Rajasthan

• 29 Jul 2023

Approval of 'Mission Vatsalya Yojana'

Why in News?

On July 27, 2023, Dr. Arushi Malik, Government Secretary, Department of Child Empowerment, while presiding over the general body meeting of Rajasthan State Child Protection Society held in the committee room of the Government Secretariat, informed that 'Mission Vatsalya Yojana' has been approved.

Key Points:

• Under Mission Vatsalya, child welfare and protection committees will be formed at the state and every district level for strengthening the child protection system and effective implementation of laws and programs related to child protection.
• In the meeting, new guidelines for collective foster care, individual foster care and sponsorship program have been discussed and approved.
• The Government Secretary of the Child Empowerment Department said that instead of institutional care, neglected children will now be able to get parental care under family care. Financial assistance will be provided by the state government under these schemes.

MoU signed between Devasthan Department and IRCTC

Why in News?

On July 27, 2023, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Devasthan Department and IRCTC in the presence of Devasthan Minister Shakuntala Rawat at Udyog Bhawan under the Senior Citizen Pilgrimage Scheme-2023 of the Devasthan Department of Rajasthan.

Key Points:

• The Minister said that this MoU has been signed in accordance with the intention of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and giving concrete shape to his vision. With the signing of this MoU, facilities will be provided to senior citizens visiting Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal from July 28.
• He said that the journey from Jaipur to Delhi will be completed by bus through IRCTC. In Delhi, senior citizens will start their air journey from the Indira Gandhi International Airport and reach Kathmandu and visit the Pashupatinath temple.
• The state government is fulfilling the dream of senior citizens of the state to visit pilgrimage sites through rail travel and air travel. New pilgrimage sites are also being included in this scheme.
• The pilgrimage, which will begin on July 28, will continue till September 2 and more than 100 senior citizens will undertake the yatra daily. 100 pilgrims from Sri Ganganagar district will go to Kathmandu to visit the Pashupatinath temple.
• This year, under the scheme, 40,000 senior citizens are being made to visit pilgrimage sites, in which 36,000 pilgrims will be able to visit by rail and 4,000 by air.

'Prasav Watch' application received 'National Public Health Excellence Award'

Why in News?

On July 27, 2023, at the 'National Health Tech Innovation Conclave' held at a local hotel in New Delhi, the 'Delivery Watch' application of the Health Department of Rajasthan has been awarded the 'National Public Health Excellence Award' at the national level for innovation in the field of medicine.

Key Points:

• On behalf of the National Health Mission, Rajasthan, this honour was received by Housing Commissioner Dhiraj Srivastava and Project Director Dr. Tarun Chaudhary as a representative of Additional Chief Secretary of Rajasthan Health Department Shubhra Singh.
• It is worth mentioning that Rajasthan is the first state in the country where under the National Health Mission, the Maternal Health Department is running a 'Delivery Watch' application for digitized clinical care and monitoring of institutional deliveries being conducted at 360 major high delivery medical institutes of the state.
• Through this, the duty of clinical care and procedures done for deliveries at these medical institutions is done by the staff/doctor on the tablets provided in the delivery room and PNC ward.
• While feeding clinical data on this application, suggestive messages are also displayed real time to the concerned staff in the form of alerts, which include the type of complication likely to occur and the possible steps to be taken to diagnose it.