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Tamil Nadu’s share for Central schemes
June 17 , 2025
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- The Tamil Nadu government contributes more monetarily compared to the Union government for the implementation of at least six Central schemes.
- These include three schemes under the umbrella of the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) — Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS), Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS), and the Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS).
- These also include the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)-Rural, Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), and the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).
- Fully funded by the Centre, the NSAP was launched in August 1995.
- However, the State government has been a pioneer in this area and it started implementing an old age pension scheme since January 1962.
- It has extended the scope of the welfare measure to four categories of destitute persons — persons with disabilities, widows, agricultural labourers, and destitute or deserted women following marriage — between 1974 and 1984.
- All of which were subsumed into the all-India programme after November 2007.
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