PM Modi is launching the "National Digital Health Mission" on 27 September 2021.

PM Modi is launching the "National Digital Health Mission" on 27 September 2021.

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·        Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the "Prime Minister's National Digital Health Mission (PM-NDHM)" on 27 September.

·        The initiative was announced by the Prime Minister on August 15, 2020, at the Red Fort.

·        “PM-NDHM” aims to create a seamless online health ecosystem by providing a range of data, infrastructure and information services on a common platform where every citizen can securely upload and access their health records.

·        At present, the Prime Minister's "Digital Health Mission (PM-DHM)" is being implemented in a pilot phase in 6 Union Territories: Chandigarh, Dadra, Daman and Diu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Ladakh and Puducherry.

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About the prime minister

v Longest serving Prime Minister of India: Jawaharlal Nehru (16 yrs.)

v The only person who served as caretaker prime minister twice for 13 days - Gulzarilal Nanda.

v Indira Gandhi was also known as "Priyadarshini". This name was given to him by Rabindranath Tagore.

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