1. T.N. Budget 2024 | Key takeaways and reactions
Presenting his first Budget as the Finance Minister in this DMK regime, Thangam Thennarasu announced many welfare schemes and expansion of flagship programmes at the Tamil Nadu Assembly in Chennai.
Touted to be the first-of-its-kind initiative to incentivise college education among boys, the ‘Tamizh Pudhalvan’ scheme has been announced. Under this scheme, boys who studied in government schools from classes 6 to 12 are to be provide ₹1,000 a month for pursuing college education. Last year, the scheme to incentivise girl children from government schools who pursue college education was launched.
