Thayumanavar scheme: GCC to train councillors
CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Mayor R Priya launched an awareness training programme for the members of the GCC Council and other departmental district-level officers regarding the Chief Minister’s Thayumanavar Scheme on Wednesday.
The mayor released a training manual for the scheme during the inauguration programme at the Rippon Building Complex. The manual explains the clustering process and the census to be done to identify the residential details of the poor families.
The Thayumanavar scheme that has been allocated Rs 27,922 crore under the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department aims to eliminate poverty. It aims to identify the poor and marginalised people and provide them with the necessary assistance concerning education, housing and others, through government schemes to improve their social and economic status.
Elaborating on the same, the Mayor said that the Tamil Nadu government has decided to identify the families living in extreme poverty and improve their living standards by providing government assistance to about five lakh families in the next two years.
A committee will identify the urban poor people in the first phase as part of the scheme, said the Mayor. were explained to councillors in detail
The responsibilities of each committee were explained to councillors in detail. Details on setting up the committee, establishing operational procedures, creating public awareness regarding the scheme, and project introduction at the city council meetings were discussed.
The elected ward members, Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board officers, health inspectors, self-help groups, Anganwadi workers and women health volunteers will be the members of the committee. The scheme will be implemented initially in Alagiri Nagar, Namasivayampuram, Pushpa Nagar of Teynampet, and Periyar Nagar, in Tiruvottiyur. Based on the pilot survey reports of these areas, the scheme will be expanded to other places.