Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Chennai to inaugurate the Tamil Nadu government’s scooter scheme for women.
Beneficiaries of the scooter scheme will have to provide their Aadhaar details. The requirement of Aadhaar details was notified by the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Limited (TNCDW) in the gazette on January 24.
In the notification, the corporation’s managing director, Praveen P. Nair, said that the use of the Aadhaar details would help in ensuring accuracy and in ascertaining the identity of the beneficiaries at the grass-roots level.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam presenting shawls to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The function starts with the singing of "Tamizh Thai Vazhthu".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being greeted by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami at Kalaivanar Arangam in Chennai on Saturday. | Photo Credit: T. Ramakrishnan
The Tamil Nadu Ministers lined up to greet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his arrival at Kalaivanar Arangam.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the Kalaivanar Arangam to inaugurate the scooter scheme. He plants sapling of "magizham" variety.
Mr. Modi is received by Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam.
Mr. Modi flies down in a chartered aircraft to the Chennai airport for a two-day visit to Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry. After reaching the airport at 5.20 p.m, he will leave for INS Adyar in a helicopter and from there will reach Kalaivanar Arangam by car to launch the Amma scooter scheme in the presence of Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam.
Beneficiaries of the scooter scheme will have to provide their Aadhaar details. The requirement of Aadhaar details was notified by the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Limited (TNCDW) in the gazette on January 24.
In the notification, the corporation’s managing director, Praveen P. Nair, said that the use of the Aadhaar details would help in ensuring accuracy and in ascertaining the identity of the beneficiaries at the grass-roots level.
Earlier, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami had announced that scooters will be distributed to 1 lakh women at a subsidised rate on former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s birth anniversary on February 24.
The distribution of the vehicles at subsidised cost in Coimbatore will be delayed by a fortnight, sources said. The reason being cited is that since the Prime Minister would return only on Sunday evening, the ministers have to camp at Chennai. As a result, the launch of the scheme in other districts might take place in the first week of March.