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551 oxygen generation plants to be set up in govt hospitals through PM Cares Fund: PMO
By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Sunday announced that 551 medical oxygen generation plants will be installed in government hospitals across India under the PM Cares funds, amid a massive shortage of the crucial supply of oxygen that has kept hospitals treating COVID-19 patients on tenterhooks for the last several days.These plants will boost oxygen availability at the district level, assured the government as an aggressive second wave of coronavirus has overwhelmed hospitals with a large number of patients in need of supplemental oxygen.
An in-principle approval was given for the Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen generation plants under the funds, said the Union government and added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed that these plants should be made functional as soon as possible.
However, the funds allocated for the purpose was not disclosed.
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These dedicated plants are set to be established in identified government hospitals in district headquarters in various states and the procurement will be done through the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The PM Cares fund had earlier this year allocated Rs 201.58 crores for installation of additional 162 oxygen plants in government hospitals but the ministry recently said that only 33 such plants have been installed.
The basic aim behind establishing such plants in government hospitals in the district headquarters is to further strengthen the public health system and ensure that each of these hospitals has a captive oxygen generation facility, said the Centre.
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Such an in-house captive oxygen generation facility would address the day-to-day medical oxygen needs of these hospitals and the district, said the Centre. In addition, the liquid medical oxygen would serve as a “top up” to the captive oxygen generation.
“Such a system will go a long way in ensuring that government hospitals in the districts do not face sudden disruption of oxygen supplies and have access to adequate uninterrupted oxygen supply to manage the Covid-19 patients and other patients needing such support,” noted a statement by the ministry.
India is struggling with a second wave of the pandemic with more than 3,00,000 daily new coronavirus cases being reported in the past few days.
Several hospitals in the national capital are grappling with severe shortage of medical oxygen.
While some hospitals have managed to make short-term arrangements, there is no immediate end to the crisis in sight.
(With PTI inputs)
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Welcome US President Joe Biden joining LeadIT climate initiative: PMO
By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Saturday welcomed the US’ decision to join the Indian-Swedish climate initiative, Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), and said it will help meet the Paris Agreement goals.In his address to a virtual summit on climate change, US President Joe Biden said he is looking forward to working with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a new partnership to achieve climate and energy goals, making this a core pillar of bilateral cooperation.
“We will be joining and a partner — for the nations and efforts to decarbonise critical sectors across the board, including the industrial sector, where we’ll join with Sweden and India, and in the Leadership Group for Industry Transition,” he said.
In a tweet, the White House said the United States is joining Sweden and India in LeadIT, an effort to promote low carbon pathways on the road to net-zero emissions for industries.
“Working together we can build momentum for industry transition to address the climate crisis,” the White House said.
Following the development, the PMO India tweeted, “Welcome @POTUS joining the Leadership Group for Industry Transition, LeadIT! This Indian-Swedish climate initiative takes the lead in heavy industry transition.”
“It will help us meet Paris Agreement goals, strengthen competitiveness & create new sustainable jobs,” it said.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, on his official Twitter handle, said, “Welcome @POTUS joining the Leadership Group for Industry Transition, LeadIT!” This Sweden-India climate initiative takes the lead in heavy industry transition, he said.
“It will help us meet Paris Agreement goals, strengthen competitiveness & create new sustainable jobs,” the Swedish prime minister said.
Earlier this week, India and the United States also announced a ‘US-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership’ to create stronger bilateral cooperation on actions in the current decade to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Centre sets the ball rolling for adoption of Sainik school model in Navodaya Vidyalayas
Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Nearly a month after the Union Finance Minister announced the setting up of 100 Sainik schools across India on PPP mode, balls have been set rolling to introduce the pattern in about 25 Navodaya schools in several states on a pilot basis.Under the plan, initiated by the Prime Minister’s office in 2017, at least one school in each district of the country will be run on the pattern of existing Sainik schools to develop “the ethos of national spirit, indomitable courage, an unfailing commitment to values of respect for country and society and imbibe the importance of physical fitness and embody the national pride”.
As per the plan, while the current 36 Sainik schools under the defence ministry will be renamed as Rashtriya Sainik schools, others incorporating its elements will be known as “Sankalp group of sainik schools”.
The Union Ministry of Education, three years ago, had suggested that Navodaya Vidyalaya—the residential schools from classes 6 to 12 largely for students from rural areas—could adapt to the model.
There are about 660 Navodaya Vidyalayas in the country, in every state except for Tamil Nadu. Under the latest plan, five schools each in all five regions will adapt the Sainik School model.
Vinayak Garg, NV Samiti commissioner could not be available for comments despite attempts to reach him but officials in the education ministry said that it is being “examined whether the model can be adopted for these set of schools.”
“We are meant to study the best practices in the education ecosystem and adopt them wherever possible,” said an official in the school education and literacy department.
In her Budget speech last month, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said that the government will set up 100 new Sainik schools in partnership with NGOs, private schools, and states.
Some educationists, meanwhile, questioned the move to “upgrade the Navodaya schools”.
“In my view, Sainik school and Navodaya school serve very different and distinct purposes and there is no need to merge their values as bringing quality and discipline cannot be achieved by simply making other schools into Sainik schools,” said educationist Anjela Taneja.
“Students from rural areas need to be encouraged as much to enter other professions as defence services,” she said and added that it was perplexing why the private sector should be roped in to set up or upgrade into Sainik schools.
