The tests will be carried out at the assembly campus and the MLA hostel.
Tamil Nadu Chennai Coronavirus News Live Updates: Ahead of the scheduled Tamil Nadu assembly session at Chennai’s Kalaivanar Arangam on September 14, the Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday issued a circular stating that all the legislative members will be subject to COVID-19 testing 72 hours before they enter the assembly meet.
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The tests will be carried out at the assembly campus and the MLA hostel.
All the members, including department officials, assembly workers, security personnel and journalists among other who will be entering the assembly premises should undergo testing in their areas from September 11 through the health officials in each district. The government has made arrangements in the respective areas for the same.
All members entering Kalaivanar Arangam should obtain COVID-19 negative certificate before entering the premises.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu recorded 5684 positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the state tally to 4,74,940. Among these, Chennai reported 988 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 1,43,603.
Tamil Nadu recorded 87 deaths on Tuesday, putting the state toll at 8012. 84 of them had succumbed due to comorbidities. The state discharged 6599 patients following treatment, putting the total number of recoveries at 4,16,715.
Palaniswami also launched a dedicated portal of the state Health and Family Welfare Department to help eye donors. (File)
The Tamil Nadu government has discovered a scam amounting to over Rs 110 crore in the PM-Kisan Scheme, with money withdrawn fraudulently online with the help of government officials and local-level politicians. Initial estimates show nearly five-and-a-half lakh people may have benefited as advantage was taken of clearance norms being relaxed after the Covid-19 lockdown began.
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Principal Secretary Gagandeep Singh Bedi said they first noticed the unusually high number of beneficiaries being added to the scheme in August, especially from 13 districts. While 18 people, all ‘agents’ or ‘brokers’, have been arrested, 80-odd officials associated with agricultural schemes have been dismissed and 34 officials suspended, Bedi said. The suspended officials include three assistant directors of the Agriculture Department.
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Of the Rs 110 crore-plus siphoned off, Rs 32 crore has been retrieved, mostly from bank accounts directly. The government said they expected to retrieve the remaining amount too, within 40 days.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Monday pledged to donate his eyes, the government said. He also launched a dedicated portal of the state Health and Family Welfare Department to help eye donors.
“Chief minister Edapadi K Palaniswami pledged to donate his eyes and was presented with the certificate (for this purpose) by Principal Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan,” an official release here said.
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He also launched the website http://www.hmis.tn.gov.in/eye- donor, which would be helpful to people interested in eye donation.
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