About The National Ayush Mission (NAM)
Focus: GS II: Government Policies and Interventions Why in News? Ministry of Ayush is organising a two days National Ayush Mission Conclave in New Delhi. About the National Ayush Mission: Mission Objective: Mandatory Components: Approval and Implementation: Resource Allocation Framework: AYUSH Services, Educational Institutions, and Quality Control of ASU & H Drugs: Medicinal Plants: Benefits
About Jal Jeevan Mission 2023
Focus: GS II- Government policies and Interventions Why in News? Under Azadi ka Amrit Kaal, JJM celebrates a new milestone of ensuring safe and clean drinking water through taps to more than 12 Crore rural households of the country. About Jal Jeevan Mission: Nodal: Ministry of Jal Shakti Implications Challenges
About The Sagar Parikrama
Focus: GS II: Government policies and Interventions Why in News? The Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has recently announced the commencement of Phase-V of the Sagar Parikrama initiative. About Sagar Parikrama: Objective: Significance: Nodal Ministry: Participants: Journey Phases:
Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
Focus: GS II- Government Policies and Interventions Why in News? For giving fresh impetus to deliverables under the flagship Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana(PMMSY) seven major field studies are being carried out by the autonomous body, National Productivity Council (NPC). Major field studies would be undertaken in seven areas such as: About Pradhan Mantri Matsya […]
About Poshan Bhi, Padhai Bhi
Context: The Union Minister for Women and Child Development introduced the government’s flagship program ‘Poshan Bhi, Padhai Bhi’, which will focus on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) at anganwadis across the country. Relevance: GS II: Government policies and Interventions, Facts for Prelims About Poshan Bhi, Padhai Bhi The “Poshan Bhi, Padhai Bhi” initiative focuses […]
About SAKSHAM
Focus: GS II: Government policies and Interventions Why in News? The Union Health Ministry has introduced the SAKSHAM (Stimulating Advanced Knowledge for Sustainable Health Management), a Learning Management Information System (LMIS) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. About SAKSHAM (Stimulating Advanced Knowledge for Sustainable Health Management) SAKSHAM is a comprehensive digital learning platform developed […]
YUVA PRATIBHA – Culinary Talent Hunt
Focus: GS II: Government Policies and Interventions Why in News? MyGov, in collaboration with Institute of Hotel Management, Pusa will launch – YUVA PRATIBHA – Culinary Talent Hunt on May 13, 2023. About YUVA PRATIBHA – Culinary Talent:
India’s Delayed Implementation of Mandatory Drug Recall Law
Context: Abbot published a public notice in newspapers, alerting people about a mislabelled batch of medicine that it had inadvertently shipped to the market. Such recalls take place regularly in the US but it is uncommon in India for domestic or foreign pharmaceutical companies to recall substandard or mislabelled drugs. Relevance: GS II: Government Policies […]
Regulations To Curtail Misleading Food Ads
Context: Recently, the Advertisement Monitoring Committee at the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) flagged 32 fresh cases of food business operators (FBOs) making misleading claims and advertisements. Relevance: GS II: Government policies and Interventions Dimensions of the Article: Regulations to Combat Misleading Advertisements and Claims Types of Regulations: Advertising Codes: Truthful and […]
Government Programme for NCD Renamed
Context: The existing National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) programme has been renamed National Programme for Prevention & Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD). Relevance: GS II: Government policies and Interventions Dimensions of the Article: Details: About NPCDCS/NP-NCD National Health Mission NHM was launched by the government of India in 2013, which subsumed […]