CURRENT AFFAIRS

2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who will launch a new initiative in the National disease management Programme for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis?
A
Shri Venkaiah Naidu
B
Shri Narendra Modi
C
Shri Ram Nath Kovind
D
Shri Rajnath Singh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -National Animal Disease Control Programme for Foot and Mouth Disease and Brucellosis is a 100% centrally funded programme, with a total outlay of Rs. 12,652 crore from 2019 to 2024. It aims to control Foot and Mouth Disease and Brucellosis by 2025 with vaccination and eventual eradication by 2030.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mathura:- In one of the major efforts towards doubling the Farmers Income, Prime Minister Narendra Modi shall be launching the National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP) for eradicating the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis in the livestock, on 11th September from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-3: -Brucella abortus vaccines play a central role in bovine brucellosis control/eradication programs and have been successfully used worldwide for decades. Strain 19 and RB51 are the approved B. abortus vaccines strains most commonly used to protect cattle against infection and abortion.

Detailed explanation-4: -Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) include both NADCP and LHDC, with budget allotment (BE Rs. 1470.00 crore and RE Rs. 886.00 crore).

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