The government on Wednesday approved the payment of Productivity-Linked Bonus, which is equivalent to 78 days of wages, to railway employees for the financial year 2021-2022. The Cabinet meeting on Wednesday informed that the Productivity-Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days of wages will be paid to non-gazetted railway employees,... The post appeared first on .

The government on Wednesday approved the payment of Productivity-Linked Bonus, which is equivalent to 78 days of wages, to railway employees for the financial year 2021-2022. The Cabinet meeting on Wednesday informed that the Productivity-Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days of wages will be paid to non-gazetted railway employees,... The post appeared first on .

New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): The government on Wednesday approved the payment of Productivity-Linked Bonus, which is equivalent to 78 days of wages, to railway employees for the financial year 2021-2022.

New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Cabinet on Saturday gave the approval to pay Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days of wages to eligible non-gazetted railway employees (excluding RPF/RPSF personnel) for the financial year 2021-22.

New Delhi Apr 19 PTI Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday interacted with WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during the latters visit to Delhi and discussed promoting Ayurveda to further global health and wellnessGhebreyesus Director-General World Health Organisation WHO is in India for the ground breakingceremony of theWHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine GCTM at Jamnagar in Gujarat with Prime Minister Narendra ModiEarlier in the day Tedros visited theAll India Institute of Ayurveda AIIA along with Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh Regional Director WHO South-East Asia Region and the health ministerHad an excellent interaction with DG of WHO DrTedros during our visit to the All India Institute of Ayurveda New Delhi We talked about our commitment towards promoting Ayurveda to further global health and wellness Mandaviya said in a tweetHe further said Ayurveda and our traditional knowledge and medicines are gaining global popularityPM Shri NarendraModi Jis Govt is working actively with WHO to encourage research training and sharing of best practices in this area to realise our shared vision of providing holistic healthcare the minister tweetedThe WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine aims to guarantee and improve quality and safety of traditional medicine and practices by developing a cohesive approach to healthcare and a mechanism that allows access to such practices and protects traditional medical knowledge Poonam KhetrapalSingh had earlier told PTIEven though traditional medicines have been around for millennia and despite their widespread use they lack robust evidence data and a standard framework preventing their integration into mainstream healthcare delivery system As a result millions of accredited traditional medicine workers facilities expenditures and products are still not fully accounted forshe hadsaidThe GCTM with its global reach will be a game-changer by focusing on four strategic areas of work -- evidence and learning data and analytics sustainability and equity and innovation and technology It will help harness the power of traditional medicine to advance the SDG 3 target of ensuring health and promoting wellbeing for all agesthe WHO regional directorsaidPTI PLB SRY

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI Reiterating Indias commitment to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025 five years ahead of the target set by SDG 2030 Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said a 360-degree holistic approach is the cornerstone of TB elimination in the countryAt an event to celebrate World Tuberculosis TB Day 2022 Mandaviya said the society and government need to collaborate their efforts in order to win the fight against the disease Non-governmental organisations NGOs or civil society organisations CSOs and other stakeholders need to believe that it is their own duty to work for TB Mukt Bharat he saidWe are determined and committed to achieve Prime Minister Narendra Modis vision of eliminating TB by 2025 five years ahead of the target set by Sustainable Development Goals SDG 2030 Through the active efforts of all statesUTs and the sustained guidance to the programme by our countrys leadership the programme has advanced through challenging times he statedNoting the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic the minister said For more than two years we have been facing the global pandemic apart from TB prevalence Both the diseases are highly contagious air-borne and severely impact families and communitiesAs we move forward let us through Jan Andolan and Jan Bhagidari involve various stakeholders and partners in our collative fight against TB the same way we have collaborated in our fight against COVID-19 he saidMandaviya further suggested that apart from adopting children we can go one step further to adopt blocks and districts with the help of local administration thereWe have developed a system of identification treatment and support of patients across the country New advanced technologies and treatment modalities are coming up which can be used in our fight against TB he statedDigital facilities like service delivery system artificial intelligence system e-pharmacy and telemedicine can be used towards TB eradication he addedUttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel who virtually inaugurated the Step Up to End TB event said a societal approach that brings together people from all backgrounds into a Jan Andolan is needed to achieve the ambitious target of eliminating TB by 2025She urged everyone to make efforts towards ensuring adequate nutrition for all building awareness and addressing any social stigma associated with the disease She also made a special note about children suffering from the disease and challenges they and their families face underlining the urgency to end childhood TBWhile sharing her experience of encouraging individuals government and private organisations education institutions NGOs among others to adopt children suffering from TB Patel urged those present at the Summit to also adopt them and make an exemplary contribution in the nations committed fight against tuberculosisIt is equally important to encourage parents communities schools and anganwadis to take the lead to get children screened for TB to enable timely treatment the Governor underlinedTalking about the steps taken by states and Union territories UTs to battle the disease she said Our efforts are especially significant as only till last year we were combating the dual challenges of TB and COVID-19 In fact conducting bi-directional screening for COVID and TB along with door-to-door home visits by health workers has played a key role in a remarkable increase in notifications She highlighted the countrys capacities in terms of a robust network of health representatives on ground women SHGs student organisations and other stakeholders who can be mobilised efficiently to provide welfare to citizens and ensure health for allJitendra Singh Minister of State Independent Charge for the Ministry of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences launched Dare to Erode TB programme which will be based on Indian data and formation of a Genome Sequencing Consortium for WSG TB surveillanceHe also highlighted the efforts of the Ministry of Science and Technology in disease biology drugs discovery and vaccine development to remove the scourge of TB from the countryPTI PLB SRY

