NAIMISHA Program, AtmaNirbhar Bharat Package, COVID BEEP
1. Food Grains distribution under AtmaNirbhar Bharat Package
- Under AtmaNirbhar Bharat package, Government of India has decided that 8 LMT food grains will be provided to about 8 Crore migrant labourers, stranded and needy families, who are not covered under NFSA or State scheme PDS cards.
- 5 Kg of food grain per person is being distributed free of cost for the months of May and June to all migrants.
- The states and UTs have lifted 4.42 LMT of food grains and distributed 10,131 MT of food grains to 20.26 lakh beneficiaries.
- The Government of India also approved 39,000 MT pulses for 1.96 crore migrant families.
- 8 Crore migrant labourers, stranded and needy families, who are not covered under NFSA or State scheme PDS cards will be given 1 kg of gram/dal per family for the month of May and June for free.
- This allocation of gram/dal is being done according to the need of the states.
- Around 28,306 MT gram/dal have been dispatched to the states and UTs.
- A total 15,413 MT gram has been lifted by various States and UTs. 631 MT gram has been distributed by the states and UTs.
- The Government of India is bearing 100% financial burden of approximately Rs. 3,109 crores for food grain and Rs 280 crores for gram under this scheme.
2. ONLINE NAIMISHA 2020- Summer Art Program
- National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi has announced ONLINE NAIMISHA 2020- Summer Art Program from 8th June 2020 to 3rd July 2020.
- NGMA is making an endeavour to host its most popular summer art program NAIMISHA digitally.
- The month-long ONLINE summer program by NGMA s an initiative to provide a chance to its participants to create and learn from practicing artists without compromising their health.
- In the online NAIMISH 2020 program, four workshops will be organized entitled Painting workshop, Sculpture workshop, Printmaking and Indrajaal – The Magic of Art (Interdisciplinary creative workshop to understand Freedom) from 8th June 2020 to 3rd July 2020. Online workshops sessions will be organized in two groups: Group 1: 6 years to 15 years having the timings: 11 am to 11.35 am and Group 2: 16 years and above with no closing limit having the timings: 4.00 pm to 4.35 pm.
- The title of the program NAIMISHA-represents a sacred place where people offer their shraddha or devotion.
- The exhibition of selected artworks from NAIMISHA 2020 Summer Art Program will be displayed virtually on SO-HAM the Cultural media platform of NGMA for public viewing soon.
3. COVID BEEP is an antidote
- Launching COVID BEEP (Continuous Oxygenation & Vital Information Detection Biomed ECIL ESIC Pod), India’s first indigenous, cost effective, wireless physiological parameters monitoring system for COVID-19 patients, developed by ESIC Medical College Hyderabad in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad and Department Of Atomic Energy.
The latest version of COVID BEEP has incorporated the following:
a) NIBP monitoring: Affected aged people have the highest death rates in COVID-19. Hence, NIBP monitoring becomes imperative in this context.
b) ECG monitoring: The drugs used as prophylaxis and /or treatment like Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin etc. have effects on heart and hence the importance of ECG monitoring.
c) The Respiratory Rate: Is calculated by Bio Impedance method.
- COVID BEEP will greatly reduce the transmission risk as well as help save resources like PPEs.
