07.12.22 Daily [Uttarakhand] UKPSC Current Affairs

The has decided to use the working Women hostels and one stop centres of women and child development department in Dehradun and Haridwar districts as the Birth waiting homes for the pregnant women. A decision in this regard was taken in the 34^thmeeting of the executive committee of the Uttarakhand Health and family welfare committee at the State secretariat.

The birth waiting homes would have the facilities of stay and health food would be provided to her here. He said that the remuneration of Ayush doctors deployed in the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) would be at par with that of the Allopathic doctors. Kumar said that the Anganwadi workers would be included in the Jan Arogya Abhiyan- A step towards healthy life from January 2023. He said that in principle acceptance has been given for the proposal to operate the upcoming 300 bed cancer care hospital in Harrawala Dehradun under the Public Private PARTNERSHIP (PPP) mode. A tender document for this would be prepared by the medical health and family welfare department with the assistance of the PPP cell and the contract management team of Uttarakhand Health System Development Project (UKHSDP). He informed that the special doctors as per the IPHS norms would be made for strengthening the health Services of the State under the You quote We pay basis.

As part of the ongoing efforts of the Coal Ministry to develop Eco-Parks on reclaimed land and to promote mine tourism eight eco-parks have been constructed recently in different parts of the country and two more such parks will be completed in 2022-23.

MOU between NCL and Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board to boost Singrauli Eco-Tourism Circuit and another MOU by WCL with Directorate of Tourism, Maharashtra are also to further promote Eco-tourism in coal sector.

Aadhaar usage by residents is witnessing continued progress across the country. In November alone, 28.75 crore e-KYC transactions were executed using Aadhaar, a 22% Growth over the previous month.

By the end of November 2022, the cumulative number of e-KYC transactions has gone up-to 1350.24 crore. Aadhaar e-KYC service is increasingly playing a crucial role for Banking and non-banking financial Services by providing transparent and improved customer experience, and aiding .

An e-KYC transaction is executed, only after the explicit Consent of the Aadhaar holder, and eliminates physical paperwork, and in-person verification requirement for KYC.

Similarly in November, 195.39 crore Aadhaar authentication transactions were carried out, over 11% more than October. A majority of these monthly transactions were carried out by using fingerprint biometric authentication, followed by demographic and OTP authentication.

So far, cumulatively 8621.19 crore Aadhaar authentication transactions have been executed by the end of November 2022, indicative of how Aadhaar is increasingly playing a role in <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/good-Governance“>Good Governance and aiding welfare delivery to residents.

In a major breakthrough for WAPCOS, a Government of India Enterprise under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, the Asian (ADB) in its report released on Annual Procurement, ranked WAPCOS as Top amongst Consulting Services Firm in Water and other Infrastructure Sectors, with highest sanctioned financed amount.

In another report on its Members Fact Sheet – 2022 released by the ADB, WAPCOS figured amongst the Top 3 Consultants from India involved in Consulting Services Contracts under ADB Loan, Grant and Technical Assistance Projects in Energy, Transport and Water & other Urban Infrastructure Sectors. WAPCOS is the only Indian Public Sector featuring in the above categories.

WAPCOS is a leading technology driven Consultancy and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) organization in the fields of <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/water-Resources“>Water Resources, Power and Infrastructure Development.

Apart from India, the Company has successfully completed/on-going consultancy assignments in more than 51 Countries covering Asia, Africa, CIS, Pacific Islands and South America.

India, Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement comes into force from 29

December. India and Australia signed the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA)on the 2nd of April 2022. ECTA is the first trade agreement of India with a developed countryafter more than a decade. The agreement encompasses cooperation across the entire gamut ofbilateral economic and commercial relations between the two friendly countries.

Under this trade agreement, Indian exports will benefit from preferential zero-duty market

access in Australia for 100 per cent of its tariff lines. It will benefit Indias labour-intensive

sectors such as gems and jewellery, textiles, leather, furniture, food and agricultural products,engineering products, and medical devices.