📰 PIB Notes for UPSC – 08 July 2026
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Today's PIB Notes for UPSC covers 10 key topics —
Poshan Tracker Backgrounder, BRICS Women Ministerial Meeting Kochi,
13th AITIGA Joint Committee Meeting, Dr. SP Mookerjee 125th Birth Anniv,
Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket Test, AISHE 2022-23/2023-24 Reports,
FMD Workshop Bhubaneswar, Navi Mumbai Airport as Drug Port,
Topside Ionosphere Study, and National ToT for Ayushman Arogya Mandir.
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PIB Backgrounder – Ministry of Women & Child Development
🍎 Poshan Tracker – India's Real-Time Nutrition Monitoring Platform
📝 Key Notes
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
❓ MCQ Practice
- Poshan Tracker: Mobile governance app; digital backbone of POSHAN Abhiyaan.
- Launched in March 2021 by MoWCD + NeGD.
- Under Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0.
- POSHAN Abhiyaan: Launched 8 March 2018; PM's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment.
- Mission Poshan 2.0 (Union Budget 2021-22): Consolidated 3 schemes — Poshan Abhiyan, Anganwadi Services, Scheme for Adolescent Girls.
- Coverage (as of May 2026):
- Nationwide in 28 States + 8 UTs.
- 8.93 crore+ beneficiaries registered.
- Live database tracks nutrition for 7.7 crore+ children.
- Growth monitoring for 6.3 crore+ children (0-5 years) — nearly 94% coverage.
- Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP):
- 5.5 crore+ beneficiaries received SNP for at least 15 days.
- 5.17 crore+ for at least 21 days.
- Key Features:
- Aadhaar-based verification.
- Facial Recognition System (FRS).
- IT-enabled Home Visit Scheduler (23 structured home visits).
- ECCE content (249 videos, 190 voice notes, 159 activity PDFs).
- Poshan Calculator (WHO Child Growth Standards).
- Poshan Helpline: 1515.
- Growth Monitoring Devices (GMDs) at each AWC.
- Earlier Anganwadi Workers maintained 11 manual registers.
- Aadharshila: Launched March 2024; National Curriculum for ECCE (children 3-6 years).
- Awards & Recognition:
- PM's Award for Excellence in Public Administration (April 2025).
- National Award for e-Governance (Gold) at 27th NCeG (September 2024).
- Cited by WHO as exemplary nutrition data ecosystem.
- Appreciated by UNICEF.
- Showcased at G20 Ministerial Conference on Women Empowerment (2023).
8.93 Cr+
Beneficiaries
28+8
States + UTs
1515
Poshan Helpline
94%
Children (0-5 yrs) Coverage
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- POSHAN Abhiyaan: Full form — Prime Minister's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment.
- ICDS = Integrated Child Development Services; launched 2 October 1975; world's largest programme for early childhood care.
- Anganwadi: Rural mother-child care centres under ICDS; "courtyard shelter" in Hindi.
- NeGD = National e-Governance Division; under Ministry of Electronics & IT.
- ECCE = Early Childhood Care and Education; for children 3-6 years.
- SAM = Severe Acute Malnutrition; MAM = Moderate Acute Malnutrition.
- Poshan Vatika = Nutri-gardens at Anganwadi Centres.
- Poshan Maah: Celebrated in September every year.
- National Nutrition Week: 1-7 September.
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. The Poshan Tracker Helpline number is:
Poshan Helpline number is 1515 (toll-free). Note: 1098 = CHILDLINE, 14446 = Nasha Mukt Bharat helpline (Min. of Social Justice), 1933 = MANAS (NCB drug reporting). Poshan Tracker launched March 2021; covers 8.93 crore+ beneficiaries across 28 States + 8 UTs.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
👩 4th BRICS Women Ministerial Meeting Begins in Kochi
📝 Key Notes
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
❓ MCQ Practice
- 4th BRICS Women Ministerial Meeting commenced in Kochi on 8 July 2026.
