From June 1, 2011, for the first time in India’s history, maternity treatment has been made “free of cost” in all government facilities, to ensure improvements in India’s institutional delivery rate and benefits at the level of maternal and infant health. Henceforth, every pregnant women entering a government facility for delivery will be entitled to free service—whether it is blood, consumables, drugs or diagnostics.
The Health Ministry has approved a new scheme for easy access to sanitary napkins as part of the menstrual hygiene promotion programme for adolescent girls aged 10 to 19 years in villages. This scheme aims to spread hygiene awareness among girls. The girls will henceforth get a pack of six sanitary napkins under the National Rural Health Mission’s brand called “Freedays”. A pack of six napkins will cost Rs 6 (Re 1 per piece), and will be distributed by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs). In the first phase, the scheme will cover 25 per cent of the target population—1.5 crore girls aged 10 to 19 years in 152 districts of 20 States
The operation by US Special forces that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan was code-named “Operation Geronimo”.
India is ranked 143rd globally in Internet speed, with an average connectivity speed of 0.8 Mbps. South Korea tops the list with an average speed of 13 Mbps. In broadband connectivity, India ranks 129th. The average Internet speed in the world has been recorded at 1.9 Mbps.
A five-day UN Summit with 48 leaders of the world’s Least Developed Countries attending was held in Istanbul, Turkey in May 2011, to discuss a new 10-year aid plan to help lift nations out of poverty. LDC countries are defined as those with per capita income of less than $745, and include 33 African countries, 14 from Asia, and Haiti
The V.K. Shunglu committee was appointed to give recommendations for improving the financial position of power distribution utilities. Its major recommendation is to sack all non-performing power regulators.
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