GOVERNMENT SCHEMES (UPDATED

ON FEBRUARY 2, 2022)
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Table of Contents

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare ............................. 16

Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN) ........................................................................................................ 16
Ayushman Bharat .......................................................................................................................................... 17
Ayushman Mitra scheme (updated in October 2021) ..................................................................................................... 19
Mother’s absolute affection (MAA) ................................................................................................................ 20
Labour room Quality improvement initiative (LaQshya) .................................................................................. 21
Janani Suraksha Yojana .................................................................................................................................. 21
Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram ................................................................................................................. 22
Mission Indradhanush .................................................................................................................................... 23
Intensified Mission Indradhanush ................................................................................................................... 23
PM Swasthya Suraksha Yojana ....................................................................................................................... 24
Mera Aspataal Initiative ................................................................................................................................. 24
Rashtriya Aarogya Nidhi ................................................................................................................................. 25
National Digital Health Mission ...................................................................................................................... 26
National Health Mission ................................................................................................................................. 27
National Rural Health Mission ........................................................................................................................ 27
National Urban Health Mission ....................................................................................................................... 28
Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram ................................................................................................................. 29
Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram ............................................................................................................ 29
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan ................................................................................................... 30
National Strategic Plan (2017-24) ................................................................................................................... 30
Mission Sampark ........................................................................................................................................... 31
Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) ............................................................................................... 31
Mission Parivar Vikas ..................................................................................................................................... 32
Project Sunrise............................................................................................................................................... 32
Digitized versions of Flagship Health Schemes on National Health Authority (NHA)’s ....................................... 33
INDIA COVID 19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND HEALTH SYSTEMS PREPAREDNESS PACKAGE: PHASE II (ECRP-II)
(updated in October 2021) ............................................................................................................................................ 34

Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (updated in Feb 2022) .............................................. 35

Ministry of Education ..................................................... 37

Paramarsh ..................................................................................................................................................... 37
The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) ........................................................................... 38
YUVA (Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors) (updated in October 2021) ................................................................... 38

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STRIDE - Scheme for Trans – Disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy ......................................... 39
Study In India................................................................................................................................................. 40
Institute of Eminence ..................................................................................................................................... 42
PM vidya Lakshmi yojana ............................................................................................................................... 43
Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) .................................................... 44
Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT) .......................................................................................... 45
Leadership for Academicians program (LEAP) ................................................................................................. 45
VISAKA – Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan................................................................................................................ 46
Ishan Vikas .................................................................................................................................................... 46
Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) ................................................................................................. 47
Pragati Scholarship Scheme For Girl Students ................................................................................................. 49
Saksham scholarship scheme for specially abled children ................................................................................ 49
Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills(SHREYAS) ..................................................... 50
NISHTHA – ‘National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement’ (updated in October 2021) ......... 51
Impactful Policy Research in Social Science (IMPRESS) .................................................................................... 53
STARS Project ................................................................................................................................................ 54
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan .................................................................................................................................... 55
SWAYAM ....................................................................................................................................................... 56
Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat .............................................................................................................................. 57
Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) ............................................................................................... 58
Impactful Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT – India) .................................................................. 58
‘NIPUN Bharat’ Programme (updated in October 2021) ................................................................................................. 59
Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat (SBSB)........................................................................................................... 60
Diksha Portal ................................................................................................................................................. 60
Margdarshan Initiative ................................................................................................................................... 60
Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh.......................................................................................................... 62
Samagra Shiksha Scheme 2.0 (updated in October 2021) ............................................................................................... 62
PM POSHAN Scheme (updated in October 2021) ........................................................................................................... 63
Scheme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages (updated in Jan 2022) ........................................... 64

Ministry of Finance ......................................................... 64

Stand Up India (updated in October 2021) ..................................................................................................................... 65
Gold monetisation scheme ............................................................................................................................. 65
PM Suraksha Bima Yojana .............................................................................................................................. 67
PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana ......................................................................................................................... 68
Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme ......................................................................................................................... 69
PM Jan Dhan Yojana ...................................................................................................................................... 70
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Pradhan Mantri MUDRA yojana ..................................................................................................................... 72

PM Vaya Vandana Yojana .............................................................................................................................. 72
Atal Pension Yojana ....................................................................................................................................... 74
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (Updated in Jan 2022) ........................................................................................ 75
Swabhimaan – Campaign ............................................................................................................................... 77
Swachh Bharat kosh ....................................................................................................................................... 78
Tejaswini Scheme .......................................................................................................................................... 78
National Pension System ................................................................................................................................ 79
SWAMIH Fund (updated in October 2021) ..................................................................................................................... 81
Expansion of Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) (updated in October 2021) ........................................... 81

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s welfare .............. 84

Central sector scheme for formation and promotion of 10000 FPOs (updated in October 2021) ...................................... 84
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (updated in October 2021) ............................................................................................ 86
Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP) (updated in October 2021) ........................................................... 87
PM Krishi Sinchai Yojana (Updated in Nov 2021) ......................................................................................................... 89
Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Program ........................................................................................................... 90
Har Khet ko Pani ............................................................................................................................................ 90
PM Annadata Aay SanrakShan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) ...................................................................................... 91
Soil Health Card ............................................................................................................................................. 92
RKVY – RAFTAAR............................................................................................................................................ 93
PM – Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM- KISAN) ............................................................................................... 94
Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana .................................................................................................................. 95
Jaivik Kheti portal .......................................................................................................................................... 97
Student READY – Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana ..................................................... 98
ARYA – Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture ..................................................................................... 99
PM Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana ........................................................................................................................ 100
PM Fasal Bima Yojana .................................................................................................................................. 101
Ayushman Sahakar ...................................................................................................................................... 103
Sahakar Mitra – Scheme on Internship Program............................................................................................ 105
Central Sector Scheme of financing facility under Agricultural Infrastructure Fund......................................... 106
Sahakar 22 ................................................................................................................................................... 109
Krishi Kalyan Abhiyan................................................................................................................................... 110
e-NAM (Electronic National Agriculture Market) ........................................................................................... 110
Small Farmer's Agriculture-Business Consortium........................................................................................... 111
National Innovation on Climate Resilient Agriculture .................................................................................... 112
Krishi Vigyan Kendras................................................................................................................................... 112
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Mera Gaon - Mera Gaurav ............................................................................................................................ 113

e-RaKAM ..................................................................................................................................................... 113
Project CHAMAN.......................................................................................................................................... 114
National Programme on use of Space Technology for Agriculture .................................................................. 114
Mission Fingerling ........................................................................................................................................ 115
Har Medh Par Ped ........................................................................................................................................ 115
National Dairy Plan-I .................................................................................................................................... 115
E-Pashudhan Haat Portal .............................................................................................................................. 116
Quality Mark Award Scheme ........................................................................................................................ 116
Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund ................................................................................ 117
Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund ........................................................................ 118
Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Scheme .................................................................................. 118
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (updated in October 2021) .......................................................... 119
National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) (updated in October 2021) ....................................................... 121

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs....................... 122

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihood Mission ............................................................... 122
PM Awas Yojana - Urban .............................................................................................................................. 124
Heritage city development and augmentation yojana (HRIDAY) .................................................................... 127
AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) .............................................................. 128
AMRUT 2.0 (updated in October 2021) ........................................................................................................................ 129
PM Street Vendor’s Aatmanirbhar Nidhi ....................................................................................................... 130
Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban 2.0 (updated in Nov 2021) ....................................................................................... 131
Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme ...................................................................................................................... 132
Smart Cities Mission (Updated in Nov 2021) .............................................................................................................. 132
Urban Reform Incentive Fund....................................................................................................................... 133
National Urban Digital Mission (updated in Jan 2022) ............................................................................................... 134
SAAR Program (updated in Jan 2022) ........................................................................................................................ 135

Ministry of Electronics and IT ..................................... 136

PM Grameen Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (updated in October 2021) ............................................................................. 136
Cyber Shikshaa Initiative .............................................................................................................................. 138
Cyber Swachhta Kendra ............................................................................................................................... 139
UMANG App (updated in October 2021)...................................................................................................................... 139
National Supercomputing Mission ................................................................................................................ 140
Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme ................................................................................................. 140
Jatan and Darshak........................................................................................................................................ 141

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Digital India ................................................................................................................................................. 141

India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) ............................................................................................................. 142
North East BPO promotion Scheme .............................................................................................................. 143
Jeevan Pramaan........................................................................................................................................... 144
Digi Locker ................................................................................................................................................... 144
Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme (updated in October 2021).................................................................................................. 144
Incentive Scheme to Promote Rupay Debit Cards (updated in Dec 2021) .................................................................... 145
Program for Development of Semiconductors (Updated in Dec 2021) ........................................................................ 146
Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme (updated in Feb 2022) ..................................................................................... 146

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways ................ 147

Setu bharatham ........................................................................................................................................... 148
BharatMala Pariyojana................................................................................................................................. 149
Logistic Efficiency Enhancement Programme ................................................................................................ 150
INFRACON ................................................................................................................................................... 150
INAM PRO ................................................................................................................................................... 150
INAM-Pro + .................................................................................................................................................. 151
SmartE......................................................................................................................................................... 151

Ministry of Rural Development ................................... 151

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme ................................................................ 152
PM Awas Yojana – Grameen (Updated in Jan 2022)................................................................................................... 153
PM Gram Sadak Yojana (updated in Jan 2022) .......................................................................................................... 155
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission ................................................................ 157
Overdraft Facility for Women SHG under DAY-NRLM (updated in Dec 2021) .............................................................. 159
One GP One B C Sakhi Mission (updated in October 2021) ........................................................................................... 160
DigiPay Sakhi ............................................................................................................................................... 160
DDU – Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) .............................................................................................. 161
Saansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana ..................................................................................................................... 162
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission .................................................................................................. 163
Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana .............................................................................................................. 166
Startup Village Entrepreneurship Programme ............................................................................................... 166
National Social Assistance Program .............................................................................................................. 166
Mission Antyodaya ...................................................................................................................................... 167
DISHA initiative............................................................................................................................................ 167
SECURE ........................................................................................................................................................ 168
Mahila Kisan Sashkitikaran Pariyojna ........................................................................................................... 168

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Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan (updated in Jan 2022) .................................................................................................. 169

Ministry of Minority Affairs .......................................... 169

Naya Savera ................................................................................................................................................. 169
Nai Manzil ................................................................................................................................................... 171
Nai Roshni ................................................................................................................................................... 172
Nai Udaan.................................................................................................................................................... 172
Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram ........................................................................................................... 172
MANAS ........................................................................................................................................................ 173
Hunar Haat .................................................................................................................................................. 173
USTAAD ....................................................................................................................................................... 173
Gharib Nawaz Skill Development Centre (updated in October 2021) ............................................................................ 174
Hamari Dharohar Scheme ............................................................................................................................ 174
‘Seekho Aur Kamao’ Scheme (updated in October 2021) .............................................................................................. 175
Jiyo Parsi ..................................................................................................................................................... 175
Padho Pardesh ............................................................................................................................................. 176
Cyber Gram ................................................................................................................................................. 176
Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship ................................................................................................... 176
Mahila Samridhi Yojana ............................................................................................................................... 176

Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship .. 176

National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme ................................................................................................. 177
National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (updated in Jan 2022) ............................................................................... 177
National Skill Development Mission ............................................................................................................. 178
PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana ............................................................................................................................. 180
PMKVY 3.0 (updated in October 2021) ........................................................................................................................ 182
SANKALP AND STRIVE Schemes .................................................................................................................... 182
PM- Kaushal Kendra Project ......................................................................................................................... 183
UDAAN ........................................................................................................................................................ 183

Ministry of Labour and Employment .......................... 184

PM Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojana ................................................................................................................ 184
PM Laghu Vyapari Maan Dhan Yojana .......................................................................................................... 186
Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana ................................................................................................................. 187
Portal PENCIL (Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour) ........................................................ 189
Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana ..................................................................................................... 189
National Career Service Project .................................................................................................................... 190
Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (updated in October 2021) ..................................................................................... 191
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Ministry of Textiles ....................................................... 192

Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile technologies to Help small Industries .................... 192
Mahatma Bunker Bima Yojana ..................................................................................................................... 193
JUTE – ICARE ................................................................................................................................................ 193
PM Paridhan Rojgar Protsahan Yojana.......................................................................................................... 193
Hath Kargha Samvardhan Sahayata .............................................................................................................. 193
Deendayal Hastkala Sankul .......................................................................................................................... 194
Saathi Initiative............................................................................................................................................ 194
Bunkar Mitra ............................................................................................................................................... 194
Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles Sector (updated in October 2021) .................................................................. 194
Pahchan Initiative (updated in October 2021) .............................................................................................................. 195
Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme (updated in October 2021) ................................................. 196
PM MITRA Scheme (updated in October 2021) ............................................................................................................ 196
Amended Technology Up-gradation Fund Scheme (updated in October 2021) .............................................................. 198
National Technical Textiles Mission (updated in Feb 2022) ........................................................................................ 199

Ministry of Ayush ......................................................... 201

National AYUSH Mission (updated in October 2021) .................................................................................................... 201
Swasthya Raksha Programme....................................................................................................................... 203
Traditional Knowledge Digital Library ........................................................................................................... 203
Mission Madhumeha ................................................................................................................................... 204
Scheme for Promoting Pharmacovigilance of AYUSH Drugs ........................................................................... 204
Central Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants (2014-
15) ............................................................................................................................................................... 205

Ministry of Commerce and Industry ........................... 206

Industrial Development Scheme for J&K (updated in October 2021) ............................................................................ 206
Make in India ............................................................................................................................................... 207
Remission of Duties & Taxes on Exported Products ....................................................................................... 208
‘The Start-up India Seed Fund Scheme’ (updated in October 2021) .............................................................................. 209
e-Biz portal .................................................................................................................................................. 210
Scheme for IPR awareness – ‘Creative India; Innovative India' ....................................................................... 210
Niryat Bandhu Scheme ................................................................................................................................. 211
Launched of Niryat Bandhu @ Your Desktop ................................................................................................. 211
Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops .......................................................................................... 211
Integrate to Innovate program ..................................................................................................................... 212
Government e-Marketplace ......................................................................................................................... 212

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GeM SAHAY’ app (updated in October 2021) ............................................................................................................... 213

Start-ups Intellectual Property Protection Scheme (Updated in Jan 2022) .................................................................. 213
Scheme for Investment Promotion (updated in Jan 2022) ......................................................................................... 214

Ministry of Communications ....................................... 214

Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana .......................................................................................................................... 214
Bharat Net or Bharat Broadband Network Limited ........................................................................................ 215
Sampoorna Bima Gram Yojana ..................................................................................................................... 217
DARPAN - Digital Advancement of Rural Post Office for A New India ............................................................. 217
Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Sanchar Kaushal Vikas Pratisthan .......................................................................... 218
Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) (Updated in Jan 2022) ............................................................................... 218

Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change

........................................................................................ 219
National mission for green India ................................................................................................................... 219
Green Skill Development Programme ........................................................................................................... 220
PARIVESH .................................................................................................................................................... 221
Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats ................................................................................................ 222
Himalayan Research Fellowships Scheme ..................................................................................................... 222
National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) ......................................................................................... 223

Ministry of Power .......................................................... 224

PM – Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana .................................................................................................................. 224
Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) .............................................................................................. 226
Gram Ujala Yojana (updated in Dec 2021) ................................................................................................................. 226
Street Lightning National Program ................................................................................................................ 228
Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana ....................................................................................................... 228
National LED Programme ............................................................................................................................. 229
India Energy Efficiency Scale-Up Programme ................................................................................................ 229
Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) ...................................................................................................... 230
Urja Mitra .................................................................................................................................................... 230
MERIT Portal................................................................................................................................................ 230
National Power Portal .................................................................................................................................. 231
National Mission on use of Biomass in coal based thermal power plants (updated in October 2021) ............................. 231

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment ............... 232

Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan ............................................................................................................................. 232
Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana ............................................................................................................................ 233

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Swachhta Udyami Yojana ............................................................................................................................. 234

Ambedkar Social Innovation Incubation Mission (ASIIM)............................................................................... 236
Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme .................................................................................................. 237
Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase / Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP Scheme) ......................... 238
Inter Caste Marriage Scheme........................................................................................................................ 238
SAGE- Senior Care Aging Growth Engine Initiative (updated in October 2021) .............................................................. 239
SMILE Scheme (updated in October 2021) ................................................................................................................... 240
PM-DAKSH Scheme (updated in October 2021) ............................................................................................................ 241

Ministry of Tourism ...................................................... 242

Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) ........................................................... 242
Swadesh Darshan......................................................................................................................................... 243
Adopt a Heritage–‘Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan’ Project ........................................................................... 244
Paryatan Parv .............................................................................................................................................. 245
Incredible India 2.0 Campaign ...................................................................................................................... 245

Ministry of Tribal Affairs .............................................. 246

Van Dhan Yojana ......................................................................................................................................... 246
Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana ........................................................................................................................... 248
Eklavya Model Residential Schools ............................................................................................................... 248
Tech for Tribals ............................................................................................................................................ 249

Ministry of Women and Child Development .............. 250

POSHAN – PM’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment ................................................................... 250
Classification of all major schemes of Ministry of Women and Child Development (updated in October 2021) .............. 252
PM Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) ........................................................................................................... 253
Sukanya Samridhi Yojana ............................................................................................................................. 254
National Creche Scheme .............................................................................................................................. 255
Gender Champions Scheme .......................................................................................................................... 256
Mahila Police Volunteer Scheme .................................................................................................................. 257
Integrated Child Development Scheme ......................................................................................................... 258
Swadhar Greh – (A scheme for women in difficult circumstances) ................................................................. 260
Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme ...................................................................................................................... 261
Ujjawala Scheme ......................................................................................................................................... 262
One Stop Centre Scheme .............................................................................................................................. 263
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao .............................................................................................................................. 264
SABLA .......................................................................................................................................................... 266
SAKSHAM .................................................................................................................................................... 267
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Kishori Shakthi Yojana.................................................................................................................................. 267

Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women ...................................................................... 268
Sakhi ........................................................................................................................................................... 268
Khoya Paya Web Portal ................................................................................................................................ 268
e-Samvad..................................................................................................................................................... 268
PM CARES For Children Scheme (updated in October 2021) ......................................................................................... 269
National Mission For Empowerment Of Women (NMEW)/ Mission Poorna Shakti ......................................... 270
Priyadarshini Scheme ................................................................................................................................... 270
Nari Shakti Puraskar..................................................................................................................................... 270
Mahila E-Haat .............................................................................................................................................. 270
Dhanalakshmi Scheme ................................................................................................................................. 271
NARI ............................................................................................................................................................ 271

Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises .... 271

Gramodyog Vikas Yojana.............................................................................................................................. 271
ASPIRE ......................................................................................................................................................... 272
Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) ............................................................. 272
PM’s Employment Generation Programme ................................................................................................... 272
'Udyami Mitra' Portal ................................................................................................................................... 273
Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum ..................................................................................................................... 273
MSME Sambandh and Sampark .................................................................................................................... 274
Special Capital Linked Subsidy Scheme for Service Sector (UPDATED IN JAN 2022) ...................................................... 274

Ministry of Food Processing Industries ..................... 275

PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme (updated in Jan 2022) ............................................. 275
PM- Kisan Sampada Yojana .......................................................................................................................... 277
Mega Food Parks ......................................................................................................................................... 278

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy .................... 280

PM Kisan Urja Suraksha even Utthan Maha Abhiyaan ................................................................................... 280
GEF-MNRE-UNIDO Launch loan interest subvention scheme (updated in October 2021) ............................................... 281
Green Energy Corridor Scheme (updated in Jan 2022) ............................................................................................... 282

Ministry of Jal Shakti.................................................... 283

Namami Gange Programme ......................................................................................................................... 283
Dam Rehabilitation and improvement Project .............................................................................................. 284
Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase 2 (updated in October 2021) ........................................................................ 285
Atal Bhujal Yojana........................................................................................................................................ 286

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Jal Kranti Abhiyan ........................................................................................................................................ 287

Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan ....................................................................................................................... 288
Nirmal Ganga Sahbhagita ............................................................................................................................. 288
Swajal Yojana .............................................................................................................................................. 288
Jal Mani Programme .................................................................................................................................... 289
Swachh Iconic Places .................................................................................................................................... 289
Jal Jeevan Mission (updated in Feb 2022) .................................................................................................................. 290
Har Ghar Jal - National Water Quality Sub Mission on Arsenic and Fluoride ................................................... 293

Ministry of Science and Technology .......................... 293

SERB POWER – Promoting Opportunities for Women in Exploratory Research ............................................... 294
Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help Institutes (SATHI) .................................................................... 295
NIDHI........................................................................................................................................................... 296
Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty scheme (VAJRA) ............................................................................ 296
Cattle Genomics ........................................................................................................................................... 297
Biotech KISAN (updated in Oct 2021) ........................................................................................................................ 297
Farmer Zone ................................................................................................................................................ 299
WISE – KIRAN Scheme (updated in Nov 2021) ........................................................................................................... 299
Nakshe Portal .............................................................................................................................................. 300
National Biopharma Mission ........................................................................................................................ 300
SATYAM ...................................................................................................................................................... 301
Surya Jyoti ................................................................................................................................................... 301
Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana .................................................................................................................... 301
INSPIRE/MANAK .......................................................................................................................................... 302
Mission Innovation (updated in October 2021) ............................................................................................................ 302
Vigyan Jyoti Program (updated in October 2021) ......................................................................................................... 303
Biotech-PRIDE (updated in October 2021) ................................................................................................................... 304
CSIR’s Aroma Mission (updated in October 2021) ........................................................................................................ 305
Star College Mentorship Programme (Updated in Jan 2022) ...................................................................................... 306

Ministry of Earth Science............................................. 306

ACROSS Scheme (Updated in Jan 2022) ..................................................................................................................... 306
O-SMART (Updated in Jan 2022) ............................................................................................................................... 307
Sagar Vani ................................................................................................................................................... 308
Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa Project ............................................................................................................ 309
‘Sumadrayaan’ / ‘Deep Ocean Mission’ (updated in JAN 2022) .................................................................................. 309

Ministry of Home Affairs .............................................. 311

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Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) .......................................................................... 311
Ayushman CAPF scheme (updated in October 2021) .................................................................................................... 312

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports .......................... 312

Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram ..................................................................................................... 313
Khelo India .................................................................................................................................................. 314

Ministry of Mines .......................................................... 315

Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana .............................................................................................. 315
Sudoor Drishti .............................................................................................................................................. 315
TAMRA ........................................................................................................................................................ 315

Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways ............. 316

Sagarmala Project ........................................................................................................................................ 316
Jal Marg Vikas Project .................................................................................................................................. 316

Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying

........................................................................................ 317
PM Matsya Sampada Yojana (updated in October 2021) .............................................................................................. 317
Special Livestock Sector Package (updated in October 2021) ........................................................................................ 320
National Digital Livestock Mission Blueprint (updated in October 2021) ....................................................................... 321
Dairy Investment Accelerator (updated in October 2021)............................................................................................. 321

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public

Distribution.................................................................... 323
One Nation One Ration Card (updated in October 2021) .............................................................................................. 323
‘Mera Ration’ App ........................................................................................................................................ 325
Jago Grahak Jago ......................................................................................................................................... 326
Antyodaya Anna Yojana ............................................................................................................................... 326
Price Stabilization Fund Scheme ................................................................................................................... 327
Modified scheme to enhance ethanol distillation capacity (updated in October 2021) .................................................. 328

Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers ......................... 329

PM- Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana (updated in October 2021) .............................................................................. 329
Pharma Jan Samadhan Scheme .................................................................................................................... 331
Neem Coating policy of Urea ........................................................................................................................ 331
Scheme For Promotion Of Medical Device Parks (Updated In October 2021) ................................................................ 332

Ministry of Civil Aviation.............................................. 333

UDAN Scheme (updated in October 2021) ................................................................................................................... 333
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International UDAN ..................................................................................................................................... 335

Krishi UDAN Scheme .................................................................................................................................... 336
‘Digi Yatra’-A New Digital Experience for Air Travelers .................................................................................. 338
NABH (Next Gen Airports for BHarat) Nirman Scheme .................................................................................. 339

Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 340

Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicle (FAME) (updated in December 2021)........................ 340

Ministry of Culture ........................................................ 342

Project Mausam ........................................................................................................................................... 342
Science City Scheme ..................................................................................................................................... 343
Adarsh Smarak scheme ................................................................................................................................ 343
Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage Scheme .................................................................................. 344
Junior Heritage Mistri Program..................................................................................................................... 345
National Mission on Cultural Mapping (updated in Jan 2022) .................................................................................... 345
Scheme of Financial Assistance for Development of Buddhist/Tibetan Organizations (Updated in Jan 2022) .............. 346
National Mission on Libraries (updated in Jan 2022) ................................................................................................. 346

Ministry of Defence ...................................................... 347

Make (I and II) Projects (Make in India in Defence) ....................................................................................... 348
Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti ......................................................................................................................... 348
One Rank One Pension Scheme (OROP) ........................................................................................................ 349
Defence testing infrastructure scheme ......................................................................................................... 350
Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) (updated in October 2021) .......................................................................... 350

Ministry for Development of North-East Region ....... 351

North East Rural Livelihood Project .............................................................................................................. 352
North-East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme ............................................................................... 352
Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources ....................................................................................................... 353
AatmaNirbhar Hastshilpkar Scheme (updated in Dec 2021) ....................................................................................... 353

Ministry of Panchayati Raj ........................................... 354

Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana...................................................................................................................... 354
Panchayat Empowerment and Accountability Incentive ................................................................................ 354
Sabki Yojana, Sabka Vikas ............................................................................................................................ 355
Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping of Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA) ...................... 355

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and

Pensions ........................................................................ 357
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Sankalp Programme ..................................................................................................................................... 357

COMMIT ...................................................................................................................................................... 357
e-HRMS ....................................................................................................................................................... 358

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural gas ...................... 358

Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana .................................................................................................................. 358
LPG Panchayat ............................................................................................................................................. 360
PAHAL (Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh) Scheme (updated in October 2021) ...................................................................... 360
START-UP SANGAM Initiative ....................................................................................................................... 361
Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga .......................................................................................................................... 361

Ministry of Railway ....................................................... 362

Avataran...................................................................................................................................................... 362
VIKALP......................................................................................................................................................... 363
Project Saksham .......................................................................................................................................... 363
Mission Satyanishtha ................................................................................................................................... 363
Swades – Skill Mapping Exercise for returning citizens .................................................................................. 364
SRESTHA ...................................................................................................................................................... 364
SUTRA ......................................................................................................................................................... 364
“Sampark, samanvay and Samvad” .............................................................................................................. 364

Ministry of Law and Justice......................................... 365

Scheme For Development Of Judicial Infrastructure (updated in Jan 2022) ................................................................ 365
Scheme for Fast Track Courts (updated in October 2021) ............................................................................................. 366

MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAM

IMPLEMENTATION ....................................................... 367
MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) (Updated in Jan 2022) ..................................................................... 367

MINISTRY OF COOPERATION .................................... 368

Dairy Sahakar Scheme (updated in Nov 2021) ........................................................................................................... 368

NITI AYOG ..................................................................... 369

Atal Innovation Mission ............................................................................................................................... 369
Atal Tinkering Labs ....................................................................................................................................... 369
AIM-iLEAP Program (updated in October 2021) ........................................................................................................... 370
SATH program.............................................................................................................................................. 371
Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital-Education (SATH-E) ....................................................... 371

Office of Principal Scientific Adviser ......................... 372

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Project O2 for India (updated in October 2021) ............................................................................................................ 372

I-STEM Enters Phase-II (updated in October 2021) ....................................................................................................... 372
Gati Shakti Project (updated in October 2021) ............................................................................................................. 374

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Ministry of Health & Family

Welfare

Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN)

Objectives
• Assured delivery of maternal and newborn health care services at no cost visiting
public health care centres.
• Zero tolerance for denial of services.

Eligibility
• All pregnant women, newborns and mothers up to 6 months of delivery.

Launch year – 2019

Services provided

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Atleast 4 Ante - natal checkups

Zero dose vaccination

Free transportation from home to health care centre

Grievance redressal mechanism

Birth registration certificates

Elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV, HBV, syphilis

Conditional direct benefit transfer under various schemes

Integration of various schemes

JSSK PMSMA LaQshya

Infant Mortality rate – It is the number of deaths per 1000 live births of children under one year of
age.
• India’s IMR – 32 in 2018
• Worst IMR in India – Madhya Pradesh (48)
• Best IMR in India – Nagaland (4)
• SDG target – Target for 2020 is 8
• NHP target – 28 till 2019
Maternal Mortality rate – It is the number of maternal deaths during a given time period per
100000 live births.
India’s MMR – 113 in 2016 – 18
• Worst MMR in India – Assam (215)
• Best MMR in India – Kerala (43)
• SDG target of MMR – 70/lakh live births by 2030
• NHP target of MMR – 100/lakh live births by 2020

Ayushman Bharat

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Ayushman • long life

Bharat • For people of India

Objective
• To achieve the vision of Universal Health Coverage by providing access to good quality
health care services and reducing the financial burden on the poor and vulnerables thereby
achieving SDG – 3.
• This scheme is a rechristened form of National Health Protection Scheme and it had
subsumed Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana.

Implementing Agency

Beneficiaries

• 10.74 Crore poor and deprived families identified by Socio – economic caste census 2011
• Families already enrolled under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana.

Launch year – 2018 (from Ranchi, Jharkhand by Prime minister)

Components
• Health and wellness centre
• PM Jan Arogya Yojana

Health and wellness centre

• The scheme envisaged the creation of 1,50,000 health and wellness centre.
• These centres deliver comprehensive primary health care.
• They cover both maternal and child health services and non – communicable diseases.
• First health and wellness centre was established at Bijapur, Chhattisgarh.

PM Jan Arogya Yojana

• It is the world’s largest health insurance scheme fully financed by the government.
• Cover of Rs.5 lakh is provided for secondary and tertiary health care in empanelled public
and private hospitals.
• 3 days pre hospitalisation and 15 days post hospitalisation expenses are covered.
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• No restriction on the family size, age or gender

• All pre – existing diseases are covered.

Implementation model
• Trust model
o Under this model, the scheme is directly implemented by state health authority.
o SHA directly reimburses the health care providers.
• Insurance model
o In this model, SHA selects an insurance company to implement the scheme.
o SHA pays the premium to insurance company per eligible family and insurance
company does the claim settlement and reimburses to the health care providers.
• Mixed model/ hybrid model
o Under this model, both state and insurers have the role to play.
o Insurance company is responsible for claim settlements while the state is
responsible for maintaining funds.
Funding pattern
• 60:40 – centre and states
• 60:40 – centre and UTs with legislature
• 90:10 – centre and north – eastern and Himalayan states
• 100% from central government in case of UTs without legislature.
States not implementing Ayushman bharat
• Delhi
• Odisha

Ayushman Mitra scheme (updated in October 2021)

What:
Ayushman Mitra scheme has been launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Tell me more:
• These Ayushman Mitra would be volunteers who would assist eligible people in their
communities and areas to get Ayushman Cards. These cards would bring people under the
ambit of the AB-PMJAY scheme.
• Volunteers can register themselves at https://pmjay.gov.in/ayushman-mitra to create
Ayushman Mitra ID which can then be shared with eligible people.
• In addition to the Ayushman Mitra, the Ministry also launched two other initiatives - Adhikar
Patra and Abhinandan Patra.
• Beneficiaries will be given the Adhikar Patra (the letter of rights) to make them aware
about their rights so that they can claim free and cashless health care services.

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• Abhinandan Patra (a thankyou note) will be given to the beneficiaries at the time of their
discharge.
• All the above-mentioned initiatives were launched at the event of Arogya Dhara 2.0, which
was organized to mark the feat of 2-crore hospital admission under the scheme.
• The Arogya Dhara 2.0 was organized to increase the reach of AB PM JAY programme to
the poorest of the poor households in the country and to make the beneficiaries aware
about the scheme.

Progress Made under Ayushman Bharat Scheme:

• The scheme was launched in 2018 to provide free treatment of up to Rs 5 lakh to
beneficiaries in the empanelled hospitals.
• The scheme has crossed the 2-crore mark in hospital admissions, so far.
• Treatment worth Rs 25,000 crore has been provided under the scheme.
• At present, there are 23,000 hospitals empanelled under the health insurance scheme
across 33 States/UTs.
• The government has identified 53 crore potential beneficiaries to be covered by the
scheme. So far, the government has provided Ayushman cards to 12 crore people.

Mother’s absolute affection (MAA)

Objective
• Building an enabling environment for breastfeeding through awareness generation
activities.
• Reinforcing lactation support services at public health facilities.
• Incentivizing and recognizing those health facilities that show high rates of breastfeeding

Launch year – 2016

Components
• Awareness generation – Building an enabling environment and mass generation through
media
• Community level interventions – Capacity building of community health workers – ASHA,
Anganwadi workers, Auxiliary Nurse Midwives etc.
• Health facility strengthening – All health facilities should have a dedicated room for
breastfeeding.
• Monitoring and awards recognition
o 1 award per district is awarded to best facility
o Team award of Rs.10,000 per facility is provided

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Labour room Quality improvement initiative

(LaQshya)
Objective: To reduce preventable maternal and new-born mortality, morbidity and stillbirths by
improving the quality of care provided in the labour room.

Launch year – 2017

Beneficiaries – Every pregnant woman and new born delivering in public health institutions.

Implementation
• The program will be implemented by
o All government medical college hospitals
o All district hospitals
o All designated first referral units (FRUs) and community health centres.

• A multi – pronged strategy has been adopted such as improving infrastructure up-gradation,
ensuring the availability of essential equipment, providing adequate human resources,
capacity building of health care workers and improving quality processes in the labour
room.

Certification
• Quality improvement in labour room and maternity OT will be assessed through National
Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS).
• Every facility scoring 70% or more on NQAS will be certified as LaQshya certified facility.

Incentives
• Facilities achieving NQAS certification, defined quality indicators and 80% satisfied
beneficiaries will be provided incentive of Rs.6 lakh, Rs.3 lakh and Rs.2 lakh for medical
college hospital, district hospital and FRUs respectively.

Janani Suraksha Yojana

Janani • Mother
Suraksha • Protection
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Objective: Reducing maternal and neo – natal mortality by promoting institutional deliveries
among the poor pregnant women.

Launch year – 2005

Funding – Centrally Sponsored scheme (100% funding from GoI)

Eligibility for Cash Assistance

• For low performing states (LPS)

o All pregnant women delivering in government health care centres.
o BPL/SC/ST women delivering in accredited private institutions.
• For high performing states (HPS)
o All BPL/S/ST women delivering in government health centre and accredited private
health centres.

Category Rural Area Total Urban Area Total

Mother’s ASHA’s Mother’s ASHA’s
package package package Package
LPS 1400 600 2000 1000 400 1400
HPS 700 600 1300 600 400 1000

Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram

Janani Shishu • Mother and Child

Suraksha • Protection

Objective: To provide completely free and cashless services to pregnant women including normal
deliveries and Caesarean and sick new born (Upto 30 days after birth) in government health
institutions in both urban and rural areas

Launch year – 2011

Beneficiary
• The scheme is expected to benefit more than 12 million pregnant women who access
government health facilities for their delivery.
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Mission Indradhanush
Objective
• To ensure full immunization with all available vaccines for children up to two years of age
and pregnant women
• Vaccination against 12 Vaccine-Preventable Diseases is provided
Launch year - 2014

Focus districts
• 201 high focus districts across 28 states

Target achieved
• The rate of increase in full immunization coverage increased to 6.7% per year

Intensified Mission Indradhanush

Launch year – 2017
Focus
• To improve immunisation coverage in selected districts and cities and ensure full
immunisation to more than 90% people by December 2018.
• Greater focus was given on urban areas

Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0

Launch year – 2019

• Focus is on those districts which have immunization coverage of 70% or below.
• Full immunization coverage to more than 90% people by March 2020

History of immunization program in India:

• Immunization Programme in India was introduced in 1978 as ‘Expanded Programme of
Immunization’
• In 1985, the programme was modified as ‘Universal Immunization Programme’
• Despite being operational for many years, UIP was able to fully immunize only 65% children
in the first year of their life.

Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0

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• The focus of the mission will be children and pregnant women who have missed their
vaccine doses during the pandemic.
• The mission will have two rounds starting from 22nd February and 22nd March 2021. Each
round will be for 15 days each.
• As per the guidelines, the districts have been classified as:
o Low risk – 313
o Medium risk – 152
o High risk – 250
• It will be conducted in 250 districts across 29 states/UTs in the country,

PM Swasthya Suraksha Yojana

Swasthya • Health
Suraksha • Protection
Objective
• The scheme is aimed at correcting imbalances in the availability of affordable tertiary care
healthcare facilities.
• It also has the objective of augmenting facilities for quality medical education in the under –
served states in particular.

Launch year – 2003

Components
• Setting up of AIIMS like institutions
• Up – gradation of existing state government medical colleges

Mera Aspataal Initiative

Mera Aspataal • My Hospital
Objective
• It is an initiative to capture patient’s feedback for the services received at the hospital
through multiple channels

Launch year – 2016

Process and mechanism

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• It works through multiple communication channels including SMS, a mobile app and a web
portal
• Analysed data will be used to improve quality of services in healthcare facilities.

Rashtriya Aarogya Nidhi

Aarogya • Health
Nidhi • Financial Assistance
Objective: To provide financial assistance to BPL patients, who are suffering from major life-
threatening diseases.

Launch year – 1997

Components
• Rashtriya Aarogya Nidhi - To provide financial assistance to poor patients living BPL and
suffering from life threatening diseases related to heart, kidney, liver, etc. for their treatment
at Government hospitals/institutes having super specialty facilities.

• Health Minister's cancer Patient Fund - To provide financial assistance to poor patients
living BPL and suffering from cancer.

• Financial assistance scheme for rare diseases – To provide financial assistance to poor
patients living BPL and suffering from specified rare diseases.
❖ Poverty line is defined state wise in the scheme.

Eligibility
• All BPL families except government servants and their families.
• Families enrolled under Ayushman Bharat – PMJAY are not eligible.

Financial Assistance
• Revolving funds of Rs.1 Crore for each component have been set up in hospitals. (Rs.2
Crore for AIIMS, New Delhi under RAN component only).
• On utilization of 75% of revolving funds, hospitals are eligible for replenishment.
• Treatment up to 5 lakh can be provided under the powers of Medical superintendent.
• For treatment above Rs.5 lakh, the matter has to be referred to the ministry.
• Maximum financial assistance admissible is Rs.15 lakh

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• Under National Policy for Rare diseases 2021, financial support of up to Rs.20 Lakhs is
provided under Rashtriya Aarogya Nidhi.
• This support will be provided for those diseases that require a one-time treatment.

National Digital Health Mission

Objective
• To develop the backbone necessary to support the integrated digital health infrastructure of
the country
• It will bridge the existing gaps among the different stakeholders ecosystem through digital
ways.
• A national digital health ID will be provided to all the citizens of the nation.

Implementing authority – National Health Authority

Launch year – 2020

The NDHM ecosystem

Pilot launch
• The scheme will be implemented as a pilot project in UTs of Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar
Haveli and Daman and Diu, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar islands, Lakshadweep and
Ladakh.

Key features
• It comprises of six building blocks
o Health ID
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o Digi doctor
o Health facility registry
o Personal health records
o E – pharmacy
o Telemedicine
• The digital health ID will consists of all medical details of the individual including
prescription, treatment, diagnosis reports and discharge summaries.

National Health Mission

Introduction:
• National Health Mission aims to support States/UTs for strengthening their health care
delivery systems.
• The Mission has two sub missions - National Rural Health Mission and National Urban
Health Mission.

Objectives:
The broad objectives of National Health Mission include the following
• Reduce MMR to 1/1000 live births
• Reduce IMR to 25/1000 live births
• Reduce TFR to 2.1
• Prevention and reduction of anaemia in women aged 15–49 years
• Prevent and reduce mortality & morbidity from communicable, non- communicable; injuries
and emerging diseases
• Reduce household out-of-pocket expenditure on total health care expenditure
• Reduce annual incidence and mortality from Tuberculosis by half
• Reduce prevalence of Leprosy to <1/10000 population and incidence to zero in all districts
• Annual Malaria Incidence to be <1/1000
• Less than 1 per cent microfilaria prevalence in all districts
• Ending TB by 2025

National Rural Health Mission

Introduction:
• National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is one of the components of NHM (National Heath
Mission)
• It is for all towns and villages below the population of 50,000.

Objectives:

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NRHM aims to provide Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Health and Adolescent
(RMNCH+A) services to the rural deprived people through its network of ASHA, ANMs and
AWWs.

Initiatives taken:
Various initiatives under NRHM
• Accredited social health activists
• Janani Suraksha Yojana
• Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK)
• Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)
• Mainstreaming AYUSH – revitalizing local health traditions.

National Urban Health Mission

Introduction:
• National Urban Health Missionis launched to meet health care needs of the urban
population
• It focuses on urban poor, slum dwellers, by making available to them essential primary
health care services and Reducing their out of pocket expenses for treatment.

Objectives:
It seeks to strengthen the existing health care service delivery system converging with various
schemes implemented by the Ministries of Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty
Alleviation, Human Resource Development and Women & Child Development.

Helping partners:
It works in partnership with community and local bodies and NGOs and District health action plan
is prepared.

Coverage:
NUHM would cover all State capitals, district headquarters and cities/towns with a population of
more than 50000.

Funding pattern:
Centre-state funding pattern will be 75:25 for all the states and 90:10 for Special Category’s
States.
ASHA, ANM and AWW

ASHA:
• Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) is a trained female community health activist who
acts as an interface between the community and the public health system.
• ASHA must be women resident of the village who is literate with formal education up
to class eight and preferably in the age group of 25-45 years.
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• She should be a literate women qualified up to 10th standard.

ANM:
Auxiliary Nurse Midwife is a resource person for ASHA and provides on-job training and guidance
and ensures that ASHA gets the compensation for performance.

AWW:
Anganwadi Worker guides ASHA in performing activities such as organising Health Day at
Anganwadi Centre and AWW is a depot holder for drug kits and will be issuing it to ASHA.

Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram

Introduction:
• RBSY envisages Child Health Screening and Early Intervention Services and subsumes the
existing school health programme.
• It was launched in February, 2013 by the ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Objective:
The scheme aims at early identification and early intervention for children from birth to 18 years to
cover 4 ‘D’s viz. Defects at birth, Deficiencies, Diseases, Development delays including disability.

Coverage:
Children between 0-18 years are covered.

Children between 0-6:

The 0 - 6 years age group will be specifically managed at District Early Intervention Center (
DEIC ) level while for 6 -18 years age group, managed at existing public health facilities.
• DEIC will act as referral linkages for both the age groups.
• Children under 6 years will be screened by Mobile Block Health team sat the Anganwadi
centre

Children between 6-18 years:

• These children managed at existing public health facilities.
• They screened at the local schools at least once a year in government and government
aided schools.

Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram

Introduction:
It is a health programme for adolescents, which focuses on age groups 10-19 years with universal
coverage.

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Objectives:
Key Principles are adolescent participation and leadership, Equity and inclusion, Gender Equity
and strategic partnerships with other sectors and stakeholders.

Focused areas:
• Improve nutrition - Reduce the prevalence of malnutrition and iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA)
among adolescent girls and boys.
• Improve sexual and reproductive health
• Enhance mental health
• Prevent injuries and violence
• Prevent substance misuse
• Address NCDs

Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan

Objectives
• This program aims to provide assured, comprehensive and quality antenatal care, free of
cost, universally to all pregnant women on the 9th of every month.
• It guarantees a minimum package of antenatal care services to women in their 2nd/3rd
trimesters of pregnancy at designated government health facilities.
• It aims to improve the quality and coverage of Antenatal Care (ANC) including diagnostics
and counselling services as part of the Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Child and
Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A) Strategy.

Launch year – 2016

Facilities provided
The health check-up includes:
• A minimum package of prenatal care/antenatal care services i.e care given during
pregnancy and
• Medicines such as IFA supplements, calcium supplements etc would be provided to all
pregnant women.

Approach:
The programme follows a systematic approach for engagement with private sector which includes
motivating private practitioners to volunteer for the campaign.
National Strategic Plan (2017-24) and Mission Sampark

National Strategic Plan (2017-24)

Objective
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• To attain universal coverage of HIV prevention paving the way for an AIDS free India.
• To achieve three zeros – “Zero new infections”, Zero AIDS related deaths and “Zero
discrimination”
• To eradicate HIV/AIDS by 2030.

Launch year – 2017

Targets (by 2020)

• 75% reduction in new HIV infections
• 90:90:90 strategy - 90% of all people living with HIV will know their HIV status, 90% of all
people with diagnosed HIV infection will receive sustained antiretroviral therapy, 90% of all
people receiving antiretroviral therapy will have viral suppression.
• Elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV and Syphilis
• Elimination of stigma and discrimination.

Targets (By 2024)

• 80% reduction in new HIV infections
• 95:95:95 strategy - 95% of all people living with HIV will know their HIV status, 95% of all
people with diagnosed HIV infection will receive sustained antiretroviral therapy, 95% of all
people receiving antiretroviral therapy will have viral suppression.

Mission Sampark
The Mission Sampark was launched in 2017 to bring People Living with HIV who has left
treatment back to Anti Retro Viral Treatment (ART).

Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN)

Objective
• It is an indigenously developed technology system in India that digitizes vaccine stocks and
monitors the temperature of the cold chain through a smartphone application.
• eVIN aims to support the Government’s Universal Immunization Programme by providing
real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and storage temperatures across all cold
chain points in these states.
• It aims to strengthen the evidence base for improved policy-making in vaccine delivery,
procurement and planning for new antigens in India.

Launch year – 2015

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Implementation
• It is being implemented under National health mission by ministry of health and family
welfare in partnership with UNDP.

Mission Parivar Vikas

Objective
• To accelerate access to contraceptives and high-quality family planning services.
• It focuses on family planning initiatives and targeted approaches for population stabilisation
through better services delivery approach.

Launch year – 2017

Coverage
• It will focus on 146 high fertility districts in 7 states with high total fertility rate of 3 and above
• These states are Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand and Assam that constitute 44% of the country’s population.

Sub program – Antara:

• A new program named ―Antara was launched under this mission.
• Under this, an injectable hormonal contraceptive method for women that prevents
pregnancy for 3 months.

Project Sunrise
Objective
• The project is for tackling the increasing HIV prevalence in the eight North-Eastern states.

Target
• It aims to diagnose 90% of drug addicts with HIV and put them under treatment at free of
cost, by 2020.

Implementing Agency
• It is being implemented by National AIDS Control Organization (NACO).
• The project has been sponsored by US based Centre for Disease Control and would be
implemented by Family Health International 360.

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Digitized versions of Flagship Health Schemes

on National Health Authority (NHA)’s IT platform
(updated in October 2021)

What:
• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the revamped Central Government Health
Scheme (CGHS) and the Umbrella schemes of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) and Health
Minister’s Discretionary Grant (HMDG) on National Health Authority (NHA)’s IT platform.

Why:
• Digitization will make the healthcare services available transparently and swiftly to the
needy citizens.

Tell me more:

About CGHS:
• This scheme is for Serving Employees, Pensioners, Members of Parliament, ex-MPs, etc.,
and their dependent family members
• Presently approximately 35 lakh beneficiaries are covered by CGHS in 71 cities all over
• India.
• e-referral module developed by NIC has enabled CGHS dispensaries and wellness centres
to issue online referral to empanelled hospitals.

About RAN:
• Under RAN, financial assistance up to Rs 15 lakhs is provided to poor patients suffering
from major life-threatening diseases/cancer/rare diseases, for medical treatment at
Government hospitals.
• The eligibility criteria to avail services under RAN had been based on State/UT-wise BPL
threshold which is very time consuming to get. But now (by digitization), the process will be
automatic and paperless.
• AB PM-JAY beneficiaries would be able to avail the benefit under RAN scheme for the
treatment beyond five lakhs that are not covered under the scheme.

About HMDG:
• Under HMDG a maximum amount of Rs.1,25,000/- is provided to patients whose annual
income does not exceed Rs.1,25,000/-, to defray a part of the expenditure on
hospitalization/treatment in Government Hospitals.

Note: other similar schemes are being planned to be rolled out on NHA’s IT platform

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INDIA COVID 19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE

AND HEALTH SYSTEMS PREPAREDNESS
PACKAGE: PHASE II (ECRP-II) (updated in October
2021)
What:
The Union Cabinet has approved a new scheme ‘India COVID-19 Emergency Response & Health
System Preparedness Package: Phase-II’ amounting to Rs. 23,123 crores for FY 2021-22.

Why:
to accelerate health system preparedness with the focus on immediate needs for the next nine
months of FY 21-22, to fight against COVID- 19 (predicted third wave).

Tell me more:
• The Phase-II of the Package has Central Sector (CS) and Centrally Sponsored Schemes
(CSS) components.

Central Sector Schemes and Centrally Sponsored Schemes

• Central Sector Schemes are implemented by Centre directly while Centrally
Sponsored Schemes are implemented by states.
• Union government fully funds the central sector schemes, centrally
sponsored schemes are jointly funded by the Centre and states.
• CSS are extended by the Union Government to States under Article 282 of
the Constitution.

• Fund management (total- Rs. 23,123 crore):

o Central Share of the ECRP-II –Rs.15,000 crore
o State Share of the ECRP-II –Rs.8,123 crore

• Duration: from 01" July 2021 to 31" March 2022

Under the Central Sector components:

Support would be provided:

• National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) would be strengthened by providing

Genome Sequencing machines, besides sanctioning Scientific Control room, Epidemic
Intelligence Services (EIS) and INSACOG Secretariat support.

• for implementation of Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) in all the District
Hospitals of the Country (presently, it is implemented only in 310 DHs).

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• for expanding the National Architecture of eSanjeevani Tele-consultation platform to

provide up to 5 lakhs tele-consultations per day from the present 50,000 Tele-consultations
per day.

• for IT interventions, including strengthening the Central War room at DoHFW,

strengthening Country’s COVID-19 Portal, 1075 COVID help lines and COWIN platform.

Under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS):

• Create Paediatric units in all 736 districts
• Augment 20,000 ICU beds in public healthcare system out of which 20% will be Pediatric
ICU beds.
• Creating pre- fabricated structures for adding additional beds at the existing CHCs, PHCs
and SHCs.
• Install 1050 numbers of Liquid Medical Oxygen Storage Tanks with Medical Gas Pipeline
System (MGPS).
• Augment the existing feet of ambulances - 8,800 ambulances will be added under the
package.
• Engage Undergraduate and post graduate medical interns and final year MMBS, BSc, &
GNM nursing students for effective COVID management.
• support is provided to the States to maintain at least 21.5 lakhs COVID tests per day.

Background:
India COVID 19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Package"
• In March 2020 last year, when the country was faced with the first wave of the COVID 19
pandemic, the PM announced a Central Sector Scheme of Rs. 15,000 crorefor the "India
COVID 19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Package".
• It aims at providing a critical impetus to the efforts of MoHFW and States/UTs, and
catalysing health systems activities for pandemic management.
• Since mid-February 2021, the country is experiencing a second wave with spread into rural,
peri-urban and tribal areas.

Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health

Infrastructure Mission (updated in Feb 2022)
WHAT – The Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM)
has been approved by the Union Cabinet in September 2021.
• This scheme is in addition to the National Health Mission.
• In Union Budget 2021-22, the Pradhan Mantri Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana (PM-
ASBY) was renamed to Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure
Mission.

