Happy Independence Day 2022 Today India is proudly celebrating its 76th Independence Day. In these 75 years, India has not only got freedom from British rule but also from diseases and health problems. Let us know the major health schemes and policies run by the Governments of India in the last 75 years.
After from British rule, India has fought for another new freedom and that is the war of health. In these 75 years, India has progressed rapidly, in which the health sector has also advanced a lot. Whether it is an increase in the life expectancy rate to 75 years or a decrease in infant and maternal mortality, do not know how many milestones India has crossed. India not only got freedom from the British Raj but also freed itself from diseases like smallpox, leprosy, polio and guinea worm. The ability to make and provide vaccines is remarkable and needless to say. Today, on the occasion of India’s Independence Day, we are going to tell you about such major health policies and schemes, which India has started in the last 75 years.
National Leprosy Eradication Programme
The National Leprosy Reduction Program (NELP) was run by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to eradicate leprosy from India. The main goal of this program was to provide more and more information about leprosy to the people, so as to reduce the risk of disability and spread due to it. It was first launched in 1955. The National Leprosy Eradication Program was launched in 1983 as a continuation of the National Leprosy Control Programme.
Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme
Pulse Polio Immunization Program (PPIP) Following the eradication of polio by the World Health Organization in 1988, India started the 1955 Pulse Polio Immunization Program, which was to provide 100% coverage of symptoms. According to the Health Ministry data, the last case of polio in the country was detected on 13 January 2011 in Howrah district of West Bengal.
Independence Day 2022 Wishes, Images, Quotes, Messages
1.Let’s keep the memories of all the people who sacrificed their lives for our country alive. I wish you a Happy Independence Day
2.My love for my nation is boundless. My love for my people is endless. All I desire for my country is happiness. Let me be the first person to wish you a special Happy Independence Day.
3.We got our freedom after a lot of sacrifices; we should never take it for granted. Happy Independence Day.
4.This Independence Day, let’s take a pledge to protect the peace, diversity, harmony, and unity of our great nation. Happy Independence Day.
5. It is easy to kill individuals, but you cannot kill the ideas. Great empires crumbled, while the ideas survived.” – Bhagat Singh.
6. Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err and even to sin.” – Mahatma Gandhi
The lengthy struggle for freedom resulted in the birth of the largest democracy in the world. Heroic freedom fighters, such as Mahatma Gandhi, led the country’s independence movement through civil disobedience and nonviolent protests. On August 15, 1947, the Indian national flag was raised for the first time at the Red Fort in Delhi.
People also celebrate flying kites—a longstanding symbol of independence. Indian revolutionaries once flew kites with slogans to protest British rule. Since then, recreational and competitive kite flying have become one of Independence Day’s most popular traditions. Indians also commemorate the day by spending time with loved ones and hosting cultural programmes in neighborhoods and schools.