1) Committee of Parliament on Official Language: It came into existence in 1976 as a result of arrangements made in the Official Language Act, 1963.
- Article 344(4) provides for formation of such committee.
- Mandate: To review progress made in use of Hindi for official purposes of Union and to submit report to the President while making recommendations on it.
- Composition: 30 members (20 from Lok Sabha and 10 from Rajya Sabha).
- Chairman: Union Home Minister.
2) Virtual Courts: It has been introduced under the eCourts project to deal with petty traffic offence cases and offences where summons can be issued under Section 206 of CrPC 1973.
- Establishment of Virtual Courts falls within domain of judiciary and respective State Governments.
- It is aimed at eliminating presence of litigant or lawyer in the court and for adjudication of cases on a virtual platform.
- Administered by a Judge whose jurisdiction may extend to the entire State and function 24X7.
3) Bhu-Vision (Krishi-RASTAA) platform: It is an Internet of Things (IoT) based automated soil testing and agronomy advisory platform, which can conduct 12 key soil parameter tests (like pH value, electrical conductivity etc).
- It can immediately send the summary of results in a soil health card to mobile devices and will help to quickly identify the deficiencies.
- Developed by: ICAR-IIRR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research – Indian Institute of Rice Research), Hyderabad and KrishiTantra (an Agri-tech start-up).
4) Digital Health Incentives Scheme (DHIS): National Health Authority (NHA) announced extension of its DHIS under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) till 31st December 2023.
- NHA is an attached office of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
- Under DHIS, incentives are provided to hospitals and diagnostic labs and to providers of digital health solutions for adopting and enabling transformative digitization under ABDM.
- They can earn financial incentives of up to Rs. 4 crores based on number of digital health records created and linked to ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) numbers of patients.
