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Lok Sabha Question No. 2225 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Commercialization Mother's Milk
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Manish Tewari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2225 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 th  JULY, 2022

## COMMERCIALIZATION MOTHER'S MILK

## 2225 . SHRI MANISH TEWARI:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) allows for commercial selling of mother's milk;
- (b) if not, whether it is a fact that some units are selling mother's milk through dubious AYUSH licenses;
- (c)   if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether some commercial companies are using NGOs and associated health workers in  rural  areas  to  engage  rural  women  in  commercialising  mother's  milk,  if  so,  the details thereof; and
- (e)  whether this is against the national guidelines on lactation management centres; and
- (f)  if so, the details thereof along with the steps being taken by FSSAI to prevent this?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to  (f):  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Authority  of  India  (FSSAI)  has  informed  that  Food Safety  and  Standards  Act,  2006  and  Rules  and  Regulations  do  not  cover  the  commercial processing/selling of human milk.

Ministry of Ayush has informed that State Licensing Authority of Karnataka has issued Ayush license regarding mother's milk.  In this regard, Ministry of Ayush has directed State Licensing Authority of Karnataka vide letter dated 04.07.2022 to withdraw license issued to a company regarding mother's milk as Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani (ASU) drug, with immediate effect.

As  per  the  national  guidelines  on  Lactation  Management  Centre  (LMC)  in  Public Health Facilities, Donor Human Milk (DHM) cannot be used for any commercial purpose. It is to be provided to the newborns/infants admitted in the health facility where Comprehensive Lactation  Management  Centre  (CLMC)  is  situated,  after  all  procedures  enlisted  in  the guidelines are followed. Donation of human breast milk is to be done freely and voluntarily without any monetary benefits to the donor and with an understanding that the donated milk may be used free  of  cost  to  feed  the  new-borns/infants  of  another  mother  admitted  in  the hospital.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2224 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Testing and Certification of Defence Products
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Bhola Singh, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Sukanta Majumdar, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2224

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 th  July, 2022

## TESTING AND CERTIFICATION OF DEFENCE PRODUCTS

2224. SHRI BHOLA SINGH: SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR: DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR: SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK: SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA):

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state: (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  an  independent  nodal  umbrella  body  for meeting  wide  ranging  testing  and  certification  requirements  of  defence  products  in  the country; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether the nodal body is envisaged to be an autonomous body which will act as a SingleWindow  agency  to  enable  and  regulate  the  existing  facilities of Trial, Testing and Certification of defence products; and (d) if so, the details thereof?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

## MINISTER OF STATE (SHRI AJAY BHATT) IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(a) to (d):  In the Union Budget for 2022-23, an announcement has been made to set up an independent  nodal  umbrella  body  for  meeting  wide  ranging  testing  and  certification requirements.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2223 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: National Girl Child Day
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jayanta Kumar Roy, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Bhola Singh, Vinod Kumar Sonkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEPELOVEMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2223

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2022

## NATIONAL GIRL CHILD DAY

2223.  DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI RAJA  AMARESHWARA NAIK:

SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA):

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government celebrates National Girl Child Day to create awareness about the rights of girl child;
- (b) if so, the details and salient features thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) & (b) 24th January is celebrated as National Girl Child Day every year by the Government. National Girl Child Day is celebrated to bring to centre stage the different problems faced by the girl child and spread gender sensitization amongst the various sections of society. The objective is to promote wide spread sensitization on important issues pertaining to survival, welfare, development and empowerment of the girl child. Different activities, such as webinars/interaction on gender sensitive issues, felicitation of  performing  districts  under  BBBP,  plantation  drive,  wall  painting  competition,  quiz competition,  identification  of  local  champions  etc  are  organized  each  year  on  the occasion of National Girl Child Day.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2217 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Setting up of new Fertilizer Plant in PPP Mode
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS

## LOK SABHA

## UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 2217 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 29.07.2022

## Setting up of new Fertilizer plant in PPP mode

## 2217.SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to set up new fertilizer plants under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode in the near future;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not; the reasons thereof;
- (c) whether there is any proposal to revive the existing sick fertilizer units in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## (SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

- (a) At present; No Sir

- (b) In view of (a) above, question does not arise.