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PM Modi to lay foundation stone of AIIMS at Rajkot on Dec 31
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay foundation stone of AIIMS in Rajkot, Gujarat on December 31 via video conferencing.
The foundation laying ceremony will take place at 11 am, according to a release by Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
For the project, 201 acres of land has been allotted. It will be built at an estimated cost Rs 1195 crores, and is expected to be completed by mid of 2022, it added.The state-of-the-art 750-bed hospital will also have a 30-bed AAYUSH block. It will have 125 MBBS seats and 60 nursing seats.
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PM Modi will address India Mobile Congress today, many countries will be involved
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PM Narendra Modi) will address the inauguration ceremony of Virtual India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020 on Tuesday. The ceremony will be held from 10.45 am. His address will be online. This information has been given by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The PMO issued a statement saying that IMC 2020 is being organized by the Department of Telecommunications and the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Government of India.
India Mobile Congress will be held from 8 to 10 December 2020. Prime Minister Modi will address the inaugural session of the India Mobile Congress 2020 online at 9.45 am on December 8. The theme of IMC 2020 is “holistic exploration – smart, safe, sustainable” and aims to promote the Prime Minister’s “self-reliant India”, “digital inclusion” and “sustainable development, enterprise and exploration”.
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PM Modi talks to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, declaration of compensation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held talks with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and after that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced compensation for dependents of people who lost their lives in the state due to cyclone prevention and heavy rains. Two lakh rupees will be given to the dependents of those who lost their lives due to cyclone and heavy rains, while the injured people will be given an ex-gratia of Rs 50,000 each. The PMO said that financial assistance to dependents and injured of the deceased will be provided from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) and central parties are being sent to assist in relief and rescue work in the state. A severe cyclonic storm hit the beach near Puducherry on Thursday, killing three people and uprooting more than 1,000 trees and flooding many low-lying areas in Tamil Nadu due to heavy rains. The PMO tweeted, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and discussed the situation created due to cyclone and heavy rains in the state. The Prime Minister expressed condolences to the dead and wished the injured to get well soon. ”
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PM Modi to address Centenary Convocation of University of Mysore today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Centenary Convocation of the University of Mysore via video conferencing on Monday.
“At 11:15 AM tomorrow, 19th October, I would be addressing the Centenary Convocation of the University of Mysore via video conferencing,” PM Modi tweeted.
“Looking forward to being a part of this special occasion, at a premier centre of learning and innovation,” he added.
The University of Mysore was established in 1916 and was the first university in Karnataka as well as the sixth university in the country.
A statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Saturday said the Karnataka governor, along with other dignitaries, would be present on the occasion with members of the syndicate and the academic council, MPs, MLAs, MLCs, statutory officers, district officers and students and parents set to witness the ceremony online.
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PM Modi to launch property cards under SVAMITVA scheme today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch distribution of property cards under the Survey of Villages And Mapping With Improvised Technology In Village Areas (SVAMITVA) scheme at 11am on Sunday. These cards are physical copies of property titles of the villagers’ homes and the surrounding areas they own (as opposed to the cultivated land).
The SVAMITVA scheme, which was launched by the PM in April, enables rural masses to use property as a financial asset, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement on Friday.
PM Modi will interact with some of the beneficiaries of the scheme as part of the event in which cards will be handed over to around 132,000 landowners. Union minister for panchayati raj Narendra Singh Tomar will be present in the programme.
According to the PMO, the beneficiaries are from 763 villages including 346 from Uttar Pradesh, 221 from Haryana, 100 from Maharashtra, 44 from Madhya Pradesh, 50 from Uttarakhand and two from Karnataka.
Beneficiaries from all states except Maharashtra will receive physical copies of the property cards within one day but since the western state has a system of recovering the nominal cost of these cards, it will take a month’s time there, the PMO statement read.
The scheme is being implemented across the country in a phased manner. It will cover 662,000 villages from 2020 to 2024 and pave the way for using property as a financial asset by villagers for taking loans and other financial benefits, the statement added.
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PM Modi to launch property cards under SVAMITVA scheme on Oct 11
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday launch the physical distribution of property cards under the SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages And Mapping With Improvised Technology In Village Areas) scheme that enables rural masses to use property as a financial asset, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement on Friday.
The launch event will begin at 11am on Sunday where PM Modi will also interact with some of the beneficiaries. Union minister for panchayati raj Narendra Singh Tomar will also join the programme. The property cards being rolled out under the SVAMITVA scheme launched by the Prime Minister in April are physical copies of property titles of the villagers’ homes and the surrounding areas they own (as opposed to the cultivated land), which will be handed over to around 132,000 landowners during the event.
Post the launch, the state governments will physically distribute the cards to people from more than 750 villages across six states. “The historic move set to transform rural India” will enable around 100,000 property holders to download their property cards through an SMS link delivered on their mobile phones.
According to the PMO, the beneficiaries are from 763 villages including 346 from Uttar Pradesh, 221 from Haryana, 100 from Maharashtra, 44 from Madhya Pradesh, 50 from Uttarakhand and 2 from Karnataka.
Beneficiaries from all the states, except Maharashtra, will receive the physical copies of the property cards within one day and since the western state has a system of recovering the nominal cost these cards, it will take a month’s time, it added.
The SVAMITVA scheme will cover 662,000 villages in a phased manner over a period of four years and the move will pave the way for using property as a financial asset by villagers for taking loans and other financial benefits, the statement said. The PMO also hailed the exercise as the first such large-scale exercise, involving the most modern means of technology, that will benefit millions of rural property owners.