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In the era of COVID-19, most of the business declined and a huge loss of jobs due to no demand and automobile sector is not the exception. Nearly 7.5% of India's GDP comes from the car industry, and supply chain is one of the key factors in a firm's overall value creation. The efficient and effective supply chain is dependent on information and communication technologies (ICTs) at present, and hence, it implies that ICT is spine of SCM. The major objective of the study was to draw conclusions on how information and communications technology practices affect supply chain management performance in the Indian auto-sector. The outcomes state that ICT practices have high correlation and direct impact on SCM performance, however, it does not have much impact on operational performance. The research also suggested that better and more effective ICT practices result better supply chain performance. The limitation of the research was the respondents' voluntary cooperation, and the ICT practices are limited to supply chain operational performance in various departments and functions only and not the applications in any vehicles. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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"If health care is not affordable & accessible to all, is not of any use" Since the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, many people have been forced to give up their savings for the treatment of their families or for themselves. While the beds at the government hospitals were always occupied, many had to rush to the private hospitals at times of an emergency. It made a considerably large hole in the pockets of the middle-class Indians. Recently, in view of the current situation, a health insurance scheme was launched by the name of 'Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi SwasthyaBima Yojana' by the chief minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot. This state-operated scheme is supposed to offer cashless treatment to the residents of the state. Let's dive into details and learn about the different benefits this scheme is supposed to offer to the citizens of Rajasthan. A large number of people in the State are not able to afford the expenditure of their treatment. High expenditure on health care is the major cause of rural indebtedness. The Rajasthan State Government has taken an unprecedented decision to start the CHIRANJEEVI SWASTHYA BIMA YOJANA has been started in the state from 1st may 2021. Rajasthan has taken a step towards 'universal health coverage' by providing quality free medical services to the citizens of the state on hospitalization in government as well as private hospitals and reducing the expenditure incurred by the family for health services. To assess the awareness and understanding of Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana in Bikaner Administrative Division a primary research was conducted on 400 respondents in Bikaner Division througharea sampling. The primary data was collected through schedule and data was analysed through Microsoft Excel and descriptive statistical measures like percentage and mean were calculated. The data collected for this study showed that the awareness level of Chiranjeevi SwasthyaBima Yojana in Bikaner Administrative Division was low in urban areas.
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BACKGROUND: Assessment of the results of large-scale rapid antigen diagnostic (RAD) testing for detection of SARS-CoV-2 amongst incoming passengers was carried out by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) Dental College Students at the Central Railway Station of Ahmedabad city. We wanted to determine the sensitivity and specificity of RAD testing for detection of Covid-19 amongst passengers disembarking from scheduled trains arriving at the Central Railway Terminus of Ahmedabad city. METHODS: Under the campaign "Chase the Virus" launched by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), Interns & Final Year students of AMC Dental College were trained to carry out rapid antigen testing of scheduled trains running on special routes starting from 07/09/2020 to 05/10/2020.14 dental teams were deputed at a temporary testing facility formulated for day-to-day testing at the Central Station using the standalone Standard - Q Covid-19 Ag testing kit (SD Biosensor, South Korea). RESULTS: In total, 18901 travellers were tested in a span of 26 days out of which 324 tested positive with an overall percentage positivity of 1.71%. An average number of 727 (+or- 182) tests were performed with an overall sensitivity of 66.01% and specificity of 99.71%. CONCLUSIONS: In response to the growing Covid-19 pandemic and complexity of laboratory-based molecular tests, rapid antigen detection tests have proved to be efficient in the easier and faster diagnosis of the passengers in such point of care settings.