India 2018

298 India 2018
National Leprosy Eradication Programme
Its objective is to reduce leprosy burden in the country by providing quality
leprosy services through general health care - to achieve elimination of leprosy
as a public health problem in all states and districts i.e., reduce annual new case
detection Ratio to < 1 per 100,000 populations at national level. The programme
components include case detection and management, disability prevention and
medical rehabilitation, IEC including Behaviour Change Communication (BCC)
human resource and capacity building and programme management.
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
The objectives of (RSBY) is to provide cashless treatment in any public or private
empanelled hospitals for most of the diseases that requires hospitalization, which
will give improved access to quality health care to the beneficiaries. It has defined
BPL and 11 categories of unorganized workers (MGNREGS beneficiaries,
building and construction workers, railway porters, domestic workers, street
vendors, beedi workers, taxi drivers, rickshaw pullers, rag pickers, mine workers
and sanitation workers).
Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme
Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) is a centrally sponsored
scheme under NHM implemented in all states and UTs. The main objectives
and strategies include strengthening /maintaining a decentralized laboratory
based IT-enabled disease surveillance system for epidemic prone diseases to
monitor disease trends and to detect and respond to outbreaks in early rising
phase through trained rapid response teams. Presently, more than 90 per cent
districts report weekly data through e-mail/portal (wwwidsp.nic.in). The
weekly data are analyzed by SSU/DSU for disease trends. Whenever there is
rising trend of illnesses, it is investigated by the RRT to diagnose and control
the outbreak
Food Regulation
19 standards/regulations operationalized including: Food Safety and Standards
(Food for Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Foods for Special Dietary Uses,
Foods for Special Medical purpose, Functional Foods, and Novel Food)
Regulations, 2015; revision of standards of silver leaf (Varakh). Allowing use of
Ethylene gas for ripening of fruits; harmonization of food additives with codex;
standards for raw pulse; microbiological standards for meat and meat products
and milk and milk products; standards for proprietary foods; food Safety and
Standards (Fortification of Food) Regulations, 2016; Food Safety and Standards
(Import Regulations), 2017; Food Safety and standards (Food Recall Procedure)
Regulations, 2017;
Drug Regulation
Medical Device Rules 2017 notified. These provide for risk-based classification,
licensing and regulation of medical devices. National Regulatory Authority