
7. **Education Support Schemes**
Initiatives like the "Tamil Puthalvan Scheme" provide monthly financial assistance to boys from economically weaker sections studying in middle and high school. Scholarship and school improvement schemes also form part of the state's education focus
8. **Mission Nature and Green Tamil Nadu Mission**
Launched in 2022 to promote environmental sustainability through nature conservation, afforestation, and green development efforts, reflecting Tamil Nadu’s commitment to ecological balance
9. **Chief Minister's Breakfast Scheme**
Launched in 2022 and expanded in 2023, this scheme provides nutritious breakfast to school children to improve attendance and health outcomes
10. **Marriage Assistance Schemes**
Several government schemes provide financial support to orphan girls and encourage inter-caste marriages to promote social harmony and support disadvantaged groups
11. **Social Welfare and Women Empowerment Services**
These include sewing machine distribution to widows and abandoned women, working women's hostels, protection homes for women and children, and welfare programs for senior citizens and the transgender community, aiming at social inclusion and security
Top Tamil Nadu schemes 2015-2025
1. **Amma Two Wheeler Scheme for Working Women**
Aimed at empowering women by providing subsidies for purchasing two-wheelers, this scheme enhances women's mobility and independence, helping them access employment and education more easily
2. **Tamil Nadu Unemployment Assistance Scheme**
Provides monthly financial aid to unemployed youth in the state, including allowances for differently-abled individuals, to support them while they seek employment
3. **Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme**
Offers health insurance coverage worth Rs. 5 lakh to economically backward families, ensuring access to premium healthcare without out-of-pocket expenses
4. **Magalir Urimai Thogai Scheme**
Grants Rs. 1000 monthly to financially unstable women, promoting their economic security and well-being
5. **Unemployed Youth Employment Generation Programme**
Provides loans up to Rs. 15 lakhs for unemployed youth to start small businesses, fostering entrepreneurship and self-employment
6. **Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Ninaivu Inter Caste Marriage Assistance Scheme**
Encourages inter-caste marriages by providing financial aid, aiming to reduce caste discrimination and promote social integration
7. **Annai Theresa Ninaivu Marriage Assistance Scheme for Orphan Girls**
Offers Rs. 25,000 financial support to orphaned girls for their weddings, helping vulnerable girls have better lives
8. **Tamizh Pudhalvan Scheme**
Financial assistance of Rs. 1000 per month for boys from economically weaker sections studying in grades 6-12, promoting education and reducing dropouts
9. **Kalaignar Urimai Thogai Scheme**
Allocates Rs. 1,000 monthly to women household heads, supporting women-led families financially and fostering women’s empowerment
10. **Vidiyal Payanam Scheme**
Provides free travel in state-run public buses for women, enhancing their mobility and access to resources
11. **Mission Nature and Green Tamil Nadu Mission**
Launched recently to increase forest cover and promote environmental sustainability across the state
12. **Chief Minister's Breakfast Scheme**
Provides nutritious breakfast to school children to boost health and increase school attendance, launched starting 2022 and expanded in 2023
13. **Major Infrastructure Development Projects**
Over the last decade, key infrastructure projects such as airport terminal expansion, highway 4- and 6-laning, and port development have been undertaken, significantly improving connectivity and industrial growth statewide
14. **Defense Industrial Corridor**
A large-scale initiative to develop defense manufacturing industries in Chennai, Coimbatore, Salem, Hosur, and Trichy, creating jobs and boosting the economy
15. **FinTech City**
An upcoming project in Chennai aiming to build a global financial services hub, expected to be completed by 2025
These schemes and projects reflect Tamil Nadu’s comprehensive strategy encompassing social welfare, women empowerment, youth employment, education support, environmental sustainabi
lity, and infrastructure development aimed at inclusive growth over the past decade
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