Mandaviya, Vaishnaw Flag Off Jan Aushidhi Train

Mandaviya, Vaishnaw Flag Off Jan Aushidhi Train

Union Ministers Mansukh Mandaviya and Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off a Jan Aushadhi Train (Chhattisgarh Samparkranti Express) in New Delhi on Friday, said a press release by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

This train has been wrapped with the branding of the Jan Aushadhi scheme to spread awareness about Jan Aushadhi Generic medicines which are available through more than 9000 Kendras at affordable prices. This train will travel through more than four States for two months, added the press release.

Also, a similar train from Pune to Danapur has been flagged off covering 4 States for 2 months for generating awareness amongst the general public about the Jan Aushadhi scheme.

The third day of Jan Aushadhi Diwas, 2023 was observed as ‘Jan Aushadhi – Ek Kadam Matri Shakti Ki Ore’ across the country. women beneficiaries attended in large numbers at 34 locations in all States/UTs at Jan Aushadhi Kendras where interaction was conducted in the presence of women public representatives, women doctors, NGO’s and information sharing about the Health benefits of Jan Aushadhi medicines was done.

Special discussions about menstrual health were also conducted. Kits containing women-centric products were distributed to more than 3500 women at designated locations.

Mandaviya said that Jan Aushadhi Kendras provide quality and affordable medicines. More than 9000 Jan Aushadhi Kendra are working to ensure that people would get quality medicines at affordable prices and these Kendras are gaining popularity amongst the public.

Mandaviya further stated that Railways is also carrying a special campaign for the publicity of affordable generic medicines which in turn will create awareness among the public and will also save them money.

Union Minister informed that Railways Ministry has decided to open Jan Aushadhi Kendra at some big railway stations. This will prove beneficial for the commuters as they can buy medicines from these kendras at stations and they don’t need to go anywhere.

The Minister also informed that Jan Aushadhi Kendra can be opened by any private individual. 20 per cent commission is provided to him so that he can not only get medium of employment but also of service. He further said, while inexpensive and quality medicines are available at Jan Aushadhi Kendras throughout the country, these Kendras are also providing sanitary pads to women at the price of just Re 1 per pad. (ANI)

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Bill On Data Privacy Will Be Ready Soon: Sitharaman

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday assured that the new bill on data privacy will be ready “soon” and the Information Technology minister has been diligently working on it.

Ashwini Vaishnaw is the Union minister for information and technology.
“We will soon have a new Data Privacy Bill, which will be a product of consultations and will address every such concern most of us had on the privacy Bill,” she said.

Sitharaman made the remarks here today while addressing the ongoing India Ideas Summit organised by US-India Business Council.

The central government last month withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 from the Lok Sabha several months after it was introduced.

Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw had said the Bill was withdrawn because the Joint Parliamentary Committee recommended 81 amendments in a bill of 99 sections.

“Above that it made 12 major recommendations. Therefore, the bill has been withdrawn and a new bill will be presented for public consultation,” he had then tweeted.

Further, in her address to the US-India Business Council, she said jobs, equitable wealth distribution and ensuring that India is still on the path of growth are some of her top red-letter priorities.

However, according to her, inflation is not as it was brought down to “some manageable levels”.

To put things into context, India’s retail inflation fell to 6.71 per cent in July, the lowest level in five months, helped by an easing in food and oil prices, as per the National Statistical Office (NSO) data, it has been over the Reserve Bank of India’s upper tolerance band of 6 per cent for the seventh consecutive month in a row.

The previous month – June, the retail inflation was at 7.01 per cent in June. Inflation figures for August are expected early next week. (ANI)