- (c) At present;,

No Sir.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2216 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Development of NW4 Project
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Adala Prabhakara Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2216

ANSWERED ON 2910712022

## DEVELOPMENT OF NW4 PROJECT

## 2216. SHRI ADALA PRABHAKARA REDDY:

Will the Minister of PORTS, SHIPPING  AND WATERWAyS be pleased to state: rfi, +dqftf,e=t efureqFf  {*

- (a) the details  regarding  the progress  made towards the development  of NW4 project  from Vijaywada to Galagali on Krishna river for port connectivity  under the Sagarmala scheme; and
- (b) the details of the funds allocated and utilized  till date?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PORTS. SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a) The stretch  of river Krishna between Vijayawada  and Galagali is part of declared National Wateruay-4.  ln this stretch,  following development  work has been taken up by lnland Waterways  Authority of lndia (lWAl) between Vijayawada  to Muktayala  on Krishna River in Andhra  Pradesh:  -
- '1 . Deployment of four Floating  jetties.
2. Dredging in the stretch for navigational purpose.
3. Land acquisition process for construction of three Ro-Ro terminals at Muktayala, Harichandrapuram and lbrahimpatnam has been initiated  with the State Govt.

However, no development  work on this stretch has been undertaken under Sagarmala  scheme.

- (b) Against sanctioned  project cost of Rs. 96.0 crore,Rs.  54.08 crore has been utilized till 30.6.2022.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2215 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Separate Organisation for Commercialization of Arms
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Vishnu Dutt Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2215

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 th  July, 2022

## SEPARATE ORGANISATION FOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF ARMS

2215. SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

(a) whether in view of the increasing defence armaments manufacturing capabilities of India, the Government is considering to set up a dedicated organization for commercialisation of the arms,  equipment  and  defence  technology  on  similar  lines  of  Antrix  corporation  for  space services; and

- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

MINISTER OF STATE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

- (a):  No, Sir.

- (b):  Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2214 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Ordnance Factories
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Ranjeeta Koli, Manoj Rajoria, Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2214

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 th  July, 2022

## ORDNANCE FACTORIES

2214. SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI: DR. MANOJ RAJORIA: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of ordnance factories set up in the country along with the number of such factories proposed to be set up by the Government under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the total funds spent by the Government in setting up of these ordnance factories;
- (c)  whether  the  weapons  manufactured  in  such  factories  are  being  made  available  to  the defence forces and are also used for export purposes and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  details  of  the  export  of  defence  equipment  manufactured  under  the  Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan during the last three years and the current year?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

- (a) & (b):  Total 41 numbers of Ordnance Factories have been set up by the Government in the  country  so  far.  There  is  presently  no  such  proposal  of  setting  up  of  new  Ordnance Factories.  Further,  seven  new  Defence  Public  Sector  Undertakings  have  been  set up  with effect from 1 st October, 2021 by subsuming the 41 Ordnance Factories, for manufacturing of modern  weapons  and  armament  indigenously  by  transferring  assets  valued  at  over  Rs. 90,000 crore developed over the years to the new companies.
- (c):  The weapons manufactured by these Ordnance Factories are already in service with the Indian Armed Forces and are being exported to various countries as well.

(d):    The  value  of  export  of  defence  equipment  by  both  DPSUs  and  private  defence companies for the last three years and the current year are as under:

(Rs. in crore)

| Year                                  | Value of Export   |
|---------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 2019-20                               | 9115.55           |
| 2020-21                               | 8434.84           |
| 2021-22                               | 12814.54          |
| 2022-23 (up to 1 st Quarter, 2022-23) | 1191.01*          |

(* on the basis of authorizations issued to private firms during First Quarter of FY 2022-23)

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2213 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Advocates and Judges Holding Office of Profit
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE

## DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

## LokSabha Unstarred Question No. 2213

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 29.07.2022

## Advocates and Judges Holding Office of Profit

2213. SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE

विवि और न्याय मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the Government has compiled any information regarding the appointment of advocates and Judges in various courts while they are holding multiple posts of offices of profit;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh; and
- (c) the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) & (b): Appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts is made under Articles 124, 217 and 224 of the Constitution of India and  its  procedure  thereof  is  laid  down  in  the  Memorandum  of Procedure  (MoP)  prepared  in  1998  pursuant  to  the  Supreme  Court Judgement  of  October  6,  1993  (Second  Judges  case)  r.w.  their Advisory Opinion of October, 28, 1998 (Third Judges case). Further, the  provisions  for  appointment  of  judges  of  subordinate  courts  are prescribed in articles 233 and 234 of the Constitution.

As far as Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts, holding post of office(s) of profit are concerned, no such information is maintained by the Government.

(c)Does not arise.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2212 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Multi Modal Ports
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 2212

ANSWERED ON 2910712022

## MULTI MODAL PORTS

## 2212. SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU:

Will the Minister  of PORTS,  SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS be pleased to state: ffi, da  qP{fit{ ofu wmr,f {fi

- (a) whether the Government is planning to develop multi-modal ports in the country, if so, the details thereof,
- (c) the quantum  of funds earmarked/released  so far for these pofts?
- (b) whether the Government  has identified any place(s)  in the State of Andhra Pradesh for developing such multi modal ports, if so, the details  thereof; and

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS

(sHRr SARBANANDA  SONOWAL)

- (a) Ports are multimodal  in nature as they act as an interface for the transfer of goods between various modes of transport like sea, rail, road, inland water transport, pipeline  etc. Government  of  lndia has accorded  in-principle approval for development  of Major Port at Vadhavan in Maharashtra by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) incorporated under Companies  Act, 2013 with Jawaharlal  Nehru Port as lead paftner.
- (b) The Government  of Andhra Pradesh has identified four greenfield locations along the coast of the state to develop Ports at Ramayapatnam,  Bhavanapadu, Machilipatnam  and Kakinada  SEZ which are all multimodal  in nature.
- (c) The details of funds sanctioned and released by Government of Andhra Pradesh w.r.t to the construction of these ports is as under:

| Port               |   Sanctioned Amount ( INR in crores) |   Released Amount (lNR in crores) |
|--------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Ramayapatnam Port  |                              3736.14 |                            135.38 |
| Bhavanapadu Port   |                              4362    |                             36.05 |
| Machilipatnam Port |                              5156    |                              8.87 |
Lok Sabha Question No. 2210 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Compensation to families of Jawans
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Raju Bista

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2210

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 th  July, 2022

## COMPENSATION TO FAMILIES OF JAWANS

2210. SHRI RAJU BISTA:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has provided ex-gratia payments and financial compensation and emoluments  to  the  families  of  Jawans  of  107  Bn  Territorial  Army  (11GR)  who  attained veergati in the recent Manipur landslide; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

MINISTER OF STATE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

- (a) & (b):  Yes, Sir. The details of financial benefits provided to the families of Jawans of 107 Bn Territorial Army (11 GR) who attained veergati in the recent landslide in Manipur are as under:-

| Territorial Army PariwarKalyanYojna                                    | Rs. 2,00,000/-   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| Financial grant from Army Battle Casualty Welfare Fund                 | Rs. 1,00,000/-   |
| Army Wives Welfare Association Grant from Headquarters Eastern Command | Rs. 30,000/-     |
| Territorial Army Group Headquarters Eastern Command Financial Grant    | Rs. 20,000/-     |
| Funeral Grant from unit                                                | Rs. 10,000/-     |
| Defence Salary Package Account (Personal Accident Insurance)           | Rs. 50,00,000/-  |
| Financial Assistance from Manipur State Government                     | Rs. 5,00,000/-   |
| Total                                                                  | Rs. 58,60,000/-  |

