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Pollution is the presence or introduction into the environment of substances or agents that cause harm or discomfort to living organisms or damage to the natural environment. It can have harmful effects on human health, wildlife, and ecosystems.

In the Union Budget delivered by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, funding for the rural employment guarantee plan, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), was cut by 30 percent, to Rs 61,032.65 crore for 2024-24.As compared to the updated projection of Rs 89,154.65 crore for 2022-23, this represents a decrease of 30%.This is the second year in a row that funding for the plan has been reduced; in 2022-23, the MGNREGA’s budgetary allocation was reduced by 25%, from a revised estimate of Rs 98,000 crore to Rs 73,000 crore. Each rural family in the nation will…

Despite India being declared “Leprosy Eliminated” in 2005 , India still accounts for 25% of the world’s new leprosy patients, says Union Health Minister  Mansukh Mandaviya in his written message of the National Strategic Plan and Road-map for 2024-2027. It is one of the oldest diseases known to man. National Leprosy Control Programme (NLCP) was launched by the government of India in 1954-55 with the vision of “Leprosy-free India”.   Leprosy : It is a chronic bacterial infection which affects skin, nerves, lungs and eyes. Early detection of the infection can save the member from physical disabilities. There were sudden…

In India, Mental Healthcare Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 7th of April 2017 and came into force in 2018. The Act provides mental healthcare and services to people with mental illness and also protects, promotes, and fulfills the rights of such persons during the delivery of mental healthcare and services. Under this act, Mental illness was determined in accordance with such nationally or internationally accepted medical standards, that of the World Health Organisation (WHO), or others that were notified by the Central Government. Recently , all 46 government-run mental healthcare facilities across the nation…