COVID-19 vaccination: Govt uses MeitY s RAS platform to collect feedback
Rapid Assessment System was developed by the National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics & IT, for online instant feedback for e-services (online as well as offline through counters) delivered by the government of India and state governments
Nidhi Singal | January 22, 2021 | Updated 22:44 IST
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Aimed at improving citizens vaccination experience, while ensuring that all norms are being followed during the process, the government is using Rapid Assessment System (RAS) for taking feedback from those who get vaccinated. This RAS platform, developed by Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), has already sent out around 6.2 lakh text messages to all those who have been vaccinated in last four days.
KS Alagiri urges Centre to withdraw its stance that States lack legislative competence to reserve seats in medical admissions
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The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president expressed shock over such submissions made by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president expressed shock over such submissions made by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K.S. Alagiri urged the Centre to withdraw its counter affidavit before the Madras High Court questioning the legislative competence of State governments to enact laws which provide horizontal reservation to government school students in medical admissions every year.
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): India reported 15,223 new COVID-19 cases, taking the caseload to 1,06,10,883 on Thursday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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CHENNAI: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday informed the Madras High Court that it is not in favour of granting horizontal reservation to government school students in medical admissions since it may undo reform of merit-based admissions.
The reply also said, Any artificial horizontal reservation is likely to create abnormal incentives/disincentives affecting pre-medical education. which will not be desirable.”
The ministry also pointed out that the .7.5% horizontal reservation provided for government school pass out students to medical admission in Tamil Nadu had been provided through legislation enacted by the state government and no reference had been made to the Centre for information/concurrence in the matter.
COVID-19: India records 15,223 more cases; nearly 10 lakhs vaccinated ANI | Updated: Jan 21, 2021 23:07 IST
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): As many as 15,223 more COVID-19 cases were reported in India, taking the country s caseload to 1,06,10,883 on Thursday, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MHFW) said.
A total of 19,965 discharges and 151 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours. At present, the active COVID infections in the country stand at 1,92,308 while the death toll mounted to 1,52,869.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 18,93,47,782 samples tested for COVID-19 up to January 20, of which 7,80,835 samples were tested on Wednesday.
The Health Ministry said that today up to 6 pm around 1,92,581 beneficiaries were vaccinated in 27 States and UTs. As on January 21 till 6 pm 9,99,065 beneficiaries have been vaccinated and 18,159 vaccine sessions have been held.