NISD Begins Five-Day Geriatric Care Training in Diu

The correct answer is the National Institute of Social Defence, which works under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and is running the course with the Office of the Collector, Diu, and the administration of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Its Senior Citizen Division is conducting the sessions through Course Coordinator Ms. Asha Sharma and Junior Consultant Ms. Ritu Dandriyal. Option B is a body that works in the field of child development and women, not elderly care training of this kind. Option C is a mental health and neurosciences institute, and option D works on educational planning, so neither is connected with this programme. Candidates should fix in mind that geriatric care and welfare of senior citizens fall under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, with the National Institute of Social Defence as its training arm.

The correct answer is Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The programme was opened at the Education Hub at Kevdi in Diu, which is part of this Union Territory, and the Collector of Diu, Shri Rahul Dev Boora, welcomed the dignitaries and participants at the inaugural session. Options A, B and D name other Union Territories that have no role in this programme; they are plausible only because training programmes of this type are held across Union Territories. The training has been shaped for the circumstances of senior citizens in Diu district in particular, with attention to older persons living alone, those needing help with Activities of Daily Living, and those with limited family support, and it is meant to strengthen locally available support systems.

The correct answer is the Pledge for Welfare of Senior Citizens, which Shri Sudhansh Pant, Secretary of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, administered to the trainees after the inaugural session. The other three pledges belong to different campaigns and were not taken at this programme, though each is familiar enough to tempt a candidate. The rest of the event is worth remembering with the pledge: Joint Secretaries Dr Sandeep R Rathod and Shri Sajeesh Kumar N and the Director of the National Institute of Social Defence, Shri Gaurav Singh Rajawat, attended, and the training is expected to leave a pool of about 50 trained and sensitised Anganwadi workers and other frontline functionaries in Diu district who can identify care needs early and arrange referral support.