficient BS-VI buses and procurement of atmosphere pleasant electrical buses in metro cities like Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai,” he said. Being a significant automobile hub, the state will give thrust for the promotion of new era electrical cars with suitable incentives.


Some “vital” tasks, equivalent to Chennai Port-Maduravoyal increased corridor, Chennai-Bengaluru business corridor, Chennai-Kanyakumari business corridor and upgrading the East Coast Road as four-lane National Highway are of vital significance to the state, Purohit said, expressing hope that the Centre would give paramount precedence to those tasks and expedite their implementation.


The status quo of business hubs for defence products alongside the Chennai-Vellore-Salem-Hosur-Coimbatore-Trichy corridor would improve the possibilities of Tamil Nadu as a significant defence manufacturing drive. “I request the Union govt to expedite the implementation of this defence business manufacturing corridor project,” the governor said, adding that the AIADMK govt have been effectively keeping up legislation and order and making sure peace and stability. The well-thought out coverage framework of the state govt for eco-tourism, woodland, early life, food processing, e-governance and IT got here in for praise.
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