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Hey, Jacob Miles thanks for asking!I won't stand far from my recent "top 3 picks" because I believe that gaming and streaming will trigger the adoption of crypto.So, my top 3 coins for the best returns are:1) Enjin ($ENJ)2) Theta ($THETA)3) Dream Team ($DREAM)I already explained why in my detailed response here: Eugene Chygyryn's answer to If one had to buy and HODL 3 altcoins for 2020, what would they be?(Highly recommend you to check it out!)My next six will be as follows:4) ETHThough currently, Ethereum has a lot of problems which prevents its wide adoption, ETH co-founder Vitalik Buterin does not stand back from them. If the project assumes the problems straightforwardly, the team is ready to address them.In an interview with the Canadian outlet "The Star" - Vitalik Buterin has mentioned that Ethereum's blockchain is "almost full," it lacks scalability, and the cost of using the network is already high. All these keep organizations from joining the network.Nonetheless, Ethereum has big plans to address scaling issues, move to a Proof-of-Stake consensus algorithm, and to substantially upgrade to ETH 2.0.5) Binance CoinBinance is a top-tier crypto exchange. There is no point saying that Binance is a shark in marketing and strategic planning since it is gradually taking up all its possible competitors. Ongoing news, constant upgrades, decent PR, and communication with the community are the factors proving that Binance is not going to stop.BNB can be used to pay for trading fees on Binance and Binance DEX, to take part in token sales hosted on the Binance Launchpad and to be a payment method.Though BNB doesn't seem to have a lot of use cases, this is the case when the coin doesn't need to.6) MoneroMost governments are concerned about crypto being in the grey zone and thus try to do their best imposing laws and regulations on it. So, crypto legacy is a matter of time. Once world governments make their official stance on crypto, people will search for anonymity - the initial feature Bitcoin was created for.Monero is considered a privacy coin due to untraceable, unlinkable, private, and analysis-resistant transactions.XMR's default privacy features leverage: Multilayered Linkable Spontaneous Anonymous Group signatures (MLSAG), ring confidential transactions (RCT), and stealth addresses. A quick comparison between privacy coins shows that XMR leads in market cap and GitHub activity.Here are my 7-9 coins. I wouldn't say they are better or worse than the other 6. It's just more of personal preference.7) BATReal use-cases, strong team, well-known partners, own ecosystem, BRAVE browser, and millions of users worldwide.Isn't it worth holding?Since I'm the one using the BRAVE browser, I strongly believe in this project. Here are my thoughts on BAT and perspectives as for its price:Eugene Chygyryn's answer to What's your position on Basic Attention Token (BAT)? What do you think it will be worth in 3 years?As for the recent news to fuel the community interest is the appearance of native crypto wallet In Brave Nightly Build.8) IOTAHere are things which make IOTA stand out of the crowd:Tangle and DAGs tech, it removes strong dependence on miners, thus eliminating people's concern about excessive electricity usage. Eugene Chygyryn's answer to Is IOTA the answer to the energy usage requirement problems caused by Bitcoin mining?It makes micro-transactions accessible since there is no transaction fee.IOTA is genuinely decentralized, as its users control the system themselves. All coins (almost 3 KKK) have already been issued and put in the system. Users do not need to mine them and depend on miners or founders.Recently, IOTA announced about the full release of software wallet Trinity for IOTA tokens and the future launch of its new consensus algorithm Shimmer this year.Little sneak-peak:The Shimmer voting scheme is named after a bee's behavior seen in nature. They synchronize their movement to defend themselves against predators. They do this without any centralized entity & only know when to change their state by observing the behavior of their peers.9) NEXONexo is an instant crypto-backed loans provider, servicing more than 200+ jurisdictions in 45+ currencies.Users deposit supported cryptos into a Nexo wallet and get an instant cash loan in either USD or EUR. Nexo doesn't require a credit check, and you don't pay capital gains taxes for loans made against crypto assets. Nexo’s is great because:NEXO is traded as “restricted security” per the SEC registration exemption filed by Nexo.Nexo repayments can be made either in fiat or cryptos. If you use NEXO to repay the loan, you'll get a 50 percent interest rate discount.Holding NEXO allows you to make loan limits higher and a 30-percent Nexo profit-share payment.Recently, Nexo has provided its customers with The Nexo Mastercard Card. It gives you access to your credit line worldwide, offers instant cashback on the purchases, has flexible repayment options, and has no monthly or annual fees.These are my 9 favorite coins at the moment. Even though they have strong fundamentals and upside potential - I encourage you to research on your own and invest in the coin (and tech behind it) you fully understand yourself.This list shouldn't be considered as final and may be changed under the market conditions.I highly recommend you to subscribe not to miss any further updates.BTW, we are forming Quora Inner Circle telegram group where this and many other crypto topics are being discussed daily. I will be happy to see you among us!

