Tamil Nadu Cabinet, approved the State’s New Policy for Women, the draft of which was released in December 2021.
The policy is aimed at the holistic development of the women, by focussing on empowering them through education, economic independence and power sharing.
State-level committee headed by Chief Secretaries and district-level committees headed by Collectors will be constituted to monitor the implementation of the policy and to address any issues of discrimination.
The Social Welfare and Women Empowerment department will also monitor the implementation.