- Under India's BRICS Chairship 2026.
- Union Minister Smt. Annpurna Devi (W&CD) delivered inaugural address.
- India's BRICS Chairship Theme 2026: "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability".
- Builds on BRICS Women Working Group Meeting (6-7 July 2026).
- Key Outcomes:
- Adoption of Joint Statement of 4th BRICS Women Ministerial Meeting.
- BRICS Women Digital Repository of Best Practices — shared knowledge platform.
- BRICS Women Digital Capacity Building Guidelines — roadmap for institutional partnerships.
- Priority areas of Women Track:
- Women in governance and leadership.
- Digital and financial inclusion.
- Entrepreneurship and skill development.
- Climate action, food security, nutrition.
- Exhibition showcased India's best practices in women-led development.
- Day 2 of Ministerial Meeting on 9 July at Kochi.
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- BRICS Composition (11 members):
- Original: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa.
- Expanded 2024: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE.
- New 2025: Indonesia.
- BRICS = ~40% global GDP + 49.5% world population.
- Term "BRIC" coined by Jim O'Neill (Goldman Sachs) in 2001.
- NDB (New Development Bank): BRICS bank; est. 2014; HQ Shanghai.
- CRA (Contingent Reserve Arrangement): $100 billion.
- India previously hosted BRICS Summit in 2021 (virtual).
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. India's BRICS Chairship theme for 2026 is:
India's BRICS Chairship theme 2026 is "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability". 4th BRICS Women Ministerial Meeting held in Kochi (8-9 July 2026). Two key deliverables: BRICS Women Digital Repository of Best Practices and BRICS Women Digital Capacity Building Guidelines.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
🌏 13th ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) Joint Committee Meeting
📝 Key Notes
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
❓ MCQ Practice
- India hosted 13th AITIGA Joint Committee Meeting at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi.
- Dates: 6-10 July 2026.
- Hybrid format.
- Co-chaired by:
- India — Additional Secretary Nitin Kumar Yadav.
- Malaysia — Deputy Secretary General (Trade) Ms. Mastura Ahmad Mustafa.
- 3 of 8 Sub-Committees met on the sidelines:
- Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures & Trade Facilitation (SC-CPTF).
- Sub-Committee on National Treatment & Market Access (SC-NTMA).
- Sub-Committee on Rules of Origin (SC-ROO).
- All 10 ASEAN Member States participated: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.
- ASEAN-India Trade:
- Accounts for ~11% of India's global trade.
- Bilateral trade: USD 128 billion (2025-26).
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- ASEAN = Association of Southeast Asian Nations; est. 8 August 1967 (Bangkok Declaration); HQ Jakarta, Indonesia.
- 10 ASEAN Members: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Timor-Leste to become 11th member (in-principle approval 2022).
- AITIGA: Signed in August 2009; effective from 1 January 2010.
- India-ASEAN elevated to Strategic Partnership (2012); Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (2022).
- India's Act East Policy (2014) — succeeded Look East Policy (1991).
- RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership): India withdrew in 2019.
- ASEAN Summits held annually.
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. The India-ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) came into effect from which date?
AITIGA (ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement) was signed in August 2009 and came into effect on 1 January 2010. ASEAN-India bilateral trade reached USD 128 billion in 2025-26 (~11% of India's global trade). India is currently reviewing this agreement to make it more balanced and mutually beneficial.
Ministry of Culture
🇮🇳 Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee 125th Birth Anniversary Commemoration (Kolkata)
📝 Key Notes
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
❓ MCQ Practice
- Ministry of Culture (with Government of West Bengal) organised commemorative programme on 6 July 2026.
- Venue: Milan Mela Prangan, Kolkata.
- Chief Guest: Shri Amit Shah, Union Home & Cooperation Minister.
