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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES - December 2018

Dec 2018

May 24, 2019

NHA to Collaborate with Cancer Grid

In the first such move to bring in uniform standards of patient care to battle cancer, the National Health Authority (NHA) and National Cancer Grid (NCG) signed an MoU under the Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).
The main objective of this collaboration includes developing uniform standards of patient care for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer; providing specialised training and education in oncology, and facilitating collaborative basic, translational and clinical research in cancer.

May 22, 2019

Civic Body Offers Funeral Services

A civic body in Telangana's Karimnagar district has come up with a novel scheme, offering funeral services at a nominal cost of just one rupee, to help the poor perform last rites of their departed family members.
Sardar Ravinder Singh, mayor of Karimnagar Municipal Corporation, announced that the civic body would bear all the expenses required for the last rites of a deceased irrespective of their caste or religion, whether it is cremation or burial.
The scheme, christened as "Antima Yatra" or "Aakhri Safar", will be formally launched on June 15.

May 03, 2019

Panel on Benefits for Paramilitary Officers

Days after the Delhi High Court gave it time till July 15 to give the Central Armed Police Forces certain benefits given to officers of other services, like the IAS and IPS, the Centre has set up a 7-member expert committee to look into the matter.

Apr 30, 2019

Committee to Oversee Clean Air Programme

The Union Environment Ministry has constituted a committee to implement the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), which aims to reduce particulate matter (PM) pollution by 20%-30% in at least 102 cities by 2024.
The committee will be chaired by the Secretary, Union Environment Ministry and has among its members the Joint Secretary (Thermal), Ministry of Power; Director-General, The Energy Resources Institute (TERI), the Delhi-based think-tank; and Professor Sachidananda Tripathi, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K).
The committee would be headquartered in New Delhi.

Apr 22, 2019

Committee to Look into Discrepancies

The Government has constituted a three-member committee to look into the controversies arising out of Intermediate results.
It consists of Venkateswar Rao, MD, Telangana State Technology Services, Prof. Vasan from BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus, an expert in validation and evaluation using IT tools and methods, and Prof. Nishant of IIT Hyderabad, who is on the advisory body of competitive examinations.
The decision was taken after Education Minister G. Jagadish Reddy reviewed the situation with Education Secretary B. Janardhan Reddy and other senior officials.

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