What is the amount of financial assistance provided per month to girl students studying in government schools under the ‘Tamil Nadu Pudhumai Penn Scheme’ launched by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 2023?

Correct — D. The Pudhumai Penn scheme pays Rs 1,000 per month, sent by direct benefit transfer into the student's own bank account.

Tamil Nadu runs it for girls who studied Classes 6 to 12 in government schools, and the payment continues while they are in higher education — a degree, a diploma or an ITI course — so that money is not what ends a girl's education.

The rate is a flat Rs 1,000 a month, which is option (d).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  ₹2,000 per month — Rs 2,000 a month is double the scheme's rate. Tamil Nadu set the assistance at a level it could pay to every eligible girl for the whole length of a course, not a one-off grant.
• (b)
  ₹500 per month — Rs 500 a month is half the scheme's rate. The design point is a monthly payment large enough to keep a girl enrolled for the length of a degree, diploma or ITI course, and Tamil Nadu set that at Rs 1,000.
• (c)
  ₹3,000 per month — Rs 3,000 a month is the highest figure offered and matches no published rate for this scheme. It is three times what Pudhumai Penn actually pays.

Pudhumai Penn is Tamil Nadu's cash-transfer answer to a specific problem: girls who finish school in government institutions and then drop out of education because higher study costs money the household will not spend on a daughter.

The design is deliberately simple. Rs 1,000 a month, paid by DBT into the girl's own account rather than a guardian's, for as long as she stays enrolled in an undergraduate, diploma or ITI course.

It runs under the Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Higher Education Assurance Scheme, and students apply through the state's Penkalvi portal.

Key facts

• Pudhumai Penn pays Rs 1,000 per month to eligible girl students.
• Eligibility runs to girls who studied Classes 6 to 12 in government schools and go on to higher education.
• The money is paid by direct benefit transfer into the student's own bank account.
• The scheme sits under the Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Higher Education Assurance Scheme in Tamil Nadu.

Common traps

• Confusing the monthly rate with the annual total of Rs 12,000.
• Mixing this scheme up with a state's separate assistance for boys or for school-stage students.

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