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WHY - The measures under the scheme focus on developing capacities of health systems and
institutions across the continuum of care at all levels viz. primary, secondary and tertiary and on
preparing health systems in responding effectively to the current and future pandemics/disasters.

TELL ME MORE -
• Budget of the Scheme - Rs. 64,180 Cr for six years till 2025-26.
• Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Components of the scheme -

• The scheme has two components – Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored. Under both
components, the scheme aims to develop healthcare infrastructure.

Centrally Sponsored Components –

• Support for 17,788 rural Health and Wellness Centres in 10 High Focus States.
• Establishing 11,024 urban Health and Wellness Centres in all the States.
• 3382 Block Public Health Units in 11 High Focus states. Support for other States/UTs under
XV Finance Commission Health Sector Grants and NHM.
• Setting up of Integrated Public Health Labs in all districts.
• Establishing Critical Care Hospital Blocks in all districts with population more than 5 lakhs.
Note: No need to memorise the numbers as they are subject to change.

Central Sector Components

• 12 Central Institutions as training and mentoring sites with 150 bedded Critical Care
Hospital Blocks;
• Strengthening of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 5 New Regional NCDCs
and 20 metropolitan health surveillance units;
• Expansion of the Integrated Health Information Portal to all States/UTs to connect all public
health labs;
• Operationalisation of 17 new Public Health Units and strengthening of 33 existing Public
Health Units at Points of Entry, that is at 32 Airports, 11 Seaports and 7 land crossings;
• Setting up of 15 Health Emergency Operation Centres and 2 container based mobile
hospitals; and,
• Setting up of a national institution for One Health, 4 New National Institutes for Virology, a
Regional Research Platform for WHO South East Asia Region and 9 Bio-Safety Level III
laboratories.

Update:
• In December 2021, Asian Development Bank (ADB) has received a grant of nearly Rs 15
crore from Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) to enhance urban primary
healthcare usage across India.

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• The grant is aligned with the ADB-supported USD 300 million (Rs 2,249 crore)
Comprehensive Primary Healthcare (CPHC) under the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat
Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM).

Ministry of Education

Paramarsh

Paramarsh • Consultation
Objective
• Institutes accredited by the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) will
guide the non-accredited institutions to improve their quality standards.

Launch year – 2019

Methodology

• The scheme is operationalized through a “Hub & Spoke” model wherein the Mentor
Institution, called the “Hub” is centralized and will have the responsibility of guiding the
Mentee institution through the secondary branches the “Spoke” i.e. through the services
provided to the mentee for self- improvement.

• This will allow a centralized control over operational efficiency, resource utilization to attain
overall development of the mentee institution.

Target - The scheme targets 1000 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) for mentoring with a
specific focus on quality as enumerated in the UGC “Quality Mandate”.

Expected Results

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• It will lead to enhancement of overall quality of the mentee institutions and enhance its
profile as a result of improved quality of research, teaching and learning methodologies.
• It will help the mentee institution in getting NAAC accreditation.
• It will also facilitate the sharing of knowledge, information and opportunities for research
collaboration and faculty development in Mentee Institutions.
• It will help in providing quality education to the 3.6 crore students who are enrolled in Indian
Higher Education system at present.

The National Assessment and Accreditation

Council (NAAC)
• It is an organisation that assesses and accredits higher education Institutions (HEIs) in
India.
• It is an autonomous body funded by UGC and it is headquartered in Bengaluru.
• It was established in 1994 in response to recommendations of National Policy in Education
(1986).

YUVA (Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors)

(updated in October 2021)

What:
The Ministry of Education, Department of Higher Education launched YUVA- Prime Minister’s
Scheme For Mentoring Young Authors, an Author Mentorship programme.
• YUVA is a part of India@75 Project (Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav).

Why:
• To train young and budding authors (below 30 years of age) in order to promote reading,
writing and book culture in the country, and project India and Indian writings globally.

Tell me more:
• The launch of YUVA (Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors) is in tune with PM’s vision to
encourage young writers to write about India's freedom struggle.

• Implementing agency: The National Book Trust, India

▪ The books prepared under this scheme will be published by National Book Trust,
India;
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▪ and will also be translated into other Indian languages ensuring the exchange of
culture and literature, thereby promoting 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat'.

• Scholarship: A consolidated scholarship of Rs.50,000 per month for a period of six months
per author will be paid under the Mentorship Scheme

Selection procedure:
• A total of 75 authors will be selected through an All- India Contest to be conducted through
https://www.mygov.in/ from 1 June - 31 July 2021.
• The winners will be announced on 15 August 2021.
• The young authors will be trained by eminent authors/mentors.
• Under the mentorship, the manuscripts will be readied by 15 Dec. 2021 for publication.
• The published books will be launched on 12 January 2022 on the occasion of National
Youth Day (Yuva Diwas).

Significance:
• The selected young authors will interact with some of the best authors of the world;
participate in literary festivals etc.
• This scheme will thus help to develop a stream of writers who can write on a spectrum of
subjects to promote Indian heritage, culture and knowledge system.

STRIDE - Scheme for Trans – Disciplinary

Research for India’s Developing Economy
• joint research which involves different
Transdisciplinary disciplines

India's Developing • For development of Economy

Economy
Objectives
• To identify young talent, strengthen research culture, build capacity, promote
innovation and support trans-disciplinary research.
• To fund multi institutional network for high-impact research projects in humanities
and human sciences.
Eligible projects: To avail the benefit of this scheme the projects should be:

o Socially relevant
o locally need-based
o nationally important and
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o globally significant.

Launch year – 2019

Advisory committee: The UGC has set up an advisory committee under its Vice Chairman
Bhushan Patwardhan, to oversee the entire scheme.

Components

o First Component- Scheme for Research Capacity Building and Human

Resource Development:

▪ To identify motivated young talents with research and innovation aptitude

in colleges and universities.
▪ Grant: Open to all disciplines (subjects) for grant up to Rs.1 crore per
institution.
▪ Tenure: 3 years

o Second Component- Scheme for Trans-Disciplinary Research:

▪ Encouraging collaborations between universities, government, industries
and voluntary organizations to enhance social innovation and action research
to improve the wellbeing of people and contribute to India's developing
economy.
▪ Grant: Open to all disciplines for grant from Rs. 50 lakh to Rs.1 crore
(depends upon the project).
▪ Tenure: 3 years
o Third Component- Scheme for High Impact Trans-Disciplinary Research in
Humanities and Human Sciences:
▪ Funding high impact research projects in humanities and Social
Sciences via national network of eminent scientists from leading institutions
of country.
▪ Philosophy, history, archaeology, anthropology, psychology, liberal arts,
linguistics, Indian languages and culture, Indian knowledge systems, law,
education, journalism, mass communication, commerce, management,
environment and sustainable development are the disciplines eligible for
funding under this component.
▪ Grant: Up to Rs.1 crore for one High Educational Institute (HEI) and up to
Rs.5 crores for multi institutional network.
▪ Tenure: 5 years

Study In India

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Objectives

Launch year – 2019

Fee Waiver

No fee waiver
100% for top 50% for next 25% for next
for remaining
25% 25% 25%
25%

Scholarship Exam
• IND – SAT exam proposed to be held in Asian and African countries to provide scholarship
Target
• It will target students from 30 plus countries across South-East Asia, Middle East
and Africa.
• This programme has an ambition of increasing the number of foreign students to two
Lakh by 2022.

Expenditure
• The Government has approved an expenditure of Rs. 150 crores for the ‘Study in
India’ programme for two years 2018-19 and 2019-20 which will be primarily for
brand promotion activities. (as the scheme was approved in March 2018).

Number of seats

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• This program targets foreign students to be admitted to 10-15% supernumerary

seats (reserved as per the existing Government framework) so that it would not have
any adverse impact on the number of seats/admission of Indian students.

Institute of Eminence

Institute • Educational Institute

• Distinction
Eminence • Reknown

Objective: To provide recognition to 20 higher education institutes in India; 10 from public sector
and 10 from private sector.

Freedom to the institutes

They have complete freedom to –
• decide the curriculum,
• hire domestic and foreign faculty and
• fix a fee structure of their choice.

Criteria
• Only those institutions which have appeared in any of the global/national ranks shall be
recommended for the IoE status
• Any institution that did not appear in any rankings (QS-2019, QS-2020 and NIRF) is
excluded completely from the list of IoE tag.
After exhausting the above criterion, if any slot remains vacant, consideration shall be given to yet
to be established (Greenfield) proposals

Nomination committee – Nominations of 20 institutes have been made on the recommendations

of N. Gopalaswami committee.

Launch year – Announced in Union Budget 2016 and guidelines were set by UGC in 2017.

Funds: Rs. 1000 cr. grant will be given only to public institutions and no funds will be given to
private institutions.

Autonomy Provided: These Institutions shall also be provided with autonomy

• To admit foreign students up to 30% of admitted students;
• To recruit foreign faculty up to 25% of faculty strength;
• To offer online courses up to 20% of its programmes;
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• To enter into academic collaboration with top 500 in the world ranking Institutions
without permission of UGC;
• Free to fix and charge fees from foreign students without restriction;
• Flexibility of course structure in terms of number of credit hours and years to take a
degree;
• Complete flexibility in fixing of curriculum and syllabus, among others

Institutions under Greenfield projects

• Jio Institute sponsored by Reliance Foundation.
• Satya Bharti University sponsored by Bharti Foundation

PM vidya Lakshmi yojana

Vidya • Education
Lakshmi • Money
Objective:
• To provide a fully IT based Student Financial Aid Authority to administer and monitor
Scholarship as well Educational Loan Schemes
• Accordingly, Vidya Lakshmi Portal, a first of its kind portal for students seeking education
loan was set up

Launch year – 2015

Benefits
• It provides single window electronic platform for students to access information and
prepares applications for Educational Loans and Government Scholarships.

• The portal also provides linkages to National Scholarship Portal.

Developing Supporter
• This portal has been developed under the guidance of Department of Financial
Services, (Ministry of Finance), Department of Higher Education (Ministry of Human
Resource Development) and Indian Banks Association (IBA).

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• The portal has been developed and being maintained by NSDL e-Governance
Infrastructure Limited

Scheme for Promotion of Academic and

Research Collaboration (SPARC)

Academic • Educational
Research • Investigation
Collaboration • With foreign Universities

Objective: It aims at improving the research ecosystem of India‘s higher educational institutions
by facilitating academic and research collaborations between Indian and foreign institutions.

Eligibility Criteria
• Only such Indian institutes can apply which are in top 100 NIRF ranking or top 100 NIRF
subject ranking.
• For foreign universities the benchmark is either top 500 of QS ranking or top 200 of QS
subject ranking.

Launch year – 2018

Funding
• Total 418 Crore have been allocated to the scheme

The budget can be from any one of the following depending in visiting time of foreign faculty.
• Upto Rs.50 lakhs
• From Rs.50 lakhs to Rs.75 lakhs
• From Rs.75 lakhs to Rs.100 lakhs

Coordinating Institute: IIT-Kharagpur is the national Coordinating Institute to implement the

SPARC programme.

Fundamental research
• Basic Science – Physical, Chemical and Biological
• Applied and interdisciplinary sciences
• Computational and Mathematical sciences
• Earth, atmosphere and environmental sciences

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National Coordinator – Prof. Virendra Kumar Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur

Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching

(ARPIT)

Refresher program • Professional development

Teaching • for teachers

Objective: To provide professional development to 15 lakh higher education faculty.

Launch year – 2018

Platform used
• The training is provided through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) platform
SWAYAM.
o SWAYAM - Study Webs of Active learning for Young Aspiring Minds is a Massive
Open Online Courses (MOOCs) platform launched to offer various online courses for
school education and higher education.

Material provider
• Various National Resource Centres (NRC) are identified for developing online course
material.
o These NRCs are in a mixed range of institutions such as, Central Universities, IISc,
IUCAA, IITs, IISERs, NITs, IGNOU, State Universities, UGC‘s Human Resource
Development Centres (HRDCs) and National Institutes for Technical Teachers
Training.

Leadership for Academicians program (LEAP)

Leadership • Leadership Development

Academicians • Teachers
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Objective: It is a leadership development training program for academic heads.

Launch year – 2018

Focused group:
• Its focus group is second level academic functionaries in public funded higher education
institutions.

Duration:
• 3 weeks (2 weeks domestic and 1 week foreign)

Areas to be skilled
• It includes both domestic and foreign training in managerial skills such as problem-solving,
handling stress, team building work, conflict management, developing communication skills
etc.

Implementing Universities
• The implementation will be through top 15 NIRF ranked universities and top 100 global
ranked foreign universities.

VISAKA – Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan

Vittiya • Financial
Saksharta • Literacy
Objective
• To create awareness among people about digital economy and cashless modes of
transactions.
• To actively engage the youth/ students of Higher Education Institutions to encourage and
motivate all payers and payees to use a digitally enabled cashless economic system for
transfer of funds.

Launch year – 2016

Ishan Vikas
Objective

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• Under this program teachers and students from the northeast will be facilitated with an
interaction with the IITs, IIMs and IISERs in order to enhance their capacity, capability and
their desire to pursue technical education.

Coordinating institute

Launch year – 2014

Ishan Uday

Objective
• To provide scholarships to economically backward students from the northeast with
parental income below Rs.4.5 lakh per annum for undergraduate studies.
• 10000 scholarships would be provided annually

Implementing agency

Launch year – 2014

Amount of scholarship

• Rs.5400 per month for General Degree courses

• Rs.7800 per month for Technical & Professional courses

Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)

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Rashtriya • National
Uchchatar Shiksha • Higher education
Objective
• The scheme is aimed at providing strategic funds to eligible state higher educational
institutions to address the issues related to equity, access and excellence in higher
education

Launch year – 2013

Funding
• It is a centrally sponsored scheme

o Centre: States – 60:40

o Centre: Special category states – 90:10
o 100% funding for UTs

Components

• Creation of universities by conversion of colleges in a cluster

• Creation of universities by upgradation of existing autonomous colleges
• Faculty improvement and faculty recruitment support
• Infrastructure grants to colleges and universities
• Research, innovation and quality improvement

Institutional Mechanism

National Mission Authority (NMA)

• Chairperson – Union education minister
• Functions
o Overall guidance and policy planning
o Allocation of funds
o Reviewing the implementation of the scheme

Project Approval Board (PAB)

• Chairperson – Secretary (higher education)
• Functions
o Examines and approves the state higher education plan
o Assessing the performance of states and institutions
o Approving the release of funds

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RUSA resource centre

• It is a technical support run by Tata Institute of Social Sciences
• Its function is to provide all technical, logistical and managerial support to NMA and PAB

Bhuvan RUSA portal

• It is a portal for uploading geo – tagged photographs and associated details captured by
educational institutions as a part of implementation of RUSA funded works in states.

Pragati Scholarship Scheme For Girl Students

Objective
• The scheme is aimed at providing financial assistance to the girls pursuing technical
education

Launch year – 2014

Eligibility
• The girl should be admitted to first year of degree level course or in the second year of
degree level of course through lateral entry
• Maximum two girl child per family with family income not more than Rs.8 lakh per annum

Number of scholarships – 5000

Amount of scholarship
• Rs.50,000 per annum i.e. maximum 4 years for first year admitted students and maximum 3
years for second year admitted students

Criteria of selection
• The selection will be carried out on the basis of merit of qualifying examination to pursue
the technical degree course from any of the AICTE approved institutions
• State/UT wise merit list will be prepared

Saksham scholarship scheme for specially abled

children
Objective
• The scheme is aimed at providing support to specially abled children to pursue technical
education
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Launch year – 2014

Eligibility
• The candidate should be admitted to first year of degree course or second year of degree
course through lateral entry in any of the AICTE approved institutions
• Specially abled students having disability of not less than 40%
• Family income should not exceed Rs.8 lakh

Number of scholarships – All eligible specially – abled students will get the benefits

Amount of scholarship – Rs.50,000 per year

Scheme for Higher Education Youth in

Apprenticeship and Skills(SHREYAS)

Higher Education Youth • Graduates

Skills and Apprenticeship • Industry Apprenticeship Opportunities

Objective
• To provide industry apprenticeship opportunities to the general graduates through National
Apprenticeship Promotional Scheme (NAPS)
• To enhance the employability of students by providing on the job exposure and earning of
stipend

➢ This program is basket of three ministries which are Ministry of education, ministry of
skill development & Entrepreneur and ministry of labour and employment

Launch year – 2019

Operation of the scheme

• The primary scheme will be operated in conjunction with National Apprenticeship Promotion
Scheme (NAPS) which provides for placing of apprentices up to 10% of the total work force
in every business/industry.
• The scheme is implemented by Skill Sector councils

Components of the scheme

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• Add – on apprenticeship
o This component is for the students who are pursuing degree program
o The students are invited to choose a job role of their choice from a selected list of
apprenticeship job roles
o The programme would commence immediately after completion of the degree
programme (Starting from May each year).
o During the apprenticeship period, the student would get a monthly stipend of about
Rs. 6,000 per month by the industry.

• Embedded apprenticeship
o Under this approach, the existing B.Voc programmes would be restructured into B.A
(Professional), B.Sc (Professional) or B.Com (Professional) courses
o It would include not only educational input, vocational input, but also a mandatory
apprenticeship ranging from 6 to 10 months depending on the requirement of the
skill.
o Monthly stipend of Rs.6000 is provided by the industry.

• Linking National Career Services with colleges

o Under this, the National Career Service (NCS) portal of Ministry of Labour &
Employment would be linked with the Higher Education institutions.
o This would help students in institutions which do not have the facility of campus
recruitment and would improve their employment opportunities.

Financing
• Under the NAPS scheme, Central Government shares 25% of the stipend per month
subject to a maximum of Rs.1500 p.m during the period of the apprenticeship.
• Apart from that, an amount upto Rs.7500 will be met towards basic training cost, where
needed.

Target – It is proposed to cover 50 lakhs students by 2022

NISHTHA – ‘National Initiative for School Heads’

and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement’ (updated in
October 2021)

Objective - Integrated teacher training for quality education

Coverage or beneficiaries
• 42 lakh teachers will be trained
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• It covers: (Logically)

All teachers and Heads of schools at the elementary level in all

Government schools.

Faculty members of SCERTs and DIETs

Block Resource Coordinators and Cluster Resource Coordinators in

all States and UTs.

Expected outcomes
The program will increase awareness among the teachers and help them develop their skills on
various aspects related to -

• Inclusive education
• Competency – based learning and testing
• Learning outcomes
• Learner – centered pedagogy
• Use of ICT in teaching – learning

Launch – 2019 under the centrally sponsored scheme ‘Samagra Shiksha’

Training staff

National Resource Persons identified by NCERT, NIEPA

etc.
Key Resource Persons and State Resource Persons
identified by states/UT

NISHTHA Beneficiaries

NISHTHA in news
• Ministry of Tribal affairs and NCERT have joined together for NISHTHA Capacity building
program for Eklavya Model Residential School teachers and principals.

NISHTHA capacity-building programme for Eklavya school:

• The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) and the National Council of Educational Research and
Training (NCERT) recently collaborated on a joint mission for the NISHTHA capacity-
building programme for Eklavya school- teachers and principals.
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o Under the programme, teachers and principals from 120 Eklavya Model Residential
Schools (EMRSs) from 3 States (Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and
Chhattisgarh) participated in the first batch of the programme.
o The participants were capacitated on 18 holistic and comprehensive modules
covering different aspects of education.
o The training was conducted in an online mode.

Impactful Policy Research in Social Science

(IMPRESS)

Research • Investigation
Social Sciences • In the field of social Sciences

Objective: The objective is to identify and fund research proposals in social sciences with
maximum impact on the governance and society.

Coverage:
Under this, 1500 research projects will be funded for 2 years.

Launch year – 2018 till March 2021

Funding – Rs.414 Crore

Implementing and monitoring Agency:

The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) has been entrusted with the task of
implementing and monitoring the scheme.

Domains of the scheme

Some of the identified domains under the scheme are –

• State and democracy,
• Urban transformation,
• Media culture and society,
• Employment skills and rural transformation,
• Governance innovation and public policy,
• innovation,
• Agriculture and rural development,
• Social media and society,

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• Politics law and economics.

STARS Project
Strengthening Teaching Learning and Results for states

Teaching, Learning and • Improving all the aspects related to education

Results

• For some states

States

Objective
• To support the states in developing, implementing, evaluating and improving interventions
with direct linkages to improved education outcomes
• The overall focus and components of the STARS project are aligned with the objectives of
National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 of Quality Based Learning Outcomes.
• To Improve overall monitoring and measurement activities in the Indian School Education
System through interventions in selected states.

Launch year – 2020

States covered
• Himachal Pradesh
• Rajasthan
• Maharashtra
• Madhya Pradesh
• Kerala
• Odisha

Funding
• Centrally sponsored scheme (Percentage share between centre and states has not been
announced)
• Total project cost – Rs.5718 Crore
• World bank funding – $500 million (Out of Rs.5718 Crore)

Components of the project

• At National level

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o To strengthen MOE’s national data systems to capture robust and authentic data on
retention, transition and completion rates of students.
o To support MOE in improving states PGI scores by incentivizing states governance
reform agenda through SIG (State Incentive Grants).
o To support the strengthening of learning assessment systems.
o To support MOE’s efforts to establish a National Assessment Center (PARAKH).

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan

Objectives
• To enable higher educational institutions to work with the people of rural India in identifying
development challenges and evolving appropriate solutions for accelerating sustainable
growth.
• To provide rural India with professional resource support from institutes of higher education
to address the development challenges through appropriate technologies.
Launch year – 2014
Major areas of intervention
• Human development
o Health
o Education and culture
o Values
o Skills and entrepreneurship

• Economic development
o Organic culture
o Water management and conservation
o Renewable energy sources
o Artisans and rural industries
o Development and harnessing of local natural resources
o Basic amenities
o E-support

Coverage
• It aims to link the Higher Education Institutions with at least (5) villages, to enable the
institutions contribute to the economic and social betterment of these village communities
using their knowledge base.
Working process
• Each selected institute would adopt a cluster of villages/panchayats and gradually expand
the outreach over a period.
• The institutions will provide the knowledge and technology support to improve the
livelihoods in that village.
Coordinating Agency
IIT Delhi has been designated to function as the National Coordinating Institute for this program.
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National Steering committee

• To provide a thrust in the implementation, a national steering committee was formed which
has the responsibility of leading the efforts by working with all the stakeholders.
• Chairman – Dr.Vijay Bhatkar

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0

• It was launched in 2018

• Phase 1 was the invitation mode in which participating institutions were invited to a part of
UBA
• Phase 2 is an ongoing challenge mode where all institutions are required to willingly adopt
at least 5 villages.

SWAYAM
Objectives
• Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM) is an indigenous IT
platform for hosting the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
• The objective is to take the best teaching learning resources to all, including the most
disadvantaged.
• It targets those students who could not complete their studies and professionals who wish
to upgrade their knowledge

Launch year – 2017

Working process
• This is done through an indigenous developed IT platform that facilitates hosting of all the
courses, taught in classrooms from 9th class till post-graduation to be accessed by anyone,
anywhere at any time.
• Professors of centrally funded institutions like IITs, IIMs, central universities will offer online
courses (free of cost).
• At the end of each course, there will be an assessment of the student through examination
and the marks/grades secured in this exam could be transferred to the academic record of
the students.

Developing Agency
It was indigenously developed by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) with the help
of Microsoft.

Swayam Prabha
• The Swayam Prabha is a group of 32 DTH channels devoted to telecasting of high-quality
educational programmes on 24X7 basis using the GSAT-15 satellite.

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• The channels cover higher education, school education and assist the students (class 11th
& 12th) prepare for competitive exams.
• The contents are provided by IITs, UGC, IGNOU, NCERT and NIOS.

• Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET), an autonomous Inter-University Centre

(IUC) of UGC maintains the web portal.

• INFLIBNET is involved in creating infrastructure for sharing of library and information

resources and services among Academic and Research Institutions.

• It widens the scope of SWAYAM, an online education platform which covers teachers
training, graduate and post graduate courses.

Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat

Objectives
• To CELEBRATE – the unity in Diversity of our nation
• To PROMOTE – the spirit of national integration
• To SHOWCASE – the rich heritage and culture, customs and traditions of either State
• To ESTABLISH – long-term engagement
• To CREATE – an environment which promotes learning between States by sharing best
practices and experiences

Launch year – 2015

Working process
• Each year, every State/UT would be paired with another State/UT in India for reciprocal
interaction between the people.
• Rashtriya Ekta Shivir (National Integration Camp) was organized to implement this
program.
• An indicative list of activities has been drawn up and circulated to the State Governments /
UT Administrations and to the key Central Ministries

Impacts

Through this exchange the knowledge of the language, culture, traditions and practices of different
states will lead to an enhanced understanding and bonding between one another, thereby
strengthening the unity and integrity of India.
All School Monitoring Individual Tracing Analysis (ASMITA)
• It will be an online database that will carry information of student attendance and enrolment,
learning outcomes, mid-day meal service and infrastructural facilities among others.

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• ASMITA was launched under Shala Asmita Yojana (SAY) to track the educational journey
of school students from Class I to Class XII across the 15 lakhs private and government
schools in the country.
• Students will be tracked through their Aadhaar numbers and in case those not having
unique number will be provided with it.

Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN)

Objectives
• To increase the footfalls of reputed international faculty in the Indian institutes.
• To Provide opportunity to our faculty to learn and share knowledge and teaching skills in
cutting edge areas.
• To provide opportunity to our students to seek knowledge and experience from reputed
International faculty.
• To increase participation and presence of international students in the academic Institutes.

Launch year – 2015

Committees and coordinators
• GIAN Implementation Committee – headed by Secretary (HE), MHRD to finalize and
approve the GIAN implementation through courses and also decide on budget allocation.
• National coordinating institute – IIT Kharagpur

Impactful Research Innovation and Technology

(IMPRINT – India)
Objective
• To boost original scientific and technological research in the country.
• It will motivate technical institutions to conduct research in areas where the country is
heavily dependent on foreign technology.
• Institutions included – IITs and IISc

Launch year – 2015

Focus areas

• Health Care - IIT Kharagpur

• Computer Science and ICT – IIT Kharagpur
• Advance Materials – IIT Kanpur
• Water Resources and River systems – IIT Kanpur
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• Sustainable Urban Design – IIT Roorkee

• Defence – IIT Madras
• Manufacturing – IIT Madras
• Nano-technology Hardware- IIT Bombay
• Environmental Science and Climate Change – IISc, Bangalore
• Energy Security – IIT Bombay

Second phase of IMPRINT

• Launched in 2018
• Funds allocated – Rs.1000 Crore by Ministry of education

‘NIPUN Bharat’ Programme (updated in October 2021)

What:
The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education launched National
Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat) on 5th
July, 2021.
• It is in line with the National Education Policy 2020, that was released on July 29, 2020.

Why:
to cover the learning needs of children in the age group of 3 to 9 years (pre-school (balvatika) to
class 3)

Tell me more:
• Objective: The vision of NIPUN Bharat Mission is to create an enabling environment to
ensure universal acquisition of foundational literacy and numeracy.
o By focusing that every child achieves the desired learning competencies in reading,
writing and numeracy by the end of Grade 3, by 2026-27.

• Duration: A five-tier implementation mechanism will be set up at the National- State-

District- Block- School level in all States and UTs, under the aegis of the centrally
sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha.

• Focus:
o providing access and retaining children in foundational years of schooling
o teacher capacity building
o development of high quality and diversified Student and Teacher
Resources/Learning Materials
o tracking the progress of each child in achieving learning outcomes

About Samagra Shiksha Abhiyaan

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• Announced: in the Union Budget of 2018-19.

• Subsumed schemes: It subsumes the three erstwhile Schemes of Sarva Shiksha

Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher
Education (TE).

• Objective: Samagra Shiksha is an integrated scheme for school education extending from
pre-school to class XII to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of
school education.

Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat (SBSB)

Introduction
• Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat (SBSB) was launched in 2017.
• The programme is an initiative of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) to prepare a
physical Health and Fitness Profile Card for more than 12 lakhs of Kendriya Vidyalaya
students.

Objectives:
• Its main objective is to make students, teachers and parents aware about the importance of
good health and fitness and encouraging 60 minutes of play each day.
• It also intends to imbibe values of Olympics and Paralympics amongst students and
motivating potentially outstanding performers.

Diksha Portal
• Ministry of HRD and National Council for Teacher Education collaborated to build Diksha
portal.
• It will serve as National Digital Infrastructure for Teachers.
• It will help teachers to create training content, profile, in-class resources, assessment aids,
news and announcement and connect with teacher community.
• States, government bodies and even private organisations, can integrate DIKSHA into their
respective teacher initiatives.

Margdarshan Initiative

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Margdarshan • Mentoring
➢ This scheme is an umbrella scheme for two initiatives viz; Share & Mentor Institution
Scheme (2016) and Margdarshak Scheme (2018)
Objective
• To improve the technical education as a whole with the help of two components viz;
Margdarshan Institutes and Margdarshaks
• To help technical institutes in India to get NBA accreditation.

Implementing agency

Launch year – 2019

Components

• Margdarshan institute (Mentor Institute)

o It should be a well - established AICTE approved institute.

o These institutes have the objective of mentoring up to 10 nearby institutes in
achieving the NBA accreditation.

o The duration of nomination as an MI shall be for three years.

o The institution should be in existence for 15 years or more

o The council shall recognize an MI as “Protsahan Mitra” for successfully mentoring

the beneficiary institutes.

• Margdarshaks (MD)

o Senior academicians shall be nominated as Margdarshaks to act as individual

mentors to guide beneficiary institute to achieve the NBA accreditation and enhance
the quality of technical education.

o An MD shall be mapped with not more than 3 beneficiary institutes.

o Duration of nomination of an MD shall be 18 months (Initially) and additional 6

months if required.
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o The council shall recognize an MD as “Sahyog Mitra” for successfully mentoring

beneficiary institutes.

Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh

• The Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh (MUSK) was approved by the cabinet in 2017
into which all secondary and higher education cess is being credited.
• It is non-lapsable fund in the public account.
• The fund is being utilized for various schemes like Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan,
Rashtriya Uchchtar Shiksha Abhiyan etc.

Samagra Shiksha Scheme 2.0 (updated in October 2021)

What:

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for continuation of the revised
Samagra Shiksha Scheme for a period of five years i.e., from 2021-22 to 2025-26.

Why:

It has been upgraded to align it with the Sustainable Development Goal for Education and the new
National Education Policy launched in 2020.

Tell me more:
About Samagra Shiksha scheme for School Education:
• The Union Budget of 2018-19 has announced that school education would be treated
holistically and without segmentation from pre-primary to class XII.

• Launched: The Ministry of Education has launched the Integrated Scheme for School
Education, Samagra Shiksha in 2018.

• Subsumed schemes: It was launched by subsuming the erstwhile Centrally Sponsored

Schemes of –
o Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)
o Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and
o Teacher Education (TE).

• It is an integrated scheme for school education covering the entire gamut from pre-school to
class XII.

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• Coverage: It covers 1.16 million schools, over 156 million students and 5.7 million
Teachers of Government and Aided schools (from pre-primary to senior secondary level) by
involving all stakeholders of the school ecosystem.

Significance of Samagra Shiksha Scheme

• It treats school education as a continuum and is in accordance with Sustainable
Development Goal for Education (SDG-4).

• It aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning
opportunities for all.

• It provides support for the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act.

• It has been aligned with the recommendations of NEP 2020 to ensure that all children have
access to quality education with an equitable and inclusive classroom environment.

PM POSHAN Scheme (updated in October 2021)

What:

Cabinet Committee on economic affairs has approved the Continuation of National Scheme for
PM POSHAN (Mid-Day meal scheme)

Tell me more

• The scheme has been continued for a period of five years 2021-22 to 2025-26.
• Financial outlay
o Central government – Rs.54061.73 Crore
o State government – Rs.31,733.17 Crore
o Additional cost of about ₹ 45,000 crore on food grains will be borne by the centre.
o Total budget – Rs. 1,30,794.90 crore

About the Scheme

• Objective
o Improving nutritional levels among children
o Enhancing enrollment, retention and attendance of children
• Launch year – 1995 (As National Program of Nutritional Support to primary education)
o In 2004, it was relaunched as Mid-Day Meal scheme.
• Ministry – Ministry of Education
• Coverage – All children (Classes I to VIII) enrolled in government, government-aided, local body
schools, special training centres, Madrasas and Maktabs supported under SSA.
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• Funding – Centrally sponsored scheme (60:40)

Calories Primary Upper Primary

Energy 450Cal 700Cal
Protein 12g 20g

New Changes
• The scheme will be extended to students studying in pre-primary or Bal Vatikas of
Government and Government-aided primary schools.
• Tithibhojan will be encouraged extensively.

o TithiBhojan is a community participation programme in which people provide special food to

children on special occasions/festivals.
• Social Audit of the scheme is made mandatory in all the districts.
• Involvement of Farmers Producer Organizations (FPO) and Women Self Help Groups in
implementation of the scheme will be encouraged.
• Special provision for providing supplementary nutrition items to children in aspirational
districts and districts with high prevalence of Anaemia

Scheme for Protection and Preservation of

Endangered Languages (updated in Jan 2022)
What: The scheme for protection and preservation of endangered languages is being
implemented by ministry of education.

Tell me more

About the scheme

• Objective – To protect, preserve and document all the mother tongues/languages of India
spoken by less than 10,000 people which are called endangered languages.
• Launch year – 2013
• Ministry – Ministry of education
• Nodal agency – Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysuru
• In the first phase, 117 endangered languages/mother tongues have been chosen for study
and documentation.

Ministry of Finance
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Stand Up India (updated in October 2021)

Objective
To provide bank loans ranging from Rs.10 lakhs to Rs.1 crore to at least one SC or ST borrower
and at least one-woman borrower per branch for setting up of a greenfield enterprises.
• In case of group enterprises, at least 51% of the shareholding should be held by either an
SC/ST or Women entrepreneur.
Eligibility
• Age above 18 years
• Loan available only for greenfield projects
• Borrower should not be defaulter.

Launch year – 2016 (125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar)

• The scheme has been extended till 2025

Salient features
• Operated by all the branches of scheduled commercial banks of India.
• Rate of interest should not exceed MCLR + 3% + tenor premium.
• Margin Money requirement for loans – Up to 15%
o Margin Money – Money contributed by the beneficiary in the project.
• New activity included (in 2021) – Agriculture and allied activities.
• Security – Besides primary security the loan may be secured by collateral security or
guarantee of credit guarantee fund scheme as decided by the banks
• The loan is repayable in 7 years with a maximum moratorium of 18 months.
• Rupay debit card will be provided to the borrower.

Gold monetisation scheme

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Gold • Scheme is for Gold

Monetisation • Earning from gold
❖ This scheme includes revamped gold deposit scheme and revamped gold metal loan
scheme.
Objective
• The GOI wants to mobilize the gold held by households and institutions in the country and
to fish out accumulated gold lying idle with households and institutions.
• The long-term objective is to reduce the country's reliance on the import of gold to meet
domestic demand.

Launch year – 2015

Designated banks
• All scheduled commercial banks excluding RRBs

Gold deposit account

• An account has to be opened where the deposits will be made and interest can be earned.
• Deposits can be done in any physical form – jewellery, coins or bars.

Tenure
• Short term: 1 to 3 years (Deposits are allowed for broken periods. For ex – 1 year 3
months, 2 years 5 months 3 days etc.)
• Medium term: 5 to 7 years (Broken period is allowed)
• Long term: 12 to 15 years (Broken period is allowed)

➢ Principal and interest in short term shall be denominated in gold while in middle term and
long term principal is denominated in terms of gold but interest shall be calculated in Indian
rupees with reference to the value of gold at the time of deposit.

Eligible depositors

• Resident Indians
o Individuals, HUFs, Proprietorship & Partnership firms, Trusts including Mutual
Funds/Exchange Traded Funds registered under SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations,
Companies, charitable institutions, Central Government, State Government or any
other entity owned by Central Government or State Government.

Deposits of gold

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• At Collection and Purity Testing Centre (CPTC) certified by BIS and notified by central
government.
• Designated bank branches (To be decided by banks)
• Minimum deposit – 30 grams No maximum limit

Rate of interest
• Short term – Designated banks are free to decide the rate of interest.
• Medium term – 2.25%
• Long term – 2.50%

Lock – In period
• Medium term – 3 years
• Long term – 5 years

What government will do of this deposited gold?

• Under short term deposits accumulated gold can be used to maintain SLR
• Under medium and long term deposit, the gold received are auctioned by the notified
agencies and sale proceeds are credited to government’s accounts with RBI

PM Suraksha Bima Yojana

Suraksha • Safety
Bima • Insurance
Objective: Providing accidental insurance to the weaker sections of society.

Launch year – 2015

Eligibility
• Any citizen of Age between 18 and 70 years
• Bank account linked with Aadhar Card
• Insurance holder has to give consent to join and enable auto debit on or before 31 st May.
• Name of nominee to be provided in the form

Premium – Rs.12 per annum

Risk Coverage
• Rs.2 Lakh for accidental death
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• Total and irrecoverable loss of sight of one eye or loss of use of one hand or foot – Rs.1
Lakh.
• Total and irrecoverable loss of both eyes or loss of use of both hands or feet or loss of sight
of one eye and loss of use of hand or foot - Rs 2 Lakh
• It is not a Mediclaim, that is, there is no provision for reimbursement of hospitalisation
expenses following accident, resulting in death or disability.

Implementation

Offered by public sector general insurance companies and any other general insurance
company who are willing to offer the product on similar terms.
Participating bank will be the Master Policy holder.
Responsibility of the participating bank to recover the annual premium.

PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana

Jeevan • Life
Bima • Insurance
Objective: Life Insurance scheme

Launch year – 2015

Eligibility

• Any citizen of Age between 18 and 50 years

• Bank account linked with Aadhar Card
• Insurance holder has to give consent to join and enable auto debit on or before 31 st May.
• Name of nominee to be provided in the form

Premium – Rs.330 per annum

Benefit – Life cover of Rs.2 lakhs

Implementation - Offered by Life Insurance Corporation and all other life insurers who are
willing to join the scheme and tie-up with banks for this purpose.

Converged PMJJBY/PMSBY
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• Since 2017, Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana (entire scheme) has been transferred to Ministry of
Labour and Employment from Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.
• Benefits and premium are paid by the Ministry of Finance for converged schemes.
• Existing beneficiaries of AABY were divided into two groups – first group from 18 years to
50 years and second group from 51 to 59 years of age.
• First group is merged under both the schemes and the second group will continue in the
existing format of AABY.
• Annual premium under Converged PMJJBY/PMSBY will be Rs.342(330 + 12).

Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme

Gold • Related to gold

Bond • Issuance of bond
Objective
• For substituting physical gold with bond with a fixed interest rate.
• SGBs are government securities issued by RBI, denominated in grams of gold.
• Investors have to pay issue price in cash and the bonds will be redeemed in cash after
maturity.

Launch year – 2015

Eligibility
• Persons resident in India as defined under FEMA 1999
• Eligible investors include individuals, HUFs, trusts, universities and charitable institutions.
• A minor can also invest (application has to be made by his or her guardian)
• Joint holding is also allowed.

Limits of holding
• Minimum – 1 gram
• Maximum – 4 kg for individuals and Hindu Undivided Families, 20 kg for trusts and
universities.

Rate of interest – 2.50% per annum

Tenure – 8 years, early redemption is allowed after 5th year from the date of issue.

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• Nationalised Banks
• Scheduled Private Banks
• Scheduled Foreign Banks
• designated Post Offices
• Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd. (SHCIL)
• Authorised stock exchanges

Other features of the bond

• TDS is not applicable
• Bonds can be held in demat form
• Bonds are tradable

PM Jan Dhan Yojana

Jan • People
Dhan • Money
Objective
• To ensure access to financial services, namely, Banking/ Savings & Deposit Accounts,
Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pension in an affordable manner.
• To tie every Indian in the rural or urban sector to the mainstream banking system.

Launch year – 2014

Benefits:
• No minimum balance
• Rupay debit card is provided
• Accident Insurance Cover of Rs.1 lakh (enhanced to Rs.2 lakh to new PMJDY accounts
opened after 28.8.2018).
• Life Insurance Cover of Rs.30,000 to EWS PMJDY account holders who opened their
account for the first time between 15.8.2014 to 31.1.2015 is available.
• An overdraft facility up to Rs. 10,000 to eligible account holders is available.
o Age limit for availing OD facility – 18 to 65 years
• PMJDY accounts are eligible for the following benefits:
o Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)
o Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)
o Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
o Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
o Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency Bank (MUDRA) scheme.

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Phases

First Phase: (August 2014 – August 2015):

Focused on opening basic bank accounts and RuPay debit card with inbuilt accident insurance
cover of Rs.1 lakh.

Second Phase: (August 2015 – August 2018):

To provide micro-insurance to the people and pension schemes to unorganized sector workers
through Business Correspondents.

Third Phase: (Beyond August 2018):

• It will focus on opening accounts from "every household to every adult".
• Existing Over Draft (OD) limit of Rs 5,000 to be raised to Rs.10,000.
• There will be no conditions attached for over-draft of up to Rs.2,000.
• Age limit for availing OD facility to be revised from 18-60 years to 18-65 years.
• The free accident insurance cover for those opening Jan Dhan accounts has been doubled
to Rs.2 lakh.

Achievements of the scheme:

Accounts
• The number of accounts rose to 43.04 crore in August 2021 from 17.9 crore in August
2015.
• Of this, 55.47% Jan Dhan account holders are women, and 66.69% holders are in rural and
semi-urban areas.

Deposits: The deposits have shot up to Rs. 1.46 lakh crore from Rs. 22,901 crore during 2015-
2021.

Operative Accounts: In August 2021, out of total 43.04 crore PMJDY accounts, 36.86 crore
(85.6%) were operative.

Jan Dham Darshak App

• A mobile application was launched to provide a citizen centric platform for locating banking
touch points such as bank branches, ATMs, Bank Mitras, Post Offices, etc. in the country.
• Over 8 lakh banking touchpoints have been mapped on the GIS App.

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) for PMJDY Women: Under PMGKP, a total of
Rs. 30,945 Crore have been credited in accounts of women PMJDY account holders during
COVID lockdown.

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DBT Transactions: About 5 crore PMJDY account holders receive Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)
from the Government under various schemes.

RuPay cards: Total RuPay cards issued to PMJDY accountholders: 31.23 Crore

Pradhan Mantri MUDRA yojana

MUDRA • Currency/Finance
Objective: To fund the unfunded for promotion of entrepreneurship.

Eligibility: Any Indian citizen who has a business plan for a non – farm business income
generating activity.

Launch year – 2015

Types of loans provided

• Shishu – upto Rs.50,000
• Kishore – Above 50,000 and upto 5 lakh
• Tarun – Above 5 lakh and upto 10 lakh
o Loans are collateral free
MUDRA Bank
• Micro Units Development Refinance Agency was established under Companies act 2013 as
a NBFC.
• Location – Mumbai
• Parent organisation – SIDBI
• It is a refinance agency which provides loans to MFIs and NBFCs which then provide credit
to MSMEs

PM MUDRA in News (As on April 2021)

• 88% of the loans are from SHISHU category
• 24% of the loans to new entrepreneurs
• 68% of loans to women entrepreneurs
• 51% of the loans to SCs/STs/OBC borrowers

PM Vaya Vandana Yojana

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Vaya • Old Age

Vandana • Prayer

Objective: To protect elderly persons against a future fall in their interest income

Age Criteria – 60 years and above

Tenure: The tenure of policy is set at 10 years.

Implementing Agency

Mode of pension payment: The modes of pension payment are monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or
yearly.

Premature withdrawal
Premature withdrawal is possible in case the money is required for the treatment of terminal or
critical illness of the person or spouse.
On such premature exit, 98% of the Purchase Price shall be refunded.

Loan facility
• Loan facility is available after completion of 3 policy years.
• The maximum loan that can be granted shall be 75% of the Purchase Price.

Other benefits: The scheme is exempted from Goods & Services Tax (GST).

Maturity benefit: If the pensioner survives till the end of the policy term of 10 years, purchase
price of the annuity along with final pension installment will be payable to the policyholder.
Death benefit: If the pensioner dies during the policy term of 10 years, the purchase price of the
annuity scheme will be refunded to the beneficiary.

Financial implication for 2020 – 21:

Government's financial liability: It is limited to the extent of the difference between the market
return generated by LIC and the guaranteed return of 7.40%

Pension:
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• Minimum pension: Rs 1000 per month

• Maximum pension: Rs 9,250 per month.

Atal Pension Yojana

• Pension benefit scheme for the citizens
Pension of India
Objective – Pension benefit scheme for providing old age income security to the citizens of
India, especially the poor, the under-privileged and the workers in the unorganised sector

Ministry – Ministry of Finance

Launch year – 2015
Eligibility
• Age - Minimum – 18 years Maximum – 40 Years
• Bank account linked with Aadhar card

Exception -

• If a member of any other social security scheme opens his APY account then government
Co – Contribution will not be provided.

Contribution

• Rs.1000 as pension - Rs.42

Entry at 18 years • Rs.5000 as pension - Rs.210
• Rs.1000 as pension - Rs.291
Entry at 40 years • Rs.5000 as pension - Rs.1454

• Central government’s contribution - 50% of the subscriber’s contribution up to Rs. 1000 per
annum for a period of 5 years, i.e. from 2015-16 to 2019-20.

Pension Amount

• Minimum – Rs.1000 Maximum – Rs.5000

Pension fund manager

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On death of the subscriber

Death before 60 years of age

Spouse can continue the

scheme by contributing The entire accumulated
the amount till the original corpus till date will be
subscriber would have returned to the spouse or
attained the age of 60 nominee
years

Death After 60 years of Age

After the death of both

subscriber and spouse,
Pension will be given to
the nominee will
the spouse
receive the
accumulated funds

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (Updated in Jan

2022)
There are two schemes with this name, one announced in 2016 and the another announced in
2020.

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana 2016

Launch year – 2016

Objective
• It was an income declaration scheme to allow tax evaders to come clean with unaccounted
wealth.
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• It provided for 50% tax and surcharge on declarations of unaccounted cash deposited in the
bank.

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package 2020

Launch year – 2020

• It was announced in March 2020 to provide relief to the poor in their fight against Corona
virus.

Important announcements

• Insurance scheme for health workers

o Any health professional, who while treating Covid-19 patients, meet with some
accident, then he/she would be compensated with an amount of Rs 50 lakh
under the scheme.
o Under this scheme approximately 22 lakh health workers would be provided
insurance cover to fight this pandemic.

• Benefit to farmers
o The first instalment for 2020 – 21 was provided in April 2020 under PM Kisan yojana.
o 8.7 Crore farmers were covered under this.

• Cash Transfers
o A total of 20.40 Crore women PMJDY account holders were provided Rs.500 per
month till June 2020.

• Gas cylinders
o Gas cylinders, free of cost were provided to 8 Crore families.

• Support to wage earners in organised sectors

o For wage earners below 15000 per month salary in business having less than 100
workers, government provided 24% of their monthly wages into their PF accounts till
June 2020

• Support to senior citizens, Divyangs and widows

o Government provided Rs.1000 till June 2020

• MGNREGA
o Wages were increased by Rs.20
o Later government also provided Rs.40,000 Crore for the MGNREGA scheme.

• Self Help Groups

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o Limit of collateral free loans to SHGs was increased from Rs.10 Lakh to Rs.20 Lakh

• PF beneficiaries
o EPF regulations was amended under which PF beneficiaries were allowed non-
refundable advance of 75% of the amount or 3 months of wages whichever is lower,
from their accounts.

• Building and other construction workers welfare fund

o Welfare fund for building and other construction workers was created to provide
assistance to these workers to protect them against economic disruptions.

• PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (UPDATED)

o Food grains were provided under this scheme to approximately 80 Crore individuals.
o Each individual was provided double of their entitlement till November 2020.

UPDATE:
• Union cabinet has approved the extension of PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana for a period of
another 4 months i.e. December 2021 to March 2022.
• This will be the 5th phase of the scheme.
• Phases of the scheme
o Phase 1 – April to June 2020
o Phase 2 – July to November 2020
o Phase 3 – May to June 2021
o Phase 4 – July to November 2021
o Phase 5 – December 2021 to March 2022
• Food subsidy for 5th phase – Rs.53344.52 Crore
• In all the phases together, government has allocated Rs.2.07 Lakh Crore

Swabhimaan – Campaign
Objective
• To bring banking within the reach of the masses of the Indian population.
• To enables small and marginal farmers to obtain credit at lower rates from banks and other
financial institutions.
• To ensure that the benefits of economic growth reach everyone at all levels.
• To empower people to achieve their own goals through enhancing their financial
capabilities.
• It aims to ensure banking facilities in habitation with a population in excess of 2000 by
March 2012.

Launch year – 2011

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Implementing agency – Indian Banks' Association (IBA)

Working Methodology
• Under this plan, Banks will select business correspondents (Bank Saathi).
• They will act as intermediaries between the rural people and the banks.
• Banks provide basic services like deposits, withdrawals and remittances using the services
of Business Correspondents (BCs) also known as Bank Saathi.

Swachh Bharat kosh

Objective
• The fund seeks channelisation of philanthropic contributions and Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) funds.
• The fund will be used for-
o bringing out innovative / unique projects and girl toilets will be the priority area to start with.
o Construction of community/individual toilets in rural areas, urban areas, in government
schools and in anganwadis.
o Construction activity for water supply to the constructed toilets.
o improving solid and liquid waste management.
o Facilitating maintenance of constructed toilets

Launch year – 2014

Governing council
• The fund is being administered by a governing council headed by secretary in department
of expenditure, ministry of finance.

Tejaswini Scheme
Objective
• It is the scheme for the socio-economic empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young
women aged between 14 and 24.
• The objective of this project is to improve the completion of market-driven skills training
and secondary education for adolescent girls and young women.

Launch year – 2016

• The closing date for the project is 30th June 2021.

Selected districts
• The scheme is operational in select 17 districts of Jharkhand

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Number of beneficiaries
• It is expected to benefit around 680,000 adolescent girls and young women in the project.

Components of the scheme

(i) Expanding social, educational and economic opportunities
(ii) Intensive service delivery
(iii) State capacity-building and implementation support.

External funding
• In the year 2017, India signed financing agreement worth $US 63 million with World Bank
for funding of this scheme

National Pension System

National • Pan India

Pension • Retirement income
Objective:
• It is a pension cum investment scheme to provide old age security to citizens of India.

Regulator

Assets owned by – National Pension System Trust

Launch year – 2004

• Initially it was launched for government sector employee but from 2009, it was opened for
all the citizens of India.

Eligibility
• Any citizen of India (both resident and non – resident).
• Age group – 18 to 70 years
• NPS account cannot be operated jointly.

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Types of account
• Tier 1 account
o It is a mandatory retirement account.

• Tier 2 account
o It is a voluntary saving account.
o Subscriber who has an active tier 1 account can open tier 2 account.
o NRI can’t activate tier 2 account
o Subscriber is free to withdraw any amount at any point of time from the account.

