Social 2017 Flashcards
(79 cards)
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Gunotsav prog?
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By assam to track the performance of every child in elementary level, assess their learning gaps and devise remedial measures
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Which country presented a bill that would require public and pvt enterprises to prove they pay equal to employees irrespective of gender?
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Iceland
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Int’l centre for foot and mouthdisease is at?
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Bhubhaneshwar.. It is research centre for SAARC countries
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eVIN project?
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Electronic vaccine intelligence network project of Ministry of Health and Family welfare is an indigenously developed technology that digitizes vaccine stocks and monitors the temp of the cold chain through smartphone app.. Being implemented by UNDP
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India Exclusion report
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By centre of Equity studies.. Reviews exclusion wrt 4 public goods: pensions for elderly, digital access, agricultural land, and legal justice for undertrials
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State which organised Transgender athletics
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Kerala
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Swachh survekshan released by?
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Ministry of urban development
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Cleanest city
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Indore
Gujarat has highest nunber of clean cities followed by MP
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Sodhganga
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It is a scheme to develop national repository of theses and dissertations of various universities in India. It envisions the digital study material for higher education
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Saransh
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Equip schools and parents to review student’s performance in various subjects
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Partha muklpadhyaya committee
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Working group on Migration
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Characteristics of PVTG?
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- Mostly homogenous
- Small population
- Relatively physically isolated
- Primitive social institutions
- Absence of written language
- Relatively simple technology and slower rate of change
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Vision zero conference?
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It is a tool for improving the occupational safety and health of the worker by achieving the zero accident at workplace
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Swasth-e-gurukul?
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E-learning initiative of WHO.
It is a single repository for training material for all disease programmes such as TB, AIDS, Leprosy, Malaria, Diabetes etc
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NIKSHAY?
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IT tool which facilitates monitoring of universal access to TB patients database
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South India’s first children court opened in
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Hyderabad
Telangana has become the 3rd state after Goa and Delhi.. And it is 6th court in the country
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Is India signatory of Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?
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Yes
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World Giving Index released by?
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Charities Aid foundation (non profit org)
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Sttaes having complete liquor ban
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Gujarat
Nagaland
Bihar
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Khelo India scheme
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Under Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
National program which aims to develop grassroots level talent by providing them with a national level platform
Based on Gujarat’s model of Khel Mahakumbh
GOI merged RAJIV GANDHI KHEL ABHIYAN with Khelo India and also, Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme (USIS) and National Sports Talent Search Scheme (NSTSS)
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Nidhi Aapke Nikat Programme
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It is a public outreach programme of the EPFO
It rechristened Bhavishya Nidhi Adalat as Nidhi Apke Nikat
Prog will be held on 10th of every month
It aims to bring all the different stakeholders on the same platform to deal with grievances
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Gift Milk scheme
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It will utilize CSR funds of NDDB
Aims to i prove child nutrition by providing milk free of cost
Supply will be facilitated through dairy cooperatives only
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Smart Gram Initiative
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A smart gram would have the required basic physical and social infrastructure with a layer of smart information and communication embedded in the infrastructure to improve governance and delivery of services, livelihood and economic opportunities
Focus is to create sustainable and inclusive development model that can easily be replicated
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States to become ODF in urban areas
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Gujarat
Andhra Pradesh
Ministry of Urban Development
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ODF states in rural areas
Sikkim
Himachal Pradesh
Kerala
Ministry of Drinking water and sanitation
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Swachchata doot
Sanitation messengers who are village level motivators who work to strengthen communication machinery at the village level with participatory social mobilization
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Is India signatory of Int'l covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Yes
It is a multilateral treaty adopted by UNGA in 1966
It commits its parties to work towards granting of economic, social, and cultural rights to the Non-self-governing and Trust territories and individuals, including labour rights and the right to health, right to education, and right to an adequate standard of living
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National Institute of Sowa Rigpa
Being set up in Leh
It is a Tibetan Medicine System.. Also known as Amchi
Practised in many parts of India
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Nationwide Intensified Diarrhoea control Fortnight (IDCF)
Launched by Ministry of Health
| To reach out to the under-5 children during onset of monsoon and preventing child diarrhoea
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Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana
Aims at correcting regional imbalances in the availability of affordable/reliable tertiary healthcare services and to augment facilities for quality education in the country
2 components:
1. Setting up AIIMS like institutions
2. UpGradation of Govt Medical College Institutions
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Solar for Healthcare initiative
Aims at providing effective healthcare delivery at the last mile by reducing uncertainity in infrastructure like electricity supply
Solar systems will be set up at select PHCs on pilot basis
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Swasthya Raksha Programme
Launched by Ministry of AYUSH to promote health and health education in rural villages
Launched on the lines of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan but with a focus on traditional Healthcare services
CCRAS, CCRUM, CCRH, CCRS are implementing agencies
It will organize swasthya Rakshan OPDs, Swasthya Parikshan Camps and Health/Hygiene awareness programme
Promotion of Pathya-Apathya
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Pathya-Apathya?
