TN finance minister allocates Rs. 20 crore for stray animals
Finance Minister Dr. Palanivel Rajan has earmarked Rs. 20 crore in the budget to take care of abandoned animals and stray dogs. Mr. Rajan himself is animal lover, recently he adopted four stray dogs.
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has allocated Rs. 20 crore in the budget to the NGOs those who take care of abandoned animals and stray dogs.
Finance Minister Dr. Palanivel Rajan has earmarked Rs. 20 crore in the budget to take care of abandoned animals and stray dogs.
"The mark of an advanced compassionate society is to be kind towards everybody. In this case, I think we have reached an almost middle-income status in Tamil Nadu. We thought the time is now to expand who all we care for," said Minister Rajan, an animal lover who has adopted four strays.
The minister, an animal lover, called the budget move an extension of social justice
Many hope this would help NGOs take care of abandoned animals. They say the model should be emulated across the country, NDTV reports.
Animal lovers and caregivers are upbeat. They hope, in the long run, this could turn Tamil Nadu stray-animal free and make this a model worth replicating across India.
