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Category : National
Published on: September 27 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.
Important facts
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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