The aahar-vihar which is beneficial and nutritional to the body and also give the happiness to the mind is known as Pathya and opposite to that is known as Apathya
It is a curative factor in Ayurveda
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Aarogya Raksha for all
Andhra Govt's new health scheme which aims to provide medical insurance to people who are not covered under any of the existing health schemes of the state government
It will be provided to APL families
Premium-1200/year; cover is upto 2lakh
Several govt and private hospitals are roped in to provide treatment for 1044 diseases under secondary and tertiary care deploying end to end cashless system
Students of medicine, psychology, nursing and home sciences will have to visit villages as part of Swasthya Vidya Vahini Scheme and prepare a disease profile of each individual so that hospital can treat them better
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Jeevan Rekha project
kerala Govt's project
World bank aided
E-health project
2 component- public health component and Hospital Automation Module
Aims to create integrated healthcare cloud that will contain health record of all its citizens in electronic form
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Mission Parivar Vikar
Launched by Ministry of Health
| Aims to accelerate access to high quality family planning choices
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Mera aspataal/ My hospital initiative
Launched by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
| Aims at empowering patients by seeking their views on the quality of experience in a public healthcare
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Scrub typhus
Caused by Bacterium- Orientia tsutsugamushi
Transmitted by bite of infected mite larva present in the soil having scrub vegetation
HP is endemic region
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Other name for Leprosy
Hansen's disease
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How is leprosy transmtted
Unknown
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Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)
It is a self regulatory voluntary organization of the advertising industry in India
Founded in 1985
It is an independent NGO by advertisers, advertising agencies and media
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National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM)
As per WHO, Essential Medicines are those that satisfy the priority health care needs of the population.
Criteria for inclusion- public health emergency, cost effective medicine etc
Core committee formed by Ministry of Health reviews and revises the medicines in the NLEM
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National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)
It is an independent body underDepartment of Pharmaceuticals under Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
It fixes/revises the controlled bulk drug prices and formulations
It enforces prices and availability of medicine under Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 1995/2013
To recover amounts overcharged by manufacturers for the controlled drugs from the consumers
To monitor the prices of decontrolled drugs
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Swacch swasth sarvatra
Joint initiative b/w Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Objective is to build on and manifest the achievements of 2 different schemes: swachh Bharat Mission (MoDW&S); and Kayakalp (MoH&FW)
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Kayakalp scheme
Initiative to award public health facilities for staying clean and hygienic
It applies to not only physical cleanliness but also to develop and put in place bio-waste disposal and protocols
5 awards will be given: best 2 district hospitals in each state, bet 2 community health centres/sub-district hospitals and 1 primary health centre in every district
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Hepatitis
Inflammation of liver tissue
Caused by viruses- A B C D E
Hepatitis A and E mainly spread by contaminated food and water
Hep B is sexually transmitted, mother to baby, through blood
Hep C- blood
Hap D- affects only those affected by Hep B
Hep A B and D are preventable with immunization
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The Health Workforce in India report published by?
WHO
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Global TB report
WHO
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Autism tools
1. International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN)
2. Indian scale of assessment of autism (ISAA)
Aims to train and empower healthcare professionals as Master trainers
Organized by National Trust (statutory body) of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerement
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Drugs consultative committee
Statutory body under Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940
| Advises central, state govts on uniformity of this act throughout India
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Digital India awards
Given by MEITy
| Given to MoH&FW
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Detecting Melamine in Milk
Handheld device by IISc
Leaf extract of common weed parthenium along with silver nitrate is used for detecting the presence
Prior to detection, milk is processed to remove fat and proteins as they tend to interfere with detection
Silver nanoparticles become colourless from reddish-yellow in presence of melamine
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Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)
Largest digital literacy prog in the world by MEITy
| Aims to cover 6 crore rural households covering people from the age group of 14-60 years
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Pade Bharat Badhe Bharat
Sub programme of SSA
special focus on improving language development and to create interest in mathematics
National reading initiative also launched
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Swayam Prabha
To provide high quality educational contents through 32 DTH television channels with aim of uniformity in standards of education
It will be in various languages (initially only in Eng)
Toll free helpline number to clear doubts
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National acadmic depository
By HRD ministry
| Digital depository of academic awards
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ShaGun portal
Web portal of SSA by HRD ministry
Aims to continuously monitor SSA and assess performances of states and UTs on key parameters through codifying learning outcomes
