I-DAY GIFT: LOW-COST MED STORES, SCHEME FOR EX-SERVICEMEN
The New Indian Express|August 16, 2024
HOISTING the national flag on the ramparts of Fort St George in Chennai, marking the 78th Independence Day, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday announced the state's plan to launch pharmacy outlets, named 'Mudhalvar Marunthagam' (CM's Pharmacy), on next Pongal day (January 14) to ensure availability of generic and other medicines at low cost to the people.
I-DAY GIFT: LOW-COST MED STORES, SCHEME FOR EX-SERVICEMEN

A total of 1,000 such pharmacies will be opened in the first phase.

To ensure effective implementation of the scheme, the government will provide loan assistance and grants-in-aid of 3 lakh to pharmacists and cooperative societies, he said.

Stalin also announced Mudhalvarin Kakkum Karangal (CM's Protective Hands), a scheme that will help ex-servicemen get loans up to ₹1 crore from banks to start businesses and is expected to benefit 400 ex-servicemen in the state.

In his Independence Day address, the CM said the poor who approach government hospitals are being provided excellent treatment and quality medicines but middle-class families getting treated in private hospitals are being forced to pay high price for medicines.

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