Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has allocated Rs 486.36 crore for distribution of free sarees and dhotis for Pongal, the state harvest festival, in 2015. (File photo)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has allocated Rs 486.36 crore for distribution of free sarees and dhotis for Pongal, the state harvest festival, in 2015.
"The chief minister has allocated Rs 486.36 crore for distribution of 1,73,23,000 sarees and 1,72,05,000 dhotis for Pongal festival in 2015," the Tamil Nadu government said in a statement today.
During the first phase, she has ordered release of Rs 240.55 crore as advance to Cooperative Weavers' Societies for production of sarees and dhotis. She has also ordered the distribution of polycot sarees in view of its popularity.