CHENNAI: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was on Wednesday all praise for the welfare schemes introduced by the successive governments headed by Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. The visiting dignitary said that she was eager to interact with such a great personality, who had to her credit several path-breaking achievements.During her meeting with the Chief Minister at the Secretariat, Clinton congratulated the AIADMK leader on her impressive electoral victory, which would be the “envy of any politician in the world”. The delegation headed by Clinton expressed keen desire to know about the pioneering schemes evolved by Jayalalithaa for women and children, like the Cradle Baby Scheme, Girl Child Protection Scheme, All Women Police Stations and Women Self-Help Groups.The delegation also appreciated the Free Mid-day Nutritious Meal Scheme brought in by former Chief Minister M G Ramachandran. The US Secretary of State requested that the details of all these schemes could be sent to the US Consul General in Chennai for future use in various fora. Clinton also expressed her desire for a tie-up between Tamil Nadu and States in the US for various industrial and economic projects.During the course of the discussions, the CM expressed her concern over reduction in issuance of H1B visas even though, in terms of number of visas issued, the Chennai US Consulate is the second largest in the world. Since the current quota for H1B is very low at 65,000 and since the number of applications far exceeds the quota, she requested Clinton to restore quota to the original level of 195,000.
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