Important Cabinet Approvals: August 28, 2019
- The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has made the following approvals:
- Signing of Agreement between India and Peru on Cooperation in the field of Medicinal Plants
- MoU between India and Gambia on Cooperation in the Field of Traditional Systems of Medicine
- Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Republic of Guinea on Cooperation in the Field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy.
- Establishment of an International Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) along with its supporting Secretariat Office in New Delhi.
- Establishment of 75 additional Government Medical Colleges by 2021-22 attached with existing district/referral hospitals under Phase-III of the ongoing Centrally Sponsored scheme.
- Providing a lump sum export subsidy @ Rs. 10,448 per Metric Tonne (MT) to sugar mills for the sugar season 2019-20. The total estimated expenditure of about Rs.6,268 crore will be incurred for this purpose.
- Amendments/changes in the National Medical Commission Bill, 2019. The changes include:
- Clause 4(1)(c) –Twenty two part-time Members instead of fourteen members;
- Clause 4(4)(b) – ten members instead of six members
- Clause 4(4)(c) – nine members instead of five members
- Clause 37(2) – added at the end “for the purposes of teaching also”.