Paper | Topics | Subject |
---|---|---|
GS-II | Intensified Mission Indradhanush | |
Arundhati Swarna Yojana | ||
K12 Education Transformation Framework | ||
Citizenship Act 1955 | ||
GS-III | Budapest Convention on cyber security |
Syllabus subtopic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
News: Health Minister reviews state preparedness for IMI 2.0
Prelims and mains focus: Key features and significance of the programme.
About Mission Indradhanush
Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI):
To further intensify the immunization programme, the government launched the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) on October 8, 2017.
IMI 2.0:
To ensure that not a single child in the country misses out on vaccination, the government has launched the ‘Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0‘ with a special focus on improving coverage in areas with “low” immunisation.
Key facts:
Existing gaps:
The current national full immunisation coverage rate stands at 87 per cent. According to government data, 260 lakh children are born every year and an estimated 31 lakh out of them would not receive complete rounds of vaccination in the first year of their life due to various reasons.
Source: The Hindu
Syllabus subtopic: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections
News: The Assam government has announced the launch of ‘Arundhati Swarna Yojana’.
Prelims focus: Overview of the scheme.
Mains focus: Need for and significance of such schemes.
Key features of the scheme:
Eligibility:
Source: The Hindu
Syllabus subtopic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
News: Microsoft rolls out its K12 Education Transformation Framework more widely in India.
Prelims and Mains focus: Key features and significance of the programme.
About the framework:
Source: The Hindu
Syllabus subtopic: Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.
News: Ministry of Home Affairs has revoked the citizenship of Telangana MLA Ramesh Chennamaneni on the ground of misrepresentation of facts at the time of applying for citizenship in 2008
Prelims and Mains focus: About Citizenship Act 1955, procedure for granting and revocation of citizenship.
About the issue
About Citizenship Act of 1955
Source: Indian Express
Syllabus subtopic: Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention
News: A UN committee has passed a Russian-led resolution on a global cybercrime treaty, despite reservations that it could be used to justify shutting down civil society in repressive countries.
Prelims focus: About Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
Mains focus: Reasons for India not signing the convention.
Context:
About Budapest convention
Aim:
India’s concerns over signing of this agreement:
Why India should join?
Source: Indian Express
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