Union Cabinet of India approved the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy
The Union Cabinet of India on 22 November 2012 passed the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy (NPPA). As per the new pricing policy declared by the Union Government, 348 essential drugs would come under price control policy of the nation, which would lead to price reduction of the same.
The policy was approved by the Union Cabinet with an objective to bring in a regulatory framework to make sure that the pricing of essential drugs remains under control and are made available in the market at reasonable prices.
The approval came in as a response to the deadline of 27 November 2012 set by the Supreme Court of India for finalization of a policy that to without altering or hampering the mechanism for cost-based drug pricing policy in existence. The move would bring down the cost of the drugs to an average of 30 percent as the pricing now would be fixed following the simple average of the rates of all the brands that have more than one percent of market share in the pharmaceutical industry. Following the rules of the policy, the companies will have to take a clearance by NPPA to increase the prices beyond 10 percent on all the 348 drugs enlisted in the new National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy.
developing countries are members of the inter-governmental
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New Exploration Licensing policy(NELP) is related to
production and exploration of: [A]Oil and Natural Gas [B]Uranium Reserves [C]Coal
Reserves [D]Thorium Reserves
Oil and Natural Gas New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) was conceptualised
by the Government of India, during 1997-98 to provide an equal platform to both
Public and Private sector companies in exploration and production of hydrocarbons
with Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) as a nodal agency for its
implementation. It was introduced to boost the production of oil and natural gas and
providing level playing field for both public and private players
National Drug Pricing Policy cleared by Centre
• The Centre has cleared the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy that will bring 348 essential drugs
under price control and ensure availability at reasonable prices.
• At present, the government through the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) controls
prices of 74 bulk drugs and their formulations.
Income Ceiling for LIG raised by Union Government of India
The Union Governmentof India on 15 November 2012 decided to raise cap on the annual income which is required for qualification for the benefits under the present housing schemes for the Low Income Groups (LIG) as well as Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). This step on the part of the government will provide benefit to 20 lakh people.
The Ministry for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) raised the income criterion for EWS housings from 60000 Rupees per year initially to 1 Lakh Rupees now. This clearly indicates that people with household income below 1 Lakh Rupees will be able to avail benefits of EWS housing scheme. Likewise, the income bar for LIG category has been raised to 2 lakh Rupees now.
This decision will be implemented during the 12th Five Year Plan. Instructions have been given to the state governments as well as the banks so that the decision could be implemented effectively.
People will now be able to get benefits under the Rajiv Awas Yogna (RAY) andEWS Housing Schemes. Additionally, the Union Minister added that they have the target of including 20 lakh people under this plan. It is the big step because more people would qualify for the home loans now.
Definition of Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)
People falling within the income limit set by the Ministry of Urban Development fall under the category of Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). Ministry of Urban Development revised this income ceiling from Rs. 3,300 to Rs. 5,000. This income ceiling has been made applicable to loans for Interest Subsidy for Housing the Urban Poor Scheme (ISHUP) as well as Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO).
Ministry of rural development on3 October 2012 started a campaign named Nirmal Bharat Yatra which focuses on making the country free from open defecation.
The yatra will begin from Wardha District of Maharashtra from 3 october 2012 and will go through Indore, Kota, Gwalior, and Gorakhpur and end up in Bettiah district of Bihar on November 17, covering about 2000 km of distance.
The Indian Bollywood actress Vidya Balan is the brand ambassador of the campaign.
The campaign is being promoted by several NGOs and private companies and it is going to be completed at a cost of over Rs 12 crore and is going to target over 9 crore people to spread awareness about sanitation.
The well known NGOs that are participating in the programme are Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council.
According to the Studies conducted by World Health Organisation and UNICEF it was found that with 626 million people defecating in the open, India has largest population without access to toilets.
The Yatra is about demand generation and sensitization about the sanitation issues as open defecation is a blot on our society.
The single biggest cause of malnutrition in India is poor sanitation and hygiene. Therefore with the most important medical and behavioral message is going to be conveyed.
Sikkim has already achieved the ODF (Open Defecation Free) status and the States like Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Maharashtra are on way to achieve the sanitation goals in coming one to two years.
The yatra will begin from Wardha District of Maharashtra from 3 october 2012 and will go through Indore, Kota, Gwalior, and Gorakhpur and end up in Bettiah district of Bihar on November 17, covering about 2000 km of distance.
The Indian Bollywood actress Vidya Balan is the brand ambassador of the campaign.