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School education Quality Index (SEQI)
Developed by NITI Aayog and MHRD
It will report annual improvements of States on key domains of education quality
VISION- shift focus from inputs to outcomes
Divided into 3 domains of Outcomes (Learning, Access and Equity) and 2 domains of Governance and Management (Governance process and Structural Reforms)
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New Delhi Declaration on Education
By BRICS
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Programme for int'l student Assessment (PISA)
Global evaluation system launched by OECD
Tests learning levels of teenage students (15yr old) in reading, mathematics and science
It is carried out every 3 years
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Nayi roshni scheme
Leadership development programme by Minority Affairs Ministry
Implemented thru NGOs, civil society insti, and government insti
Minority women can apply for training online as well
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UDAAN for minorities
Implemented by National Skill Development Corporation for J&K to provide skills and enhance employability of youth
It will cover grads, post-grads, and 3 year engg diploma holders
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UDAAN fr girls
Project launched by CBSE under guidance of MHRD to address low enrolment of girl students in engg institutions
Students will be provided free offline/online resources through virtual weekend contact classes and study material for class 11th and class 12th
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Hamari Darohar scheme
Central sector scheme
Minority Affairs Ministry
To preserve the rich heritage of minority communities under the overall concept of Indian culture
Exhibitions, preservation of literature/documents, promotion of calligraphy, and R&D are some activities to be carried out
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Braille Atlas
Launched by Ministry of Science and Tech
In Hindi and Eng
By National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organization (Kolkata) by using indigenously developed silk screen painting technology
In India, 1st Braille Map was made in 1997
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Vayoshreshta samman
Given to older persons and Institutions
By Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
It was upgraded to National Awards in 2013
Karnataka was awarded the best state
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Saanjhi saanjh
National newspaper for senior citizens
In Hindi and English
Published by Harikrit, an NGO
Aims to promote the objectives of the National Programme for Health care of Elderly (NPHCE) by creating avenues for grievance redressal of elderly population
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Rashtriya yuva shashaktikaran Karyakram
Flagship scheme of Ministry of Youth affairs and sports
Merged 8 schemes
Will benefit youth in the age group of 15-29
2 schemes not merged are- National Service Scheme, and Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development
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India Newborn Action Plan
To end preventable newborn deaths and stillbirths and attain single digit neonatal mortality and still births by 2030
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Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched Saathiya resource kit and Saathiya salah mobile app as part of the scheme with the help of UN population fund and Population fund of India
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Laureates and Leaders initiative
This will be a platform of moral power for the betterment of children.
Will be initiated by Satyarthi's foundation with support from other individuals and institutions
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Central Adoption Regulatory Authority (CARA)
Statutory body under Ministry of Women and Child development under Juvenile Justice Act 2015
It is nodal body or adoption of Indian children
Deals in orphan, abandoned pr surrendered children
Deals with inter-country adoption acc to Hague convention on Inter-country adoption, 1993
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Central Adoption Resource Information Guidance System (CARINGS)
E-governance initiative to facilitate child adoption
It will be a Centralized data bank of adoptable children and prospective adoptive parents and will also ensure post-adoption follow ups
All District Child Protection Units will be connected online to CARINGS
CARA will report and facilitate adoptions under JJ Act through CARINGS
Couples with more than 3 children not eligible for adoption except in special needs
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Which state govt conferred BPL status to transgenders
Odisha
| They will also cover transgenders under NFSA
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TREAD scheme
Ministry of MSME
To promote women entrepreneurs in non-farm activities
GOI will grant upto 30% of the loan/credit maximum upto 30lac as appraised by lending institutions/banks
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Prerna scheme
It is a responsible parenthood scheme
Financial incentives are given to parents of girl child to help push up the age of marriage of girls and space the birth of children in the interest of health of young mothers and infants
Provided by Jansankhya Sthirtya Kosh, under MoH&FW
Only for BPL families
It recognizes and awards couples who have broken the stereotype in the form of National Saving Certificate
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Sakhi
One stop centre
Centrally sponsored scheme by Ministry of W&CD, a sub-scheme of Umbrella scheme for National Mission for Empowerment of Women
It aims to provide integrated support (Rescue, Medical/Legal, psycho-social) to women affected by violence of below 18years under one roof
It will provide temporary shelter facility
For long term shelter, they will be sent to Swadhar greh/short stay home
100% central assistance through Nirbhaya fund
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Mahila police volunteer
Haryana-1st state to adopt it
Joint initiative of MoW&CD and Ministry of Home Affairs
1 mahila police per gram panchayat
They will keep eye on situations where women in the village are harassed or their rights and entitlements are denied or their development is prevented
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Mahila shakti kendra
Will be se up at village level in ICDS anganwadi centres
One stop convergent support for empowering rural women with opportunities for skill development, employment, digital literacy, health and nutrition
