Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay will launch the state's one-gram gold ring scheme for babies born in government hospitals on September 28, with 1.28 lakh gold rings already procured for distribution under the first installment, the state government announced on Friday.
The scheme, called the Thaimaaman Thanga Mothiram Thittam (maternal uncle gold ring scheme), was among the poll promises made by Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam ahead of the April Assembly election, in which the party came to power.
