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PUNJAB Punjab policy on kids’ health: Panel soon Punjab social security, women and child development minister Aruna Chaudhary has directed her department to form a sub-committee to come up with a comprehensive policy to improve the healthcare and education of children aged up to 6 years. The policy should recognize the synergistic and interdependent relationships between the health, nutrition psycho-social and … Read more 18.06.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs
PUNJAB Punjab government starts free hemophilia treatment in 18 districts Providing major relief to the patients of hemophilia, Punjab government commenced the treatment by anti-hemophilia factors in 18 integrated care centres across the state. To provide quality treatment to needy hemophilia patients, the Captain Amarinder Singh-led government has established 18 integrated care centres in the state. Besides … Read more 17.06.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs
PUNJAB Sero-survey in Punjab to find Covid-19 spread For better planning and implementation to prevent and control spread of Covid-19, the Punjab government is set to conduct a sero-survey across the state to ascertain the spread of virus and accordingly prepare a strategy. In a sero-survey, blood samples of people are collected to ascertain spread of virus in selected population. … Read more 16.06.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs
PUNJAB Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh launches mobile App- ‘Ghar Ghar Nigrani’ Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has launched a mobile based app – ‘Ghar Ghar Nigrani’, to undertake house to house surveillance in the state till the elimination of the pandemic. It is a Health Department initiative, encompassing ASHA workers/Community … Read more 14-15.06.20 Daily PPSC Current Affairs
PUNJAB Punjab app to check community spread Punjab launched mobile app ‘Ghar Ghar Nigrani’, to undertake house-to-house surveillance in the state as an ongoing process, till the elimination of the pandemic. The entire rural and urban population of Punjab above 30 years of age would be surveyed as part of the drive, which would … Read more 13-06-2020 Daily PPSC Current Affairs
PUNJAB Punjab develops software to resolve teachers’ grievances Teachers of the government schools in Punjab will now be spared the ordeal of running from pillar to post for getting their grievances redressed as the Punjab government has developed a software for resolving their issues. Earlier the teachers had to submit their grievances and problems to the school … Read more 12-06-2020 Daily PPSC Current Affairs
PUNJAB Ordinance gives farmers alternate trade channel’ Ordinance ‘Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion & Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020’, promulgated by the President on Friday, purportedly aims at giving more freedom to farmers and widen their market network outside friendly neighbourhood mandis by abolishing inter-state barriers. It provides farmers and traders an alternate trade channel with freedom of choice … Read more 11-06-2020 Daily PPSC Current Affairs
PUNJAB Area under cotton crop crosses 7-year high in Punjab The area under cotton in Punjab, which is the state’s second biggest kharif (summer sown) crop, has touched a seven-year high this season. According to the Punjab agriculture and farmers welfare department, cotton acreage stood at about 4.80 lakh hectares recently, surpassing the seven-year high of 4.45 lakh hectares in … Read more 10-06-2020 Daily PPSC Current Affairs
PUNJAB Punjab to lose Rs 3,600 crore under ‘one-market’ agriculture regime The Centre’s ordinances aimed at enabling a seamless national agriculture market will burn a hole of Rs 3,600 crore annually in Punjab Mandi Board’s pocket, which, in turn, will affect the development of rural infrastructure in the state. While Rs 1,813 crore was collected as marketing fee, and … Read more 09-06-2020 Daily PPSC Current Affairs
PUNJAB Punjab looks to bring 25% paddy area under DSR The Punjab government is aiming to use the direct-seeded rice (DSR) technology for sowing paddy in nearly 25% of the area under the crop to help farmers cope with labour scarcity. Farmers across Punjab are estimated to cultivate paddy on around 27 lakh hectares, of … Read more 08-06-2020 Daily PPSC Current Affairs