Minister to address the high-level segment, including a Heads of States Summit

Despite COVID pandemic, India as president of UNCCD COP14 made significant contributions in bringing the nations together towards the global goal of halting and reversing land degradation: Shri Bhupender Yadav

The Indian delegation led by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav has reached at Abidjan, Cote D Ivoire to attend the Conference of Parties, 15^th meeting of the United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification (UNCCD COP15) from 9th to 20th May 2022.

Landed in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire to attend UNCCD (United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification) COP15.

Despite the pandemic, India as president of @UNCCD COP14 contributed significantly to bringing nations together for halting further land degradation. pic.twitter.com/9RxL6anvSy

— Bhupender Yadav (@byadavbjp) May 9, 2022

India had hosted the fourteenth session of Conference of Parties of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification from 2nd to 13th September 2019, at New Delhi and is the current president of the same.

At COP 14, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced that “India would raise its ambition of the total area that would be restored from its land degradation status, from twenty-one million hectares to twenty-six million hectares between now and 2030”. The Prime Minister had then stated that, “…this will be focused on restoring land productivity and ecosystem services of 26 million hectares of most degraded and vulnerable land, with emphasis on the degraded agricultural, forest and other wastelands by adopting a landscape restoration approach.”

Despite the covid-pandemic, India during its presidency made significant contributions in bringing the nations together towards the global goal of halting and reversing land degradation.

A High-level Dialogue of United Nations General Assembly held on 14th June 2021   on desertification, land degradation and drought, was addressed by Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi wherein he highlighted the success stories and initiatives taken by India to combat land degradation.

In another significant development during India’s presidency, G-20 leaders recognizing the importance of combating land degradation and creating new carbon sinks, put up an aspirational goal to collectively plant 1 trillion trees, urging other countries to join forces with G20 to reach this global goal by 2030.

Also, for the first time, an Intergovernmental Working Group (IWG) on effective policy and implementation measures for addressing drought under the United Nations Convention for Combatting Desertification (UNCCD) was established by decision 23/COP.14. A draft report has been prepared and will be discussed during the current session of COP15.

The fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) at Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from 9 to 20 May 2022, will bring together leaders from governments, the private sector, civil society and other key stakeholders from around the world to drive progress in the future sustainable management of land and will explore links between land and other key sustainability issues.

These issues will be discussed during the high-level segment on 9-10 May 2022, including a Heads of States Summit, high-level roundtables and interactive dialogue sessions, as well as numerous other special and side events. ​

Drought, land restoration, and related enablers such as land rights, gender equality and youth empowerment are among the top items on the Conference agenda. Through its decisions adopted by UNCCD’s 197 Parties, COP15 is expected to galvanize sustainable solutions for land restoration and drought resilience, with a strong focus on future-proofing land use.

As per the media bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services UT Ladakh, 1 new positive sample report of Covid-19 was received by CMO Leh. No deaths were reported in UT Ladakh yesterday.

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While a total of 129 sample reports were tested in UT Ladakh. 121 sample reports in Leh and 07 sample reports in Kargil were found to be negative.

With this, the total number of COVID-19 active cases in UT Ladakh is 05; all active cases are in Leh district

The bulletin further informs that 1679 passengers were screened at the KBR, Leh airport while 1350 passengers including the drivers and helpers of trucks, and light motor vehicles were screened at Khaltsi check post and 65 passengers were screened at Khangral check post.

As per the media bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services UT Ladakh, no new positive sample report of Covid-19 was received. No deaths were reported in UT Ladakh yesterday.

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While a total of 204 sample reports were tested in UT Ladakh. 185 sample reports in Leh and 19 sample reports in Kargil were found to be negative.
With this, the total number of COVID-19 active cases in UT Ladakh is 03; all active cases are in Leh district.

The bulletin further informs that 1731 passengers were screened at the KBR, Leh airport while 516 passengers including the drivers and helpers of trucks, and light motor vehicles were screened at Khaltsi check post.

In the 186th meeting of the ESI Corporation, it has been decided to relax the contributory conditions for Covid 19 relief scheme. Now It has been reduced to 35 days for those who are eligible for the above relief scheme.  A notification in this regard has been issued on 22/03/2022. This decision will help those workers who may not have the required attendance of 70 days during the lockdown period due to closure of units or job loss. Those claims which were earlier rejected due to contribution of less than 70 days will be reviewed and passed accordingly.

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The COVID pandemic has caused a huge disturbance in the lives and livelihoods of the Industrial workforce.  Through this scheme financial relief is provided to the dependents of the insured person in case of his or her death due to covid-19. The periodic payment under the scheme will pay directly into the bank accounts of the eligible dependent family members. So far, Sub Regional Office of ESIC has approved 33 claims till date wherein total amount of Rs. 3095331 (Thirty Lakh Ninety five thousand three hundred thirty one) has been disbursed among the beneficiaries.

