Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday, 13 February 2026, announced the disbursal of ₹5,000 to women beneficiaries under the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai Thittam, projecting the transfer as part of his government’s continued commitment to women’s welfare ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.
In a post on X, Stalin said the payment covers three months, February, March, and April, with ₹3,000 constituting the regular monthly entitlement and an additional ₹2,000 provided as a “summer special” assistance. According to the Chief Minister, the amount has already been credited to 1.31 crore women enrolled under the scheme.
Framing the transfer as a matter of rights rather than welfare, Stalin wrote, “The financial assistance given by this Stalin to the women of Tamil Nadu is a pledge, it is their right.
No matter who creates obstacles, I will not step back from it.
Citing the election, they are trying to block the entitlement amount for three months. But our #DravidianModel government has pre-empted it! As advance payment for February, March, and April – ₹3,000 + a summer special package of ₹2,000!
₹5,000 has been credited this morning to all 1.31 crore beneficiaries of the Kalaignar Women’s Entitlement Scheme.
With the support of #Winning_Tamil_Women, we will continue to win! In #DravidianModel 2.0, we will increase the ₹1,000 entitlement amount to ₹2,000 and provide it!
This is the promise that this Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin gives to my sisters!”
தமிழ்நாட்டு மகளிருக்கு இந்த ஸ்டாலின் தந்த உறுதிமொழிதான் உரிமைத்தொகை. யார் தடை ஏற்படுத்தினாலும் அதிலிருந்து பின்வாங்க மாட்டேன்.
தேர்தலைக் காரணம் காட்டி, மூன்று மாதங்களுக்கு உரிமைத்தொகையை முடக்கப் பார்க்கிறார்கள். முந்திக்கொண்டது நமது #DravidianModel அரசு!
பிப்ரவரி, மார்ச்,… pic.twitter.com/n7VrMqcrb7
— M.K.Stalin – தமிழ்நாட்டை தலைகுனிய விடமாட்டேன் (@mkstalin) February 13, 2026
The Chief Minister also alleged that attempts were being made to delay the payments for three months citing the election schedule, asserting that his government had acted in advance to ensure uninterrupted disbursal. He further promised that under a proposed “Dravidian Model 2.0,” the monthly assistance would be doubled from ₹1,000 to ₹2,000.
EPS hits back
AIADMK General Secretary and former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami mounted a sharp political attack on Stalin over the timing and framing of the payout, questioning the government’s intent and accusing it of election-driven welfare optics.
In a post on his X handle, Palaniswami said, “Have you seen what fear of election defeat is making the puppet Chief Minister do? For 28 months, the Stalin government dragged its feet without giving the promised ‘₹1,000.’ Now, all of a sudden, they are releasing three months’ dues along with a so-called ‘summer special grant.’ Didn’t summer come in 2024 and 2025, Mr. @mkstalin? After turning Tamil Nadu into a state where no woman, from young girls to elderly women, feels safe, do they think Tamil Nadu’s women will believe this election-time ‘patchwork’ money transfer?
From September 2023 till now, your government has given ₹34,000. But the minimum amount each family has lost due to your governance is ₹3,50,000! Isn’t this announcement coming out of fear — seeing @AIADMKOfficial expose this reality door to door under the campaign ‘#VidiyaaAatchi_VeettuBill_Saatchi’?Now, the moment you saw my election promise of ‘₹2,000 per month’ under @AIADMKOfficial, this announcement has surfaced out of fear of the 2026 Assembly elections, just watch, people. When no one is stopping any scheme, it is amusing to see you claim on your own that ‘they are trying to block it.’ You gave a loud promise of providing the scheme to ‘all ration card families,’ but for five years you failed to implement it fully, restricting it only to the ‘eligible’ and rejecting 1 crore Tamil women. With the massive support of the people of Tamil Nadu, when the @AIADMKOfficial government forms within the next three months, the promise I made, ₹2,000 per month to every woman head of family under the ‘Kula Vilakku Scheme’, will be implemented the moment our party assumes power.”
தேர்தல் தோல்வி பயம், பொம்மை முதல்வரை என்னவெல்லாம் செய்ய வைக்கிறது என்று பார்த்தீர்களா?
28 மாதங்களாக “1000 ரூபாய்” கொடுக்காமல் இழுத்து அடித்த ஸ்டாலின் அரசு, தற்போது மூன்று மாதத் தொகையோடு சேர்த்து “கோடைக்கால சிறப்புத் தொகை” கொடுக்கிறாராம்.
2024, 2025 ஆண்டுகளில் நமக்கு…
— Edappadi K Palaniswami-SayYEStoWomenSafety&AIADMK (@EPSTamilNadu) February 13, 2026
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