- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 February 2018 launched the ambitious ‘Amma Two-Wheeler Scheme’ in Chennai, on the birth anniversary of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
- During the 2016 Assembly election, late J Jayalalithaa had promised 50 percent subsidy for women to purchase two-wheelers. The state government increased the subsidy component under the scheme from Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000.
- Aim: The scheme aims at providing 50 per cent subsidy up to Rs 25,000 to working women and Divyangs to buy two-wheelers.
- Who: This is a welfare scheme of the AIADMK government and was also a pet project of Jayalalithaa.
- Beneficiaries: The beneficiaries included women who worked in the private sector, an accountant, a salesperson and an assistant in a private store.
- Planting 70 lakh saplings: The state government has decided to commemorate the 70th birth anniversary of Jayalalithaa by planting 70 Lakh saplings.