The campaign is being promoted by several NGOs and private companies and it is going to be completed at a cost of over Rs 12 crore and is going to target over 9 crore people to spread awareness about sanitation.
The well known NGOs that are participating in the programme are Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council.
According to the Studies conducted by World Health Organisation and UNICEF it was found that with 626 million people defecating in the open, India has largest population without access to toilets.
The Yatra is about demand generation and sensitization about the sanitation issues as open defecation is a blot on our society.
The single biggest cause of malnutrition in India is poor sanitation and hygiene. Therefore with the most important medical and behavioral message is going to be conveyed.
Sikkim has already achieved the ODF (Open Defecation Free) status and the States like Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Maharashtra are on way to achieve the sanitation goals in coming one to two years.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on 28 September 2012 observed its 8th Formation day at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi and reaffirmed its commitment towards making Disasters in India resilient.
During the ceremony, the vice-chairman of NDMC M. Shashidhar Reddy threw light on some of the contributions made by the authority in all these years and the management system developed by them to control the situation of disaster. The Chief Guest and the Guest of Honour on this occasion were the Union Minister of Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs Pawan Kumar Bansal and Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Mullapally Ramachandran respectively.
NDMA was constituted on 30 May 2005 with its notification done on 27 September 2006 by the Prime Minister of India as its Chairperson. The organization is responsible to ensure the prevention measures along with preparedness, mitigation, generation of awareness, recovery and rehabilitation along with fine recommendations related to fund allocation at times of all types of manmade and natural disaster across the nation.
Atlas: “Aquifer System of India” launched
2012-10-04 17:10:25 Puneet
Ministry of water resources and parliamentary affairs released Atlas for six states
namely- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and
Meghalaya.
What is special about this Atlas?
In this Atlas which is named Aquifer Sysytem of India, the Central Ground Water
Board has compiled and integrated data on various aspect of ground water since its
inception. The atlas gives a panorama and summary of the most important
information available for each principal and major aquifer systems and provides
aquifer wise ground water scenario. It also gives an account on major issues and
challenges which need immediate attention for sustainable management of ground
water resources.
How will it help?
The Atlas will be immensely useful in Regional and National ground water resources
planning by the policy makers and anyone who wants to comprehend ground water
scenario in the country.
Policies and scheme
It would also cover women who are under social and economic family
tension or discord, are made to leave their homes without any means of
subsistence and have no special protection from exploitation or facing litigation on
account of material disputes. It would also safeguard trafficked women besides girls
who are rescued or run away from brothels or other places where they face
exploitation. Women affected by domestic violence could stay up to one year while
other categories could stay up to three years. Older women above the age of 55
could be accommodated for a maximum of five years after which they would have to
be shifted to old age home or such other institutions. Girls up to the age of 18 and
boys up to the age of 12 would be allowed to stay in the ‘Swadhar Greh' with their
mothers.A new Central scheme called ‘Swadhar Greh' is being
launched to protect destitute women in which of the following Indian States--Haryana
Nirmal Gram Puraskar
In October 2003, Government of India initiated an incentive
scheme named the 'Nirmal Gram
Puraskar’(NGP). NGP is given to those "open defecation free" Nirmal
Gram Panchayats, Blocks, and Districts which have become fully sanitized. The
incentive provision is for Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) as well as
individuals and organizations that are the driving force for full sanitation
coverage.
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Chattisgragh has recently started a new experiment to link the PDS (Public Distribution System) services to the smart card of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), to check the leakages in the PDS System
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY, literally "National Health Insurance Programme",is a government-run health insurance scheme for the Indian poor.
It provides for cashless insurance for hospitalisation in public as
well private hospitals. The scheme started enrolling on April 1, 2008
and has been implemented in 25 states of India. A total of 23 million families have been enrolled as of February 2011
The Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) is a rural development program of the Government of India launched in Financial Year 1978 and
extended throughout India by 1980. It is a self-employment program
intended to raise the income-generation capacity of target groups among
the poor. The target group consists largely of small and marginal farmers, agricultural labourers and rural artisans living below the poverty line
Jawahar rozgar yojana--- Jawahar
Rojgar Yojna (JRY) is a poverty alleviation scheme, which falls under
the category of works program for creation of supplementary employment
opportunities. JRY was formed in 1st April 1989 by amalgamating two wage
employment programs viz., National Rural Employment Program (NREP) and
Rural Employee Guarantee Program (RLEGP). JRY includes two
sub-schemes, viz., Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), a housing program and the Million Wells Scheme (MWS).
sub-schemes, viz., Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), a housing program and the Million Wells Scheme (MWS).
