Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin kick-started the second phase of Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Higher Education Assurance scheme.
The scheme was named ‘Pudhumai Penn’.
It is implemented by the social welfare and women empowerment department.
The scheme is aimed at providing financial assistance worth Rs 1,000 per month to girl students who had studied classes VI to XII at government schools.
The CM kick-started the first phase of the scheme in September and it has been benefitting 1.16 lakh students.