Project cheetah to reestablish the species in its historical range in India.

Project cheetah to reestablish the species in its historical range in India.

• Reintroduction of wild species particularly the Cheetah is being undertaken as per the IUCN guidelines and the processes like disease screening, quarantine of release candidates as well as transportation of live wild animals across continents requires careful planning and execution.

‘NAMASTE’ (National Action for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem) Scheme

• Under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs along with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
• NAMASTE’ (National Action for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem) Scheme aims to enhance occupational safety, improve access to safety gears and machines, provide skilled wage opportunities, and focus on continuous capacity building while breaking the intergenerationality of sanitation work.
• 500 cities across India have declared themselves as ‘SafaiMitra Surakshit Shehar’ which means they employ ‘mechanized sanitation’.

Source: THE HINDU