Hy,The total fee to be paid for the Autumn Semester 2017-17 is Rs.67,876 (for GEN / OBC candidates) and Rs. 22,876 (for SC/ST/PD).If you choose for hostel accommodation at IIT Bombay, you must pay Rs. 16,000 (Rs. 2,000 refundable mess advance + Rs. 13,000 Semester mess advance + Rs.1,000 towards Bus pass for internal transport for IITB Campus.)Edit- tuition fee is 1 lakh per semester.(in image)1. All the SC/ST/PD students are exempted from payment of Tuition Fee.2. Institute has two semesters in a year i.e. Autumn & Spring.3. Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) is a year (8 Semesters) Programme.4. Dual Degree/ 5 yr Integrated M. Sc. is a 5 Year (10 Semester) Programme.5. IIT Bombay reserves right to revise fee structure in subsequent semester.*one time fee only.**Payable in Autumn Semester (July – December) every year..(☆~ signifies heading)☆~PG Level Programme for Working Professionals :The registration for the course(s) can be done at the CEP office. At the time of registration, the candidate should also pay the course fees of Rs. 6,000/- (Rs. Six thousand only) per course, payable by way of Demand Draft in favour of "Registrar, IIT Bombay, (CEP Account)".(The fees cannot be refunded once the registration is done).☆~MDP Course on Resource Mobilization for NGOsRs.30000/- per participant, (if a NGO sends more than one participant then fees applicable will be Rs. 25000/- per participant) covers, tuition, course material, registration, lunch, tea/coffee served during the programme days. The course is non residential and accommodation will not be provided on IIT Bombay campus to the participants. Participants will make their own arrangements of transportation to and from SJMSOM to their destinations. The fees are payable in advance by demand draft drawn in favour of .Registrar, IIT Bombay. All payments should be sent to SJMSOM through SOSVA.A prize is awarded to the participant by SOSVA, for the most successful strategy adopted by him/her in his/her organisation, post 12 months of course completion.☆~IIT Bombay Research Fellowship Scheme~The awardees are selected on the basis of their academic record followed by an interview, and a written test. They are required to work on research projects for a minimum period of two years in different Departments/ Schools/ Centres/ Inter-disciplinary Programs based on their academic background and research interests.The Research Fellowship Scheme is open to B.Tech. / B.E. / M.Tech. / MBA / M.A. / http://M.Com. / http://M.Sc. / MBBS or equivalent degree, with or without experience. Students with research inclinations in Humanities, Bio-sectors, Management and other background are also eligible.The awardees with B. Tech/B.E. or http://M.Sc qualification will are awarded a stipend of Rs. 8,000 - 10,000/- p.m. Degree holders with experience can expect higher amount.Ancillary benefits include funding for participation in national & international conferences, Library facilities and hostel accommodation.IIT Bombay provides assistance to iuts students in three forms- Scholarship, Research Fellowship and Research Assistants.☆~SCHOLARSHIPS~~IIT Bombay provides assistance to its students in three forms- Scholarship, Research Fellowship and Research Assistants.The students of IIT Bombay receive scholarship not just from the institute but also from the private organizations. Government also recognises the brilliant students of IIT Bombay and awards them through the scholarship route.☆~IIT Bombay Scholarship 2017For all students:1. Merit-cum-Means (MCM) Scholarship: Tuition fee waiver (Rs.45,000 per semester) Rs.1000 per month for both semesters in the academic year2. Free Tuition: Tuition fee waiver (Rs.45,000 per semester)For SC/ ST students:1. Free Tuition: Tuition fee waiver (Rs.45,000 per semester)2. Free Messing: only for basic menu Pocket allowance of Rs. 250 per month for both semesters in the academic year; Exemption from payment of hostel room rentFor PD students:1. Free Tuition: Tuition fee waiver (Rs.45,000 per semester)Private scholarships1. Named Merit Scholarships: Rs. 25,000 - Rs.1,50,000 per year2. Named Merit-cum-Means Scholarships: Rs. 25,000 - Rs.1,00,000 per year.☆~Private ScholarshipStudents at IIT Bombay are awarded scholarships by various private organizations too. The criteria adopted by these organizations are same as followed by the IIT Bombay- 'Merit and Means'. The organizations have a separate Scholarship Trust wherein only those students can apply whose parental gross income from all sources does not exceeds beyond Rs 4, 50,000.The IIT alumni in USA have also established a fund for providing scholarships to the brilliant and deserving students of IIT under the name- IIT Bombay Heritage fund Scholarships. The alumni collect funds from all the members of the alumni for the constitution of the scholarship to be awarded to large number of students. The selection criteria for availing scholarship under the IIT Bombay Heritage fund are same as the criteria set up by the Private Organisations.A student can get the full details from the Academic office of the Institute.☆~Government ScholarshipThe students of IIT Bombay can apply for scholarship to the Government besides applying for the same in their institute. The Central government awards National Scholarships to students of every state on the basis of marks scored by them in the previous academic year. A student interested in renewing his/her scholarship also has to submit the progress report of the last academic year.However, those students who have already received the scholarships by appearing in the National Talent Search Examination of the NCERT need not apply to the government again. The NCERT scholarship can be availed till one finishes his/her Masters' programme.