INDIAN COAST GUARD (ICG) Ship Vigraha is the seventh in the collection of Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs).
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The ship will be primarily based in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and operate on the jap seaboard underneath the Operational and Administrative Control of the Commander, Coast Guard Region (East).
The ship is additionally designed to raise one twin-engine Helicopter and 4 high pace boats for boarding operation, search & rescue, law enforcement and maritime patrol. The ship is additionally successful in carrying pollution response tools to include oil spills at sea.
It can obtain a maximum velocity of 26 nautical miles per hour with patience of 5000 nm at reasonable speed.
ICGS Vigraha will be deployed significantly for EEZ surveillance and different duties.
With this ship joining the fleet, the Indian Coast Guard will have 157 ships and 66 aircraft in its inventory.
POSHAN Abhiyaan is the flagship programme of government of India to improve nutritional outcomes for pregnant Women, lactating mother, children and adolescent Girls. This mission was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of International Womens Day on March 8, 2018. POSHAN stands for Prime Ministers Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition Abhiyaan. This mission was announced in Budget 2021-2022.
POSHAN Abhiyaan divert the attention of country towards the problem of Malnutrition and address it in a mission-mode. This mission focuses on the aims of POSHAN Abhiyaan, Mission Poshan 2.0. it seeks to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach and outcomes in order to develop practices that nurture Health, wellness and immunity on disease as well as malnutrition.
POSHAN Maan is celebrated in the month of September to ensure community mobilization and bolster peoples participation. In the year 2021, as India celebrates Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, this month has been subdivided into weekly themes with a focused and assimilated approach to improve holistic nutrition.
Web version of e-GOPALA has been developed by National Development Board (NDDB).
Portal was launched to aid dairy farmers.
NDDB also launched IMAP web portal that provides real-time information to the dairy farmers in order to provide better productivity of dairy animals.
Web portal was launched in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modis dream of Digital India.
The e-Gopala App is a comprehensive breed improvement marketplace and information portal, directly used by farmers.
e-GOPALA platform will help farmers to manage their Livestock including buying and selling of disease-free germplasm like semen, embryos, etc. It will also inform regarding the availability of quality breeding Services as well as guide farmers on animal nutrition & treatment of animals with the help of appropriate Ayurvedic ethno veterinary medicine. It also comprises of mechanism to send alert regarding due date for vaccination, pregnancy diagnosis & calving and provide information to farmers about government schemes. Portal will facilitate real time checking of coverage and progress of several projects and government schemes.