Policy for suicide prevention

Indian health ministry plans to reduce suicide mortality by 10% by 2030. India wants effective surveillance mechanism for controlling suicide within next three years. Within next five years plans to establish psychiatric outpatient department to reduce suicide at district mental health program . within next eight years plans to establish a mutual wellbeing curriculum in all education institution. India plans to develop guidelines for responsible reporting by media and restricting access to means of suicide. In India one lakh lives are lost by suicide mostly between 15-29 years category. Suicide rate keeps on increasing in last three years from 10.2 to 11.3 per one lakh population. 34%Suicide is mostly because of family problem and 18% due to illness.

Meenangadi gram panchayat :

Its in Kerala’s Wayanad district and envisaged a project called carbon neutral meenangadi. There were campaigns, classes and awareness programs. In this panchayat greenhouse gases emission inventory was also prepared in 2016 itself and found it was carbon positive. Socioeconomic survey and energy use mapping schemes were implemented to reduce emissions , increase carbon sequestration and preserve the ecology and biodiversity. Interest free loans were given for tree planting with community participation.

Framework for product review on e-commerce platform

Bureau of Indian standard (BIS) has prepared framework for publishing product reviews on e-commerce platform. It is to safeguard and protect customer interest from fake and deceptive reviews on e-commerce platforms. If violated it may invite punishment for unfair trade practice or violation of consumer rights. The principles guiding are integrity, accuracy, privacy, security, transparency, accessibility and responsiveness. Review author has to accept terms and conditions and also contact information. The review administrator responsibility is to safeguard personal information and training staff. The benefiting party are ecom platforms, sellers and customers etc. Certification for this standard can be received from BIS . Violation of Indian standard (IS) 19000:2022 online customer review can invite punishment for unfair trade practice or violation of consumer rights.

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