Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast Scheme expansion launch postponed to September 22: Tamil Nadu govt.

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The Tamil Nadu government has postponed the launch of the expansion of the Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast Scheme, which was originally scheduled to be launched on September 17, the birth anniversary of social reformer Periyar EV Ramasamy, to September 22 in view of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s official foreign visit to London.

In a letter to all district collectors, Social Welfare and Women Empowerment Secretary M. Pallavi Baldev said the Chief Minister would launch the extension of the Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast program for students of classes VI to VIII in Chennai on September 22.

On the same day, the scheme will be implemented in all districts except Chengalpattu and Tiruppur, where the Model Code of Conduct is in force with respect to the by-polls in Madurantakam and Dharapuram assembly segments.

Mr. Vijay, who is on his first official overseas trip to London as Chief Minister, will return to Chennai on September 17. Similarly, the state government has already decided to postpone the launch of Thaimaman Thanga Mothiram Thittam, a scheme to provide one-gram gold rings to newborns in government hospitals in the state. This program was originally scheduled to be launched on September 15, the birth anniversary of Dravidian stalwart and former Chief Minister CN Annadurai, and was subsequently postponed due to Mr. Vijay’s foreign trip.

Published – 16 Sep 2026 07:53 IST