Minimum contribution
• Under tier 1 account
o Minimum amount per contribution – Rs.500
o Minimum contribution per financial year – Rs.1000

• Under tier 2 account

o Minimum amount per contribution – Rs.250

Exit from NPS

• Upon superannuation
o On reaching the age of 60/superannuation, person will have to use at least 40% of
accumulated pension corpus to purchase an annuity that would provide a regular
monthly pension. The remaining funds can be withdrawn as lump sum.
➢ If the total accumulated amount is equal to or less than Rs.2 lakhs, then
subscriber can opt for 100% withdrawal.
• Pre – mature exit
o A person can exit from NPS only after 10 years from the date of joining NPS.
o In case of pre-mature exit from NPS, at least 80% of the accumulated pension
corpus of the subscriber has to be utilized for purchase of an Annuity that would
provide a regular monthly pension.
o The remaining funds can be withdrawn as lump sum.
➢ If the total corpus is less than or equal to Rs. 1 lakh, subscriber can opt
for 100% lumpsum withdrawal.
• Upon death of subscriber
o Entire accumulated fund would be paid to the nominee of the subscriber.

Withdrawal under tier 1 account

• Subscriber should be in NPS at least for 3 years
• Withdrawal amount will not exceed 25% of the contributions made by the Subscriber
• Withdrawal can happen maximum of three times during the entire tenure of subscription.
• Withdrawal is allowed only against the specified reasons, for example;
o Higher education of children
o Marriage of children
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o For the purchase/construction of residential house (in specified conditions)

o For treatment of Critical illnesses
How it works?
• Upon successful enrolment, a Permanent Retirement Account Number (PRAN) is allotted to
the subscriber under NPS.
• Under the NPS, individual savings are pooled into a pension fund
• This pension fund is invested by PFRDA-regulated professional fund managers
• The investment is done into diversified portfolios comprising government bonds, bills,
corporate debentures and shares.
• These contributions would grow and accumulate over the years, depending on the returns
earned on the investment made.

SWAMIH Fund (updated in October 2021)

What:

Government of India’s Special Window for Affordable & Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH) has
completed its first residential project – Rivali Park (Mumbai)

Tell me more

About SWAMIH

• It was announced in 2019 as an Alternative Investment Fund to revive affordable and

middle-income housing projects across the country.
• Initial corpus – Rs.25000 Crore (10000 from government, rest is from SBI and LIC)
• Ministry – Ministry of Finance
• Fund manager – SBICAP ventures limited.
• Eligible projects – All affordable and middle- income housing projects that are–
▪ Net worth positive
▪ Registered within RERA
▪ Not been deemed liquidation worthy
Funding procedure – The money is provided in Escrow accounts that can be used only for the
completion of identified projects.

Expansion of Emergency Credit Line Guarantee

Scheme (ECLGS) (updated in October 2021)
What:

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The government has extended the Rs. 3-lakh-crore Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme
(ECLGS) until 30th June 2021 and, also widened its scope to new sectors, including hospitality,
travel, and tourism.

Why:
In recognition of the continuing adverse impact of COVID-19 pandemic on certain service sectors.

Tell me more:

About the ECLGS:

• Launch: ECLGS was rolled out in May 2020 as part of the Centre’s Atmanirbhar package
in response to the Covid-19 crisis.

• Ministry: Ministry of Finance

• Objective: The objective was to support small businesses struggling to meet their
operational liabilities due to the imposition of a nationwide lockdown.

• Nodal agency: The 100% guarantee is provided by the National Credit Guarantee Trustee
Company (NCGTC), Ministry of Finance to –

o Member Lending Institutions (MLIs) in the form of additional working capital term
loan facility
o Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) and Financial Institutions (FIs) in the form of
non-fund based facility
o Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) in the form of additional term loan
facility

• The aforementioned loans will be provided to the eligible MSMEs/ Business Enterprises,
individual borrowers in case of the original loan having been for own business and
interested Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) borrowers.

ECLGS 1.0:
• Coverage and facilities: To provide fully guaranteed and collateral free additional credit to
MSMEs, business enterprises, MUDRA borrowers and individual loans for business
purposes to the extent of 20% of their credit outstanding as on 29th February 2020.

• Eligible MEMEs: MSMEs with up to Rs 25. crore outstanding and Rs. 100 crore turnovers
were eligible.
▪ However, the turnover cap was removed post amendment to ECLGS 2.0 in
November 2020.

ECLGS 2.0:

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• Coverage: The amended version focused on entities in 26 stressed sectors identified by

the Kamath Committee along with the healthcare sector with credit outstanding of more
than Rs. 50 crore and up to Rs. 500 crores as of 29th February 2020.
• The revised scheme has a five-year repayment window up from four years in ECLGS 1.0.

ECLGS 3.0:
• Credit outstanding: It involves extending credit of up to 40% of total credit outstanding
across all lending institutions as on 29th February 2020.
• Tenor of loans: The tenor of loans granted under ECLGS 3.0 would be 6 years, including a
moratorium period of 2 years.
• Coverage: Covers business enterprises in Hospitality, Travel & Tourism, Leisure &
Sporting sectors-
▪ Which had, as on 29th February 2020,
▪ Total credit outstanding not exceeding Rs. 500 crore and overdues, if any, were for
60 days or less.

ECLGS 4.0:
• To mitigate the continuing adverse impact of pandemic, the government has extended the
scope of ECLGS scheme from time to time through introduction of ECLGS 2.0, 3.0 and now
4.0.
• On May 30, 2021, the government has announced the following measures:
• Guarantee cover for setting up on-site oxygen generation plants: 100% guarantee
cover to loans up to Rs.2 crore to hospitals/nursing homes/clinics/medical colleges for
setting up on-site oxygen generation plants, interest rate capped at 7.5%.
• Extension in validity of ECLGS scheme: Additionally, the validity of ECLGS scheme has
also been extended by 3 months i.e., till September 30, 2021 from June 30, 2021 or till Rs 3
lakh crore is sanctioned. Disbursements are allowed till December 31, 2021.

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Ministry of Agriculture and

Farmer’s welfare

Central sector scheme for formation and

promotion of 10000 FPOs (updated in October 2021)
Objective
• To enhance economic strength & market linkages of farmers for enhancing their income,
10000 FPOs will be established and promoted.

Launch year – 2020 (from Chitrakoot) till 2027-28

Total outlay – Rs.6865 Crore

Services to be undertaken by FPOs

• Supply quality production inputs like seed, fertilizer, pesticides and such other inputs at
reasonably lower wholesale rates.
• Make available need based production and post-production machinery and equipment like
cultivator, tiller, sprinkler set, combine harvester.
• Undertake higher income generating activities like seed production, bee keeping,
mushroom cultivation etc.

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• Facilitate market information about the produce for judicious decision in production and
marketing.

Implementing Agencies

• Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium

• NCDC
• NABARD
• NAFED
• North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC)
• Tamil Nadu-Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium (TN-SFAC)
• Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium Haryana (SFACH)
• Watershed Development Department (WDD)- Karnataka
• Foundation for Development of Rural Value Chains (FDRVC)- Ministry of Rural
Development (MoRD).

Financial Assistance

• Financial assistance up to Rs.18 lakh per FPO for a period of 03 years.

• Matching equity grant up to Rs.2,000 per farmer member of FPO with a limit of Rs.15
lakh per FPO
• Credit guarantee facility up to Rs.2 crore of project loan per FPO from eligible lending
institution to ensure institutional credit accessibility to FPOs.

Training institutes for capacity development & trainings of FPOs

• Bankers Institute of Rural Development, Lucknow

• Laxmanrao Inamdar National Academy for Co-operative Research & Development

Strategy for promotion of 10000 FPOs

• Formation and promotion of FPO is based on Produce Cluster Area

• “Produce Cluster area” for purpose of FPO formation and management herein means a
geographical area wherein agricultural and allied produce such as horticultural produce
of similar or of almost similar nature is grown.

Minimum size of FPO

• In Plain Areas – 300 minimum farmer members

• In North-Eastern and Hilly areas (including such areas of UTs) – 100 minimum farmer
members

Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for FPOs

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• NABARD has announced that the dedicated fund of ₹1,000-crore for providing credit
guarantees to 10,000 farmer produce organisations (FPOs) will be housed in “Credit
Guarantee Fund Trust for FPOs” (CGFTFPO) under the trusteeship of NABSanrakshan
Trustee Private Limited (NTPL).
• The Trust has been registered at Mumbai.
• The Central sector scheme ‘Formation and promotion of 10,000 FPOs’ was launched in
2021 with a total outlay of ₹6,865 crore.
• The CGFTFPO is only the second such Trust formed in the agriculture and allied sector for
providing credit guarantee.
• Other trust is Rural Infrastructure and Development Fund of NABARD.

Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (updated in October 2021)

What:

The Union Cabinet gave its approval to modifications in Central Sector Scheme of Financing
Facility under ‘Agriculture Infrastructure Fund’.

Ministry – Ministry of Agriculture and Family Welfare

Why:
The modifications will help to achieve a multiplier effect in generating investments while ensuring
that the benefits reach small and marginal farmers.
Tell me more:

Latest modifications:

• Eligibility: Eligibility has now been extended to State Agencies/APMCs, National & State
Federations of Cooperatives, Federations of Farmers Producers Organizations (FPOs) and
Federations of Self- Help Groups (SHGs).

• Loan limit: Interest subvention for a loan up to Rs. 2 crores will be provided for each
project of different infrastructure types e.g., cold storage, sorting, grading and assaying
units, silos, etc. within the same market yard. However, for a private sector entity there will
be a limit of a maximum of 25 such projects.

o Present limit: At present, interest subvention for a loan up to Rs. 2 crores in only
one location is eligible under the scheme.

NOTE: Location will mean physical boundary of a village or town having a distinct
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LGD (Local Government Directory) code.

• Power delegation: The power has been delegated to Minister of Agriculture & Farmers
Welfare to make necessary changes with regard to addition or deletion of beneficiary.

• Duration: Overall period of the scheme has been extended from 10 to 13 years i.e., up to
2032-33.

• Repayment period: Repayment period has been also been increased from 4 years to 6
years up to 2025-26.

About Agriculture Infrastructure Fund:

• Launch: The Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) was announced in May 2020 by the
Government of India for farm-gate infrastructure for farmers.
o It is a part of the Rs. 20 lakh crore stimulus packages announced in response to the
Covid-19 crisis.

• Aim: It is a medium – long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for
post-harvest management infrastructure and community farming assets through interest
subvention and credit guarantee.

• Provisions: Under the scheme, Rs. 1 Lakh Crore will be provided by banks and financial
institutions as loans with interest subvention of 3% per annum and credit guarantee
coverage under CGTMSE for loans up to Rs. 2 Crores.

Horticulture Cluster Development Programme

(CDP) (updated in October 2021)
What:
• Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s welfare launched the Horticulture Cluster
Development Programme (CDP).

Why:
• CDP aims at growing and developing identified horticulture clusters to make them globally
competitive.

Tell me more:
• Pilot phase: In a pilot phase, the programme will be implemented in 12 horticulture
clusters out of the total 53 clusters selected for the programme.
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▪ These clusters will be implemented through Cluster Development Agencies (CDAs)

which are appointed on the recommendations of the respective State/UT
Government.

• Implementing agency: The National Horticulture Board (NHB), the Ministry of Agriculture
and Farmers’ Welfare.

• Addressing issues: All major issues related to the Indian horticulture sector will be
address including-
▪ pre-production,
▪ production,
▪ post-harvest management,
▪ logistics,
▪ marketing and branding.

• Reach and impact:

▪ Benefit about 10 lakh farmers and related stakeholders of the value chain.
▪ To improve exports of the targeted crops by approx. 20% and
▪ Create cluster-specific brands to enhance the competitiveness of cluster crops.
▪ To attract an estimated investment of INR 10,000 crore when implemented in all the
53 clusters.
▪ To improve global competitiveness by building last-mile connectivity with the use of
multimodal transport.

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PM Krishi Sinchai Yojana (Updated in Nov 2021)

Krishi • Farming
Sinchai • Irrigation
Objectives
• To achieve convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level
• To expand cultivable area under assured irrigation
• To improve on-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage of water
• To enhance the adoption of precision-irrigation and other water saving technologies

Launch year – 2015

Converged from

• Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme

• Integrated Watershed Management Programme
• On Farm Water Management programme

Implementing ministries
• Ministry of Agriculture
• Ministry of Rural Development
• Ministry of Jal Shakti

Components

Accelerated irrigation benefit programme • Mo Jal Shakti

Har Khet Ko Pani • Mo Jal Shakti
Watershed Management • Mo Rural Development
Per Drop More Crop • Mo Agriculture

Update:

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• Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the implementation of PM Krishi

Sinchai Yojana for 2021-26.
• Total outlay – Rs.93,068 Crore
• Components –
o Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Program (AIBP)
▪ It is a program for financial support to irrigation projects.
▪ Irrigation area targeted during 2021-26 – 13.88 Lakh hectare
o Har Khet ko Pani
▪ It is a program for expansion of cultivable area under assured irrigation.
▪ Target of Irrigation – 1.52 Lakh Hectare.
o Watershed Development
▪ Focuses on development of rainfed areas towards soil and water
conservation, regeneration of ground water.

Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Program

• It was launched in 1996-97
• To provide Central Assistance to States for the major/medium irrigation projects in the
Country
• It was merged with PMKSY in 2015-16
• During 2016-17, 99 on-going Major/Medium irrigation projects (and 7 phases), were
prioritized in consultation with States, for funding under PMKSY-AIBP in a mission
mode.
• Since the launch of AIBP in 1995-96, a total of 297 major and medium irrigation projects
have been taken up for financial assistance under it, including the 99 prioritized projects.
• The scheme was approved till March 2021 with no inclusion of any new project.

Har Khet ko Pani

• The scheme aims at restoring the lost irrigation potential by improvement and
restoration of existing water bodies.

Per Drop More Crop

• The scheme focuses on water use efficiency through sprinkler and drip irrigation. It is
also aimed as reducing fertilizer use, labour expenses and input costs.

Watershed Management

• To focus on ridge area treatment, drainage line treatment, soil and moisture
conservation, water harvesting structure, livelihood support activities

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Implementation
• All the States and Union Territories including North Eastern States are covered under the
programme.

• The National Steering Committee (NSC) of PMKSY under the chairmanship of Hon’ble
Prime Minister, will provide policy direction to programme framework

• National Executive Committee (NEC) under the chairmanship of Vice Chairman of NITI
Aayog will oversee the programme implementation at national level.

• States can take up projects based on the District/State Irrigation Plan.

• Geo – tagging of PMKSY – PDMC assets using BHUVAN app

PM Annadata Aay SanrakShan Abhiyan (PM-

AASHA)

Annadata • Farmers
Aay • Income
Sanrakshan • Protection
Objectives
• Ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers for their produce.

Launch Year – 2018

Components: There are three components of the scheme:

1) Price support Scheme (PSS)

• Procurement of Pulses, oilseeds and Copra will be done by central agencies.
• In addition to NAFED, FCI will also take up the procurement.
• The procurement expenditure and losses due to procurement will be borne by Central
government upto a maximum of 30% of the procurement cost.

2.) Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS)

• This scheme is for oilseeds for which MSP is notified.
• State governments can either choose PSS or PDPS.

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• Direct payment of difference between MSP and actual selling price is made to the pre –
registered farmers.
• Does not involve any physical procurement.

3.) Private procurement and stockist scheme (PPSS)

• This component is also for oilseeds
• States have the option to roll out PPSS in selected districts on a pilot basis.
• The selected private agency shall procure the commodity at MSP in the notified markets.
• Maximum service charges upto 15% of the MSP is payable to the private agencies.

Soil Health Card

Soil Health • Information about soil health

Card • Report
Objectives
• SHC is a report which contains nutrient status of soil w.r.t 12 nutrients.
o N, P, K and S (Macro - Nutrients)
o Zn, Fe, Cu, Bo, Mn (Micro - Nutrients)
o pH, Electrical conductivity, Organic carbon
• It is provided to all the farmers with recommended doses of nutrients based on testing of
soil.
• It advises the farmer on the fertilizers and their quantities he should apply, and also the soil
amendments that he should undertake.

Launch year – 2015

Implementation
• By Integrated Nutrient Management division of Department of agriculture, cooperation and
farmer’s welfare.

Web portal
• NIC has developed a web portal – www.soilhealth.dac.gov.in for generation of uniform soil
health card and fertilizer recommendation.

Norms of sampling
• Soil samples will be drawn in a grid of 2.5 ha in irrigated area and 10 ha in rain- fed area
with the help of GPS tools and revenue maps.
Availability of cards
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• Once in a cycle of 3 years, which will indicate the status of soil health of a farmer’s holding
for that particular period.

RKVY – RAFTAAR

Krishi • Farming
Vikas • Development

Objectives:
• To ensure the preparation of the agriculture plan for different states based on the local
condition.
• To incentivize the states so as to enhance the investment in the agriculture and allied
sector.
• To enhance the production and productivity in agriculture and allied sectors in a holistic
manner.
• To maximize the income of farmers.

Launch year – 2007 (Revamped in 2017 – 18)

Eligibility
• All states and UTs are eligible for funding under the scheme.

Funding pattern: It is a centrally sponsored scheme.

• 60:40 between centre and states
• 90:10 between centre and N – E and Hilly states
100% assistance from centre in case of UTs

Criteria of Allocation

• Regular RKVY RAFTAAR – 70% of the annual outlay

o Infrastructure and assets – 50% of regular RKVY RAFTAAR outlay
▪ Pre-Harvest – 20%
▪ Post-Harvest – 30%

o Value addition linked production projects – 30% of regular RKVY RAFTAAR outlay.

o Flexi funds – 20% of regular RKVY RAFTAAR outlay.

• RKVY RAFTAAR Special Sub-Schemes

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o 20% of total annual outlay

o Innovation and Agri entrepreneur development – 10% of annual outlay

Inter-State Allocation of funds

• Percentage share of net un – irrigated area in a state to net un – irrigated area in all the
states – 15% weightage
• Percentage of small and marginal farmers in the state compared to total number of small
and marginal farmers in the country – 20% weightage
• Moving averages of the increase in plan expenditure in agriculture & allied sectors including
animal husbandry, fisheries etc. in the previous 3 year period – 30%
• Average Gross State Value Added (GSVA) in agriculture and allied sectors in the last 3
years – 20%
• Percentage of youth population in the state compared to total youth in the country – 5%
• Inverse of Yield gap between state average yield and potential yields as indicated in the
frontline demonstration data – 10%

New Component

• A new component, Innovation and Agri-entrepreneurship Development programme has

been launched under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana

• To promote innovation and agripreneurship by providing financial support and nurturing the
incubation ecosystem.

• These start-ups are in various categories such as agro-processing, artificial intelligence,

digital agriculture, farm mechanisation, waste to wealth, dairy, fisheries etc.
• 24 RKVY-RAFTAAR Agribusiness Incubators (R-ABIs) from across the country have also
been appointed.

Components of this Programme

• Agripreneurship Orientation - 2 months duration with a monthly stipend of Rs. 10,000/- per
month.
• Seed Stage Funding of R-ABI Incubatees – Funding up to Rs. 25 lakhs
• Pre-Seed Stage Funding of Agripreneurs – Funding up to Rs. 5 lakh

PM – Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM- KISAN)

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Kisan • Farmer
Nidhi • Finance
Objective
• Providing financial support to farmers’ families having cultivable land

Launch Year - 2019 (Came into effect – 1.12.2018)

Beneficiaries
• All farmers’ families irrespective of the size of their land holding.
• A farmer’s family is defined as “a family comprising of husband, wife and minor
children who owns cultivable land as per land records of the concerned State/UT”.
• Exclusions:
o Income tax payers
o Professionals like Doctor, Engineer, Lawyer, CA etc.
o Serving and retired officers of central/state Governments/PSEs (Excluding MTS,
class IV and group D employees)
o All superannuated / retired pensioners whose monthly pension is Rs.10,000/- or
more (Excluding Multi Tasking Staff / Class IV / Group D employees)
o Former and Present holder of constitutional posts
o Former and Present ministers in central and state governments/ Present
MPs/MLAs/MLCs.
o Former and present chairperson of district panchayats.
State/UT governments has the responsibility of identification of eligible beneficiaries.

Implementation
• Beneficiaries under the scheme are to be identified by respective States/UTs
• All the information related to farmers’ family and landholding will be provided in PM –
KISAN portal

Benefits
• Rs.6000 per year in three instalments of Rs.2000 each is provided to all the eligible farmers
by the central government.

Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana

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Paramparagat • Traditional Way

Krishi Vikas • Agriculture development
• This scheme is an extended component of Soil Health management under National Mission
on Sustainable Agriculture.

Objective
• To develop sustainable models of organic farming through a mix of traditional methods and
modern science to ensure long term soil fertility, help in climate change adaptation and
mitigation.

Launch year – 2015

Duration
• Initially the duration was 2015 – 2018
• In 2018, it was extended by three years up to 2021.

Funding pattern

• 60:40 between centre and states

• 90:10 between centre and north – eastern and Himalayan states
• 100% funding from central government for UTs

Institutional framework

National Advisory Committee chaired by Secretary,

MoA&FW.

State department of agriculture or agency nominated

by the state government.

District level executive committee chaired by Collector

Approach
• PKVY promotes organic farming through a cluster approach to adopt PGS Certification.
• A group of farmers having a total area of 20 hectare shall be considered a group. A group
shall comprise minimum 20 farmers.
• 25-50 such groups covering 500-1000 hectare shall constitute one “Cluster”

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• PGS Certification facilitates farmers to certify their organic produce, label and market their
products domestically.

o PGS is a process of certifying organic products, which ensures that their

production takes place in accordance with laid-down quality standards.
o It is only for farmers or communities that can organise and perform as a group
within a village or a cluster of contiguous villages, and is applicable only to farm
activities such as crop production, processing, and livestock rearing, and off-farm
processing “by PGS farmers of their direct products”.

• Farmers are provided financial assistance of Rs 50,000 per hectare/ 3 years, out of which
Rs. 31,000 (62%) is provided directly through DBT for inputs.

Jaivik Kheti portal

• It is a dedicated portal for organic farming acting both as a knowledge platform and
marketing platform.
Yuva Sahkar – Cooperative enterprise support and innovation scheme

Objective
• The scheme aims at enabling Start – Ups in the cooperative sector covering all types of
activities
• Encouraging newly formed cooperative society with innovative ideas

Implementing agency

Launch year – 2018

Eligibility
• Any cooperative society with new and innovative projects
• The society should be in operation for a minimum of three months with a positive net worth
• The society should not have incurred cash loss during previous year(s) of operation

Project cost
• Project cost should not exceed Rs.3 Crore in case cooperative society is in operation for
one year or more
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• Project cost should not exceed Rs.1 Crore in case the society is in operation for more than
three months but less 1 year
• Working capital loan can be provided as part of the project however working capital will not
be more than 20% of the total project cost

Loan period – 5 years with 2 years moratorium

Rate of interest – As an incentive, NCDC will provide 2% less than its applicable rate of interest
on term loan up to Rs 3 crore including 2 years moratorium.

Funding pattern

Category A Category B
Debt : Equity – 80%:20% Debt : Equity – 70%:30%
Any type of cooperative society Any type of cooperative society which has not
been covered in category A
• In N-E region
• Operational in Aspirational district
• With 100% women members
• 100% SC/ST/PWD members

Student READY – Rural Entrepreneurship

Awareness Development Yojana

Rural Entrepreneuship • Promotion of rural entrepreneurship

Awareness Development • By developing awareness

Objective
• To provide rural entrepreneurship awareness, practical experience in rural agriculture and
creating awareness to undergraduate students about practical agriculture and allied
sciences.

Implementing Agency

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Launch year – 2015

Eligibility
• A student, who is pursuing UG programme in courses duly accredited by the National
Agricultural Education Accreditation Board (NAEAB) of ICAR, New Delhi
Stipend
• Monthly stipend of Rs.3000 for a maximum of 6 months.

ARYA – Attracting and Retaining Youth in

Agriculture
Objective
• To attract and empower the Youth in Rural Areas to take up various Agriculture, allied and
service sector enterprises for sustainable income and gainful employment in selected
districts.

Launch year – 2015

Implementing Agency

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PM Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana

Kisan • Farmers

Maan Dhan • Money with respect i.e.Pension

Objective: Pension benefit scheme for small and marginal farmers

Launch year – 2019

Eligibility
• All small and marginal farmers (Big farmers are self – sufficient, they don’t need)
• Minimum Age – 18 Years ; Maximum age – 40 years

❖ Not eligible
• SMF of any other pension scheme like EPFO/ESIC/NPS/PM-SYM or an income tax payer
is not eligible.
• Farmers who have opted for PM Shram Yogi Maan Dhan and PM Laghu Vyapari Maan
Dhan
• Government officials (serving or retired) and professionals (CA, Doctor, Lawyer etc.)

Contribution
• Minimum – Rs.55 (at the age of 18); Maximum – Rs. 200 (at the age of 40)
• Same amount shall be contributed by central government as matching contribution
• Pension amount – Rs.3000 after attaining 60 years of age

Pension fund manager

On death of the subscriber - Spouse shall be entitled to receive fifty percent of the pension

On disablement before attaining 60 years of age –

Spouse has two options in this case

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Exit the scheme by receiving the

share of contribution with
Continue with the scheme with
interest as actually earned by
the payment of regular
the Pension Fund or the interest
contribution
at the savings bank interest rate
thereon, whichever is higher.

Benefits on leaving the pension

• Exit within less than 10 years – Share of contribution with saving banks interest rate

• Exit after equal to or more than 10 years – Share of contribution with interest as actually
earned by the Pension Fund or the interest at the savings bank interest rate thereon,
whichever is higher.

• After death of subscriber and his or her spouse, the corpus shall be credited back to the fund.

PM Fasal Bima Yojana

Fasal • Crops
Bima • Insurance
Objective

• It is a crop insurance scheme which provides financial support to farmers suffering crop
loss or damage.
• Stabilizing the income of farmers.
• Ensuring credit worthiness of the farmers.

Implementing Agency

• Selected insurance companies under the guidance and control of Department of

Agriculture, cooperation and farmers’ welfare.
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Beneficiaries

• All farmers growing notified crops in a notified area are eligible.

• The scheme is optional for all the farmers including those who possess a crop loan
account/KCC account.
• Existing Loanee farmers who do not want to get covered under the scheme have to submit
requisite declaration to loan sanctioning bank branches any time during the year.
Coverage of crops

• Food crops
• Oilseeds
• Annual Commercial crops/Annual horticulture crops
• Perennial horticulture/commercial crops for which standard methodology for yield
estimation is available.

Launch Year – 2016

Risks Cover and Exclusions

• Loss of yield due to any non – preventable risks like drought, flood, wide spread pests and
disease attack.
• Add on coverage:
o Sowing/Germination risks
o Mid – season adversity
o Post harvest losses
o Localised calamities
o Due to attack by wild animals (Optional for the farmers and they have to borne
the notional premium).

• Losses arising out of war and nuclear risks, malicious damage and other preventable
risks shall be excluded.

Benefits
• Premiums to be paid by farmers:
o Kharif crops – 2%
o Rabi crops – 1.5%
o Annual commercial and horticulture crops – 5%
• All farmers enrolled under the scheme would be entitled for the subsidy on the actuarial
Premium.

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The difference between Actuarial Premium Rate (APR)

and the Rate of Insurance premium

Payable by Centre and States/UTs in the ratio 50:50

Centre and North - Eastern States - 90:10

Challenges
• Higher premium subsidy that is to be borne by state governments.
• It is an optional scheme, so some farmers decided to be opted out of the scheme
• Citing the reasons of high premiums Gujarat government exits PMFBY and they have
replaced it with the newly launched Mukhyamantri Kisan Sahay Yojana.

Ayushman Sahakar

Ayushman • Good health

Sahakar • Co - operatives

Objective
• To promote affordable and holistic health care through hospital or health care facilities by
co – operatives.
• To promote AYUSH activities
• To assist the co-operatives achieve the objectives of national health policy
• To assist the co-operatives participate in the national digital health mission

Implementing agency

Launch year – 2020

Activities under scheme

• Infrastructure building
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o Creation, modernization, expansion, repairs, renovation of hospital, healthcare and

medical education infrastructure

• Margin money for raising working capital required for day to day operations of the above
mentioned infrastructure.

• Working capital for day to day operations

Eligibility

• Any cooperative society registered under any state/multi cooperative societies act in the
country
• NCDC assistance shall be provided either through the State Governments/ UT
Administrations or directly to the cooperatives which fulfil NCDC Direct Funding guidelines.

Loan period
• 8 years including 1 to 2 years on moratorium on repayment of principle

Rate of interest
• As amended from time to time (Not fixed)
• NCDC will provide 1% less than applicable rate of interest in case of women led
cooperatives.

Funding pattern
• For infrastructure projects

Funding through state Direct funding

government
NCDC to state government State government to society NCDC to society
Loan – 90% Loan – 50% Loan – 70%
Share capital – 40%
Society’s share – 10% Society’s share – 10% Society’s share – 30%

• For margin money

Funding through state Direct funding

government
NCDC to state govt State govt to society NCDC to society
Loan for availing bank credit – Loan or share capital or loan Loan – 100%
100% cum share capital – 100%

• For working capital

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Funding through state Direct funding

government
NCDC to state govt State govt to society NCDC to society

Loan as per requirement Loan Loan

Sahakar Mitra – Scheme on Internship Program

Sahakar • Co - Operatives
Mitra • Friend

Objectives
• To provide an opportunity to professional graduates to learn the context and practical
working of NCDC and cooperatives
• To orient professional graduates to the cooperative business model and engage
themselves in start – up cooperatives
• To assist needy cooperatives in preparation business plans and projects.

Implementing agency

Launch year – 2020

Eligibility
• Professional graduates with minimum qualification as Bachelor’s degree in Agri/ Dairy/
Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Sciences/ Fisheries / Horticulture/ Textiles/ Handloom / IT
• Professionals (Pursuing or completed) MBA Agri Business/ MBA Cooperative/ MCA/
M.Comm/ MBA Finance/ MBA International trade/ MBA forestry/ MBA rural development/
MBA Project management/ Inter ICAI/ Inter ICWA

Number of interns
• Not more than 60 interns at a time per year

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Financial support from NCDC

• Rs.40,000 (Rs.10,000 per month for meeting out of pocket expenses)
• Rs.5,000 (Expenses related to report preparation)

Central Sector Scheme of financing facility under

Agricultural Infrastructure Fund

Financing Facility • Incentives and financial support

AIF • Support under AIF

Objectives

• To mobilize a medium - long term debt finances facility for investment in viable projects for
post-harvest management Infrastructure and community farming assets through incentives
and financial support.

Launch year – 2020

Implementation period – 2020-21 to 2032-33 (13 Years)

Period of financing facility – 6 years

Size of financing facility – Rs.1 Lakh Crore

Eligible beneficiaries

• Primary Agricultural Credit Societies

• Marketing Cooperative Societies
• Farmer Producers Organizations
• Self Help Group
• Farmers
• Joint Liability Groups
• Multipurpose Cooperative Societies
• Agri-entrepreneurs
• Start-Ups
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• Central/State agency or Local Body sponsored Public Private Partnership Projects.

• National and state federations of cooperatives
• Federations of FPOs and SHGs

Participating institutions

• All the below mentioned entities after signing the MoU with NABARD or Department of
agriculture:

o All scheduled commercial banks

o Scheduled cooperative banks
o Regional Rural Banks
o Small Finance Banks
o Non-Banking Financial Companies
o National Cooperative Development Corporation

Sector specific focus

• 24% of total grants – in – aid under the scheme should be utilized for SC/ST entrepreneurs
(16% for SC and 8% for ST).
• Lending institutions will ensure adequate coverage of entrepreneurs belonging to women
and other weaker segments of society.

Government Budgetary Support

Interest Subvention Cost • All loans under this financing facility will
have interest subvention of 3% per
annum up to a limit of Rs. 2 Crore.
• Maximum period of 7 years.
• In case of loans beyond Rs.2 crore,
then interest subvention will be limited
up to 2 crore
Credit Guarantee Cost • Credit guarantee for a loan up to Rs.2
Crore under Credit Guarantee Fund
Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises
• The fee for this coverage will be paid by
the government.

Monitoring framework

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National Level
Chairman - Guidance for
Monitoring
Secretary (DAC) implementation
Committee

State Level
Chairman - Chief Implement the
Monitoring
Secretary NLMC guidelines
Committee

District Level
Chairman -District First line of
Monitoring
Collector implementation
Committee

Benefits

• Farmers (FPOs, PACS, Marketing Cooperative Societies, Multipurpose cooperative

societies)
o Improved marketing infrastructure to allow farmers to sell directly to a larger base of
consumers and hence, increase value realization for the farmers. This will improve
the overall income of farmers.
o With investments in logistics infrastructure, farmers will be able to sell in the market
with reduced post-harvest losses
o With modern packaging and cold storage system access, farmers will be able to
further decide when to sell in the market and improve realization.

• Agri Entrepreneurs and Start-Ups

o With a dedicated source of funding, entrepreneurs will push for innovation in

agriculture sector by leveraging new age technologies including IoT, AI, etc.
o It will also connect the players in ecosystem and hence, improve avenues for
collaboration between entrepreneurs and farmers.

• Banking Ecosystem

o With Credit Guarantee, incentive and interest subvention lending institutions will be
able to lend with a lower risk. This scheme will help to enlarge their customer base
and diversification of portfolio.

• Consumers

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o With reduced inefficiencies in post-harvest ecosystem, key benefit for consumers will
be a larger share of produce reaching the market and hence, better quality and
prices.

Recent developments

• As on 28th April 2021, the fund has crossed Rs.8000 Crore mark.
• The largest share is contributed by Primary Agricultural Credit Societies.
• States leading the front are Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and UP.

Sahakar 22
Objective
• To achieve the mission of New India through cooperatives by doubling the farmers’ income
by 2022

Implementing agency

Launch year – 2020

Initiatives under Sahakar 22

• Focus 222
o For converging NCDC assistance for cooperatives for 222 districts.

• PACS Hub
o Transforming IT enabled Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) and other
cooperatives as Apna Kisan Resource centre
o Setting up of soil health testing lab at hubs
o Setting up of fertilisers quality testing labs and advisories at hubs
o Setting up of farm machinery hiring centres at hubs
o Acting as PM Fasal Bima yojana agent
o Acting as Ayushman Bharat Agent

• ACT East and North – East Cooperatives

o To give a boost to farm activities in North – eastern region
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• CEMtC (Centres of Excellence to Market through Cooperatives)

o To focus on integration of centre of excellence link with consumers
o To organize farmers trained by Centres of excellence into cooperatives and to
provide assistance

• Sahakar Pragya
o Under this initiative, 45 training modules for capacity building are to be delivered at
Lakshman Rao Inamdaar National Academy for cooperative research and
development (LINAC)

Krishi Kalyan Abhiyan

Objective
• It was launched to aid, assist and advice farmers on how to improve their farming
techniques and raise their incomes.
• It was launched in line with vision of ‘doubling farmers’ income by 2022.

Coverage
• It will be undertaken in 25 Villages with more than 1000 population each in Aspirational
Districts identified by NITI Ayog.

Implementation agency
• The overall coordination and implementation in the 25 villages of a district is being done by
Krishi Vigyan Kendra of that district.

Activities taken under the Abhiyan

• Distribution of Soil Health Cards to all farmers
• 100% coverage of bovine vaccination for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in each village
• Distribution of Mini Kits of pulses and oilseeds to all
• Distribution of Horticulture/Agro Forestry/Bamboo plant @ 5 per family(location appropriate)
• Making 100 NADAP Pits in each village
• Artificial insemination saturation
• Demonstration programmes on Micro- irrigation
• Demonstrations of integrated cropping practice

e-NAM (Electronic National Agriculture Market)

Objectives
• It is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC mandis
(physical market) to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.
• Integration of APMCs across the country through a common online market platform to
facilitate pan-India trade in agriculture commodities

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• Providing better price discovery through transparent auction process based on quality of
produce along with timely online payment.

Launch year – 2016

Implementing agency – Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium

Technical partner – National Informatics Centre which will host e-nam software on “Meghraj
Cloud”

Facilities provided by e-NAM

The NAM Portal provides a single window service for all APMC related information and services.
This includes:
• commodity arrivals & prices
• buy & sell trade offers
• provision to respond to trade offers, among other services.

Funding - Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund (ATIF) which has been set up through the Small
Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC).

Small Farmer's Agriculture-Business Consortium

Introduction
• SFAC was established as a society in 1994 under the Societies Registration Act XXI of
1860.
• It is being promoted by Ministry of agriculture and farmer’s welfare.
• It is governed by a board of management which is chaired (ex-officio) by union minister of
agriculture and farmer’s welfare.

Objectives
• To support new ventures in agro-based industries and
• To promote the farmer producer organisations (FPOs) and their integration in agriculture
value chain.
• It gives Venture Capital Assistance and Project Development Facility to supports the new
ventures in agro based industries.

Beneficiaries
• Individuals
• Farmers
• producer groups
• partnership
• propriety firms

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• Self Help Groups and companies etc.

Functioning of SFAC
• It offers Schemes like Equity Grant and Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme to Farmer
Producer Companies.
• It promotes development of small agribusiness through its VCA Scheme for value added
processing and marketing linkages.
• It is also implementing the National Agriculture Market Electronic Trading (e-Nam) platform.
• It is the Central Procurement Agencies for pulses and oilseeds under Price Stabilisation
Fund of Department of Consumer Affairs.

National Innovation on Climate Resilient

Agriculture
Objectives
• To enhance the resilience of Indian agriculture covering crops, livestock and fisheries to
climatic variability and climate change through development and application of improved
production and risk management technologies
• To demonstrate site specific technology packages on farmers’ fields for adapting to current
climate risks
• To enhance the capacity building of scientists and other stakeholders in climate resilient
agricultural research and its application.

Launch year – 2011

Nodal agency – Indian Council of agriculture research

Total Outlay – Rs.400 Crore

Components
• Strategic research on adaptation and mitigation (covering crops, livestock, fisheries and
natural resource management)
• Technology demonstration to cope with current climate variability in 100 vulnerable districts,
• Capacity Building
• Sponsored competitive research to fill critical gaps.

Krishi Vigyan Kendras

Objectives
• To serve as a single window mechanism for addressing the technology needs of farmers.
• To act as a link among researchers, extension functionaries like NGOs and farmers.
• On-farm testing to assess the location specificity of agricultural technologies.
• Capacity development of farmers.
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• KVK operates under the control of ICAR

First KVK – In 1974 at Puducherry (Pondicherry).

Facilities provided
• farm advisory service
• climate resilient technologies
• training programme for NGOs
• front line demonstration and
• on Farm testing.

Mera Gaon - Mera Gaurav

Objectives
• The objective of this scheme is to provide farmers with required information, knowledge and
advisories on regular basis by adopting villages.
• To create awareness among farmers about the organisations and their programmes and
schemes as well as government policies related to the farming sector.
• To promote the direct interface of scientists with the farmers to hasten the lab to land
process.
• Under this scheme, scientists will select villages and provide information to the farmers on
technical and other related aspects in a time frame through personal visits or on telephone.

Launch year – 2015

e-RaKAM
Objectives:
• e-Rashtriya Kisan Agri Mandi (E-RaKAM) is a digital platform portal enables farmers to sell
their agricultural products through auction across the country
• To connect small villages farmers with largest markets and get the good price of their
products.
• To connect farmers, PSUs, Civil Suppliers and buyers on a single platform.
• To help farmers in finding buyers to sell stored agricultural products.

Launch year - 2017

Joint initiative
The portal is a joint initiative by state-run-auctioneer MSTC limited and Central Warehousing
Corporation arm CRWC

Mode of payment

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The farmers would get the payment for their products directly into their bank accounts without any
intermediaries.

Logistics support
CWRC, a subsidiary of the Central Warehousing Corporation Ltd, will provide logistics support for
sellers and buyers in case they need it.

Project CHAMAN
Project CHAMAN (Coordinated Horticulture Assessment and Management
using geoinformatics) is a pioneer project to provide strategic development to
the horticulture sector.

Objectives
• For better horticulture assessment and development through remote sensing, GIS and field
survey.
• To increase farmer’s income.

Launch year – 2014

Implementing Agency - Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre

Phases

Phase 1:
• It was approved for the year 2014-17.
• Area assessment and production forecasting of 7 major horticultural crops in selected
districts of major states (12 states, 185 Districts) were covered.

Phase 2:
• Phase-II of CHAMAN project was approved for the period 2018-19 & 2019-20.
• The major goals of the CHAMAN Phase-II are:
o Operationalization of the technologies developed during the Phase-I,
o Taking up new crops and research & development studies, especially the crop yield
modelling.
• Area assessment and production forecasting of 7 major horticultural crops in selected
districts of major states (15 states, 263 districts) are covered.

National Programme on use of Space

Technology for Agriculture
Objective

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• This programme envisages integrated use of Space and Geospatial Tools for Mapping,
Monitoring and Management of Agriculture.

Launch year – 2017

Merged Programmes
• Project FASAL (for crop forecasting),
• Project NADAMS (for drought assessment),
• Project CHAMAN (for horticultural assessment and development),
• Project KISAN (for crop insurance) and Crop Intensification planning.

Mission Fingerling
• ‘Mission Fingerling’ was launched in March 2017.
• It aims to increase the fish fingerling production to achieve fish production targets under the
Blue Revolution by 2020-21.
• ‘Blue revolution’ has target to increases the fish production to 15 mmt (million metric tons)
in 2020-21 from 10.79 MMT in 2014-15.
Note -
• A juvenile fish that are typically about the size of fingers with developed scales and working
fins is called a fingerling.
• Fish Fingerling production is the single most important critical input to achieve fish
production targets under the Blue Revolution.

Outlay - Rs. 52000 lakhs to produce 426 crores fish fingerling.

Har Medh Par Ped

Objectives
• To encourage tree plantation on farm land along with crops/ cropping system to help the
farmers get additional income
• To make farming systems more climate resilient and adaptive.

Launch year – 2016-17 (It is being implemented in 20 states)

Funding Pattern
• Centre: State – 60:40
• Centre: North-Eastern/Himalayan state – 90:10
• Centre: UT – 100:00

National Dairy Plan-I

Objectives
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• To help increase productivity of milch animals and thereby increase milk production to meet
the rapidly growing demand for milk.
• To help provide rural milk producers with greater access to the organised milk-processing
sector.
• To create and strengthen infrastructure for providing market access to milk & milk products
which helps to reduce spoilage of milk

Launch year – 2012 (Up to November 2019)

Implementing agency – National Dairy Development Board

Total Outlay – Rs.2242 Crore

Note – As on September 2021, its phase 2 has not been announced.

Pashudhan Sanjivani

• It is an animal Wellness Programme launched by the ministry of Agriculture and farmers

welfare.
• Under this programme, setting up of Emergency Help Lines, provision of Animal Health
cards (‘Nakul Swasthya Patra’) along with UID identification and a National Data Base is
being done.

E-Pashudhan Haat Portal

Objectives
• To connect breeders and farmers of indigenous breeds.
• Through the portal farmers can obtain information on location of quality indigenous
germplasm in the form live animals, semen doses and embryos.

Launch year – 2016 (Under the National Mission on Bovine Productivity)

Services provided
• Database of Livestock, frozen semens and embryos
• Stock position/availability
• Extensive details of the animal and frozen semens and embryos
• Comparison and wishlist of animals
• Online Payment facility with Aadhar integration
• Help desk and Toll-Free Number

Quality Mark Award Scheme

Objectives

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• It is to promote and encourage enhancement of safety, quality and hygiene of milk and milk
products manufactured by dairy cooperatives.
• It is aimed at bringing about process improvement in the entire value chain from producer to
the consumer to ensure availability of safe and quality of milk and products both for the
domestic and foreign market.

Launch year – 2016

Nodal agency – National Dairy Development Board

Key Points
• The Dairy units which meet the criteria for award of quality mark will be allowed to use the
logo on the package containing milk and milk products
• Only those dairy units that score over 70% in the preliminary assessment are considered
for final assessment
• The final assessment is made for the evaluation of 45 critical and 97 major parameters that
influence the quality of the processed milk and milk products
• The award of Quality Mark shall be valid for three years

Dairy Processing and Infrastructure

Development Fund
Objective – To modernize the milk processing plants and machinery and to create additional
infrastructure for processing more milk.

Launch year – 2017-18

Implementing agency
• National Dairy Development Board and National Cooperative Development Corporation

Funding
• To attain the objectives, funding will be provided in the form of loans.
• The loans will flow from NABARD to NDDB/NCDC and then to end borrowers.

Funding period
• 2018-19 to 2022-23 and the repayment period is up to 2030-31

Rate of Interest and Interest Subvention

• Rate of interest – 6.5%
• Subvention - 2.5% from 2019-20 to 2030-31

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure

Development Fund
Objective
• The fund was created to achieve 20 million tonne fish production by 2022-23

Launch year – 2018-19 (Up to 2022-23 – Five Years)

Nodal Implementing agency – National Fisheries Development Board, Hyderabad

Financial assistance
• The projects under FIDF are eligible for loan up to 80% of the estimated project cost.
• Up to 3% per annum interest subvention for development of fisheries based infrastructure.
• Beneficiaries are required to contribute at least 20% of the project cost as margin money

Nodal loaning agency

The nodal loaning entities for the fund are
• National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD),
• National Cooperatives Development Corporation (NCDC) and
• All scheduled Banks.

Repayment – 12 years (inclusive of 2 years moratorium)

Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha

Scheme
Objectives
• To develop human resource in organic farming, natural farming and cow -based economy
for environmental sustenance and soil health.
• To provide professional support in rural areas in the field of organic farming, natural
farming, rural economy and sustainable agriculture.
• Under this scheme, 100 centres will be opened with a fund of Rs.5.35 crore.

Launch year – 2016

Implementing agency – Education division of ICAR

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Mission for Integrated Development of

Horticulture (updated in October 2021)
Objective
• To promote holistic growth of horticulture sector including bamboo and coconut through
area based different strategies which includes research, technology promotion, extension,
post-harvest management etc.
• To encourage engagement of farmers into farmer groups like FPOs.
• To enhance horticulture production and the income of farmers.
• To support skill development in the area of horticulture.

Launch year – 2014

Mission Structure

National Level

Formulation body,
Chairman - Minister of
General Council giving overall direction
Agriculture
to the mission

• The council meets at least twice a year.

• The non-official members are nominated for a period of three years.

Executive Chairman - Oversee activities

Committee Secretary of the mission

State level

• State level executive committee

o Chairperson – Agricultural production commissioner or Principal Secretary
Horticulture/agriculture/environment and forests.
o Preparation of state level action plan is the major function.

District level

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• District Mission Committee and Panchayati Raj institutions – Responsible for carrying
forward the objectives of the mission for implementation.

Technical support group

• This group provides organizational and technical support to the states.

Funding

• It is centrally sponsored scheme

• Centre : States – 60:40
• Centre : N-E and Himalayan states – 90:10
• For development of bamboo and programmes of National Horticulture Board (NHB),
Coconut Development Board, Central Institute for Horticulture (CIH), and the National Level
Agencies, GoI contribution will be 100%.

Sub-Missions

Sub-Mission Target Area of Operation

National Horticulture Mission All States and UTs Except NE and Himalayan
states
National Horticulture Board All states and UTs focusing on commercial
horticulture
Horticulture Mission for NE and Himalayan All NE and Himalayan states
states
Coconut Development Board All states and UTs where coconut is grown
Central Institute for Horticulture NE states, focusing on HRD and Capacity
building

Recent developments

• Budgetary allocation of Rs.2250 Crore for the year 2021-22

• As per the 1st Advance Estimates for 2020-21 the total horticulture production in the
country is 326.58 lakh MT from an area of 27.17 lakh ha.
• Due to MIDH, Area under horticulture crops and production of horticulture crops during the
years 2014 – 15 to 2019 – 20 has increased by 9% and 14% respectively.

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National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm

(NMEO-OP) (updated in October 2021)
What:

The Union Cabinet has given its approval to launch a new Mission on Oil palm to be known as the
National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) as a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
o The proposed scheme will subsume the current National Food Security Mission-Oil Palm
programme.

o Ministry – Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare

Why:

To reduce heavy dependence on import of edible oils by increasing the domestic production of
edible oils in which increasing area and productivity of oil palm plays an important part.
Tell me more:
• Specially Focused region: The National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) is
a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with a special focus on the North-east region and the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

• Financial outlay:
o Total outlay: Rs.11,040 crore (Centre share: Rs.8,844 crore + State share-
Rs.2,196 crore)
o and this includes the viability gap funding also.

• Targets:
o Covered area: to cover an additional area of 6.5 lakh hectare (ha.) for oil palm till
the year 2025-26 and thereby reaching the target of 10 lakh hectares ultimately.
▪ At present only 3.70 lakh hectares is under Oil Palm cultivation.

o Production: The production of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) is expected to go up to 11.20

lakh tonnes by 2025-26 and up to 28 lakh tonnes by 2029-30.

• Expected Benefits: The scheme will immensely benefit the oil palm farmers, increase
capital investment, create employment generation, shall reduce the import dependence
(currently around 98% of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) is being imported), and also increase the
income of the farmers.

• Significance:
o Oil palm produces 10 to 46 times more oil per hectare compared to other oilseed
crops and has yield of around 4 tons oil per ha. Thus, it has enormous potential for
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cultivation.

• Forms of assistance: There are two major focus areas of the Scheme.

o Price assurance to the oil palm farmers for the Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFBs).
(Presently the prices of these FFBs are linked to the international CPO prices
fluctuations). This will be known as the Viability Price (VP).
▪ The assurance to the farmers will be in the form of the viability gap funding
and the industry will be mandated to pay 14.3% of the CPO price which will
eventually go up to 15.3%.
▪ There is a sunset clause for the scheme which is 1st November 2037.
▪ To give impetus to the North-East and Andaman, the Government will
additionally bear a cost of 2% of the CPO price.

o Financial assistance:
▪ A substantial increase from Rs 12,000 per ha to Rs.29000 per ha has been
made for planting material for oil palm.
▪ A special assistance @ Rs 250 per plant is being given to replant old gardens
for rejuvenation of old gardens.
▪ Seed gardens will be provided assistance up to Rs.80 lakhs for 15 ha. in Rest
of India and Rs.100 lakhs for 15 ha in North-East and Andaman regions.

Ministry of Housing and

Urban Affairs

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban

Livelihood Mission

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Urban • For urban areas

Livelihood • Basic Necessity
Objective
• To reduce poverty by enabling the poor households to access gainful self-employment and
skilled wage employment opportunities.

Mission Cities and target population

• All district headquarters towns and cities with a population of 1,00,000 or more.
• Primary target is the urban poor including urban homeless

Launch year – 2013 (Restructured from Swarn Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana)

Components
• Social mobilisation and institutional development
o Social mobilisation of the urban poor into SHG and their federations.
o These groups will support the poor in their financial and social needs.
o Emphasis will be on vulnerable sections of the urban society.

• Capacity building and training

o Providing technical assistance to states/UTs in their poverty alleviation programmes.
o Training of the technical resource persons of the mission management units at
National, state and city level.

• Employment through skill training and placements.

