Ministry of Food Processing Industries notifies scheme for Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC/ Unit Scheme).

The eligible sectors under this scheme includes, Fruits & vegetables processing, Milk Processing, Meat/ poultry/ fish processing, Ready to Eat/ Ready to Cook Food Products/ Breakfast cereals/ Snacks/ bakery and other food products including nutritional health foods, Grains/ pulses, oil seed milling and processing based on modern technology and Any other sector that makes food products fit for human consumption.

Government of Tamil Nadu notifies amendments under Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Construction Workers) Welfare Scheme,1994.

As per the amendment under clause 16 which deals with assistance for marriage in which the Labour Officer (Social Security Scheme) of the respective district shall, on an application from a registered manual worker, after due verification] sanction a sum of Rs.20,000 to both men and women as assistance to meet the marriage expenses of the registered manual worker or of the son or daughter of the registered manual worker, as the case may be.