Initiatives / Schemes
‘Ungal Kanavai Sollungal’ Survey
- A month-long household survey to gather public feedback on government schemes and priority issues.
- Aims to understand people’s aspirations for Tamil Nadu’s development by 2030.
- A separate website will be created for the dreams of young people, and the opinions of Tamils living abroad will also be collected.
- Families will share feedback on benefits received under State schemes.
- Each family will list three priority aspirations.
- Aspirations will be digitised, assigned a unique code, and families will receive a tracking card.
- To be launched by Chief Minister January 9, at Ponneri, Tiruvallur district.
- Implemented through the Mudhalvarin Mugavari Department.
Organ Donation – Tamil Nadu
- Background: In 2025, organ donation from 266 brain-dead individuals in Tamil Nadu has given a new lease on life to 1,476 people; the brain death organ transplant program created for this purpose is currently being implemented by the Tamil Nadu Organ Transplant Authority.
Brain Death Organ Transplant Program 2008
- The Tamil Nadu Organ Transplant Authority (TRANSTAN) manages the brain death organ transplant program.
- Tamil Nadu is the first state to make brain death certification mandatory in 2008.
- In September 2023, the Government of Tamil Nadu honoured those who donated organs after brain death.
- This first-of-its-kind government order has had a significant impact on the program.
Tamil Nadu Organ Transplant Authority
- The Tamil Nadu Transplant Authority (TRANSTAN) was launched on December 12, 2014.
- TRANSTAN (2014) is the pioneering state authority in Tamil Nadu that manages the organ donation program in a digital, transparent, and equitable manner.
Human Organ Transplantation Act
- Following the enactment of the Human Organ Transplantation Act in 1994, Tamil Nadu was one of the first states to begin cadaveric organ transplantation in 1995.
- For the sixth consecutive year, Tamil Nadu remains the best-performing state in organ transplantation activities.
- World Organ Donation Day is celebrated every year on August 13.
- The practice of observing September 23rd as Organ Donation Day was initiated in Tamil Nadu.
- The Tamil Nadu government launched the Transplant Organ Allocation app.