☆~Research Fellowship~IIT Bombay awards 100 Research fellowships each year to the students belonging to different colleges across the country, for undertaking research project at its different departments. The Research work is allotted on the basis of a student's academic qualification.The students short listed for the fellowship scheme need not necessarily belong to an engineering background. The fellowship is open even for post graduates in other streams too. For undertaking the research work, the institute provides a fixed amount in the form of stipend. The amount, however, differs with the experience. For instance, the students who are in III year of their B.Tech programme or are in II year of M.A. MSC., http://M.Com and MBA receive Rs 10,000 per month as stipend. The M.Tech degree holders with some experience, on the other hands, are awarded a stipend Rs 2000 more. The students can continue their studies along with the research work.Besides the stipend, the students who are conferred Research fellowship are given a long term membership to the Institute's library for reference purposes.The applications for the fellowship programme are released in the end of December month every year.☆~Research Assistanceship (RA)~The students with a good GATE score are considered for the position of' Research Assistants' by various departments of IIT Bombay. As a Research Assistant the students has look after the concerned department institute and assist in teaching and other works. A Research assistant has to devote a total of 20 hours in a week. They are also given the liberty to complete their M.Tech programme in three years instead of the☆~SUMMER INTERNSHIP SCHEME-The awardees (who have not completed their degrees) have an opportunity to work on projects under the supervision of faculty members/scientists during their summer vacation. On the completion of their degrees, they could be considered for research Fellowship subject to performance during Summer Internship. The Summer Internship scheme is open to pre-final year B.Tech./ B.E./ M.A./ http://M.Com/ http://M.Sc./ M.E./ M.Tech./ MBA/ MBBS or equivalent degree students.Rs. 3000/-p.m. for summer internship (For a maximum of two months).Other benefits include Library facilities and hostel accommodation.SELECTION PROCEDURE(Selection Procedure for Summer Award of Scholarships)The selection procedure consists of preliminary screening of applications, followed by personal interviews that take place in a decentralized manner at the department level.Selection criteria includes consistently brilliant academic performance (relative rank in the class/University), work carried out by the student besides his regular academic work, participation/recognition in competitions such as Techfest, Olympiads, National Talent Search Exams, and performance in the interview.Happy to help you.HOPE IT WILL HELP YOU.THANK YOU.

I can’t compare to all states of India with Kerala and its not fair too at this stage to make any comparisons. We are in the middle of a crisis and this is not just applicable to Kerala or South India or India as whole… Rather it's applicable to the entire world.Every government in this world is trying their level best to serve their citizens in the crisis. We can’t claim, ONLY we are doing the best. Everywhere, govts are trying to do best for their people. Maybe in some areas, we might be standing slightly better, some areas we may be lacking too.So I am not into any comparison at all. But since I write about Kerala in Quora, I feel I will write what all Kerala State has done in its fight against Corona Virus. I am talking only in specific to Kerala, not in comparison with any others.And please note, this is an evolving crisis and every day something new is being added to the fight. So sticking to things as of yesterday- 28/03/2020Contact trackingFor me personally, I consider this job done by Kerala’s DHS (Directorate of Health Services) as something the best they could do for us. Learning from Nipah outbreak experience, Kerala has used its resources to track contacts and people who been associated with the index patient (first patient in a cluster) to identify a cluster and isolate from the community. This includes detailed tracking of patient’s route from the moment he/she landed in Kerala until the moment he/she been quarantined into the hospital. Most of the tracking is done thro’ inputs made by the patient which are cross verified by officials of Public Health Inspectorate and Community Medicine Department, apart from using Police’s intelligence sources like Cyber cell to track down the mobile tower locations of the patient, special branch reports, phone records, CCTV camera recordings etc. By this manner, DHS able to identify a cluster comprising of potential secondary and tertiary contacts made by the index patient who will be either home or hospital quarantined and if any symptoms are shown, their blood samples will be tested.The DHS frequently makes regular route maps of patients and publishes in public to let people know about the time and place where the patient was and ask the public to declare to DHS, if they were in at that place at the specified time, to be declared as part of a cluster.Route Map of Patient 1 of Pathanamthitta