- Also attended by: Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, WB CM Suvendu Adhikari.
- PM Narendra Modi addressed virtually.
- Two-Year Nationwide Commemoration:
- Announced in 2025 by Ministry of Culture.
- Honours "Bharat Kesari" Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
- Key Highlights:
- Bhoomi Pujan for 125-foot statue of Dr. Mookerjee at Eco Park, Kolkata.
- Floral tributes at Bhawanipore ancestral home.
- Special exhibition on his life & legacy.
- Musical tribute "Sur, Sanskriti evam Rashtra" by CCRT (57 artists).
- Directed by Padma Shri Tarun Bhattacharya.
- Felicitation of Shri Makhanlal Sarkar — contemporary of Dr. Mookerjee, present at his arrest in J&K.
- Statewide Programmes:
- All districts of WB.
- 47 subdivisions.
- 341 blocks.
- 7 municipal corporations.
- 120 municipalities.
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee (1901-1953):
- Born 6 July 1901, Kolkata.
- Died 23 June 1953 in Kashmir jail (Balidan Diwas).
- Youngest VC of Calcutta University at 33.
- Founded Bharatiya Jana Sangh (21 October 1951).
- First Industry Minister in Nehru Cabinet (1947-50).
- Resigned over Nehru-Liaquat Pact 1950.
- Fought against Article 370.
- Famous slogan: "Ek Desh Mein Do Vidhan, Do Pradhan Aur Do Nishan – Nahi Chalenge".
- Bharatiya Jana Sangh → Predecessor of BJP (founded 6 April 1980).
- Article 370 abrogated on 5 August 2019.
- CCRT = Centre for Cultural Resources and Training; under Ministry of Culture.
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. The proposed statue of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee at Eco Park, Kolkata will be:
The proposed statue of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee at Eco Park, Kolkata will be 125 feet tall — symbolic of his 125th birth anniversary (Bharat Kesari). Foundation stone laid by Union HM Amit Shah on 6 July 2026. Two-year nationwide commemoration announced by Ministry of Culture.
Ministry of Defence
🚀 DRDO Conducts Successful Flight Test of Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR)
📝 Key Notes
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
❓ MCQ Practice
- DRDO conducted successful flight-test of Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR).
- Location: Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha.
- Date: 8 July 2026.
- Rocket tested for user-defined minimum range of 60 km.
- Impacted target with textbook precision.
- Design & Development:
- Designed by Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE).
- In association with High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL).
- Support from Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) and Research Centre Imarat (RCI).
- Launched from in-service Pinaka launcher.
- Demonstrates versatility — Pinaka variants of different ranges from same launcher.
- Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO.
- Chairman DRDO: Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh (also Defence Secretary).
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- Pinaka: Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) system; named after Lord Shiva's bow.
- Developed indigenously by DRDO.
- Variants:
- Pinaka Mk-I: Range ~40 km.
- Pinaka Mk-II (Enhanced): Range ~60-75 km.
- Pinaka Mk-III: Range ~90 km (under development).
- Pinaka LRGR: Extended range guided version.
- DRDO: Defence Research and Development Organisation; est. 1958; HQ New Delhi; under Ministry of Defence.
- ITR Chandipur: DRDO's test range in Odisha; used for missile testing.
- Other DRDO systems: BrahMos, Agni series, Astra, Prithvi, Akash, NAG.
- India exported Pinaka to Armenia (2022).
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. The Pinaka rocket system, developed by DRDO, is a:
Pinaka is a Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) system developed by DRDO's Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE). Named after Lord Shiva's bow. Pinaka LRGR (Long Range Guided Rocket) tested successfully at ITR Chandipur, Odisha on 8 July 2026 for 60 km range. India exports Pinaka to Armenia (2022).
Ministry of Education
🎓 AISHE Report 2022-23 & 2023-24 Released | GER Reaches 30
📝 Key Notes
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
❓ MCQ Practice
- Ministry of Education released AISHE Reports for 2022-23 & 2023-24.
