Dr. Vinod Kumar Paul Current Affairs, GK & News
POSHAN Maah 2019 started with Eat Right India campaign
Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has kick-started POSHAN Maah (nutrition month) 2019 with a year-long social and mass media campaign on the Eat Right India movement. This movement is aligned with the government’s flagship public health programmes such as POSHAN Abhiyaan, Anemia Mukt Bharat, Ayushman Bharat Yojana and Swachh Bharat Mission. Dr. Vardhan also ..
Topics: Ayushman Bharat Yojana • Dr. Vinod Kumar Paul • Government of India • Harsh Vardhan • Ministry of Ayush • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare • Narendra Modi ministry • Publicly funded health care • Swachh Bharat Mission • Vardhan
Ministry of Women and Child Development organizes 2nd meeting of National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges under POSHAN Abhiyaan in New Delhi
The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) has organized 2nd meeting of National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges under POSHAN Abhiyaan on 24th July 2018 in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Rajiv Kumar, the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog. In it, it was declared that Month of September to be celebrated as National ..
Topics: Dr. Vinod Kumar Paul • India • Jhunjhunu • Ministry of Women and Child Development • Niti • NITI Aayog • Rajiv Kumar • Women in India
The first meeting of National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges under POSHAN Abhiyaan started in New Delhi
The first meeting of National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges under POSHAN Abhiyaan has started in New Delhi on April 18, 2018. The mandate of the National Council on India’s Nutritional Challenges is to provide policy directions to address countries nutritional challenges through coordinated inter-sectoral action. The council is also mandated to coordinate and review ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Topics: Amitabh Kant • Dr. Vinod Kumar Paul • India • Niti • NITI Aayog • Rajiv Kumar • Stunted growth
The executive committee under POSHAN Abhiyaan hold its first meeting to decide on road map for mission
The Executive Committee, which is the apex body for all nutrition related activities under the POSHAN Abhiyaan, held its first meeting to decide on the road map for the mission on March 14, 2018. The Committee is headed by Rakesh Srivastava, Secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Development. An official release stated that ..
Topics: Asian people • B. R. Ambedkar • Dr. Vinod Kumar Paul • India • Indian nationalists • Jhunjhunu • Narendra Modi • NITI Aayog
Rajiv Kumar committee constituted by Union Government to study Brahmaputra and flood control measures in Assam
The Union Government has constituted a committee headed by Rajiv Kumar, the Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog, to study the Brahmaputra and flood control measures in Assam and neighboring states .
Topics: Assam • Brahmaputra River • Dr. Vinod Kumar Paul • India • National Development Council • Niti • NITI Aayog • Rajiv Kumar • Rivers
Rajiv Kumar to be new Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog
Noted economist Dr. Rajiv Kumar will be the new Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog, which is a think-tank that replaced the Planning Commission. He will succeed Arvind Panagariya, who will leave the government think tank on August 31, 2017 and return to Columbia University. Currently, Rajiv Kumar is a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy ..
Topics: Arvind • Arvind Panagariya • Dr. Vinod Kumar Paul • India • Niti • NITI Aayog • Planning Commission • Rajiv Kumar • Think tank