• Self - employment programme
• Support to urban Street vendors

Financial Assistance
• Loans will be provided to the targeted sections
• Reservations - Women – 30%, Minorities – 15% and PWDs – 3%
• Minimum age – 18 years, No minimum educational qualifications
• Minimum member in SHG – 5
• Loan up to 2 lakh person, Up to 10 lakh per group

Funding Pattern
• 75:25 between centre and states
• 90:10 between centre and N – E states and Himalayan states
• 100% from centre for UTs

Support Structure
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At national level - NMMU (Chair - MoHUA)

At state level - SMMU (Chair - CM of state)

At city level - CMMU (Municipal commissioner)

DAY – NULM in news
• PaiSA portal – Portal for Affordable Credit and Interest Subvention Access
o Portal for processing, payment, monitoring and tracking of interest subvention
claims.
o Designed and developed by Allahabad Bank.

• An MoU has been signed between union government and Flipkart for selling the products
made by SHGs under DAY – NULM.

PM Awas Yojana - Urban

Awas • House
Urban • For Urban Areas
Objective
• To provide Pucca Houses to all the eligible households in urban areas by 2022.
Coverage
• The mission covers the entire urban area consisting of Statutory Towns, Notified Planning
Areas, Development Authorities, Special Area Development Authorities, Industrial
Development Authorities.

Launch year – 2015

Definition of Beneficiary Family

• A beneficiary family comprises of Husband, wife, unmarried sons and/or unmarried
daughters.
• The family should not own a Pucca House in the name of any member of the family in any
part of India.
An adult earning member can be treated as a separate household.

Features of the scheme

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Components

• In – Situ Slum redevelopment: Central Assistance of Rs. 1 lakh per house is admissible
for all houses built for eligible slum dwellers

• Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme

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• Affordable housing in partnerships: Central Assistance of Rs. 1.5 Lakh per EWS house
is provided by the Government of India.

• Beneficiary led construction: Central Assistance upto Rs. 1.5 lakh per EWS house is
provided to eligible families belonging to EWS categories for individual house construction/
enhancement.

PMAY – U in News
• National Urban Housing fund of Rs.60,000 crore.
• CLSS Awas Portal (CLAP) was launched.
• Angikaar Campaign was launched to focus on adopting best practices water conservation,
waste management etc for beneficiaries.
• Global Housing Technology Challenge – India was launched to identify and mainstream a
basket of innovative construction technologies from across the globe for housing
construction sector.
Progress

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• Affordable Rental Housing Complexes: In order to address the needs of reverse

migrants, government has launched a sub – scheme under PMAY - U. Under this scheme,
access to dignified affordable rental houses will be provided.

Heritage city development and augmentation

yojana (HRIDAY)

Heritage City • Scheme is for heritage cities

Development and • For all round development
Augmentation
Objective: Holistic development of the heritage cities of the country thereby preserving rich
heritage of India.
• Holistic development includes all round development of infrastructure and basic amenities.

Launch year – 2015

Duration – 4 years (2015 – 2019)

Funding – Central sector scheme (100% funding from central government)

• Total outlay – Rs.500 Crore

Cities under project: 12 cities were identified under the scheme –

• Ajmer, Rajasthan
• Amravati, Andhra Pradesh
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• Amritsar, Punjab
• Badami, Karnataka
• Dwaraka, Gujarat
• Gaya, Bihar
• Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
• Mathura, UP
• Puri, odisha
• Varanasi, UP
• Velankanni, TN
• Warangal, Telangana

AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and

Urban Transformation)
Objective: To transform the urban living conditions.
• This scheme is a new avatar of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
(JNNURM).

Launch year – 2015

Target: Transforming 500 cities and towns.

Outlay: The total outlay for AMRUT is Rs. 50,000 Crore for first five years.
Categories for 500 cities and towns

With a population of over one lakh with notified Municipalities, including Cantonment Boards (Civilian areas),

Capital cities or towns of States/ UTs

13 Cities and Towns on the stem of the main rivers with a population above 75,000 and less than 1 lakh

Ten Cities from hill states, islands and tourist destinations (not more than one from each State

Heritage Cities declared by MoUD under the HRIDAY Scheme,

Recent Updates

• Unable to meet set targets for urban renewal in 500 cities by 2020, the mission, has been
extended till 2022.
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• Budget outlay for 2021 – 22 including smart cities mission – Rs.13750 Crore

AMRUT 2.0 (updated in October 2021)

What:

The Prime Minister has launched the 2nd edition of AMRUT – Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and
Urban Transformation.

Tell me more

About the mission

Objective
• To provide100% coverage of water supply to all households in around 4,700 ULBs, by
providing 2.68 crore urban household tap connections.
• To provide 100% coverage of sewerage and septage in 500 AMRUT cities, by providing
2.64 crore sewer connections/ septage connections.
• Fresh water bodies will be protected from getting polluted to make natural resources
sustainable.
• Rejuvenation of water bodies and urban aquifer management will be undertaken to
augment sustainable fresh water supply.

Financial Outlay – Rs.2,97,000 Crore (indicative)

Duration – Up to March 2023

Other Key points

• It will promote circular economy of water through formulation of City Water Balance Plan
for each city. This plan will be focussed on recycle/reuse of treated sewage, rejuvenation of
water bodies and water conservation.
• It will be a Paperless Mission
• Pey Jal Survekshan will be conducted in cities to ascertain equitable distribution of
water, reuse of wastewater and mapping of water bodies
• Million plus cities will take up PPP projects worth minimum of 10% of their total project fund.

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PM Street Vendor’s Aatmanirbhar Nidhi

Street Vendors • For the benefit of street vendors

Nidhi • Finance
Objectives:
• To facilitate working capital loans up to Rs.10,000
• To incentivize regular repayment
• To reward the digital transactions.

Eligibility of states/UTs
• The Scheme is available for beneficiaries belonging to only those States/UTs which have
notified Rules and Scheme under Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and
Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.

Eligibility for beneficiaries:

• The Scheme is available to all street vendors engaged in vending in urban areas as on or
before March 24, 2020
• Town vending committee will play a major in selecting the beneficiaries.

About the loan:

• Rs.10,000 will be provided with a tenure of 1 year.
• To be repaid in monthly instalments
• No collateral is required
• Rates of interest as per the prevailing rate of interest of banks.
o In case of NBFCs, MFIs etc. interest rates will be decided by RBI

Interest Subsidy:
• Interest subsidy of 7% is provided.
• Subsidy can be claimed by borrowers on quarterly basis

Credit Guarantee:
• Graded guarantee cover for the sanctioned loan is to be provided by Credit Guarantee
Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE).

Promotion of digital transactions:

• The scheme will incentivize digital transactions by vendors through cash back facility in the
range of Rs.50 to Rs.100

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Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban 2.0 (updated in Nov

2021)
What:

The Prime Minister has launched the 2nd edition of Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban

Tell me more

About the mission

Objective
• Access to sanitation facilities to serve additional population migrating from rural to urban
areas. This will be done through construction of over 3.5 lakhs individual, community and
public toilets.
• Complete liquid waste management in cities in less than 1 lakh population.
• Solid waste management with emphasis on source segregation. Material recovery facilities
and waste processing facilities will be set up.
• Remediation of all legacy dumpsites.
o Legacy wastes are those that have been collected and kept for years at some barren
land.

Duration – 2021-22 to 2025-26

Financial Outlay
• Total – Rs.1,41,600 Crore
• Central share – Rs.36,465 Crore

Expected Outcomes

• All statutory towns will become at least ODF+ and all cities with less than 1 lakh
population ODF++
• Waste water is safely treated and optimally reused and no untreated wastewater pollutes
water bodies.
• All cities will achieve at least 3-star Garbage Free certification.

Update:
• Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched Swachh Technology Challenge
under Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban (2.0) to harness the entrepreneurial potential of
the waste management sector in India.
• The challenge seeks solutions in four thematic categories –
o Social inclusion

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o Zero dump
o Plastic waste management
o Transparency through digital enablement

Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme

Introduction:
• Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme was launched in 2015.
• CLSS is an interest subsidy scheme under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (URBAN) -
Housing for All.
• It is an interest subsidy available to a loan amounts upto Rs 6 lakhs at the rate of 6.5 % for
tenure of 20 years or during tenure of loan whichever is lower.

Objectives: The Government of India aims at increasing the credit flow in institutions to
meet the housing needs of the urban poor population in our country.

Coverage: It is for purchase/construction/extension/improvement of house to cater

Economical Weaker Section (EWS)/Lower Income Group (LIG)/Middle Income Group (MIG).

Smart Cities Mission (Updated in Nov 2021)

Introduction:
• Smart Cities Mission was launched in 2015.
• The objective is to promote sustainable and inclusive cities that provide –
o core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens,
o a clean and sustainable environment and
o application of Smart Solutions.
• Each state/UT will have at least one smart city.

Coverage and duration:

• The Mission will cover 100 cities and its duration will be five years (FY2015-16 to FY2019-
20).
• The Mission may be continued thereafter in the light of an evaluation to be done by the
Ministry.

Fund management:
The Smart City Mission will be operated as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) and the Central
Government proposes to give financial support to the Mission to the extent of Rs. 48,000 crores
over five years i.e. on an average Rs. 100 crore per city per year.

Models of the smart city:

• City Retrofitting - planning in an existing built-up area
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• City Redevelopment - will effect a replacement of the existing built-up environment and
enable co-creation of a new layout with enhanced infrastructure
• City Greenfield Development - will introduce most of the Smart Solutions in a previously
vacant area (more than 250 acres) using innovative planning, plan financing and plan
implementation tools
• City Pan-city Development - envisages application of selected Smart Solutions to the
existing city-wide infrastructure.

Core infrastructure elements

• Water Supply
• Assured electricity supply
• Sanitation, including solid waste management
• Efficient urban mobility and public transport
• Affordable housing, especially for the poor
• Robust IT connectivity and digitalization
• Good governance, especially e-Governance and citizen participation
• Sustainable environment
• Safety and security of citizens, particularly women, children and the elderly
• Health and education.

Implementation: By SPVs which will be promoted by the State/UT and the Urban Local
Body (ULB) jointly both having 50:50 equity shareholding.

Update:
• Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has extended the timeline for the implementation
of the Smart Cities Mission to June 2023.
• A minimum of five years is given for a city to be completed; the first 20 cities were selected
in January 2016.

Urban Reform Incentive Fund

Introduction:
• The incentives given to the states will be on a grant basis.
• It aims to provide States with incentives to undertake essential urban sector reforms.

Fund increment:
• The Ministry has proposed to increase Reform Incentive Fund from Rs 500 crore during
2017-18 to over Rs 3,000 crore per year over the next three years.

Required reforms to get incentives:

The reforms to be undertaken by the States to receive incentives under URIF are-
• improve the responsiveness of local real estate markets,
• increase resource mobilization in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs),

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• provide rigorous accounting of the management of public funds.

Fund provider: URIF receive funds from International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (IBRD) and Government of India.

National Urban Digital Mission (updated in Jan 2022)

What:

National Urban Digital Mission has been launched by Ministry of housing and urban affairs and
Ministry of electronics and IT.

Tell me more

About the mission

• Objective – To create a shared digital infrastructure for urban India, working across the
three pillars of people, process, and platform to provide holistic support to cities and towns.

• Ministry – Joint initiative of ministry of housing and urban affairs and ministry of electronics
and IT.

• Launch year – 2021

• It will institutionalize a citizen-centric and ecosystem-driven approach to urban governance

and service delivery across all cities and towns in India by 2024.

• Collaboration – eGov Foundation's DIGIT platform will provide its support to the National
Urban Digital Mission (NUDM).
o The purpose of this collaboration is to create and implement the National Urban
Governance Platform (a cloud-based platform), which is one of the several initiatives
under the NUDM.
o DIGIT stands for ‘Digital Infrastructures for Governance, Impact and Transformation’.

• Along with the National Urban Governance Platform, nine other services applications are
also being developed under the NUDM, which are for –
o property tax assessment and payment,
o building plan approval,
o municipal grievance redressal,
o trade license issuance and payment,
o No-Objection Certificate (NOC) issuance,
o water and sewerage connection management,
o NMAM compliant municipal accounting and finance,
o birth and death certificates
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o user charges - electricity, water supply, etc.

Other initiatives – India Urban Data Exchange

• It has been developed in partnership with Smart Cities mission and IISc Bengaluru.
• It will serve as interface for data providers and data users, including ULBs, to share,
request, and access datasets related to cities, urban governance, and urban service
delivery.

Smart code platform

• It is a platform designed to address the challenges that ULBs face in the development
and deployment of digital applications to address urban challenges, by enabling cities to
take advantage of existing codes and customising them to suit local needs.

SAAR Program (updated in Jan 2022)

What: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched Smart cities and Academia Towards
Action & Research (SAAR) program in January 2022.

Why: For documentation of landmark projects undertaken by the Smart Cities Mission

Tell me more

• It is a joint initiative of Ministry of housing and urban affairs and National Institute of Urban
Affairs

• Under the program, 15 premier architecture & planning institutes of the country will be
working with Smart Cities to document landmark projects

• A compendium of 75 landmark projects across 47 cities will be prepared under the

program.

• The compendium will act as a first point of reference for future research in the field and will
act as a repository for Urban Projects

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Ministry of Electronics and

IT

PM Grameen Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (updated in

October 2021)

Grameen • Rural
Digital Saksharta • Digital literacy
Objective
• Making one person in every rural family digitally literate to make them able to use digital
services like banking services, railway reservation, electricity bill payment, UIDAI services
etc.

Implementing agency
• CSC e – governance services India limited, a special purpose vehicle incorporated under
companies act 1956.
• Each state/UT government has also established state implementing agency for
implementation of the scheme.

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Launch year – 2017

Eligibility
• The beneficiary should be digitally illiterate.
• One person per household is eligible for training
• Age group – 14 to 60 years
➢ Preference is given to SC, ST, Women, Differently abled persons and minorities.
Coverage
• This program will cover 6 crore people in rural areas reaching to around 40% of rural
households by covering one member from every eligible rural household.
Partners
• Training partners – Affiliating entities like NGOs/institutions/corporates which are desirous
to provide digital literacy can become training partners subject to meeting of prescribed
norms.
(Norms are not important for exams)
• Industry partners
o NASSCOM foundation
o IndusInd bank
o Intel
o Dainik Bhaskar
o HP
o Paypal
o Vodafone
• International organisation
o UNESCO
• Civil Society Organisations
o Digital empowerment foundation
o IT for change
o Learning links
• Academic institutions
o National institute of electronics and information technology
o NIOS
o IGNOU
o National institute for Entrepreneurship and small business development
o Indian institute of mass communication
o C – DAC

Monitoring of the scheme

Centre level - MeitY

State level - Apex committe headed by Principal Secretary (IT)

District level - District e - governance society headed by DM/collector.

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Implementation process

CSC - SPV identifies the eligible beneficiaries

Eligble person have to enroll in nearest PMGDISHA

centre

Self learning e - modules are provided to learners

Assessment at the end of each module

Exam is conducted after assessment process

Campaign for 100% Digital Literacy:

• Ministry of electronics and IT has launched PMGDISHA campaign for 100% digital literacy
of all digital villages.
• Under the campaign, a three-day certification drive for rural citizens especially women and
disadvantaged communities will be conducted.
• This is the campaign for enhancing the digital literacy of villages across the country

Cyber Shikshaa Initiative

Cyber • Digital
Shiskha • Education

Objective
• It is an initiative of skilling women engineering graduates in the field of cyber security.
• Through this initiative, underserved women in tier 2/tier 3 cities will be provided training in
cyber security
• The program will be a 4 month long training course with combination of theory, case studies
and projects

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Implementing Organisation

• It is a joint initiative of Microsoft and Data Security Council of India (DSCI)

• It is supported by ministry of electronics and IT under its Information and Security Education
Awareness Initiative.

Launch year – 2018

Training partners
• Centre for development of advanced computing (C – DAC)
• National Institute of Electronics and IT (NIELIT)

Eligibility
• Age – 21 to 26 years
• Family Income should not exceed Rs.7 lakh per annum

Progress till now

• 500 women are trained in cyber security in the first phase
• 22 batches completed in 12 cities across the country

Cyber Swachhta Kendra

Cyber • Digital
Swachhta • Cleaning

Objective
• To enhance the cyber security of Digital India's IT infrastructure by providing information on
botnet/malware threats and suggesting remedial measures.

Operating organisation
• Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT – In)

UMANG App (updated in October 2021)

Introduction:

Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG) mobile app allow citizens to access
government services on a single platform.

Services provided:
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• The services live on the app include Aadhaar, DigiLocker, Bharat Bill Payment System
(BBPS) among others.
• It is expected to provide access to over 1,200 services of various government organisations
in states and at the Centre as well as utility payments.
• Using the app, citizens will be able to access Employees Provident Fund Organisation
(EPFO) services, apply for a new PAN, and can register under the Pradhan Mantri
Kaushal Vikas Yojana.

Developed and operated unit: The app is developed and operated by National e-Governance
Division of MeitY. (Ministry of Electronics and IT)

Update:
• The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has enabled map services in
UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) App.
• Citizens will be able to find government facilities nearest to their location, such as mandis,
blood banks, fuel pumps, ration shops.
• MeitY has entered into an agreement with MapmyIndia to enable map services on UMANG
app.
• The map services on UMANG app will also offer detailed and interactive street and village
level maps of India.

National Supercomputing Mission

Introduction:
• The mission aims to connect national academic and R&D institutions with a
supercomputing grid of over 70 high-performance computing facilities.
• The Mission also includes development of highly professional High Performance Computing
(HPC) aware human resource for meeting challenges of development of these applications.

Coverage:
Supercomputers will be installed across the country and will be networked on the National
Supercomputing grid over the National Knowledge Network (NKN).

Implementing Agency:
It will be implemented by the Department of Science and Technology and Department of
Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) through Centre for Development of Advanced
Computing (C-DAC) and IISc, Bangalore.

Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme

Introduction:

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• M-SIPS scheme launched to provide a special incentive package to domestic electronic

product manufacturing sector.
• Unit receiving incentive will provide undertaking to remain in commercial production for at
least 3 years.
Objective:
It aims to boost production sector to move towards Union Government‘s goal of Net Zero imports
in electronics by 2020.

Incentives given:
It promotes large scale manufacturing in the Electronics System Design and Manufacturing
(ESDM) sector by
1. Providing subsidy for capital expenditure up to 20% for investment in SEZ and 25% in non-
SEZs.
2. Providing reimbursement of duties and central taxes for projects with high capital investments.

Eligibility:
The incentives will be available for investments made within 5 years from the date of approval of
the project.

Jatan and Darshak

Introduction:
• Centre for Development for Advanced Computing (C-DAC), has developed software
named ‘Jatan’ and ‘Darshak’.
• C-DAC is the premier R&D organization of the Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (MeitY) for carrying out R&D in IT, Electronics and associated areas.

Jatan:
• It is set to revolutionize museum experience.
• This is a latest technology which helps online visitors to get a 3-Dimensional (3D) view of
hundreds of artifacts displayed at the museums.

Darshak:
• It is a mobile-based application, aimed at improving the museum visit experience among
the differently-abled.

Digital India
Introduction:
• It is a programme to transform India into digital empowered society and knowledge
economy.
• The scheme is coordinated by the department of Electronics and IT and implemented by all
government departments.
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• The programme will be implemented in phases from the current year till 2018.

Coverage:
• It is an umbrella programme which includes the hitherto National Optical Fiber Network
(NOFN) to connect 2,50,000gram Panchayats by providing internet connectivity to all
citizens.

Monitoring committee:
The scheme is to be monitored by a Digital India committee comprised of several ministers.

Objective:
Digital India includes development of an electronic development fund and envisages Net-Zero
Electronics Import Target by 2020.

Components:
Digital India has three core components. These includes
• The creation of digital infrastructure,
• Delivering services digitally,
• Digital literacy

Key points:
9 Key points of Digital India Programme are:

1. Universal Access to Phones

2. Broadband Highways
3. Public Internet Access Programme
4. e-Governance – Reforming government through Technology
5. e-Kranti – Electronic delivery of services
6. Information for All
7. Electronics Manufacturing – Target NET ZERO Imports
8. IT for Jobs
9. Early Harvest Programmes

India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS)

Introduction:
• IBPS aims at setting up business process outsourcing (BPO) units specially in rural areas.
• It is under the Digital India Programme.

Provided support:
• It provides capital support along with special incentives up to Rs 1 lakh per seat in the form
of viability gap funding (VGF) to companies to create BPO units.

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• Disbursement of financial support under the schemes is directly linked with employment
generation.
• It provides special incentives for employment to women and Divyang.
• There are also special provisions for the Himalayan states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal
Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Excluded cities:
Metro cities such as Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, National Capital Region
(NCR), and Pune, along with their urban agglomeration were excluded.

North East BPO promotion Scheme

Introduction:
• NEBPS is envisaged under Digital India Programme.
• It Seeks to incentivize establishment of 5,000 seats in respect of BPOs and IT Enabled
Service operations in North East Region (NER).
• It provides the financial supports and special incentives in the form of Viability Gap Funding
(VGF) to eligible Companies.

Supports and Incentives given:

Financial Support – It provides up to 50% of expenditure incurred on BPO/ITES operations

towards capital expenditure and/or operational expenditure subject to an upper ceiling of Rs. 1
Lakh/Seat.

Special Incentives – It provides financial support of Rs.1 Lakh/Seat for training expenditure and
providing employment to Women and Persons with disability.

Incentive for promoting local entrepreneur - Special Incentive (5% of eligible financial support)
for units setting up BPO/ITES operations as a consortium with local entrepreneur

Eligibility criteria:
• Support seeking company should be based on generation of new employment and
economic activity in ITES sector.
• It should not getting the similar financial support from any other Scheme of the
Central/State Government concerned.

Implementing Agency:
• Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) is the implementing agency of the India BPO
promotion Scheme and North East BPO promotion Scheme.
• STPI is a society established in 1991 by the MeitY with the objective of encouraging,
promoting and boosting the export of software from India.

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Jeevan Pramaan
Key points of the program
• Jeevan Pramman aims to streamline the process of getting Life certificates (LCs) by making
it hassle free and easier to get.
• Providing LCs every year is required in order to ensure continuity of pension being credited
into their account.
• Jeevan Pramman is an AADHAR Biometric Authentication based digital life certificates for
Pensioners and facilitates online submission.
• It will do away with the requirement of a pensioner having to submit a physical LC every
year.
• Digital Submission also ensures authenticity of pension payments.

Digi Locker
Key point of the Platform

• Digi Locker secures dedicated personal electronic space for storing the documents of
resident Indian citizens.
• It is to provide citizens a shareable private space on a public cloud.
• The space can be utilized for storing personal documents like University certificates, PAN
cards, voter id cards, etc., and the URI's of the e-documents issued by various issuer
departments.
• It is a platform for issuance and verification of documents & certificates in a digital way, thus
eliminating the use of physical documents.
• There is also an associated facility for e-signing documents.

Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme (updated in October 2021)

Introduction:
Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme is launched with the intent to enhance India‘s competitiveness in
knowledge intensive sectors.

Objective:
Its objective is to enhance the number of PhDs in Electronics System Design & Manufacturing
(ESDM) and IT/IT Enabled Services (IT/ITES) sectors in the country.

Salient features:

The salient features of the scheme are

1. 25% more fellowship amount than most of the other PhD Schemes.
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2. Part-time PhD candidates get onetime incentive on completion of the PhD.

3. Supports 200 Young Faculty Research Fellowships in the areas of ESDM and IT/ITES
with the objective to retain and attract bright young faculty members in these sectors.

Phase II:

• To promote research in 42 emerging technologies in Electronics System Design &

Manufacturing (ESDM) and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES)

Target of Phase 2 Scheme

• 1000 Full Time PhD Candidates

• 150 Part Time PhD Candidates
• 50 Young Faculty Research Fellowships
• 225 Post-Doctoral Fellowships.

• During the 1st phase, 63 global patents and publication of thousands of research papers in
reputed international journals.
• Financial support

o Full time PhD

▪ Fellowship – Rs.38750/month (1st and 2nd year); Rs.43750 (3rd to 5th year)
▪ Annual contingency grant support – Rs.30,000 per year

o Part time PhD

▪ One time incentive of Rs.2,50,000 on successful completion of PhD

o Young faculty Research Fellowship

▪ Fellowship – Rs.20,000 per month
▪ Research grant – Rs.5 lakh per annum for maximum 5 years

Incentive Scheme to Promote Rupay Debit

Cards (updated in Dec 2021)
What: Union cabinet has approved an Incentive Scheme to Promote Rupay Debit Cards and low
value BHIM UPI transactions (Person to Merchant aka P2M) in the country.

Why: It will help in in making accessible digital modes of payments to unbanked and marginalized
populations.

Tell me more

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• Under the scheme, the acquiring banks will be incentivized by the Government.
• The incentives will be in the form of percentage of value of transactions done through
RuPay debit cards and low value (up to Rs.2000) BHIM UPI mode of payments.
• Financial outlay – Rs.1300 Crore for a period of one-year w.e.f. 1st April 2021.
• Ministry - Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Program for Development of Semiconductors

(Updated in Dec 2021)
What: Union cabinet has approved the comprehensive program for the development of
semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem in the country.

Tell me more

• Objective – To provide incentive support to the companies which are engaged in

semiconductor and display manufacturing.
• Ministry – Ministry of Electronics and IT
• Total outlay – Rs.76000 Crore
• Incentives –
o Semiconductor and Display fabrication units – For setting up of Semiconductor and
Display fabrication units, incentives worth 50% of the project cost.
o Compound semiconductor/Sensors – 30% of the capital expenditure
o Semiconductor design – 50% of expenditure

Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme (updated in

Feb 2022)
WHAT - Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme is a part of the ₹76,000 crores comprehensive
program for the development of semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem.

• Applications from 100 domestic companies, start-ups and MSMEs have been sought by the
Ministry of Electronics and IT under the DLI Scheme.

WHY – The DLI scheme aims to nurture at least 20 domestic companies involved in
semiconductor design and facilitating them to achieve turnover of more than ₹1500 Crore in the
next 5 years.

TELL ME MORE -

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• It was launched in December 2021 as a part of the ₹76,000 crores comprehensive

program.
• Under the DLI Scheme, financial incentives and design infrastructure support will be
extended to domestic companies, startups and MSMEs across various stages of
development and deployment of semiconductor design for –
o Integrated Circuits (ICs), Chipsets, System on Chips (SoCs), Systems & IP Cores
and semiconductor linked design for over a period of 5 years.
• C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) is the nodal agency for
implementation of the DLI scheme.

Components of the scheme –

Chip Design infrastructure Product Design Linked Deployment Linked

support Incentive Incentive
C-DAC will setup the India Under the scheme, a An incentive of 6% to 4% of
Chip Centre to host the state- reimbursement of up to 50% net sales turnover over 5
of-the-art design infrastructure of the eligible expenditure years subject to a ceiling of
and facilitate its access to subject to a ceiling of ₹15 ₹30 Crore per application
supported companies. Crore per application will be will be provided.
provided.
The India Chip Centre will be The reimbursement will be It will be provided to approved
equipped with EDA Tools, IP provided to approved applicants whose
Cores and support for MPW applicants who are engaged in semiconductor design for
(Multi Project Wafer semiconductor design. Integrated Circuits (ICs),
fabrication) & post-silicon Chipsets, System on Chips
validation. (SoCs), Systems & IP Cores
and semiconductor linked
design are deployed in
electronic products.

• An applicant must meet the Threshold and Ceiling Limits to be eligible for disbursement of
incentives under the Scheme.
• Portal - www.chips-dli.gov.in - is available for inviting Online applications from January 1,
2022 to December 31, 2024.

Ministry of Road Transport

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Setu bharatham
Setu • Bridges
Bharatham • India
Objective
• The aim is to make National Highways free of railway level crossings by 2019 by building
Railway Over Bridges/ Under Passes.
• Old &worn down bridges to be improved.4

Launch year – 2016

Number of places
• 208 places were identified for construction of rail – over bridges or underpasses.

Total investment – Rs.50,000 CrorE

Char Dham Highway Development Project

Char Dham • Four holy place in Uttarakhand

Highway development • Connecting Char Dham

Objective
• To provide 889 km highway roads, provision for landslide mitigation and other road safety
measures,
• To provide all weather road connectivity for pilgrims of Char Dham (Gangotri, Yamunotri,
Kedarnath and Badrinath) and for movement of defence forces.

Launch year – 2016

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Total cost – Rs.12000 Crore

Implementing Agencies
• Uttarakhand State Public Works Department
• Border Roads organization
• National Highway and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited

Latest news
• Border roads organization has completed construction of a 440m long tunnel below the
Chamba town on the Rishikesh – Dharasu road highway.
• This tunnel is a part of Char Dham Pariyojana.

BharatMala Pariyojana
Bharat • India
Mala • Garland

Objective
• It is an umbrella scheme which has subsumed all the highway projects of India.
• It is focused on optimizing efficiency of road traffic movement across the country by
bridging critical infrastructure gaps.
• To generate direct and indirect employment opportunities.
• To connect 550 districts in the country.

Phase – 1 of the project

• 34,800 km of highway is to be built under the phase – 1 at an estimated cost of Rs.5,35,000
Crore in 5 years (2017 – 22)

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Latest news
• As per credit rating agency ICRA, this project is likely to be delayed by 4 years to get
completed in FY 2026 instead of FY 2022.
• As of August 2020 total 322 projects have been awarded under Bharatmala Pariyojana.

Logistic Efficiency Enhancement Programme

Introduction:
• LEEP is a programme that is aimed at enhancing the freight transportation in India.
• It will be done by improving cost, time, tracking and transferability of consignments through
infrastructure, procedural and Information Technology (IT) interventions.

Key functions:
The parks are expected to serve four key functions –
• freight aggregation and distribution,
• multimodal freight movement,
• storage and warehousing, and
• value-added services such as custom clearances.
Web Portals of the Ministry

INFRACON
It is the National Portal that acts as a bridge between consultancy firms working in the road
engineering and construction sector and domain experts and key personnel who are deployed
both for project preparation and supervision.

INAM PRO
• It is a web-based application for Infrastructure and Material Providers.
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• It brings together the material providers and the prospective buyers engaged in executing
central/state funded roads and highways and bridge construction projects in a common
platform.

INAM-Pro +
• It is an upgraded version of INAM-Pro, a web based application for Infrastructure and
Material Providers.
• The web portal designed as a common platform to bring cement buyers and sellers
together.
• This reduced the time and effort in preparation of proposals and bidding submissions, and
helped to increase efficiency in procurement.

SmartE
• The first batch of E-rickshaws under the brand name of ―SmartE‖ was launched in
Gurugram by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
• The E-rickshaws have been manufactured in India and are fitted with GPS and tracking
system.
• It has established strategic partnerships with the Haryana government and Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation to launch 1000 vehicles in Gurugram and Faridabad in 2017.
• It will provide the last mile transport connectivity in the area and meaningful self-
employment for marginalised youths in next 4-5 years.

Ministry of Rural
Development

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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment

Guarantee Scheme

Rural • For rural areas

Employment • For providing employment

Effortless Learning

Objective: To enhance livelihood in rural areas by providing 100 days of employment in every
financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled
manual work at the statutory minimum wage.

Launch year – NREG act was enacted in 2005

Coverage: Entire country with the exception of the districts which have 100% urban population.

Things to remember

Features of the act

• Adult members of a rural household may apply for registration in writing or orally to the
local Gram Panchayat.
• The Gram Panchayat after due verification will issue a Job Card within 15 days of
application.
• Employment will be given within 15 days of application for work, if it is not then daily
unemployment allowance will be provided.
• Work should ordinarily be provided within 5 km radius of the village, if not 10% of the wage
rate is provided.
• Wages are to be paid according to the Minimum Wages Act 1948 for agricultural labourers
in the State
• At least one-third beneficiaries shall be women
• Work site facilities such as crèche, drinking water, shade have to be provided
• At least 50% of works will be allotted to Gram Panchayats for execution
• The Central Government bears the 100 percent wage cost of unskilled manual labour and
75 percent of the material cost including the wages of skilled and semi-skilled workers
• Social Audit has to be done by the Gram Sabha
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• Minimum average wage – Rs. 202

• Wage rates are notified by central government
• In drought hit areas 150 days of employment is provided

MGNREGA in News
• Under Aatmanirbhar abhiyan, Average wage was incresed from 182 to 202.
• Rs.61,500 Crore was allocated in budget 2020 – 21
• Rs.40,000 Crore was allocated under Aatmanirbhar
• Best performing state – Uttar Pradesh

PM Awas Yojana – Grameen (Updated in Jan 2022)

Awas • House
Gramin • Rural

Objective
• To provide pucca house with all basic amenities to all households & households
living in kutcha & dilapidated house in rural areas by 2022
• To provide assistance for construction of toilets, drinking water, electricity etc.
through convergence with other government schemes.

Launch year – 2016

Eligibility
• SECC data will be used for identifying households who are genuinely deprived of multi-
layered prioritization basis.
• All houseless and household with zero, one or two rooms with kutcha walls and Kutcha
roofs
• Priority will be given to SC/ST or minorities

• Automatic inclusion
o Household without shelter
o Destitute / living on alms
o Manual scavengers
o Primitive tribal groups
o Legally released bonded labourer

• Automatic exclusion – There are 13 exclusion criteria.

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• For those who are neither automatically included or excluded, following parameters will be
followed:

o Household with no adult member between age 16 to 59

o Female headed households with no male members between age 16 to 59
o Households with no literate adult above 25 years
o Households with any disabled member & no able bodied adult member
o Landless households deriving the major part of their income from manual casual labour

Funding pattern

• Cost sharing ratios between government of India & state government

o Union territories – 100% by govt. of India.
o North eastern states & three Himalayan states namely Jammu & Kashmir,
Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand – 90 :10
o For other states – 60: 40
• Allocation of scheme fund
o 95% inclusive of 4% for administration expenses will be given to states / UTs for
construction of houses
o 5% - reserve fund for special projects.

Targets
• Target number of houses to be built by 2022 – 2.95 Crore
• Phase 1 upto 2018 - 19 – 1 Crore
• Phase 1 upto 2022 – 1.95 Crore

Assistance to beneficiary
• Beneficiaries in plain areas – Rs.1.20 lakhs
• Beneficiaries in hilly, difficult & LWE districts – Rs.1.30 lakhs
• Willing beneficiaries can also avail loans from financial institutions for an amount of up to
Rs.70,000
• Rs.12000 for construction of toilets under SBM – G.

App for smooth implementation & monitoring of scheme

• AwaasSoft app

Role of gram panchayat

• It will assist in identifying common land available for allotment to landless beneficiaries
• It will identify families who are unable to construct houses on their own & help them in
construction of houses
• It will help beneficiaries in availing benefits of other schemes of central & state government
through convergence

Audit
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• CAG will audit accounts of PMAY-G at state level & administrative fund account at the
district level on or before 31 august of next financial year
• All PMAY-G accounts at all levels can be audited by CAG or internal audit wing of the pay
& accounts office of the ministry of rural development
• Social audit – Every gram panchayat once in a year.

Update:
• Union cabinet has approved the extension of PM Awaas Yojana – Gramin till March 2024.
• It has been extended to complete the construction of remaining 155.75 Lakh houses within
total target of 2.95 Crore houses.
• Total financial implication for completing remaining houses – Rs.2,17,257 Crore.
o Centre – Rs.125106 Crore
o State – Rs.73475 Crore

PM Gram Sadak Yojana (updated in Jan 2022)

Gram • Rural
Sadak • Roads

Objective
• To provide all weather access to eligible unconnected habitations in the rural areas with a
population of 500 persons or above in plain areas and a population of 250 or above in North
– Eastern states, Hilly, tribal and backward areas
• Habitations within a distance of 500 metres from the road is considered as connected in
case of plain areas while this distance should be 1.5 km (of path length) in respect of Hills.

Launch year – 2000

Funding pattern

• It was central sector scheme since its inception in 2000. But from 2015 – 16, it is being
implemented as centrally sponsored scheme.
• Centre:States – 60:40
• Centre:North – eastern and hilly states – 90:10
• Centre:UT – 100:00

Monitoring of the work

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• The State Government is required to deploy independent monitors for monitoring of the
quality of road works.
• Independent National Quality Monitors (NQMs) are also deployed by the Central
Government for monitoring the quality of works randomly.

Time limit for completing the work

• 9 months from the date of issue of order
• In case the work is affected by Monsoon or any other seasonal factor, the time limit can be
extended up to not more than 12 months
• For hill roads – 18 months
• Tribal and backward districts – 24 months
• Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas was launched in the
year 2016
• For construction/upgradation of strategically important roads chosen in the 44 worst
affected LWE districts and adjoining districts
• This was launched in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.

PMGSY – II
• It was launched in 2013
• Objective
o To cover the up-gradation of existing selected rural roads based on their economic
potential and their role in facilitating the growth of rural market centres and rural
hubs.
• It was proposed to cover overall 50,000 km road length by up-gradation under the PMGSY-
II programme.
• Estimated cost – Rs.33,030 Crore

PMGSY – III
• It was launched in 2019
• Objective
o Consolidation of 1,25,000 Km Through Routes and Major Rural Links connecting
habitations, inter-alia, to Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs), Higher Secondary
Schools and Hospitals
o Through routes – These are the routes which collect traffic from several link roads
and lead it to marketing centres.
• Estimated cost – Rs.80,250 Crore

Update:
• Cabinet committee on economic affairs has given its approval for continuation of PMGSY –
I and PMGSY – II up to September 2022.

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• Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas has also been extended
up to March 2023.
• Purpose - For completion of pending projects under the scheme.

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural

Livelihood Mission

Rural • For rural areas

Livelihood • Basic Necessity
Objective
• To reduce poverty by enabling the poor households to access gainful self-employment and
skilled wage employment opportunities.

Launch Year – 2011 as Aajeevika – NRLM but renamed as DAY – NRLM in 2015
• It is partially supported by World Bank
Improved version of SwarnJayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

Features

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Universal Social • Atleast one woman member under SHG

• Special emphasis on PVTGs, PwDs, bonded labour
Mobilization

Participatory • All households identified as poor through PIP are the

beneficiaries.
Identification of Poor
• Community investment funds to the institutions of
Community funds poor

• Coordination with financial sector to provide

Financial Inclusion coverage of banks to the poor.

• Vulnerability reduction, Employment and enterprises

Livelihoods

Convergence and • Partnership with NGOs and CSOs for strategy and
implementation
partnerships

Implementation

Support Structure

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Funding Pattern
• 60:40 between centre and states
• 90:10 between centre and N – E states
• 100% by centre for UTs

Sub – schemes under DAY – NRLM

• Aajeevika Gramin Express Yojana
• Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana
• Start – Up village entrepreneurship program
• National Rural Livelihood projects

Overdraft Facility for Women SHG under DAY-

NRLM (updated in Dec 2021)
What: Ministry of Rural Development has launched an Overdraft facility for women SHG members
under DAY – NRLM.

Why: To meet immediate/emergency requirements of SHG members.

Tell me more

• It has been launched as a part of announcement made by finance minister in 2019-20

budget.
• Amount of overdraft – Rs.5000
• It is estimated that around 5 Crore women SHG members will get the benefit of this facility.
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One GP One B C Sakhi Mission (updated in October

2021)

What:

DAY – NRLM dedicates 50,000 women SHG members as Business correspondents in the rural
areas.

Why:

These Business Correspondents will provide doorstep services in every Gram Panchayat (GP)
• The initiative has been named as the “One GP one B C Sakhi” mission.

Tell me more

• It is proposed to deploy at least one B C Sakhi in the rural areas by the end of 2023-24.
• The women SHG members are provided one week's residential training at Rural Self
Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) established by the Lead bank of the district
• They have to pass an online examination conducted by the Indian Institute of Banking and
Finance (IIBF)
• The cost of training and IIBF Certification is borne by the Ministry of Rural Development.

DigiPay Sakhi
• DAY–NRLM has also signed an MoU with CSC e-Governance India Ltd to engage women
SHG members as 'DigiPay Sakhi' to provide basic banking facilities in the rural areas.
• DigipaySakhi acts as a banking point under Digi pay application where an SHG Member
can do basic banking transactions of all banks using Aadhar Enabled Payment System
(AEPS) excluding Account Opening.

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DDU – Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)

Grameen • Rural People

Kaushalya • Skills
Objectives
• Providing skill training to the rural youth
• Enhancing the income through the skill training.
• Cater to the career aspirations of the youth.
Launch year – 2014 (Antyodaya Diwas) under NRLM

Eligibility
• Rural youth – 15 to 35 years
• SC/ST/Women/PVTG/PWD – Upto 45 years

Features

Demand led skill training at no cost

Mandatory coverage of socially disafvantaged groups (SC/ST -

50%, Women - 33%, Minority - 15%)

Shifting emphasis from training to career progression

Guaranteed placements for atleast 75% trained candidates

Implementation model: It is implemented in 3 tier implementation model

DDU - GKY National Unit - Policy making,

technical support and facilitation agency

DDU - GKY - State missions -

Implementation support

Project implementing agencies -

Implementing the program

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Special Initiatives under DDU – GKY

• Himayat: A special scheme for the youth (rural & urban) of Jammu & Kashmir.

• Roshni: A special initiative for the rural youth of poor families in 27 Left-wing Extremist
(LWE) districts across 9 states.

• Northeast Region: 10% of DDU-GKY programme funds are reserved for projects in North-
East.

Saansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana

Saansad • Member of Parliament
Aadarsh Gram • Ideal Village
Objective
• It is a village development project under which each member of parliament will take the
responsibility of developing physical and institutional infrastructure of three villages by
2019.
• After which 5 such aadarsh grams (1 per year) will be developed by 2024

Launch year – 2014

Identification of Aadarsh Gram

• A gram panchayat would be the basic unit

• It should have a population of 3000 – 5000 in plain areas and 1000 – 3000 in hilly, tribal
and difficult areas
• The MP is free to identify any village to be developed as an Aadarsh Gram other than
his/her own village or his/her spouse’s village

Key activities under the scheme

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Funding

• No new funds have been allocated for the yojana. Resources may be raised through
o Funds from existing schemes, such as the Indira Awas Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Gram
Sadak Yojana, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, and
Backward Regions Grant Fund, etc.
o The Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS),
o The gram panchayat’s own revenue
o Central and State Finance Commission Grants
o Corporate Social Responsibility funds.

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission

Rurban • Developed cluster of rural settlements

• Rurban cluster – It is a cluster of geographically adjacent villages with a population of

about 25000 to 50000 in plain and coastal areas and 5000 to 15000 in desert, hilly or
tribal areas

Objective
• To stimulate local economic development, enhance basic services and create well planned
Rurban clusters
• To attract investments in rural India and bridge the rural – urban divide
• To develop 300 rurban clusters in the 5 years

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Launch year – 2016

Components of the scheme

• Skill development training linked to economic activities

• Agro Processing, Agri Services, Storage and Warehousing.
• Fully equipped mobile health unit.
• Upgrading school/ higher education facilities
• Sanitation
• Provision of piped water supply.
• Solid and liquid waste management.
• Village streets and drains.
• Street light
• Inter-village road connectivity.
• Public transport.
• LPG gas connections
• Digital literacy.
• Citizen Service Centres (CSC) - for electronic delivery of citizen centric services/e-gram
connectivity.

➢ All the above – mentioned components will be implemented through the

convergence of centrally sponsored schemes, central sector scheme and state
government schemes.

Integrated cluster Action Plans

• The state governments prepare a detailed Integrated Cluster action plans (ICAP)
• ICAP consists of details of the schemes being converged, implementation framework
and the mission outcomes
• It also provides the tentative cost for the development of clusters

Institutional framework
• National level – National Mission Directorate headed by Joint secretary, MoRD supported
by a national mission management unit
• State level – Department of rural development or any agency or any department nominated
by state government
• District level – District project management unit at the district collector’s office
• Cluster level – Cluster development and management unit

Empowered committees
• National level
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o Empowered committee headed by secretary, MoRD

o It approves the ICAPs and critical gap funding submitted by states

• State level
o State level empowered committee headed by chief secretary
o It recommends or approves the ICAPs before submitting to the mission directorate
and empowered committee at national level

Project funding

• The project is being funded through convergence of various centrally sponsored, central
sector and state government schemes.
• If there has been any gap between the availability of funds from schemes and desired funds
for development then it would be fulfilled by Critical Gap Funding.
• The CGF is capped at 30% of the project cost or Rs.30 Crore whichever is less
• In desert, hilly and tribal areas, the CGF is capped at 30% of the project cost or Rs.15
Crore whichever is less
• Innovation budget – An additional amount of 5% of CGF has been provided as innovation
budget for research and development.

Steps to follow in the implementation of the scheme

• Designation of a state nodal agency

• Constitution of a state level empowered committee
• Identification of state technical support agencies
• Selection of clusters
• Approval of the rurban clusters
• Setting up of district level committees
• Preparation of ICAPs
• Setting up of state project management unit
• Setting up of district project management unit and cluster development and management
unit.
• Approval of ICAP by SLEC
• Submission of ICAP and CGF application to ministry
• Preparation of detailed project reports
• Submission of approved DPRs and CGF application to the SLEC.
• Submission of approved CGF application to the ministry.
• Project work started

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Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana

Introduction:
• It is a new sub-scheme under DeendayalAntyodaya DAY-NRLM.
• It will provide safe, affordable and community monitored rural transport to connect remote
villages with key services and amenities.

Objectives:
Its main objective is to provide an alternative source of livelihood to members of Self Help Groups
(SHGs) and facilitate them to operate public transport services in backward rural areas.

Coverage:
• It will be implemented in 250 blocks in the country on a pilot basis for a period of 3 years
from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
• Each Block will be provided up to 6 vehicles to operate the transport services.

Working methodology:
Under this scheme, Community Based Organisation (CBO) will provide interest free loan from its
own corpus to the Self Help Group members for purchase of vehicles.

Startup Village Entrepreneurship Programme

• SVEP is aimed at creating an ecosystem for rural population to be able start their own
enterprises for sustainable livelihood.

• To be launched on the lines of the DDU-GKY to generate livelihood through self-

employment.

• Loans will be made available through Self Help Groups for starting the enterprise

National Social Assistance Program

Introduction:
• It is a social security and welfare programme to provide support to aged persons, widows,
disabled persons and bereaved families on death of primary bread winner, belonging to
below poverty line households.
• It was launched in 1995.
• It is within the umbrella scheme of ‘Core of Core’ (2016)

Merged schemes:
It comprises of five schemes, namely –
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(1) Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS),

(2) Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS),
(3) Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS),
(4) National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) and
(5) Annapurna.

Funding:
Under NSAP 100% Central Assistance is extended to the States/UTs to provide the benefits in
accordance with the norms, guidelines and conditions laid down by the Central Government.
Annapurna Scheme

• The scheme is under the Ministry of Rural development and Department of Food and Public
Distribution allocates food grains as per the requirements of the Ministry.

• Senior citizens of 65 years of age or above who are not getting pension under the National
Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS) are provided 10 kg of food grains per person per
month free of cost.

Mission Antyodaya
Introduction:
• Mission Antyodaya is a convergence framework for measurable effective outcomes on
parameters that transform lives and livelihoods.
• It is a Mission Mode Project envisaged by the Ministry of Rural Development.
Comprehensive and integrated system for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness at
Gram Panchayat Level.

Working Methodology:
• Under the mission, Department of Rural Development in partnership with State
Governments has involved in ranking 50,000 Gram Panchayats.
• The ranking is based on parameters of physical infrastructure, human development and
economic activities.
• It facilitates identification of gaps in a quest for poverty free gram panchayats and drive
economic activities.
• Public institutions like Krishi Vigyan Kendras, MSME Clusters will be involved for enhancing
productive employment and economic activities.

DISHA initiative
Introduction:
• District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DDCMC) is named as
―DISHA by the Ministry of Rural Development.
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• It is for effective development coordination of almost all the programmes of Central

Government.
• It is a data intelligence platform that will provide all information to the elected
representatives to track the performance of all the major flagship schemes of the different
central ministries in their respective districts and constituencies.

Objective:
The main purpose of this committee is to coordinate with Central and State and local Panchayat
Governments.

SECURE
• Software for Estimate Calculation Using Rural Rates for Employment (SECURE) aims to
improve quality of works through detailing of technical specifications, tasks and workflows.

• All estimates under MGNREGS will be generated with the use of SECURE (software) from
the Programme‘s Management Information System with effect from 1st April, 2018.

Mahila Kisan Sashkitikaran Pariyojna

Introduction:
• MKSP is a sub component of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).
• It strives to improve the present status of women in Agriculture and to enhance
opportunities for her empowerment.

Specific objectives:
Specific objectives of the scheme are,
• Sustainble livelihood opportunities for women
• Enhance participation of women in a productive manner
• Enhance managerial capacities for better management of biodiversity
• Improve skills and capabilities to support farm and non-farm based activities

Focused area:
• It focuses on promotion of sustainable agriculture practices such as:
o Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture (CMSA),
o Non Pesticide Management (NPM),
o Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF),
o Pashu-Sakhi model for doorstep animal care services,
o Sustainable regeneration and harvesting of Non-Timber Forest Produce.

• Community Resource Persons (CRPs) play a proactive role in scaling up these initiatives.

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Implementing Agency:
The program is being implemented by DAY-NRLM in partnership with State Rural Livelihood
Missions/ Community Based Organizations (CBOs)/NGOs, as implementing partners (PIAs)
across the country.

Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan (updated in Jan 2022)

What: Ministry of rural development is implementing Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan to provide
immediate employment and livelihood opportunities to returnee migrants

Tell me more

About the scheme

• Objective – To provide immediate employment and livelihood opportunities to returnee

migrants and rural population.
• Launch year – 2020
• Ministry – Ministry of rural development
• It was launched from village Telihar, Khagadia district, Bihar.
• The scheme covers 116 districts (including 27 aspirational districts) across 6 states –
Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh
• Rs.50,000 crore was allocated for building rural infrastructure under the scheme.

Ministry of Minority Affairs

Naya Savera
Objective
• To assist minority students by way of special coaching for the following:

o Qualifying examinations for admissions in technical and professional courses such

as engineering, medical, law, management etc.
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o Competitive examinations for recruitment in group A, B and C services and other

equivalent posts under the central and state governments.

• To provide financial support for free coaching to notified minority students in selected
coaching institutions.

Eligibility
• Institutions eligible for financial assistance

o All institutes in the government sector, including universities and autonomous bodies,
engaged in professional coaching for competitive examinations
o Universities/colleges in Private Sector engaged in professional coaching activities, including
deemed Universities.
o Trusts, Companies, Partnership Firms, or Societies registered under Societies Registration
Act, 1860 and engaged in professional coaching.

• Empanelment of coaching institutions

o The institute should be a registered body or run by any organisation registered under
the Societies Registration Act, 1860 / Companies Act or any other relevant act of the
State/Union Territory for atleast 3 years.
o The Institute should have been fully functional for a minimum period of 3 years with a
minimum success rate of 15%.

• Students eligible for financial assistance

o Candidates who have secured the requisite percentage of marks in the qualifying
examination into the desired courses/recruitment examinations can avail benefits
once except residential coaching programme for preparation of Civil Service Exams
(2 times)
o Total income from all sources should be less than or equal to 6 lakh per annum
o Students who have taken residential coaching for composite preparation Civil
Services exam will not be eligible to get benefit under "Nai Udaan" Scheme of the
ministry.
o 30% seats reserved for girls.

