On November 25, 2020, the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog released a compendium titled “Mitigation & Management of Covid-19- Practices from India’s States & Union Territories”. It was released by NITI Aayog Member Dr Vinod K Paul, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Amitabh Kant and Additional Secretary Dr Rakesh Sarwal.
- The report contains information about various initiatives implemented by states, districts, and cities in India for containing and managing the Covid-19 outbreak.
- The focus of the report is to learn from each other practices for tackling the pandemic.
The practices in the compendium have been disaggregated under six sections:
i.Public health and clinical response
ii.Governance mechanisms
iii.Digital health
iv.Integrated model
v.Welfare of migrants and other vulnerable groups
vi.Other practices
Recent Related News:
i.On 19th October, 2020 NITI Aayog launched First of its Kind, Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Center (CIC) with Amazon Web Services (AWS). CIC will help in addressing societal challenges through digital innovation with focus on agriculture, healthcare and skill development.
ii. On October 28, 2020, NITI Aayog and Quality Council of India (QCI) launched the ‘National Program and Project Management Policy Framework (NPMPF)’ to transform the infrastructure sector in India.
About National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog:
Chairman–Prime Minister (Narendra Damodardas Modi)
Headquarter– New Delhi