which resulted in the start of second wave since March 2020This kind of tracking helped Kerala as of now to contain the disease to cluster level, though some have jumped out of quarantine and their actions created more clusters and patients.How Kerala's flowchart model is helping effective coronavirus contact tracingKerala launches contact-tracing programme to neutralise coronavirus threat2. TestingI have written answers before. Kerala’s strategy in combating this disease is by constant testing of samples. Kerala so far is the state that has done the highest number of testing among Indian states and its testing ratio is somewhat at par with many major affected countries like Japan or similar.Arun Mohan (അരുൺ മോഹൻ)'s answer to Why are no COVID-19 deaths reported in Kerala even though the state has the highest number of cases?States That Are Testing More Are Detecting More Cases, Data Show |If Kerala has done anything good in this sector, its solely because of regular testing and able to identify people quickly.As of yesterday (28/02/2020),Kerala tested 6,067 samples5,270 samples were negative165 are currently on treatment (Confirmed cases)1,34,370 are in isolation/surveillance (not yet confirmed)8 have recovered and still kept in observationand 1 death has been reported (the very first death in the state)This massive Pro-testing approach has helped Kerala to have nearly 10 Testing Virology labs in the state, including an NIV unit that helps faster and regular testing. As of now, Kerala has the highest number of blood sample testing facility in IndiaAs yesterday Kerala announced massive rapid testing after getting in-principle approval from ICMR. Kerala is the first state to announce so and was pressing ICMR for rapid testing permission for every single one in isolation/quarantine for last few days.3. Medical preparednessKerala was expecting to have Corona right soon after China declared its condition way back in Jan 2020. Kerala due to its very high non-resident Malayalee population living in many countries of the world was sure, they will soon get this new disease thro’ them and it was so right its judgement when the first Covid Case of India was reported in Kerala way back in Feb 2020. And it fully contained the first wave of Covid entry in Feb when it could isolate all cases and avoid spread etc.In the second wave, which happened thro’ an irresponsible family’s actions that created multiple clusters and later thro’ various foreign imports (some again were of irresponsible actions), the medical teams were so prepared to deal with emergencyDHS by March mid has already completed setting up various contingency plans, which were titled as PLAN A, PLAN B AND PLAN C. These plans were effectively communicated to entire medical and administrative officials of the states and everything has been well defined. This even includes thresh-holds for initiating each plan. Medical infra audits were carried out as part of this medical contingency plansThe Plan A which is currently ongoing has seen mobilization of resources associated with 50 Govt hospitals and 2 private hospitals on standby with total of 974 isolation beds and 22 ICUs readied for Corona carePlan B which has been initiated last day has mobilized resources for an additional 71 govt hospitals and 55 private hospitals for combating this disease which will add another 1408 beds.Plan C is the next stage (once the diseases spread comes to 3rd stage) which will mobilize 81 govt hospitals and 41 private hospitals with another addition of 3028 beds and 218 ICU bedsThese plans were drawn in March 1st week, which shows the extend of planning of Kerala Govt.The new set of plans (unofficially codenamed as PLAN D) will feature nationalization or semi-nationalization of entire Private hospitals of Kerala featuring a total bed of 69,434 beds and 5507 ICU beds. As of the latest decision, the govt decided to take over unused private hospitals and those medical colleges whose operations were suspended by MCI. 3 hospitals facilities and one Hostel complex were taken over in last 48 hours (PVS Hospital in Kochi, Anjarakady Medical College in Kannur, Shanti Jamaath Islami Hospital in Kozhikode and Sree Sankaracharya University Hostel Complex in Kochi)Collector Ernakulam (Kochi) taking over an unused hospital in Kochi city to be converted into a Covid Care Hospital facility.The Plan D features taking over hotels, hostels, lodges and other commercial units to develop into Isolation centres and Temporary Isolation centres, which shall be more than 2 Million rooms.As of now, Kerala Govt has announced opening Exclusive Covid Hospitals in every district of Kerala (14 Covid Hospitals in the level of tertiary care facility) and the first one is opened in Kochi- CMC (Cochin Medical College) which is a government Medical college and others are expected to open by this weekKerala’s first dedicated Covid Care Hospital centre in Kochi with 500 isolation beds and 70 plus ICU bedsGovt has been in talks with various community organizations and they all pledged their support for the fight. The Catholic Hospitals Association which is the second-largest Medical group after Government hospital network has decided to give all their hospitals to DHS along with their medical Staff (2660 Doctors, 10,300 Nurses, 5,500+ Paramedics and 6800 Admin staff). The Nair Service Society has assured Govt to provide its 2 hospitals and 100 plus educational institutions which they can convert into field hospitals if required. The SNDP Trust also assured Govt to provide