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    Anti-Retroviral Treatment for HIV/ AIDS Patients

    18/07/2014 … All people living with HIV/AIDS in the country can access free Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART) through 432 Anti-Retroviral Therapy Centres, and 870 Link Anti- Retroviral Therapy Centres. As of May 2014, a total of 777,485 patients are receiving free first line anti-retroviral therapy and 9333 patients are receiving free second line anti-retroviral therapy in the country.

    State/UTs- wise details of HIV/AIDS patients receiving first line Anti-Retroviral treatment in the Country is given below:

    Sr.No.

    State

    HIV/AIDS patients in country as on May’14

    1

    Andhra Pradesh

                            170,986

    2

    Arunachal Pradesh

                                      43

    3

    Assam

                                 2,893

    4

    Bihar

                              20,012

    5

    Chandigarh

                                 3,466

    6

    Chhattisgarh

                                 5,385

    7

    Delhi

                              16,535

    8

    Goa

                                 2,065

    9

    Gujarat

                              40,121

    10

    Haryana

                                 5,269

    11

    HP

                                 2,682

    12

    J&K

                                 1,396

    13

    Jharkhand

                                 4,997

    14

    Karnataka

                            107,664

    15

    Kerala

                                 8,897

    16

    Maharashtra

                            143,578

    17

    Mumbai

                              32,770

    18

    Manipur

                                 9,462

    19

    Mizoram

                                 2,947

    20

    Meghalaya

                                    494

    21

    MP

                              11,744

    22

    Nagaland

                                 4,822

    23

    Odisha

                                 8,727

    24

    Pondicherry

                                 1,003

    25

    Punjab

                              13,997

    26

    Rajasthan

                              20,331

    27

    Sikkim

                                    100

    28

    Tamil Nadu

                              80,685

    29

    Tripura

                                    453

    30

    Uttaranchal

                                 2,001

    31

    UP

                              33,423

    32

    WB

                              18,537

     

    India

                            777,485

     

    State/UTs-wise breakup of second line patients are given below

    Sr. No.

    State

    No of Patients

    1

    Andhra Pradesh

    1396

    2

    Assam

    26

    3

    Bihar

    96

    4

    Chandigarh

    307

    5

    Total Delhi

    391

    6

    Goa

    22

    7

    Gujarat

    949

    8

    J&K

    22

    9

    Jharkhand

    8

    10

    Total Karnataka

    929

    11

    Kerala

    189

    12

    Madhya Pradesh

    85

    13

    Maharashtra

    2815

    14

    Manipur

    130

    15

    Meghalaya

    1

    16

    Mizoram

    5

    17

    Nagaland

    11

    18

    Odisha

    24

    19

    Punjab

    66

    20

    Rajasthan

    105

    21

    Tamil Nadu

    835

    22

    Uttarakhand

    20

    23

    Uttar Pradesh

    232

    24

    Total West Bengal

    669

    Total No of Patient alive and on second line treatment

    9333

    There are 52 facilities (10-Centre of Excellence, 7 Pediatric Centre of Excellence, and 35 ART plus centres) covering the country, patients from states who are not mentioned in the above list are covered by centres in nearby states

    The free Anti-Retroviral Treatment in the country was introduced in the year 2004. The country has scaled up the ART programme in a phased manner and at present is providing treatment through a number of 1302 facilities. It is planned to scale up the services to 600 ART Centres and 1500 Link ART Centres by 2016-2017. NACP IV aims to provide universal access to free ART to all those who require it.

    The government has already announced to provide free third line antiretroviral therapy and this would become functional as soon as the procurement of drugs and logistics for the same are ready.  For viral load testing programme has adopted a targeted viral load approach. Free viral load testing is done for patients showing immunological failure. The viral load testing facilities are done through 9 identified labs across the country. Efforts are being made to upscale this further.

    The estimated numbers of patients who require third line treatment are very few in the country.  At present the cost for the same is planned to be managed from the current allocation for the antiretroviral programme.

