Union Health Minister Current Affairs, GK & News
Mansukh Mandaviya: India’s new Health Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya, Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat, has been appointed as new Health Minister of India in a major cabinet reshuffle. Key points Mandaviya has replaced Dr Harsh Vardhan who was in charge of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Ministry of Science & Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences since 2019. Mandaviya will ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: cabinet reshuffle • Health MInister Mansukh Mandaviya • Kanya Kelavani Jyoti Padyatra • Mansukh Mandaviya • Union Health Minister
Health Minister launches revamped health schemes
Union Health Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, launched revamped health schemes and has digitized the versions of Flagship Health Schemes. Schemes were launched on IT platform of National Health Authority (NHA). Key Points Harsh Vardhan launched revamped Central Government Health Schemes (CGHS) apart from Umbrella Schemes of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) and Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) • digital health • digital health technology • Dr Harsh Vardhan • Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi • Revamped Health Schemes • Union Health Minister
Union Health Minister chairs 74th World Health Assembly
Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Chairman of WHO Executive Board, Dr Harsh Vardhan, chaired 74th World Health Assembly in virtual mode on May 24, 2021. Highlights Director-General of World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros, also participated in the event. According to Dr Harsh Vardhan, executive board has asked for further efforts which can ensure ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Summits and Conferences
Topics: 74th session of World Health Assembly • Director-General of World Health Organisation • Dr Harsh Vardhan • Union Health Minister • World Health Assembly • World Health Organisation (WHO)
Mobile Application ‘eBloodServices’ launched by Union Health Minister
As the COVID-19 pandemic has restricted activities and movement of people across the globe, one challenge that has emerged for all the States and as well as Central Government of India is in ensuring safe blood for the citizens who require regular blood donation for blood or bleeding disorders such as hemophilia, etc. On 25th ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Topics: Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) • Dr Harsh Vardhan • eBloodServices • ERaktkosh Team • Indian Red Cross Society • New Delhi • Union Health Minister
72nd session of WHO Regional Committee of South-East Asia inaugurated in New Delhi
Union Minister of Health, Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the week-long 72nd session of World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for South-East Asia (SEA) in New Delhi. This is the 2nd occasion that India is hosting Regional Committee meeting. Last meeting was also hosted by India in New Delhi. Indian Health Minister, Harsh Vardhan was unanimously elected ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
Topics: 72nd session of WHO Regional Committee of South-East Asia • Dr Harsh Vardhan • New Delhi • Union Health Minister • WHO Regional Committee of South-East Asia
Centre to raise Health Services Expenditure to 2.5% of GDP by 2025
Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan while addressing a query during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha announced that Government has set a target to raise health services expenditure to 2.5% of country’s GDP (Gross domestic product) by 2025. He also highlighted that public expenditure on health services has increased continuously over the years and continues ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2019
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Aayushman Bharat • Health and Education Cess • Health Services Expenditure • Higher Education Funding Agency • National Health Policy 2017 • National Health Protection Scheme • Union Health Minister