its 1000 plus schools to be converted as field medical hospitals or treatment centres. It also assured to give its medical college to the state upon demand. So as Muslim Educational Society and Jammat e Hind Islami also assured to provide all its hospitals, madrasas, schools and colleges to the government for its better use.4. Upgrading Covid Hospital facilitiesOne key factor Kerala Govt focused on improving the facilities at all Covid care hospitals to ensure the public do not hide their medical cases to avoid visiting or isolating themselves.All Govt Covid Isolation rooms and treatment rooms are modernized and sanitized as per WHO protocols. Patients were brought to such isolation wards in dedicated Covid care ambulances and the isolation rooms were all modern and neatThe govt took extra care to ensure the food patients get at these hospitals should be as inviting as possible to shed all bias and prejudices against Govt hospitalsCovid patients gets inviting meals with options like Soups, fruits, eggs, Dosa, Appams, Rice-fish curries, chappatis, curd etc while foreign patients gets continental meals like Toasted breads, cheeses, omelettes/scrambled eggs, roasted chicken, biscuits etc. Patients do get daily milk, tea, coffee, fresh fruit juices, packed mineral water and daily newspapers (courtesy from Hindu).Dosa, eggs, oranges, fish fry: Here's the menu at COVID-19 isolation wards in KeralaThe hospital authorities have taken every wish of patients as much as possible, for example an covid affected Kid from Italy in treatment at Kochi were treated with Italian pasta, Ravoli and pizzas as the kid likes only Italian food which were ordered from an Italian restaurant nearby.5. Medical Industrial PreparednessKerala Govt has taken extra note in preparing itself for a major medical emergency. The state’s Medicine production has gone into full swing. The state-run Kerala State Drugs and Pharmaceutical Corporation has been entrusted with bulk mass production of Hand sanitizers which produced more than 1 Lakh bottles of Sanitizers and increased production targets to 1 million (10 lakh) by end of this week.1 lakh bottles of hand sanitizers in a day: Kerala goes all guns blazing against Covid-19KSDP also entrusted with mass production of 8 critical generic drugs and 2 drugs for which it holds patents to ensure no shortage.The state’s Electricity board has ordered to procure 500 new medical ventilators exclusively for Covid operations (Kerala state holds 5000 ventilators in total which is approx 12% of total available ventilators in the country). The state is going to enter talks with various manufactures for portable ventilatorsIn addition, the industry department has been asked to explore the possibility to produce 1 lakh N95 masks with any tech partnership with companies using facilities available to the department. In the meantime, the state will continue the mass production of cloth and surgical masks.As of today’s (28/03/2020) cabinet decision, Kerala Govt decided to form a medical industry cluster to manufacture indigenous medical equipment supplies at the earliest using existing facilities.The Kochi Superfab Lab, India’s only such facility were given the charge to design equipment required for such a major medical emergency. The state will produce its own Respirators, Ventilators, N95 Masks, Oxygen cylinders, Bio-Medical equipment preparing itself for the worst medical emergency.ISRO’s VSSC facility in Trivandrum and Kochi’s Technology Innovation Zone along with Kerala Start Up Mission will be fully utilized to design and develop newer and practical technologies and existing factories in Palakkad’s Kanjikode Industrial Cluster will be fully converted to produce equipment required for the medical sector. For this, a meeting of industrialists will be called tomorrow and setting the plan in motionThe state has opened a new challenge to all its technocrats and tech student entrepreneurs and start up promoters to come up with ideas for effective tech solutions to deal with a major emergency.A website- http://WWW.BREAKCORONA.IN has been started by Kerala Govt to invite newer ideas that can easily be put into action for which Kerala Govt will support financially and these projects will also generate employment and opportunities in the economy.6. Technology Usage and War RoomOne main feature which Kerala’s DHS used to control Covid spread was its Control Room set up at Kerala State Disaster Management Authority complex in Trivandrum and district headquarters. This was something which I feel, gave real-time updates to DHS on the spread and ways to control and contain it.These multiple data recording and analysis units helped to track patient history, procure data from multiple sources, feed in data and help control room unit officials to analyze patterns of travels and contact detailsIn a way, it was a full-fledged health surveillance facility. Patients route maps were made, their contacts were identified and their movements were tracked from this Hitech facility. These 24 hours of data control rooms, helped to give a clearer picture and understand the extent of spread thro’ interactive maps etc.This also includes geo-surveillance, monitoring those in quarantine with geo-fencing, GPS enabled trackers, electronic anklet monitoring systems etcScreenshot of portal that highlights patients under GPS enabled Geo-fencing to track their movements as used by District Administration- PathanamthittaCoronavirus | GPS-based tracking of all those quarantined in PathanamthittaIn