1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces free vaccines for all people above 18 years of age from 21st June
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that from June 21, the entire responsibility of vaccination will be taken by the Central Government. For this, guidelines will be prepared in collaboration with the states. In his address to the nation, Shri Modi said that the Central Government would provide free vaccines to all the citizens of the country.Will provide Shri Modi said that keeping in view the demands of the states, 25 percent of the vaccination campaign work was handed over to the states. After this the states were made aware of the difficulty of this massive campaign and the real status of vaccine availability in the world. Therefore, the states started demanding to implement the old system from May 1. PM Modi announced that all people above 18 years of age in the country will get the vaccine free of cost. Apart from this, private immunization centers have been allowed to procure up to 25% of the corona vaccine produced in the country. The central government will provide all the vaccines free of cost to the state governments. This new system will come into effect from June 21. On this occasion, Prime Minister Modi informed that seven companies are manufacturing Kovid-19 vaccine in the country. PM Modi also said that the advanced stage trial of three vaccines is going on. Apart from this, two vaccines for children and one A nasal vaccine formulation is also being tested. PM ModiAnnounced to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till Diwali this year . Under this scheme, 80 crore citizens will get free ration every month till November. This scheme was launched in April, 2020.
2. Performance grading index released regarding changes in school education
The effect of the steps taken to improve the field of school education is now clearly visible. This has come to light from the Performance Grading Index (PGI) released by the Ministry of Education regarding changes in school education . Most of the states including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar have improved their past performance. Punjab, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andaman and Nicobar have topped (highest grade (A++)) among all states and union territories in this school report . The government has launched 70 standards to catalyze transformational change in the field of school education.The performance grading index is introduced with a set of PGI for States and Union Territories was first published in the context of 2017-18 in 2019. PGI 2019-20 for States and Union Territories is the third publication in this series.
3. BIMSTEC completes 24 years
Jun 6 , the 24th BIMSTEC Day Congratulating on, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said BIMSTEC (BIMSTEC) has emerged as a promising regional groups and has made progress in many areas, including connectivity. BIMSTEC stands for “ Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation(Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation). It is a regional multilateral organization established on 6 June 1997 in Bangkok under the name BIST-EC (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand Economic Cooperation). Myanmar was included in 1997, after which the group’s name was changed to ‘BIMST-EC’ (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand Economic Cooperation). After Nepal and Bhutan became full members in 2004, the name of BIMSTEC was changed to its present form.
‘4. Oxy One’ to be built on 80 acres in Haryana
Haryana ‘s Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar (Manohar Lal Khattar) 80 acres in Karnal district oxy-One announced ‘(a forest). It was announced on the occasion of World Environment Day on June 5, 2021. Oxy-One will include 10 types of forests. On this occasion, highlighting the importance of trees and encouraging, protecting, planting trees, the Haryana Government has launched four important schemes:
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Pran Vayu Devta Pension Scheme: Under this scheme, for the maintenance of trees above 75 years, a pension amount of Rs 2500 will be provided in the name of Pran Vayu Devta.
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Oxy Forest in Karnal: Oxy Forest was launched on Forest Department land in Mughal Canal, Karnal. Trees of Panchavati, Bael, Amla, Ashok, Banyan and Peepal were planted in this.
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Oxy-One at Panchkula: It will be set up at Bir Ghaggar in an area of 100 acres to get fresh oxygen to the residents of Panchkula.
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Panchavati Tree Plantation in Haryana: Under this initiative, plantation will be done in the villages of Haryana in the name of Panchavati. This will promote the process of obtaining natural oxygen from the trees.