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The monsoon session of the Parliament Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha started from September 14, 2020 and will continue till October 1. Here we include some Facts on Parliament Session and figure based on the parliament session. This will help you in Quoting in mains answers.

Steps supporting Indian System of Medicines Under AYUSH Ministry

• Scheme for Voluntary Certification of Yoga Professionals which aims at certifying the competence level of Yoga professionals.
• Yoga Certification Board (YCB) has been established with the objectives to bring synergy, quality and uniformity in knowledge and skills of Yoga professionals.
• International Day of Yoga is celebrated in 190 countries and Ayurveda day is celebrated in more than 35 countries.
  • Besides Ministry has been organizing International Yoga Conference every year since 2015.
• Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) in the country through State and UT governments
  • This aims the promotion and development of AYUSH systems.
• AYUSH Gram :
  • AYUSH based lifestyles promoted through behavioral change communication, training of village health workers towards identification and use of local medicinal herbs and provision of AYUSH health services.
• Incentives schemes for drug manufacturers, entrepreneurs, AYUSH institutions
  • Participating in International exhibitions, conferences, workshops, trade fairs, etc. for generating awareness amongst the public about the AYUSH systems of medicine.
  • Registration of AYUSH products with regulatory authorities of the foreign countries.
  • 50 products (Unani and Ayurveda) have been registered in 8 countries : Kenya, USA, Russia, Latvia, Canada, Oman, Tajikistan and Sri Lanka under the IC scheme of the Ministry.
• 33 AYUSH Information Cell have been set up in 31 countries.
• Misleading advertisements related to Ayush claims and provisions
  • State/UT authorities to initiate necessary action against the defaulters and alleged manufacturers/ advertisers
  • Law against misleading Ads
    • Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
    • Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954
• Extra Mural Research (EMR)
  • Supports scientists in the country to conduct research in Homoeopathy.
  • Designed to encourage R&D in priority areas based on disease burden in alignment to National Health Programmes.
  • Make scientific exploration of AYUSH system with interdisciplinary approaches.

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare – Doubling Farmers’ Income

Steps for Doubling Farmers’ Income

• Seven sources of income growth
  • Improvement in crop productivity
  • Improvement in livestock productivity
  • Resource use efficiency or savings in the cost of production
  • Increase in the cropping intensity
  • Diversification towards high value crops
  • Improvement in real prices received by farmers
  • Shift from farm to non-farm occupations.
• Supplementary income transfers under PM-KISAN
  • PM Kisan is a Central Sector scheme with 100% funding from Government of India.
  • Income support of 6,000/- per year in three equal installments will be provided to small and marginal farmer families having combined land holding/ownership of upto 2 hectares.
• Creation of ‘Agricultural Infrastructure Fund (AIF)’ worth Rs. 1 lakh crore
• Allocation of Rs 500 crore for Bee Keeping initiative (Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture)
• Pradhan Mantri Kisan MaanDhan Yojana (PM-KMY)
  • Providing old age pension to these farmers.
  • Under this Scheme, a minimum fixed pension of Rs. 3000/- will be provided to the eligible small and marginal farmers, subject to certain exclusion clauses, on attaining the age of 60 years.
• Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
  • Launched from Kharif 2016 season.
  • This scheme provides insurance cover for all stages of the crop cycle including post-harvest risks in specified instances, with low premium contribution by farmers.
• National Bamboo Mission extended
• Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) : The Scheme is aimed at ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers for their produce
• Agriculture credit flow target was set at Rs. 13.50 lakh crore for the F.Y.2019-20 and Rs.15.00 lakh crore for F.Y. 2020-21.
• Interest Subvention Scheme 2018-19 continuation.
• Kisan Credit Card (KCC) extended to the farmers practicing animal husbandry and fisheries related activities.
• National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) scheme
  • Online virtual trading platform, to provide farmers with opportunity to directly sell their produce.
  • 1000 wholesale regulated markets across 18 States and 3 Union Territories (UTs) have been integrated with e-NAM platform.
  • A total of 1.67 crore farmers, 1.44 lakh traders and 83,958 commission agents and 1722 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) have been registered on e-NAM platform.
  • A total trade value of Rs. 1,04,313 crore has been recorded on e-NAM platform.
• Organic Farming in the Country
  • Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)
    • Promotes cluster based organic farming with PGS certification.
    • Assistance of Rs.50,000 per ha /3 years is provided out of which 62%
    • Rs. 31,000 is given as incentive to a farmer towards organic inputs.
  • Capital investment Subsidy Scheme (CISS)
    • Under Soil Health Management Scheme
• Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
  • Rs 1 lakh crore Agri Infrastructure Fund for farm-gate infrastructure for farmers.
  • All loans under this financing facility will have interest subvention of 3% per annum up to a limit of Rs. 2 crore.
  • This subvention will be available for a maximum period of 7 years.

Ministry of Women and Child Development

• Malnutrition in India
  • It can increase morbidity and mortality by reducing resistance to infections.
  • The overall under five mortality rate (number of deaths per thousand live births) reduced from 74.3 in 2005-06 to 49.7 as 4th National Family Health Survey report released in 2015-16.
  • POSHAN Abhiyaan has been launched in March 2018.
• SoS Safety App : 112 Emergency Response Support System (ERSS), which provides for a single number (112) based assistance in emergencies to women in distress.
• Fastrack Investigation of Child Sex Abuse Cases : 1023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs), including 389 exclusive POCSO Courts, for expeditious trial and disposal of cases related to rape and POCSO Act.
• Reduction in Maternal Mortality Rate :
  • Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) of India per 100,000 live births has declined to 113 in 2016-18 from 122 in 2015-17 and 130 in 2014-2016.
  • Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) : Demand promotion and conditional cash transfer scheme is implemented with the objective of reducing Maternal and Infant Mortality by encouraging institutional deliveries.
  • Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram : Every pregnant woman is entitled to free delivery, including caesarean section in public health institutions.
  • Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) : has been launched to provide fixed-day assured comprehensive and quality antenatal care universally to all pregnant women on the 9th of every month.

Source : PIB

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GS II : Developmental Studies of government initiatives

Current Affairs Compilation : 19 September 2020

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