medical oxygen
INS Shakti reached Sri Lanka with 100 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen
Indian naval ship (INS) Shakti reached Sri Lanka on August 22, 2021 carrying 100 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in a bid to help the island nation in combating the Covid-19 pandemic. Highlights INS Shakti was deployed for the ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
Delhi approves Medical Oxygen Production Promotion Policy
Delhi Cabinet has approved its policy to promote medical oxygen production and provide incentives to private sector to invest in production plants, tankers and storage facilities for medical oxygen. Highlights Medical Oxygen Production Policy provides several incentives to private sector ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
PROJECT O2 for INDIA
Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to Government has initiated ”Project O2 for India” with the aim of ensuring supply of critical raw materials like zeolites, Manufacturing of compressors and setting up of small oxygen plants. Background This project was initiated ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2021
US Global Task Force on COVID-19
The External Affairs Minister of India recently held a discussion with the US Global Task Force on Pandemic Response. He discussed about the priorities of India in vaccines, pharmaceuticals and oxygen. The Global Task Force on Pandemic earlier announced that ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Maharashtra Mission Oxygen
The State Government of Maharashtra has recently launched the “Maharashtra Mission Oxygen”. Under the mission, the daily production of the state is to be increased to 3,000 tonnes. The State Government has allocated Rs 200 crores to the mission. It ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
INS Kolkata reaches Kuwait to bring liquid medical oxygen (LMO)
As a part of Operation Samudra Setu II, INS Kolkata has reached Kuwait to collect Liquid Medical Oxygen from the country. Earlier it embarked 43 oxygen concentrators and two hundred bottles of oxygen from Qatar. INS Kolkata It is a ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
IGST on Import of Oxygen Concentrators reduced
The Ministry of Finance recently cut the IGST on import of oxygen concentrators for personal use to 12%. Earlier it was 28%. IGST is Integrated Goods and Services Tax. The decision was announced by the Central Board of Indirect taxes ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
What is an Oxygen Concentrator?
The Government of India is to import 10,000 oxygen concentrators. What is an Oxygen Concentrator? An oxygen concentrator concentrates oxygen from the atmosphere. Working of Oxygen Concentrator The atmospheric air has 78% of nitrogen and 21% of oxygen. The Oxygen ..