PM Modi inaugurates 35 Oxygen Plants setup under PM CARES across country from AIIMS Rishikesh | Daily Current Affairs Dose

PM Modi inaugurates 35 Oxygen Plants setup under PM CARES across country from AIIMS Rishikesh | Daily Current Affairs Dose

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PM Modi inaugurates 35 Oxygen Plants setup under PM CARES across country from AIIMS Rishikesh | Daily Current Affairs Dose

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the nation 35 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen Plants established under PM CARES, across 35 States and Union Territories, in an event held at AIIMS Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. With this, all districts of the country will now have commissioned PSA Oxygen Plants. 

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Governor Gurmit Singh & Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami, along with Union Health Minister will also be present on the occasion.

Key Highlights

Till now, a total of 1224 PSA Oxygen Plants have been funded under PM CARES all across the country, out of which more than 1100 Plants have been commissioned, providing an output of over 1750 MT oxygen per day. It is a testimony of the proactive measures taken by the Government to augment India’s medical oxygen generation capacity since the advent of Covid-19 pandemic.

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The project to commission a PSA oxygen plant in each district of the country was executed while dealing with complex challenges of hilly areas, islands and territories with difficult terrain.

Operations and maintenance of these plants have been ensured by training more than 7,000 personnel. They come with an embedded Internet of Things (IoT) device for real time monitoring of their functioning and performance through a consolidated web portal.

Important facts for upcoming exams from the above Current Affairs Topic

• Formation of Uttarakhand: 9 November 2000
• Nickname(s) of Uttarakhand: "Devabhumi" ("Land of the Gods")
• Capital of Uttarakhand: Dehradun
• Largest city of Uttarakhand: Dehradun
• Governor of Uttarakhand: Gurmit Singh
• Chief Minister of Uttarakhand: Pushkar Singh Dhami
• Chief Justice  of Uttarakhand: Raghvendra Singh Chauhan
• High Court of Uttarakhand: Nainital
• Speaker of the Assembly: Premchand Aggarwal (BJP)
• Population of Uttarakhand Census (2011): 10,086,292
• Literacy rate of Uttarakhand Census (2011): 78.82%
• Languages Official of Uttarakhand: Hindi  *Additional official: Sanskrit
• Other spoken Languages in Uttarakhand: Garhwali, Kumaoni, Jaunsari and others