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Swasth Mahila, Swasth Goa Initiative

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Swasth Mahila, Swasth Goa initiative was started by the “YouWeCan Foundation” in Goa.

Highlights

The initiative was started by the YouWeCan foundation, run by international cricket icon and philanthropic Yuvraj Singh.

The foundation has partnered with the SBI and Goa’s state governments and aims to do free breast cancer screening using “iBreast devices”.

Around 1 lakh Women will be screened over two years, and the initiative would guarantee that 50 per cent of the eligible female Population in Goa is screened.

Swasth Mahila, Swasth Goa

The Swasth Mahila, Swasth Goa initiative is funded by the “Indian Institute of Banking & Finance” and the SBI Foundation.

Under the initiative, free treatment will be provided for all the positive cases. For treating them, the government of Goa will also extend its support.

Breast cancer screening will be conducted across 35 Health Centres in Goa.

For this, 20 iBreast devices will be deployed where

10 will be deployed in North Goa and 10 in South Goa.

iBreast Exam will be used to screen under the initiative.

It is a non-invasive, fully wireless, hand-held, mHealth point-of-care solution to detect breast lesions.

iBE has shown high sensitivity and specificity for detecting non-palpable lesions at the initial stage.

Wildlife Action Plan 2021-30 Passed By Maharashtra

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The government of Maharashtra approved its own Wildlife Action Plan 2021-2030.

Highlights

The Wildlife Action Plan was passed during the 17th meeting of the State Board for Wildlife (SBWL).

Wildlife Action Plan (2021-2030) will be implemented over the next 10 years.

Maharashtra

became India’s first state to pass its own Wildlife Action Plan.

The board has also approved the extension of the boundary of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in the Chandrapur district of the Vidarbha region.

It will be extended

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around 79 sq km.

The plan has suggested uniting https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change adaptation in wildlife conservation.

It aims to develop a Climate Action Plan for the state’s Coastal Region in sync with the ‘State Climate Change Action Plan’ with particular emphasis on ‘Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and ‘Disaster Risk Reduction (DDR).

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said that a plan has been prepared to raise the income level of one lakh families having annual income of Rs 50,000 up to Rs 1.80 lakh per annum under the Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

While addressing the ‘Abhinandan Ceremony’ in the evening session of ‘International Vaish Mahasammelan’ held in New Delhi, Khattar called for active contribution from Vaish community for the upliftment and welfare of the underprivileged sections of the Society.

The Chief Minister said that the Vaish community has contributed significantly to the country’s economy by expanding trade, business and .

Khattar said that the annual income of 11 lakh families in the state is up to Rs 50,000. Under the ‘Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojna’, a plan has been prepared to initially increase the level of income of one lakh families upto Rs 1.80 lakh. The government is giving new directions to development by following the principle of ‘Sabka Saath- Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas-Sabka Prayas’, he said.

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The Jharkhand government plans to develop a new industrial corridor spread over 500 acres along the highway connecting Govindpur to Sahibganj in the city of Dhanbad.

Chief Minister Hemant Soren has directed the authorities to use the land on both sides of the road connecting the highway for this project.

The secretaries of the Industries, Revenue and Land reforms departments have been asked to prepare a report after assessing the prospects, availability of land and other Resources.

The road connecting Govindpur to Sahibganj in Dhanbad is 311 kms long. Dhanbad is the hub of coal production while the state’s only port at Sahibganj was started in 2019. There is ample potential for industrial development along this highway and its surrounding areas.

The plans to build an industrial economic corridor within 50 km of the road which will create EMPLOYMENT opportunities for more than 50,000 people. Hemant Soren has directed the officials to use the land for setting up industries as well as for housing.

For this project, the state government has directed the Deputy Commissioners of all the districts in the Santhal Pargana division. Officials have been asked to assess the compensation and other facilities etc. to be given in lieu of acquisition of farmers’ land.

In order to develop the Govindpur-Sahibganj Road as an industrial corridor, several connected spur roads will be constructed so that industrial units to be established around this road could be connected with the main road. Firms willing to set up industries will be provided land.

Later, this road will also be connected to the Ganga river at Sahibganj and the Ganga bridge being built there which will ease connectivity to Bihar and the north-east. This will also expand the scope of businesses.