Tamil Nadu Mannin Magal Thittam 2026: Eligibility Criteria, Benefits

State Government of Tamil Nadu will make the women agricultural Labourers into landowners by implementing the new scheme in August 2026 with the name Mannin Magal Thittam Scheme. The same scheme targets women from the SC and ST categories, and they all will get modern agriculture technology training by the government. By getting this advanced training from the side of the government, the government make them adopt advanced farming equipment, and it will help them to improve productivity. It will also help the women belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Tribe to become landowners.

• Get training in Modern Agriculture Technology.
• Move from Agriculture Labourers to Landowners.
• The scheme was implemented by the state of Tamil Nadu on 5 August 2026.

Mannin Magal Thittam

This scheme is known as the land purchasing scheme for Women of Adi Dravidar and Tribal Women of the state. All those women who belong to SC and ST categories and work as agricultural labourers and working in the land which is owned by other people will get financial help from the side of the government. By getting the financial help, they all can become the land owner of their own land.

Not only this, but to enhance the productivity of the crop, the government is also going to provide them with skill development training, in which women practise the use of modern technologies in the agriculture sector.

TN Women Land Ownership Scheme

Official Name of scheme	Mannin Magal Thittam
Meaning of the Name	Daughters of The Soil
Beneficiaries	Adi Dravidian and Tribal Women of the state
Occupation of beneficiaries	Must be working as Agricultural Labourer in the land of others
Motive of the scheme	To convert them into landowners
Benefits Given	Financial Help to purchase Land
Budget Allocated	Rs.20 Crore

Objective of the scheme

This is really a very good scheme in which the state government make sure to provide economic security to women agriculture Labourer. Now they can also work on their own land, and after getting the training, they can all enhance their productivity. This scheme replaces the old Nannilam Women’s Land Ownership Scheme of the state.

Features of Mannin Magal Thittam

• Beneficiaries Covered: In this scheme, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Women of the state of Tamil Nadu who are working as Agricultural Labourer in the other people’s Land.
• Motive of the scheme: to make the agricultural labourers landowners by providing them financial assistance under the scheme.
• Skill Training: To provide them with skill development training and also provide them with the use of modern technology equipment to improve productivity.
• Additional Benefits: They all get Exemptions from Registration Fee and Stamp Duty while purchasing the land.  

Eligibility Criteria

• You must be a permanent citizen of the State of Tamil Nadu.
• You must be a woman and belong to the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe community of the state.
• The age of the woman can be between 18 to 55 years.
• The family annual income of the women is not more than 3.00 Lakhs.
• The applicant woman can be working as agriculture Labourer.
• The woman does not have any kind of land or property in their name.

Documents Required

• Copy of Aadhaar Card of the woman for her address and personal identity.
• Caste certificate showing that the woman belongs to the tribal caste and Adi Dravidian category.
• Family yearly income certificate.
• Women Bank passbook first page copy to received the financial aid of the scheme.
• Agricultural Workers certificate of the women; women can get the same certificate from the Village Administrative Officer.
• Documents related to the land which they are going to purchase or select by the beneficiaries with the complete details of the seller.

Subsidy Benefits and Conditions

• Every eligible woman will be eligible to get the 50% subsidy of the Total Cost of their project or 5 Lakhs, or whichever is lower. It can be based on the market value of the land.
• The land can be sold by different categories, including SC and ST.
• If you are going to purchase the wet land then it can be 2.5 Acres Maximum and for Dry Land it can be 5.00 Acres Maximum.
• In this scheme, the government is also providing full exemption from stamp Duty and Registration Charges.
• After purchasing the land under this scheme, the beneficiary woman is not eligible to sell this land for a period of 10 years.

How to Apply For Mannin Magal Thittam Scheme?

AS we all know, the government recently presented this scheme in their recent budget. So there is no information about the website, and the guidelines of the scheme have not been issued by the government. So as soon as they launch this scheme, the same official notification is going to be uploaded on the concerned department’s official website, i.e. Adi Dravidian and Tribal Welfare Department, and also on the Social Welfare Department of the state.

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