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NITI Aayog publishes ‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’

NITI Aayog
  • NITI Aayog has published a white paper named ‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India on 14 December 2020.
  • The ‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’ is a continuation of the work on Health Systems Strengthening. The building blocks for this vision are an interdependent federated system of governance between the Centre and states.

“RAISE 2020” summit on October 5-9

RAISE 2020
  • A summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI), RAISE 2020- ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020′ will be organised from October 5-9, 2020 by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and NITI Aayog.

NITI Aayog presents India’s second Voluntary National Review at UN, titled ‘Decade of Action: Taking SDGs From Global to Local’

Decade of Action Taking SDGs From Global to Local
  • NITI Aayog presented India’s second Voluntary National Review (VNR) at the United Nations High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, 2020.
  • The India VNR 2020 report was titled Decade of Action: Taking SDGs from Global to Local.
  • The report was presented by Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog.
  • The HLPF is the foremost international platform for countries to present its follow-up and review of progress on achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  • It is organized annually in July for eight days under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the UN

NITI Aayog Atal Innovation Mission launches ATL App Development Module for school children

NITI Aayog
  • The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog has launched the ATL App Development Module for school children across the country, in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of AtmaNirbhar Bharat.The ATL App is an online course by AIM and is completely Free.
  • The innovative course will have six project-based learning modules and online mentoring sessions to enable the young innovators learn how to build mobile apps in various Indian languages and showcase their talent.
  • The course has been jointly developed by AIM and Indian startup, Plezmo