Overview

• Tamil Nadu and Telangana chief ministers jointly inaugurated the stipend expansion at a Chennai event highlighting education and welfare initiatives.
• The state said 2,65,318 fresh beneficiaries will receive ₹1,000 per month in 2025–26 under Pudhumai Penn for women and Tamil Pudhalvan for men.
• Eligibility targets students from government or aided schools now enrolled in recognised undergraduate, diploma, polytechnic or ITI courses.
• Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy announced his government will introduce a version of Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme in schools from the next academic year.
• The event showcased the Breakfast Scheme and Naan Mudhalvan with beneficiary testimonies, as CM M.K. Stalin accused the Union government of creating hurdles to the state’s education progress.