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586 dedicated COVID-19 hospitals set up
The Government of India has set up 586 dedicated COVID-19 hospitals. The hospitals have capacity to accommodate more than 1 lakh isolation beds. Highlights The GoI has taken preemptive actions to identify COVID-19 hotspots in India. Apart from isolation beds, around 11,500 ICU beds have also been set up. According to Ministry of Health, in ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Aayushman Bharat • COVID-19 testing • Hospitality Sector • hotspots of COVID-19 • isolation wards • MNREGA
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana launched to fight COVID-19
On March 26, 2020, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman launched Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana. The scheme is an economic help package for people in the country to fight against COVID-19 and its effects. Around 1.7 lakh crore has been allocated under the package. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana Under the scheme, around ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Corona virus • COVID-19 • MNREGA • Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana • Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana • Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana • Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana • Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan
Wage Code Bill
The Lok Sabha has approved the revised version of Code on Wages Bill which seeks to merge four labour laws related to wages, two of them dating back to 1936 and 1948. Features of the Bill The bill seeks to define the norms for fixing minimum wages which will be applicable to workers of organised ..
Topics: minimum wage • MNREGA • National Floor Level Minimum Wage • organised sector • unorganised sector • Wage Code Bill
Yuva Swabhiman Yojana
The government of Madhya Pradesh has announced the Yuva Swabhiman Yojana to provide employment for the unemployed youth from the economically weaker sections of the society. About the Scheme The features of the Yuva Swabhiman Yojana scheme are: It aims to provide employment to the youth belonging to the weaker section of the society mainly ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Topics: Employment scheme • Madhya Pradesh • MNREGA • Urban Youth • Yuva Swabhiman Yojana
'Benefits of the Aadhaar – where it stands today'
The Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has released a Facebook post titled ‘Benefits of the Aadhaar – where it stands today’ highlighting how the efficient use of the Aadhaar based identification has aided in improving the governance and in efficient delivery of services. How Aadhaar has aided in reducing leakages? The Finance Minister highlights the efficacy ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Topics: 'Benefits of the Aadhaar - where it stands today • Aadhaar • Arun Jaitley • Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey • Facebook post • MNREGA • Nandan Nilekani • PAHAL • Ujjwala • Union Finance Minister