Chennai: The government of Tamil Nadu had announced a populist ‘Amma Cement Scheme’ on Friday. It is the scheme under which it will procure cement from private manufacturers and sell them at Rs 190 per bag in the wake of possible increase in rates of the key construction component.
Notify that ‘Amma’ is the name of Chief Minister of State Jayalalithaa by which her supporters addressed her.
Before “Amma Cement Scheme” TN government had follows similar efforts like the Amma Canteen and Amma Mineral water, all low-cost initiatives.
TN CM said she had recently discussed the situation regarding production of cement from the state with officials and supply from outside.
She said, “Subsequently, the supplies to Tamil Nadu had reduced to around 1.50 lakh tonnes to 3 lakh tonnes, creating a favourable situation for the private manufacturers here to increase price of cement.”
Bureau Report
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