Tamil Nadu Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin distributed welfare schemes worth Rs 22 crore to 4,000 people at a function held in Erode on August 2.
He said, "I am happy to have come to Erode district. In February, I launched the Rs 86 crore distribution of Kalaignar Sports kits to 12,525 panchayats in Madurai. Accordingly, 33 types of sports equipment will be distributed to 633 panchayats in Karur and Erode districts.
Employment opportunities are created in sports in Government and Government Public Sector Undertakings. In the first phase, 100 sportspersons will be given jobs in government departments under the three percent reservation by the Chief Minister, one among them is the Kalainger Sports Kids offered today.
The idea is to make sports available in villages beyond cities. The youth of the village should take advantage of this to be refreshed. For the first time, the Kalaingar Sports Kit scheme is being implemented in the name of Kalaignar. What skills do athletes need? Have energy, vibrant mind, accurate calculation skills & team work. All these talents are called Kalaingar. That's why we named the project Kalaignar Sports Kit. The youth who are able to avail the sports equipment provided in the name of the Kalaingar should develop the qualities and talents of the Kalaingar. We are issuing house site pattas to 1100 people here. In Periyar's place, his grandson EVKS Elangovan gave the Patta and his daughter have been given sports assistance. It has been a long-cherished dream to issue house site patta in Erode. The government has fulfilled it today. The government has given you the legal right to your place.
Government services should reach every family in Tamil Nadu. Every individual should benefit from government programs. Based on this, this government is implementing innumerable schemes such as free bus facility for women, Pudhumai Pengal Thittam for girls, from coming 9th of this month - Tamil Puthalavan scheme for boys, breakfast scheme, makkal thedi maruthuvam, nammai kaakkum 48, illam thedi kalvi, Kalaignar Women Entitlement Scheme from September to July, provided one crore 17 lakh women were given 1000 rupees per month last year, etc. granted by the government were providing all these schemes for the people.
As a result, this has been stated by the Union Government's Nidhi Aayog as the Tamil Nadu government has been ranked first in India in 13 sectors including poverty alleviation, women empowerment, quality education, health and also requested to take all the government's schemes to the people. Ministers Muthusamy, Swaminathan, Kayalvizhi Selvaraj, MP K V Prakash, MLA EVKS Elangovan, Collector Rajagopal Sunkara and others were present.