Chennai, February 19 Tamil Nadu Social Welfare Minister Geetha Jeevan announced on Thursday that an annual special package of Rs 2,000 will be provided to eligible women every year.
The amount, which was disbursed this month ahead of summer along with the monthly entitlement to women beneficiaries of the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam, will continue every year, she told the Assembly.
On February 13, Chief Minister M K Stalin announced that his government had credited Rs 5,000 directly into the bank accounts of 1.31 crore women heads of family ration cardholders under the state government's monthly assistance scheme.
In addition to the advance of Rs 3,000, which was the three-monthly installments, he said that an amount of Rs 2,000 was included as a special summer package.