10th JULY 2023 ENGLISH TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS
Rs 1 lakh each for 500 women to buy autos: Chief Minister Stalin launched the scheme
- To ensure the social security of the unorganized workers and to improve their livelihood, 18 welfare boards have been established by the Tamil Nadu government.
- Since this government assumed charge on May 7, 2021 and till May 31, 2023, 13.80 lakh workers have been registered in the non-organized labor welfare boards and 11.82 lakh beneficiaries have been provided welfare assistance worth Rs. 914.27 crore.
- On behalf of the Tamil Nadu Unorganized Drivers, Automatic Motor Vehicle Repair Workers Welfare Board, various welfare schemes are provided to the registered workers for education, marriage etc. At present 1.74 lakh workers are members of this board.
- In order to encourage registered women drivers to buy their own autos, create self-employment opportunities and improve their standard of living, a scheme was announced to provide a subsidy of Rs.1 lakh each to 500 women drivers on the cost of buying a new auto.
- Chief Minister Stalin launched this scheme yesterday. The chief minister gave the registration certificate and permission documents for new autos to 10 of the 141 beneficiaries selected for the subsidy in the first phase of the scheme.
- The Canada Open Badminton Final was held in Calgary, Canada. In the men's singles category, Indian player Lashya Chen (21 years old, 19th rank) and Chinese player Shi Feng Li (23 years old, 10th rank) clashed. .
- Chen overcame the challenge of the Chinese player Lee and won the final match 2-0 in straight sets with the score of 21-18, 21-20 and captured the title of champion.
- Japan's Akane Yamaguchi beat India's Sindhu in the women's semi-final and beat Thailand's Ratsonok Intanon in the final to clinch the title. PV Sindhu got 3rd position.
- Union Fisheries Minister Parshotham Rupala yesterday inaugurated a two-day conference and exhibition on the occasion of National Fish Farmers Day. Union Minister L. Murugan and Tamil Nadu Minister Anitha Radhakrishnan among others participated in this. In this conference, various consultations are held with departmental officials to improve fisheries
