PIB News Update:Health Related Steps taken so far for COVID containment
Already announced – Rs. 15,000 crore
• Released to states – Rs. 4113 cr
• Essential items – Rs. 3750 cr
• Testing labs and kits – Rs. 550 cr
• Insurance cover of Rs 50 lakhs per person for health professionals underPradhan Mantri GaribKalyan Yojana.
Leveraging IT –
• Roll out of e-Sanjeevani Tele-ConsultationServices
• Capacity Building: Virtual learning modules – iGOT
platform
• Arogya Setu:self assessment and contact tracing
Protection to HealthWorkers –
• Amendment in Epidemic Diseases Act
• Adequate provision for PPEs –
• From zero to > 300 domestic manufacturers
• Already supplied – PPEs (51 lakhs), N95 masks (87 lakhs) HCQ tablets(11.08 Cr) Reforming Governance for Ease of Doing Business
• Globally, potential investors look at a country’s Doing Business Report (DBR) ranking
• Sustained measures taken have resulted in steadily improving India’s position in World Bank’s Doing Business Report rank from 142 in 2014 to 63 in 2019
• This included streamlining processes such as granting of permits and clearance, self-certification and third party certification among others.
• Government is working on a mission mode on the next phase of Ease of Doing Business Reforms relating to easy registration of property, fast disposal of commercial disputes and simpler tax regime for making India one of the easiest places to do business