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Detailed explanation-1: -Hon. President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind launched the Pulse Polio Programme for 2021 today by administering polio drops to children less than five years old at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, in the presence of Dr.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1995, following the Global Polio Eradication Initiative of the World Health Organization (1988), India launched Pulse Polio immunization program with Universal Immunization Program which aimed at 100% coverage. The last reported cases of wild polio in India were in West Bengal and Gujarat on 13 January 2011.

Detailed explanation-3: -With the global initiative of eradication of polio in 1988 following World Health Assembly resolution in 1988, Pulse Polio Immunization programme was launched in India in 1995.

Detailed explanation-4: -The campaign was inaugurated by Collector Manish Singh by administering polio drops to children at Government PC Sethi Hospital on Sunday.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Pulse Polio Immunisation programme was launched in India in 1995, with the objective of achieving 100% coverage of Oral Polio Vaccine and eradicating the threat of Polio from India. Q. When the ‘Pulse Polio’ immunisation programme was started?