The Tamil Nadu Medical Providers Company (TNMSC) has floated a young to repair the speed contract for provide of 1 gram gold rings for infants born in authorities hospitals throughout the State beneath the Thaimaman Thanga Mothiram Thittam.
Final month, the State authorities had introduced that Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay will inaugurate the scheme on September 15, the beginning anniversary of former Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai and a Authorities Order was issued. In accordance with the order, gold rings can be procured for 4,41,667 deliveries at a complete value of ₹755.83 crore — ₹17,000 every — together with ₹5 crore in the direction of administration prices.
The scheme elicited combined responses, with considerations raised by public well being professionals and political events, together with how the funds might be higher spent on strengthening healthcare. One of many contentious points of the scheme was the choice to entrust the TNMSC, an company that was established in 1994-95 to make sure the supply of important medicines in authorities hospitals, with the procurement of gold rings.
The TNMSC has now gone forward and floated the tender. As per the notification, it proposes to repair a charge contract for a interval of 1 yr for provide of roughly 4,41,667 one-gram gold rings (22 carat) per yr. It has supplied the tentative annual requirement for every hospital throughout all districts. The Authorities Medical School Hospital, Tiruvannamalai, recorded the best projected annual requirement at 14,409, adopted by the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Hospital for Ladies and Youngsters, Egmore, with 14,197 and the Authorities Rajaji Hospital, Madurai, with 14,149.
For the aim of monetary bid analysis, the benchmark gold charge for one gram of twenty-two carat (916) gold is fastened as ₹13,000, the doc stated.
The decoration might be a smooth-edged child ring appropriate for newborns. The design, dimensions, and engraving sample (if any) might be authorized and finalised by the purchaser (TNMSC) previous to graduation of bulk manufacturing. Every ring might be securely packed in a clear polycarbonate blister card with a tamper-evident seal. Every unit will bear a singular serial quantity similar to the batch/lot quantity, hallmark distinctive identification, and BIS Hallmark/Assay Certificates particulars to make sure full traceability, the doc stated. The entrance aspect of the blister card should be embossed/printed with the Authorities of Tamil Nadu emblem, a portrait of the Chief Minister, and the identify of the scheme, it said.
Printed – July 14, 2026 09:50 pm IST
