TAMIL NADU AFFAIRS

Initiative & Schemes

Tamil Nadu’s Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) Registry 

  • State-level Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) Registry launched in August 2024 under National Health Mission (NHM) – Tamil Nadu.
  • Children receiving treatment in both government and private hospitals are included.
  • Significance
  • To improve survival rates, ensure continued care, and enhance the quality of life for children and adolescents.

National Health Mission

  • National Health Mission (NHM) was launched in 2013 subsuming the National Rural & Urban Health Mission.
  • Its centrally sponsored scheme.
  • Fund Sharing: 60:40 between central government and states, 90:10 for north eastern states.
  • Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
  • Aim: “Universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care services, accountable and responsive to people’s needs”.

Initiative & Schemes

ELCOT–Perplexity AI MoU

  • To provide training to college students in Tamil Nadu in Perplexity Pro AI.
  • Training for six months free of cost.

Environment 

Marine Elite Protection Force

  • The Marine Elite Protection Force was launched to protect and monitor marine resources.
  • It provides protection to endangered species such as the Olive Ridley sea turtle, dolphins, and dugongs.
  • It focuses primarily on enforcing the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

IUCN Red List

  • Olive Ridley Sea Turtle – Vulnerable
  • Dugong – Vulnerable 
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