National Appointment of Economic Affairs Secretary in the Finance Ministry The government has appointed IAS Ajay Seth as Economic Affairs Secretary in the Finance Ministry. He is 1987-batch Karnataka cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. Outgoing Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, IAS Tarun Bajaj has been appointed as Revenue Secretary in the Finance […]

National Book ‘Odisha Itihaas’ Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released the Hindi translation of the book ‘Odisha Itihaas’ written by ‘Utkal Keshari’ Dr Harekrushna Mahtab on 9th April 2021 from New Delhi. The releasing event of the Hindi version of book was organized by Harekrushna Mahtab Foundation. Hindi Translator: So far available in Oriya and

National Capacity Building Commission The government on 31 March 2021 approved a commission under National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB), also known as ‘Mission Karmayogi’, to train civil servants at all levels. The approved Capacity Building Commission will coordinate with and supervise all the government offices, training institutes to monitor and evaluate the

National Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) The Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan virtually launched the Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) on 05 April 2021. Union Minister termed this as the world’s biggest online disease surveillance platform. He said, India the first country in the world to adopt Such an Advanced

National TRIFED’s Two Interesting Competition Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation Ltd (TRIFED), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India has launched two interesting competitions, ‘Be the Brand Ambassador of Tribes India’ and ‘Be a Friend of TRIBES INDIA’ Contest in association with ‘MyGov.in’. Objective: These competitions have been launched with the sole objective of promoting

National National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021 The Union Health & Family Welfare Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan approved the “National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021” on 30th March 2021. Key Points: The Rare Diseases Policy aims to lower the high cost of treatment for rare diseases. The policy also envisages creation of a national hospital

National “MyNEP2020” Platform of NCTE Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on 01 April 2021 launched the “MyNEP2020” Platform of NCTE Web Portal. The platform invites suggestions / inputs / membership from the stakeholders for preparing draft for development of National Professional Standards for Teachers (NPST) and National Mission for Mentoring Program Membership (NMM).

National AIM-PRIME Initiative Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog on 31 March 2021 launched AIM-PRIME (Program for Researchers on Innovations, Market-Readiness & Entrepreneurship), an initiative to promote and support science-based deep-tech startups & ventures across India. AIM has joined hands with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) to launch this nationwide program which will be