In addition, the families of these personnel are also entitled to the following emoluments:-

| Death cum Retirement Gratuity                          | UptoRs. 10,00,000/-                                                                                  |
|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Financial grant from Army Battle Casualty Welfare Fund | Rs. 7,00,000/-                                                                                       |
| Ex Gratia (CG)                                         | As applicable                                                                                        |
| Liberalised Family Pension                             | As per pay of individual                                                                             |
| Territorial Army Group Insurance Fund                  | (i) Rs. 25,00,000/- for Junior Commissioned Officers/Other Ranks. (ii) Rs. 50,00,000/- for Officers. |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2209 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: New Variant of Corona
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Anto  Antony, Rakesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2209 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2022

## NEW VARIANT OF CORONA

## † 2209. SHRI ANTO ANTONY: SHRI RAKESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any new variant of Coronavirus have been reported in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the place/ areas where it has spread;
- (c) whether the new variant of corona is less dangerous for human beings, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the symptoms of this variant and the steps taken for its prevention?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE ( DR BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a)  to  (d):  As  per  Indian  SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), no new variant of concern  of  COVID-19  virus  has  been  detected  in  the  country  since  the  detection  of  Omicron variant in first week of December 2021. However, various Omicron sub-lineages are circulating in  the  country.  These  Omicron  sub-lineages  are  circulating  across  all  the  States.  The  clinical presentation remains largely the same. Omicron and its sub-lineages are found to be associated with  milder  disease  as  evident  by  the  relatively  lower  rates  of  hospitalizations  reported  by States/UTs.

Given  the  emergence  of  variants  of  COVID-19  virus  with  variable  transmissibility  and  other public health implications, Union Ministry of Health is following COVID-19 trajectory globally and in the country along with various expert committees. Union Ministry of Health & FW has requested  States/UTs  to  focus  on  five-fold  strategy  of  Test-Track-Treat-Vaccination  Against COVID-19 and Adherence to COVID Appropriate Behavior and has urged all States/UTs remain prepared for any surge in COVID-19 trajectory.

Union Ministry of Health provides requisite support to States/UTs to enhance preparedness and response  capacities  against  COVID-19.  Funding  support  has  been  provided  to  States/UTs  for health  system  strengthening  to  meet  any  exigency  due  to  resurgence  of  cases  in  the  country through National Health Mission, State Disaster Response Funds (SDRF), Emergency COVID19  Response  and  Preparedness  packages  and  PM  -  Ayushman  Bharat  Health  Infrastructure Mission.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2208 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Deployment of medical teams in the flood affected areas
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Abdul Khaleque

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2208 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2022

## DEPLOYMENT OF MEDICAL TEAMS IN THE FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS

## † 2208. SHRI ABDUL KHALEQUE:

Will the Minister of HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Government has an efficient plan that can be implemented for dealing with the healthcare issues during floods as well as the post floods situation in Assam;
- b) if so, the details thereof?
- c) whether the Government has issued any new guidelines for medical assistance, screening and deployment of medical teams in the flood affected areas and if so, the details thereof; and
- d) whether the Government proposed any  plan that can be implemented in near future in 80 percent of the flood affected Assam to manage the natural calamity more efficiently and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE ( DR BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (d): National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued National Guidelines on Management of Floods in January, 2008 for holistic management of disasters due to floods. The guidelines  contain  details  regarding  measures  to  be  taken  for  prevention,  mitigation,  response (including emergency medical response) and recovery in context of management of floods.

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has issued a comprehensive 'Public Health Guidelines for Flood Events' which provides details on common public health effects due to floods, rapid need assessment, disease surveillance during and after flood with particular focus on water and food borne diseases; vector- borne diseases, and water, sanitation issues etc.

The Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP) through its State and District units takes disease surveillance & responds to outbreak of communicable diseases including those that are likely to be seen during floods or after-flood periods.

During  the  recent  floods  in  Assam,  Union  Ministry  of  Health  &  FW  coordinated  with  State health authorities on reporting of diseases to enable detection of disease outbreaks.

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