Compensation to Family Members of Martyrs The Government has not sought assistance from corporate houses to assist the families of deceased Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles (AR) personnel. However, Sarojini Damodaran Foundation (SDF), Bangalore has recently provided scholarships from the academic year 2015-16 to the wards of CAPFs & AR personnel who… Read More »
Manufacturing of Electric Cars Government has already introduced new scheme for boosting manufacturing of electric & hybrid vehicles in the country for initial period of two years w.e.f. 01.04.2015, popularly known as Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India – FAME India. The detail of the vehicle segment wise breakup of… Read More »
Cervical cancer in women As per data collected by National Centre for Diseases Informatics and Research – National Cancer Registry Programme of ICMR, the estimated number of deaths due to cervical cancers accounts for 24% of all anatomical sites of cancer in women in India. This is the largest proportion among all cancers in women… Read More »
Common entrance test for all medical colleges With the approval of the Central Government MCI had notified the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to Under Graduate (UG)/Post Graduate (PG) Medical Courses by amending Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 1997 and Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000 vide notifications dated 21.12.2010 from the academic year… Read More »
Action plan for diabetes prevention Diabetes is one of the major Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) affecting people across the Globe including India. The Government has taken a number of steps for prevention and control of diabetes. Government of India launched National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) which is… Read More »
Life Expectancy in the Country The projected levels of expectation of life at birth for male are 68.8 years and that of female is 71.1 years for period 2016-20. The state-wise life expectancy of male and female is given in the table below. The projected levels of expectation of life at birth in years, 2001-2026… Read More »
Free medical treatment for senior citizens As per the unverified information available in public domain, many developed and developing countries have been providing either free medical treatment including medicines and hospitalisation or on subsidised cost, to their senior citizens. However, specific details of such schemes/policies are not available with the Health Ministry. The Government of… Read More »
Welfare Schemes for War Widows and Dependents District-wise number of war widows and ex-servicemen from Rajasthan State at present are given below: Sl. No. District No. of War Widows No. of Ex-Servicemen 1. Ajmer 32 9636 2. Alwar 145 19986 3. Barmer 13 1750 4. Bharatpur Nil 6474 5. Dholpur Nil 531 6. Bhilwara 12… Read More »
Government to sign a pact with WHO in the field of traditional medicines The Union Cabinet in its meeting held on 17th Februray 2016 approved the signing of Agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO). The Agreement, however, is yet to be signed. As per Cabinet approval, as a first step in the long term… Read More »
Minister of Railways launches one E-enabled application, namely, Project Management & Information System (PMIS) for proper Monitoring of all the Railway projects throughout the country This Application will be able to have a watch over the lifecycle of any project of the Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Minister of Railways during a function held at… Read More »