Public Awareness and General Administration
Chennai Metro’s WhatsApp ticket
- Over 10,000 persons of Chennai Metro Rail bought the tickets on WhatsApp in one week after the launch of this service.
- Following Bengaluru’s Namma Metro, Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) also introduced the WhatsApp e-ticket.
- Commuters can generate a ticket if they send a message on WhatsApp to 8300086000 and make a payment.
- According to officials of CMRL, nearly 2.5 lakh commuters take the system and for a start, 1,500 WhatsApp e-tickets are sold on an average every day..
Funds allotted for MLACDS 2023-24
- The Tamil Nadu Government has accorded its administrative sanction for `702 crore for the implementation of the Member of Legislative Assembly Constituency Development Scheme (MLACDS) for 2023-24.
- Every MLA has been allocated `3 crore for development works in his/her Assembly constitutency.
Govt – Welfare oriented Govt schemes, their utility
Ayushman Bhava Program
- The aim of the campaign is to ensure comprehensive and saturation coverage of all health schemes so that every eligible beneficiary is able to avail their benefits.
- The Union health ministry is planning to launch ‘Ayushman Bhava’ programme to ensure optimum delivery of all state-run health schemes to every intended beneficiary, including those in the last mile.
- Ayushman Apke Dwar 3.0, Ayushman Sabha, Ayushman Mela and Ayushman Gram are some of the activities planned under the programme.
- The aim of the campaign is to ensure comprehensive and saturation coverage of all health schemes so that every eligible beneficiary is able to avail their benefits.
- Ayushman Sabha will be a village-level campaign led by the village health, sanitation and nutrition committee to ensure the benefits of all the health schemes of the central and state governments reach the intended beneficiaries.
- These will also enhance awareness about the importance of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PMJAY) health insurance scheme cards and their distribution and generating Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHA) numbers.
- The campaign will also help in making people aware about the importance of utilising screening services for non-communicable diseases (NCD) and sickle cell disease through health and wellness centres and also about communicable diseases such as elimination of tuberculosis, among others.
