The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has granted approval to amend the regulation for admission to PG medical courses in order to expand the scope of persons with disabilities getting benefit of reservation. The disabilities quota has been increased from 3% to 5% in accordance with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. […]
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Health Ministry to get Ayushman Bharat logo through crowd sourcing
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched a competition for designing of a logo and tagline for the Ayushman Bharat programme, announced in the General Budget 2018-19, this year. This shall be done through a ‘digital crowd sourcing campaign’ on MyGov portal. The Ayushman Bharat competition was launched on 19th February, 2018 and […]
India Launches Biggest Leprosy Case Detection Campaign
Leprosy, also called Hansen’s disease (HD), is a common problem in India, especially in rural areas. Therefore, Health Ministry under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the biggest ever leprosy case detection campaign in India. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda reviewed the National Leprosy Eradication Programme, following […]