    The Health Minister stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.

    40882 Quintals of Seeds Made Available to KVKS to Meet any Contingent Requirement of Farmers

    18/07/2014 … Weather information and related agro-advisories are provided to farmers by Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) through Kisan Mobile Advisory messages, Radio & TV programmes and newspapers. KVKs have also prepared contingent plans emphasizing on crop that requires less water, short duration varieties and planning for protective irrigation and enhanced water use efficiency. About 40882 quintals of seeds of various crops have also been made available to KVKs to meet any contingent requirement of farmers.

    In the wake of weak monsoon during Kharif-2014, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has been constantly monitoring the weather forecasts and updating weather information to farmers to facilitate sowing of Kharif crops.

    In addition, under National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA), ICAR has been providing demonstration on climate resilient practices like water harvesting, direct seeded rice, alternate wetting and drying, green maturing etc. on farmers’ fields to help farmers cope up with seasonal climatic variability in crop production.

    This information was given today by Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries in a written reply to Rajya Sabha questions.

    SPORTS MINISTER FELICITATES SPORTS TALENTS FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENT

    July 18, 2014 …. India’s top junior in Squash  Yash Fadte  was  felicitated by Sports Minister Shri RameshTawadkar in his chamber today.

    Executive Director of Sports Authority of Goa Shri Sandip Jacques, Director of Sports & Youth Affairs Shri Y. B. Tavde, Shri  Gurudatt Bhakta and Secretary, Goa Olympics Association, Shri Arund Bhat, Treasurer, SAG were present.

    Mast.  Fadte has many sports achievements to his credit such as Pioneer Cup title in Germany, Asian Squash Runners up in Iran,  he had also won Hong Kong Junior Open an Asian Platinum Event. He is leaving for Mumbai on  July 19 to participate in the Squash Championship, organized by National Sports Club of India.

    The Minister Shri Tawadkar also felicitated winners of 41st Junior National Aquatic Championship organized by Swimming Federation of India. Master Jerry D’Mello (Gold-Swimming(, Mast. Aalhad Vivek Chatim (Bronze-Diving) , Miss. Genevieve D’Costa (Gold and Bronze –Diving) and Miss. Suman Patil (Silver-Butterfly).

    The coaches Shri P. Narciha (Diving), Shri Dayanan Patil (swimming) and Shri Thomas Jose (Swimming were present.  

    Press Release For the day as on 17.07.2014 Pertaining to the cases registered at below mentioned Police Stations

      Dated 18.07.2014

    Press Release For the day as on 17.07.2014 Pertaining to the cases registered at below mentioned Police Stations/Units are as under.

    NORTH GOA DISTRICT

    PANAJI PS: Shri Mahesh Gaonkar r/o Models Maridien- Dona Paula- Panaji-Goa  complained that on 01.09.2000 at 03.50  hrs  at Panaji Police Station, accused namely1) Mr. D. H. Kenaudekar along with his brother, 2) G.H. Kenaudekar and 3)  Mrs. Anamika Kenaudekar criminally trespassed into the Panaji Police Station and criminally intermediated, abused and threatened  him when he was PI Panaji  Police Station and staff on duty at Panaji  Police station  by banging office tables, demanding  release of two accused person  namely 1)  Mr. Anthony Fernandes and Mariano Fernandes who were arrested u/s sec 151 Cr. P.C. Cr.No.291/14 u/s 353, 447, 504, 506 r/w 34 IPC is registered. PSI B .Z. Pawar is I.O.

