Women Welfare Schemes in Tamil Nadu


Periyar EVR Nagammai Free Education Scheme
The scheme has been implemented in the Tamil Nadu from 1989-90 to women students irrespective of caste, creed and community to encourage their education and to reduce dropout rate.

Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Marriage Assistance Scheme
The assistance provided under this scheme has been increased from Rs.10,000 to Rs.15,000 from the year 2006-2007. This scheme is of great support for poor families in meeting marriage related expenses and one lakh twenty thousand poor women have benefited so far.

E.V.R. Maniammaiyar Ninaivu Poor Widow’s Daughter’s Marriage Assistance Scheme
This scheme was launched to help the poor mothers who are widows by providing financial assistance of Rs.10,000 for the marriage of their daughters.

Annai Teresa Ninaivu Orphan girls Marriage Assistance Scheme
This scheme was launched to help financially by providing financial assistance of Rs.10,000 to the Orphan Girls for their marriage.


Dr. Dharmambal Ammaiyar Ninaivu Widow Remarriage Scheme
This scheme was launched to encourage widow remarriage and to rehabilitate widows by providing financial assistance of Rs.10,000.

Thamizhaga Arasu Intercaste Marriage Assistance Scheme
This scheme was launched to abolish caste and community feelings based on birth and wipe out the evils of untouchability by encouraging inter-caste marriage.

Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Memorial Maternity Assistance Scheme
The scheme is providing maternity assistance grant of Rs.6,000 at the rate of Rs.1,000 per month, to pregnant women to compensate for the loss of income and to ensure adequate nutrition for them. 7 lakh mothers have benefited under this scheme so far.

The financial assistance will be given under this scheme to women from poor families based only on the recommendation of the Village Health Nurse who examines the beneficiary during pregnancy.

Sivagami Ammaiyar Memorial Girl Child Protection Scheme
This scheme was launched for Promoting Family Planning, Eradicating Female Infanticide and promoting the welfare of girl children in poor families and to raise the status of girl children.

Self Help Group (SHG) Movement: (1989)
Self Help Groups are small homogenous groups consisting of 12-20 women from BPL families voluntarily organized to promote savings. They are self-managed groups of poor women which primarily came into existence to mobilize financial resources through their own savings and lend the same amongst themselves to meet the credit needs of their members.

Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme
Science city has been organising Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) and Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme (EAP) to bring out the talents of women and to make them stand on their own feet. To ascertain the status of women scientists, Science city has embarked upon the task of creating a data-base of women scientists in the entire State of Tamil Nadu. To encourage the women scientists, Science city has instituted Life Time Achievement Award and Young Women Scientist Awards.

Sathiyavani Muthu Ammaiyar Ninaivu Free Supply of Sewing Machine Scheme
Sewing Machines are supplied free of cost, under this scheme, with a view to increase the self employment potential for Rehabilitation of Destitute widows, deserted wives, socially handicapped women and physically handicapped men and women.

Vazhndhu Kattuvom Project
This World Bank aided Project was launched for the benefit of the poorest of the poor, destitute, disabled and women from poor families. 2,116 new Self Help Groups and 1,163 Self Help Groups for the disabled have been formed so as to benefit the poor.

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