Current Affairs 30th September 2018

Current Affairs 30th September 2018 - Important Points

• Contribution in State Disaster Response Fund increased by - Union Government
• USAID-India End TB Alliance to eliminate  - TB announced

Current Affairs 30th September 2018 - Details

Contribution in State Disaster Response Fund increased by - Union Government

Union Government has improved its involvement in State Disaster Response fund from 75 percent to 90 percent. Now, Central government will pay 90 percent and all States will contribute 10 percent to the State Disaster Response fund. With this development, Central Government’s extra contribution in State Disaster Response fund will be Rupees 1690.35 crores for the year 2018-19 and Rupees 1774.67 crore for the financial year 2019-20.
More about State Disaster Response Fund

• Under Disaster Management Act 2005, a financial process has been formed by way of National Disaster Response Fund at National level and SDRF at state level to encounter rescue and relief expenditure during any notified disaster.
• State Disaster Response fund has been founded in each State in which Centre, so far, had been paying 75 percent for General Category States and 90 percent for Special Category States of hilly areas per year.
• State Disaster Response fund is resource accessible to States to meet expenses of relief operations of immediate nature, for variety of specified disasters.
• At any point, State Government has fair amount of funds available under State Disaster Response fund.
• In case of any natural disaster beyond coping capacity of State, added financial support is issued by
  Central Government from National Disaster Relief Fund according to standards in which 100 percent funding is done by Central Government.

USAID-India End TB Alliance to eliminate  - TB announced

US and India have set up ‘USAID-India End TB Alliance containing leading specialists in public and private segments to fight against the threat of TB. It was proclaimed by USAID administrator Mark Green at programme in New York in presence of Union Health Minister J P Nadda.
More about USAID-India End TB Alliance

• The alliance members consist industry and civil society leaders, researchers, scientists, innovators,
  investors, and members of the diaspora.
• The specialists in the alliance will suggest innovative approaches to fight against TB in India. It 2 members include Dr.Soumya Swaminathan, Director General of WHO and Blessina Kumar from Global Coalition of Tuberculosis Activists.
• United States Agency for International Development will complete starting US $30 million commitment, subject to endorsement of the United States Congress.
  More about Tuberculosis
• Tuberculosis is a disease triggered by bacteria ‘Mycobacterium tuberculosis’ that mostly affect the lungs.
• It passes from person to person via the air. It commonly infects lungs but can also infect other parts of the body.
• It is the 2nd biggest fatal disease around the world next only to AIDS. India accounts for about a quarter of the global tuberculosis burden.
• Worldwide India is the nation with the highest load of both tuberculosis and Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.
• It accounts for 27 percent of the world’s tuberculosis cases, with 421,000 deaths every year. In March 2017, Government had initiated objective eradication of tuberculosis in India by 2025.