SANGAM YOJANA--- TO ENSURE WELFARE OF HANDICAPPED
(1) Prerna:- The ‘janasankhya sthirata kosh (national population
stabilization
fund) has to promote & under take activities aimed at achieving
population stabilization at a level consistent with the needs of
sustainable economic growth. Social development and environment
protection by 2045
•
Prerna is a responsible for parenthood strategy. It is monetary
incentive strategy aimed at pushing up the age of marriage of girls and
delay the birth of the first child.
(2) National Rural Health Mission:-Lunched
in April 2005 the mission seeks to provide universal access to
equitable, affordable and quality health care which is accountable and
at the same time responsible to the needs of the people.
• It also aims to achieve the goals set out under the national policy
and the millennium development goals during the mission period.
(3) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna:-Launched by ministry of labour & employment, govt of India to provide health insurance coverage for BPL families.
• Beneficiaries are entitled to hospitalization coverage up to Rs 30,000 for most of the disease that require hospitalization.
(4) National Food Security Mission:-Sponsored scheme launched in august 2007.
• Objective is to increased production and productivity of wheat, rice and pulses.
(5) 15 Point Programme:-In
Oct 2009 govt decided to include 3 more schemes in the Prime minister’s
new 15 point programme for the welfare of minorities.
Those are: -
• National rural drinking water programme.
• Urban infrastructure developed scheme for small and medium town.
• Urban infrastructure and governance scheme.
(6) Bharat Nirman Yojna(2005):- It
is a time bound business plan for action in rural in infrastructure
.Under Bharat nirman , action was proposed in the areas of:-
I. Irrigation.
II. Rural housing.
III. Rural water supply.
IV. Rural electrification.
V. Rural telecommunication connectivity.
(7) National Mission On Education:-It is a mission in which education is provide through information and communication technology. “SAKSHAT” one stop education portal was launched on Oct 30 2006 by the president of India.
• Head of National knowledge commission:-Sam Pitroda.
(8)Right To Education Act 2009:-
Article 21-(A), as inserted by the constitution (86th Amendment Act)
2002, provides for free and compulsory education of all children in the
age group of 6 to 14 years as a fundamental rights. Consequently the
parliament has enacted this in April 2009.
Salient features:-
(a) Free and compulsory education 6 to 14 age group.
(b) Will apply to all India except J&K.
(c) Provide for 25% reservation for economically disadvantaged communities in admission in private school.
(d) A child who completes elementary education (up to class 8) shall be awarded a certificate.
(9) Female Literacy:-It
is a scheme to provide education & related facilities to ST
Students launched by ministry of trial affairs in dec 11, 2009.
National Rural Livelihood
Mission:-Ministry
of rural development and panchyati raj proposed to restructure the existing
swarnjayanti gram swarojgar yojna into rural livelihood mission to have a
focused approach to rural poverty eradication in a time bound manner.
• Objective is to reduce poverty among rural
BPL by promoting diversified and gainful self employment and wage employment
opportunities which would lead to an appreciable increase in sustainable basis.
(13) NREGA Renamed After
Mahatma Gandhi:- On Oct 2, 2009.
(15) Rajiv Awas Yojna:-Ministry of housing and
urban poverty alleviation had launched the housing project called the Rajiv
awas yojna for slum dwellers and the urban poor.
• Aimed at making India slum free in the next
five years.
(16) Government Gave 50%
Women’s Quota: - For women in urban local bodies from 33 % to 50 % by
the 108th const. amendment act.
(21) Unique Identification
Authority:- Chairman of UID is Nandan
Nilekani. He revealed that the first set of 16 digit unique identification number
for citizen of the country will roll out by the end of 2010.
• The UIAI is a part of the planning mission
of India.
• AADHAR:-UIDAI now new name AADHAR and also
a logo.
• AADHAR or foundation through
through which the citizen can claim his/her rights and establishment when
assumed of equal opportunities as symbolized by the logo which has the halo of
the sun in the imprint of a thumbs.
(25) Census 2011:-15th national census of
India. President being first person to share her details. First census was
conducted in 1872.
(27) Rajiv Gandhi Grammeen
LPG Vitarak Yojna:- Union petroleum and natural
gas ministry inaugurated this scheme for providing liquefied petroleum gas to
the rural house hold at Lachhman ghar in sikar district of Rajasthan .
• Under the scheme it is proposed to increase
the number of connection to 16 crores with coverage of 75% of population by
2015.
