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Tamil Nadu Budget 2023-24: Free bus ride for women, Rs 1,000 monthly assistance to women, free breakfast scheme for primary students

The CM Stalin-led government said reforms led to the decline in revenue deficit from about Rs 62,000 crore to Rs 30,000 crore.

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Tamil Nadu Budget 2023-24

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on Monday presented the Budget for the financial year 2023-24 in the State Legislative Assembly in Chennai.

The CM Stalin-led government said reforms led to the decline in revenue deficit from about Rs 62,000 crore to Rs 30,000 crore.

While tabling the budget, Rajan said fare-free travel for women in State-run buses, and a breakfast scheme for government school students are among the several schemes being implemented for the financial year 2023-24.

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Tamil Nadu Budget 2023-24 highlights

  • Monthly financial assistance for severely affected differently-abled persons increased from Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000.
  • Rs 1,500 crore will be allotted for improving infrastructure in government schools such as constructing new buildings.
  • Free breakfast scheme for primary students.
  • State announces Rs 1,000 per month for eligible women homemakers. Rs 7,000 crore will be allotted this year for the scheme.
  • Chola Museum will be set up in Thanjavur.
  • Rs 5 crore will be allocated to translate BR Ambedkar’s works into Tamil.
  • Rs 305 crore earmarked for bicycles for school students
  • Rs 25 crore will be allocated for factory skill schools and Metro rail projects for Coimbatore and Madurai.
  • Chennai will turn into a hi-tech global sports city.
  • Rs 18,661 crore will be allotted to the health and family welfare department.
  • A New Multispecialty facility will be built in Stanley Medical College Hospital along with a nursing College and hostel.
  • The solatium for defense personnel who sacrificed their lives during duty will be doubled from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 40 lakh.
  • Government colleges and polytechnics to get new classrooms and labs at the cost of Rs 200 crore.
  • Civil service aspirants will get monthly stipend of Rs 7,000 for preparing mains exam
  • Rs 3,993 crore will be allotted for the waiver of various loans including gold and education loans.
  • Rs 10 crore to be allotted to the animal welfare board to strengthen the ABC programme and to control the stray dog population.
  • Rs 2,000 crore announced for Neithal festival project for the restoration of the sea, and beaches.
  • Rural roads covering more than 5,140 km would be laid at a cost of Rs 2,000 crore in FY24.
  • Rs 14,000 crore to be allocated towards subsidy for TANGEDCO.
  • Rs 5,346 crore to be allotted for the old age pension scheme.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds massive roadshow at Palakkad in Kerala

The roadshow started after 10:45 am from Kottamaidan anchuvilakku, proceeding towards the head post office in the city. BJP state president K Surendran, BJP palakkad candidate C Krishna Kumar and candidate of the adjacent Ponnani constituency, Viveditha Subramanian, also accompanied the prime minister in the open vehicle.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow at Palakkad in Kerala on Tuesday that witnessed the participation of thousands of BJP workers and supporters. He reached Palakkad around 10:30 am, held a roadshow of over 30 minutes in the city. The roadshow started after 10:45 am from Kottamaidan anchuvilakku, proceeding towards the head post office in the city.

BJP state president K Surendran, BJP Palakkad candidate C Krishna Kumar and candidate of the adjacent Ponnani constituency, Viveditha Subramanian, also accompanied the prime minister in the open vehicle. Supporters present at either side of the road showered the prime minister with flowers and slogans supporting Modi and BJP.

Ahead of PM Modi’s roadshow, the Bharatiya Janata Party held a bike rally in the town on Monday evening. Modi’s Pallakkad roadshow follows his recent participation at a public meeting in Pathanamthitta town on March 15, where he rallied support for NDA candidates contesting in the southern Kerala constituencies.

Addressing a public gathering in Pathanamthitta, PM Modi said the Lotus is going to bloom in Kerala in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and attacked the ruling Left and the opposition Congress-led UDF, alleging that the people of the state have endured hardship under government plagued by corruption and incompetence.

In Kerala both LDF and UDF engage in apparent conflict but unite in Delhi. The Congress labels the Left government as fascist, while the Communists criticize Congress for Corruption. Yet they form alliances in the capital. He said both parties have deceived Kerala extensively. Kerala’s populace has now seen through this deception.

