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CM reviews development works done through DMF

the pioneer Saturday, 08 July 2017 | Staff Reporter | Naya Raipur

Chief Minister Raman Singh on Friday chaired a meeting of District Mineral Foundation at the Mantralaya here.

The Chief Minister reviewed the development works underway in various districts from the funds utilised from DMF.

Chhattisgarh collected Rs 712.04 crores under ‘District Mineral Foundations’(DMFs) from all the 27 districts of the State where the Foundation had been established, the Central Government had informed last year. Read more

Niti Aayog and health ministry prepare model contract for privatising urban health care

Niti Aayog and the Union ministry for health and family welfare have proposed a model contract to increase the role of private hospitals in treating non-communicable diseases in urban India. The agreement, which has been been shared with states for their comments, allows private hospitals to bid for 30-year leases over parts of district hospital buildings and land to set up 50- or 100-bed hospitals in towns other than India’s eight largest metropolises.

According to the model contact, the district hospitals will need to share their back-end services such as blood banks and ambulance services with the private players. The state government could also provide part of the funds needed by these private players to set up the new hospitals. The district health administration will ensure referrals for treatment from primary health centres, community health centres, disease screening centres and other government health programmes and ventures are made to these private hospitals.

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Courtesy: Scroll.in

Green protest against Wakkerstroom mine

Environmentalists yesterday staged a protest outside the High Court in Pretoria in support of an application to stop coal mining activities inside the Mabola Protected Environment, near Wakkerstroom in Mpumalanga.

Eight civil society and community organisations, represented by the Centre for Environmental Rights, brought an urgent application to stop Indian-owned mining company Atha-Africa Ventures from commencing with any mining and related activities without environmental authorisation and local planning approval.

The application was postponed until today for a possible settlement agreement.

The coalition consists of groundWork, the Mining and Environmental Justice Community Network of SA, Earthlife Africa Johannesburg, Birdlife SA, the Endangered Wildlife Trust, Federation for a Sustainable Environment, Association for Water and Rural Development and the Bench Marks Foundation.

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Courtesy: The Citizen

CM reviews health scenario in tribal belt

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu conducted a video conference with the Collectors and Project Officers of the seven Integrated Tribal Development Agencies (ITDAs) here on Tuesday. Minister for Health Kamineni Srinivas was present.

The meeting was held against the backdrop of the Chaparayi incident in which 16 persons died after consuming contaminated water.

Mr. Naidu asked the officials to spread awareness among the tribal population about health habits and hygiene.He announced 105 crore would be released to meet the drinking water needs of the ITDAs.

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Courtesy: The Hindu

TRIFED to focus on education of tribal communities

With less than 59% literacy among the tribal communities as per the 2011 Census, the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) is focussing on improving their education and health aspects, said TRIFED Chairman and Managing Director Ganta Ramesh Kumar here on Tuesday.

Speaking on the final day of his three-day visit to Chittoor district, Mr. Kumar said the schemes introduced under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs would target promoting the marketing of forest produce, skill development and improving the livelihood of the tribal community. “Schemes focussing on self-employment would encourage individuals as well as groups to develop their talents/inclination such as agriculture, horticulture, fisheries etc. On June 25, we organised a training programme in making incense sticks – ‘Amma Padmavati Agarbatthi’, for nearly 30 people hailing from tribal communities,” he said.

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Courtesy: The Hindu

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