- AISHE = All India Survey on Higher Education.
- HEI Participation:
- 2022-23: 56,180 out of 60,380 registered.
- 2023-24: 59,533 out of 64,756 registered.
- Participation rate >90%.
- Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER):
- 2014-15: 23.7 → 29.5 (2022-23) → 30 (2023-24).
- Female GER: 22.9 (2014-15) → 31.2 (2023-24).
- SC GER: 27.8; ST GER: 22.8 (2023-24).
- Gender Parity Index (GPI): 1.08 (2023-24).
- GPI >1.0 for 7 consecutive years — higher female participation.
- Enrolment:
- 3.42 crore (2014-15) → 4.50 crore (2023-24) — 31.5% increase.
- Female enrolment: 1.57 crore → 2.24 crore — 42.2% increase.
- SC enrolment: 46.07 lakh → 69.72 lakh — 51.4% increase.
- ST enrolment: 16.41 lakh → 28.83 lakh — 75.7% increase.
- OBC enrolment: 1.13 crore → 1.80 crore — 60.2% increase.
- STEM Enrolment:
- 91.5 lakh (2014-15) → 1.02 crore (2023-24).
- Female share in STEM: 38.4% → 44%.
- Faculty:
- Total: 17.32 lakh (2023-24).
- Female: 55.1% male + 44.9% female.
- Female faculty: 5.69 lakh (2014-15) → 7.78 lakh (2023-24).
30
GER 2023-24
4.50 Cr
Total Enrolment
1.08
Gender Parity Index
17.32 L
Total Faculty
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- AISHE: Conducted annually since 2010-11 by Department of Higher Education, MoE.
- GER (Higher Education): Enrolment as % of population aged 18-23.
- NEP 2020 Target: Raise GER in higher education to 50% by 2035.
- GPI: If GPI > 1 → more women; if < 1 → more men enrolled.
- STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics.
- India has 1,420 universities (2023-24 per PIB); world's 2nd largest higher ed system.
- India has 43 Central Universities, ~458 State Universities, ~455 Private Universities, ~130 Deemed-to-be-Universities.
- UGC = University Grants Commission; est. 1953; statutory 1956.
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. As per AISHE 2023-24, the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education is:
As per AISHE 2023-24, the GER in higher education = 30 (up from 23.7 in 2014-15). Female GER = 31.2; GPI = 1.08. Total enrolment reached 4.50 crore. NEP 2020 target is to raise GER to 50% by 2035.
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
🐄 National Workshop on FMD Zoning at Bhubaneswar | FMD-Free India by 2030
📝 Key Notes
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
❓ MCQ Practice
- Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) hosted National Workshop on Compartmentalization and Zoning for Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD).
- Held on 8-9 July 2026 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- Chief Guest: Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying.
- Also attended by MoS Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel.
- Goal: FMD-free India by 2030.
- Key Digital Launches:
- Rate My Laboratory App (under Pandemic Fund).
- Dairy Vikas Portal.
- Vidyapeeth Portal.
- SOP on Prevention & Control of Mastitis in Dairy Animals.
- Livestock Sector:
- Contributes 31% to Agricultural GVA.
- 5.5% to overall GVA.
- Supports 8 crore+ rural families (especially women).
- FMD Progress:
- 1.4 billion+ FMD vaccine doses administered.
- Annual production capacity: 116 crore doses.
- NSP positivity: 16.6% (2022) → 7.8% (2026).
- No Asia-1 serotype case in last 3 years.
- 9 States identified as priority for FMD-free zones.
- Aligned with Viksit Bharat @ 2047 vision.
- Uses WOAH Standards (World Organisation for Animal Health).
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD): Highly contagious viral disease affecting cloven-hoofed animals (cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, pigs).
