Free bus pass scheme launched for students in TN
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday launched the free bus pass scheme for school and college students for 2016-17. The scheme, aiming to benefit students from poor backgrounds, covered 28.05 lakh students in 2015-16, an official statement said. This year, 31.11 lakh students would be provided free smart card bus passes at an estimated ₹504.31 crore, the statement added.