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Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyaan

NITI Aayog & Piramal collaboratively launched Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyan in 112 Aspirational districts.

It will assist district administrations in providing home care support to covid 19 patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.
It will be led by district magistrates in partnership with over 1000 local NGOs.
Under this program 1 lakh volunteers will be trained to connect with patients.
The campaign is expected to play a key role in district preparedness for managing nearly 70% of Covid cases at home, reducing pressure on the health system, and stemming the spread of fear amongst the people.
And this program will also undertake capacity building of citizens for the effective usage of Oxygen concentrators that have been supplied to these districts.
NGOs will mobilize local volunteers to provide home-care support to those affected, based on the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

NITI Aayog

Aim - To foster involvement and participation in the economic policy-making process by the state government of India.

These 2 schemes were announced by Haryana CM - Manohar Lal Khattar on the occasion of World Environment Day (5 June)

Features

Under this scheme (PVDPS), all trees which were aged 75 years will be identified throughout the state.

2500rs will be given for the maintenance of those trees. This pension will increase every on the line of Old Age Samman Pension Scheme in Haryana.
Oxy Van (Oxygen Forests) are pieces of land on which around 3 crore trees would be planted.
Under this scheme, Oxy Van will be planted in the cities of Haryana around 5-100 acres