Daily Current Affairs for UPSC Exam 30 December 2022 | Prelims Bits

Daily Current Affairs for UPSC Exam

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Ayushman Bharat – Health and Wellness  Centers

Ayushman Bharat – Health and Wellness  Centers in News

• Recently, Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has said that the achievement of the target of 1.5 Lakh Ayushman Bharat – Health and Wellness Centers will infuse fresh energy in New India.
  • He said India’s prosperity lies in healthy citizen.

What is Ayushman Bharat?

• In 2018, India launched Ayushman Bharat 1 – one of the most ambitious health missions ever to expand universal health coverage, especially in rural and vulnerable populations.
• This initiative has been designed to meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its underlying commitment, which is to “leave no one behind.”
• Ayushman Bharat is an attempt to move from sectoral and segmented approach of health service delivery to a comprehensive need-based health care service.
• Ayushman Bharat aims to undertake path breaking interventions to holistically address health at primary, secondary and tertiary level.
• The aim is to provide essential health services throughout the country, through the four pillars of this programme.

Four Pillars of Ayushman Bharat

• Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs)
• Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY)
• Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
• Pradhan Mantri-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission

Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs)

• The National Health Policy of 2017 envisioned these centres as the foundation of India’s health system.
• AB-HWCs provide free essential medicines and diagnostic services, teleconsultation, and health promotion including wellness activities like yoga, meditation, Zumba, etc.
• ‘Fit Health Worker’ Campaign was also launched at these centres to enable the screening and early detection of non-communicable diseases in the Frontline-Health Care Workers.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY)

• Launched on 23 September 2018 in Ranchi, Jharkhand by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• It is the world’s largest health insurance/assurance scheme fully financed by the government.
• It offers a benefit cover of Rs. 500,000 per family per year (on a family floater basis).
• It will provide financial protection (Swasthya Suraksha) to poor, deprived rural families and identified occupational categories of urban workers’ families as per the latest Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data (approx. 50 crore beneficiaries).

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

• On 27 September, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the nationwide rollout of
  the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) (earlier known as National Digital Health Mission).
• Under the ABDM, citizens will be able to create their ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health  Account) numbers, to which their digital health records can be linked.

Pradhan Mantri-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission

• Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (earlier known as Pradhan Mantri Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana scheme) was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 October, 2021.
• It argets to build an IT enabled disease surveillance system by developing a network of surveillance laboratories across the country & strengthening health units at the Points of Entry, for effectively detecting, investigating, preventing, and combating Public Health Emergencies and Disease Outbreaks.

India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (IndAus ECTA) comes into force

IndAus ECTA in News

• Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed happiness as India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (IndAus ECTA) comes into force recently.
• Shri Modi said that it is a watershed moment for our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

IndAus ECTA

• The Ind-Aus ECTA provides an institutional mechanism to encourage and improve trade between the two countries. It covers almost all the tariff lines dealt by India and Australia.
• India will benefit from preferential market access provided by Australia on 100% of its tariff lines, including all the labour-intensive sectors of export interest to India, such as Gems and Jewellery, Textiles, leather, footwear, furniture, food, and agricultural products, engineering products, medical devices and Automobiles.
  • On the other hand, India will be offering preferential access to Australia on over 70% of its tariff lines, including lines of export interest to Australia, which are primarily raw materials and intermediaries such as coal, mineral ores and wines.
• As regards trade in services, Australia has offered wide-ranging commitments in around 135 sub-sectors and Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status in 120 sub-sectors covering key areas of interest to India.
  • On the other hand, India has offered market access to Australia in around 103 sub-sectors and Most Favoured Nation status in 31 sub-sectors from the 11 broad service sectors such as ‘business services’, ‘communication services’, ‘construction and related engineering services’, and so on.
• Both sides have also agreed to a separate Annex on Pharmaceutical products under this agreement, which will enable fast-track approval for patented, generic and biosimilar medicines.
• It is estimated that an additional 10 lakh jobs would be created in India under ECTA. Indian Yoga teachers and chefs are set to gain with the annual visa quota.
• Over 1 lakh Indian students would benefit from post-study work visa (for 18 months to 4 years) under the ECTA.
• The agreement is also likely to increase investment opportunities, promote exports, create significant additional employment and facilitate strong bonding between the two countries.

Remote Voting for Domestic Migrants

Remote Voting for Domestic Migrants in News

• Recently, ECI developed prototype Multi-Constituency Remote Electronic Voting Machine (RVM) and invited political parties for demonstration of prototype RVM

Remote Electronic Voting Machine (RVM) for Domestic Migrants

• Migration based disenfranchisement is indeed not an option in the age of technological advancement.
• The voter turnout in General Elections 2019 was 67.4 % and the Election Commission of India is concerned about the issue of over 30 Crore electors not exercising their franchise and also differential voter turnout in various States/UTs.
• It is understood that there are multifarious reasons for a voter not opting to register in a new place of residence, thus missing out on exercising the right to vote.
• Inability to vote due to internal migration (domestic migrants) is one of the prominent reasons to be addressed to improve voter turnout and ensure participative elections.
• Although there is no central database available for migration within the country, the analysis of available data in public domain points to work, marriage and education related migration as important components of domestic migration.
• Out-migration is predominant among the rural population in overall domestic migration. Approximately 85% of the internal migration is within the States.

Extended Range Version of Brahmos 

Brahmos in News

• Indian Air Force today successfully fired the Extended Range Version of Brahmos Air Launched missile against a Ship Target from a SU-30MKI aircraft.
• The missile achieved the desired mission objectives in the Bay of Bengal region. With this, IAF has achieved a significant capability boost to carry out precision strikes from SU-30MKI aircraft against land/ sea targets over very long ranges.
• The extended range capability of the missile coupled with the high performance of the SU-30MKI aircraft gives the IAF a strategic reach and allows it to dominate the future battle fields.

BrahMos Missile- Key Points

• About: BrahMos is a two-stage air to the surface supersonic cruise missile, jointly developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation of India (DRDO) and the NPOM of Russia.
• Brahmos Name: BrahMos derives its name from two rivers- the rivers the Brahmaputra (India) and Moskva (Russia).
• Stages in Brahmos Missile: Two stages of the Brahmos missile include-
  • First Stage: A Solid Propellant Engine. It is separated after BrahMos missile reaches MACH-1 or Supersonic speed.
  • Second Stage: Liquid Ramjet. This stage takes the BrahMos missile close to MACH 3 in cruise phase.
• Warhead Carrying Capacity: BrahMos missile has a carrying capacity of 250-300 kgs. BrahMos missile is capable of carrying a regular warhead as well as a nuclear warhead.

Daily Current Affairs for UPSC 29 December 2022, Prelims Bits

Daily Current Affairs for UPSC 29 December 2022, Prelims Bits

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