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Preliminary assessment of the Pudhumai Penn scheme
November 20 , 2024
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- A preliminary assessment of the Pudhumai Penn scheme was carried out by the State Planning Commission (SPC) of Tamilnadu.
- 13,681 additional students benefited from the initiative and joined colleges and institutions offering diploma courses in 2022 and 2023.
- It was representing a percentage increase of 6.9.
- Among them, 38.6% were from the Scheduled Castes (SC), 34.4% from the Most Backward Classes (MBC), and 24.8%, from the Backward Classes (BC).
- Salem had the highest college enrolment at 8.9%, followed by Chennai at 5.8%; Dharmapuri 5.5%; Tiruvannamalai 5.2%; Namakkal 4.8%; and Cuddalore at 4.1%.
- The number of scheme’s beneficiaries at the end of 2023 was 2,30,820.
- Salem district had the highest number of students who benefited, accounting for 17,032 (7.38%) students.
- Namakkal had followed with 13,312 (5.77%); Dharmapuri with 11,915 (5.16%); Chennai 11,468 (4.97%); Tiruvannamalai 11,146 (4.83%); and Coimbatore 10,777 (4.67%).
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