Chennai: Tamil Nadu government today launched the free bus pass scheme for school and college students for the year 2016-17, with Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa giving away smart cards to five beneficiaries.
The government scheme, aimed at benefiting students from poor backgrounds, covered 28.05 lakh students in 2015-16, an official release said.
This year, 31.11 lakh students will be provided free smart card bus passes at an estimated Rs 504.31 crore, it said.
A total of 1248 beneficiaries will receive a monthly pension of Rs 1000 starting this August, the release said.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
The government scheme, aimed at benefiting students from poor backgrounds, covered 28.05 lakh students in 2015-16, an official release said.
This year, 31.11 lakh students will be provided free smart card bus passes at an estimated Rs 504.31 crore, it said.
A total of 1248 beneficiaries will receive a monthly pension of Rs 1000 starting this August, the release said.
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(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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