(29) National Integration
Council:-The
Govt. has reconstituted it which will be chaired by prime minister. Set up in
the early 60’s by Nehru.
(31) ICDS:-Integrated child
development service launched on 2nd Oct 1975.
• It is the world largest programme for early
child hood.
• The objective is to improve the nutritional
and health status of children in the age group of 0-6 years.
(33) Green India Mission:- Ministry of environment
and forests and the defense research and development organization have launched
the mission.
• The aim is to bring a million heacter of
high altitude, cold desert
ecosystem under cultivation by 2020.
(34) Pradhan Mantra Adarsh
Gram Yojna:-
It was launched in Rajasthan Sriganga nagar district.
• Aim at integrated development of 1,000
villages where a majority of the population belongs to the schedule caste.
• It is a replica of U.P’s Ambedkar village
scheme.
(35) Jawaharlal Nehru
National Solar Mission:- Objective -Generation of 20000 mw of solar
energy in three phases by 2022.
• Under this govt. aims to add at least 1000
mw solar power by the end of 2013.
• Power Finance Corporation and the rural
electrification corporation had agreed to provide financial assistance.
(36) Certified command of state centre force in
chattisgrah, orissa,Jharkhand, Bengal was mooted to counter naxal problem.
Under this a IG rank officer or a retired major general on board should be
headed the certified command. In this:-
• Additional helicopters should be provided.
• 400 new police stations should be opened.
• 34 new battalions should be constituted.
(42) National Advisory
Council:-
• A consultative body, chained by Sonia
Gandhi.
• To serve as
Training rural youth
for self employment(1979)
| Health Ministry Launches Janani-Shishu Suraksha Karyakram JSSK to Benefit more than one Crore Pregnant Women & Newborns |
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UPA Chairperson Smt Sonia Gandhi today launched the national initiative
of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India – the
Janani –Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK). Addressing the gathering near
Al-Afia Hospital, Mandi Khera, District Mewat in Haryana, Smt Gandhi
noted that tremendous improvement in health care services has occurred
under the initiative of National Rural health Mission started since 2005
and the new initiative of Janani –Shishu Suraksha Karyakram is but a
step further in ensuring better facilities for women and child health
services. She hoped that States would come forward and ensure that
benefits under JSSK would reach every needy pregnant woman coming to
government institutional facility. The new initiative of JSSK would provide completely free and cashless services to pregnant women including normal deliveries and caesarean operations and sick new born (up to 30 days after birth) in Government health institutions in both rural and urban areas. The new JSSK initiative is estimated to benefit more than one crore pregnant women & newborns who access public health institutions every year in both urban & rural areas. The Free Entitlements under JSSK would include: Free and Cashless Delivery, Free C-Section, Free treatment of sick-new-born up to 30 days, Exemption from User Charges, Free Drugs and Consumables, Free Diagnostics, Free Diet during stay in the health institutions – 3 days in case of normal delivery and 7 days in case of caesarean section, Free Provision of Blood, Free Transport from Home to Health Institutions, Free Transport between facilities in case of referral as also Drop Back from Institutions to home after 48hrs stay. Free Entitlements for Sick newborns till 30 days after birth similarly include Free treatment, Free drugs and consumables, Free diagnostics, Free provision of blood, Exemption from user charges, Free Transport from Home to Health Institutions, Free Transport between facilities in case of referral and Free drop Back from Institutions to home. Speaking on the occasion the Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Sh Ghulam Nabi Azad stated that the number of institutional deliveries, a key determinant of maternal mortality, has increased from seven lakhs (2005-06) to more than a crore (2010-11). One of the significant activities for saving the lives of the mother and also the infant is provision of quality ante-natal and post-natal services, he noted. The Minister informed that more than Rs 1100 crores have been provided to the States for drugs, diet and ambulances under NRHM during 2011-12. He asked the States to widely publicize the new JSSK entitlements, display them prominently in all Government facilities, put entitlements in public domain, and institute a grievance redressal mechanism for ensuring that the commitments are fulfilled in letter and spirit. JSSK supplements the cash assistance given to a pregnant woman under Janani Suraksha Yojana and is aimed at mitigating the burden of out of pocket expenses incurred by pregnant women and sick newborns. Besides it would be a major factor in enhancing access to public health institutions and help bring down the Maternal Mortality and Infant mortality rates. Presently it is noted that, out of pocket expenses and user charges for transport, admission, diagnostic tests, medicines and consumables, caesarean operation are being incurred by pregnant women and their families even in the case of institutional deliveries.
