Chennai, February 20 Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu said on Friday that Rs 5,000 was directly credited into the bank accounts of women beneficiaries of a state government scheme with compassion and clinical precision by Chief Minister M K Stalin.
He said the disbursement thwarted the attempts of some vested interest groups who wanted to halt the 'Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai' initiative of providing a monthly entitlement of Rs 1,000 to women as part of the welfare measures.
On February 13, the CM announced crediting Rs 5,000 into the bank accounts of 1.31 crore women beneficiaries and said the amount included three monthly installments and, in addition, Rs 2,000 as a special package for women heads of family ration cardholders.
Stalin had claimed that opposition parties attempted to freeze the scheme citing upcoming Assembly elections.
“This was not a surgical strike, but a strategy filled with compassion and executed with clinical precision by our Chief Minister,” Thennarasu said, concluding the debate on the interim budget for 2026-27 in the House.
He also claimed that the DMK government's tenure was packed with numerous difficulties, and despite the challenges, the government ensured economic growth and overall development.
“Our achievements are filled with challenges that we overcame and transformed Tamil Nadu into a leading state in the country in terms of economic growth and development,” he said in his reply to the House.