Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 8 (ANI): On the occasion of International Women's Day, Tamil Nadu Dairy Minister RS Rajakanappan on Saturday distributed Rs 66.35 crore in bank loan assistance to 799 women self-help groups (SHGs) through the Women's Program Department, a release said.

The programme was organised in Ramanathapuram through the Women's Planning Department to provide welfare assistance to women self-help groups.

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Dairy Minister RS Rajakanappan presided over the function and provided bank loan scheme assistance to women's self-help groups.

Rajakanappan appreciated by giving bank loan scheme assistance to 799 women self-help groups and by selecting guards who have worked well through social welfare and women's rights department.

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District Collector Simranjeet Singh Kalon, District Superintendent of Police G. Sandish, Ramanathapuram Assembly Member Kadarpatcha Muthuramalingam, and Paramakkudy Assembly Member S Murugesan presided over the ceremony, it added. (ANI)

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