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NITI Aayog releases ‘Mitigation and Management of Covid-19: Practices from India’s States & UTs’

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NITI-Aayog-releases-‘Mitigation-and-Management-of-Covid-19-Practices-from-India’s-States-&-UTs’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

Click Here to Read Report

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About National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog:
Chairman–Prime Minister (Narendra Damodardas Modi)
Headquarter– New Delhi