    2) Complaint upon behalf of the State that on 14.07.14 at 21.20 hrs, near Goa Motor driving school-Panaji, accused namely Vinesh Narayanan P.K. r/o c/o Prince Bakery-Taleigao N/O Kerala riding Yamaha M/cycle No. KL-46-J-1495 rode the same in a rash and negligent manner while proceeding from Taleigao Church to Tonca-Caranzalem and when reached at Goa Motor driving School- Panaji, dashed a Honda Brio car No.GA-07-E-7121 and due to said impact said motor cycle caught fire and was damaged completely and also caused injuries to pillion rider namely Devanand Kumar, age 22 yrs, c/o cafe Azad- Taleigao market- Panaji due to fall on the road. Cr.No.292/14 u/s 279, 337 IPC is registered.

    3)  On 17.07.14, one  person namely  Anish Kishore Gadekar, age 30 yrs.,  r/o  Amral Bandh-Taleigao-Panaji committed suicide by hanging near Essar Galaxy building, Amrol Bandh-Taleigao. Dead body preserved in GMC Morgue Bambolim for PME. U.D.No.50/14 u/s 174 Cr. P. C. is registered.

    VALPOI PS: Complaint on behalf of the State that on 17.07.14 at 19.15 hrs., near CHC-Valpoi, unknown driver of  truck No. GA-04-T-5410 drove in rash and negligent  manner  while  proceeding  from Honda  to Valpoi and  when reached  near  CHC- Valpoi, dashed to Passion M/cycle No.GA-02-P-9635 which  was coming  from opposite  direction  causing  grievous  injury  to M/ cycle rider namely Shahabuddin Badage, age 30 yrs., r/o  Bhuipal- Sattari and   accused person fled away from the spot without informing police. Accused driver namely Nawaz Shaikh, age 31 yrs., r/o Vaploi arrested and released on bail. Cr.No.51/14 u/s 279, 338 IPC and Sec 134 (a) (b) of M.V. Act is registered. HC-4169 is I.O.

    SOUTH GOA DISTRICT

    MARGAO TOWN PS: On 17.07.14, one unknown male person, age about 45 yrs, was found lying dead near Raviraj Hotel- Khareband. U.D.No.62/14 u/s 174 Cr. P. C. is registered. PSI M. Culaco is I.O.

    PM condoles loss of lives in incident involving Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17

    18/07/2014 …. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has condoled the loss of lives in the incident involving the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.

    “Our thoughts & prayers are with the families of those who lost their lives on board Flight MH17. We stand with them in this hour of grief,” the Prime Minister said.

     

    CLEANLINESS DRIVE BY NCC CADETS OF 1 GOA BN

    July 17, 2014 ….. 1 Goa Bn NCC, Panaji organized eight days of cleanliness drive in St Inez area between  Jul 5 to  Jul 10 and from  Jul  17  to  Jul 18.

    NCC cadets of 1 Goa Bn NCC, Panaji accompanied with officials of Urban Health Centre, Panaji carried out house to house visits.

    Also accompanied the NCC cadets were the staff of 1 Goa Bn NCC including Subedar Major Kankal Subhash, Training  JCO of the unit Subeder  Balwan Singh & Trg NCO of the unit Havaldar Asmatullah.

     Various breeding sites like open sintex tanks, tyres, buckets filled with water, coconut shells, grinding stones were identified. Necessary anti-larval measures were taken by anti-larval team. Leaflets mentioning do’s and don’ts in respect of vector borne diseases were distributed among locals.

     During this drive 1231 houses were visited.

    Tourism Dept to strengthen Goa’s safety and security

    17/07/goan beach2014 …. In order to boost tourist safety throughout the year, a sensitization workshop was held at with the Department of Tourism officials and the Tourist Police force, at the Tourism Bhavan, Patto, Panaji.

    The meeting was addressed by Director Tourism, Deputy Director Mr. ArvindKhutkar, SP UmeshGaonkar and PSI Mr. SachinGawas. Around 97 IRB personnel were present at the workshop. The aim of the workshop was to brief the Tourist Police officers on management of duties on field, tacking situations and redressal of complaints.

    Mrs. Pamela Mascarenhas, Deputy Director, Department of Tourism said, “Domestic tourists visit the state all throughout the year, during season and off-season.

