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News Briefs
India to position itself as a gloabl toy
manufacturing hub
espite being inventor of popular
Dgames like Chess, Ludo,
Snakes & Ladders etc., India is
not among leading developers
and manufacturers of toys.
Toycathon-2021 is an attempt to
create an ecosystem for the domestic innovative prowess of 33 Crore
toy industry and local manufacturers students across the country. The
to tap their untapped potential. It Government is promoting indigenous
will allow students, teachers, toy toy industry to make India self-reliant
experts, colleges, universities and in the toy manufacturing and half a
Startups to share their ideas. The dozen ministries and department
size of toy market in India is about joined this campaign. Students and
$1.5 Billion, around 80 per cent of faculty members participating
the toys are imported. in Toycathon may win prizes
The Toycathon aims to capture up to Rs 50 Lakh.
Ease of Living: Give a missed call, PM CARES Fund gives Rs 201 Crore for
get your LPG refill booked Oxygen plants in public health facilities
n a major step towards boosting ‘ease of M CARES Fund Trust has allocated
Iliving’, the Government has launched a PRs 201.58 Crore for installation of 162
missed call number to book LPG cylinders. dedicated Pressure Swing Adsorption
Indian Oil customers (PSA) Medical Oxygen
can give a missed call to Generation Plants inside
8454955555 for booking public health facilities in
refill across India. In India. The plants, with
Odisha’s Bhubaneshwar, total capacity of 154.19
the number can be used MT, will be installed
for getting new connection in 32 States/UTs. The
as well. The service will procurement will be done
soon be expanded to all by the Central Medical
over the country. The Supply Store (CMSS) – an autonomous body
missed call Interactive Voice Response System of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
(IVRS) will facilitate quick booking; customers Adequate and uninterrupted supply of oxygen
won’t have to hold call for long time; and no call is an essential pre-requisite, specially during
charges would be applicable. the Coronavirus pandemic.
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