The prime minister has visited Kerala several times this year. He has also paid visits to famous temples in Kerala. Earlier on Monday PM Modi visited Karnataka’s Shivamogga and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. He attacked the Congress ruled government in the state and said the Congress leaders are only capable of telling blatant lies.

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Former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s sister-in-law Sita Soren joins BJP after quitting JMM

Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s sister-in-law Sita Soren joined BJP today.

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Sita Soren, the sister-in-law of former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and a legislator for Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), joined BJP today, March 19. Hours before joining the BJP, Sita Soren announced her resignation from the JMM, citing of being neglected and isolated in the state’s ruling party.

At the BJP’s headquarters in New Delhi, Sita Soren joined the party in the presence of party’s national general secretary Vinod Tawde, and Jharkhand poll in-charge Laxmikant Bajpai.

The three-term MLA’s decision to join the BJP is encouraging for the party’s attempts to strengthen ties with the scheduled tribes, the JMM’s main vote base.

Sita Soren wrote her resignation letter to the party supremo and her father-in-law Shibu Soren, in which she expressed her grief and said the JMM had not given her and her family enough assistance after her husband Durga Soren passed away.

Reluctantly, Sita Soren announced her resignation from the party’s primary membership, saying that she felt abandoned.

She expressed her dismay as well, pointing out that the party has deviated from its tenets by accepting individuals whose beliefs conflict with its ethos.  Sita said she has learned that her family and she are the targets of a conspiracy. The former JMM MLA said, she had no choice except to submit her resignation.

JMM’s spokesman Supriyo Bhattacharyya acknowledged hearing about the resignation when he was contacted for comment, but he said he had not yet received the formal letter.

Meanwhile, following her first election as an MLA in 2009 from the Jama Assembly constituency, Sita climbed to the position of national general secretary within the party.

She contested for the Jama assembly seat again in 2014 and registered her victory. She won the seat again in 2019.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the Congress, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, and ASJU each won one seat, while the BJP secured 11 seats with a 51.9 percent vote share.

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RLJP President Pashupathi Kumar Paras resigns from Modi Cabinet after his party is denied seats in upcoming Lok Sabha Elections in Bihar

Pashupathi Kumar Paras said his party had 5 MPs and they had worked with utmost sincerity. He added injustice has been done to him and his party. As a result he is resigning from the post of the Union Minister.

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Rashtriya  Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) President  Pashupathi Kumar Paras on Tuesday resigned from the Modi cabinet, a day after his party was denied any seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Bihar. He said the NDA alliance announced the list of 40 candidates for Bihar Lok Sabha election.

He said his party had 5 MPs and they had worked with utmost sincerity. He added injustice has been done to him and his party. As a result he is resigning from the post of the Union Minister. He had on Friday accused the BJP of not doing justice to his LJP faction and indicated that he may walkout of the ruling National Democratic Alliance. He said they are free to go anywhere and the doors are open.

On Monday, the NDA partners announced seat sharing in Bihar. According to the deal, the BJP will contest 17 seats, while Nitish Kumar led JD(U) will contest 16 and Chirag Paswan’s LJP will fight on 5.

Chirag-led LJP will contest on 5 seats- Jamui, Khagariya, Samastipur, Hajipur and Vaishali. In the last election, the undivided LJP had won 6 seats. Pashupati Paras was expecting these seats for his party. But the BJP went with Chirag. There was no mention of seat sharing with the LJP faction led by Minister Pashupati Paras. When Bihar BJP chief Samrat Chaudhary was asked about it, he said talks with him are undergoing.

Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) will contest 1 seat each. Among the key seats that the BJP will be contesting from are Pashchim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Aurangabad, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Muzzaffarpur, Maharajganj, Saran, Begusarai, Nawada, Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Aara, Buxar and Sasaram.

The JD(U) has been given Valmikinagar, Sitamadhi, Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Kishanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Madhepura, Gopalganj, Siwan, Bhagalpur, Banka, Munger, Nalanda, Jehanabad and Sheohar seats.

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