DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 11 JULY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
MOHUA IS THE NEW NAME FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT & HOUSING MINISTRY
i. The government has
merged the ministries of urban development, and housing and urban poverty
alleviation– involved in policy making in urban areas – to form the Ministry of
Housing and Urban Affairs. This is 3rd time the ministries have been merged.
ii. Venkaiah Naidu heads
the ministries of urban development, and housing and urban poverty alleviation
iii. With this merger,
the government now has 51. In 2004, the number was 42. The first government in
independent India had just 17 ministries.
iv. Government proposes
to increase urban reform incentive fund, to Rs 3000 crs.
2.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH SIGNS MOU WITH GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL TO SET UP CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
i. Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Government of West
Bengal to set up a state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence in Transfusion
Medicine.
ii. The Centre of
Excellence in Transfusion Medicine will be set up in Kolkata. The initiative
helps in strengthening the blood transfusion services in the State and the
surrounding region.
iii. Government of India
has approved an outlay of approximately Rs.200 Cr towards equipment, manpower
and running costs.
iv .The land for this
initiative will be provided free of cost by the State government. A Central
Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to set up
state-of-the-art Centres of Excellence in transfusion medicine in the four
metro cities of Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata.