Letter of Intent between India and Norway

India and Norway sign Letter of Intent to extend health cooperation

Question: Through the Norway India Partnership Initiative (NIPI), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India signed a Letter of Intent with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Norway to extend the cooperation within which  of the following sectors?
(a) Information Technology
(b) Health
(c) Tourism
(d) Tax evasion
Answer: (b) 
Related facts:

  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India signed a Letter of Intent with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Norway to extend the cooperation within health sector through the Norway India Partnership Initiative (NIPI).
  • This Letter of Intent is for a period of three years from 2018-2020.
  • The cooperation shall focus on global health issues of common interest.
  • The partnership shall also include areas related to reproductive, maternal, new-born, child, adolescent health and health system strengthening.
  • The cooperation will continue to focus on innovative, catalytic and strategic support, taking the Indian Government’s Intensification Plan for Accelerated Maternal and Child Survival in India as the starting point.
  • This partnership shall build on experiences from NIPI phase I and II.
  • The Governments of Norway and India had agreed in 2006 to collaborate towards achieving MDG 4 to reduce child mortality based on commitments made by the two Prime Ministers. \
  • The partnership was based on India’s health initiative, the National Health Mission (NHM).
  • Partnership aimed at facilitating rapid scale-up of quality child and maternal health services in four high focus states – Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
  • The Governments of India and Norway decided to extend the partnership to coincide with the second phase of National Health Mission plan (NHM) for a period of five years (2013-17).
  • Besides the four states already supported by NIPI, Jammu & Kashmir was added as a fifth state with NIPI being the lead partner for RMNCH+A activities.

Reference:                            
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http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=171221