After taking charge of the Chief Minister’s post for the 6th time J Jayalalithaa arrived at the secretariat and signed some important files. She signed 6 files. Some of them were closing of 500 TASMAC shops, working hours of TASMAC reduced, waiver of all crops
AIADMK who secured 134 constituencies captured the government. Today she was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the 6th time at University Centenary Auditorium.
On her first day in office, Jayalalithaa immediately ordered five schemes to be put into place:
TASMAC shops to be open from 12 noon to 10 pm. 500 retail shops to be closed. Earlier, shops were open from 10 am to 10 pm. 100 units of free power for every household. All farmers to get 750 units of power free of cost. Handloom weavers to get 200 units of electricity free of cost. Total cost of the scheme pegged at Rs 1, 607 crore.
Waiver of all crop loans for farmers till March 31, 2016 totaling up to Rs 5,780 crore and women from poor households to receive eight grams of gold for mangalsutra, and Rs 50,000 in cash.