Funding pattern
• The Ministry of Minority Affairs will fund the entire expenditure.
• Coaching fee to the institution/ organization to be given in two instalments every year.
Stipend
• Rs. 2500/- per month will be paid to all the students who will be taking coaching under
the scheme
Coaching fee provided

Type of coaching Coaching fee per Amount of Stipend Duration

student
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Residential coaching Max 1 lakh Free boarding & Min. 9 months

for civil service exams Lodging only
Group ‘A‘ services Max 50000 Rs.2500/month Min. 6 months
Entrance examination Max 50000 Rs.2500/month Min. 6 months
for professional
courses
Group ‘B’ services Max 30000 Rs.2500/month Min. 4 months
Group ‘C’ Services Max 20000 Rs.2500/month Min. 3 month

Note – Launch year of the scheme is not given in the official document of the scheme. Just
remember that the scheme was revised in 2017.

Nai Manzil
• For providing education and employment
Education and livelihoods opportunities

• It is for minority communities

Minority
Objective
• To benefit the minority youths who do not have a formal school leaving certificate, i.e those
in the category of school- dropouts or educated in community education institutions like
Madarsas
• To provide them formal education and skills
• To enable them to seek better employment and livelihoods in the organised sector.

Launch year – 2015

Outlay – Rs.650 Crore with 50% funding from world bank.

Funding – It is a central sector scheme (100% funding from Union minority affairs ministry)
Target beneficiary
• Minority Below Poverty Line (BPL) youth in the age group of 17-35 years who are school
drop-outs are the main target population under the Scheme.
• Total beneficiary – 1,00,000 over a period of 5 years

Implementation
• The scheme is being implemented by project management agencies which provide non –
residential integrated education and skill training for 9 to 12 months.
• After completion of skill training, the beneficiaries will be placed in jobs appropriate to their
qualifications. At least 70% of the trained youth should be placed.
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Nai Roshni
Objective
• To empower and instil confidence among minority women by providing knowledge, tools
and techniques for interacting with government systems, banks and other institutions etc.

Launch year: 2012 – 13

Eligibility

• Woman should be between the age of 18 and 65 years.

• No income bar but woman / parent or guardian of woman having annual income not
exceeding Rs.2.50 lakh from all sources would be given preference in selection.

Nai Udaan
Objective
• To provide financial support to the minority candidates clearing prelims conducted by
UPSC, SSC and State PCSs
• To adequately equip them to compete for appointment to Civil Services in the Union and
the State Governments.
• To increase the representation of the minority in the Civil Services.
Rate of financial assistance

• UPSC – Rs.1,00,000
• State PSC (Gazetted) – Rs.50,000
• SSC (CGL) & CAPF (Group – B) – Rs.25000
• State PSC (Non – Gazetted) – Rs.25000
Funding Pattern

• Central sector scheme (100% funding from central government)

Eligibility
• Total family income of candidates should not exceed Rs.8 lakhs per annum.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram

Introduction:
• CCEA renames Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) as Pradhan Mantri
Jan Vikas Karyakram which was launched in 2008-09.
• MsDP, a centrally sponsored scheme, launched to address the development deficits in 90
minority concentration districts in the country to address the development deficits.
• It has been identified as one of the Core Schemes under National Development Agenda.

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Objectives:
• It aims at improving the socio-economic parameters of basic amenities for improving the
quality of life of the people and reducing imbalances in the Minority Concentration Areas.

Working process:
Minority Concentration Areas have been identified based on both population data (25% of the total
population belongs to minority communities) and backwardness parameters of Census 2001 of
these areas.

Focused Areas:
• The projects considered on additional class rooms, laboratories,
school buildings, hostels, toilets, buildings for Polytechnics, ITIs, Community Health Centres,
Primary Health Centres / Sub-centres, Anganwadi Centres, Rural Housing etc.
• Education, Health and Skill are the priority under MsDP.

MANAS
• Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills (MANAS) is a skill development architecture
aimed at providing an all India Level training framework.
• The training framework is based upon tie-ups with National/International training
organizations (on PPP mode) for imparting training to the minority population, for skills that
are currently in demand.
• It will also provide concessional credit for minority community after meeting their Skilling
Needs for expanding their existing businesses and setting up new businesses.

Hunar Haat
• Hunar Haat (Skill Haat) is an exhibition of handicrafts, embroidery etc made by the artisans
from the Minority Communities organized by the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
• They will be provided free of cost stall, the arrangements for their transport and their daily
expenses.
• The Ministry has been working to establish ―Hunar Hub‖ in all the states where
programmes such as ―HunarHaat‖ and other cultural events will be organized.

USTAAD
• Upgrading the Skills in Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development (USTAAD) is a
100% central sector scheme.
• It aims at capacity building and updating the traditional skills of master craftsmen/artisans.
• These trained master craftsmen/artisan will train the minority youths in various specific
traditional arts/crafts.

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• Under the Scheme, skill development programme will be provided for all important
traditional arts/crafts being practiced by minority communities, for their development and
market linkages.

Gharib Nawaz Skill Development Centre (updated in

October 2021)
What:

A total Number of 371 training centres are opened across the country under the Gharib Nawaz
Employment Scheme.

Tell me more:

About the scheme:

• Implementation: Maulana Azad Education Foundation an autonomous body under the

aegis of Ministry of Minority Affairs implements Gharib Nawaz Employment Scheme.

• Launched: 2017

• Aim: to provide short term job- oriented skill development courses to minorities’ youth in
order to enable them for skill-based employment.

• Channel of the course: These courses have been done through the empaneled Program
Implementation Agencies (PIAs) as per common norms of the Ministry of Skill Development
& Entrepreneurship (MSD&E).

• The PIA is mandated to place minimum 70% trainees out of total trained trainees.

• The monthly stipend for maximum of three months and post placement support for
maximum of two months after getting employment are also being paid to the beneficiaries
directly into their account.

Hamari Dharohar Scheme

• The scheme aimed preservation of rich heritage and culture of minority communities of
India.
• Funding under the scheme is project based and not State/District-wise.

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• It aims to support curation of iconic exhibitions, calligraphy, research and development, etc.
• A project has been initiated to translate documents belonging to medieval period on the
subjects of Medicines, Mathematics, and Literature from Arabic language to English.

‘Seekho Aur Kamao’ Scheme (updated in October 2021)

• Introduction: Seekho Aur Kamao is a skill development scheme for youth of 14 - 35 years
age group.

• Ministry: It was initiated in 2013-14 by the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

• Aim: It is aiming at providing employment and employment opportunities, improving the

employability of existing workers, school dropouts etc.
▪ It is for skill development of the minority communities, including Muslims, Christians,
Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains.

• The scheme ensures 75% placement, out of which 50% should be in organized sector.

• Facilities provided by the implementing organizations:

▪ The implementing organizations will be required to establish linkages with placement
services.
▪ Post placement support of Rs. 2000/- per month is provided to placed trainees for
two months as placement assistance.
▪ For the candidates interested in self- employment after availing the training, the
organization shall arrange easy micro finance/ loans for them through financial
institutions, National Minority Development Finance Corporation (NMDFC), banks
etc.

Performance of the scheme:

• In the last 7 years appx. 3.92 lakh persons have been benefitted under this employment-
oriented scheme.

Jiyo Parsi
• The main objective of the ―Jiyo Parsi scheme is to reverse the declining trend
of Parsi population, stabilize their population and increase the population of Parsis in India.
• The scheme has two components such as Medical Assistance and Advocacy (Counselling).
• Recently, Jiyo Parsi Publicity Phase-2 was launched in Mumbai.

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Padho Pardesh
It is the Scheme for providing interest subsidy on educational loans for overseas studies for the
students belonging to the minority communities.

Cyber Gram
• It is launched under Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) to provide hands on
training in computers to the students of minority communities and enable them to acquire
basic Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills.

Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship

• It is for Meritorious Girls belonging to Minorities implemented through Maulana Azad
Education Foundation.

Mahila Samridhi Yojana

• Skill development training in women friendly trades is provided along with stipend and
formation of self-help group during the training period followed by infusion of micro credit for
income generation.

Ministry of Skill
Development &
Entrepreneurship

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National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme

Apprenticeship Promotion • To promote apprenticeship

Objective
• To promote apprenticeship in the country by providing financial incentives, technology and
advocacy support.
• Government of India provides financial assistance to the organisations undertaking the
apprenticeship training.

Implementing agency

Launch year – 2016

Target – To train 50 lakh apprentices by 2020

Eligibility
• Age – 14 years (18 years in case of hazardous works)
• Educational qualification – 5th class pass
Components
• Reimbursement of 25% of stipend (Maximum Rs.1500/- per month per apprentice) by the
Government of India to all employers who engage apprentices.
• Reimbursement of cost of basic training (up to a limit of Rs.7500/- for a maximum of 500
hours @ Rs.15/hour) by the Government of India to Basic Training Providers (BTPs).

National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (updated

in Jan 2022)
What: National Apprenticeship Training Scheme has been launched by the Ministry of Education.
• The minimum qualification of candidates for this scheme is graduation or diploma whereas
the minimum qualification of candidates for the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme
is class 5.

Why - To impart training to the apprentices who have completed graduate and diploma program in
Engineering, Humanities, Science and Commerce.
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Tell me more
• Launch year – 2016

• Ministry – Ministry of education

• Tenure – 2021-22 to 2025-26 (31st March 2026)

o Extended in Nov 2021.

• Stipendiary support – Rs.3,054 Crore

• Stipend to Apprentices –
o Graduates will be given Rs.9000 as stipend
o Diploma holders will be given Rs.8000 as stipend

• Target - to provide employment to about 7 Lakh youths in the next 5 years.

• Govt support - Govt reimburses 50% of the stipend costs to the employers.

Update:
• So far, the scheme was for the graduates / diploma-holders of engineering or technical
course. Now, the scope of the scheme has been expanded to include the graduates from
general streams like BA, B.COM, B.Sc. for giving them training.
• The period of apprenticeship of the general stream candidates will range from 6 months to
3 years.
• Govt’s share of reimbursement to the training institutes/ employers (for stipend paid to the
apprentice) has been fixed for a period of 12 months. Rates of stipend is same as
aforementioned.

National Skill Development Mission

• National level
National
• Development of skills to develop entrepreneurs
Skill Development
Objective
• Mission statement – To rapidly scale up skill development efforts in India, by creating an
end to end outcome focused implementation framework, which aligns demands of the
employers for a well - trained skill workforce with aspirations of Indian citizens for
sustainable livelihoods.

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➢ In short – To develop skills of unskilled and semi – skilled workforce in India thereby
creating livelihood opportunities for them.

Launch year – 2015

Institutional mechanism

Functions of governing council

• To provide overall guidance and policy direction.
• Decide on sub – missions in high priority areas
• Review overall progress and development of mission activities

Functions of steering committee

• Ensure implementation as per governing council direction.
• Set targets and approve annual mission plan

Functions of Mission directorate

• To implement and monitor mission activities at National level.
• To coordinate implementation of all decisions of governing council and steering committee.
• Co – ordinate sub missions and state efforts.
• Allocation of resources to states/implementing agencies.

National Skill Development Corporation

• It is not for profit public limited company under section 25 of companies act 1956
• It was set up by ministry of finance in PPP mode. (GoI share – 49%)
• NSDC acts as a catalyst in skill development by providing funding to enterprises,
companies and organizations that provide skill training.
• Current chairperson – Mr.A.M. Naik

National Skill Development Agency

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• It was established in 2013 under the society registration act 1860.

• It has dual objectives of quality assurance and policy research in the skills space.
• It implements the National Skills qualification framework.
• Secretary in MSDE is the chairperson

National Skill Research Division

• It was set up under NSDA to serve as apex body for providing technical and research
support to the mission.

Mission Strategy
• The mission consists of seven sub – missions under its purview.
• The power to identify sub – missions lie with the governing council.
• Sub – Missions
o Sub – mission: Institutional training
o Sub – mission: Infrastructure
o Sub – mission: Convergence
❖ To ensure convergence and co – ordination of skill development efforts
across multiple stakeholders.
o Sub – mission: Trainers
o Sub – mission: Overseas employment
o Sub – mission: Sustainable livelihoods
o Sub – mission: Leveraging public infrastructure

PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana

Kaushal • Skill
Vikas • Development
Objective
• To encourage and promote Skill Development by providing free short term courses and
incentivizing this by providing monetary rewards to youth for skill certification.

Implementing agency

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Launch year – 2015

• PMKVY 2.0 was launched in 2016 after the successful one year of PMKVY 1.0

Duration – 4 years (2016 – 2020)

Target – 10 million youth

Total Budgetary outlay – Rs.12000 Crore

Funding pattern
• Centrally sponsored centrally managed
o This component is implemented by NSDC.
o 75% of the total funding will be provided by central government and 25% by the
respective state government.

• Centrally sponsored state managed

o It is implemented by state governments through state skill development missions.
o 25% of the total funding is provided by central government, rest is provided by
respective state government.

Components of the scheme

• Short term training
• Recognition of prior learning
• Special projects

Targeted beneficiaries
• Any Indian national who:
o Is an unemployed youth or school/college dropouts
o Possesses Aadhaar card and a bank account
Training guidelines
• Training is imparted as per National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF)
• The training will be as per the qualification file approved NSQF
• 70% attendance is mandatory for the students

Total students trained

• As on 1st April 2020, total 94.17 lakhs have been trained as per the ministry of skill
development and entrepreneurship.
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PMKVY 3.0 (updated in October 2021)

What:

Ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship has launched PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana 3.0

Tell me more

• The PMKVY 3.0 is aimed at supporting local economy

• Implementation
o It will be implemented in a more decentralized structure with greater responsibilities and
support from states/UTs and districts
o District Skill Committees (DSCs), shall play a key role in addressing the skill gap and
assessing demand at the district level.
o The new scheme will be more trainee- and learner-centric addressing the ambitions of
aspirational Bharat.
• Coverage – 717 districts across the country
• Target – The scheme targets to train 8 lakh candidates over a period of 2020 – 21
• Outlay – Rs.948.90 Crore

SANKALP AND STRIVE Schemes

Introduction
• These are two schemes named ‘SANKALP’- Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness
for Livelihood Promotion and ‘STRIVE’ - Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value
Enhancement.
• Both Schemes are under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and
supported by World Bank loan assistance.
• The two are launched in the October 2017.
• They aim to boost Skill India Mission.
• The two schemes will help in setting up national body for vocational education – Vocational
Education and Training (VET).
• VET shall regulate accreditation and certification in both long and short term thereby
bringing about uniformity in vocational training.

SANKALP
• Aim: aims at providing market relevant training to youths across the country.
• Outlay: SANKALP is Rs 4455 crore centrally sponsored scheme including Rs 3300 crore
loan support from World Bank.

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• Focus: It will focus on greater decentralization in skill planning by institutional strengthening

at State level which includes setting up of SSDMs and allow states to come up with State
and District level Skill Development Plans (SSDPDSDP).
• Priority: It gives the priority to underprivileged and marginalized communities including
women, Scheduled Castes (SCs)/Schedule Tribes (STs) and Persons with Disabilities
(PWD).

STRIVE
• Aim: aims at improving the quality and the market relevance of vocational training provided
in ITIs.
• Outlay: Rs 2200 crore central sector scheme with half funding will be World bank loan
assistance.
• It will include apprenticeship by involving SMEs, business association and industry clusters.
• Institutions: aim will be achieved by strengthening the institutions like National Skill
Development Agency (NSDA), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), SSDMs,
Sector Skill Councils etc.

Difference between SANKALP scheme STRIVE scheme

The basic difference between SANKALP scheme and STRIVE scheme is that SANKALP
envisages to get more trainers while STRIVE will incentivize it is to improve overall performance.

PM- Kaushal Kendra Project

Introduction
• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) are the visible and aspirational Model Training
Centres (MTCs) in every district to transform India into the skill capital of the world.
• It is a cluster-based approach, based on socio-economic, demographic and skill- based
training abilities.
• This will also ensure maximum participation of the skill-based training agencies.

Implementing Agency
It was established by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), in collaboration with New
Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).

Objectives
• It aims to provide skill training for unemployed youth through its short-term training (STT)
module and contribute to the capacity building of municipal employees through Recognition
of Prior Learning (RPL) program.
• It signifies integration and convergence approach towards the Skill India Mission and the
Smart City Mission.

UDAAN
Introduction
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• Udaan is a Special Industry Initiative for Jammu & Kashmir.

• It aims to provide skills training and enhance the employability of unemployed youth of J&K.
Coverage:
• The scheme covers graduates, post- graduates and three-year engineering diploma
holders.
• The Scheme aims to cover 40,000 youth of J&K over a period of five years.

Outlay:
It was implemented with an outlay of Rs. 750 crores for five years.

Objectives:
• To provide an exposure to the unemployed graduates to the best of Corporate India;
• To provide Corporate India, an exposure to the rich talent pool available in the State.
• The Udaan programme is designed to encourage corporates to travel to J&K meet with the
youth and hire aspiring youth who wish to explore the opportunity to work with corporates.

Ministry of Labour and

Employment

PM Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojana

• Unorganised Workers
Shramyogi
• Money with respect
Maandhan • Pension

Objective – Pension benefit scheme for Unorganised workers

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Eligibility
• Age – Minimum – 18 years Maximum – 40 years
• Income – Rs.15000 or less
Ineligible:
• A member of any other pension scheme like EPFO/ESIC/NPS or an income tax payer is not
eligible.
• Exception – Atal Pension Yojana, If eligible

Launch year – 2019

Contribution (monthly)
• Minimum 55 (age of 18)
• Maximum 200 (age of 40)
NOTE: (Same amount is given by central government as matching contribution)

Minimum monthly pension

• Rs.3,000 after attaining the age of 60 years

Pension Fund Manager

On death of the subscriber - Spouse shall be entitled to receive fifty percent of the pension

On disablement before attaining 60 years of age

Spouse has two options in this case

Exit the scheme by receiving the

share of contribution with
Continue with the scheme with
interest as actually earned by
the payment of regular
the Pension Fund or the interest
contribution
at the savings bank interest rate
thereon, whichever is higher.

Benefits on leaving the pension

• Exit within less than 10 years – Share of contribution with saving banks interest rate

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• Exit after equal to or more than 10 years – Share of contribution with interest as actually
earned by the Pension Fund or the interest at the savings bank interest rate thereon,
whichever is higher.

• After death of subscriber and his or her spouse, the corpus shall be credited back to the fund.
Default of Contributions
• If a subscriber has not paid the contribution continuously he/she will be allowed to regularize his
contribution by paying entire outstanding dues, along with penalty charges, if any, decided by the
Government.

PM Laghu Vyapari Maan Dhan Yojana

Laghu Vyapari • Small Traders

Maan Dhan • Pensions
Objective: Pension benefit scheme for Small traders

Launch year – 2019

Eligibility
• Age: Minimum – 18 Years Maximum – 40 Years
• Traders with GSTIN and turnover below Rs 1.5 crore.

Ineligible
• A member of any other pension scheme like EPFO/ESIC/NPS/PM-SYM or an income tax
payer is not eligible.

Contribution (monthly) – Minimum 55 (age of 18), Maximum 200 (age of 40)

• Same amount is given by government as matching contribution.

Minimum monthly pension - ₹3,000 after attaining the age of 60 years

Pension Fund Manager

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In the case of death: If the subscriber dies, the spouse of the beneficiary shall be entitled to
receive 50% of the pension as family pension.
Enrolment Agency: Common Service centre – SPV

Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana

Beemit Vyakti • Insured Person

Kalyan • Welfare
Objective
• Under this scheme unemployment benefit is provided to the workers who are insured under
the ESI scheme

Launch year – 2018 (up to 30th June 2021)

Eligibility

• The Insured Person should have been under insurable employment for a minimum period
of 2 years before his/her unemployment.
• Should have contributed for not less than 78 days in the contribution period immediately
preceding the unemployment.
• Minimum 78 days in one of the remaining 3 contribution periods in 02 years prior to
unemployment.

Benefits
• Original benefits
o Payment relief of 25% of average wages payable up to maximum 90 days of
unemployment
o Relief will be payable after 90 days of umemployment
o The insured person can submit the claim to the last employer who will transfer it to
the ESIC branch office.

• Enhanced benefits (Applicable between 24th March 2020 to 31st December 2020)
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o Payment relief of 50% of average wages payable up to maximum 90 days of unemployment

o The relief payment becomes due for payment after 30 days of unemployment
o The insured person can directly submit the claim to ESIC branch office

Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram

Introduction
• Launched: October 2014.
• This is an umbrella scheme with five schemes.
• It aims to provide conducive environment for industrial development and doing business
with ease through introduction of several labour reforms.
• It was launched to support the ‘Make in India’ campaign.
• It will herald towards good governance, welfare and skill development of labour sector.

Included Schemes

Included schemes under thus scheme are as mentioned below:

(1) Shram Suvidha Portal:
That would allot Labour Identification Number (LIN) to nearly 6 lakhs units and allow them to file
online compliance for 16 out of 44 labour laws

(2) Random Labour Inspection scheme:

A computerized list of inspections will be generated randomly to reduce inspector raj. Inspector
has to upload report within 72 hours.

(3) Universal Account Number (UAN) for Employee Provident Fund (EPF):
Enables 4.17 crore employees to have their Provident Fund account portable, hassle-free and
universally accessible.

(4) Apprenticeship Protsahan Yojana:

• Total numbers of seats are increased to 20 lakh from current 4.9 lakh in revamped scheme.

• It Will support manufacturing units mainly and other establishments by reimbursing 50% of
the stipend paid to apprentices during first two years of their training.

(5) Revamped Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana:

Introducing a Smart Card for the workers in the unorganized sector seeded with details of two
more social security schemes namely- Aam Admi Bima Yojna and National Old Age Pension
Scheme.

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Portal PENCIL (Platform for Effective

Enforcement for No Child Labour)
Introduction
• Portal PENCIL was launched in September 2017 by the Ministry of Labour and
Employment.
• The PENCIL is an electronic platform that aims to achieve the target of child labour free
society.
• This online portal is for effective enforcement of the Child Labour Act and NCLP Scheme
(National Child Labour Policy).
• The name ‘PENCIL’ reflects that in the hands of children there should be a pencil rather
than a tool to work.

Objectives

• to provide a mechanism for both enforcement of the provisions of Child & Adolescent
Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 and
• effective implementation of the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) 1988, Scheme for
rehabilitation of child & adolescent labour.

Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana

Introduction
• Announced: August 2016
• Scheme has been designed to incentivise employers for generation of new employment.
• For this propose the Government is paying full employers’ contribution towards Employees’
Provident Fund (EPF) and Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS).

Provisions in the scheme

• All industries registered with Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) can apply for
availing benefits under the scheme.
• Under the scheme, Government is paying full employers’ contribution of 12% towards
Employees’ Provident Fund (3.67%) and Employees’ Pension Scheme (8.33%) w.e.f.
1/4/2018.
[Note - From 2016-18 the benefit was applicable for employer's contribution towards EPS only.]
• It is for a period of 3 years in respect of new employees who have been registered with the
EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organization) on or after 1st April 2016,
• It is targeted for employees with salary up to Rs. 15,000 per month.

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• The entire system is online and AADHAR based with no human interface in the
implementation of the scheme.

National Career Service Project

Introduction

• National Career Service is a Mission Mode Project launched on 20th July, 2015.
• It is a one-stop solution that provides a wide array of employment and career related
services to the citizens of India.

Pillars of the Project

NCS portal- Model Employment

well- Career exchanges-
designed Centres- to Interlinkage
ICT based with all the
Country states
portal wide set up

Objectives

• To work towards bridging the gap between-

o jobseekers and employers,
o candidates seeking training and agencies providing training,
o candidates seeking career guidance and career counselling.

Extension of Employees’ State Insurance coverage for casual and contractual employees of
Municipal bodies (updated in October 2021)
What:
• Ministry of Labour and Employment announced the decision to extend coverage under the
Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act) to all casual and contractual workers
working in the municipal bodies in the country.

Why:
• To provide the social security net to casual and contractual workers.

Tell me more:

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• The coverage shall be extended to those casual and contractual employees/ agencies/
establishments which are within the implemented areas already notified under the ESI Act,
1948 by the Central Government.

Available benefits coverage:

• Benefits available under the ESI Act such as sickness benefit, maternity benefit,
disablement benefit, dependent’s benefit, funeral expenses etc.

• These workers will be eligible to avail medical services through vast network of ESI facilities
i.e., 160 hospitals and over 1500 dispensaries all over the country.

Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (updated in October

2021)

What:
Cabinet approved the extension of last date of Registration under Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar
Yojana (ABRY) from 30th June 2021 to 31st March 2022.

Why:
This scheme is being implemented through Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) to
reduce financial burden of the employers of various sectors/industries and to encourage them to
hire more workers.

Tell me more:
• Ministry – Ministry of Labour and Employment
• Estimated expenditure: Estimated expenditure of the scheme including the expenditure
for the proposed extended period of registration up to 31.03.2020 will be Rs.22,098 crore.

• Expected employment generation: Consequent upon this extension, it is expected that

71.8 lakh employment will be generated in the formal sector

About Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana:

Launch and objective:

• The Union Cabinet has given its approval for Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) to
boost employment in formal sector and incentivize creation of new employment
opportunities during the COVID recovery phase under Atmanirbhar Bharat Package 3.0.

Provisions under the scheme:

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• Government of India will provide subsidy for two years in respect of new employees
engaged on or after 1st October 2020 and up to 30th June 2021.

For establishments employing up to 1000: Government of India will pay both 12% employees’
contribution and 12% employers’ contribution i.e., 24% of wages towards EPF in respect of new
employees in establishments employing up to 1000 employees for two years.

For establishments employing more than 1000: Government of India will pay only employees’
share of EPF contribution i.e. 12% of wages in respect of new employees in establishments
employing more than 1000 employee for two years.

Beneficiaries: Any new employee joining employment in EPFO registered establishments on

monthly wages less than Rs. 15,000.

Ministry of Textiles

Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient

Textile technologies to Help small Industries
Objective
• Under this initiative, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) would procure energy
efficient Powerlooms, motors and Rapier kits in bulk and provide them to the small and
medium Powerloom units at no upfront cost.
Implementation
• It is jointly implemented by EESL and textile commissioner of India.

Launch year – 2017

Repayment
• Repayment would be done in instalments over a period of 4 – 5 years.
• Repayments to EESL are to be made from the savings that accumulate as a result of higher
efficiency equipments and cost savings.

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Mahatma Bunker Bima Yojana

• The objective of the scheme is to provide insurance cover to handloom weavers in case of
natural death (Rs. 60,000/-), accidental death (Rs.1,50,000/-), total disability (Rs.1,50,000/-)
and partial disability (Rs. 75,000/-).

• In addition to above, a scholarship of Rs.300/- per quarter per child is available to students
studying in standards IX to XII.
• The benefit is restricted to two children of the member covered.

JUTE – ICARE
• Improved Cultivation and Advanced Retting Exercise for Jute (Jute-ICARE) aims to double
the income of jute farmers.
• It introduced some of the better agronomic practices and microbial-assisted retting among
farmers.
• Retting is a process in which jute is placed in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibres
from the woody tissue.
• It was promoted intensively in few blocks in West Bengal and Assam on pilot basis.
• SMSs are sent in regional languages on improved practices in jute cultivation, to registered
farmers.

PM Paridhan Rojgar Protsahan Yojana

• The scheme enables incentives towards employers, registered with Employees‘
Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), for creation of new employment.
• Under Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY), GOI is providing incentive to the
employer by paying the 8.33% EPF contribution towards new employment created for up to
3 years.
• Ministry of Textiles under PMPRPY, will bear additional 3.67% towards the employer‘s
contribution of the Employers Provident Fund Scheme, in addition to Ministry
of Labour’s contribution under PMRPY.

Hath Kargha Samvardhan Sahayata

• The scheme aims to improve earnings of the handlooms weavers.

• It was launched in August 2016 by the ministry of Textiles.

• It helps to meet the needs of the handloom weavers for assistance for looms and
accessories on larger scale with an objective to improve quality of fabric and productivity.

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• Under this scheme, GoI assists the weaver by bearing 90% of the cost of new looms and
the remaining 10% has to be self-owned by the beneficiary.

Deendayal Hastkala Sankul

• It is a trade facilitation centre for handicrafts located in Varanasi.
• The centre would help the artisans and weavers showcase their skills to the world and
facilitate a brighter future for them.
• It will facilitate the weavers/artisans/exporters in promotion of handlooms/handicrafts in both
domestic and international markets.

Saathi Initiative
• Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile technologies to Help small
Industries (SAATHI) is a new initiative.
• Under which, a public sector entity Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), would
procure energy efficient power looms and other kits in bulk and provide them to the small
and medium power loom units at no upfront cost.
• The initiative will be jointly implemented by EESL and the office of the Textile
Commissioner.

Bunkar Mitra
• It is a Helpline for Handloom weavers, where weavers can seek solutions for their technical
issues/problems.
• The professional queries of weavers will be answered by the experts in the field using this
helpline.
• It is single point of contact.

Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles

Sector (updated in October 2021)
Launched: for the period of 2017-18 to 2019-20 (now, activated in 2021 also)

Outlay: Rs. 1300 crore

Objectives:
It is a new skill development scheme with following objectives.
• Providing placement oriented skilling programme to incentivize the efforts of the industry in
creating jobs in the organized textile and related sectors;

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• Promoting skilling and skill up-gradation in the traditional sectors through respective
Sectoral Divisions/organizations of Ministry of Textiles;
• Providing livelihood to all sections of the society across the country.

Coverage:
• It covers the entire value chain of the textile sector excluding Spinning & Weaving in
organized Sector.

Working methodology:
• The scheme will have National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) compliant training
courses with funding norms as per the Common Norms notified by Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
• Skill upgradation will be supported further for entrepreneurial development through
provision of MUDRA loans.
• Atleast, 70% of the certified trainees are to be placed in the wage employment. Post
Placement tracking will be mandatory under the scheme.
• All partner institutions will be required to comply with the guidelines regarding Internal
Complaints Committee to be constituted under the Sexual Harassment of Women at
Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013 to become eligible for funding
under the scheme.

Pahchan Initiative (updated in October 2021)

What:
The Ministry of Textiles has informed that a total of 26.79 lakh artisans have been registered so far
under Pahchan initiative.

Why:
to register and provide Identity (ID) cards to handicraft artisans and link them to a national
database.

Tell me more:
About Pahchan initiative:
• Launched: It was launched in 2016 by the Ministry of Textiles.

• Objective: Pahchan cards scheme is a new upgraded ID card for artisans that will be linked
with their Aadhaar numbers and bank accounts so that they can receive direct cash transfer
benefit.

Significance of Pahchan initiative

• The ID card will enable the artisans to avail easy loan at nominal interest rate.

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• The ID cardholders will get the benefit of life insurance and Rs.1200 per year for their
children studying between Class IX and Class XII.

Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster

Development Scheme (updated in October 2021)
What:

Ministry of textiles has approved continuation of Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development

Scheme

• The scheme will continue up to March 2026

Tell me more

About the scheme

Objective – To create world-class infrastructure that caters to the business needs of the local
artisans & SMEs to boost production and export

Total Outlay – Rs.160 Crore

Components
• Technology upgradation
• Physical infrastructure
• Product diversification
• Raw material bank – For availability of raw materials
• Common facility centres – It will comprise State of the art machines which normally an
individual cannot buy on his own.
• Market development and exports
• Human resource and skill development
• Margin money for working capital – Rs.4000 per artisan

PM MITRA Scheme (updated in October 2021)

What:

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Union government has approved setting up of 7 Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel
(MITRA) parks.
• It was announced in the union budget 2021-22

Why:

It will help in enhancing the potential of textile sector in India.

Tell me more

• The scheme is based on 5Fs - Farm to fibre; fibre to factory; factory to fashion; fashion to
foreign.

• The parks will be set up at different Greenfield or Brownfield sites located in different states.
(States/location not decided yet)

• Total outlay – Rs.4445 Crore for a period of 5 years

• Area – 1000 Acre

• Funding support
o For development of infrastructure – 30% of the project cost will be provided by the
centre
▪ Greenfield PM MITRA – Rs.500 Crore (maximum)
▪ Brownfield PM MITRA – Rs.200 Crore (maximum)
o Competitiveness incentive support
▪ 300 Crore for each PM MITRA Park to incentivize manufacturing units to get
established.
▪ Up to 3% of turnover of a newly established unit in PM MITRA Park

• Developer - Special Purpose Vehicle which will be owned by State Government and
Government of India in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) Mode.

• Constituents of a PM MITRA Park –

o 50% area for pure manufacturing activity
o utilities like power, water etc
o commercial developments like hotels, convention etc.
o logistics
o housing for workers
o research and development
o training and testing facilities
o medical facilities for workers and resident families
o public transport to towns/cities

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Amended Technology Up-gradation Fund

Scheme (updated in October 2021)
WHAT

• The ATUFS was launched in 1999 to catalyse capital investments for technology
upgradation and modernization of the textile industry.

TELL ME MORE

• The ATUFS is a credit linked Capital Investment Subsidy (CIS) scheme. It was
operationalised for 2016 to 2022 period with an outlay of Rs. 17822 crores.
• Under the scheme, the capital investment subsidy is provided to benchmarked
machinery installed by the industry after physical verification.
• The scheme promotes ease of doing business and achieve the vision of generating
employment and promoting exports through “Make in India’’ with "Zero effect and Zero
defect" in manufacturing.
• It also indirectly promotes investment in textile machinery.
• Every eligible individual entity (not the unit) will be entitled for reimbursement of Capital
Investment Subsidy (CIS) under this scheme, as per the following rates:

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UPDATE:
• During the 5th Inter Ministerial Steering Committee (IMSC) meeting organised by the
Ministry of Textile, review of Amended Technology Up-gradation Fund Scheme
(ATUFS) took place.
• The IMSC meetings will take place on a quarterly basis.
• In the review, it was announced to reduce the compliance burden by accepting only
single certificate from the concerned bank instead of multiple documents regarding
evidence of payment for claimed machineries.

National Technical Textiles Mission (updated in Feb

2022)
What – Approved in 2020 by Union Ministry of Textiles, this mission aims to position the country
as a global leader in Technical Textiles.

Definition of Technical Textiles: -

• Technical textiles are textiles materials and products manufactured primarily for technical
performance and functional properties rather than aesthetic characteristics.
• Technical Textiles products are divided into 12 broad categories (Agrotech, Buildtech,
Clothtech, Geotech, Hometech, Indutech, Mobiltech, Meditech, Protech, Sportstech,
Oekotech, Packtech) depending upon their application areas.
• Uses of Technical Textiles range from agriculture, roads, railway tracks, sportswear, health
on one end to bullet proof jacket, fire-proof jackets, high altitude combat gear and space
applications on the other end of spectrum.

Why – To increase the reach and penetration level of technical textiles in domestic and
international markets.

Tell me more –
• Budget – Rs 1480 crores
• Implementation period - FY 2020-21 to 2023-24
• The mission will have four components.

Components of the Mission:

• Component -I (Research, Innovation and Development)
o The total outlay for this component is Rs.1000 crores.
o Research will be conducted on various aspects of technical textiles such as
fundamental research and application-based research.
o Institutes such as IIT, CSIR labs, Indian Railways- Research Design & Standards
Organization, ICAR, DRDO, National Aeronautical Laboratory, Indian Road
Research Institute, and other such reputed laboratories, as approved by the Mission
Steering Group.
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o A sub-component of the research will focus on development of bio-degradable

technical textiles materials, particularly for agro-textiles, geo-textiles, and medical
textiles.
o Also, equipment for processing and ensuring environmentally sustainable disposal of
used technical textiles will be developed indigenously.

• Component –II (Promotion and Market Development)

o Globally, India shares nearly 6% of world market size of 250 billion USD.
o Paradoxically, the annual average growth rate of the segment in India is 12%, as
compared to 4% world average growth rate.
o Penetration level (means market reach) of technical textiles is low in India at just 5-
10%, which is very low in comparison to 30-70% in advanced countries.
o The Mission aims to increase the average annual growth rate to 15-20% and
increase the domestic market size of technical textiles to 40-50 Billion USD by
2024.

• Component – III (Export Promotion)

o Present export – Rs 14,000 crores approx.
o Target – Rs 20,000 crores by 2021-22 and 10% average growth in exports per year
up to 2023-24.
o An Export Promotion Council for Technical Textiles will be set up for effective
coordination and promotion activities in the segment.

• Component- IV (Education, Training, Skill Development)

o The Mission will promote technical education at higher engineering and technology
levels related to technical textiles and its application areas covering engineering,
medical, agriculture, aquaculture, and dairy segments.

Benefits of the Mission:

• This mission will also help in achieving synergies with other flagship schemes of the
government like Jal Jeevan Mission; Swachh Bharat Mission; Ayushman Bharat etc.
• The use of technical textiles in agriculture, aquaculture, dairy, poultry, etc. will bring an
overall improvement in water and soil conservation, better agricultural productivity,
and higher income to farmers per acre of land holding in addition to promotion of
manufacturing and exports activities in India.
• The use of geo-textiles in highways, railways and ports will result in robust infrastructure,
reduced maintenance cost and higher life cycle of the infrastructure assets.

Committees for implementing the Mission:

• Mission Steering Group – Chaired by Union Minister of Textile
o Main body of this mission for approving budget and projects to be covered under the
mission.
• Empowered Program Committee – Chaired by Secretary, Ministry of Textiles

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o To approve all projects within the financial limit of each program as approved by the
Mission Steering Group, except Research Projects.
o It will also monitor the implementation of various components of the Mission and
guide the Mission Directorate on implementation matters.
• Committee on Technical Textiles on Research, Development & Innovation – Chaired
by Member (S&T) NITI Aayog
o To identify and recommend all research projects related to strategic sectors such as
defense, paramilitary, security, space, and atomic energy to the Mission Steering
Group for approval.
o After approval of these research projects, any change in financial parameters may
be recommended by the Committee to Empowered Program Committee for
approval, within the budget outlay as approved by the Mission Steering Group
• Mission Directorate – for program implementation, coordination, and monitoring activities.

Update:
• Ministry of Textiles has cleared 20 strategic research projects worth Rs 30 crores in
the areas of Specialty fibres and Geotextiles under the National Technical Textiles
Mission in Jan 2022.
• Areas of the projects - 5 projects in Healthcare, 4 projects in Industrial and Protective, 3
projects in Energy Storage, 3 projects in Textile waste recycling, and 1 in Agriculture and 4
projects in Geotextiles (Infrastructure) among others.
• Previously, 11 research projects worth Rs 78.60 crores were cleared by the Ministry of
Textiles on 26th March 2021.

Ministry of Ayush

National AYUSH Mission (updated in October 2021)

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National • At National level

AYUSH • Development of AYUSH Sector

Objective
• To provide cost effective AYUSH Services
• Upgrading AYUSH educational institutions
• Support cultivation of medicinal plants by adopting Good Agricultural Practices to
provide sustained supply of quality raw materials.

Launch year – 2014

Components

Mandatory Components of the Mission (80% of the Resource pool)

• AYUSH Services
• Ayush Educational institutions
• Quality control of ASU &H Drugs
• Medicinal Plants

Institutional Mechanism
• National level
o Mission Directorate – Chaired by Secretary, AYUSH mission
o The mission is governed by Mission directorate at national level.

o Appraisal Committee – Joint secretary in charge of NAM

o The mission is facilitated by Appraisal committee at national level.

• State level
o State AYUSH mission society – Chaired by Chief secretary
o Executive body – Chaired by Principal secretary in charge of AYUSH
Funding
• Centre : States – 60 : 40
• Centre: N – E or Himalayan states/UTs – 90:10
• Centre: UTs with legislature (Except J & K) – 60:40
• Centre: UTs without legislature – 100:00

Update on National AYUSH Mission:

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• The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘National
AYUSH Mission (NAM)’ for another five years.
• Duration: The scheme will now be implemented from April 01, 2021, to March 31, 2026.
• Total outlay: The Centre has allocated Rs. 4607.30 crore (Rs 3,000 crore as Central
Share and Rs. 1607.30 crore as State Share) for the scheme to be invested over five years.

Objective:

The objective of the mission is to provide cost-effective AYUSH Services through promoting and
upgrading:
• AYUSH Hospitals and Dispensaries,
• Co-location of AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centers (PHCs), Community Health
Centers (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs),
• upgrading AYUSH educational institutions,
• setting up of new up to 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospital,
• AYUSH Public Health programmes and operationalization of 12,500 AYUSH Health and
Wellness Centres
• empower masses for "self-care" to reduce the disease burden, and out of pocket
expenditure.

Swasthya Raksha Programme

Introduction:
• Swasthya Raksha Programme was launched in 2016.
• It aims to promote health and health education in villages.

Objectives:
• To organize Swasthya Rakshan OPDs, Swasthya Parikshan Camps and hygiene
awareness programme
• Create awareness about cleanliness
• Provide medical aid and incidental support
• To document demographic information, food habits, hygiene conditions, seasons, lifestyle
and disease prevalence
• Assessment of health status and propagation of Ayurvedic concept of pathya (The food
which is beneficial and nutritional and gives happiness to mind)-apathya and extension of
health care services.

Traditional Knowledge Digital Library

Introduction:
• It is an Indian initiative, launched in 2001 to prevent exploitation and to protect Indian
traditional knowledge from wrongful patents mainly at International Patent Offices.

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• It is a collaborative Project of CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) and

Ministry of AYUSH.
• (CSIR) is an autonomous body under Ministry of S&T.
Work process:
• It contains Indian traditional medicine knowledge in a digitized format
• It is available in five international languages (English, French, German, Spanish and
Japanese).

Funds:
Funds under the scheme are provided only to CSIR and no funds have been allocated to any
state.

Mission Madhumeha
Introduction:
Mission Madhumeha was launched in 2016 to provide cost effective treatment and control of
Diabetes through Ayurveda.

Background:
• India currently represents 49 percent of the world’s diabetes burden, with an estimated 72
million cases in 2017, a figure expected to almost double to 134 million by 2025.
• This presents a serious public health challenge to a country facing a future of high
population growth.

Work process:
• A protocol on ‘Prevention and Control of Diabetes through Ayurveda’ was released for
implementing the ‘Mission Madhumeha’.
• The Madhumeha Assessment Tool (MAT) based on Ayurvedic philosophy has also been
developed for the self-assessment of the people with regards to possibilities of diabetes.

Scheme for Promoting Pharmacovigilance of

AYUSH Drugs
What is Pharmacovigilance:
• It is defined as the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment,
understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problem.

Introduction:
• It is a new central sector scheme that aims to develop the culture of documenting adverse
effects and undertake safety monitoring of AYUSH drugs.

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• It also entails surveillance of misleading advertisements appearing in the print and

electronic media.

Work process:
It intends to facilitate the establishment of three-tier network of centres:
• National Pharmacovigilance Centre (NPvCC),
• Intermediary Pharmacovigilance Centres (IPvCCs) and
• Peripheral Pharmacovigilance Centres (PPvCC).

Coordinating Agency:
• All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, an autonomous body under the Ministry of
AYUSH, has been designated as National Pharmacovigilance Centre for coordinating
various activities of the initiative.
• It will facilitate detection of potentially unsafe ASUSH medicine.

Central Sector Scheme on Conservation,

Development and Sustainable Management of
Medicinal Plants (2014-15)
What:

The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSH is implementing a “Central
Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants”
since 2014-15.

Tell me more:

Provisions under the scheme:

• States covered: The National Medicinal Plants Board has provided project- based support
to establish Twenty- Four (24) Medicinal Plants Conservation and Development Areas
(MPCDAs) in seven states.

• Funds allotment: An amount of Rs. 940 Lacs was sanctioned and Rs. 635.99 Lacs
released for establishing above mentioned Medicinal Plants Conservation and
Development Areas (MPCDAs).
Significance:
• The role of Medicinal Plants Conservation and Development Areas (MPCDAs) is in-situ
conservation/protection of medicinal plants in their natural habitats.
• The long- term benefit of MPCDAs is also to generate livelihood for Local/Tribal
communities through sustainable utilization.

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Ministry of Commerce and

Industry

Industrial Development Scheme for J&K (updated in

October 2021)
What:

The cabinet committee on economic affairs has approved Industrial Development Scheme for J&K
(J&K IDS – 2021)

Tell me more

About the scheme

Objective
• Development of industries
• Generating employment which directly leads to the socio – economic development

Ministry – Ministry of commerce and industry

Incentives
• Capital Investment Incentive
o 30% in Zone A and 50% in Zone B (Far off areas) on investment made in Plant &
Machinery (in manufacturing) or construction of building and other durable physical assets
(in service sector).
o Units with an investment up to Rs. 50 Crore will be eligible to avail this incentive.
o Maximum limit of incentive is Rs 5 crore and Rs 7.5 crore in Zone A & Zone B
respectively

• Capital Interest subvention

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o At the annual rate of 6% for maximum 7 years on loan amount up to Rs. 500 Crore for
investment in plant and machinery (in manufacturing) or construction of building and all
other durable physical assets (in service sector).

• GST Linked Incentive

o 300% of the eligible value of actual investment made in plant and machinery (in
manufacturing) or construction in building and all other durable physical assets (in service
sector) for 10 years.
o The amount of incentive in a financial year will not exceed one-tenth of the total eligible
amount of incentive.

• Working Capital Interest Incentive

o All existing units at the annual rate of 5% for maximum 5 years. Maximum limit of incentive
is Rs 1 crore.

• Expenditure
o Rs.28,400 Crore for the period 2020 – 21 to 2036 – 37

Make in India
Make • To manufacture
In India • Domestic
Objective:
• To encourage companies to manufacture their products in India and enthuse with dedicated
investments into manufacturing.
• To transform India into a global design and manufacturing hub.
• To create jobs and skill enhancement.

Launch year – 2014

Pillars of the campaign

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Targets

• To increase the manufacturing sector’s growth rate to 12 – 14% per annum.

• To create additional 100 million manufacturing sector jobs by 2022.
• To ensure that manufacturing sector’s contribution to GDP is increased to 25% by 2025.
(Earlier it was 2022)

Total sectors – 27

Remission of Duties & Taxes on Exported

Products

Remission of duties & taxes • Repealing/refund of duties and taxes

Exported Products • Only for exported goods

Objective
• To boost exports by reducing duties on exports & to provide easy refund of various taxes to
exporters.
o For ex – VAT on fuel used in transportation, duty on electricity used during
manufacturing etc.
• To provide automatic refund route for Input tax credit (ITC).
o ITC - It is provided to set off tax paid on the purchase of raw materials,
consumables, goods or services, thus helps in avoiding cascading effect of taxes.
• To help exporters in meeting international exports standards.

➢ It is a WTO compliant scheme that has replaced Merchandise Export from India Scheme

Launch year – 2020 (To be implemented w.e.f 1.1.2021)

Eligibility
• The scheme will include all sectors with priority given to labour – intensive sectors which
are getting benefits under MEIS scheme at 2%, 3% or 5% of the export value
• There is no minimum turnover criteria.
• Goods exported through e – commerce platform are also eligible.
• Country of origin of the exported product should be India, re – exported goods are not
eligible.

Rates

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• RoDTEP rates, conditions and exclusions under which it can be availed by department of
commerce on the recommendation of GK Pillai committee.

‘The Start-up India Seed Fund Scheme’ (updated in

October 2021)

What:
Ministry of Commerce & Industry launched ‘the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme’ (SISFS). The
Scheme was announced on 16th January 2021.

Why:
The Fund aims to provide financial assistance to start-ups for proof of concept, prototype
development, product trials, market entry, and commercialization. Eligible start-ups through
eligible incubators across India will be benefitted.

Tell me more:
• Duration: 2021- 2025 (4 years)
• Total outlay: Rs. 945 Crore corpus will be divided over the next 4 years
• Estimated beneficiaries: 3,600 start-ups through 300 incubators
• Nodal Department: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.

Process will be followed:

• The online portal created by DPIIT, for the scheme, will allow incubators to apply for funds
under it.
• An Experts Advisory Committee (EAC) has been created by DPIIT to execute and monitor
the Start-up India Seed Fund Scheme.

Grants provided:
• Grants of up to Rs 5 Crores shall be provided to the eligible incubators selected by the
EAC.
• The selected incubators shall provide grants of up to Rs 20 lakhs for validation of Proof of
Concept, or prototype development, or product trials to start up.
• Furthermore, investments of up to Rs 50 lakhs shall be provided to the start up for market
entry, commercialization, or scaling up through convertible debentures or debt-linked
instruments.

Need of the scheme:

• Easy availability of capital is essential for entrepreneurs at the early stages of growth of an
enterprise.

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• Funding from angel investors and venture capital firms becomes available to startups only
after the proof of concept has been provided. Similarly, banks provide loans only to asset-
backed applicants.

e-Biz portal
Introduction
• e-Biz portal was announced in 2013 by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
• It is India’s first Government- to-Business (G2B) services portal which aims to improve the
business environment in the country.
• It is one of the 31 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) under National e-Governance Program.
Tenure of the portal
• It was launched for the period of ten years.
Implementing Agencies
• It is being implemented by Infosys Technologies Limited (Infosys) under the guidance and
aegis of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) for a period of ten years.

Scheme for IPR awareness – ‘Creative India;

Innovative India'
Introduction
• Taking forward the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy 2016, a ‘Scheme for
IPR Awareness – Creative India; Innovative India’ has been launched in the year 2017.
• It was launched by Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM), Department of
Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
*CIPAM - It is a professional body under the aegis of Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion. It works to take forward the implementation of the National IPR policy and creates
public awareness about IPR in the country.

Objective
• It aims at raising IPR awareness amongst students, youth, authors, artists, budding
inventors and professionals.
• It inspires them to create, innovate and protect their creations and inventions across the
country.
*IPR: Intellectual property rights are the rights given to persons (for a certain period of time) over
the creations of their minds to invent a new product or idea.

Time Duration
Total project Duration - 3 years (2017 – 2020).

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Niryat Bandhu Scheme

Introduction
• Niryat Bandhu Scheme was launched in 2011 by the DGFT (Director General of Foreign
Trade), department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry for International
Business mentoring.
• Under the scheme, officers of DGFT will be investing time and knowledge to mentor the
interested individuals who want to conduct the business in a legal way.
• Officers of DGFT would be called as ‘Niryat Bandhu’, and they would assume role of the
mentor for interested individuals.

Objective
The objective of the Niryat Bandhu Scheme is to reach out to the new and potential exporters and
mentor them to get into international trade and boost exports from India.

Launched of Niryat Bandhu @ Your Desktop

• In 2015, Niryat Bandhu @ Your Desktop was launched which is an online certificate
programme in export-import business under the Niryat Bandhu Scheme.
• This programme will serve the twin objective of Digital India and Skill India.

Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops

Introduction
• Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops (RISPC) is an insurance scheme
available only to plantation crops, for which insurance can no longer be availed from
PMFBY (Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana).
• The scheme has been launched to protect growers of tea, coffee, rubber, cardamom and
tobacco by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
• It is improved form of the Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) Scheme, 2003 which was closed
2013.
(Note: there is another scheme with same name i.e. Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) Scheme under
the Ministry of Consumes Affairs, Food and Public Distribution which was launched in 2014-15.)

Launched Year and duration

• It was launched in 2016 and it is implemented on pilot basis in 7 states
• The duration of the pilot scheme shall be one crop cycle commencing from the year 2016-
17 which may spread over 2 years.
• In Feb. 2017, the scheme was approved for extension to other districts also.
• The scheme is compulsory for growers registered with the respective Commodity Boards
(CBs).

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• The scheme protects the growers from the twin risks of weather and price arising.

Implementing Agency
It is implemented by the Commodity Boards through selected insurance companies.

Eligibility criteria
• Farmers having 10 ha. or less landholding can be benefitted.
• The scheme will be applicable to mature standing crops only.

