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Port Blair, Nov. 13: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GoI has launched the world’s largest health assurance program named Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) in 2018. The scheme has successfully completed 4 years of its implementation on 23rd September, 2022. Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY aims to provide cashless treatment worth Rs 5 lakh per family per year against secondary and tertiary hospitalization care. Presently, 12,691 families (40,206 members) have registered under the AB-PMJAY scheme in this UT and are entitled for cashless treatment at 28,000 empanelled public and private hospitals across the country. To create awareness among the general public and to identify the unregistered eligible AB – PMJAY beneficiary various IEC activities are conducted in this UT.
Read more: AB-PMJAY: SHA Conducts Organises Identification Camp and Awareness Programme
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Port Blair, Nov. 13: True cinnamon is one of the ancient spices that have been valued in flavouring and pharmaceutical industries. True cinnamon is extracted from the inner bark of the botanical species namely Cinnamomum verum. The bark is characterized by sweet taste and delicate aroma, which makes it an ingredient of choice for food industries. Good quality produce should not be thicker than a thick paper, thus easy to break, and should melt in mouth.
Read more: Cultivation of Cinnamon to be Promoted under the CSS-NHM Project on Spices
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Port Blair, Nov. 13: No COVID positive case has been detected today in A&N Islands. Today, 16 flights with 2691passengers arrived, out of which, 2481 passengers were vaccinated with both doses while RT-PCR test was conducted on 38 passengers and the reports are awaited.
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Port Blair, Nov. 13: Heavy rain (07-11 cm) is likely to occur at one or two places over A&N Islands on Nov. 15 & 16. Due to squally weather, wind speed exceeding 45 kmph is likely to prevail over Andaman Sea. Fishermen have been advised not to venture into the sea on Nov. 16.
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Port Blair, Nov. 11: The Department Related Parliamentary Committee on Industry headed by its Chairman, Shri Tiruchi Siva (Rajya Sabha) along with other Committee Members viz. Shri Birendra Prasad Baishya (Rajya Sabha), Smt. Sulata Deo (Rajya Sabha), Shri Sandosh Kumar P (Rajya Sabha), Ravindra Kushwaha (Lok Sabha), Bidyut Baran Mahato (Lok Sabha) and Sunil Dattatray Tatkare (Lok Sabha) held meeting with the Chief Secretary, A&N Islands and M/o MSME on implementation of PMEGP scheme in A&N Islands at Taj Exotica, Swaraj Dweep.