Jayalalitha inaugurates Free Laptop - Cattle scheme
Posted on: 15/Sep/2011 4:19:05 AM
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today inaugurated the flagship schemes at a function here as part of the 103rd birth anniversary celebrations of dravidian leader C N Annadurai.
At an official function held at neighbouring Tiruvallur District, Jayalalithaa launched distribution of free fans, mixies and grinders to women folk, laptops to Plus one and two students in government and government-aided institutions, special incentives for Class X, 11 and 12 students, cross-bred jersey milch cows to rural poor and four goats/sheeps to the poorest of the poor at a total cost of Rs 2,353 crore this year.
The free schemes would cover 1.85 crore families who draw rice from the Public Distribution System and was aimed at bringing about inclusive growth and eradicate poverty and improve the standard of living of the people.
To monitor the distribution of Wet Grinders and Mixies for housewives, laptops for students of higher secondary classes and college, milch cows, goats and sheep for weaker sections in rural areas, a Special Programme Implementation Department was created by the Chief Minister.
In the first year of its implementation, the government would provide mixies-grinders-fans for house wives at a cost of Rs 1250 crores covering 25 lakh families.
Under the Free laptop scheme, aimed at empowering, nurturing and enriching students, besides enhancing their skills by taking advantage of the IT revolution, 9.12 lakh laptop computers would be distributed at a cost of Rs 912 crores.
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