Fund management
The rate of Insurance Premium payable by the GOI (through commodity Boards), State
Governments and Growers in the ratio of 75:15:10.

Integrate to Innovate program

Introduction
• Integrate to Innovate program is three-month program for startups in the power sector aims
to foster collaboration between startups and large corporations of the energy sector
• It was launched in the year 2018

Process of the program

• The application for the program is hosted on Startup India Hub – an online platform.
• The selected startups will receive a cash prize grant of up to ₹ 5 Lakh per startup along with
an opportunity to pilot their product with corporates.
• The corporates would offer them access to technology, technical and commercial
mentorship along with potential customers.

Developing Agency
• It is developed by Invest India which is an official Investment Promotion and Facilitation
Agency of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce
and Industries.
• Invest India with partnership with energy companies has launched this program.

Government e-Marketplace
• Government e-Marketplace (GeM) is to facilitate on line procurement of common use
Goods & Services required by various Government Departments / Organizations / PSUs.
• GeM is dynamic, self-sustaining and user friendly portal for making procurement by
Government officers.
• It was launched by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in August 2016.
• The Ministry has launched third version of the Government e-Marketplace (GeM 3.0)

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• The purchases through GeM by Government users have been authorized and made
mandatory by Ministry of Finance by adding a new Rule No. 149 in the General Financial
Rules, 2017.

GeM SAHAY’ app (updated in October 2021)

What:
Ministry of Commerce and Industry launched the GeMSAHAY app to help MSEs to avail
uncollateralized cash-based loans.
▪ The ‘SAHAY’ initiative- a mobile application for lending.

Why:
• It will help in meeting the working capital needs and ensure “access to finance” for MSEs.

Tell me more:
• Beneficiaries: This facility will provide GeM sellers who are sole proprietors, with the best
loan offers from top lenders in the country including public sector banks, private banks and
NBFCs.
▪ MSEs can get a loan at the point of acceptance of an order on the #GeM platform.

• Comparable to BHIM: It is comparable to BHIM for the Unified Payments Interface (UPI).

• Implementing agency: GeM is collaborating with the Indian Software Product Industry
Round Table (iSPIRT).
▪ iSPIRT is a non-profit tech think tank’s volunteer team

Start-ups Intellectual Property Protection

Scheme (Updated in Jan 2022)
What: Government of India has taken various steps to strengthen intellectual property rights
ecosystem in the country. One of the initiatives is SIPP Scheme.

Tell me more

About Start-ups intellectual property protection scheme

• Objective – To support start-ups in protecting their intellectual property rights.

• Under the scheme, various services from facilitators like registered patent agents,
registered trade mark agents, lawyers etc are being provided to the start-ups.
• Launch year – 2016 (Recently extended till 31st March 2023)
• Ministry – Ministry of commerce and industry

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• National Startup Day is celebrated on January 16 in India.

Scheme for Investment Promotion (updated in Jan 2022)

What - Scheme for Investment Promotion (SIP) is under implementation since November 2008.
• Recently, the Central government has approved the continuation of the Scheme for
Investment Promotion (SIP) for five years (2021-26).

Why - The scheme comprises a number of components and activities for the promotion of
investment into the country; enhancing international co-operation for promoting FDI and capacity
building.

Tell me more:
• SIP is a centrally sponsored scheme, launched in November 2008, to promote foreign
direct investment into India.
• Implementing agency – DPIIT-Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.
• Financial outlay – Rs 970 crore.

Ministry of
Communications

Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana

SPARSH - Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude & Research in Stamps as a Hobby

Stamps • Philately

Hobby • Promoting philately as a hobby

Objective
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• The objective of the scheme is to promote Philately.

• Philately is called the king of hobbies because Stamp collection as a hobby has lot of
educational benefits - it teaches a lot about the socio- economic political reality of the period
in which the stamp is issued or the theme on which it is issued.
Implementing agency

Launch year – 2017

Eligibility
• Students from classes VI to IX are eligible to get the scholarship
• To avail this scholarship, a child must be a student of a recognized school within India and
the concerned school should have a Philately Club and the candidate should be a member
of the Club.
• At the time of selection for scholarship, the candidate must have scored at least 60% marks
in the recent final examinations. (5% relaxation for SC/ST)

Number of scholarships
• Total 920 scholarships will be awarded
• Every Postal Circle will select a maximum of 40 scholarships representing 10 students each
from Standard VI, VII, VIII & IX.

Amount of scholarship
• Rs.6000 per annum @Rs.500 per month

Selection procedure
• Selection is based on evaluation of project work on Philately & performance in Philately
Quiz conducted by the Postal Circles.
• A committee constituted at the circle level consisting of postal officials and renowned
philatelists would evaluate the project work

Bharat Net or Bharat Broadband Network Limited

Introduction
• Bharat Net or Bharat Broadband Network Limited was launched to provide network
infrastructure with affordable broadband connectivity to all households in the
country especially in Gram panchayats.

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• It aimed to realize the vision of Digital India, in partnership with States and the Private
Sector.
• The programme, previously called as the National Optical Fiber Network, approved in
October 2011.

Features of the program

(1) Aimed Gram Panchayats:
It aims to connect 2.5 lakh gram panchayats (GPs), or village blocks, through optical fiber
Network.
(2) phases of the program:
It is implemented in three phases -
• First phase - providing broadband connectivity to one lakh gram panchayats by 2017.
• Second Phase – providing broadband connectivity to remaining 1.5 lakh gram panchayats
by 2019.
• Third Phase – providing state-of-art network using fibers between districts and block with
reduced redundancy by 2023.
(3) Implementing Agencies:
Implementation will be done by the states, state agencies, private sector companies and
Central PSUs. (Public Sector Units).
(4) Service providers:
All the Service Providers like Telecom Service Providers (TSPs), ISPs, Cable TV operators etc.
will be given non - discriminatory access to the National Optic Fibre Network and they can
launch further various services in rural areas.
(5) Cost of the program:
The total project cost of Bharat Net is around Rs 45,000 crore, of which Rs 11,200 crore have
been used for the first phase.
(6) Boost to ‘Make in India’:
It has given boost to Make-in-India as the telecom equipment deployed in it has been fully
designed, developed and manufactured in India.

UPDATE ON BHARATNET PROJECT (updated in October 2021)

What:
The Union Cabinet has approved a viability gap funding support of up to ₹19,041 crore for the
implementation of the BharatNet project through the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model in 16
States.

Tell me more:

• The project will be extended to all inhabited villages beyond the gram panchayats in 16
States.

• The revised strategy also includes creation, upgradation, operation, maintenance and
utilization of BharatNet by the concessionaire who will be selected by a competitive
international bidding process.

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• The Cabinet also accorded in principle approval for extending BharatNet to cover all
inhabited villages in the remaining States and UTs.

Significance:

• The private sector partner is expected to bring an equity investment, raise resources
towards capital expenditure and for operation and maintenance of the network.

• PPP model is expected to result in faster roll out of BharatNet.

• It is expected to enable better access to e-services offered by the government, online

education, telemedicine, skill development, e-commerce and other applications of
broadband.

Sampoorna Bima Gram Yojana

Introduction
• ‘Sampoorna Bima Gram Yojana’ was launched in 2017.
• It aims to provide affordable life insurance services to people particularly those living in rural
areas through postal network.

Features of the scheme

• Eligibility- Under SBG Yojana, at least one village (having a minimum of 100 households)
will be identified in each of revenue districts of country to cover all households of identified
village with minimum of one RPLI (Rural Postal Life Insurance) policy each.
• Objective- Coverage of all households in identified village under Saansad Adarsh Gram
Yojana is primary objective of this scheme.
• Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana – Launched in 2014. It is a rural development programme
broadly focusing upon the development in the villages which includes social development,
cultural development and spread motivation among the people on social mobilization of the
village community.

DARPAN - Digital Advancement of Rural Post

Office for A New India
Introduction
• DARPAN is Information Technology (IT) modernization project which was launched in the
year 2017.
• The outlay of the project is Rs. 1400 crore and is targeted to complete by March 2018.
• It offers core banking services to the account holders.

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Objectives of the project

• Intends to provide a low power technology solution to each branch postmaster to improve
service delivery
• Approx. 1.29 lakhs branch post offices will be enabling to improve service delivery.
• Motive is to improve the quality of service, add value to services and achieve “financial
inclusion” of un-banked rural population.

Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Sanchar

Kaushal Vikas Pratisthan
Implementation: May 2017

Skill development scheme: It is a skill development scheme that will train rural youth to maintain
mobile towers, repair optical fibres and fix other communication technologies across India.

Covered states: The scheme will be initially implemented as pilot mode in UP, Bihar, Odisha,
Punjab and Haryana.

Based on: The skill training will be based on National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF).

Number of trainees: 10,000 people from 10 States/UTs to be trained in the pilot phase under the
scheme. After the success of the pilot project, full-fledged scheme shall be launched across the
nation.

Number of Pratisthan: More than 1,000 Sanchar Kaushal Vikas Pratisthan would be
established in future.

Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) (Updated

in Jan 2022)
What: Union cabinet has approved provisioning of mobile services in Uncovered Villages of
Aspirational Districts across five States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra
& Odisha.

Tell me more

• 4G based mobile services in the 7,287 uncovered villages of 44 Aspirational Districts

across five States will be provided.
• Estimated cost of implementation – Rs.6,466 crore
• Funding will be done by Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF)
• Completion period – 18 months
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About USOF

• Objective – To extend the telecom network and to stimulate the uptake of internet and
communication technologies services.
• Launch year – It came into effect in 2002.
• It is a non-lapsable fund generated by 5% universal service levy that is charged upon all the
telecom fund operators on their adjusted gross revenue.
• The nodal authority for the fund is department of telecommunication.

Ministry of Environment,
Forests and Climate
Change

National mission for green India

National Mission • Pan India
Green India • Forest cover
Objective
• It aims at protecting; restoring and enhancing India’s diminishing forest cover and
responding to climate change .

Launch year – 2015

Goal of the mission
• To increase forest cover to the extent of 5 million hectares and improve quality of forest
cover on another 5 mha of forest/non-forest lands;
• To improve eco-system services like carbon sequestration and storage (in forests and other
ecosystems), hydrological services and biodiversity; along with provisioning services like
fuel, fodder, and timber and non-timber forest produces.
• To increase forest- based livelihood income of about 3 million households.
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• Enhance annual CO2 sequestration by 50 – 60% by 2020

o CO2 sequestration – It is the process of removal or capture of carbon dioxide from
the atmosphere to slow down the pollution caused by it.

Total cost – Rs.46000 Crore

Duration – 10 years (2012 – 2022)

• It was supposed to start in 2012 but due to financial delay it was actually launched in 2015
Monitoring

National level - Autonomous society chaired by

Minister of EFCC

State level - Revamped state forest development

Agency

District level - Revamped District FDA

Village level - Gram Sabha and its committees

Urban areas - Ward level committees

Green Skill Development Programme

Green • Related to environment, forests etc.

Skill • Development of skills

Objectives
• Development of skills in the field of environment and forest sector to enable India’s youth to
get gainful employment.
• It will help in achieving Nationally Determined Contributions, SDG targets, National
Biodiversity targets etc.
• It aims to train over 7 million workers in environment and forest sectors in the country by
2021.

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Launch year – 2017

Implementation
• It is being implemented by utilising the vast networks and expertise of Environmental
Information System (ENVIS) hubs and Resource Partners (RPs).
Course Structure

• More than 30 programs have been identified, which will be conducted in 84 institutions
across the country.
• The duration of the courses ranges from 80 hours to 560 hours approx.
• All courses will be National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) compliant.
• The Ministry will give Certificates indicating the skilling levels to all successful candidates.

PARIVESH
Introduction
• PARIVESH ((Pro-Active and Responsive facilitation by Interactive, Virtuous and
Environmental Single-window Hub) is a web based single window integrated system for
environment, forest, wildlife and CRZ (Coastal Regulation Zone ) clearance processes.

• It is an Integrated Environmental Management System, launched on the occasion of World

Biofuel Day, 10 August 2018.

• It is developed in pursuance of the spirit of ‘Digital India’ and capturing the essence of
Minimum Government and Maximum Governance.

• The system has been designed, developed and hosted by the Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change, with technical support from National Informatics Centre, (NIC).
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Objective
• It enables project proponents, citizens to view, track and interact with scrutiny officers,
generates online mail alerts to state functionaries in case of delays beyond stipulated time
for processing of applications.

• It has been rolled out for online submission, monitoring and management of proposals
seeking various types of environment clearances from Central, State and district-level
authorities.

Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats

Introduction
• The Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (IDWH) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme
which provide technical and financial assistance to States/UTs for protection of wildlife
habitat.
• It is an umbrella scheme that consists of Project Tiger, Development of Wildlife Habitats
and Project Elephant.
• It was started in 2008-09.

Components of the scheme

The scheme has following three components:
• Support to Protected Areas (National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Conservation reserves
and Community Reserves).
• Protection of Wildlife outside Protected Areas.
• Recovery programmes for saving critically endangered species and habitats.

Funding Mechanism
The total outlay is Rs. 1731.72 crore as central share from 2017-18 to 2019-20 for different
schemes under this umbrella scheme-
• Rs. 1143 crore for Project Tiger,
• Rs. 496.50 crore for Development of Wildlife Habitats and
• Rs.92.22 crore for Project Elephant)

Himalayan Research Fellowships Scheme

Introduction
• Himalayan Research Fellowships scheme is an integrate part of the National Mission on
Himalayan Studies (NMHS).
• It has been started in 2015-16.
• It covers creation of Himalayan Research Fellowships in various universities/ Institutions all
across the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR).
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• Fellowships will be awarded for a maximum period of 3 years.

• The scheme will be executed through various universities and Institutions working in the
Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) and the financial support will be provided under the
National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS).

Objectives
• To create a young pool of trained environmental managers, ecologists and socio-
economists.
• To promote science culture by creation of a team of dedicated future researchers in the IHR
(Indian Himalayan Regions).

Levels of the scheme

This Himalayan Research Fellowship scheme is constituted at two levels:
(1) NMHS-Himalayan Research Associate (NM-HRA) and
(2) NMHS-Himalayan Junior Research Fellow (NM-HJRF)

National Action Plan on Climate Change

(NAPCC)
Introduction
• National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) has been implemented since 2008.
• It is bundle of eight national missions is specific areas for climate change.
• The Prime Minister‘s Council on Climate Change is in charge of the overall implementation
of the plan.

Objectives
• It aims to enhance the ecological sustainability of India’s development path and address
climate change.
• It aims at creating awareness among the representatives of the public, different agencies of
the government, scientists, industry and the community as a whole.

Eight core missions of NAPCC

1. National Solar Mission – It has a goal of increasing production of photo-voltaic to 1000
MW/year; and a goal of deploying at least 1000 MW of solar thermal power generation.
2. National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
3. National Mission on Sustainable Habitat
4. National Water Mission - the plan sets a goal of a 20% improvement in water use efficiency
through pricing and other measures.
5. National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem
6. National Mission for a ―Green India‖: Goals include the afforestation of 6 million hectares of
degraded forest lands and expanding forest cover from 23% to 33% of India‘s territory.
7. National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
8. National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change
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Ministry of Power

PM – Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana

Bijli • Electricity
Har ghar • Every household

Objective
• To ensure last mile connectivity and electricity connection to all un – electrified households
in the country.
• To provide solar photo voltaic based stand alone systems for un – electrified households
located in remote and inaccessible areas where grid extension is not possible.
• To achieve universal household electrification by providing financial assistance to the
DISCOMS or power department.

Nodal agency

Launch year – 2017 (To be completed by 31st March 2019)

Total cost – Rs.16,320 Crore including gross budgetary support of Rs.12,320 Crore

Eligible entities

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• All DISCOMs including private sector DISCOMs, state power departments and rural electric
cooperative societies.
• Non – poor urban households are excluded of this scheme.
• The beneficiary households for free electricity connection are being verified as per SECC –
2011 data

• The households are identified through 7 criteria:

o Households with only room, Kucha wall and Kucha roof
o No adult member between the age of 16 and 59
o Female headed households with no male member between the age of 16 and 59
o Households with disabled member and no able – bodied adult member
o SC/ST households
o Households with no literate adult above 25 years
o Landless households deriving major income from manual casual labour

➢ Households having any one of the above mentioned criteria are eligible.

• Automatic inclusion – Households satisfying following inclusion criteria are automatically

eligible:
o Households without shelter
o Destitute, living on alms
o Manual scavenger families
o Primitive tribal groups
o Legally released bonded labour

• Exclusion criteria – There are 14 exclusion criteria

• For households which are not eligible, Rs.500 per household is charged as one – time fee
in 10 instalments of Rs.50 each along with electricity bills.

Funding pattern

• The states have been divided into special category states:

o Special category – All north eastern states, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and
J&K. UTs of Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep are also under special
category for funding.
o Other than Special category states.

Agency Nature of support Special Category Other states

Government of India Grant 85% 60%
Utility/State Own fund 5% 10%
contribution
Loan (FIs/Banks) Loan 10% 30%

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Ending of the scheme

• As on 31st March, 2019, all States reported electrification of all willing households under
Saubhagya, except few households in LWE affected Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.

Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA)

Affordable LEDs • LEDs at affordable costs

Objective
• To promote the efficient use of energy at residential level, enhance the awareness of
consumers about the efficacy of using energy efficient appliances

Implementing agency

Launch year – 2015

Eligibility
• Every domestic household having a metered connection is eligible
• The purchase can be made either on EMI or on upfront payment

Prices of LEDs
• Rs.70 per LED
• Rs.220 per LED tubelight
• Rs.1110 per fan

Gram Ujala Yojana (updated in Dec 2021)

What: Ministry of Power has launched the GRAM UJALA programme.

Why – to distribute LED bulbs to the rural households at a low cost of just Rs 10.
o Each household will get up to 5 LED bulbs.

Tell me more
• Launch year – 2021
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• Implementing Agency - Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL)

• Under the scheme, 7 Watt and 12 Watt bulbs are provided with 3 years guarantee.
• It is being implemented in 5 states – Bihar, UP, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and
Karnataka.
• Gram Ujala programme will be financed entirely through carbon credits and will be the
first such programme in India.

Let us understand the mechanism?

o This program will be financed by carbon credits.
o Carbon credit – The idea of carbon credit germinated into Kyoto Protocol of 1997. Carbon
credits allow carbon to be traded as any other commodity.

Suppose, USA (being a developed country) has a high demand for carbon emission
than what is allotted to it. India, on the other hand, is not able to emit carbon as
per the quota allotted to it under the carbon credit rules of Kyoto protocol.
Here, carbon credits would come in aid. India would sell its remaining quota of
carbon credit to USA so that it can fulfill its demands, in exchange of technology,
money or any other exchangeable commodity.

o Now, through the LED bulbs, the govt aims to save its carbon credits. These saved units of
carbon credits would be sent to the UN for inclusion into the Shine Program of activities.
o Afterwards, buyers (other countries) would be able to purchase these carbon credits from
India.
o India would use the money earned from selling the carbon credits to finance the cost of
disbursing LED bulbs.
o If all 300 million lights in India were replaced, the total energy savings would be 40,743
million kWh/year, avoided peak demand of 22,743MW/year and CO2 reductions of 37
million tons per year.

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o GRAM UJALA programme will have a significant impact on India’s climate change action
energy savings of 2025 million KWh/year and CO2 reductions of 1.65 million T CO2/year.

Street Lightning National Program

Street lightning • LEDs in street lights

Objective
• To replace conventional street lights with smart and energy efficient LED street lights
across India

Implementing agency

Launch year – 2015

Overall target

• Replacing 3.5 Crore conventional street lights with energy efficient LED lights
• Expected annual cost reduction of urban local bodies – Rs.5500 Crore

Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana

Introduction:
• DDUGJY is the flagship programme to provide 24X7 power supply to rural areas (rural
households and adequate power to agricultural consumers).
• Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) has been subsumed in it.

Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)

It is to provide 24x7 power supply in the urban area.

Remote Village Electrification Programme (RVEP)

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It is a scheme implemented by Ministry of New & Renewable energy in various states to provide
basic lighting through Renewable Energy Sources in un-electrified villages and hamlets of
electrified census villages.

National LED Programme

Introduction:
It is to ensure promotion of energy efficiency in the country.

Components:
It has two components - Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) and Street Lighting
National Programme (SLNP).

• DELP - UJALA Scheme was launched to provide LED bulbs to domestic consumers.
• SLNP - It aims to replace conventional street light with smart and energy efficient LED
street lights by March, 2019.

Funding Agency:
The project is funded by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a Public Energy Services
Company under the administration of the Union Ministry of Power.

India Energy Efficiency Scale-Up Programme

Introduction:
• India Energy Efficiency Scale-Up Programme is launched to scale up the deployment of
energy-saving measures in residential and public sectors.

• Government of India and the World Bank has signed $300 million agreement for the India
Energy Efficiency Program.

Impacts:
• It will help schemes such as UJALA and Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP).
• This programme will help India meet its Nationally Determined Contributions under the
Paris accord.

Working process:
Under the scheme, EESL will deploy LED bulbs, tubelights, ceiling fans and street lights which will
be supplied by the private sector.

Implementing Agency:
The program is being implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL).

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Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY)

Introduction:
UDAY is to provide financial and operational turnaround of power distribution companies and aims
at long term affordable and accessible 24x7 power supply to all.

Target:
It has target of making all DISCOMs profitable by 2018-19 through four initiatives such as-
• Improving operational efficiencies of Discoms,
• Reduction of cost of power,
• Reduction in interest cost of Discoms,
• Enforcing financial discipline on DISCOMs through alignment with state finances.

Working process:
• Under this programme, States shall take over 75% of DISCOM debt over two years i.e 50%
of DISCOM debt shall be taken over in 2015-16 and 25% in 2016-17.
• Government of India will not include the debt taken over by the states as per the above
scheme in the calculation of fiscal deficit of respective states in the financial years 2015-16
and 2016-17.
• States will issue non-SLR including SDL bonds in the market or directly to the respective
banks / financial institutions (FIs) holding the DISCOM debt to the appropriate extent.
• DISCOM debt not taken over by the state shall be converted by the banks / FIs into loans or
bonds.

Urja Mitra
• URJA MITRA App, which was launched recently by the Ministry of Power, empowers
citizens by real time information sharing on power supply.

• The application provides a central platform, Web-Portal as well as Mobile App, for State
Power Distribution utilities to disseminate power outage information to urban/rural power
consumers across India through SMS/email/push notifications.

MERIT Portal
• Merit Order Despatch of Electricity for Rejuvenation of Income and
Transparency (MERIT) is a portal that has been developed in association with POSOCO
and Central Electricity Authority.
• It displays extensive array of information regarding the merit order of Electricity procured by
States such as daily source-wise power purchases of respective states/UTs.

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• Information available in the Portal shall help State Discoms to optimize their power
procurement in more efficient way leading to lower cost of power to consumers.

National Power Portal

Introduction:
• It is a centralized platform for collation and dissemination of Indian power sector
information.

• It act as the single point interface for all Power Sector Apps launched previously by the
Ministry, like TARANG, UJALA, VIDYUT PRAVAH, GARV, URJA, MERIT.

Objective:
• It has been designed and developed to disseminate analyzed information about the sector
through GIS enabled navigation and visualization chart windows.
• It would serve as single authentic source of power sector information to apex bodies.

Integrated bodies:
• NPP is integrated with associated systems of –
• Central Electricity Authority (CEA),
• Power Finance Corporation (PFC),
• Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) and
• other major utilities.

Implementing Agency:
The Nodal Agency for implementation of NPP and its operational control is CEA.

National Mission on use of Biomass in coal

based thermal power plants (updated in October 2021)
What:
Ministry of Power decides to set up a National Mission on use of Biomass in coal based thermal
power plants.
o It will also contribute to the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).

Why:
To support the energy transition in the country and to move towards cleaner energy sources.

Tell me more:
About Biomass:
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• Biomass is plant or animal material used as fuel to produce electricity or heat.

• Examples are wood, energy crops and waste from forests, yards, or farms.
• The terms biomass and biofuel are used interchangeably.

Objectives:
• In order to address the issue of air pollution due to farm stubble burning.
• To reduce carbon footprints of thermal power generation

Duration:
The duration of proposed National Mission would be a minimum 5 years.

Ministry of Social Justice &

Empowerment

Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan

Sugamya • Accessible
Bharat • People of India
Objective
• It aims to enable persons with disabilities to gain universal access, equal opportunity for
development, independent living and participation in an inclusive society in all aspects of
life.
• The campaign targets three separate verticals for achieving universal accessibility namely-
o Built environment accessibility
o Transportation accessibility
o Information and communication eco-system accessibility
• It is in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) to
which India is a signatory.
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Collaborating Ministries:

• Ministry of Home
• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
• Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
• Ministry of Tourism

Launch year – 2015

Important targets under the components

• Making 50% of all the government buildings of National Capital and all the State
capitals fully accessible by December 2018.
• Completing accessibility audit of 50% of government buildings and making them fully
accessible in 10 most important cities/towns of States by December 2019.
• Ensuring that 50% of railway stations in the country are converted into fully
accessible railway stations by March 2018.
• Ensuring that 25% of Government owned public transport carriers in the country are
converted into fully accessible carriers by March 2018.
• Conducting accessibility audit of 50% of all government (both Central and State
Governments) websites and converting them into fully accessible websites by March 2017.
➢ Several plans had missed the targets and in the year 2019, government had extended the
deadline for all the incomplete targets to March 2020.

Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana

Rashtriya • National
Vayoshri • Old age persons
Objective
• To provide aids and assistive living devices to senior citizens belonging to Below
Poverty Line (BPL) category who suffer from age-related disabilities such as low vision,
hearing impairment, loss of teeth and locomotor disabilities.

Implementing partner

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• ALIMCO is a PSU under Ministry of social justice and empowerment

Launch year – 2017

Eligibility
• Senior citizen from BPL category
• Certificate from the Medical Officer shall be required for loss of vision, hearing impairment,
loss of teeth and locomotor disability.
• In any State/UT, out of the total number of beneficiaries, 30 per cent shall be women.
Types of physical aids and assistance provided
• Walking sticks
• Elbow crutches
• Walkers / Crutches
• Tripods / Quadpods
• Hearing Aids
• Wheelchair
• Artificial Dentures
• Spectacles

Funding
• Central sector scheme (100% funding from central government)
• Average cost per beneficiary – Rs.7000

Swachhta Udyami Yojana

Swachhta • Cleanliness
Udyami • Entrepreneur
Objective
• It has twin objective of cleanliness and providing livelihood to Safai Karamcharis (Cleaners)
and liberated manual scavengers to achieve the overall goal of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

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• This will be done by providing financial assistance for construction, operation and
maintenance of community toilets in PPP mode and procurement and operation of
sanitation related vehicles.

Implementing agency

Launch year – 2014

Salient Features of the components

Subject Community toilets Sanitation related vehicles

Eligibility Individual beneficiaries/ Self – Target group of Manual
help groups scavengers/Urban local bodies
Loan Maximum – Rs.25 lakh Maximum – Rs.15 lakh
(Individual)
Maximum – Rs.40 lakh
(SHG/Cooperative)
Rate of interest i) Not More than 4% per i) Not More than 4% per
annum. annum.
ii) A rebate of 1% per annum ii) A rebate of 1% per annum
on interest will be admissible on interest will be admissible
to women beneficiaries. to women beneficiaries.
iii) A rebate of 0.5% will be iii) A rebate of 0.5% will be
extended for the beneficiaries extended for the beneficiaries
for timely repayment. for timely repayment.

Repayment period Up to 10 years Up to 10 years

Subsidy Maximum subsidy of Rs.3.25 Maximum subsidy of Rs.3.25
lacs lacs

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Ambedkar Social Innovation Incubation Mission

(ASIIM)
Ambedkar • Harijans
Innovation • Entrepreneurship
Incubation • Growth

Effortless Learning

Objective:
• To promote innovation and entrepreneurship among SC students with special preference to
Divyangs in the higher education campuses.

Launch Year – 2020

Eligibility:
• Youth who have been identified by the TBIs being promoted by Department of Science &
Technology.
• Youth who are identified for incubation by reputed private TBIs.
• Students who have been awarded under the Smart India Hackathon or Smart India
Hardware Hackathon being conducted by Ministry of Education.
• Innovative ideas focusing on the socio-economic development of the society identified in
the TBIs.
• Start-ups nominated and supported by corporates through CSR funds.

Things to remember

Funding:

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Launched under Venture Capital Fund for SCs (VCFSC) that

was launched in 2014 – 15.

Rs.30 lakh in 3 years - for setting up of ventures

Successful ventures will further get Rs.5 Crore

Total Budget for ASIIM – Rs.19320 lakhs

Number of students:
• 1000 SC students with start – up ideas will be identified in the next 4 years through the
technology business incubators (TBIs).

Venture Capital Fund for SCs

• Launched in 2014 – 15 to promote entrepreneurship among SC students in India.
• Size – Rs.20 lakhs to Rs.15 Crore
• Tenure – 8 years including moratorium period
• Funding Pattern
o Upto 5 Crore – 75% of the project cost and 25% by the promoters
o More than 5 Crore – 50% of the project cost, 25% by the promoters and balance
25% by the banks or financial institutions.
• 30% of the beneficiaries should be women and/or disabled SC, holding at least 51% of the
shareholding of the company.

Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme

• It is to create an enabling environment to ensure equal opportunities, equity, social justice
and empowerment of persons with disabilities.

• It encourages voluntary action for ensuring effective implementation of the people with
disabilities (equal opportunities and protection of rights) act of 1995.

• The definition of disability includes Blindness, Low vision, Leprosy-cured, Hearing

impairment, Loco motor disability, Mental retardation and Mental illness.

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• Parents/guardians and voluntary organisations are encouraged to provide rehabilitation

services.

• To provide financial assistance to facilitate delivery of various services to voluntary

organizations‘ grants-in-aid to NGOS.

Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase /

Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP Scheme)
• The main objective of the ADIP scheme is to provide latest and modern aids and assistive
devices to the Divyangjan to promote their physical, social and psychological rehabilitation and to
enhance their economic potential.

• Major aids and assistive devices to be distributed under ADIP Scheme are Motorized Tricycles,
Tricycles Conventional, Wheelchairs, Crutches, Walking Sticks, Brail kits, Brail Slate, Hearing Aids
etc.

• Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh has taken an initiative to become the first ‗Divyang Mitra‘
district of the country.

• Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) is the implementing agency of this
scheme.

Inter Caste Marriage Scheme

Introduction:
• Dr Ambedkar scheme for social Integration through inter caste marriage‖ was with an
objective to provide monetary incentive to at least 500 such inter-caste couples per year.
• This is to enable them to settle down in the initial phase of their married life.

Eligibility criteria:
• As per rules, such couples whose total annual income does not exceed Rs 5 lakh are
eligible to get a one-time incentive of Rs 2.5 lakh from the Centre.

• Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has recently scrapped the condition of the total
income exceed Rs.5 lakh per annum and now there will be ―no income limit for incentive
under the scheme.

• The other pre-conditions were that it should be their first marriage, and it should be
registered under the Hindu Marriages Act, with the proposal being submitted within a year
of marriage.

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• It has also made it mandatory for the couples to submit their Aadhaar numbers and details
of their Aadhaar-linked joint bank account.

SAGE- Senior Care Aging Growth Engine

Initiative (updated in October 2021)
What:
• The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment virtually launched the SAGE (Senior Care
Aging Growth Engine) initiative and SAGE portal for elderly persons.
Why:
• It has been launched with a view to help such persons who are interested in
entrepreneurship in the field of providing services for elderly care.

• The SAGE project aims to identify, evaluate, verify, aggregate, and deliver products,
solutions and services directly to the stakeholders.

Tell me more:

Funding: An allocation of Rs. 25 crores has been made for the SAGE project in the current
financial year i.e., 2021-22.
A fund of up to Rs.1 crore as one-time equity will be granted to each selected start-up.

Ministry’s role: The Ministry will act as a facilitator, enabling the elderly to access the products
through identified start-ups.

Features of the initiative and portal

The SAGE portal will be a “one-stop access” of elderly care products and services by credible
start-ups.

Start-ups can apply for being a part of SAGE through this dedicated portal.

The start-ups selected under SAGE will be those which will provide new innovative products and
services to elderly persons in various areas like health, travel, finance, legal, housing, food among
others.

Need for the Initiative:

The share of elders, as a percentage of the total population in the country, is expected to increase
from around 7.5% in 2001 to almost 12.5% by 2026, and surpass 19.5% by 2050.
There is an urgent need to create a more robust elder care ecosystem in India, especially in the
post-COVID phase.

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SMILE Scheme (updated in October 2021)

What:

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has formulated a scheme “SMILE - Support for
Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise”.
• It includes a sub-scheme - ‘Central Sector Scheme for Comprehensive Rehabilitation of
persons engaged in begging’.

Why:

The focus of the scheme is extensively on rehabilitation, provision of medical facilities, counselling,
basic documentation, education, skill development, economic linkages and so on for the people
engaged in begging.

Tell me more:

Key highlights of the scheme:

• Duration: 2021- 22 to 2025-26 (5 years)

• Funds requirement: 182 Crore

• Providing shelter homes:

o Providing existing shelter homes to beggars.
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o Set up new dedicated shelter homes in case of non-availability of existing shelter

homes.

• Coverage: approximate 60,000 poorest persons would be benefited.

• Implementation: It will be implemented with the support of State/UT Governments/Local

Urban Bodies, Voluntary Organizations, Community Based Organizations (CBOs) ,
institutions and others.

SUB SCHEME- ‘COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN

BEGGING’:

• Pilot phase: The scheme has been implemented in the selected 10 cities on pilot basis
having large concentrations of the Beggar community.

Status of beggars In India:

According to the Census 2011:
• Total number of beggars- 4,13,670 and the number has increased from the last census.
• West Bengal tops the chart followed by Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
• Lakshadweep merely has two vagrants
• Among the union territories, New Delhi had the largest number of beggars 2,187 followed
by 121 in Chandigarh.
• Among the North Eastern states, Assam topped the chart and Mizoram ranked the lowest.

PM-DAKSH Scheme (updated in October 2021)

What:

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched ‘PM-DAKSH’ (Pradhan Mantri
Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi) Portal and ‘PM-DAKSH’ Mobile App.

Why:

to make the skill development schemes provided under Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta
Sampann Hitgrahi (PM-DAKSH) Yojana, accessible to the target groups - Backward Classes,
Scheduled Castes and Safai Karamcharis.

Tell me more:

About PM- DAKSH:

• Ministry and launched year: The Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi
(PM-DAKSH) Yojana is being implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice and

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Empowerment. from the year 2020-21.

• Provisions: Under this Yojana, eligible target group are being provided skill development
training programmes on
o Up-skilling/Re-skilling
o (ii) Short Term Training Programme
o (iii) Long Term Training Programme and
o (iv) Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP)

• Beneficiaries: Marginalized persons of SC (Scheduled Caste), OBC (Other Backward

Classes), Economically Backward Classes, Denotified tribes, Sanitation workers including
waste pickers, manual scavengers, transgenders and other similar categories.

• Implementation: It is implemented by the three Corporations under the Ministry:

o National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC),
o National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC),
o National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC).

Ministry of Tourism

Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual

Augmentation Drive (PRASAD)
Pilgrimage • Pilgrimage destination
Rejuvenation • Renovate
Objective:
• The scheme aimed at infrastructure development to rejuvenate the pilgrimage destinations
and to enrich tourist experience and to enhance employment opportunities in pilgrimage
areas.

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Launch year : 2014 – 15

Funding – Central Sector Scheme (100% funding from central government)

Management Structure

• Responsible for guidance, review and

National Steering monitoring of the scheme
committee • Headed by Minister of Tourism

Central Sanctioning • Responsible for sanctioning the projects

• Headed by Secretary under ministry of
and Monitoring tourism
committee

• Responsible for identifying the projects in

consultation with the state/UT and other
Mission directorate stakeholders.

Recent update – Recently Simhachalam Temple in Andhra Pradesh has been included under the
PRASAD scheme.

Swadesh Darshan
Introduction
• The Swadesh Darshan Scheme is a central Sector Scheme under the Ministry of Tourism.
• It aims to integrated development of theme-based tourist circuits in the country.
• It was launched in 2014-15.

Objectives
• Position tourism as a major engine of economic growth and job creation;
• Enhance employment opportunities
• Enhance the tourist attractiveness in a sustainable manner

Number of Circuits
Under the scheme, fifteen thematic circuits have been identified, for development –
• North-East India Circuit
• Buddhist Circuit
• Himalayan Circuit
• Coastal Circuit
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• Krishna Circuit
• Desert Circuit
• Tribal Circuit
• Eco Circuit
• Wildlife Circuit
• Rural Circuit
• Spiritual Circuit
• Ramayana Circuit
• Heritage Circuit
• Tirthankar Circuit and
• Sufi Circuit

At the time of launch number of circuits were only 5, by 2017 more circuits (10) were added
making them 15.

Focus of the scheme

The focus under the scheme is to develop public facilities like-
• last mile connectivity
• Tourist reception Centers
• Way side Amenities
• Solid Waste Management
• Illumination, Landscaping, parking etc.

Budget allocation
• from 2017-18 till 2019-20 - an outlay of Rs. 5048 Crore was sanctioned.
• EFC has recommended that sanctions for new projects in the period 2017-2020 shall be
restricted to Rs. 2500 Crore.

Adopt a Heritage–
‘Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan’ Project
Introduction
• ‘Adopt a Heritage Project’ is an initiative of the Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with the
Ministry of Culture and the Archaeological Survey of India.
• It was launched on 27th Sep. 2017.
Objectives
• It entails encouraging students, public sector and private organisations to participate more
actively in the maintenance of Indian heritage.
• The project primarily focuses on providing basic amenities that include cleanliness, public
conveniences, safe drinking water, ease of access for tourists, signages, illumination, Wi-fi
etc.
Fund management
• No fund is given by Ministry of Tourism.

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• The Project envisages involvement of Private/Public Companies / Organizations and

Individuals to adopt Monuments/ Natural Heritage Sites/ other Tourist primarily under CSR.

*The term "Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)" can be referred as corporate initiative to
assess and take responsibility for the company's effects on the environment and impact on
social welfare.

Process
• Under the scheme, government invites public sector companies, private sector firms as well
as individuals, to develop selected monuments and heritage and tourist sites across India.
• Selected firms and individuals will be appointed as ―’Monument Mitras’ for the
development of tourist amenities in the selected heritage sites for an initial period of 5
years.
• The Monument Mitras are selected by the ―’oversight and vision committee’, co-chaired by
the Tourism Secretary and the Culture Secretary.
• They would also look after the operations and the maintenance of the amenities.

Paryatan Parv
Introduction
• Paryatan Parv', a nation-wide celebration of Tourism was inaugurated first time on 5th
October 2017.
• The Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with other Central Ministries, State Governments
and stakeholders organized this event.
• It aims to boost tourism in the country.

Components

1. Dekho Apna Desh: To encourage Indians to visit their own country.

2. Tourism for All: Tourism Events at sites across all States in the country are being organised.
3. Tourism & Governance: Interactive Sessions & Workshops with Stakeholders on varied
themes will be organised across the Country.

Incredible India 2.0 Campaign

Introduction
• Incredible India 2.0 Campaign was launched by the Ministry of Tourism during 2017-18.
• It aims to promote tourism.
• Various tourism products including spirituality, medical and wellness will be promoted
through this Campaign.
• It is focused on promotional plans and product specific content creation.
Objectives
• to position India as a Must Experience destination amongst overseas travellers.
• to increase foreign tourist arrivals to the country.
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Promotional plans under the campaign

• Thematic promotions include Commercials on Yoga, Wellness, Wildlife, Luxury and
Cuisine.
• The thematic commercials are produced in English with voice -overs in 9 international
languages, viz. German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean
and Arabic.
• The ministry annually releases global print, electronic and online media campaigns in
potential markets overseas, under the ‘Incredible India’ brand-line, to promote various
tourism destinations and products of the country.

For example- Kerala will not only be promoted for its natural beauty but also for its ancient
ayurvedic healing systems.

Note – Tourism products here means spiritual , medical and wellness experiences.

Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Van Dhan Yojana

Van • Forest
Dhan • Money
Objective
• To increase the tribal income by value addition of tribal products.
• To target livelihood generation for tribals by harnessing non-timber forest produce.

Technical Support

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Launch year – 2018

Funding
• 100% central government funding with Trifed providing Rs.15 lakh to each 300 membered
VDVK.
• Tribal gatherer contribution of Rs.1000/member to instil ownership.

Implementing process

Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VDVK) will be established.

15 Self Help Groups of 20 Tribal gatherers will be

constituted for each VDVK.

SHGs are trained and provided with working capital in

VDVK to add value to the products

Under the leadership of collector, these groups can

market their products within or across states.

Big corporates will then help to create secondary and

tertiary level value addition under PPP mode
Van Dhan Yojana in News
• As per the report given by MoTA in FEB 2021,
o 2000 VDVKs have been established.
o Maximum SHGs – Odisha
• Through Van Dhan Start – Up program, coverage is to be expanded to 50,000 SHGs.
• Tech for tribals initiative was launched to promote entrepreneurship among tribals.

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Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana

Van Bandhu • Forest Dwellers
Kalyan • Welfare
Objective
• For the holistic development and welfare of tribal population in India by plugging the
infrastructure gaps and lags in human development indices.

• It is a strategic process which ensures that all the benefits under various
programmes/schemes of Central/ State Governments actually reach the tribals by
convergence of resources through appropriate institutional mechanism.

Launch year – 2014

Focused Areas

The scheme focuses on-

• Provision for a better standard of living and quality of life
• Improving access to and quality of education
• Generating resources for long-term and sustainable growth
• Bridging infrastructural gaps
• Protection of tribal culture and heritage.
• Maximum selling price for 12 identified minor forests produce

Strategies
• Strengthening the institutions and mechanisms which are meant for welfare of tribals.
• Converging all the resources and activities which are centred on tribal welfare.
• Monitoring the funds allocated for tribal welfare and ensuring that they reach the targets.

Eklavya Model Residential Schools

• Character from Mahabharat
Eklavya • Tribal

• Construction of residential schools

Residential Schools
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Objective: To increase the literacy level among the Tribals of India by imparting quality education
to children of Scheduled Tribes.
• This will be done by the construction of world class Eklavya Model Residential Schools on
the lines of Navodaya Vidyalayas.

Launch year : 1997 – 98

Coverage
• By 2022, every block with more than 50% ST population and atleast 20,000 tribal persons
will have an EMRS.

Construction and upgradation cost

• Upgradation cost – Rs.5 Crore per EMRS
• Construction cost
o Rs.38 Crore per EMRS
o RS.48 Crore per EMRS in N – E states, Hilly and difficult areas

Recurring cost
• Rs.1,09,000 per student per year from 2019 – 20 (Earlier it was Rs.61500)

Structure of EMRS

Admissions are through competitive process

Number of seats for boys and girls are equal

Total Sanctioned strength of the school is 480

Education will be entirely free

Tech for Tribals

Objective
• Capacity building and imparting entrepreneurship skills to tribal forest produce gatherers
enrolled under the Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Yojana(PMVDY).
• The trainees will undergo a 30 days program over six weeks comprising 120 sessions.
• Target – 5 Crore tribal entrepreneurs

Ministry – Ministry of tribal affairs

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Implementing agency – TRIFED and IIT Kanpur

• Other partner institutions
o IIT Roorkee
o IIM Indore
o Kalinga institute of social science, Bhubaneshwar
o SRIJAN, Jaipur

Launch year – 2020

Ministry of Women and

Child Development

POSHAN – PM’s Overarching Scheme for

Holistic Nourishment

Overarching • Comprehensive
Holistic • Integrated
Nourishment • The food necessary for growth
Objectives

• It is aimed at ensuring holistic development and adequate nutrition for pregnant women,
mothers and children.
• The scheme strives to reduce the level of stunting, under nutrition, anaemia and low birth
weight babies.
Launch year – 8th March, 2018 from Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan

Coverage and financial outlay

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• 1st Phase – 315 districts in 2017 – 18

• 2nd phase – 235 districts in 2018 – 19
• 3rd phase – Remaining districts in 2019 – 20
➢ Outlay – 9046.17 Crore

Targets

Stunting - By 2% per annum and from 38.4% in 2016 to 25% by 2022

Under Nutrition - By 2% per annum

Anaemia (Young children, women, adolescent girls) - By 3% per annum

Low birth weight - By 2% per annum

Jan Andolan
“Poshan Abhiyaan is not only a programme but a JAN ANDOLAN which incorporates inclusive
participation of public representatives of local bodies, government departments of the state, social
organisations and the public and the private sector at the large”

MoWCD poshan, BBBP,

ICDS
MoHRD Mid day meal
UDISE
MoH&FW MAA, RKSK,
AMB, IDCF
MoJS SBM, SDW

MoRD DAY - NRLM

Poshan Pakhwada 2020

• To celebrate the 2nd anniversary of Poshan Abhiyaan, Poshan Pakhwada was celebrated
from 8th March to 22nd March 2020.
• Its focus was on - ‘Men for Nutrition - Increasing Male Engagement in POSHAN
Abhiyaan to Improve Nutritional Indicators’.

Poshan Maah
• Every year, since 2018, September is observed as the Poshan Maah or the Month of
Nutrition.

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• It includes a month-long activities focussed on antenatal care, optimal breastfeeding,

anaemia, growth monitoring, girls education, diet, , hygiene and sanitation and eating
healthy.

Classification of all major schemes of Ministry of

Women and Child Development (updated in October
2021)
What:

All major schemes of the Ministry have been classified under 3 umbrella schemes viz. Mission
Poshan 2.0, Mission Vatsalya and Mission Shakti.

Why:

For effective implementation of various schemes and programmes of the Ministry of Women and
Child Development.

Tell me more:

Various included schemes under the umbrella scheme and budget allocation is as under-

Umbrella Scheme Schemes included Budget 2021-22

(Rs. in crores)

Saksham Anganwadi Umbrella ICDS - Anganwadi Services, 20,105

and POSHAN 2.0 Poshan Abhiyan, Scheme for Adolescent
Girls, National Creche Scheme
Mission VATSALYA Child Protection Services and Child Welfare 900
Services
Mission Shakti SAMBAL (One Stop Centre, Mahila Police 3,109
Volunteer, Women's
Helpline/Swadhar/Ujjawala/Widow Homes
etc.)

SAMARTHYA (Beti Bachao Beti Padhao,

Creche, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana
Yojana/ Gender Budgeting/Research/

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PM Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)

Matru • Mother
Vandana • Prayer
Objective
• Maternity Benefit program
• Compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentives is provided.

Target beneficiaries
• All pregnant women and lactating mothers who have their pregnancy on or after 01.01.2017
for first child in family
o Excluding – Central government, state government and PSUs employees
o Who are receiving similar benefits under any other scheme.

Benefits
• Cash incentives of Rs.5000 is provided in three instalments:
o Rs.1000 on early registration of pregnancy at Anganwadi centre or any approved
health facility.
o Rs.2000 after six months on receiving at least one Ante – Natal check up.
o Rs.2000 after child birth is registered and the child has received the first cycle of
BCG, DPT, OPV and Hepatitis – B.

• If the beneficiary would get benefits of Janani Suraksha Yojana, then average benefits
including PMMVY would be Rs.6000

Funding Pattern
• Centre : State – 60:40
• Centre : North – eastern and Himalayan State – 90:10
• For UTs – 100% funding from Central Government

PMMVY in News
• Best performance 2020
o Population more than 1 Crore – Madhya Pradesh
o Population less than 1 Crore – Dadra and Nagar Haveli

• Telangana and Odisha are implementing their own maternity benefit program

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Sukanya Samridhi Yojana

Sukanya • Girl Child
Samridhi • Prosperity
Objective
• To ensure a bright future for the girl child by facilitating their education and marriage
expenses.

Launch year – 2015 (as part of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao)

Eligibility
• The girl child must be below the age of 10 years
• One account is allowed per child
• A family can open 2 SSY accounts

Deposits per annum

• Minimum – Rs.250
• Maximum – Rs.1,50,000

Validity of account – 21 years (Deposits can be made up to 14 years)

• The account will be automatically closed if the girl child gets married before completion of
tenure of 21 years

Premature withdrawal
• Can only be made by girl child in whose name the account has been opened after she
attains the age of 18 years.
• Premature withdrawal is limited to 50% of the balance that was at the end of the preceding
financial year.
Provision in case of death
• In the event of death of the account holder, the account will be closed immediately.
• The balance in the account will be paid, along with the interest till the month preceding the
month of the premature closure of the account, to the guardian of the account holder.

Tax benefits
• The deposits made under the account are fully exempted from income tax under section
80C of the IT act.

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National Creche Scheme

National • At all India level

Creche • To provide creche facilities
Definition of crèche - A crèche is a facility which enables parents to leave their children while
they are at work and where children are provided stimulating environment for their holistic
development.
Objectives
• To provide day-care facilities for children (6 months to 6 years) of working mothers in the
community.
• To improve nutrition and health status of children.
• To promote physical, cognitive, social and emotional development (Holistic Development)
of children.
• To educate and empower parents /caregivers for better childcare.

Year of implementation – 2017

Target group and coverage

• Children of 6 months to 6 years of women working in rural and urban areas for a minimum
period of 15 days in a month or 6 months in a year
• The preference would be given to poor and children with special nutritional needs
• The scheme has a pan India coverage

Creche timings
• Crèches shall be open for 26 days in a month and for seven and half (7-1/2) hours per day

Number of children per crèche – 25 with 1 helper and 1 worker

User charges
• BPL families - Rs 20/- per child per month.
• Families with Income (Both Parents) of upto Rs. 12,000/- per month - Rs 100/- per child per
month
• Families with Income (Both Parents) of above Rs. 12,000/- per month - Rs 200/- per child
per month

Funding

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• It is a centrally sponsored scheme where fund sharing pattern amongst centre, States/UTs
and NGOs is in the ratio of 60:30:10 for States, 80:10:10 for North Eastern States and
Himalayan States and 90:0:10 for UTs.

Facilities under crèche facility

• The crèche should be located near the homes of children or near the place of work of
mothers
• Light and ventilation arrangements
• Drinking water and sanitary facilities
• Food and cooking facilities
• Medical aid and first aid facilities
• Play material

Number of crèches
• As on March 2020, there are 6453 creches across the country

Gender Champions Scheme

Gender • Gender Equality
Champion • Person

Objective
• To strengthen the potential of young boys and girls in schools/colleges/institutions to
advocate for gender equality and justice
• To make the young boys and girls gender sensitive and create positive social norms that
value the girls and their rights.
• This will be achieved by selecting Gender Champion in the educational institutions who will
have the responsibility as mentioned above.

Launch year – 2015

Eligibility criteria

• Any student (Girl/Boy/Transgender) above 16 years of age

• Should be enrolled in school or college
• Must have secured minimum 50% marks in the annual exam
• Should bear good communication skills and leadership qualities

Roles of a gender champion

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• To provide overall guidance to the peer group in integrating /mainstreaming gender in all
activities of the Institution in the form of focused group discussions, debates, poster
competitions etc.
• To engage a variety of stakeholders from the school, college, civil society organizations,
women's groups and media in gender mainstreaming activities.
• Identify gaps in school’s or college's activities with respect to gender, and make
recommendations on how to address these gaps.

