Initiatives/ Scheme
Tamil Nadu’s CMCHIS Expands Access to High-End Medical Procedures
- Context: Over 18,000 patients have undergone high-end medical procedures under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS).
- Eight high-end procedures are covered, including kidney, liver, heart, lung transplants, cochlear implants, auditory brainstem implants, and bone marrow/stem cell transplants.
- Renal transplants benefited the highest number of patients (6,524), followed by cochlear implants (6,276).
Chief Minister Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme
- Families with Rs.1.20 lakh annual income will be eligible.
- Journlaists who have accreditation card and press pass holders are eligible for this scheme.
- Implemented through United India Insurance Corporation.
History and culture
Keezhadi Excavation
- The Central Government has granted permission for the 11th phase of archaeological excavations in Keezhadi, Sivaganga district.
- This permission was granted after the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology submitted the report of the 10th phase of excavations to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
- So far, only about 4% of the Keezhadi site has been excavated.
- The 11th phase of excavation aims to uncover new information about the ancient civilization that flourished on the banks of the Vaigai River.
- Through scientific studies and carbon dating methods, the artifacts found in Keezhadi have been proven to belong to the period between the 6th and 3rd centuries BCE.
Keezhadi
- It is located in the Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu, on the banks of the Vaigai River, approximately 12 km southeast of Madurai.
- Archaeological excavations were started in 2015 under the leadership of Amarnath Ramakrishna.
- The first three excavations were conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
- Subsequently, the work was undertaken by the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology.
- More than 120 pottery shards inscribed with Tamil-Brahmi script indicate early literacy and a long-standing continuity of the writing system.
- This indicates a well-planned urban settlement.
- Evidence has been found for organized industries such as pottery, weaving, dyeing, and bead-making.
- Agate and carnelian beads point to long-distance trade networks.
