TamilNad Mercantile Bank presents Aarogya India initiative 
The Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) recently celebrated its 100th anniversary in Thootukudi. On this special occasion, Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman flagged off the ‘Aarogya India’ Vaccination awareness campaign and TMB’s mobile vaccination drive, to educate the citizens on the importance of vaccination in preventing the spread of COVID-19 virus.
One of India’s oldest and leading private sector banks, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank has partnered with the Times Network to kick-start this novel initiative, which is part of the centenary celebrations of TMB. The Aarogya India vaccination awareness van travelled across the city of Chennai to spread awareness among the people on the importance of being inoculated to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection.
A mass vaccination drive was carried out in Alanganallur to ensure that every citizen is vaccinated against the virus. The initiative focused on travelling to villages across the state of Tamil Nadu.
In the next leg of Aarogya India, the vaccination awareness drive arrived at Pappakudi village in Tirunelveli district, and travelled through Usilampatti village in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu. The aim was to support those impacted by the pandemic. People came out in large numbers to get their jab. Block Medical Officer from Pappakudi village, Dr Asraf Ali said, “Only by vaccination we can break this chain, and we aim to achieve 100 per cent vaccination.”
The Aarogya India campaign is set to ensure access of the COVID-19 vaccination to all citizens, even those staying in the most remote villages of the state.
About TMB:
The Tamilnad Mercantile Bank now has 509 full-fledged computerised and interconnected branches spread across 16 states and four Union Territories of India. In South India, TMB is the first bank to introduce robotics to sort and bundle currencies in their currency chest, in order to provide quality service to the customers. For FY21, the bank’s net profit stood at ₹603 crore as compared to ₹408 crore in FY20, showing a 48 per cent growth. Total advances stood at ₹31,541 crore in FY21 from ₹28,236 crore in FY20. Total deposits stood at ₹40,970 crore against ₹36,825 crore last year. Its total business was at ₹72,511 crore, up 11 per cent from ₹65,061 crore in FY20.
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