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Reasons behind oxygen shortage

 Medical oxygen is at least 82% pure Oxygen and free from contamination. In contrast atmospheric air we breathe contains various other gases with only 21% oxygen.  Traditionally, medical oxygen is produced at separation units where atmospheric air is split into the different components through multiple stages of separation and distillation. Another common method is pressure swing adsorption (PSA ). Oxygen levels in the body can drop drastically in several cases of covid-19.Organs can start to Mal-functions leading to death. The department for promotion of industry and internal trade DPIIT, it said the demand for medical oxygen has raised reached about 60% of the country's total daily oxygen production estimated at about 7200MT. last year the government had floated a Rs 200 crore tender for the supply of PSA plants to districts hospitals across 32 States .A year on only 33 of the proposed 162 PSAs have been installed. The government has prohibited the supply of oxygen to all e...

Naxalism menace and wayforward

The 3 April 2021 deadly ambush maoist insurgents against Indian security forces at Sukma- Bijapur border of Chhatisgarh leading to the killing of 22 security personnnel and Naxalites.  In year 2015 , there was an initiative taken by the ruling government to bring militants in the mainstream of deverlopment. Although the steps did not bear fruitful result which was envisioned, 65% Naxalism has been reduced over the period of 7 years.  law and order can play a pivotal role to curb on the menace carry out by Naxal-insurgents. The government should bring terrorism, insurgents, militants, naxalism into the list of seventh scheduled of the Indian constitution, which will empower central government to take hard actions get done through central forces. Before setting up of NIA, a government had to more dependent on state government.  we should also learn from the methods applied in the North-Eastern states , where talks between stakeholders bearing fruitful results. ...