JHARKHAND

J’khand moves towards a secure public health delivery system

The Government of Jharkhand is committed itself to secure the health of the State’s citizens. Chief Minister Hemant Soren has always been instructing officials to ensure better health care facilities for the people of the State. The instructions and different measures are now yielding positive results.

Major initiatives taken in this direction include the establishment of modern trauma centres, up-gradation of the Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College and hospital in Dhanbad, MGM medical college and hospital in Jamshedpur along with other divisional hospitals.

With the help of this health management system, one can check for the availability of doctors in the hospital and schedule an appointment with them by registering online through the portal. Apart from this, the availability of blood in the blood bank is also made available with regular updates.

If a patient books an appointment through the online registration portal, his/her health information, such as, treatment report, test reports, surgery, prescriptions, medicine details get regularly updated on the website, this information can be accessed by the patient and hospital management. The government plans to add other government hospitals of the district to the existing system.

After the implementation of the online health management system, the administration is also witnessing improved efficiency of the hospital staff as the system is also being used to assign duty hours/ schedule to the workforce. People coming for the treatment at the Sadar Hospital Dhanbad are also appreciating this positive effort by the Government.

INTERNATIONAL

Forest Governance by Indigenous and Tribal Peoples

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations & the Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean have released a new report entitled “Indigenous and Tribal People’s Forest Governance”. Highlights:

In the Caribbean and Latin America, the rate of deforestation in indigenous and tribal areas is low.

Based on more than 300 studies published in the past two decades, the new report emphasizes that indigenous and tribal people are generally better forest protectors than those responsible for other forests in the area.

Indigenous and tribal peoples and forests on their territories play an important role in regional and global climate action and the fight against hunger, poverty and malnutrition.

The carbon storage in these regions accounts for 1/3 of the carbon storage in the forests of Latin America and the Caribbean, and 14% of the carbon storage in the global tropical forests.

Carnivac-Cov Vaccine – Animal Vaccine

Russia has registered the world’s first animal vaccine against the noval coronavirus. The country’s agricultural safety supervision agency Rosselkhoznadzor announced the news. Highlights:

The world’s first animal vaccine against the noval coronavirus was named Carnivac-Cov.

According to the watchdog, the immunization will last for 6 months. However, the developer of the dosage is constantly analyzing this.

According to Rosselkhoznadzor, the Covid-19 vaccine is expected to start mass production as early as April 2021.

According to Russian scientists, the use of this vaccine can prevent the development of viral mutations in animals.

World Health Day is on 7th April

Every year, April 7th is designated as World Health Day. This day is to celebrate the role played by midwives and nurses in maintaining the safety and health of the world. Highlights:

Purpose: To raise awareness of specific health topics to highlight priority areas of concern to the World Health Organization (WHO).

World Health Day is commemorated by the World Health Organization and several other organizations. Every year, the theme of World Health Day is selected by WHO. The first World Health Assembly by WHO in 1948. This day is commemorated every year to commemorate the establishment of the WHO.

The WHO officially marks only eight campaigns. World Health Day is one of them. Other events are World Tuberculosis Day, World Immunization Week, World Malaria Day, No Tobacco Day, World Hepatitis Day, World AIDS Day & World Blood Donor Day.

NATIONAL

India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation And Partnership Agreement

The India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement will enter into force on April 1, 2021. Highlights:

The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) between Mauritius and India was signed in February 2021.

This is the first trade agreement signed between India and an African country.

This agreement is a limited agreement and covers trade in goods, rules of origin, trade in services, Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures, dispute settlement, movement of natural persons, telecommunications, financial services, customs procedures and other areas Cooperation.

India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) provides an institutional mechanism to encourage and improve trade between both the countries.

PLI Scheme for Food Processing Industry

The Cabinet approved the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for the Food Processing Industries Highlights:

The Production Linked Incentive Scheme for the Food Processing Industries was approved by the Cabinet is to support the establishment of a world food manufacturing champion commensurate with India’s natural resource, and to support the development of Indian food brands in the international market.

The scheme has been launched and the cost is Rs. 109 million.

This is a Central Sector Scheme.

The objectives of the Scheme is to support food manufacturers to have a prescribed minimum sales volume, and be willing to expand processing capacity and establish brands abroad with the minimum prescribed investment to incentivize the emergence of powerful Indian brands. The purpose is to:

To support the creation of a global food manufacturing champion;

Strengthen selected Indian food brands to increase global visibility and gain wider acceptance in the international market;

Increase employment opportunities for non-agricultural work; and

Ensure the remuneration price of agricultural products and higher income of farmers.

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