“Housewives will get their due recognition through payment for their work at home that has so far not been recognized,” the party said.
Makkal Needhi Maiam, led by its founder Kamal Haasan, has started his election campaign in Tamil Nadu and, as part of his polling promises, has already published a seven-point governance and economic agenda. Kamal Haasan, who was campaigning in the Kancheepuram district on Monday, published the note that aims to ‘reinvent Tamil Nadu’ ahead of the Assembly elections next year. Among the promises made by MNM are a salary for housewives whose work goes unrecognized, world-class infrastructure and logistics facilities for farmers, and a ban on physical files in government offices.
The party’s agenda of turning housewives into a salaried class has drawn attention and raised many questions. In his agenda note, Makkal Needhi Maiam says: “The MNM government will take steps to realize Bharatiyaar’s dream of ‘Pudhumai penn’ through education, employment and entrepreneurship for women. Women will break glass ceilings established through equal opportunity afforded by our MNM government. Housewives will get their due recognition through payment for their work at home that has hitherto been neither recognized nor monetized, thus raising the dignity of our women “.
In short, the party seeks to recognize domestic work as a paid profession. Speaking to TNM, MNM leader CK Kumaravel points out that the contribution of housewives should be recognized and acknowledged as they carry out multiple essential tasks in their homes.
“Ninety percent of their work goes unnoticed despite being a significant contribution. We have yet to figure out exactly how much they will be given as compensation, but we are sure it can be done,” he says. “Every year for Pongal, the AIADMK government gives families 2,500 rupees, but this money is spent as TASMAC or for other men’s expenses. We seek to pay women directly a monthly amount that they can save and use in time. crisis, “he adds.
MNM has also promised to provide each residence with a computer with high-speed Internet. The party says that the Internet will be declared a basic human right. “The MNM government will provide a computer along with high-speed Internet (100 Mbps and above) through a fiber optic cable to each and every household, as a common property resource, by implementing the projects BharatNet and TamilNet. This will be one of the highest investments in Human Resource Development anywhere in the world, and it can bring huge and far-reaching transformative changes in rural families and societies. The Internet will be declared as a basic human right, ” says the agenda.
The party has also promised to promote green industries and technologies to combat climate change and claims that environmental stewardship will be on the government’s top agenda.
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