Announcement of Rajiv Awas Yojana - June 2009
In June 2009, President of India announced “Rajiv Awas Yojana” with a vision of a slum-free
With an aim of creating a slum-free India, government on On 2nd June 2011, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the launch of the phase-1 of Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) to facilitate affordable housing for slum dwellers.
The
Centre would provide financial assistance to States willing to assign
property rights to slum dwellers for provision of shelter and basic
civic and social services for slum re-development and for creation of
affordable housing stock under the RAY scheme.
The
scheme is expected to cover about 250 cities, mostly with population of
more than one lakh across the country by the end of 12th Plan (2017).
The scheme will progress at the pace set by the States.
As
per the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs decision, the Centre will
bear 50 per cent of the cost of slum re-development. To encourage
creation of affordable housing stock, the existing schemes of Affordable
Housing in Partnership and Interest Subsidy Scheme for Housing the
Urban Poor have been dovetailed into RAY.
In
order to encourage private sector participation in slum re-development,
Central assistance can be used by the States and cities towards
viability gap funding.
Credit
enablement of the urban poor and the flow of institutional finance for
affordable housing is an important component of the scheme. The
government has agreed to establish a mortgage risk guarantee fund to
facilitate lending the urban poor for housing purposes with an initial
corpus of Rs. 1000 crore.
The
scheme has been designed on the basis of experience of the Jawaharlal
National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) sub-mission of Basic Services to
the Urban Poor (BSUP) and the Integrated Housing and Urban Development
Programme (HSDP).
Under
these schemes, government had sought to take action for inclusive urban
growth by enabling re—development of slums with basic amenities and
decent housing with security of tenure.
The
foundation laid by the JNNURM is now being built upon by aiming at
creation of a slum—free India through assignment of property rights to
slum dwellers with greater inflow of additional Central assistance for
slum re-development and creation of new affordable housing stock.
As
in JNNURM, the Central assistance is conditional to reforms by the
States. The reforms required here are directly linked to the objectives
of the scheme and necessary for the scheme to be successful.
These
reforms include the enactment of law and the assigning of property
rights as also reforms in the policy to ease the land and affordable
housing shortages.
The
scheme is expected to begin in 250 cities which have an estimated 32.10
million people living in slums. They will benefit by way of property
rights and access to decent shelter, basic amenities and a dignified
life.
The
inclusive city growth process will lead to enactment of productivity at
the bottom of the pyramid and will sustain the contribution of cities
to the Gross Domestic Product.
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Policies soon for engagement with social media engaging citizens in
designing government programmes.
The Union Ministry of Communications and Information Technology drafting a policies for:
Use of social media by several departments
For engaging citizens in designing government programmes.
A draft framework for using the social media by various departments of government of India and the state
governments has been prepared.
Drafting another framework, the ministry wants to engage citizens in the design of various government programmes.
This policy is aimed at plugging the gap b/w the field reality and what is being designed and planned. The Ministry is
holding consultations with civil society regarding the framework of the policy.
Govt approves Policy for Acquisition of Raw Material Assets abroad
by CPSEs
The Policy for Acquisition of Raw Material Assets abroad by Central Public Sector Enterprises, CPSEs has been
approved by the Government. The policy is applicable to CPSEs in Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity
sectors having a 3 year record of making net profits.
The availability of sufficient quantities of raw materials is a precondition not only for the growth of the manufacturing
sector particularly and the economy as a whole, but also from the strategic view. The policy will also install provisions
for fast track decision making via a coordinating mechanism.
Draft of “National Youth Policy 2012” released
Minister of State Youth Affairs & Sports, Ajay Maken released the draft of the National Youth Policy, 2012.
Objective of the Policy:
To focus on empowering youth via skill development,
Enhancing employability and facilitating entrepreneurship opportunities via convergence with other Ministries
and Departments.
Some key highlights:
Special attention to National values, social harmony, national unity, and empowering youth through employable
skills, education, health, sports and recreation.
Policy proposes to alter the target age group from the existing 13-35 years to 16-30 years
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September 10, 2012
Youth Development Index (YDI) to be a part of the policy that will serve as baseline and ready-estimator for
evaluators and policy makers.
The Centre proposes to formulate a National Livestock Policy
A National Livestock Policy proposed by the Centre in order to raise cattle population in the country.
As proposed under the policy:-
The States will be provided guidelines to implement specific programmes.