- NADCP = National Animal Disease Control Programme; launched 2019; targets FMD & Brucellosis; world's largest livestock vaccination programme.
- WOAH = World Organisation for Animal Health; formerly OIE; HQ Paris.
- NSP = Non-Structural Protein test; used to detect FMD infection vs vaccination.
- India = largest milk producer globally (~24% of world production).
- India's livestock population: 535+ million (20th Livestock Census 2019).
- Operation Flood (1970-1996) started White Revolution — Dr. Verghese Kurien.
- White Revolution 2.0: 50% increase in milk procurement by 2028-29.
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. India aims to achieve FMD-free status by which year?
India aims to achieve FMD-free status by 2030. Under NADCP (National Animal Disease Control Programme, world's largest livestock vaccination programme), 1.4 billion+ FMD vaccine doses have been administered. NSP positivity declined from 16.6% (2022) to 7.8% (2026). Aligned with Viksit Bharat @ 2047 vision.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
✈️ Navi Mumbai Airport Notified as Port for Import of Drugs (42nd Port)
📝 Key Notes
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
❓ MCQ Practice
- Ministry of Health & Family Welfare enabled import of drugs through Navi Mumbai Airport, Maharashtra.
- Amendment to Rule 43A of the Drugs Rules, 1945.
- After consultation with Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB).
- Under provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.
- Navi Mumbai Airport = 42nd notified port of entry for drugs (road/rail/ship/air).
- Benefits:
- Smoother movement of pharmaceutical consignments.
- Strengthened logistics infrastructure.
- Greater flexibility to importers.
- Ease of Doing Business.
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA): Recently inaugurated; India's largest greenfield airport under construction; developed by Adani Group.
- Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940: Primary legislation for regulating import, manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs and cosmetics in India.
- Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB): Statutory body; highest expert body advising Central Govt on technical matters relating to drugs.
- CDSCO = Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation; drug regulator; HQ New Delhi.
- DCGI = Drugs Controller General of India; heads CDSCO.
- India = "Pharmacy of the World"; largest supplier of generic medicines globally.
- India's pharmaceutical exports: ~$27 billion (2024-25).
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. Navi Mumbai Airport has been notified as a port for import of drugs under which Act?
Navi Mumbai Airport has been notified as a port for import of drugs by amending Rule 43A of Drugs Rules 1945, under provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940. It becomes the 42nd notified port of entry for drugs (road/rail/ship/air) in India. Consultation done with Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB).
Ministry of Science & Technology
🌐 IIG Reconstructs Topside Ionosphere over Indian Region (First-Time)
📝 Key Notes
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
❓ MCQ Practice
- Researchers at Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) developed novel approach.
- First-ever reconstruction of topside ionosphere over Indian region.
- IIG = autonomous institute under Department of Science and Technology (DST).
- Method:
- Combined COSMIC radio occultation measurements.
- With bottomside ionosonde observations.
- Provides realistic representation of topside electron density profile (EDP).
- Applications:
- Critical for satellite operations.
- Communication systems.
- Navigation services (GPS, NavIC).
- Improves accuracy of ionospheric modelling.
- Better space weather prediction.
- Ionosphere basics:
- Ionised part of Earth's upper atmosphere.
- Affects HF radio waves & satellite navigation.
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites operate within ~1,000 km.
- Study by K. Siba Kiran Guru, S. Sripathi, R.K. Barad.
- Published in AGU Radio Science journal.
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- IIG = Indian Institute of Geomagnetism; HQ Navi Mumbai; est. 1971; autonomous under DST.
- Ionosphere: Layer of Earth's atmosphere ~48 km to 965 km altitude; contains ions and free electrons.
- Ionosphere layers: D, E, F1, F2.
- Bottomside ionosphere: Below the peak electron density.
- Topside ionosphere: Above the peak electron density.
- LEO = Low Earth Orbit (up to 2,000 km); most satellites operate here.