addition, Kerala is using multiple data collection methods to track vulnerable people and develop maps to identify potential hot spots and nearest medical facilities. The disease mapping helps to have a strong information flow for various strategic decision making to control community transmission.Kerala uses open source public utility to fight COVID-19 - Geospatial WorldKerala govt to use ration card data for digital map on COVID-19Disease mapping to stem community transmissionApart from this, the centralized health support centre- DISHA (Direct Intervention System for Health Awareness) played a crucial role in tracking and supporting patients and other suspect cases. DISHA is a centralized call centre of DHS with a toll-free number- 1056 which was started to support patients for telemedicine and tele-support like counselling etc. But during this COVID time, it was fully converted into COVID Support and call centre facility. They notified the patient records, their queries and supported back with real-time updates of their medical conditions, moving ambulance support for them and mental counselling etc to alleviate stress.Disha 1056 call center, the nerve point of Anti-Corona operationsCoronavirus: This team at Kerala helpline desk works round the clock in fight against the pandemicNow, the state is coming up with a sophisticated Hitech War Room in the State Secretariat that has senior Bureaucrats as members to control and coordinate entire Covid operations including logistics movements during lockdown etc. A new secured line has been established- 0471-2517225 for the public to call at War Room directly.War room to coordinate effortsWar room in Kerala to supervise COVID-19 containment activities8. Lockdown SupportThe Lockdown as announced by Central Govt has affected every Indians. Kerala is no exception to this grave situation.During lockdown time, the state has focused on maximizing deliveries of essential supplies at home.The state has partnered with Zomato in Kochi, Trivandrum and Kozhikode to supply essentials from state-run Supermarket chain- Supplyco to public. 40 stores of Supplyco will start services of Zomato for home delivering of essentials including the essential kit of basic food items priced at Rs 500 (5 Kg rice, 1 litre coconut oil, 1 kg sugar, half kg of 2 kinds of pulsesSupplyco ties up with Zomato for online delivery of essential items in KochiThe state’s Consumerfed also entered into Online delivery starting from 1st of April and will extend to all districts of Kerala at the earliest. In addition, the state’s milk brand- Milma has aggressively pushed its online delivery- AM Needs more in 2 main cities which shall supply Milk, Milk products and breakfast items like bread, eggs etc. Efforts are made to extend this to other main cities too.Consumerfed’s online delivery from April 1Kerala Govt along with Police Cyberdome and a private company has launched a new Online app- ShopsApp and now asking all shops selling essential goods to mandatorily register in the ShopsApp portal. Once all the shops register, the newly formed volunteer army will be used for home delivery which will be spread across the state, not just cities alone.Shopping from local stores with home deliveryഅവശ്യ സാധനങ്ങളുടെ ലഭ്യത ഉറപ്പാക്കാൻ പൊലീസ് ആപ്The state has assured home-delivery of its essentials kits and ration supplies to the houses of poor (BPL cardholders) across the state, even in rural areas thro’ services of postal personnel as well as its own staff. Right from the day when schools where closed, personnel from Angawadi (kindergarten) and other educational departments were home delivering essentials for kids and children enrolled under each school directly.The state announced ambitious schemes to ensure HUNGER FREE Kerala. The govt clarified, not a single person in the state will starve due to the lockdownEvery family who is currently home quarantined will get Rs 1000 worth Essentials Kit of Food items from the govt for free which shall be home deliveredBPL card holders will get 35 Kg of Rice and APL cardholders will get 15 KG of Rice from Ration shops for free.Covid-19 lockdown: In a first, Kerala to home deliver food kits to the poorIn addition, a mechanism for home-delivering items from nearby shops by volunteers is plannedPolice delivering essentials to houses of elderly people who can’t go out9. Community KitchenThe govt directive is for Hunger-Free Kerala. No one will starve in KeralaFor this, the state has directed every Local Govt bodies to start Community Kitchens to cook food in bulk and provide packed food kits to people who don’t have access to cooked food. This includes homeless people, elderly people, sick people, migrant labour community and those got trapped in hostels or similar facilities overnight. All these shall be delivered to homes for a free or nominal token amount of Rs 20Meals shall be also delivered any needy just thro’ phone calls. The whole scheme has been worked out by Kudumbashree workers and packed meals costs Rs 20 only for veg and extra Rs 30 for a Chicken/Beef/Fish dishhttps://www.thenewsminute.com/article/inside-kerala-community-kitchen-during-coronavirus-lockdown-121325As of now, 748 Community Kitchens have been opened and an additional 300 will be set up soon. This service is available for lunch and dinner.So my parents who are in Kerala tried the community kitchen meal which was home delivered for Rs. 25. Rs. 30 extra if you want fish/beef/chicken. #Kerala #Alappuza @vijayanpinarayi @drthomasisaac @CMOKerala @shailajateacher