{"id":3508,"date":"2019-07-10T05:29:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T05:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2019-07-11T15:23:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T15:23:24","slug":"immunocontraceptive-measures-project-is-launched-by-union-ministry-of-environment-forest-and-climate-changemoefcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/immunocontraceptive-measures-project-is-launched-by-union-ministry-of-environment-forest-and-climate-changemoefcc\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Immunocontraceptive measures\u2019 project is launched by Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change(MoEFCC)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched a project for undertaking<strong> \u2018immunocontraceptive measures\u2019<\/strong> for population management of <strong>4<\/strong> species of wild animals namely Elephant, Wild boar, Monkeys and Blue Bull (Nilgai).<br><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><br> <br> <strong>i. Need:<\/strong> Human-elephant conflict caused the maximum number of casualties. Between 2014 and March 2019, 2,398 people died in elephant attack in the country. West Bengal had maximum number of such deaths.<br> <br> <strong>ii. Immunocontraception:<\/strong> It is a birth control method that uses the body\u2019s immune response to prevent pregnancy.&nbsp;<br>It is a technology that uses a female animal\u2019s immune system to build a protein around the egg that prevents it from fertilizing.<br>The Pilot project will begin in Uttarakhand.<br>It is implemented in the rest of the country.<br>The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the National Institute of Immunology (NII) are the bodies involved to develop a protocol of immunocontraception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>iii.\nApplicability:<\/strong> Pilot project will begin in Uttarakhand and then implemented\nin rest of the country.<br>\n<br>\n<strong>iv.\nAgency:<\/strong> The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the National Institute of\nImmunology (NII) are the bodies involved to develop a protocol of\nimmunocontraception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)<\/strong><br><strong>Formed:<\/strong> 1985<br><strong>Ministers responsible:<\/strong> Prakash Javadekar, Cabinet Minister<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched a project for undertaking \u2018immunocontraceptive measures\u2019 for population management of 4 species of wild animals namely Elephant, Wild boar, Monkeys and Blue Bull (Nilgai).Key Points: i. Need: Human-elephant conflict caused the maximum number of casualties. 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