Tamil Nadu's Financial Precision: Empowering Women Through Strategic Welfare

Tamil Nadu's Finance Minister, Thangam Thennarasu, highlighted the state's strategic initiative of directly crediting Rs 5,000 into women's bank accounts. Addressing the assembly, he emphasized the move as a compassionate strategy executed with precision by CM M K Stalin, thwarting attempts to hinder the welfare scheme 'Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai.'

Announced on February 13 by Stalin, the initiative bundled three monthly Rs 1,000 instalments plus a Rs 2,000 summer package for women heads of family ration card holders. Thennarasu reinforced that despite political hurdles and opposition claims of election-related motives, the government advanced the scheme successfully.

The DMK government's five-year tenure underscored Tamil Nadu's progress in economic growth, women empowerment, and industrial development, transforming it into a competitive state on the global stage, as per Thennarasu’s closing remarks on the interim budget debate for 2026-27.