TN Govt announced in the Assembly that ₹20 crore would be set aside to enable landless SC/ST women who work as agricultural labourers to buy land.
Each eligible candidate can obtain a maximum subsidy of ₹5 lakh or 50% of the land value.
₹70 crore will be used to build 4,500 housing units for tribal communities who currently do not own housing.
Approach roads for tribal neighbourhoods will be built at a cost of ₹50 crore.
Hostels with modern facilities would be built in Sivaganga, Erode, Virudhunagar and Cuddalore districts for students from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities at a cost of ₹15 crore.
A centralised kitchen would be set up at a cost of ₹9 crore under ‘Amudha Surabi’ scheme in Tiruchi, Madurai and Coimbatore.
The Government would organise a ‘Lifestyle Festival’ to celebrate the culture, traditions, literary works, linguistic-based patriotism of the SC/ST communities.
‘Skill vouchers’ would be given to SC/ST students who performed well in higher education.