    The IRB personnel are deployed on all beaches of Goa and have been sensistized to take strict action against garbage dumping, drinking on beaches, cooking food on the roadside, littering, security of tourists especially women and prohibiting hawkers and beggars on beaches. A special training workshop will be conducted shortly on handling such situations.”

    Strict laws will be followed to ‘Keep Goa green and clean.’ Drinking on beaches is prohibited and declared as nuisance. Anyone found doing so will be charged a fine of Rs. 5000/-. The Tourist police force has been asked to intervene if they notice incidents such as harassment/troubling women especially foreign tourists.

    Signboards will be put up on all beaches warning tourists not to litter the beaches. If found littering, the person will be detained and fined by the Dept. of Tourism. No scooters/vehicles will be allowed on beaches except for the lifeguard vehicle/Ambulance/Police/Govt. vehicles. There will be zero tolerance for beggars and hawkers on beaches.

    IRB force will also be deployed at the Calangute Promenade and action will be taken on vendors/tourists who litter the place. It has been noticed that tourists coming in tourist buses are found cooking on the roadside thereby creating a nuisance. The Govt. of Goa will soon pass an order not permitting such activities on the roadside.

    The Department of Tourism has constituted a Flying Squad who will further take the responsibility in controlling escalated matters. Dy. Director, Mr. ArvindKhutkar mentioned that a special Surveillance and Monitoring team will inspect illegal activities in hotels, shacks and beaches.

    Ten new vehicles will be shortly deployed for the purpose of patrolling in North and South Goa. CCTV cameras will be installed on all major beaches in the forthcoming tourist season.

    a two day summit on sustainable mining organized by federation of Indian mineral industries gets underway at a five star resort at dona paula in goa

    17/07/2014 …. Chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday inaugurated a two day summit on sustainable mining organized by federation of Indian mineral industries at a five star resort at dona paula.

    The two day summit spoke on allocation of mineral concessions vis-à-vis sustainable mining and scientific exploration and mining, mine closures, Social, environmental and forest appraisals mining and biodiversity, Occupational health and safety in mining, Improve technologies, equipment and practices for sustainable mining and Sharing of benefits with local communities, conflict resolution

    Along with chief minister present on the occasion were president of fimi h c daga, former managing director of tata steel h m nerurkar, chairman cum managing director nmdc ltd Hyderabad narendra Kothari and other dignitaries

    Speaking on the occasion chief minister Manohar Parrikar said that mining was a base pillar of the economy and one could not bring it down even if he had wished to do it while it was bad to waste certain resources and there was a need to conserve certain energies

    Meanwhile president of fimi h c daga said that during its five year term of the organization of federation of Indian mineral industries was that recognized as the responsible organization working towards sustainable mining and its contribution was also appreciated by the supreme court towards its contribution to for r n r plant for mines in Karnataka which was closed following the supreme court order …

     

    Ganpati Festival Special Trains on Konkan Railway

    17/07/2014 …. The Konkan Railway has decided to run following special trains on Konkan Railway route to clear extra rush of passengers during Ganpati Festival in co-ordination with Central Railway. 

    Train no. 01033/01034 Mumbai CST – Madgaon Reserved special

    Train No. 01033 CSTM – Madgaon special train will leave from CSTM at 00:20 hrs on 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th, 31st August and on 1 – 3 and 5 – 10 September 2014.  The train will reach Madgaon at 14:10 hrs on same day.

    Train No. 01034 Madgaon – CSTM  special train will leave from Madgaon at 14:40 hrs on 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th, 31st August and on 1 – 3 and 5 – 10 September 2014.  The train will reach CSTM at 04:30 hrs on next day.

    The train will run 6 days a week (Except Thursday). The train will halt at  Dadar, Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Khed, Chiplun, Savarde, Aravali Road, Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri, Adavali, Vilavade, Rajapur Road, Vaibhavwadi Road, Nandgaon Road, Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal, Zarap, Sawantwadi Road, Madure, Pernem, Thivim and Karmali stations.