New Delhi Mar 22 PTI India reported a single-day rise of1581 fresh COVID-19 cases taking theinfection tally to 43010971 while the active cases furtherdeclined to23913 theUnion health ministry said on TuesdayThedeath toll has climbed to 516543 with 33 daily fatalities the ministry dataupdatedat 8 am statedTheactive casescomprise006 per cent of the total infections while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 9874 per cent it saidA reduction of 1193cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of24 hoursThe dailypositivity rate was recorded at028per centand the weekly positivity rate was also recorded at039 per cent according to the health ministryThe last 24 hours saw a total of568471 COVID-19tests being conducted India has so far conducted over7836 crorecumulative testsThenumber of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 42470515 while the case fatality ratewas recorded at120 per cent The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded18156 crore Indias COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20 lakh-mark on August 7 2020 30 lakh on August 23 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16 It went past 60 lakh on September 28 70 lakh on October 11 crossed 80 lakh on October 29 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one crore-mark on December 19 India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore cases on May 4 last and 3 crore on June 23PTI PLB SRY

New Delhi Mar 21 PTI The government is considering a Covid vaccine booster for all those above 18 years in view of a surge in coronavirus infections in several parts of the world and to ease difficulties faced during international travel sources said on MondayCurrently healthcare and frontline workers and those above 60 years are being administered precaution dosesAll people above 60 years have become eligible for the precaution dose of Covid vaccine after the Union Health Ministry removed the co-morbidity clause recentlyThe prioritisation and sequencing of the dose is based on the completion of nine months or 39 weeks from the date of administration of the second doseThe government is considering a booster dose of Covid vaccine for all those above 18 years in view of a surge in infections in parts of the world and to ease difficulties faced during international travel a source saidIndia began administering precaution doses of the vaccines to healthcare and frontline workers and those aged 60 and above with co-morbidities from January 10 this yearSince January 10 more than 217 crore precaution doses have been administered to the identified categories of beneficiaries so farIndia began COVID-19 vaccination for children in the age group of 12-14 years from March 16 this yearThe countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 2021 with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase Vaccination of frontline workers started from February 2 last yearThe next phase of COVID-19 vaccination commenced on March 1 last year for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditionsIndia launched vaccination for all people aged more than 45 years from April 1 2021The government then decided to expand its vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 years of age to be inoculated against the viral disease from May 1 2021The next phase of Covid vaccination commenced from January 3 this year for adolescents in the age group of 15-18 years PTI PLB IJT

New Delhi Feb 21 PTI The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 17578 crore on Monday the Union health ministry saidMore than 32 lakh 3203706 vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pmMore than 191 crore 19145905 precaution doses have been administered to healthcare workers frontline workers and those aged 60 and above with comorbidities so far it saidThe daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late nightThe countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with healthcare workers HCWs getting inoculated in the first phase The vaccination of frontline workers FLWs started from February 2The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from March 1 for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditionsThe country launched vaccination for all people aged more than 45 years from April 1The government then decided to expand its vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 to get inoculated from May 1The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from January 3 for adolescents in the age group of 15-18 yearsIndia began administering precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare workers frontline workers including personnel deployed for election duty and those aged 60 and above with comorbidities from January 10 amid the country witnessing a spike in coronavirus infections fuelled by Omicron variant of the virusPTI PLB SRY

New Delhi Feb 18 PTI Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday said major foreign pharmaceutical companies manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines were demanding indemnity and sovereign immunity waiver to supply their vaccines in India but the government made it clear that these firms are welcome to do business here but on our termsHe was speaking at the launch of a book titled A Nation To Protect - Leading India Through The Covid Crisis and authored by Priyam Gandhi ModyOn foreign pharma companies wanting to supply vaccines in India he said From the very beginning we had clarity that foreign vaccine manufacturing companies are welcome to do business in the country but it has to be on Indias terms the minister assertedHe further said the terms and conditions put forth by such foreign companies strengthened the concept and determination of developing indigenous vaccines and increasing the productionIndia already had the manpower and brand power the need was to identify the potential Prime Minister Narendra Modi was determined and kept on encouraging and motivating scientists and companies he statedMandaviya also said that the world is astonished by Indias vaccination coverage which has reached almost 175 crore adding that the third COVID-19 wave is on the declineHe said there have been fewer deaths during the third wave due to large-scale vaccination except those who died due to co-morbidities and the elderlyTalking about the criticism faced by the Centre over the vaccination drive the health minister said opposition leaders like Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav had questioned the effectiveness of India-made vaccines and refused to take them after terming them BJP vaccinesA political personality has followers who get influenced by their comments And a recent study showed how those pockets where the vaccination rate is slow or where it began late were impacted by Covid he saidMandaviya also referred to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioning the availability of COVID-19 vaccines in the country He said the prime minister had asked them not to indulge in politics and stay committed to ensuring that each and every citizen gets vaccinatedPTI PLB SRY