An impressive one year in office as Chief Minister of Tamilnadu by Dr.J Jayalalithaa. Among the orders she signed on first day was the one doubling the old age pension amount from Rs.500 to Rs 1000 per month. Tamilnadu is the first among the big Indian states and the third (Delhi and Goa are the other states) to sanction Rs.1000 as pension to senior citizens. The CM also enhanced the monthly social security amount to Rs.1000 to the differently abled, the destitute women and widows. Tamilnadu is also the first state to distribute social security assistance through banks by opening individual bank accounts which most of them never had in their lives. Delivery of assistance at the doorstep of the poor beneficiaries using biometric , smart cards eliminates corruption which was rampant earlier and ensures dignity of the recipients. In addition to proactive social security measures , the CM has focussed on important food security initiatives such as provision of 20kg rice to family cardholders and 35 kg rice to Antyodaya Anna Yojana card holders every month free of cost., and streamlining the PDS (public distribution system).
Distribution of free sanitary napkins to adolescent girls is an admirable scheme of Dr.J Jayalalithaa. The CM’s comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme was widened in coverage and improved benefiting nearly 43,000 patients needing surgery in the first year itself. Free laptops to plus 2 and college students is a beneficial step. Similiarly, tuition fees to first generation college students and facility for online registration for employment at schools are progressive measures. The milch cows, goats and sheep distributed to poor women in the villages helped raise rural income levels and milk production in the state. When the cyclone Thane wreaked havoc, the government machinery moved swiftly in arranging disaster relief and carried out long-term rehabilitation programmes with efficiency. The dismissal of the People’s Welfare Workers (though political appointees) and the anxiety caused to parents and children over the Uniform System of School Education could have been avoided. No balance sheet can be without the debit side.
Dr J Jaylalithaa’s Vision Tamilnadu 2023 is an ambitious document. It aims at 11 per cent economic growth and a Tamilnadu free of poverty and hunger. The vision can be translated into a reality in eleven years with a determined leader like Dr J Jayalalithaa, good governance, and people’s participation. It is our collective responsibility to strengthen the governments efforts to make Tamilnadu the numero uno state.
Distribution of free sanitary napkins to adolescent girls is an admirable scheme of Dr.J Jayalalithaa. The CM’s comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme was widened in coverage and improved benefiting nearly 43,000 patients needing surgery in the first year itself. Free laptops to plus 2 and college students is a beneficial step. Similiarly, tuition fees to first generation college students and facility for online registration for employment at schools are progressive measures. The milch cows, goats and sheep distributed to poor women in the villages helped raise rural income levels and milk production in the state. When the cyclone Thane wreaked havoc, the government machinery moved swiftly in arranging disaster relief and carried out long-term rehabilitation programmes with efficiency. The dismissal of the People’s Welfare Workers (though political appointees) and the anxiety caused to parents and children over the Uniform System of School Education could have been avoided. No balance sheet can be without the debit side.
Dr J Jaylalithaa’s Vision Tamilnadu 2023 is an ambitious document. It aims at 11 per cent economic growth and a Tamilnadu free of poverty and hunger. The vision can be translated into a reality in eleven years with a determined leader like Dr J Jayalalithaa, good governance, and people’s participation. It is our collective responsibility to strengthen the governments efforts to make Tamilnadu the numero uno state.
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