Question: On 12th January 2021 which ministry has awarded Kayakalp Award?
a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
b) Ministry of Agriculture
c) Law Ministry
d) none of the above
Answer : (a)
Context
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has recently announced Annual Kayakalp Awards for the Medical institutions.
Facts
- Kayakalp Awards are given annually to the health facilities with the highest standards of sanitation and hygiene.
- Recently awards were announced by Dr Harsh Vardhan Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
- The Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) was awarded the second prize under the Kayakalp Awards scheme. JIPMER received the prize under the Group A Central facilities category, hospitals having more than thousand beds.
- The AIIMS Bhubaneswar has won first prize in the Kayakalp awards for cleanliness (2019-20) in B Category (and received a cash reward of Rs 2 crore) for the third consecutive time. Earlier, it had received the award in 2018 and 2019 becoming the second cleanliest hospital in the country. Category B holds hospitals with less than thousand beds.
- The Rairangpur Sub Divisional Hospital of Mayurbhanj district is awarded as best medical facility in Sub-divisional hospital community health centre category.
- Kayakalp Scheme was started in 2015 and aims to encourage and incentivize Public Health Facilities (PHFs) in the country to demonstrate their commitment for cleanliness, hygiene and infection control practices.
By – Kameshwar Shukla
Reference: http://qi.nhsrcindia.org/kayakalp-swachh-swasth-sarvatra