Sridharan,Gargi and Pur, Kripa Ananth <br/><br/>
Cash and wages: A need for a dual strategy for empowering women in Tamil Nadu 

 - Economic  and Political Weekly   
 - 58(39), Sep, 30, 2023: p.13-16 
<br/><br/> The recent cash assistance scheme called the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai for eligible female household heads, announced by the Tamil Nadu government, is a significant policy intervention aimed at further strengthening women’s agency. Some of the implementation challenges that the scheme is likely to face are discussed while categorising the female beneficiaries within the households. The estimates from the Tamil Nadu Household Panel Survey’s Pre-Baseline Survey, 2018‒19 are used to bring out the representativeness of the female population within the households. An equal amount of state investment in other aspects of gender inequality is called for.- Reproduced <br/><br/>https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/39/commentary/cash-and-wages.html<br/>