    The train will have One 2-tier A.C. coach, Two 3-tier A.C. coaches, Ten Second Class Sleeper coaches, Three General coaches and Two luggage cum Brake Vans.

    Train no. 01037/01038 Lokmanya Tilak (T) – Ratnagiri – Lokmanya Tilak (Unreserved) Special

    Train No. 01037 Lokmanya Tilak (T) – Ratnagirispecial train will leave from Lokmanya Tilak (T) at 01:00 hrs on 23rd, 25th, 27th, 29th, 31st  August and on 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th September 2014.  The train will reach Ratnagiri at 09:05 hrs on same day.

    Train No. 01038 Ratnagiri –Lokmanya Tilak (T) special train will leave from Ratnagiri at 11:30 hrs on 23rd, 25th, 27th, 29th, 31st  August and on 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th September 2014.  The train will reach Lokmanya Tilak (T) at 19:20 hrs on same day.

    The train will run on alternate days. The train will halt at Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Khed, Chiplun, Savarde, Aravali Road and Sangameshwar stations.

    The train will have  Twelve Ordinary Chair Car coaches, Four General coaches, and Two luggage cum Brake Vans.

    Train no. 01039/01040 Lokmanya Tilak (T) – Karmali – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Reserved Special

    Train No. 01039 Lokmanya Tilak (T) – Karmali special train will leave from Lokmanya Tilak (T) at 13:00 hrs on 25th August, and on 1st and 8th September 2014.  The train will reach Karmali at 01:40 hrs on next day.

    Train No. 01040  Karmali – Lokmanya Tilak (T)special train will leave from Karmali at 10:00 hrs on 26th August and on 2ndand 9th September 2014.  The train will reach Lokmanya Tilak (T) at 23:15 hrs on same day.

    The train will run weekly, on Mondays Ex-LTT and on Tuesday Ex-Karmali. The train will halt at Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Khed, Chiplun, Savarde, Aravali Road, Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri, Adavali, Vilavade, Rajapur Road, Vaibhavwadi Road, Nandgaon Road, Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal, Zarap, Sawantwadi Road, Madure, Pernem and Thivim stations.

    The train will have One 2-tier A.C. coach, One 3-tier A.C. coach, Thirteen Second Class Sleeper coaches, Five General coaches and Two luggage cum Brake Vans.   

     

    HEALTH MINISTER INAUGURATES DIALYSIS UNIT AT VASCO

    Panaji: July 16, 2014 … Minister for Health and Panchayati Raj Shri Laxmikant Parsekar along with Power Minister Shri Milind Naik inaugurated Dialysis Unit at Vishwa Sanjivani Health Centre at Vasco yesterday.

    Stressing on health care facilities in the state Shri Parsekar said that the Directorate of Health Services is pro active in imparting good health services to the people of the state. He said Goa is doing well as far as health parameters are concerned.

    The diseases like Cancer and Diabetics are alarming in the state the Health Minister said and stressed the need that the people to take precautions. He said 17 to 18 percent of population in the state is diabetic patients. To cater good health care services to the people the Government is encouraging private partners in the health care sectors he added.

    Speaking further Shri Parsekr said that, Deendayal Health Scheme will be launched shortly.

    Others present on the occasion were Dr. S. N. Sardesai, Dr. Anand Kamat, Shri Sukant Shaanbag, Dr. Amol Mhaldar and Dr. H. P. Pai.

    Elaborating on the functions of dialysis unit, Dr. Mhaldar said, the kidneys help filter waste, excess fluid, and toxins from our blood. If one’s kidneys fail, they will need a life-saving treatment called dialysis. Kidney dialysis is a life-support treatment that uses a special machine to filter harmful wastes, salt, and excess fluid from the blood. This restores the blood to a normal, healthy balance he added.

    Earlier Dr. Gautam Dubhashi Welcomed the guest and proposed vote of thanks,

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