Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
From 1949-Present
1) Milk Feeding Programme
Partition takes its toll, soon after Independence the Government of India launches a milk-feeding programme for refugee
children, UNICEF assists in this programme.
2) Indias first Penicillin Plant Established
1949 - Indias first penicillin plant set up at Pimpri; it is the first public sector undertaking in the Drugs & Pharmaceutical
Sector. UNICEF provides equipment and technical assistance.
3) Indias first DDT Plant Established
1954 Indias first DDT plant set up to supply National Malaria Eradication Programme launched by the Government of India.
Plant is set up with the equipment provided by UNICEF.
4) India works on Disease Control
Malaria control and demonstration projects started in Orissa, Mysore and United Provinces in collaboration with W.H.O. and the
Malaria Institute, Delhi.
5) India Undertakes Massive Campaign on Vaccination Promotion
A mass publicity campaign is undertaken for the promotion of BCG vaccination. The first Governor General of India backs the
campaign and the programme, assisted by UNICEF together with United Nations Information Centre.
6) India Establishes Anti-T.B Centers
In 1951, 5 anti-tuberculosis centers are established Bombay, Madras and West Bengal.
7) Maternal and child health
Maternal and child health programmes begin in India in the early 1950s and the flow of UNICEF supplies and equipment begins
soon after. MCH activities intensify from 1952-54 when the GOI adopted a National Extension Programme for rural areas, later
termed as Community Development Programme.
8) Pre-vocational Training for Children
1963 - Pilot project on prevocational training for children who had completed 5 years of primary education launched. The
Government decides to experiment and strengthen this programme in 40 training centres.
9) 1963-Water Supply Schemes in India get a boost with UNICEF entry.
Assistance in the form of hardware material, equipment and transport, benefited around 50,000 rural populations in selected
states, as a part of the health plan.
10) Science Teaching
Early 1960s-the Government of India and UNICEF sign an agreement for reorganisation and expansion of science teaching in
the schools of India. Emphasis is on teaching through demonstration kits rather than through chalk and talk method. NCERT,
UNESCO and UNICEF work together.
11) Blind Children
Governments efforts for training the blind supported by UNICEF, initially in the form of equipment. The aim is to increase the
enrollment of blind children in regular schools.
12) Applied Nutrition Programme
A nationwide villagebased Applied Nutrition Programme introduced in 1963. India signs a master plan of operation with
UNICEF and its sister agencies, WHO and FAO; UNICEF assists ANP with equipment and supplies.
13) EPR-The Super Emergency 1971-72
Government of India and UNICEF swing into action almost simultaneously, to face the unimagined emergency that put the life
of millions of innocent children of the fleeing refugee families from East Pakistan at risk.
14) Education in Food & Nutrition 1971
Indian Council of Agricultural Research in cooperation with UNICEF and FAO initiates a programme of Higher education in Food
and Nutrition. The attempt is to have an indirect but long-term impact on the nutritional status of children and women in rural
areas.