3. Women's Welfare
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A. Women's Welfare and Safety System
- Chief Minister to oversee new women and child safety division · In the budget
B. Women's Economic Security
- Women heads to receive Rs 2500 monthly until age 60 · Nothing recorded yet
- Direct bank credit for 6 LPG cylinders per year for every family · Said
- Vettri Payanam scheme provides free travel for women in all buses · In effect, in part
- Brides from under Rs 5 lakh income families get 8 grams of gold · In the budget
- Newborns in govt hospitals get gold ring and Thaai Maaman Seer Pettagam · In effect, in part
- Students in Classes 1-12 get Rs 15,000 per year · Nothing recorded yet
- Widows and destitute women to receive Rs 3,000 monthly assistance · Nothing recorded yet
- Interest-free loans of up to Rs 5 lakh for women's self-help groups · Nothing recorded yet
- Rs 5 lakh investment subsidy for women micro-entrepreneurs · In the budget
- Rs 1 lakh incentive grant for 5 years of successful SHG work · Nothing recorded yet
- Global e-commerce platform for women's self-help group products · Nothing recorded yet
- 40 percent of government procurement from women's self-help groups · Nothing recorded yet
- Women's special industrial estates to be built in 10 cities · Nothing recorded yet
C. Uncompromising Women's Safety
- 500 Rani Velu Nachiyar teams to enhance women's safety · In the budget
- Rani Velu Nachiyar monitoring teams to patrol in plain clothes · Nothing recorded yet
- Upgrade Kavalan app to enhance women's safety · Nothing recorded yet
- Install smart panic buttons in all vehicles across Tamil Nadu · Nothing recorded yet
- AI-monitored 24-hour smart panic button system for all vehicles · Nothing recorded yet
- Install AI-integrated CCTV cameras in key public places · Nothing recorded yet
- Improve security in identified unsafe public areas · Nothing recorded yet
- Establish special fast track courts for crimes against women · Nothing recorded yet
- Build secure hostels for women in major cities of Tamil Nadu · First steps
- Cap hostel monthly fees for women at Rs 2500 · Nothing recorded yet
D. Women's Health and Hygiene
- Provide Rs 25,000 financial assistance to pregnant women · Nothing recorded yet
- Set up Thaai Care support centres for pregnant women · In the budget
- Thaai Care centres to provide free meals and medical monitoring · In the budget
- Provide free sanitary napkins at ration shops and schools · Nothing recorded yet
- Install sanitary napkin vending machines in towns · Nothing recorded yet
- Ensure proper disposal of sanitary napkins in government schools · Nothing recorded yet
- Provide free HPV vaccines for girls aged 9 to 14 · Nothing recorded yet
- Conduct free cervical cancer screening for women above 30 · Said
- Provide free solar stoves to tribal and hill-dwelling women · Nothing recorded yet