Mahila Police Volunteer Scheme

Mahila Police • Women Police
Volunteer • Volunteership program

Objective
• A mahila police volunteer will serve as a public – police interface in order to fight crime
against women
• To report incidence of violence against women such as domestic violence, dowry
harassment etc.

Launch year – 2016

Eligibility criteria

• She should not be less than 21 years of age

• Must possess at least 12th pass certificate
• No criminal proceedings must have been instituted against her
• She should not belong to any political party

Selection process

• An MPV shall be selected by SP of police of the respective districts.

• At least 1 MPV shall be engaged in each panchayat/ward.

Term of the MPVs

• Initially two years subjected to the review every six months

• Termination can be done anytime based on the performance

Monthly allowance
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• Rs.1000 per month for out of pocket expenses

• For Reward and Recognition of MPVs a cash reward of Rs. 10,000/-, Rs. 5,000/- and Rs.
3000/- respectively would be given to the three outstanding performers chosen from all the
MPVs in the district in the order of merit.

Funding pattern

• For all states – 60:40 (60% from centre)

• For North eastern states, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh – 90:10 (90% from centre)
• UTs – 100% from the centre side.

Integrated Child Development Scheme

Integrated • Unified
Child Development • For child development

Objective

• To improve the nutritional & health status of children in the age group 0-6 years
• To lay foundation for proper psychological, physical & social development of child
• To reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition & school drop out

Launch year – 1975

Eligibility
• All children below 6 years of age, pregnant women & lactating mothers.
• The scheme is universal for all categories of beneficiaries & in coverage

Funding pattern

Supplementary nutrition

Prior to 2005-06
• It was responsibility of states but the administrative cost was provided by central
government as 100% financial assistance

After 2005-06

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• Up to 50% of the financial norms or support 50% of expenditure incurred by states / UTs on
supplementary nutrition , whichever is less

After 2009-10
• Centre:States /UTs – 50:50
• Centre : N-E states - 90:10

Other components
• Centre:All states /UTs – 90:10
• For the new components approved under strengthening & restructuring –
o Centre:States – 75:25
o Centre:NE states – 90:10 ( for new component )

Services under ICDS

• Supplementary nutrition
• Pre – school non formal education
• Nutrition & health education
• Immunization
• Health check ups
• Referral services

Services Target Group Service provided by

(i) Supplementary Children below 6 years, Anganwadi Worker and Anganwadi
Nutrition Pregnant & Lactating Helper [MWCD]
Mothers (P&LM)
(ii) Immunization* Children below 6 years, ANM/MO
Pregnant & Lactating [Health system, MHFW]
Mothers (P&LM)
(iii) Health Check-up* Children below 6 years, ANM/MO/AWW
Pregnant & Lactating [Healthsystem,MHFW]
Mothers (P&LM)
(iv) Referral Services Children below 6 years, AWW/ANM/MO
Pregnant & Lactating [Health system, MHFW]
Mothers (P&LM)
(v) Pre-School Education Children 3-6 years AWW
[MWCD]
(vi) Nutrition & Health Women (15-45 years) AWW/ANM/MO
Education [Health system, MHFW & MWCD]

ICDS is an umbrella scheme

• Anganwadi services scheme

• Pradhan mantri matru vandana yojana
• National crèche scheme
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• POSHAN abhiyan
• Scheme for adolescent girls
• Child protection scheme

Swadhar Greh – (A scheme for women in difficult

circumstances)

Swadhar • Women in difficult circumstances

Greh • House

Objective

Under the Scheme, Swadhar Greh will be set up in every district with capacity of 30 women with
the following objectives:
• To cater to the primary need of shelter, food, clothing, medical treatment and care of the
women in distress and who are without any social and economic support.
• To enable them to regain their emotional strength that gets hampered due to their
encounter with unfortunate circumstances.
• To provide them with legal aid and guidance to enable them to take steps for their
readjustment in family/society.
• To rehabilitate them economically and emotionally.
• To act as a support system that understands and meets various requirements of women in
distress.
• To enable them to start their life afresh with dignity and conviction.

Note – You don’t have to mug up all the above points. These are just for basic
understanding of the scheme.

Launch year – 2015 (By merging two schemes – Short stay home for women and girls and
Swadhar)

Beneficiaries
• Women above 18 years of age of the following categories:

o Women who are deserted and are without any social and economic support.
o Women survivors of natural disasters.
o Women prisoners released from jail and are without family, social and economic support
o Women victims of domestic violence, family tension or discord.
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o Trafficked women/girls rescued or run away from brothels or other places However such
women/ girls should first seek assistance under UJJAWALA Scheme in areas where it is in
operation.

Note – Not important for exams, don’t waste time in mugging up the beneficiaries.

➢ Women of all categories could stay up to maximum 5 years.

➢ The older women above the 55 years of age may be accommodated till the age of 60
years/shifted to old age homes.

Funding
• 60:40 between centre and States
• 90:10 between centre and N – E states or Hilly states
• 100% assistance from central government in case of UTs

Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme

Mahila • Women
Shakti Kendra • Power Centre
• This scheme is under umbrella scheme PM Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana

Objective: Setting up of “Mahila Shakti Kendra” is meant to provide support services for
empowering rural women with opportunities for skill development, employment, digital literacy,
health and nutrition

Launch year: 2017 – 18

Duration: 2017 – 18 to 2019 – 20

Funding
• 60:40 between centre and States
• 90:10 between centre and N – E states or Hilly states
• 100% assistance from central government in case of UTs

Guidance and supervision

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• Task force headed by secretary, MoWCD

National level
• Task force headed by Principal secretary, MoWCD
State level
• Task force headed by Distrcit collector
District level
• Block level committee
Block level

Ujjawala Scheme
Objective
• To prevent trafficking of women and children for commercial sexual exploitation
• To facilitate rescue of victims from the place of their exploitation and place them in safe
custody.
• To provide rehabilitation services to the victims by providing basic amenities/needs.
• To facilitate reintegration of the victims into the family and society at large
• To facilitate repatriation of cross-border victims to their country of origin.

Launch year – 2016

Beneficiary
• Women and children who are either vulnerable to and victim of trafficking.

Components of the scheme

• Prevention
• Rescue
• Rehabilitation
• Reintegration
• Repatriation

Funding pattern
• Centre: State: Implementing agency – 60:30:10
• Centre: N – E/Himalayan state: Implementing agency – 80:10:10
• Centre: UT : Implementing agency – 90:00:10
➢ Implementing agency can be any social welfare organisation or an NGO

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One Stop Centre Scheme

One stop centre • Every support at one place

Objective
• To provide integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence both in public
and private spaces
• To facilitate immediate access to a range of services like medical, education, legal etc.

Launch year – 2015 (Second phase from 2016 – 17)

Target group
• All women including girls below 18 years of age
• For girls below 18 years of age, Juvenile justice act 2000 and POCSO act 2012 have been
linked with one stop centres.

Services provided in the centre

• Emergency response and rescue service
• Medical assistance
• Assistance to women in lodging FIR
• Psychosocial support
• Legal aid and counselling
• Shelter

Funding
• The scheme will be implemented by states through Nirbhaya fund
• The central government provides 100% financial assistance

Mechanism of the scheme

• Under the scheme, special centres are being established for supporting women affected by
any form of violence
• In the first phase 36 centres were established while in phase 2 there is a target of
establishing 150 centres

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Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

Beti • Girl child
Bachao • To protect
Padhao • To educate
Objectives

• To ensure survival and protection of the girl child

• To ensure education and participation of the girl child
• To prevent gender biased sex selective elimination.
Ministry – It is a joint initiative of

Ministry of Women and child development

Ministry of Heath and Family welfare

Ministry of Education

Launch year – 2015, Panipat, Haryana

Target Group
• Primary : Young and newly married couples; Pregnant and Lactating mothers; parents
• Secondary : Youth, adolescents (girls and boys), in-laws, medical doctors/ practitioners,
private hospitals, nursing homes and diagnostic centres
• Tertiary : Officials, PRIs; frontline workers, women SHGs/Collectives, religious leaders,
voluntary organizations, media, medical associations, industry associations, general public
as a whole .
Coverage
• In first phase – 100 districts
• In second phase – 61 additional districts
• In third phase – All 640 districts as per census 2011, on 8th March 2018
Components

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Advocacy and Media Campaign

Multi - Sectoral intervention in selected gender critical

districts

Targets

Improve the Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) in selected gender critical districts by 2
points in a year.

At least 1.5 % increase per year of Institutional Deliveries.

At least 1.5 % increase per year of Institutional Deliveries.

Improve the Nutrition status of girls

Ensure universalization of ICDS

Promote a protective environment for Girl Children through implementation

of POCSO Act 2012.

Reduce Gender differentials in Under Five Child Mortality Rate from 7 points in
2014 to 1.5 points per year

Monitoring and Supervision

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MoWCD is the nodal ministry for implementation

At national Level - National task force, headed by Secrectary, WCD

At State level - State Task Force, headed by Chief secretary

At District level - District Task force, headed by District

collector/Deputy Commissioner

At Block level - Block level committe, headed by SDM/SDO/BDO

Social media
• Youtube channel on BBBP
• BBBP group on MyGOV platform

SABLA
Introduction:
• SABLA/ Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls is a centrally
sponsored scheme to empower adolescent girls of 11-18 years.
• It aims at improving their nutritional and health status, upgrading various skills like home
skills, life skills and vocational skills.
• It is implemented through the State Governments/UTs.
• It is launched in 2011.

Service provider:
The scheme is being implemented using the platform of Integrated Child Development Scheme
(ICDS) wherein Aanganwadi Centres (AWC) would be the focal point for the delivery of services.

Components of the scheme:

Scheme Sabla has two major components viz. Nutrition and Non Nutrition

Nutrition:
Under the Nutrition component, the out of school Adolescent Girls (AGs) in the age group of 11-14
years attending AWCs and all girls in the age group of 14-18 years are provided –
• Supplementary Nutrition containing 600 calories
• 18-20 grams of protein and micronutrients, per day for 300 days in a year.

Non-nutrition:
The non-nutrition component addresses the developmental needs of adolescent girls. Out of
school adolescent girls of 11-18 years are being provided-
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• Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation

• health check-up & referral services
• nutrition & health education
• Adolescent, Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) counseling/guidance on family
welfare
• life skill education, guidance on accessing public services
• vocational training (only 16-18 year old adolescent girls)

Funding:
All Components except nutrition provision will get 100% financial assistance from the Central
Government. The nutrition provision will be funded by Central government up to the extent of 50%.

SAKSHAM
Introduction:
• SAKSHAM/Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Boys aims holistic
development of Adolescent Boys, on the pattern of SABLA.
• It was launched in 2014.
• It would aim at the all-round development of Adolescent Boys to make them self-reliant,
gender-sensitive and aware citizens, when they grow up.
• The scheme will utilize the structures made under ICDS (Integrated Child Development
Services Scheme)

Coverage:
The scheme will cover all adolescent boys (both school-going and out of school) in the age-group
of 11-18, subdivided into the categories of 11-14 and 14-18.

Service provider:
The Anganwadi Centers are the central points to deliver the services, and if the Anganwadi
infrastructure is inadequate, it will be provided by the local Panchayat or Municipal Committee.

Kishori Shakthi Yojana

• Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY) seeks to empower adolescent girls (11 – 18 Years) so as to
enable them to take charge of their lives.
• This scheme is a redesign of the already existing Adolescent Girls.
• (AG) Scheme being implemented as a component under the centrally sponsored Integrated
Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme

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Support to Training and Employment Programme

for Women
• It is a Central Sector Scheme since 1986-87.
• It aims to provide skills that give employability to women and to provide competencies and
skill that enable women to become self-employed/entrepreneurs.
• The Scheme is intended to benefit women who are in the age group of 16 years and above
across the country.
• The grant under the Scheme is given to an institution/ organization including NGOs directly
and not the States/ UTs.
• The assistance will be available in any sector for imparting skills related to employability
and entrepreneurship.

Sakhi
• It is a one-stop centre for providing medical, legal and rehabilitation facilities for women
subjected to any kind of violence.
• These centres will be established across the country to provide integrated support and
assistance under one roof both in private and public spaces in a phased manner.
• It focuses on strengthening of Multi Sectoral Response to violence faced by Women.

Khoya Paya Web Portal

• It is a citizen based website to exchange information on missing and found children.
• It was launched in 2015.
• The Khoya Paya website is an enabling platform, where citizens can report ‘missing’ as well
as ‘Found’.
• The reporting can be done through text, photographs, videos and other means of
transmitting and uploading information to the KhoyaPaya site.
• It has been developed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the
Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY).
• There is also portal named ‘Track Child’ but in that portal only police communicates with the
police.

e-Samvad
• e-Samvad is an online portal to provide a platform for NGOs and Civil Societies to interact
with the Ministry of Women & Child Development.

• Through e-Samvad, NGOs and civil society can provide their feedback, suggestions, put up
grievances, share best practices which will help in formulation of effective policies.

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PM CARES For Children Scheme (updated in October

2021)
What:

‘PM CARES For Children- Empowerment of COVID Affected Children’ launched to support
children who have lost their parents due to Covid-19.
• It will be funded from the ‘PM CARES Fund’.

Tell me more:

Features of the scheme:

• Ministry – Ministry of Women and Child Development
• Eligibility: All children who have lost both parents or surviving parent or legal
guardian/adoptive parents due to COVID- 19 will be supported under the scheme.

• Fixed Deposit in the name of the child: A corpus of Rs 10 lakh for each child when he or
she reaches 18 years of age. This corpus will be used
▪ To give a monthly financial support/ stipend from 18 years of age, for the next five
years.
▪ On reaching the age of 23 years, he or she will get the corpus amount as one lump-
sum.

• School Education: For children under 10 years: Admission will be given in the nearest
Kendriya Vidyalaya or in a private school as a day scholar.
▪ If the child is admitted in a private school, the fees as per the RTE norms will be
given from the PM CARES.

• School Education: for children between 11-18 years: The child will be given admission
in any Central Government residential school such as Sainik School, Navodaya Vidyalaya,
or nearest Kendriya Vidyalaya or in a private school as a day scholar.

• Fees and other expenses in private school: If the child is admitted in a private school,
the fees as per the RTE norms will be given from the PM CARES.
▪ PM-CARES will also pay for expenditure on uniform, text- books and notebooks.

• Support for Higher Education: The child will be assisted in obtaining an education loan
for Professional courses / Higher Education in India as per the existing Education Loan
norms and interest on this loan will be paid by the PM-CARES or
▪ Scholarship equivalent to the tuition fees / course fees for undergraduate/ vocational
courses as per Government norms will be provided.

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• Health Insurance: All children will be enrolled as a beneficiary under Ayushman Bharat
Scheme (PM-JAY) with a health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakhs.
▪ The premium amount for these children, till the age of 18 years, will be paid by PM-
CARES.

• Web Portal: pmcaresforchildren.in

o It will facilitate submission of applications, identification of children eligible to receive
support under the 'PM CARES for Children' scheme and processing of applications
for securing benefits to them.

Other Initiatives

National Mission For Empowerment Of Women

(NMEW)/ Mission Poorna Shakti
It aims to achieve holistic empowerment of women through convergence of schemes/programmes
of different Ministries/Department of Government of India as well as State Governments.

Priyadarshini Scheme
• It is a women Empowerment and Livelihoods Programme in the Mid Gangetic Plains.

• The focus of the project is on livelihood enhancement, the beneficiaries will be empowered
to address their political, legal, health problems issues through rigorous capacity building.

Nari Shakti Puraskar

It is an award conferred on eminent women, organization and institutions rendering distinguished
service to the cause of women especially belonging to the vulnerable and marginalized sections of
the society on the occasion of International Women's Day (IWD).

Mahila E-Haat
• It is an initiative for meeting aspirations and needs of women.

• It is a bilingual portal provides unique direct online marketing platform leveraging

technology for supporting women entrepreneurs/SHGs/ NGOs for showcasing their
products / services.

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Dhanalakshmi Scheme
• The objective of the scheme is to provide a set of financial incentives for families to
encourage them to retain a girl child, educate her and prevent child marriage.
• The scheme provides for cash transfers to the family of the girl child on fulfilling certain
specific conditions like immunization, enrolment and retention in school, insurance cover
etc.

NARI
• NARI is an online portal to provide women citizens with easy access to information on
government schemes and initiatives for women.
• It provides links to the Ministries, Departments and autonomous bodies offering the
schemes as well as easy access to online applications and grievance redressal.

Ministry of Micro, Small

and Medium Enterprises

Gramodyog Vikas Yojana

Objective
• To provide benefit to the artisans involved in manufacturing of Agarbatti, Beekeeping
activities and Pottery activities

• KVIC will provide training and assistance and raw materials to artisans.

Launch year – 2020

Eligibility
• Artisans between 18 and 55 years of age
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• Under pottery activity minimum 50% beneficiaries should be from SC/ST/Women/BPL

households
• Under Beekeeping activity, one person from one family will be eligible for 10 bee boxes.

Other key points

• Each targeted cluster of artisans will be supported with about 50 Automatic Agarbatti
making machines and 10 Mixing machines
• This program will act as a catalyst in generating 500 additional jobs in the field on Agarbatti
Manufacturing.

ASPIRE
Introduction:
• A Scheme for Promotion of Innovation, Rural Industry & Entrepreneurship (ASPIRE) is a
scheme launched with an objective to set up a network of technology centres, incubation
centres.
• It aims at accelerate entrepreneurship and also to promote start-ups for innovation and
entrepreneurship in rural and agriculture based industry.

Objectives:
The planned outcomes of ASPIRE are:
• Setting up Technology Business Incubators (TBI),
• Livelihood Business Incubators (LBI) and
• Creation of a Fund of Funds for such initiatives with SIDBI.

Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional

Industries (SFURTI)
• SFURTI is to organize the traditional industries and artisans into clusters.
• It aims at make them competitive and provide support for their long term sustainability.
• by way of:
o enhancing the marketability of products,
o improving the skills of artisans,
o making provision for common facilities and
o strengthening the cluster governance systems.

PM’s Employment Generation Programme

Introduction:

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• PMEGP is a major credit-linked subsidy programme being implemented since 2008-09 to

generate self-employment.
• The government has approved the continuation of PMEGP beyond the 12th Plan period for
three years to 2019-20
• with a total outlay of Rs 5,500 crore.

Objective:
The Scheme is aimed at generating self-employment opportunities through establishment of
micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector by helping traditional artisans and unemployed youth in
rural as well as urban areas.

Nodal agency:
Khadi and Village Industries Commission is the nodal implementing agency at the national level.

Implementing Agency:
KVIC, Khadi & Village Industry Boards (KVIB) and District Industry Centres (DIC) are the
implementing agencies in the states.

Provided subsidy:
Higher rate of subsidy (25-35%) will be applicable for women, SC/ST, OBC, Physically Disabled,
NER applicants in rural areas.

'Udyami Mitra' Portal

• Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has revamped its Udyami Mitra with
enhanced features.
• The portal was launched to improve accessibility of credit for the MSMEs.
• It helps MSMEs for submission of loan applications which can be picked up by multiple
lenders.
• It aims at bringing in transparency in processing of loans by the banks.
• Now non-banking finance companies and small finance banks are being on-boarded on the
platform for enhancing flow of credit to MSMEs.
• Under the new capitalisation plan banks will have to compete for loans through the
revamped portal.

Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum

• UAM is an online portal which facilitates the registration of entrepreneurs in the MSME
sectors.

• To improve the ease of doing business for MSME‘s, Ministry of MSME has launched UAM
which replaces the filing of Entrepreneurs‘ Memorandum with States/UTs.
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• Upon the registration, the user will be allocated an unique Udyog Aadhar Number (UAN).

MSME Sambandh and Sampark

Sambandh

• It is a public procurement portal unveiled to monitor the implementation of the Public

Procurement from MSEs by Central Public Sector Enterprises.

• The Procurement Policy launched in 2012 mandates the Central Government Departments
/ CPSUs to procure necessarily from MSEs.

• Every Central Ministry / Department / PSU shall set an annual goal for procurement from
the MSE sector at the beginning of the year, with the objective of achieving an overall
procurement goal of minimum of 20% of the total annual purchases of the products or
services produced or rendered by MSEs.

Sampark

• Mission Sampark is a digital platform.

• wherein, jobseekers (passed out trainees / students of 18 MSME Technology Centres) and
recruiters (various reputed national & multinational companies) register themselves for
getting employment and getting right kind of manpower respectively.

• This portal will act as a bridge between the talent pool and those enterprises seeking
trained man power.

Special Capital Linked Subsidy Scheme for

Service Sector (UPDATED IN JAN 2022)
What: Ministry of MSME has launched Special Capital Linked Subsidy Scheme for Service Sector at
Guwahati.

Why: It will help in meeting the technology related requirements of enterprises in the services sector.

Tell me more
• Capital subsidy – 25%

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• For procurement of Plant & Machinery and service equipments through institutional credit to the
SC-ST MSEs.
• The capital subsidy will be provided without any sector specific restrictions on technology
upgradation.

Ministry of Food
Processing Industries

PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing

Enterprises Scheme (updated in Jan 2022)
Objective
• To upgrade the micro food processing industry by providing financial, technical and
business support

Launch year – 2020

• Duration – 5 years (2020 – 21 to 2024 – 25)

Funding
• Centrally sponsored scheme with total outlay 10000 crore
• 60:40 between centre and states
• 90:10 between centre and N – E states
• 60:40 between centre and UTs with legislature
• 100% from centre for UTs without legislature

Approach

• One district One Product: The States would identify food products for districts keeping in view
the existing clusters and availability of raw material.

Capacity Building and research

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• These institutes will Provide support for training of units, product development, appropriate
packaging and machinery for micro units.

Financial Support

• Credit-linked capital subsidy: Individual micro food processing units can avail 35% subsidy of
the eligible project cost with a maximum ceiling of Rs.10 lakh per unit.
o For development of common infrastructure including common processing facility, lab,
warehouse, etc.

• For Self Help Group (SHG) member: A seed capital (initial funding) of Rs. 40,000- per
Self Help Group (SHG) member
o For working capital and purchase of small tools.

• For marketing & branding: 50% grant is provided to Support for marketing & branding
would be provided.

Expected benefit

• The Scheme is expected to generate a total investment of Rs. 35,000 crore and 9 lakh
skilled and semi-skilled employment.

• It will benefit 8 lakh units through access to information, training, better exposure and
formalization.

• Nearly 200,000 micro enterprises will get credit-linked subsidy support.

Seed Capital Module:

• Ministry of food processing industry along with Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has
launched Seed Capital Module under PMFME scheme on DAY-NULM MIS portal to provide
seed capital assistance to the members of urban SHGs working in the food processing
sector.
o MIS – Management Information System

Update:

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• Union Ministry of food processing industry has launched six one district one product brands
under Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME)
Scheme.
• The six brands that have been launched are –
▪ Amrit Phal – Gurugram, Haryana
▪ Cori Gold – Kota, Rajasthan
▪ Kashmiri Mantra – Kulgam, J&K
▪ Madhu Mantra – Saharanpur, UP
▪ Somdana – Thane, Maharashtra
▪ Whole Wheat Cookies of Dilli Bakes – Delhi
• These brands have been launched under an agreement signed between ministry of food
processing industry and NAFED.
• Under the agreement, 10 brands of selected ODOPs will be developed under branding and
marketing component of the PMFME scheme.

PM- Kisan Sampada Yojana

Introduction

• Kisan SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-

Processing Clusters) Yojana is approved in 2017 for the period of 2016-20 with an outlay
of Rs. 6000 Crore.
• It aims to result in creation of modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain management
from farm gate to retail outlet.
• It is an umbrella scheme incorporating ongoing schemes as well as new schemes.

Objectives of the scheme

• To provide a big boost to the growth of food processing sector in the country.
• To provide better returns to farmers and is a big step towards doubling of farmers income.
• To create huge employment opportunities especially in the rural areas.
• To reduce wastage of agricultural produce.
• To increase the processing level and enhancing the export of the processed foods.

Implemented schemes under Sampada Yojana

The following schemes will be implemented under PM Kisan SAMPADA Yojana:

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Mega Food Parks

Introduction
• Mega Food Parks Scheme (MFPS) was launched in 2008.
• The Scheme of Mega Food Park aims at providing a mechanism to link agricultural
production to the market by bringing together farmers, processors and retailers.
Features of the scheme

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(1) Based on ‘Cluster Approach’:

• The Mega Food Park Scheme is based on “Cluster” approach which envision:
o well defined processing zone with processing facilities and support infrastructure.
o Well established supply chain.
• A cluster of 30-35 units is expected to come up in one Mega Food Park with an investment
of about Rs. 250 Crore.

(2) Mega Food Park Model:

A mega food park is basically a hub, comprising Collection Centres (CCs), Primary Processing
Centres (PPCs) as spokes linked to a Central Processing Centre as hub.

(3) pattern of assistance:

• In general areas: one-time capital grant of 50% of the project cost to a maximum of Rs. 50
Crore.
• In Hilly and Difficult Terrain: capital grant of 75% of the project cost subject to a maximum
of Rs. 50 Crore.

(4) Implementing Agency:

The Mega Food Park project is implemented by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) which is a Body
Corporate registered under the Companies Act.

(5) Sanctioned and Operational projects:

The government has sanctioned 42 MFPs to be set up in the country. Out of these, 22 Mega Food
Park projects have been made operational as on August 2021.

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Ministry of New and

Renewable Energy

PM Kisan Urja Suraksha even Utthan Maha

Abhiyaan
Kisan • Farmers
Urja Suraksha • Energy
Utthan • Upliftment
Objective
• Increasing farmer’s income, providing reliable source for irrigation and de – dieselise the
farm sector.
• The scheme aims to add solar and renewable energy capacity of 30.8GW by 2022.

Launch Year – 2019

Central funding – Rs. 34,035 Crore

Components
• Component A: 10,000 MW of Decentralized Ground Mounted Grid Connected Renewable
Power Plants.
• Component B: Installation of 20 lakh standalone Solar Powered Agriculture Pumps.
• Component C: Solarisation of 15 Lakh Grid-connected Agriculture Pumps of individual
pump capacity up to 7.5 HP.
o Solarisation of total 4 lakh grid connected pumps are targeted for sanction by 2020-
21 and 50% of these are to be solarised through feeder level solarisation and
balance 50% through individual pump solarisation.
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Scheme implementation
• State Nodal Agencies (SNAs) of MNRE will coordinate with States/UTs, Discoms and
farmers for implementation of the scheme.
• For feeder level solarisation, DISCOMS will be the implementing agency.

Benefits to farmers
• The grid connected agriculture pumps can be solarised with central and state subsidy of
30% each and farmer’s contribution of 40%
• For installation of feeder level solar power plant central financial assistance of 30% in the
case of a normal states and 50% in the case of N – E states, hilly states/UTs and island
UTs will be provided by central government and the rest will be provided through loans from
NABARD and other organisations.

➢ The minimum life required for all the solar components developed under the scheme
should be 25 years.

GEF-MNRE-UNIDO Launch loan interest

subvention scheme (updated in October 2021)
What:

MNRE in association with UNIDO and GEF launched the loan interest subvention scheme.
• A GIS based inventory tool of organic waste streams was also unveiled.
• MNRE: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
• UNIDO: The United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• GEF: Global Environment Facility

Why:

for demonstration of innovative industrial organic waste to energy bio- methanation projects and
business models.

Tell me more:

• Under the scheme, financial assistance will be provided to innovative waste to energy bio-
methanation projects and business models.
• Innovations in such projects seek to improve overall energy output thereby minimising the
cost of energy generation.

Need of the project:

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• The industrial organic waste-to-energy bio-methanation projects are generally capital

intensive.
• These projects also face problems regarding waste availability, and revenue, particularly
biogas yield and its utilization scenario.
• The loan scheme provides financial assistance to beneficiaries to reduce the financial
burden on account of interest on the loan component faced by such demonstration projects.

About GIS-based inventory tool of organic waste:

The tool provides district level estimates of available urban and industrial organic wastes and their
energy generation potential across India.

Green Energy Corridor Scheme (updated in Jan 2022)

What: Ministry of new and renewable energy has been implementing the Green Energy Corridor
scheme.
• In Jan 2022, the cabinet committee on economic affairs has approved the Scheme on
Green Energy Corridor – Phase 2.

Why – The scheme aims to synchronize the electricity produced from renewable resources with
the conventional power stations in the electricity grid.
• The scheme would contribute in achieving 500 GW by 2030.

Tell me more

• Targets under Phase 2 -

▪ Addition of 10,750 circuit kilometres of transmission lines and 27,500 Mega Volt-
Amperes transformation capacity of substations.
▪ It will facilitate grid integration and power evacuation of approximately 20 GW of
Renewable Energy (RE) power
• Total cost – Rs.12,031.33 Crore
• Centre financial assistance – 33% of the project cost
• Completion period – 2021-22 to 2025-26
• Ministry – Ministry of new and renewable energy
• Projects will be developed in 7 states - Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala,
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh

Phase 1 of Green Energy Corridor:

o It is already under implementation in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Himachal
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Rajasthan.
o It is working for the grid integration and power evacuation of about 24 GW of Renewable
Energy by 2022.

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Ministry of Jal Shakti

Namami Gange Programme

Namami • Hail
Gange • River Ganga

Objective
• Effective abatement of pollution of river Ganga.
• Conservation and rejuvenation of river Ganga.
• Through National Mission for Clean Ganga which is a society under society registration act
1860.
• It acts as an implementing arm of National Ganga Council headed by Prime Minister

Launch year – 2014

Budgetary outlay – Rs.20,000 Crore

Main pillars of the program

• Sewage treatment Infrastructure

• River front development
• River surface cleaning
• Biodiversity
• Afforestation
• Public awareness
• Industrial affluent monitoring
• Ganga gram – It is an integrated approach for holistic development of villages situated on
the banks of river ganga with the active participation of villagers

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o The objectives of Ganga Gram Project include solid and liquid waste management,
renovation of ponds and water resources, water conservation projects, organic
farming, horticulture, and promotion of medicinal plants.

Division of implementation

• Entry level activities (For immediate visible impact)

• Medium term activities (To be implemented within 5 years)
• Long term activities (To be implemented within 10 years)

Recent Updates in the programme

• Chacha Chaudhary (Indian comic superhero) has become the brand ambassador of
Namami Gange Programme

• A movie on Namami Gange was launched on India Science Channel

• World Bank has provided a support of $400 million to enhance its support for Namami
Gange Programme

Dam Rehabilitation and improvement Project

• Safety and operational performance of
Dam Rehabilitation dams

Objective
• Improving the safety and operational performance of selected dams along with institutional
strengthening

Launch year
• Phase 1
o It was initially launched in 2012 for a period up to 2018.
o Extended for 2 years in 2018.
• Phase 2 and 3
o In 2020, phase 2 and phase 3 were launched

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o The project is to be implemented over a period of 10 years, in two phases, with each
phase of 6 years duration and an overlap of 2 years over each other.
Project cost
• Phase 1
o Rs.3466 Crore
• Phase 2 and 3
o Rs.10,200 Crore (Funding support from World Bank)

Funding pattern
• Out of total cost of Rs.10,200 Crore, 7000 Crore will be provided by World Bank while rest
will be provided by State and central agencies
• Funding ratio
o 70:30 (General category states)
o 80:20 (Special category states)
o 50:50 (Central agencies)
➢ First part is to be financed by World Bank and rest is to be financed by
participating states and central government.

Components of the scheme

• Rehabilitation and improvement of dams
• Dam safety institutional strengthening
• Incidental revenue generation for sustainable operation and maintenance of dams
• Project management

DHARMA App
• Dam Health and Rehabilitation Monitoring Application is a web – based software package
to support the effective collection and management of dam safety data.

Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase 2

(updated in October 2021)
Objective
• This mission will focus on ODF plus, which includes ODF sustainability and Solid and Liquid
waste management.

Implementation period – 2020 – 21 to 2024 – 25

Total outlay
• Rs.1,40,881 Crore
• Out of this, Rs.52,497 Crore will allocated from the budget of Ministry of Jal shakti while the
remaining amount will be taken from the funds being released under 15th finance
commission, MGNREGS and revenue generation models.
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Financial Assistance

• Under the program, Rs.12000 for construction of Individual household toilet will be provided
under the existing norms
• Financial assistance to the Gram Panchayats (GPs) for construction of Community
Managed Sanitary Complex (CMSC) at village level has been increased from Rs.2 lakh to
Rs.3 lakh per CMSC.

Funding pattern
• Centre:States – 60:40
• Centre:N – E states – 90:10
• Centre:UTs – 100:00

Indicators for solid and liquid waste management

• Plastic waste management
• Biodegradable solid waste management
• Grey water management
• Faecal sludge management

Atal Bhujal Yojana

Bhujal • Ground Water

Objective: To recharge ground water sources and revive surface water bodies by involving people
at the local level.

Launch Year and Date: It is named after Atal Behari Vajpayee. So, it was launched on his
birthday i.e. 25th December in the year 2019.

Total Outlay and Fund Management

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Central Sector Scheme

Supported By World Bank

Total outlay - 6000Cr

50:50 Between Centre and World Bank

Implementation Period – Five years from 2020 – 21 to 2024 – 25

States Covered

Gujarat Karnataka Haryana MP Maharashtra

Rajasthan UP

Components

The two main components of the scheme include:

(1) Institutional Strengthening

(2) Incentivizing the states - for achievements in improved groundwater management practices

Jal Kranti Abhiyan

Introduction:
Jal Kranti Abhiyan is being celebrated to consolidate water conservation and management in the
country through a holistic and integrated approach involving all stakeholders, making it a mass
movement.

Objectives:
The objectives of Jal Kranti Abhiyan are-
• Strengthening grass root involvement of all stakeholders including Panchayati Raj
Institutions and local bodies in the water security and development schemes;

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• Encouraging the adoption/utilization of traditional knowledge in water resources

conservation and its management;

• To utilize sector level expertise from different levels in government, NGO‘s, citizens etc;

• Enhancing livelihood security through water security in rural areas.

Activities undertaken:
• Jal Gram Yojana,
• Development of Model Command Area,
• Pollution abatement,
• Mass Awareness Programme.

Funding:
No separate fund have been allotted and various expenditure will be met from existing schemes of
Central/State Governments, such as PMKSY, MGNREGA, RRR of water bodies, AIBP etc.

Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan

• National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is running ―Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan‖ in five
main stem Ganga basin states – Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West
Bengal.

• The campaign has been initiated as part of the Forest Interventions in Ganga (FIG) component
of Namami Gange programme.

• It aims to bring greater awareness among people and other stakeholders regarding the
importance of afforestation for the task of Ganga Rejuvenation.

Nirmal Ganga Sahbhagita

• It is mainly to assist the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) located on the banks of the river Ganga
for achieving the objective of Clean Ganga.

• It aims at sensitizing the ULBs about the pollution arising primarily due to dumping of solid
waste in the river and involving them in stoppage of such dumping.

Swajal Yojana
Launched year:
‘Swajal’ Yojana is launched in March 2018 under National Rural Drinking
Water Programme (NRDWP) of the Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation.

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Total outlay:
It is involved an outlay of Rs 700 crores.

Purpose:
• To provide safe water powered by solar energy for drinking, cooking and other domestic
basic needs to every rural person round the year.
• The scheme will train hundreds of rural technicians for operation and maintenance
of Swajal units which generates employment in the rural areas.

Covered areas:
• It was launched in 117 aspirational districts which are listed by the NITI Ayog in the country.
• In first phase, it is proposed to select pilot project district in six States, viz., Uttar Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan & Bihar

Jal Mani Programme

Launched date: 2008

Purpose:
This program is launched to provide value and quality addition to the ongoing
Rural Drinking Water Supply Program to mainly address the water quality in rural areas especially
in schools.

Fund management:
This is a 100% centrally sponsored program.

Implementing agency:
It is implemented by the State Governments through the Gram Panchayat/Village Water and
Sanitation Committees/Self Help Groups.

Swachh Iconic Places

Introduction:
• The Swachh Iconic Places was launched in 2016, is an initiative under the Swachh Bharat
Mission
• It is a special clean-up initiative focused on select iconic heritage, spiritual and cultural
places in the country.

Goal of the mission:

The goal of the Initiative is to improve the cleanliness conditions at these places (spiritual
places) to a distinctly higher level.
Ganga Gram
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Introduction:
• Ganga Gram is a project for sanitation based integrated development of all 4470 villages
along the River Ganga.
• Of these villages, Centre and state governments have identified 24 villages to be taken up
under pilot project to transform them into ‘Ganga Grams’.

Launched date: 2017

Components of Ganga Gram:

• Making village ODF
• Proper management of village waste draining into river Ganga
• Proper disposal of solid waste
• Water conservation activities including rain water harvesting/ground water
recharge/maintain of well and ponds, promotion of sprinkler irrigation
• Encourage plantation of medicinal plants and promotion of organic farming
• Construction of crematorium
• Promotion of tourism
• Coordination between various Central and State Governments sponsored schemes and
their implementation on priority in Ganga Grams

Jal Jeevan Mission (updated in Feb 2022)

WHAT - Government of India has restructured and subsumed the ongoing National Rural Drinking
Water Programme (NRDWP) into Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) to provide Functional Household
Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household i.e., Har Ghar Nal Se Jal (HGNSJ) by 2024.
• Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is also known as National Rural Drinking Water Mission.

A brief history of the Jal Jeevan Mission -

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WHY – The goal of JJM is to provide functional household tap connection to every household
with service level at the rate of 55 litres per capita per day (lpcd).
• As of 31.3.2019, only 18.33% of rural households i.e., 3.27 Crore out of the total 17.87
Crore rural households in the country, have piped water connection.

TELL ME MORE –

• Ministry – Ministry of Jal Shakti

• Budget – Rs. 3.60 Lakh Crore
• It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
• Funding pattern –
o Centre: State – 50:50
o Centre: Himalayan & N-E states – 90:10
o Centre: UT – 100:0

Weightage of funding in the Centre’s Share –

• The number of left-out household connections will be another additional criteria with 20%
weightage. 10% weightage is given to rural population affected by water quality.
• Thus, it allows more fund for quality affected states.
• The states can also utilise the funds under JJM for taking up schemes in quality affected
areas on priority.

• Proposed works or actions under the JJM: -

o In-village water supply (PWS) infrastructure for tap water connection to every
household
o Technological intervention for treatment to make water potable
o Grey water management

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o Upgradation of completed and ongoing piped water supply schemes to provide

FHTC and raise the service level
o Capacity building of various stakeholders and support activities to facilitate the
implementation

• The institutional mechanism under JJM:

• Community level contribution in the scheme –

o Communities will contribute towards 10% of the capital cost in cash and/or kind
and/or labour in all villages except for -
▪ hilly and forested areas/ NE and Himalayan States and villages having more
than 50% SC and/or ST population. Here, the community contribution would
be 5% of the capital cost.
o Aim - to instil the ‘sense of ownership’ among the community for better
implementation and long-term operation & maintenance of the scheme.

• Other Provisions –
o For targeted delivery and monitoring of specific outcomes, every functional tap
connection is to be linked with the Aadhar number of the head of the household
subject to statutory provisions.
o Every asset created under JJM will be geo-tagged.
o Performance based assessment will be done to allocate funds further.

Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh -

• The ‘Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh’ will mobilize and accept donations/ contributions received
from various sources to fund JJM.

Update:
• The Budget 2022-23 allocated Rs 60,000 crores to the scheme.

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Har Ghar Jal - National Water Quality Sub

Mission on Arsenic and Fluoride
Launch date:
Har Ghar Jal - National Water Quality Sub Mission on Arsenic and Fluoride was launched in
March 2017

Focus:
• on accomplishing mission of providing safe drinking water to about 28,000 habitations
affected by arsenic and fluoride contaminations in the country by 2021.

Total outlay:
It is implemented with an outlay of Rs 25,000 crore.

Funding pattern:
• Funds sharing between Center and State Government for North-Eastern/ Himalayan State
shall be 90:10 and for all other states 50:50.
• Center assistance to any state shall be maximum of Rs. 4500 crores. The funds shall be
made available on first come first serve basis.

Ministry of Science and

Technology

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SERB POWER – Promoting Opportunities for

Women in Exploratory Research

Women • Building opportunities for women

Exploratory research • Research and development activities

Objective
• To mitigate gender disparity in science and engineering research funding in various S&T
programs.
• To provide effort toward enhanced diversity in research to ensure equal access and
weighted opportunities for Indian women scientists engaged in research and development
activities.

Launch year – 2020

Components

SERB – POWER Fellowship

Objective – It is designed to identify and reward women researchers in Indian academic
laboratories, holding a PhD degree in any branch of science and engineering

Eligibility
o The nominee should be an active scientist and should be in regular service
throughout the duration of fellowship
o Age – Between 35 and 55 years
o Should not receive any other fellowship from any government sources

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• Duration of fellowship – 3 years

Support
o Fellowship of Rs.15000 per month in addition to regular income
o Research grant of Rs.10 lakh per annum
o Overheads – Rs.90000 per annum

• Number of fellowship – Up to 25 fellowships per year.

SERB POWER Research Grants

• Two Categories
1.) Level 1
o Applicants from IITs, IISc, IISERs, NITs, central universities and National labs
of central government
o Funding up to 60 lakhs for three years

2.) Level 2
o Applicants from state universities/colleges and private academic institutions
o Funding up to 30 lakhs for three years

• Mechanism of identification
o The SERB-Core Research Grant (CRG) Platform will be used to identify and support
women scientists under the POWER Research Grant component. Accordingly,
proposals will be received through two streams:
1) Direct applications for power grants
2) Applications sourced from CRG scheme

Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help

Institutes (SATHI)
Analytical and Technical • Related to science and technology

Institutes • Making of institutes

Objective
• Building shared, professionally managed, and strong Science and Technology
infrastructure in the country which is readily accessible to academia, start-ups,
manufacturing, industry and R&D labs

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• These Centres are expected to house major analytical instruments to provide common
services of high-end analytical testing, thus avoiding duplication and reduced dependency
on foreign sources
• These will Address the issue of Intellectual property (IP) creation and protection

Launch year – 2020

Duration
• It is planned to set up 5 SATHI centres every year for the next four years.

NIDHI
• National Initiative for Development and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) is an umbrella
program for nurturing ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into
successful start- ups.

• It aims to take forward student innovations in IEDC (Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Development Centres) programme to commercialization stage and to accelerate the
journey of idea to prototype by providing initial funding assistance.

Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty

scheme (VAJRA)
Introduction:
• Under 'Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty' (VAJRA) scheme, scientists or senior
researchers abroad of Indian origin (NRIs and Overseas scientific community) can
collaborate with Indian faculties for conducting joint researches in India.

• The foreign researchers would receive endowments at par with those in their own
countries.

• The Faculty can also be allowed to participate in other academic activities as agreed to by
the host institution and the Faculty.

Eligibility Criteria:
Public funded academic institutions and national laboratories are eligible to host the VAJRA
Faculty.

Tenure of residency:
The residency period of the VAJRA Faculty in India would be for a minimum of 1 month and a
maximum of 3 months a year.

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Coverage:
The Scheme is open to active and accomplished scientist / faculty from all countries.

Regulating body:
The scheme will be regulated by a statutory body called Science and Engineering Research Board
(SERB).

Cattle Genomics
Introduction:
The scheme aimed to enhance selective breeding of the native livestock to ensure high-yielding,
disease-resistant, resilient livestock.

Objective:
• The main objective is to predict breeding values of animal, using DNA level information with
performance record, more accurately and identify genetic worth of animal (elite animal) at
an early age.

• Through this programme, the government aims to improve the genetic health of the cattle
population through genomic selection.

• The programme also envisages development of high-density DNA chips.

• This will reduce the cost and time interval for future breeding programmes and productivity
of indigenous cattle would be enhanced.

Implementing agency:
by National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, an autonomous Institute funded by the Department.

Biotech KISAN (updated in Oct 2021)

Introduction:
Biotech- KISAN (Krishi Innovation Science Application Network) focuses on empowering Small-
and Women- Farmers with Science Implementation.

Objectives:
The scheme aims to create strong scientists-farmers interactive platform where scientists will work
in sync with farmers to understand problems and find solutions.

Working process:
• Several biotech kisan hubs is set up in 15 agro-climatic zones to understand the problems
of individual farmers related to water, soil, seed and marketing and scientists provide
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solutions with validated technologies.

• It includes the Mahila Biotech- KISAN fellowships, for training and education in farm
practices, for women farmers.

Special Call under Biotech KISAN Programme for NE region (updated in October 2021)
What:

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science has issued a Special Call for North
East Region as a part of its Mission Programme “Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science Application
Network (Biotech-KISAN)”.

Why:

With the aim to understand the local problems of the NER farmers and provide scientific solutions
to those problems.

Tell me more:
About the “Biotech KISAN Programme”

• Launched: Biotech-KISAN is a scientist-farmer partnership scheme launched in 2017 for

agriculture innovation.

• Aim: It is launched with an objective to connect science laboratories with the farmers to
find out innovative solutions and technologies to be applied at farm level.

• Progress:
▪ Under this scheme, so far 146 Biotech-KISAN Hubs have been established
covering all 15 agroclimatic zones and 110 Aspirational Districts in the country.

▪ The scheme has benefitted over 2 lakhs farmers so far by increasing their
agriculture output and income.

▪ Over 200 entrepreneurships have also been developed in rural areas.

Need of the present call for NE region:

• The present call specifically focuses on the North East Region as it is predominantly
agrarian with 70% of its workforce engaged in agriculture and allied sector for livelihood.

• The region produces merely 1.5 per cent of country’s food grain and continues to be a
net importer of food grains even for its domestic consumption.

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• The NE region has untapped potential to enhance the income of the farming population by
promotion of location specific crops, horticultural and plantation crops, fisheries and
livestock production.

Future prospective:
• The Biotech-KISAN will be implemented in the North East Region with objective of linking
available innovative agriculture technologies to the farm with the small and marginal
farmers, especially women farmers of the region.

• The Hubs in NER will collaborate with the top scientific institutions across the country
as well as other Farmers’ organizations in the NER for demonstrations of technologies and
training of farmers.

Farmer Zone
• Farmer Zone is a collective open-source data platform for smart agriculture which will use
biological research and data to improve the lives of small and marginal farmers.

• The platform will connect farmers and scientists, government officials, thought leaders in
agriculture, economists and representatives from global companies who work in the big-
data and e-commerce space to bring about technology-based localised agri-solutions.

• It is envisaged that Farmer Zone will help cater to all needs of the farmer, from dealing with
climate change, weather predictions and soil, water, and seed requirements to providing
market intelligence.

• It was unveiled in the ―Smart Agriculture Conclave organised by Department of

Biotechnology (DBT), under the Ministry of Science and Technology.

WISE – KIRAN Scheme (updated in Nov 2021)

What: Ministry of science and technology is implementing a scheme – Women in Science and
Engineering – Knowledge Involvement in Research Advancement through Nurturing (WISE-
KIRAN)
• KIRAN is an umbrella programme of women specific programmes of DST.

Why - It addresses various issues related with women scientists in our country.
• The scheme aims to ensure participation of women in the field of Science and Technology
(S&T) through various gender enabling programmes.

Tell me more

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• Scope -
o KIRAN is actively involved in taking proactive measures to develop state of the art
infrastructure in women universities.
o The scheme is meant to encourage women in S&T domain, preferably those having
a break in career and not having regular employment, to explore possibility of re-
entry into the profession.

• Components of WISE-KIRAN
o Gender Advancements for Transforming Institutions (GATI) – To promote gender equity
in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicines (STEMM)
o Women Scientist Scheme-A – For research in basic/applied science
o Women Scientist Scheme-B – Science and technology interventions for societal
benefits.
o Women Scientist Scheme-C – Internship in intellectual property rights for self-
employment.
o Mobility scheme – To address relocation issues of women scientists working at regular
position in government organizations.

Nakshe Portal
• It was launched by the Ministry for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, on the
occasion of 250th anniversary of Survey of India (SoI).

• Topographic maps containing natural and man-made geographical features including

terrain or topography are prepared by the SoI and it is made available for free download
from ―nakshe web portal.

• Survey of India is the oldest scientific department in India, created in 1767 and one of the
oldest survey establishments in the world.

National Biopharma Mission

Introduction:
• It is the first ever Industry-Academia mission to accelerate biopharmaceutical development
in India

• The mission is aimed at accelerating biopharmaceutical development in a bid to create a

globally competitive biopharmaceutical industry.

Objectives:
• It is targeted to increase India‘s share in the global biopharmaceutical market to 5 per cent
from the current 2.8 per cent.
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• This brings together industry and academia to promote entrepreneurship and indigenous
manufacturing in the bio-pharmaceutical sector.

Implementing and collaborating body:

• The mission will be implemented by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council
(BIRAC), a Public-Sector Enterprise set up by DBT.
• This flagship program is run in collaboration with the World Bank.

Working process:
It is expected to bring together expertise from national and international corridors to provide
strategic guidance and direction to move promising solutions through the product development
value chain.

SATYAM
• SATYAM stands for Science and Technology of Yoga and Meditation is a new programme
launched by DST to rejuvenate research on yoga and Meditation.

• Its objective is to tap potential for safer, holistic and cost effective treatment of physical and
mental health problems.

Surya Jyoti
• It is the Low Cost and Environment-friendly solar lighting device.

• It is a Photovoltaic integrated Micro Solar Dome, a simple innovative technology developed

to meet the lighting need for people who do not have access to reliable supply of electricity.

• The dome will capture day light and concentrate the same inside a dark room in urban slum
or rural areas.

Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana

Introduction:
Pt. DeenDayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana is an initiative for the upliftment and
economic development of rural areas in the country.

Objective:
It aims to formulate and implement appropriate S&T interventions for sustainable development
through cluster approach.

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Working process:
The key deliverable in this approach is to utilise local resources and locally available skill sets and
convert them in a manner using science and technology, that substantial value addition takes
place in their local produce and services which can sustain the rural population locally.

Focus:
Practice of agriculture, agro-based cottage industries and animal husbandry in an eco-friendly
manner will be emphasized during the implementation of the project.

INSPIRE/MANAK
• "Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)" is an innovative
programme for attraction of talent to Science.

• It is a scholarship scheme to help young, talented scientists, collegians and doctorates

embark on independent research careers.

• It was later rechristened MANAK (Million Minds Augmenting National Aspirations and
Knowledge).

Mission Innovation (updated in October 2021)

What:

Union minister of science and technology, Dr. Harsh Vardhan addressed the Mission Innovation to
mark the Mission innovation 2.0

Tell me more

About the mission innovation

• Objective
o To undertake ambitious measures to combat climate change.
o Enhance the public sector investment to a substantial level.
o Increased private sector engagement and investment.
o Increase international collaboration.
o Raising awareness of the transformational potential of innovation.

• Launch year – 2015 (COP 21) on the guidelines of the Paris climate agreement.

• Membership – 24 countries and European Union

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• Major innovation challenges

o IC1 – smart grids,
o IC2 – Off-grid access to electricity,
o IC3 – Carbon capture,
o IC4 – Sustainable biofuels,
o IC5 – Converting sunlight,
o IC6 – Clean energy materials,
o IC7 – Affordable cooling and heating of buildings,
o IC8 – Renewable and clean hydrogen.

