
Marriage assistance given to women
The Hindu
Freebie distributed in Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi and Kanniyakumari districts
Speaker M. Appavu gave away free gold and marriage assistance, worth ₹ 16.56 crore to 2,203 beneficiaries here on Thursday
While 1,174 graduate women received ₹ 50,000 and 8 grams of gold, 1,029 beneficiaries, who have passed SSLC, were given ₹ 25,000 and 8 grams of gold. In other words, 17.62 kg of gold worth ₹ 8.12 crore and ₹ 8.44 crore in cash were given to the beneficiaries from below poverty line families as marriage assistance.
He said that the Tamil Nadu Government had earmarked ₹ 762.23 crore for giving marriage assistance and free gold to 94,700 beneficiaries including 53,599 graduates and diploma-holders and 41,101 non-graduates during the current fiscal.