‘Nari Shakti Puraskar-2015’ conferred on 22 Institutions/Individuals by the President The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee conferred the ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar-2015’on the occasion of International Women’s Day today. The awards are given every year by the Ministry of Women & Child Development to institutions and individuals who have made exceptional contribution towards empowerment of… Read More »
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Budget Highlights 2016-2017 The Minister of State (I/C) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy has made the following statement in a media briefing here today. “The budget for skill development is highly encouraging for us. As announced, we will be creating 1500 Multi Skill Training Institutes (MSTIs) which… Read More »
Key Achievements 2015-2016: Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship The huge mismatch between education, employability and employment has been staring in the face of the country since the last 40 years now. The country had more than 70 odd programs on skill development being run across 29 states through 21 different ministries. Each one had… Read More »
Registration Process under 5 Labour Acts to be Integrated with E-Biz Portal tommorrow: Annual Return under Mines Act 1952 and Common ECR for EPFO/ESIC with Shramsuvidha Portal The Ministry for Labour & Employment will launch the Common Registration Facility on e-biz Portal, integration of the Annual Return under Mines Act 1952 and common ECR for… Read More »
Import of Stents Currently, Cardiac and Drug Eluting Stents are notified as ‘Drugs’ under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. Health is a State subject, and data regarding annual requirements of Stents in the country is not complied centrally. The Department of Pharmaceuticals has informed that the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority under the Department of… Read More »
New Medical Colleges This Ministry administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely, “Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals”. Under the Scheme, 58 District/referral hospitals in 20 States/UTs are to be upgraded. A list of these 58 identified districts is placed in the table given below. Districts covered are those which did not… Read More »
Anti-Microbial Resistance A National Policy for containment of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in the country was formulated in the year 2011 and has been widely disseminated. The said policy envisages enforcement and enhancement of regulatory provisions for use of antibiotics for humans as also for… Read More »
Tele-Medicine Services Following steps have been taken to strengthen Telemedicine services:- I. A Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) amounting to Rs. 103.99 Crores has been approved for establishment of National Medical College Network (NMCN), wherein 41 Govt. Medical Colleges are being networked in the first phase riding over National Knowledge Network- high speed bandwidth connectivity, with… Read More »
Organ Donation Exact data on the number of premature deaths due to heart, liver, lungs, kidneys and pancreas complications has not been compiled. However, there is a huge gap between the demand for and supply of human organs for transplantation. The present annual requirement and availability of commonly transplanted organs is assessed as below: … Read More »
Type-2 Diabetes in women The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has undertaken a large scale epidemiological study on Task Force Projects on diabetes “ICMR – India Diabetes Study (ICMR INDIAB) Study” which looked at the prevalence of diabetes in different States. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes (among women aged ≥ 20 years) in 13… Read More »