Daily Archives: March 8, 2016

Registration Process under 5 Labour Acts to be Integrated with E-Biz Portal

By | March 8, 2016

Registration Process under 5 Labour Acts to be Integrated with E-Biz Portal tommorrow: Annual Return under Mines Act 1952 and Common ECR for EPFO/ESIC with Shramsuvidha Portal The Ministry for Labour & Employment will launch the Common Registration Facility on e-biz Portal, integration of the Annual Return under Mines Act 1952 and common ECR for… Read More »

Stents : Not allowed to increase MRP by more than 10%

By | March 8, 2016

Import of Stents Currently, Cardiac and Drug Eluting Stents are notified as ‘Drugs’ under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. Health is a State subject, and data regarding annual requirements of Stents in the country is not complied centrally. The Department of Pharmaceuticals has informed that the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority under the Department of… Read More »

Identified states for New Medical Colleges

By | March 8, 2016

New Medical Colleges This Ministry administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely, “Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals”. Under the Scheme, 58 District/referral hospitals in 20 States/UTs are to be upgraded. A list of these 58 identified districts is placed in the table given below. Districts covered are those which did not… Read More »

National Policy for Anti-Microbial Resistance

By | March 8, 2016

Anti-Microbial Resistance                         A National Policy for containment of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in the country was formulated in the year 2011 and has been widely disseminated. The said policy envisages enforcement and enhancement of regulatory provisions for use of antibiotics for humans as also for… Read More »

Govt steps for Tele-Medicine Services

By | March 8, 2016

Tele-Medicine Services Following steps have been taken to strengthen Telemedicine services:- I. A Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) amounting to Rs. 103.99 Crores has been approved for establishment of National Medical College Network (NMCN), wherein 41 Govt. Medical Colleges are being networked in the first phase riding over National Knowledge Network- high speed bandwidth connectivity, with… Read More »

Study of Type-2 Diabetes in women in 13 states

By | March 8, 2016

Type-2 Diabetes in women The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has undertaken a large scale epidemiological study on Task Force Projects on diabetes “ICMR – India Diabetes Study (ICMR INDIAB) Study” which looked at the prevalence of diabetes in different States.  The prevalence of type 2 diabetes (among women aged ≥ 20 years) in 13… Read More »

Cardiovascular Diseases in India

By | March 8, 2016

Cardiovascular Diseases in The country There are no prospective studies regarding trends of heart diseases in India and the State wise data.However, as informed by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), current estimates from one-time cross sectional studies conducted in different regions of country indicate that the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) is between… Read More »