{"id":3965,"date":"2026-04-16T18:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/tamil-nadu-polls-vijay-releases-tvk-manifesto-announces-free-cooking-gas-cylinders-rs-2500-monthly-aid-for-women-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:03:20","slug":"tamil-nadu-polls-vijay-releases-tvk-manifesto-announces-free-cooking-gas-cylinders-rs-2500-monthly-aid-for-women-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/tamil-nadu-polls-vijay-releases-tvk-manifesto-announces-free-cooking-gas-cylinders-rs-2500-monthly-aid-for-women-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamil Nadu polls: Vijay releases TVK manifesto; announces free cooking gas cylinders, Rs 2,500 monthly aid for women | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130307588,imgsize-85350,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/130307588.jpg\" alt=\"Tamil Nadu polls: Vijay releases TVK manifesto; announces free cooking gas cylinders, Rs 2,500 monthly aid for women\" title=\"TVK chief Vijay (File photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"TVK chief Vijay (File photo)\">TVK chief Vijay (File photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay on Thursday unveiled the party\u2019s manifesto for the Tamil Nadu assembly polls, a week before all 234 constituencies in the state are set to vote.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The counting of votes will be held on May 4.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The actor-politician, who launched TVK in February 2024, made the following announcements in the manifesto:<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"7\">\n<ul>\n<li>Rs 2,500 monthly assistance for women and 8 gram gold for marriage assistance<\/li>\n<li>Interest-free loans up to Rs 5 lakh for women-run SHGs, and Rs 15,000 annually to prevent school dropouts<\/li>\n<li>50% waiver of agri-coop crop loans for farmers with more than 5 acres<\/li>\n<li>AI Ministry, AI University, AI City<\/li>\n<li>Aid upto Rs 4,000 per month for unemployed graduates<\/li>\n<li>5 lakh internships with stipend and 5 lakh new govt jobs<\/li>\n<li>Rs 3,000 pension for elderly and differently-abled<\/li>\n<li>200 units free power<\/li>\n<li>Rs 25 lakh health insurance for family, modern hospitals, annual free health checkup, and drugs-free Tamil Nadu<\/li>\n<li>MSP of Rs 3,500 per quintal for paddy and Rs 4,500 per ton for sugarcane<\/li>\n<li>Consideration of Old Pension Scheme, regularisation of contract workers including nurses<\/li>\n<li>6 free cooking gas cylinders per year, per family<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier, TVK general secretary N Anand announced that, in strict compliance with Election Commission&#8217;s guidelines, attendance at the event would be capped at 800 &#8220;authorised personnel.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>He added that entry would be limited to functionaries issued specific QR code passes, with no unauthorised persons allowed.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Pregnant women, children, students, senior citizens, the differently abled, and those with health ailments were specifically advised to avoid visiting the venue. Instead, the party urged supporters and the general public to watch the event through live telecasts on television and social media platforms.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">(With PTI inputs)<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/tamil-nadu-polls-vijay-releases-tvk-manifesto-announces-free-cooking-gas-cylinders-rs-2500-monthly-aid-for-women\/articleshow\/130307135.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TVK chief Vijay (File photo) NEW DELHI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay on Thursday unveiled the party\u2019s manifesto for the Tamil Nadu assembly polls, a week before all 234 constituencies in the state are set to vote.The counting of votes will be held on May 4.The actor-politician, who launched TVK in February 2024, made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-country"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}