pic.twitter.com/Ws2snAq5EQ— JF (@Potatodrink) March 27, 2020Kerala's Solution For Food Needs Amid Lockdown: 1,000 Community KitchensAgriculture Minister VS Sunil Kumar inspecting the facilities at Kochi’s Community kitchenKerala’s 43 lakh-strong women self-help network power community kitchens during coronavirus lockdown10. State Volunteer ArmyThe state announced an ambitious idea of forming an army of 2.45 Lakh volunteers to support various volunteering activity under a single command. Ever since the lock-down, multiple organizations are into volunteering activity causing many law & order issues and unauthorized movements. Also, there is a lack of coordination in these activities.To deal with it, the state formed a new directorate- Directorate of Social Service Force under State Youth Commission. The Directorate is to raise an army of trained volunteers to support various activities classified as 18 categories.https://www.quora.com/share/Arun-Mohan-520The key part of Volunteers is to develop emergency Isolation centres as required as movers as well as technicians. Apart from that, they are heavily required for logistics operations across the state, to supply deliveries to home, to work as care-takers and home-sitters for elderly and Covid affected patients etc.The govt announced this day before yesterday and invited online registrations thro’ its new portal- https://sannadham.kerala.gov.in/ (Sannadham in Malayalam means Volunteering) and despite of a technical glitch in registration, by now 30,000 youngsters registered for volunteering. This also includes Kerala Youth Volunteer Action Force- KYVAF (Red Shirts as known locally) designed after 2019 floods to have trained volunteer guards (5000 such trained red shirts are now available). So far only Andhra Pradesh and Kerala have formed such volunteer army.News in Asianet News about huge number of applications and responses to forming Kerala Volunteer ArmyRed Shirts in public sterilization programsKerala to set up Community Volunteer Force to support better deliveryKerala govt to form volunteer army of 2 lakh youngsters for the COVID-19 fightTechies turn volunteers to assist Kerala to contain Covid-1911. Transparency Flow of InformationThe biggest positive thing which Kerala is doing (which some proactive CMs of other states also doing) is effective and transparent flow of information.One of the important lessons learnt after Oockhi crisis of 2017 which Kerala changed since then and effectively used during floods time of 2018 and 2019 and Nipah time, was holding regular press meets and effective passing of all information available and cutting the spread of fake news.The government for the last 56 days were constantly holding daily press briefing both at State Level and district level to pass all information of the day. On the day 1 of first reporting of Covid case, a press conference was held even at an unusual hour of 1:30 AM late night to pass all information to media. Ever since that, media briefing became a mandatory thing at State level which was initially at 8 PM by Health Minister and as the state entered into Stage 2 and probably gearing for Stage 3 where multiple departments need to be involved, the baton moved to CM’s daily press meetings at 6 PM sharp.The daily press meetings of Kerala CM along with Health Minister and Chief Secretary has attracted huge public response, as a clear source of information on Covid situation.Today most of these press meetings are widely watched by entire Malayalee community, where all information of the day, all policies taken by Cabinet, all the government orders and action plan for next day are discussed with mediaPerhaps, one key tool to combat fake news is Transparency. The state issues health bulletins at every 6 hours for all affected people, all collectors are required to hold press meets or press releases on daily basis, district information officers are required to open lines to quell all public queries as well as organize programs to dispel public doubts and help the public in knowing the updates etc.Transparency Has Been Kerala’s Biggest Weapon Against the Coronavirus12. Campaign programs and quick responsesKerala government has realized the importance of massive Public Campaigns and Public relations to be used to the highest level to ensure its desired objectives reach to the public. The most successful campaign done was BREAK-THE-CHAIN campaign which has been adopted by Central Govt too and listed as a National agenda laterArun Mohan (അരുൺ മോഹൻ)'s answer to How many people participate in the campaign "break the chain" in Kerala?Arun Mohan (അരുൺ മോഹൻ)'s answer to What impact will this bring on the public as the introductory video of Kerala Police doing handwashing dance gone viral?Break The Chain Campaign was to have massive ground level sanitization and handwashing program to ensure the virus don’t spread quickly and break the chain of spread. This campaign helped the public to realize the importance of washing hands frequently and using sanitizers. Public washing kiosks came up and hand-sanitizers at the entrance of any facility became a regular thing. Videos of effective hand washes became common and the handwashing awareness video of Kerala Police became viralThe much viral Handwashing Video awareness dance by Kerala PoliceApart from campaigns, the government ensured, they are into heavy public relations. They are listening to every complaint, every grievance and standing with the public. For this govt machinery are focused on addressing public needs