TN Govt Relaxes Eligibility Norms for KMUT Scheme

In a major policy move aimed at supporting thousands of women from economically weaker sections, the Tamil Nadu government has relaxed the eligibility criteria for receiving the ₹1,000 monthly honorarium under the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai (KMUT) scheme.

- B ANBUSELVAN @Chennai

This decision will enable hundreds of eligible woman family members of the 13.23 lakh beneficiaries receiving pensions under four other social security schemes to qualify for the honorarium. Currently, 1.14 crore woman family heads benefit from the KMUT scheme. Applications for new enrollment open on July 15. The GO issued on Friday stated that eligible female family members of women receiving monthly pensions under four other schemes—the Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme, Destitute Widow Pension Scheme, Destitute/Deserted Wives Pension Scheme, and the Pension Scheme for Unmarried Poor Incapacitated Women Aged 50 and Above—will also be allowed to apply for t