The cancellation of a preferred marriage help scheme for ladies that has existed in Tamil Nadu for 3 a long time, launched by then chief minister J Jayalalithaa, has led to a confrontation between her celebration AIADMK and the ruling DMK. The DMK authorities of MK Stalin has changed this with a flat Rs 1,000 month-to-month support for ladies pursuing greater training.
The divided AIADMK details, in VK Sasikala and Edappadi Okay Palaniswami camps, got here collectively to sentence the choice to scrap the Thalikku Thangam Thittam scheme,
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Under the scheme, a bride who had studied as much as Class 10 (even when she didn’t clear it) was entitled to help of Rs 25,000 and 1 sovereign gold coin at her marriage ceremony; whereas the help would go as much as Rs 50,000 and 1 sovereign gold coin for many who had accomplished school levels or diplomas. In case of brides belonging to Scheduled Tribes, the requirement was training as much as Class 5.
The concept was to ease the financial burden of households in addition to encourage lady training.
In an announcement, Sasikala mentioned the cancellation of the scheme would “destroy hopes” of moms of women.
However, as per the DMK, it determined to exchange the scheme because it was “mired in corruption and flagged for long-delayed payments”.
Speaking within the Assembly, Stalin identified that the DMK too had supported the scheme – the help quantity that on the time of the launch in 1989 was Rs 5,000 had been elevated to Rs 25,000 by the DMK’s M Karunanidhi in 2009. In 2011, the AIADMK had additional raised the help quantity and gold amount. However, Stalin added, a overview of the scheme had revealed main irregularities. “There are 44 corruption cases registered against senior government officials in connection with this scheme,” he mentioned, including that the brand new scheme would profit many extra.
Presenting the Budget with provisions for the brand new scheme, Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan mentioned: “We did not wish to destroy an excellent scheme. But there have been a number of points. There is a backlog of some three lakh instances, and 24% of them might be eligible now. (Earlier) those that had been to be benefited, funds had been lengthy delayed, as much as three-four years. What is the aim of such a scheme?”
The DMK has additionally claimed that the brand new scheme, in contrast to the earlier one, wouldn’t “encourage dowry”. “When we can directly incentivise female education through the new scheme, that will benefit about five lakh students monthly, why should we continue an un-reformable old scheme?” the celebration has mentioned.
While successive governments in Tamil Nadu are identified for the welfare schemes introduced by them, Jayalalithaa by advantage of her gender and the picture of Amma practiced by her held an higher hand amongst girls voters. As CM, she had additionally launched the cradle child scheme to sort out feminine foeticide and gender-based abortions within the Nineteen Nineties; raised the maternity go away for ladies authorities staff from three to 6 and later to 9 months; Amma Master Health Check-up bundle for ladies; Amma Baby Care Kit for newborns and their moms; other than Amma grinder, mixie, desk fan schemes and Amma self-help group networks.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