based on complaints reporting.For example, initially, the government didn’t give much thought about migrant labours and workers as the entire attention was over the local population. But when reports started coming in that migrant population have started fleeing to their homes and travelling on foot to their places when the lockdown came, the government machinery immediately set its attention to their problem. The govt started opening migrant workers camps across the state where they can stay and the entire cost of their food and other essentials were taken care of by the state Labour department and local MLAs. Kerala Govt even announced, they won’t use the term- Migrant Workers, rather will address them as GUEST WORKERS (Adithi Thozhilali) to honour their contributions to the state and will care themWhen Bihar’s Opposition leader Tejaswani Yadav highlighted the plight of some Bihari workers in Trivandrum over Twitter, the government quickly addressed to it and even reverted to him personally with an action taken reportI have visited the guest workers' labour camp today and spoke with workers and company representatives. The camp operates with all necessities including food and medicine.Kerala government is paying special attention to guest workers in this #COVID19 crisis. pic.twitter.com/uMsdq2NJQS— Kadakampally Surendran (@kadakampalli) March 27, 2020As of now, Kerala opened 4603 Relief camps to accommodate 1 Lakh migrant workers across the state who lost their work and got stuck in the state with no place to go. More numbers are to be expected as no one actually knows an exact number of workers. Many have fled Kerala before the lockdown came in and some haven’t turned up to government facilities too. The facilities do have all the essentials to survive until an alternative mechanism to help these people reach back to their homes is decided upon. This includes free food and sanitary requirements.Kerala opens 4603 relief camps for over one lakh migrant 'guest' workersAround 35 plus camps are opened for destitute and street dwellers across the state to be accommodated during this period.This decision has prevented a massive exodus as seen in many other North Indian states.13. Welfare schemes and supportThe state has announced a huge economic package of Rs 20,000 Crore to support people during this Covid crisis.One key feature announced was providing 2 Month social security pension (March and April) together by yesterday and today to all registered people, by delivering to their homes and via their coop bank accounts.The Govt kept its word by distributing all pensions by nowMore Photos. pic.twitter.com/H5sckkiCrL— Kadakampally Surendran (@kadakampalli) March 26, 2020How the Kerala government is shaping and implementing its Covid-19 responseKerala to disburse welfare pension for two months from next weekIn addition, the government has decided to support Tribal population by asking all tribal promoters and other officials to supply essential kits at their settlements inside the forest and educate them about the deadly virus spreadThe government announced One Month-long supplies kit per family to be supplied directly to their settlement and instructed forest guards and tribal department officials to ensure they remain insulated.Konni MLA comrade Jenish Kumar & District Collector P. B. Nooh IAS along with volunteers taking food materials to a tribal colony.It is important to work in sync during a crisis, as #Kerala has done in the past.With such common goals, we shall overcome. #KeralaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/3uJLUW3qVR— Kadakampally Surendran (@kadakampalli) March 28, 2020Collector Pathanamthitta himself taking a load to remote forest interior as part of his personal interaction and awareness campaign among tribals of PathanamthittaThis includes conducting radio shows and public awareness videos/audios in tribal languages etc and holding tribal settlement meetings etc to ensure they listen and understand the implication of the diease.Radio shows, videos in tribal languages: How Kerala is spreading COVID-19 awarenessKerala fighting COVID-19: Awareness videos are made in various tribal languages. Local officials and health workers show these videos going to each tribal colonies.This one here is Oorali language. pic.twitter.com/VuilFvJcm5— Neethu Joseph (@neethujoseph_15) March 23, 2020How these Kerala youngsters are ensuring that the Attappadi's tribal folk are safe from COVID-19These are some measures which Kerala is doing at the moment to ensure the disease doesn’t spread much and prevent Kerala from going into a havoc situation.I am not saying, everything is perfect in Kerala. There are any shortcomings here too. But so far, Kerala is trying the best possible within its strengths, some inherent and some developed, for the betterment of community welfare.I don’t know how much of these are exclusive to Kerala. I don’t think, none of them remains and should remain exclusive to any place as we humans always try various ideas to save our fellow folks in times of mass disasters.The reason I highlighted all these, is to make a larger people aware of what we are doing to combat this virus spread and hopefully, these measures can be a guiding model for others to emulate if required, just like we too adopted many gestures from othersIn times of distress, these kind of positive stories are more of beacon of hope that humanity exists and something must be spread to all…..Let's all work together and may our humanity prevail over every disaster!!!