Erode, Perundurai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay will visit Perundurai in Erode district on Tuesday, November 3 to distribute welfare assistance worth Rs 1,100 crore, including bank-linked loans, to members of women's self-help groups (SHGs), news agency IANS reported. Around 5,000 beneficiaries are expected to receive assistance during the programme.

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The programme, originally scheduled at a private engineering college in Perundurai, has been shifted to the Sri Lakshmi Narayana Marriage Hall near Kanchikovil. The Chief Minister will also inaugurate several development projects completed across Erode district during the visit, IANS said. Nation Press carried the same IANS figures: a Rs 1,100 crore package including bank-linked loans, with around 5,000 SHG members expected to receive support.

Source: Nation Press / IANS

₹1,100 crorewelfare assistance incl. bank loans (yaani about $150 million)
~5,000SHG women beneficiaries expected
Perundurai, Erodeprogramme venue

Ministers reviewed preparations on Monday

Revenue Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan, Handlooms Minister M. Vijayabalaji, District Collector S. Kandasamy and Superintendent of Police Kiran Shruthi inspected the venue on Monday and reviewed preparations. Sengottaiyan told reporters the Chief Minister would leave Chennai by air on Tuesday, arrive at Coimbatore airport and proceed to Perundurai by road, and would distribute financial assistance under various welfare schemes, particularly benefiting women associated with self-help groups.

The assistance includes bank-linked loans intended to support livelihood activities and economic independence for SHG women, the reports said. The Perundurai visit also carries political weight: Perundurai is among the Tamil Nadu Assembly constituencies left vacant after resignations and awaiting a by-election, according to IANS reporting on the Chief Minister's district tours.