Universal Health Coverage Scheme for UT of J&K

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NATIONAL NEWS

The Universal Health Coverage scheme Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY SEHAT to cover all residents of Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The scheme will ensure Universal Health Coverage and focus on providing financial risk protection and ensuring quality and affordable essential health services to all individuals and communities.
It provides financial cover upto Rs 5 lakh per family on a floater basis to all residents of the UT of J&K.
The two pillars of Ayushman Bharat Program are:

The 2020 year-end review of Ministry of AYUSH was released. The following are the few important initiatives by the Ministry:

Ayush Sanjivani" mobile application for understanding the measures adopted by public for enhancing immunity and keeping themselves healthy in the difficult COVID-19 situation.
New Acts passed: National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCIM) Act, 2020 and National Commission for Homoeopathy (NCH) Act, 2020
“Institute of National Importance” - status given to Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda and four institutes at Gujarat Ayurved University.
WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine – to be set up in India.
Yogasana was made as a competitive sport.
Pradhan Mantri VRIKSHAYUSH YOJANA - for the cultivation and post-harvest management of medicinal plants
ĀYURVEDAGRANTHASAMUCCAYAḤ - web portal for bringing all major classical compendia of Ayurveda on a single software platform has been developed.

Indian Naval Ship Kiltan arrived at NhaRong Port, Ho Chi Minh City on 24 December 2020 as part of Mission Sagar-III.
Mission SAGAR (Security And Growth for All in the Region) is part of India’s Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) assistance to Friendly Foreign Countries during the ongoing pandemic.
The ship will deliver 15 Tons of HADR Stores for the flood-affected people of Central Vietnam.

Air Force Sports Control Board has been announced as the winner of FICCI India Sports Awards 2020 under the category - Best Company Promoting Sports (Public Sector)
The award function took place virtually through video conferencing on 08 Dec 2020 and Air Commodore Ashutosh Chaturvedi, Chairman, AFSCB received the prestigious award from the President FICCI.

The National Consumer Rights Day is celebrated by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution every year on December 24.
The theme of National Comsumer Rights Day 2020 is “New Features of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019”.

Prime Minister addressed the centenary celebrations of Visva Bharati University.
Visva Bharati University was founded by Rabindranath Tagore as a college in 1921 in Shantiniken, West Bengal.
After Independence the status of Central University was given by an Act of Parliament in 1951.

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