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 »
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has launched Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) on 11th November, 2014 to enable higher educational institutions to work with the people of rural India in identifying development challenges and evolving appropriate solutions for accelerating sustainable growth. The Ministry of HRD has advised all the higher educational… Read More »
Epfo Launches a Special Drive :Mission Consolidation”One Employee-One Account” on May Day A Software also Launched for Centralized Processing to Transfer and Consolidate Accounts with Ease EPFO Greets the Human Engines of Nation – Our Labour Force on International Labour Day Greeting workers on International Workers Day with the. Sh. Bandaru Dattatreya, the Union… Read More »
Government clarification on issues regarding M/S Agusta Westland International Limited (AWIL) In the matter pertaining to acquisition of Agusta Westland helicopters, the undisputed central issue that stands out is corruption, especially bribery. Any other line of assumption, approach and effort, as is being attempted in some quarters, is misleading, tries to hide the wrong-doers and… Read More »