Eligibility conditions and Implementation procedure: –

1. The Insured Person who died due to COVID-19 disease must have been registered on the ESIC online portal at least three months prior to the date of diagnosis of COVID-19 disease resulting in his/her death.
2. The deceased IP must have been in employment on the date of diagnosis of COVID-19 disease and contributions for at least 35 days should have been paid or payable in respect of him/her during a period of maximum one year immediately preceding the diagnosis of COVID-19 disease resulting in death.
3. For the IPs who were availing Maternity Benefit or Extended Sickness Benefit (ESB) or Temporary Disablement Benefit and died due to COVID-19 and who fall short of the required 35 days of contribution due to being on MB, TDB or ESB, the number of days they were on MB, TDB or ESB during the period of one year prior to the diagnosis of COVID-19 will be counted for their eligibility for relief under the scheme.
4. The claimant of the relief will be required to submit their claim for relief under the Scheme in prescribed form enclosing the COVID-19 positive report and death certificate of the deceased IP in nearest ESIC Branch Office.
5. Proof of the age and identity of dependents shall be given by means of Aadhar or Birth Certificate issued by the competent authority.
6. The spouse of the deceased IP shall be eligible for medical care in ESIC institutions on depositing Rs. 120/- lump-sum for one year.
7. A sum of Rs. 15000/-is paid either to eldest surviving member of the deceased insured person who actually performs the last rites of the Insured Person.

All eligible beneficiaries are requested to file their claims at the earliest. Detailed scheme and forms are available at ESIC Website or contact our nodal officers at Branch Offices and Sub Regional Office as per detail below-

1. Sh. Satinder Singh, SRO, ESIC, SCF 22-23, Ph-II,Urban Estate, Focal Point, Ludhiana:- 9417264693
2. Sh. Anil Kumar Kathuria,Branch Manager, Focal Point,Ludhiana: 9988506595
3. Sh. Jaswant Singh,Branch Manager, Giaspura, Ludhiana:9646300463
4. Sh. Varinder Kumar ,Branch Manager, Gill Road, Ludhiana:8427001180
5. Sh. Ami Lal,Branch Manager, Rahon Roan, Ludhiana:7837030600
6. Smt. Ranjana Goswami, Branch Manager, Kohara, Ludhiana: 9814999745

As per the media bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services UT Ladakh, no new positive sample report of Covid-19 was received. No deaths were reported in UT Ladakh yesterday.

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While a total of 199 sample reports were tested in UT Ladakh. 184 sample reports in Leh and 12 sample reports in Kargil were found to be negative. The bulletin further informs that two patients has been cured and discharged by CMO Leh.

With this, the total number of COVID-19 active cases in UT Ladakh is 03; all active cases are in Leh district.

The bulletin further informs that 1907 passengers were screened at the KBR, Leh airport while 481 passengers including the drivers and helpers of trucks, and light motor vehicles were screened at Khaltsi check post.

As per the media bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services UT Ladakh, no new positive sample report of Covid-19 was received. No deaths were reported in UT Ladakh yesterday.

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While a total of 145 sample reports were tested in UT Ladakh. 129 sample reports in Leh and 14 sample reports in Kargil were found to be negative.

With this, the total number of COVID-19 active cases in UT Ladakh is 4; all active cases are in Leh district.

The bulletin further informs that 1800 passengers were screened at the KBR, Leh airport while 86 passengers including the drivers and helpers of trucks, and light motor vehicles were screened at Khaltsi check post and 18 passengers were screened at Khangral check post.

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As per the media bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services UT Ladakh, no new positive sample report of Covid-19 was received. No deaths were reported in UT Ladakh yesterday.

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While a total of 119 sample reports were tested in UT Ladakh. 111 sample reports in Leh and 07 sample reports in Kargil were found to be negative. The bulletin further informs that 4 patients were cured and discharged; 2 patients were discharged by CMO Leh and 2 were discharged by CMO Kargil.

With this, the total number of COVID-19 active cases in UT Ladakh is 09; 8 cases in Leh and 1 case in Kargil district.

The bulletin further informs that 2438 passengers were screened at the KBR, Leh airport while 659 passengers including the drivers and helpers of trucks, and light motor vehicles were screened at Khaltsi check post and 31 passengers were screened at Khangral check post.

As per the media bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services UT Ladakh, 1 new positive sample report of Covid-19 was received yesterday by CMO Leh. No deaths were reported in UT Ladakh yesterday.

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While a total of 191 sample reports were tested in UT Ladakh. 168 sample reports in Leh and 22 sample reports in Kargil were found to be negative. The bulletin further informs that 1 patient was cured and discharged by CMO Leh.

With this, the total number of COVID-19 active cases in UT Ladakh is 12; 10 cases in Leh and 2 cases in Kargil district.

The bulletin further informs that 2157 passengers were screened at the KBR, Leh airport while 819 passengers including the drivers and helpers of trucks, and light motor vehicles were screened at Khaltsi check post and 110 passengers were screened at Khangral check post

As per the media bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services UT Ladakh, 2 new positive sample reports of Covid-19 were received yesterday. Both of them were received by CMO Leh.

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While a total of 102 sample reports were tested in UT Ladakh. 83 sample reports in Leh and 17 sample reports in Kargil were found to be negative.

With this, the total number of COVID-19 active cases in UT Ladakh is 12; 10 cases in Leh and 2 cases in Kargil district.

The bulletin further informs that 2131 passengers were screened at the KBR, Leh airport while 158 passengers including the drivers and helpers of trucks, and light motor vehicles were screened at Khaltsi check post and 71 passengers were screened at Khangral check post