Ranipet (Tamil Nadu), Nov 3 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin said on Monday that his government's 'Dravidian model' consistently pushed for the advancement of women by introducing affirmative schemes that empower them.

Distributing welfare assistance here, he also pointed out that how befittingly in Ranipet, a town named after a queen, more women were getting the welfare schemes.

"In our Tamil Nadu, there are many towns named after kings. But, Ranipet is one of the very, very important towns named after a queen. We are giving welfare schemes to 73,000 people today and I am very happy to say, in that, 55,000 are women," Udhayanidhi said.

The Deputy CM stated that among the schemes that are being distributed on Monday are India's first ever identity cards for wome

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