Chennai Mar 25 PTI The Tamil Nadu budget for 2022 - 23 has not offered any relief for the common man as it has failed to announce any subsidy to reduce the price of LPG cylinder petrol and diesel State BJP chief K Annamalai said on Friday The decision of the DMK government in the State to alter the Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Memorial Marriage Assistance Scheme into a higher education assurance scheme denies young girls a substantial sum as assistance besides a sovereign gold for their wedding he said Girls will not get Rs 25000 or Rs 50000 depending on their educational qualification Moreover the marriage assistance in addition to one-sovereign gold for thali is low and the government has wound up this social welfare scheme Annamalai said while addressing his partymen during a protest here against the State budget The transformation of the scheme would only provide a meagre Rs 1000 per month to girl students to pursue higher education he said Though the budget allocated Rs 36895 crore for the Department of School Education 84 per cent of it would go towards salaries leaving a measly sum for improving infrastructure of government schools he said Annamalai alleged that the budget reflected several central schemes of the Narendra Modi-led government like Skill India Samagra Shiksha one station one product and rural road development programme Schemes like the Naan Mudhalvan Illam Thedi Kalvi and rural road development were nothing but the Skill India Samagra Shiksha and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana And the DMK government takes pride in its model of development said the BJP leader He sought to know why Chief Minister M K Stalin should not join hands with the BJP-led government in implementing all the central schemes in the State Theres no need for a separate budget for Tamil Nadu if you implement all the central schemes Annamalai said Also he alleged that the ruling DMK was trying to display a show of affinity to Hindus by announcing Rs 1000 crore for kumbhabhishekam consecration and renovating temples PTI JSP NVG NVG

Chennai Mar 18 PTI In a move to encourage more girls to pursue and complete higher education without financial constraints the Tamil Nadu government on Friday announced a monthly deposit of Rs 1000 in the bank accounts of girl students Approximately six lakh girls can benefit by this move Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan told the Assembly An amount of Rs 698 crore is allotted for this scheme he said while presenting the Budget for 2022 - 23 As per the announcement all girls from classes 6 to 12 in government schools would be paid the Rs 1000 till the uninterrupted completion of their undergraduate degree diploma and ITI courses The students would be eligible for this scheme in addition to other scholarships the Minister said Recognising the low enrolment ratio of girls from government schools in higher education the Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Memorial Marriage Assistance Scheme is being transformed into Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Higher Education Assurance Scheme he said The implementation of the existing schemes of EVR Maniammaiyar Memorial Widows Daughter Marriage Assistance Scheme Dr Muthulakshmi Reddy Memorial Inter-Caste Marriage Assistance Scheme Annai Teresa Orphan Girls Marriage Assistance Scheme and Dr Dharmambal Ammaiyar Memorial Widow Remarriage Assistance Scheme would continue without any change said the Minister PTI JSP NVG NVG