National Policy for Rare Diseases, 2021 Rare diseases are broadly defined as diseases that infrequently occur in a population, and three markers are used — the total number of people with the disease, its prevalence, and the availability/non-availability of treatment options. WHO defines rare disease as having a frequency of less than 6.5-10 per 10,000 …
National Policy for Rare Diseases, 2021 Why in News? Ministry of Health and Family Welfare recently approved the “National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021”. About The policy provides financial support of up to Rs 20 lakh, under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi, for the treatment of rare diseases (RD) listed under group 1 (amenable to one time …
National Policy for Rare Diseases, 2021 Why in News? Caregivers to patients with ‘rare diseases’ and affiliated organisations are dissatisfied with the National Policy for Rare Diseases, 2021 announced recently. There are 7,000-8,000 classified rare diseases, but less than 5% have therapies available to treat them. About 95% rare diseases have no approved treatment and …
EXERCISE SHANTIR OGROSHENA-2021 Why in News? Multinational Military Exercise SHANTIR OGROSHENA 2021 (Front Runner of the Peace) will be held at Bangladesh to commemorate the birth centenary of Bangladesh ‘Father of the Nation’ Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and mark glorious 50 years of liberation. Indian Army contingent comprising of 30 personnel from The DOGRA Regiment …
Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry Why in News? The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister has approved the Central Sector Scheme – “Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI)”. Significance To support creation of global food manufacturing champions commensurate with India’s natural resource endowment and support Indian brands of …