QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 21 March 2018

Solution: c.

The Hindu, 19^th March;

Solution: b.

POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched on 8th March 2018 by the Prime Minister in Jhunjhunu. The Abhiyaan targets to reduce stunting, under-nutrition, anemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and reduce low birth weight by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% per annum respectively. The target of the mission is to bring down stunting among children in the age group 0-6 years from 38.4% to 25% by 2022.

Convergence between different Ministries will be a crucial aspect in making the mission successful. The Ministry of Women and Child Development is responsible for its implementation and coordination.

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=177746;

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Solution: d.

Articles 15, 16, 19, 29 and 30 are available only to citizens and not to foreigners.

“The government does not discriminate between an Indian and a non-Indian while providing medical care in public hospitals, the Centre said, addressing allegations that Rohingya living in refugee camps were denied health care in government medical establishments..”

Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth;

Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/did-not-deny-medical-care-govt/article23297545.ece;

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Solution: d.

All projects and activities are broadly categorized in to two categories – Category A and Category B, based on the spatial extent of potential impacts and potential impacts on human health and natural and man made resources.

• All projects or activities included as Category ‘A’ in the Schedule shall require prior environmental clearance from the Central Government in the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).
• All projects or activities included as Category ‘B’ in the Schedule will require prior environmental clearance from the State/Union territory Environment Authority (SEIAA).

http://envfor.nic.in/legis/eia/so1533.pdf

Improvisation: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/bending-the-rules/article23295782.ece;

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Solution: b.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has recently announced the launch of programme ‘LaQshya’, aimed at improving quality of care in labour room and maternity Operation Theatre (OT).

• The programme will reduce maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality and provide Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) to all pregnant women attending public health facilities.
• It aims at implementing ‘fast-track’ interventions for achieving tangible results within 18 months.
• Under the initiative, a multi-pronged strategy has been adopted such as improving infrastructure up-gradation, ensuring availability of essential equipment, providing adequate human resources, capacity building of health care workers and improving quality processes in the labour room.
• The Quality Improvement in labour room and maternity OT will be assessed through NQAS (National Quality Assurance Standards). Every facility achieving 70% score on NQAS will be certified as LaQshya certified facility.

India has come a long way in improving maternal survival as Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) has reduced from 301 maternal deaths in 2001-03 to 167 in year 2011-13, an impressive decline of 45% in a decade. India is further committed to ensuring safe motherhood to every pregnant woman in the country.

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