Aims will be to provide food and livelihood security to cattle farmers to improve their socio-economic status.
To ensure a clean environment for cattle farmers.
National Telecom Policy 2012 gets Cabinet approval
The fresh National Telecom Policy (NTP), 2012 got approval from the Union Cabinet.
NTP 2012 aims at:
Abolishing roaming charges on mobile phones
Allow users to hold the same number across the country without paying any extra charge
Delinking spectrum allocation from Licensing
Increasing Tele-density in rural areas
NTP mentions Cloud computing, Next-Generation Networks, IPV6 and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) as
thrust areas of future technologies.
The policy also allows national number portability, but again, with no visible timelines.
New Board to implement Manufacturing policy soon
With an aim to revive manufacturing sector, Government announces of establishing a new board, Manufacturing
Industry Promotion Board (MIPB).
It will aid operationalize the national manufacturing policy
It will be headed by Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma
It targets to create 100 million additional jobs and enhance the contribution of manufacturing from the present
16 % to 25% of the GDP within 10 years
As per CSO (Central Statistics Office), India’s economic growth has reduced to 9-year low of 5.3 % in January-March
quarter, dragged by narrowing in manufacturing sector.
For the 2011-12 financial year, GDP has plummeted to 6.5%, lower than 6.7 % noticed during the global economic crisis
period of 2008-09.
MIPB’s core functions will be :
Periodically review the overall scenario of the manufacturing sector in the country. This will include review of
state-wise and sector-wise performance of the manufacturing sector
Review the implementation of the National Manufacturing Policy in general and the development of National
Industrial Manufacturing Zones (NMIZs), wherever approved, in particular
Resolve co-ordination issues among central ministries and between state governments and central ministries
The MIPB will have secretaries of:
Department of Economic Affairs
Revenue
Labour and Employment
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Road Transport and Highways
Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises
Science and Technology
Environment and Forests and Member-Secretary
National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council
It will also have 2 industry representatives and Secretary Industry will be the Member Secretary of the Board
In addition Board of Approval, Green Manufacturing Committee and High Level Committee will also be set up to
assist effective execution of the national manufacturing policy
What will be the role of Board of Approval, High Level Committee and Green Manufacturing Committee?
The main function Board of Approval will be to examine applications for establishment of NIMZs and suggest
such proposals for consideration to the High Level Committee that fulfill the criteria of the National
Manufacturing Policy. After contemplation by the High Level Committee, the proposals will be forwarded for
approval to Commerce and Industry Minister.
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September 10, 2012
The Green Manufacturing Committee will suggest objective criteria for categorizing a technology as "clean and
green”. The criteria will be in line with the objective of the National Action Plan on Climate Change and the
strategy for inclusive sustainable development.
What is the central theme of National Manufacturing Policy?
The focus of National Manufacturing Policy is to create world class industrial infrastructure, a bonhomie in
business environment, an ecosystem for technological innovation – particularly in the arena of green
manufacturing, institutions for industry relevant skill upgradation, and mechanisms for making finance easily
accessible for entrepreneurs.
National Policy for Children 2012 by Ministry of Women and
Child Development
The National Policy for Children 2012 has recently been drafted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
The revised draft policy reiterates the government’s obligation towards children and to take on new challenges,
seeking to realize the full potential of children’s rights throughout the country.
As per the new draft policy:
A child is defined as a person below the age of 18 years
It recognizes the unassailable and innate rights of the child and aims to realize the full range of child rights for all
children in the country.
It is the right of every child to be safeguarded against hunger, deprivation and malnutrition
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September 10, 2012
It is the obligation of the state to protect the rights and entitlement of children in adverse circumstances such as
migration, displacement, disasters and communal violence.
When was the first National Policy on Children constituted?
The first National Policy on Children was constituted in 1974. The policy described children as a supremely
important asset and made the state accountable for providing equal opportunities for growth and development
of all children. The prime focus of the policy was health and education of the children.
National Policy on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances,
NDPS Approved
The National Policy on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, NDPS has been approved by the Government
of India.
The policy attempts to curb the menace of drug abuse and contains provisions for treatment, rehabilitation and
social re-integration of victims of drug abuse.
Implementation of the provisions of the policy will lead to reduction of crime, improvement in public health.
The policy will serve as an anchor guideline to various ministries.
The policy reiterates the use of satellite imageries for detection of illicit crops such as poppy and cannabis and
procedure for the subsequent eradication and development of alternate means of livelihood in respect of
cultivators in pockets of traditional illicit cultivation.
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