Profile of States
Tamilnadu best State award for organ and tissue transplantation
- Tamil Nadu received the award for the best State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO) from the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), on the occasion of the 13th Indian Organ Donation Day.
- Since the inception of the deceased donor organ transplantation programme in Tamil Nadu in 2008, there have been 1, 706 donors.
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- Tamil Nadu has the highest number of government and private hospitals possessing organ retrieval licenses in the country.
- The Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme provides coverage of up to `22 lakh for organ transplants.Appointments – Who is who?
Centre extends cabinet secretary’s tenure
- The Centre extended the term of Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba by one year beyond August 30, 2023.
- Mr. Gauba, a former Union home secretary, was in 2019 appointed to the country’s top bureaucratic post for two years.
- The Centre has already given two one-year extensions to Gauba. This is the third extension for Rajiv Gauba to the post.
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- The Centre relaxed the All-India Services (AIS) rules to extend the tenure of Rajiv Gauba by another year.
- The Cabinet Secretary’s term length was extended to a maximum of four years.