- GPS (USA); NavIC (India); GLONASS (Russia); Galileo (EU); BeiDou (China).
- GAGAN: India's Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS); jointly by ISRO + AAI.
- Space weather refers to variations in space environment caused by solar activity.
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. The Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), which reconstructed the topside ionosphere over India, is located at:
Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) is located in Navi Mumbai; est. 1971; autonomous institute under Department of Science and Technology. IIG has reconstructed the topside ionosphere over Indian region for the first time using COSMIC radio occultation data and ionosonde observations.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
👨⚕️ National ToT for 5 Cadres of Primary Healthcare Workers at Ayushman Arogya Mandirs
📝 Key Notes
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
❓ MCQ Practice
- Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare conducted National Training of Trainers (NToT).
- For all 5 cadres delivering primary healthcare at Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs).
- 2-day programme at National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), New Delhi.
- Presided by Smt. Aradhana Patnaik, Additional Secretary & Mission Director (NHM).
- 5 Cadres of Frontline Health Workers:
- Medical Officers.
- Staff Nurses.
- Community Health Officers (CHOs).
- Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs).
- Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs).
- Integrated Training Strategy (ITS):
- Launched at National Summit on Best Practices, Chandigarh, 30 April 2026.
- Unveiled by Union Health Minister Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda.
- Shift from programme-specific to patient-centric, competency-based training.
- 110+ National Trainers & Master Trainers converged for NToT.
- Rollout from August 2026 in cascade mode through 100+ Regional Training Institutes.
- Focus on both technical competencies + soft skills.
- Includes hands-on training at NIHFW Skill Lab.
⭐ Prelims Extra Points
- Ayushman Arogya Mandir (AAM): Renamed from Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) in 2023; provides Comprehensive Primary Health Care.
- Ayushman Bharat (announced Budget 2018): Two components — HWCs (now AAMs) + PMJAY.
- ASHA = Accredited Social Health Activist; launched under NRHM 2005; ~10 lakh+ ASHAs.
- ANM = Auxiliary Nurse Midwife.
- CHO = Community Health Officer; deployed at HWCs.
- NHM = National Health Mission (NRHM + NUHM); launched 2013.
- NHSRC = National Health Systems Resource Centre; technical support institution to MoHFW.
- NIHFW = National Institute of Health and Family Welfare.
- India's health workforce density: 20 doctors per 10,000 population (as per WHO norm target: 44.5).
❓ MCQ Practice
Q. Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) were earlier known as:
Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) were earlier known as Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs), renamed in 2023. They provide Comprehensive Primary Health Care under Ayushman Bharat. National ToT conducted for 5 cadres: Medical Officers, Staff Nurses, CHOs, ANMs, ASHAs at NHSRC New Delhi.
PIB Notes for UPSC – 08 July 2026
PIB Notes for UPSC 08 July 2026 cover the most important government announcements and policy developments released through the Press Information Bureau (PIB). Today's PIB Notes for UPSC include Poshan Tracker, BRICS Women's Ministerial Meeting, 13th AITIGA Joint Committee Meeting, Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Birth Anniversary, Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket Test, AIISHE Reports, FMD Workshop at Bhubaneswar, Navi Mumbai Airport as a Drug Port, Topside Ionosphere Study, and the National ToT for Ayushman Arogya Mandir. These topics are highly relevant for UPSC Prelims, Mains and other competitive examinations.
Topics Covered in PIB Notes for UPSC 08 July 2026
- Poshan Tracker – Real-Time Nutrition Monitoring Platform
- BRICS Women's Ministerial Meeting
- 13th AITIGA Joint Committee Meeting
- Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Birth Anniversary
- Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket Test
- AIISHE 2022-23 & 2023-24 Reports
- FMD Workshop at Bhubaneswar
- Navi Mumbai Airport Declared as Drug Port
- Topside Ionosphere Scientific Study
- National ToT for Ayushman Arogya Mandir
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