Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight.

Policy News

• The 5th National Family Health Survey (NFHS) that contains detailed information on population, health and nutrition for the country has been released.
• The government has announced that there will be no winter session of Parliament due to the pandemic.
• The government has released the next installment of the financial benefits – ₹18,000 crore – under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN).
• The Jharkhand government approved a farm loan waiver scheme that will give relief to 7.83 lakh farmers in the state.
• Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) SEHAT scheme has been launched in Jammu and Kashmir that will benefit 21 lakh people.

Others

• The Standing Committee on Home Affairs has recommended the government to set up a national database of migrant workers to tackle any future pandemic.
• The Assam government has approved the Assam Official Language Amendment Bill for making Bodo an associate official language of the state.
• The Indian government and the World Bank signed an agreement for a USD 500-million project to build safe and green national highway corridors.