Following the success of the Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Pudhumai Penn Scheme, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday, February 19, 2024 announced the ‘Tamizh Pudhalvan’ scheme to benefit boys, who have studied in government schools from classes 6 to 12, by providing them with financial assistance of ₹1,000 a month in their bank accounts for their higher education.
Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu, presenting the State Budget on Monday, February 19, 2024, said that this new scheme will be introduced in the coming year to provide financial assistance to government school students to pursue post-graduation programmes and research studies in renowned universities abroad.
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