• Achievements so far

Mission Innovation 2.0

• To achieve the shared goal of accelerating innovation, all the members have agreed to
develop a second phase (2.0) that includes:

o An enhanced Innovation Platform building on current activities to strengthen the global

clean energy innovation ecosystem
o New public-private innovation alliances – Missions – built around ambitious and
inspirational goals backed by voluntary commitments

India’s role in Mission Innovation

• India played a leadership role in MI Steering Committee and is a member of the
Analysis and Joint Research and Business & Investor Engagement sub-groups.

Vigyan Jyoti Program (updated in October 2021)

What:

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• The second phase of Vigyan Jyoti program has been launched by department of science
and technology.
• The program will now be implemented in 100 districts across the country.

Tell me more

About the Vigyan Jyoti Program

• Objective – This program was launched to encourage girls to take interest in science and
build career thereby creating a level – playing field for meritorious girl students to pursue
career in STEM.
• It had been running successfully in 50 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNV) since
December 2019 and has now been expanded to 50 more JNVs for the year 2021-22.

Activities under this program include:

• Student-parent counselling
• Visit to labs and knowledge centres
• Partners role model interactions
• Science camps
• Academic support classes

Biotech-PRIDE (updated in October 2021)

What:

“Biotech-PRIDE (Promotion of Research and Innovation through Data Exchange) Guidelines” was
released by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology.
• Further, a website of Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC) was also launched.

Why:

These guidelines do not deal with generation of biological data but are a mechanism to share and
exchange information and knowledge generated according to existing laws, rules, regulations and
norms of the country.

Tell me more:
• These guidelines envisage to bridge other existing biological datasets/data centres with the
IBDC, which will be called Bio-Grid.
o This Bio-Grid will be a National Repository for biological knowledge, information and
data.

• These guidelines will be implemented through Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC).

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• Currently, India ranks number 4 amongst the top 20 countries contributing biological
databases.

Significance:
• With a large population of over 135 crore and heterogeneous character of the country, India
needs its own exclusive database for Indian research and solutions.

• This indigenous database will have a huge enabling mechanism for exchange and adoption
of data by young scientists and researchers for the benefit of Indian citizens.

• This will contribute to human health, agriculture, animal husbandry, fundamental research
and thus will extend to societal benefits.

CSIR’s Aroma Mission (updated in October 2021)

I phase:
• Launch: 2016

• Ministry: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ministry of Science &
Technology

• Aim: It is aimed at development of superior aroma crop varieties and their agro-
technologies and assessment of their suitability for the large- scale cultivation in specific
agro-climatic regions.

• Crops included: Under the Aroma Mission various economically important aromatic crops
including mint, vetiver, lemon grass, palmarosa, ocimum, patchouli, lavender, rosemary,
tagetes, Jammu monarda and valerian will be taken up.

II phase:
• On February 9, 2021, CSIR-IIIM-Jammu announced Aroma Mission phase 2 after the
success of the first phase.
• The Institute aims to cover 9000 Hectares in next three years in Jammu.
• The project covers Fourteen high value aromatic crops extended on 3247 ha area covering
17 states and benefitting more than 3100 farmers.

Outcomes:
• With CSIR’s Aroma Mission, important medicinal and aromatic plants are being cultivated in
6,000 hectares of land.
• The Mission has generated 10 to 12 lakh man-days of rural employment and more than 500
tonnes of essential oil worth Rs.60 crores was produced during the last two years.

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Star College Mentorship Programme (Updated in Jan

2022)
What: Minister of science and technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh has launched Star College
Mentorship Programme.

Why: Strengthening UG Science Courses throughout the country by mentoring the new colleges
through hand-holding and peer learning and bringing them under the aegis of Star College
Scheme.

Tell me more

About Star College Scheme

• Objective –
o To support colleges and universities offering undergraduate education to improve
science teaching across the country.
o Improving critical thinking and encouraging experimental science at undergraduate
level in basic science subjects.
• Launch year – 2008
• Implementing agency – Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of science and tech.
• Under the scheme, support is being provided to a Star college for a maximum duration of 3
years.

Ministry of Earth Science

ACROSS Scheme (Updated in Jan 2022)

(Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services) Scheme

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What: Cabinet committee on economic affairs has approved the continuation of the umbrella
scheme "Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS)"
along with its 8 sub-schemes.
• The scheme has been continued from 2021-2026.

Why
• The scheme aims at improving skill of weather and climate forecast through sustained
observations, intensive Research & Development.
• Its objective is to provide a reliable weather and climate forecast for betterment of society.

Tell me more

• Estimated cost – Rs.2135 Crore

• Ministry – Ministry of Earth Sciences

• Implementing agencies
o India Meteorological Department (IMD)
o National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF)
o Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM)
o Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)

• Eight sub-schemes –
o Commissioning of Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs)-IMD
o Upgradation of Forecast System-IMD
o Weather & Climate Services-IMD
o Atmospheric Observations Network-1 MD
o Numerical Modelling of Weather and Climate -NCMRWF
o Monsoon Mission III- IITM/NCMRWF/INCOIS/IMD
o Monsoon Convection, Clouds and Climate Change (MC4)- IITM/NCMRWF/IMD
o High Performance Computing System (HPCS)-IITM/NCMRWF

O-SMART (Updated in Jan 2022)

(Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resources Modelling and Science)

What: Cabinet committee on economic affairs has approved the continuation of the umbrella
scheme "Ocean Services, Modelling, Application, Resources and Technology (O-SMART)".
• The scheme has been continued for a period from 2021 to 2026.
• Earlier, the implementation period was 2018-20.

Why

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• For providing forecast and services based on the continuous observation of our oceans and
development of technologies.
• Exploratory surveys for sustainable harnessing of our oceanic resources (both living and
non-living).

Tell me more
• Launch year – 2018

• Ministry – Ministry of earth sciences

• Estimated cost – Rs.2177 Crore

• Implementing agencies –
o National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai
o Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad
o National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa
o Center for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE), Kochi
o National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Chennai

• Sub-Schemes
o Ocean Technology
o Ocean Modelling and Advisory Services (OMAS)
o Ocean Observation Network (OON)
o Ocean Non-Living Resources
o Marine Living Resources and Ecology (MLRE)
o Coastal Research
o Operation and Maintenance of Research Vessels

• It encompasses a total of 16 sub-projects addressing ocean development activities by the

Ministry of Earth Sciences.

Sagar Vani
(An Integrated Information Dissemination System)

Introduction
• Sagar Vani is an integrated information dissemination system (software platform) that
primarily serves fishermen community with advisories and alerts towards their livelihood as
well as their safety at Sea.
• It was launched in the year 2017.
• The information to be disseminated is given by INCOIS (Indian National Centre for Ocean
Information Services) under Ministry of Earth Sciences.

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• Sagar Vani has been developed by ESSO-INCOIS through the Industry M/s. Gaian
Solutions Pvt. Lt.

Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa Project

Launched: 2017

Objective: It issues crop and location specific weather based agro advisories for the benefit of
farming community.
Provided information:
• It issues advisories on every Tuesday and Friday and occurrence of extreme weather.
• It provides district level weather forecast for next 5- days.

Agency to prepare bulletin:

The Agro-meteorological Advisory Services (AAS) under the GKMS is operated to prepare
biweekly weather-based bulletins.

‘Sumadrayaan’ / ‘Deep Ocean Mission’ (updated in

JAN 2022)
What:
• Dr. Jitendra Singh has launched India’s First Manned Ocean Mission “Samudrayan” at
Chennai.
• India is the sixth country to conduct oceanographic research in the deep sea including the
US, China, Japan, Germany and Canada.

Why:
• It aims to study biodiversity, impact of climate change, and establish an offshore marine
station to explore source of thermal energy.
• It shall facilitate Ministry of Earth Sciences in carrying out deep ocean exploration of the
non-living resources such as gas hydrates, hydro-thermal sulphides etc. located at a depth
between 1000 and 5500 meters.

Tell me more:
• Estimated cost: Rs. 4077 crores for a period of 5 years
▪ The estimated cost for the first phase for the 3 years (2021-2024) would be
Rs.2823.4 crore.

• It is a multi-institutional ambitious mission mode project to support the Blue Economy

Initiatives of the Government of India.

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• Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).

Components of the mission:

• Development of Technologies for Deep Sea Mining, and Manned Submersible:
▪ A manned submersible will be developed to carry three people to a depth of 6000
metres in the ocean with suite of scientific sensors and tools.

▪ An Integrated Mining System will be also developed for mining Polymetallic

Nodules from 6000 m depth in the central Indian Ocean.

NOTE: Polymetallic Nodules are composed of minerals such as manganese, nickel, cobalt,
copper and iron hydroxides which can be used in electronic devices, smartphones, batteries and
solar panels.

• Development of Ocean Climate Change Advisory Services:

▪ A suite of observations and models will be developed to understand and provide
future projections of important climate variables on seasonal to decadal time scales.

• Technological innovations for exploration and conservation of deep-sea biodiversity:

▪ Bioprospecting of deep- sea flora and fauna including microbes and studies on
sustainable utilization of deep- sea bio-resources will be the main focus.

• Deep Ocean Survey and Exploration:

▪ The primary objective of this component is to explore and identify potential sites of
multi-metal Hydrothermal Sulphides mineralization along the Indian Ocean mid-
oceanic ridges.

• Energy and freshwater from the Ocean:

▪ Studies and detailed engineering design for offshore Ocean Thermal Energy
Conversion (OTEC) powered desalination plant are envisaged in this proof-of-
concept proposal.

• Advanced Marine Station for Ocean Biology.

▪ This component will translate research into industrial application and product
development through on-site business incubator facilities.

Significance:
• India has a unique maritime position. Its 7517 km long coastline is home to nine coastal
states and 1382 islands.

• For India, with its three sides surrounded by the oceans and around 30 per cent of the
country's population living in coastal areas, ocean is a major economic factor supporting
fisheries and aquaculture, tourism, livelihoods and blue trade.

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• Considering importance of the oceans on sustainability, the United Nations (UN) has
declared the decade, 2021-2030 as the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable
Development.

• The Government of India's Vision of New India by 2030 enunciated in February 2019
highlighted the Blue Economy as one of the ten core dimensions of growth.

Update:
• Under the mission, design of the manned submersible MATSYA 6000 is completed and
realization of vehicle is started with various organization including ISRO, IITM and DRDO.
• MATSYA 6000 will be ready for trials by the second quarter of 2024.

Ministry of Home Affairs

Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and

Systems (CCTNS)
Introduction:
• The Crime and Criminal Tracking Networks and Systems is a project under Ministry of
Home Affairs for creating a comprehensive and integrated system for effective policing
through e-Governance.
• The system includes nationwide online tracking system by integrating more than 21000
police stations and higher offices.

History of the project:

• The UPA Government had initiated this (CCTNS) project in 2009.
• A pilot phase of the project was launched on 4 January 2013 by the Ministry of Home
Affairs.
• Total outlay of the project is Rs. 2000 crores.

Objectives:

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• Provide Citizen Centric Police Services via a web portal.

• Pan India search on National database of Crime & Criminal records.
• Crime and Criminal reports at State and Center.
• Computerization of Police Processes.

Implementing agency:
The project is implemented by National Crime Records Bureau.

Bharat ke Veer
• Bharat ke Veer is an online portal in which anyone can make fiscal contributions to the
families of martyrs of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF).
• Through this portal one can donate directly to individual Martyrs account (max of Rs.15
lakhs) or may donate to the Bharat Ke Veer corpus fund.
• It was inaugurated in the year 2017.

Ayushman CAPF scheme (updated in October 2021)

What:

Union home minister, Amit Shah has launched Ayushman CAPF scheme for CAPF personnel
and their families

Why:

To extend the benefits of Ayushman Bharat scheme to all the CAPF personnel and their
dependents.

Tell me more

• Through this scheme, all CAPF personnel and their families will receive free treatment with a
simple card swipe in 24000 hospitals across the country.
• A health card will also be given to all CAPF personnel and their families and all CAPF personnel
can receive a medical check up once every year and their families once in three years.

Ministry of Youth Affairs

and Sports
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Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram

Introduction:
• Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram is a flagship programme for development and
empowerment of youth.
• It was launched in the year 2016.
• The eight schemes were brought under the umbrella scheme of Rashtriya Yuva
Sashaktikaran Karyakram as sub-schemes.

Merged schemes:
This umbrella scheme consolidates 8 schemes, namely-

I. Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan(NYKS);

II. National Youth Corps (NYC);
III. National Programme for Youth & Adolescent Development (NPYAD);
IV. International Cooperation;
V. Youth Hostels (YH);
VI. Assistance to Scouting & Guiding Organizations;
VII. National Discipline Scheme (NDS); and
VIII. National Young Leaders Programme (NYLP)

Objectives:
• to improve the effectiveness of these Schemes
• to achieve better synergies between the Schemes
• to develop the personality and leadership qualities of the youth and to engage them in
nation building activities.

Beneficiaries:
• The Scheme beneficiaries are the youth in the age-group of 15-29 years, in line with the
definition of 'youth' in the National Youth Policy, 2014.

Budget Outlay:
• for 2016-17 = Rs. 350 crore

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• from 2017-18 to 2019-20 = Rs.1160 crore

Khelo India
Introduction:
• Khelo India is a National Programme for Development of Sports, which aims to enable a
pathway from schools to Olympics.
• Launched: 2017

Objectives:
• revive the sports culture in India at the grass-root level.
• this scheme is focused on nurturing talent and connecting rural India to global games.

Components of the campaign:

Khelo India programme has been divided into 12 verticals, namely:

Provisions in the campaign:

• Each athlete selected under the new scheme will get a scholarship of Rs. 5 lakh per annum
for eight years to 1,000 selected athletes.
• The government also aims to set up 20 universities across the country as hubs of sporting
excellence.
• The government also promised to promote 20 universities across India as hubs for sporting
excellence.

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Ministry of Mines

Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana

Launched: September 2015

Objectives:
• to provide for the welfare of areas and people affected by mining related operations.

Implementing agency
It is implemented by the District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) of the respective districts using the
funds accruing to the DMF from miners.

Other Initiatives

Sudoor Drishti
• Sudoor Drishti is a project launched in January 2016 by the Indian Bureau of Mines in
collaboration with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) and Department of Space.
• It is for monitoring of Mining activity through satellite.
• Bhuvan based services will be used for the monitoring of periodic changes of the mining
areas within mining lease boundary.

TAMRA
• Transparency, Auction Monitoring and Resource Augmentation (TAMRA) is a web portal
and mobile application, launched in February 2017.
• It will display block-wise, state-wise and mineral-wise information of the blocks to be
auctioned.

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Ministry of Ports, Shipping,

and Waterways

Sagarmala Project
Launched: 2015

Objective: to promote port-led development and to provide infrastructure to transport goods

quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively.

Pillars of the project

• Port Modernization & New Port Development
• Port Connectivity Enhancement
• Port-linked Industrialization
• Coastal Community Development

Updates of the Project

• Under Sagarmala Programme, 577 projects have been identified for phase wise
implementation over the period 2015 to 2035.
• As of 31-Mar-2018, a total of 492 projects (₹4.256 lakh crore) were under various stages of
implementation, development and completion.

Jal Marg Vikas Project

Introduction

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• Jal Marg Vikas project (JMVP) is a National Waterways development project announced
during the budget 2014-15.
• to enable commercial navigation of at least 1500 tonne vessels on the Ganga river.
• It is a non- water consumptive transport project formulated with the aim of reducing rail &
road congestion, reducing the carbon footprint and minimal resource depletion.

Implementing Agency
Ministry of Shipping designated Inland Waterway Authority of India (IWAI) as implementation
agency.

Distance and states covered

• The project will develop waterway between Allahabad and Haldia on Ganga River that will
cover a distance of 1620 km.
• States covered under the project are Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal.

Ministry of Fisheries,
Animal Husbandry and
Dairying

PM Matsya Sampada Yojana (updated in October 2021)

Matsya • Fish
Sampada • Wealth

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Effortless Learning

Objective - to bring about Blue Revolution through sustainable and responsible development of
fisheries sector in India.
Beneficiaries

• Fishers, Fish farmers, Fish workers, Fish vendors, SCs/STs/Women/ Differently abled
persons, Fisheries cooperatives/Federations, FFPOs, Fisheries Development corporations,
Self Help Groups (SHGs)/Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) and Individual Entrepreneurs.

Things to remember

Period of implementation – 5 years i.e. from FY 21 to FY 25

Targeted benefits:
• It intends to augment fish production and productivity at an annual growth rate of 9% to
achieve a target of 22 million metric tons by 2024-25.
• Generate about 55 lakhs direct and indirect employment opportunities in the fisheries sector
along the supply and value chain.
• It also aims to double the incomes of fishers, fish farmers and fish workers by 2024.
• Double export earnings from Rs.46,589 crores (2018-19) to about Rs.1,00,000 crores by
2024-25.
• Enhancing productivity in aquaculture from the present national average of 3 tonnes to
about 5 tonnes per hectare.
• Reduction of post-harvest losses from the reported 20-25% to about 10%.
• Enhancement of the domestic fish consumption from about 5-6 kg to about 12 kg per
capita.

Total investment: Total estimated investment of Rs. 20,050 Crore comprising of

(i) Central share: Rs. 9,407 Crore,
(ii) State share: Rs. 4,880 Crore
(iii) Beneficiaries' share: Rs. 5,763 Crore
Components

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Non-beneficiary
Oriented
Central Sector
Scheme (CS)
Beneficiary
Oriented
Pradhan Mantri
Matsya Sampada
Yojana
Non-beneficiary
Oriented
Centrally
Sponsored
Scheme (CSS)
Beneficiary
Oriented

Central Sector Scheme (CS)

➢ Non-beneficiary Oriented: The entire project cost will be borne by the Central government
(i.e. 100% central funding).

➢ Beneficiary Oriented: The central assistance will be up to 40% of the project cost for
General category and 60% for SC/ST/Women category.

Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS):

➢ Non-beneficiary Orientated: All the sub-components/activities will be implemented by the
States/UTs and the entire project/unit cost will be shared between Centre and State.

➢ Beneficiary Oriented: The financial assistance of both Centre and State/UTs governments
together will be limited to 40% of the project cost for General category and 60% of the
project cost for SC/ST/Women.

Share between Central and state

Center state
North Eastern & 90% 10%
Himalayan States
Other States 60% 40%

Update on the Scheme:

• In October 2021, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has launched a
nationwide River Ranching Programme in Uttar Pradesh.
• Along with UP, the program has been launched in Orissa, Uttarakhand, Tripura and
Chhattisgarh.
• River ranching programme is a component of the ‘Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada
Yojana (PMMSY) that aims to enhance fish production and productivity.
• National Fisheries Development Board, Hyderabad is the nodal agency for
implementing river ranching across the country.
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• This program is a Central Sector Component fo the PMMSY. Therefore, the Centre
released the Rs 2.81 crores for this program for ranching 97.16 lakh fingerlings.
What is River Ranching?
River Ranching is a form of aquaculture in which a population of a fish species (such as
salmon) is held in captivity for the first stage of their lives.
They are then released, and later harvested as adults when they return from the sea to their
freshwater birthplace to spawn.

Special Livestock Sector Package (updated in October

2021)
What:
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved implementation of special
livestock sector package consisting of several activities by revising and realigning various
components of Government of India's schemes for next 5 years starting from 2021-22.

Why:
• It is done in order to further boost growth in livestock sector and thereby making animal
husbandry more remunerative.

Tell me more:
• Funding: This package envisages Central Government's support amounting to Rs.9800
crore over duration of 5 years.

• Financial Implication: It will leverage total investment of Rs.54,618 crore for 5 years in
livestock sector including share of investments by State Governments, State Cooperatives,
Financial institutions, External funding agencies and other stakeholder.

Main provisions:
All the schemes of the Department will be merged into three broad categories as:
• Development programmes:
o It includes Rashtriya Gokul Mission, National Programme for Dairy Development
(NPDD), National Livestock Mission (NLM) and Livestock Census and Integrated
Sample Survey (LC & ISS) as sub-schemes

• Livestock Health and Disease Control:

o Disease Control programme renamed as Livestock Health and Disease Control (LH
& DC) which includes the present Livestock Health and Disease Control (LH & DC)
scheme and National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP).

• Infrastructure Development Fund:

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o The Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development fund (AHIDF), the Dairy

Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) and the present scheme for support to
Dairy Cooperatives & Farmer Producer Organizations engaged in Dairy activities are
included in this category.

Animal Husbandry in India:

• India is the highest livestock owner of the world.
o As per the 20th Livestock Census, the total Livestock population is 535.78 million in
the country showing an increase of 4.6% over Livestock Census-2012.
• As per the Economic Survey-2021, the contribution of Livestock in total agriculture and
allied sector Gross Value Added (at Constant Prices) has increased from 24.32% (2014-15)
to 28.63% (2018-19).

National Digital Livestock Mission Blueprint

(updated in October 2021)
What:

Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has launched the National Digital
Livestock Mission (NDLM) Blueprint at National Dairy Development Board’s headquarters in
Anand, Gujarat.

Tell Me More:
• NDLM is a digital platform, which is based on the Information Network for Animal
Productivity and Health (INAPH) of NDDB.
o The INAPH application delivers real-time data on livestock breeding, nutrition and
health services at farmer’s doorstep.
• The aim of NDLM is to create a farmer-centric, technology-enabled ecosystem to enhance
farmer’s income from livestock activities.
• The NDLM will provide information on robust animal breeding systems, nutrition, disease
surveillance, disease control programmes and a traceability mechanism for animals and
animal products.

Dairy Investment Accelerator (updated in October 2021)

What:

Investment Accelerator has been set up by the ‘Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying
(DAHD)’ (Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying) under its Investment Facilitation
Cell.

Why:

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• The aim is to provide dedicated focus towards promoting & facilitating investments in the
Indian dairy sector.
• It will also generate awareness among investors about the Animal Husbandry Infrastructure
Development Fund (AHIDF).

Tell me more:

This Investment Accelerator is a cross functional team constituted to serve as the interface with
investors.

Provided support: It shall provide support across the investment cycle:

• Offering specific inputs for evaluation of investment opportunities
• Addressing queries about application to govt. schemes
• Connecting with strategic partners
• Providing on-ground assistance with state departments & relevant authorities

About Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF):

• Dairy Investment Accelerator is also generating awareness among investors about the
Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF).
• AHIDF is one of the flagship schemes by DAHD whereby a Rs. 15,000 crore fund has been
setup for offering financial support to entrepreneurs, private companies, MSME, Farmers
Producers Organizations (FPOs), and Section 8 companies.
• Eligible entities can avail the benefits of the scheme to set up new units or expand existing
units in areas of dairy processing, meat processing & Animal Feed Plant.
• The benefits available are:
o 3% interest subvention on loans
o 2-year moratorium with 6-year repayment period
o INR 750 Cr credit guarantee

India in Dairy sector:

• India is the largest milk producer contributing 23% of global milk production.
• Annual milk production in the country has grown by 6.4% (CAGR) in the past 5 years.
• It is the single largest agricultural commodity contributing 5% of the national economy and
employing 80 Mn+ farmers directly.

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Ministry of Consumer
Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution

One Nation One Ration Card (updated in October 2021)

Objective: It seeks to provide portability of food security benefits all across the nation.
o This means poor migrant workers will be able to buy subsidised rice and wheat from
any ration shop in the country, so long as their ration cards are linked to Aadhaar.
o Ration card portability is aimed at providing intra-state as well as inter-state
portability of ration cards.

Launch year – 2019

Implementation:
o It was initially proposed to nationally rollout the ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’
scheme by June 1, 2020.
o Now, it has been extended to be implemented by March 2021. (recently announced
by Finance Minister).

Current practice
• Under the National Food Security Act, 2013, about 81 crore persons are entitled to buy
subsidized foodgrains -
o Rice at Rs 3/kg
o Wheat at Rs 2/kg
o Coarse grains at Re 1/kg

• This is receivable from their designated Fair Price Shops (FPS) of the Targeted Public
Distribution System (TPDS).

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After implementation of ‘One nation one ration card’ scheme

• Under this, a beneficiary will be able to buy subsidised food grains from any FPS across the
country.
• A beneficiary will be identified through biometric authentication. (ration cards must be linked
to Aadhaar.)
• This will be done with the electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) devices installed at the FPSs.

Process
• A standard format for ration card has been prepared.
• Ration cards will be in bi-lingual format in local language and in English or Hindi.
• 10-digit standard ration card number — first two digits will be state code and the next two
digits will denote the ration card numbers.

Associated Challenges
• Exclusion Error:
o There are many sections of society who still don’t have Aadhar Card, thereby depriving
them of food security.
o The fingerprints of construction labours and domestic workers may change or fade and may
not match with the ones entered in Aadhar.

• Logistical Issues: An FPS receives the monthly quota of products strictly in accordance
with the number of people assigned to it.
o The ONORC, when fully operational, would disrupt this practice, as some FPSs may
have to cater to more numbers of cards even as others cater to less, owing to
migration of people.

• Lack of Data: There is no exact data on the mobility of poor households migrating to work,
locating intra and inter-state destinations and sectors employing the workers.

Updates of the scheme

• Under One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) which was running successfully in 32
states/UTs till December 2020, has now became operational in two more states/UTs-Delhi
and West Bengal.
• Covered states: The scheme is now expanding to 34 states/UTs covering nearly 75 Crore
beneficiaries (almost 94.3% NFSA population).
• Remaining states: Two remaining states -Assam and Chhattisgarh are targeted for
integration under ONORC in next few months.
• This scheme is being implemented with a total outlay of Rs. 127.30 Crore.

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‘Mera Ration’ App

• ‘Mera Ration’ App was launched in March 2021.

• The app was launched under One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan to benefit
National Food Security Act (NFSA) beneficiaries, particularly migrant beneficiaries to avail
maximum benefit of ration cards portability.

• The App has been developed by the Department in technical association with Central
NIC Unit.

About NFSA

Enacted in July 2013

Gives legal entitlement to 67% of

the population

To receive highly subsidized food

grains

Priority households • 5 kg per person per month @Rs. 1/-, Rs. 2/- and
Rs. 3/- per kg for
Coarse grains, wheat
• 35 kg per family per month and rice respectively.
AAY families

About PDS

• The Public Distribution System evolved as a system for distribution of food grains at
affordable prices.
• It distributes subsidized food and non-food items to the poor. This scheme was launched in
June 1947.
• It was re-launched as Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in June, 1997.
• TPDS aims at providing food grains to people below the poverty line at highly subsidised
prices from the PDS and food grains to people above the poverty line at much higher prices
than the poverty line.

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Jago Grahak Jago

Introduction:
Jago Grahak Jago is a country wide multimedia awareness campaign on various issues related to
consumer rights and responsibilities across diverse subjects.

Launched date:
• It is launched by the ‘Department of consumer affairs’ under the ‘Ministry of Consumer’s
Affairs, Food and Public Distribution’.
• It has been started in the year 2005.

Objectives:
To create awareness amongst the consumers about the all rights of the consumers as-
• Right to safety
• Right to be informed
• Right to Choose
• Right to be heard
• Right to Redressal
• Right to Consumer Education

Pattern of the campaign:

• The Government has used multiple channels to create awareness it includes:
o Print media advertisements
o Audio Campaigns
o Video etc.
• It is an all- India program includes episodes taken from real incidents based on judgements
given by the consumer courts on cases filed in them by consumers all over the country.

Fund management:
The ratio of Centre: State share in the Corpus Fund is 75:25. In case of special category
States/UTs, the ratio is 90:10.

Implementing Agencies:
This campaign is implemented through the Directorate of Audio and Visual Publicity (DAVP),
the Door darshan Network (DD) and All India Radio (AIR).

Antyodaya Anna Yojana

Introduction:
AAY contemplates identification of poorest of the poor families from amongst the number of BPL
families covered under TPDS (Targeted Public Distribution System) and providing them food
grains at a highly subsidized rate.

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Launched year:
It was launched in December 2000.

Scale of Issue:

• Beneficiary families are distributed 35 kg of rice and wheat at the rates of Rs. 3 per kg and
Rs. 2 per kg respectively with effect from 1st April 2002. (from 2000-2002 it was 25 Kg.)
• Coarse grains are distributed at the rate of Rs. 1 per kg.
• Now sugar also will be provided 1 Kg per month to each AAY famiy at the rate of Rs. 18.50
per Kg.
Target:
The scheme aims to make Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) more focused and
targeted towards the poorest of the poor section of population.

Fund management:
• Under the scheme, subsidies are fully borne by the central government.
• States/UT bears the distribution cost, including margin to dealers and retailers as well as
the transportation cost.

Covered households:
(AAY) was launched for one crore families. Coverage under this scheme has been expanded
thrice covering additional 50 lakh households each time. Thus, the total coverage under AAY was
raised to 2.50 crores AAY families (i.e.38% of BPL)

Price Stabilization Fund Scheme

Introduction:
• The Price Stabilization Fund was set up to help regulate the price volatility of important agri-
horticultural commodities like onion, potatoes and pulses were also added subsequently.
• The agricultural ministry has recently proposed to include Milk in the PSF which is not yet
confirmed.

Launched year:
• The Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) was set up in 2014-15 under the Department of
Agriculture, Cooperation & Famers Welfare (DAC&FW).

• The PSF scheme was transferred from DAC&FW to the Department of Consumer Affairs
(DOCA) w.e.f. 1st April 2016.

Objectives:

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• This fund was used to support market interventions for managing prices of perishable agri-
horticultural commodities by procuring directly from farmers and later supplying at
reasonable rates to consumers.
• The PSF is utilized for granting interest free advance of working capital to Central Agencies,
State/UT Governments/Agencies to undertake market intervention operations.
• Apart from domestic procurement from farmers/wholesale mandis, import may also be
undertaken with support from the Fund.

Modified scheme to enhance ethanol distillation

capacity (updated in October 2021)
What:

Ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution has launched modified scheme to
enhance ethanol distillation capacity in the country

Tell me more

About the scheme

• Objective
o Enhancement of ethanol distillation capacity
o Setting up of distilleries for producing 1st generation ethanol from feedstocks such as
cereals, sugarcane, sugarbeet etc.

• Financial assistance
o Interest subvention for five years including one year moratorium will be provided to
applicants against the loan availed by them from banks at the rate of 6% per annum
or 50% of the rate of interest charged by the banks whichever is lower
o This subvention will be provided for setting up of distilleries or expansion of existing
distilleries
o This will bring an investment of around Rs.40,000 Crore

• Benefits of the scheme

o The scheme would help in achieving the blending targets of ethanol with petrol.
➢ Targets – 10% blending by 2022 and 20% by 2025

o It would help in reducing the import dependency on crude oil

o It will also enhance income of farmers as setting up of new distilleries would not only
increase demand of their crops but would assure farmers of getting better price for their
crops.

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Ministry of Chemicals and

Fertilizers

PM- Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana (updated in

October 2021)
Launched:
• In September 2015, the 'Jan Aushadhi Scheme' was revamped as 'Pradhan Mantri Jan
Aushadhi Yojana' (PMJAY) which is an effective implementation.
• In November 2016, it was again renamed as "Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi
Pariyojana" (PMBJP).

Implementation:
• "Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana" (PMBJP) is
implemented by Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI).
• BPPI (Bureau of Pharma Public Sector Undertakings of India) has been established under
the Department of Pharmaceuticals, ministry of Chemicals and fertilizers.
• BPPI make quality generic drugs, marketing them, supply them and monitoring proper
running of JAS.

Objectives:
• This scheme aims to make available quality generic medicines at affordable prices to
all, especially the poor.
• It is implemented all over the country through outlets known as Jan Aushadhi Stores
(JASs).

*Generic drugs - Generic drugs are marketed under a non-proprietary or approved name rather
than a proprietary or brand name. Generic drugs are equally effective and inexpensive compared
to their branded counterparts.

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Operating agency will be provided 20% margin on MRP (Excluding taxes) of each drug.

Compensation:
PMBJP Kendra and Distributors will be allowed 2% of total sales or actual loss, whichever is
lower, as compensation against expiry of medicines.

Financial assistance

• Inside the hospitals:

one-time financial assistance up to Rs. 2.50 lakh (1 lakh for furniture + 1 lakh by way of free
medicines + 50 thousand for computer/internet/printer) is provided for NFOs/agencies/individuals
establishing PMBJP Kendra in Government Hospitals premises. where space is provided free of
cost by Government to operating agency.

• Outside the hospitals:

For PMBJP Kendra established anywhere else by private
entrepreneurs/institutions/NGOs/trusts/Charitable organizations which are linked with BPPI
headquarters through internet shall get get incentive up to Rs. 2.5 lakhs @ 15% of monthly sales
subject to a ceiling of Rs. 10,000/- per month.
• For weaker sections: The applicants belonging to weaker sections like SC/ST/Differently
abled are provided medicines worth Rs. 50,000/- in advance within the incentive of Rs. 2.5
lakhs.

• For special areas: For north eastern states, naxal affected areas and tribal areas, the rate
of incentive will be 15% subject to a monthly ceiling of Rs. 15,000/- up to a total limit of Rs.
2.5 lakhs.
• A margin of 16% on the sale price is built in the MRP of each drug for all categories.

Update:
• PM Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Yojana has achieved the target of opening of 8300 kendras for
FY 2021-22.
• Target – Establishment of 10000 PMBJP kendras by March 2024. (As on 5th October, 8355
Kendras are there)
• Warehouses – Three warehouses at Gurugram, Chennai and Guwahati are operational
and one is under construction at Surat

Mobile app – Janaushadhi Sugam

• Medicines are procured from World Health Organization – Good Manufacturing Practices
(WHO-GMP) certified suppliers
• All the districts of the country have been covered under the scheme.

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Pharma Jan Samadhan Scheme

Introduction
• The pharma Jan Samadhan Scheme is a part of Government of India’s ‘Digital
India’ initiative.
• It is a web enabled system for redressal of consumers’ grievances relating to pricing and
availability of medicines.
• It was launched in March 2015.
• It is created by NPPA (National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority).
• NPPA is an authority of Department of Pharmaceuticals under Ministry of Chemicals and
Fertilizers.
• It would serve as a robust e-governance tool for protection of consumers’ interests through
effective implementation of the Drugs (Price Control) Order 2013.

Services provided under PJS

• PJS provides the on-line service to search MRP of the medicine through the online search
tool ‘Search Medicine Price’.
• The app helps consumers to discover alternate brands and their prices for any given salt or
formulation.
• Any person can lodge his/ her complaint related to prices, availability, etc.
• NPPA will initiate action on any complaint within 48 hrs. of its receipt.

Neem Coating policy of Urea

Introduction
• In January 2015, the government allowed the urea producers to produce up to 100% of
production as Neem coated urea.
• Further, the government made it mandatory to produce at least 75% of domestic Urea as
Neem coated.
• This policy has made by the ‘department of Fertilizers’ under the Ministry of ‘Chemicals
and fertilizers.

Benefits
• Neem coating leads to more gradual release of urea, helping plants gain more nutrient and
resulting in higher yields.

• Neem serves as a natural insecticide

• Collection of neem seeds is needed for manufacturing of neem coated urea. This would
generate employment in rural areas.

• Neem-coating will help check heavily subsidized urea’s pilferage to chemical industry.

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Scheme For Promotion Of Medical Device Parks

(Updated In October 2021)
What:

Ministry of chemical and fertilizers has notified the scheme for promotion of medical device parks

Tell Me More

About the scheme

Objective

• Easy access to standard testing and infrastructure facilities

• To reduce cost of production of medical devices leading to better availability and
affordability of medical devices
• Four medical device parks will be set up under the scheme to provide the common
infrastructure facility (CIF)
• Based on the evaluation of various states’ proposals, the state government of Himachal
Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh have been given approval under the
scheme.

Launch year – 2020

Tenure – 2020-21 to 2024-25

Total financial outlay – Rs.400 Crore

Funding pattern
• 70:30 – Centre:States
• 90:10 – Centre:North-Eastern and hilly states

Facilities under CIF

• Component testing centre
• Electro-magnetic interference & Electromagnetic compatibility centre
• 3D designing and printing for medical grade products
• Radiation testing centre
• Radiology tube
• Piezo electric crystals

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Ministry of Civil Aviation

UDAN Scheme (updated in October 2021)

Launched:
• UDAN- Regional Connectivity Scheme was Launched in October 2016.
• Coordinating ministry is ‘Ministry of Tourism’.

Duration:
• The scheme would be in operation for a period of 10 years.

Objective:
• It aims at making air travel affordable and widespread.
• This is done by offering cheap tickets to passengers and the central and State Government
paying a subsidy to the airlines.
• Maharashtra is the first state to sign agreement with the Centre.

Provisions in the scheme

(1) Benefited airports:
• The scheme UDAN envisages providing connectivity to un-served and under-
served airports of the country through revival of existing air-strips and airports.
• The ministry has listed out 410 airports/airstrips in two categories, with 394 ‘unserved’ and
16 ‘underserved’ which would come under the scheme.

(2) Implementing agency:

Airports Authority of India (AAI) is the implementing agency.

(4) Applicable Route length:

The scheme will be applicable on route length between 200 to 800 km with no lower limit set for
hilly, remote, island and security sensitive regions.

(5) Creation of a fund:

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• A Regional Connectivity Fund (RCF) will be created to fund the scheme via a levy on
certain flights.
• States are expected to contribute 20 per cent to the fund.
• North Eastern States and Union Territories would contribute 10 % to the fund.

(6) Flight cost:

The flights will cost Rs 2,500 for per hour flight of approx. 500 km.
• In the case of helicopter operations, allowed for the first time, fares are capped at ₹2,500
for a 30-minute flight.

(7) Equal allocation:

• For balanced regional growth, allocations will be spread equitably across 5 regions - North,
West, South, East and North East with a cap of 25 percent.
• Routes on major airports like Delhi, Mumbai and Pune will not be available under this
scheme as they are all facing capacity constraints.

(8) Incentives given:

• Under the scheme, the Government offers incentives to airlines to flag off new flights to
neglected smaller cities and towns by providing Viability Gap Funding to make these operations
profitable.
• • Such support would be withdrawn after a three- year period, as by that time, the
route is expected to become self-sustainable.

Viability Gap Funding - Viability Gap Funding means a grant to support projects that are
economically justified but not financially viable.

(9) Invested amount:

• AAI would invest Rs 17,500 crore in upgrading airport infrastructure over a period till 2019-
20.

(10) Number of UDAN ‘seats and departures’:

• The selected airline operator would have to provide a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 40
UDAN Seats (subsidized rates) on the UDAN Flights for operations through fixed wing
aircraft and
• A minimum of 5 and a maximum of 13 Seats on the Flights for operations through
helicopters.
• On each such route, the minimum frequency would be three and maximum of seven
departures per week.

UPDATE:
• As of October 26, 2021, 389 routes and 62 airports (including 5 heliports and 2 water
aerodromes) have been operationalized under the UDAN scheme.

• Phases of UDAN scheme –

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o UDAN 1.0 - Under this phase, 5 airlines companies were awarded 128 flight routes
to 70 airports (including 36 newly made operational airports).
o UDAN 2.0 - In 2018, the Ministry of Civil Aviation announced 73 underserved and
unserved airports. For the first time, helipads were also connected under phase 2 of
the UDAN scheme.
o UDAN 3.0 - Inclusion of Tourism Routes under UDAN 3 in coordination with the
Ministry of Tourism.
▪ Inclusion of Seaplanes for connecting Water Aerodromes.
▪ Bringing in a number of routes in the North-East Region under the ambit of
UDAN.
o UDAN 4.0 – In 2020, 78 new routes were approved. Kavaratti, Agatti, and Minicoy
islands of Lakshadweep will be connected by the new routes of UDAN 4.0.

• First direct flight between Shillong (Meghalaya) – Dibrugarh (Assam) route was flagged
off under the Regional Connectivity Scheme named UDAN.
o Shillong is one of the highest & wettest places in the world. Shillong is also known
as Scotland of East.
o Indigo will operate the airlines on this route.

UDAN Day –
• 21st October is the UDAN Day to recognize the contribution of Regional Connectivity
Scheme – Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) Scheme.
• In October 2021, the Ministry of Civil Aviation flagged off 6 routes, expanding the aerial
connectivity of North-East India, under the RCS - UDAN Scheme, to mark this day.

International UDAN
• International UDAN – a new international air connectivity scheme, is an extension of the
domestic UDAN scheme.
• The ministry of ‘CIVIL Aviation’ has released the draft for ‘International UDAN’ in August
2018.
• This scheme intends to enhance air connectivity between Indian States and selected
international destinations.
• Guwahati is likely to be the first city to be connected internationally under regional
connectivity scheme UDAN.

Features of the scheme

(1) Identified routes:

The government (of the state of Assam and Andhra Pradesh) has identified eight international
routes for extending its subsidised UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) scheme to neighboring
countries.
o Six routes are from Guwahati to Dhaka, Kathmandu, Yangon, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
and Bangkok.
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o Two routes are from Vijayawada to Singapore and Dubai.

(2) Creation of an international fund:

An International Air Connectivity Fund (IACF) for providing financial support to airlines participating
in the scheme will be set up.

(3) Supporting Government:

it is only the State government that will provide the financial support for flights under international
UDAN.

(4) Tenure of Financial support:

The financial support and flying exclusivity on the route will be for three years.
(5) Eligibility criteria for airlines:
Only Indian carriers can participate in the international UDAN scheme, and only aircraft with
capacity of 70 seats or more can fly the foreign routes.

(6) Use of ‘open skies policy’:

The scheme seeks to make use of the open skies policy that India has with other Asian countries
that allows direct and unlimited flights to and from these nations to 18 Indian destinations.

(7) Model for bidding:

It is based on the market model. Airlines are required to bid on the number of passenger seats per
flight for which such support is required.

Krishi UDAN Scheme

WHAT

Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched the Krishi UDAN 2.0 scheme.

TELL ME MORE

Krishi UDAN 1.0:

• The Krishi Udan scheme was launched in August 2020 to waive off cargo charges for
sending agricultural products via aircrafts.
• Purpose - It will reduce wastage of agricultural produce and increase avenues for the
farmers.
• Eligibility condition – The total chargeable cargo must have at least 50% of agricultural
products to get waiver.
• Access – The scheme aims to deliver the agricultural produce in domestic as well as
international markets in a time-bound manner to avoid damage of the crops.

Krishi UDAN 2.0:

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• Change in Eligibility - Now, waiver will be extended to cargos having less than 50% of
agricultural produce.
• Selected Airports - A total of 53 airports have been selected for carrying cargo
transportation with waiver under the scheme.
• Focus Areas - This phase focuses on the perishable products from hilly areas, north-east
areas, and tribal areas.
• Benefit to the Farmers - This will enhance market reach of the farmers from hilly areas,
north-east areas, and tribal areas in both domestic and international markets.
• Types of charges to be waived off –
o Full waiver of landing and parking charges for aircrafts;
o Waiver of terminal navigation landing charges (TNLC) and route navigation facility
charges (RNFC) for Indian freighters.
• Concessions sought from other bodies – The scheme will encourage states to reduce
sales tax to 1% on aviation turbine fuel.
• Tenure of the Scheme – 2021-22 to 2024-25

Development of Cargo Infrastructure at Airports –

• Strengthening cargo related infrastructure – Under the Krishi UDAN 2.0, airside transit
and trans-shipment infrastructure will be created at selected airports.
o Airside transit – It refers to the infrastructure that facilitates changing of cargo from
one flight to another on the same route, during the same journey.
Landing at Delhi Airport;
Changed the cargo from
Shipment of Cargo from one flight to another to
Mumbai for exporting to export to Dubai. Flight landed in Dubai
Dubai For changing the cargo,
airside transit
infrastructure is required.
o Trans-shipment infrastructure – It refers to developing infrastructure at the airports
for shifting the cargo from one vessel to another; from one flight to another.
• Hub and Spoke Model – Under the Krishi UDAN 2.0, air cargo infrastructure or Cargo
Terminals will be developed based on the Hub and Spoke Model.
o The Ministry has identified locations for developing the cargo terminals by 2025.
o It is a model where the entire supply chain is administered by one Hub. For e.g., See
the picture below: -

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• Under the Krishi UDAN 2.0 scheme, the government departments and regulatory bodies
will work in convergence for pooling the resources and benefitting airline freighters, farmers,
airlines, and other stakeholders.

Portal of the Krishi UDAN Scheme -

• e-KUSHAL (Krishi UDAN for Sustainable Holistic Agri Logistics) will be developed to
facilitate sharing of information among the stakeholders.
• Soon, this portal will be converged with the e-NAM portal.

Focus Routes and Products –

Routes Products
Amritsar – Dubai Babycorn
Darbhanga - Rest of India Lichis
Sikkim - Rest of India Organic produce
Chennai, Vizag, Kolkata - Far East Seafood
Agartala - Delhi & Dubai Pineapple
Dibrugarh – Delhi & Dubai Mandarin & Oranges
Guwahati - Hong Kong Pulses, fruits & vegetables

‘Digi Yatra’-A New Digital Experience for

Air Travelers
Introduction
• ‘Digi Yatra’ is a policy released by the ministry of ‘Civil Aviation’ in June 2017.
• It is based on biometric digital processing at airports.
• It is on the line of ‘Digital India’ vision.
• The major purpose behind this scheme is to digitize nation or transform nation into digitally
empowered society.

Objectives of the policy

• To facilitate paperless travel and avoid identity check at multiple points.
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• To deliver Indian customers a seamless, consistent and paperless service experience at

every touch point of their journey.
• To enhance the security as the system will map the passenger with the PNR.
• Minimum human intervention. Less queuing times.
• To position Indian Aviation amongst the most innovative air networks in the world.

Digi yatra roadmap

• Digi Yatra Central platform will be operational by end of February 2019.
• Bangalore and Hyderabad will be ready with pilot implementation by end of Feb 2019.
• AAI intend to roll out the programme initially at Kolkata, Varanasi, Pune and Vijayawada, by
April 2019.

NABH (Next Gen Airports for

BHarat) Nirman Scheme
Introduction
• NABH (Next Gen Airports for Bharat) Nirman is an initiative to expand airport capacity.
• This initiative is taken in the year 2018.
• This new scheme aims to increase the number of airports and their capacity to handle
traffic.

Features of the scheme

(1) Airport Capacity:
Airport Authority of India (AAI) has 124 airports and this scheme aims to expand airport capacity
more than five times to handle a billion trips a year.
• Airport capacity upgradation and expansion require both development of new greenfield
airports and expansion of existing brownfield airports.

*Greenfield airports - new airports on unused land.

*Brownfield airports – modified airports

(2) Estimated investment:

The project aims for construction of 100 new airports in the next 15 years at an estimated
investment of Rs 4 lakh crore. (as per Economic Times)

(3) Investment partners:

This scheme constitutes investments to be made in airport upgrade by both the private sector and
the state-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) in the due course of time.

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Ministry of Heavy
Industries and Public
Enterprises

Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid

and Electric vehicle (FAME) (updated in December 2021)
Introduction -
• It was launched as a part of the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) of
2013, which was launched to achieve national fuel security by promoting hybrid and electric
vehicles in the country.
• Launch Year – 2015
• Ministry – Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
• Objectives –
o It was launched with the objective to support hybrid/electric vehicles market
development and Manufacturing eco-system in the country.
o The main objective of the scheme is to encourage the use of electric vehicles by
providing subsidies.
• Focused areas – It has four focus areas, which are -
o Technology development - (to reduce vehicle cost, to improve life of battery and
improve mileage)
o Demand Creation – (by giving subsidies on purchasing of e-vehicles)
o Pilot Projects - (by doing an experimental trial in selected cities)
o Charging Infrastructure- (by increasing the number of charging equipment)

Phase I
• FAME India Phase I was implemented from 1st April 2015.

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• It was initially implemented for 2 years i.e., up to April 2017 but, later, it was extended up to
31st March 2019 (till notification of FAME phase 2).
• Initial outlay of the scheme was Rs. 795 crore which was later enhanced to Rs. 895
Crore.
• Achievement - 2.8 lakh hybrid and electric vehicles are supported by way of demand
incentive and 425 electric and hybrid buses were sanctioned to different states and UTs.

Phase II
• Initially, FAME India Phase II was implemented from 1st April 2019, till 3 years, i.e., 1st April
2022.
• Now, it has been extended by 2 years, till 1st April, 2024.
• Total Outlay – Rs 10,000 crores
• Target – demand incentives for about 7000 e-Buses, 5 lakh e-3 Wheelers, 55000 e-4
Wheeler Passenger Cars and 10 lakh e-2 Wheelers.
o The scheme proposes for establishment of charging infrastructure, whereby about
2700 charging stations will be established in metros, other million plus cities,
smart cities and cities of Hilly states across the country to ensure the availability
of at least one charging station in a grid of 3 km x 3 km.
o Charging stations on both sides of highways will be established at an interval of
about 25 km each.
• Emphasis – Electrification of public transport
o The scheme will be applicable mainly to vehicles used for public transport or those
registered for commercial purposes in e-3W, e-4W and e-bus segments.
o However, privately owned registered e-2Ws are also covered under the scheme as a
mass segment.
• Conditions – Only advanced battery and registered vehicles will be incentivized under the
scheme.

Incentives given by govt to boost the adoption of EVs:

• GST on EV purchase price has been reduced to 5% from 12%.
• Interest on loan (for purchase of EV) has been exempted up to a limit of Rs 1.5 lakhs.
• According to the new rules, the cap on incentives will be limited to 40% of the total price
compared to the earlier cap of 20%.

National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage

• To ensure the effective implementation of the FAME scheme, the National Mission on
Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage was approved by the Union Cabinet in 2018.
• Purpose – to strengthen the efforts of transformation of mobility by framing the strategies
for localised manufacturing of EVs and its components.
• 7 C’s – Common, Connected, Convenient, Congestion-free, Charged, Clean and Cutting-
edge mobility
o It is India’s vision in relation to mobility.
• It will focus on
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o Manufacturing
o Specification & standards
o Fiscal incentives
o Overall demand creation and projections
o Regulatory framework
o Research & Development
• The Mission will create strategies for phased manufacturing programs for EVs, EV
components and batteries.
• A Phased Manufacturing Program (PMP) will be launched to localize production across the
entire EV value chain.
• The mission is implemented by an Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee, chaired by CEO,
NITI Aayog.

Goal of 2030:
• The government aims to have EV sales accounting for 30% of private cars, 70% for
commercial vehicles and 80% for two- and three-wheelers by 2030.

Ministry of Culture

Project Mausam
Introduction
• Project ‘Mausam’ is launched in June 2014.
• This project is to showcase a Transnational Mixed Route (including Natural and Cultural
Heritage) on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

Objectives of the project

• Reviving lost linkages with nations
• Creating links to existing World Heritage sites
• Redefining Cultural Landscapes
• Achieving transnational nomination under World Heritage.

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Key points of the project

(1) Provided fund: A fund of Rs. 150,244,502/- was approved by Ministry of Culture for two years
i.e., 2015-16 & 2016-17.

(2) Supporting bodies:

Archaeological Society of India (ASI) is the nodal agency and Indira Gandhi National Centre for
the Arts (IGNCA) is its Research Unit and National Museum & IGNCA is its Associate bodies.

(3) Core aim: - It aims to understand how the knowledge and manipulation of the monsoon winds
has shaped interactions across the Indian Ocean and led to the spread of shared knowledge
systems, traditions, technologies and ideas along maritime routes.

(4) Covered countries: The project collates archaeological and historical research and document
the diversity of cultural, commercial and religious interactions among the 39 Indian Ocean
countries.

Science City Scheme

Introduction
• It was launched in the year 2017.
• The Science Cities Scheme provides for setting up of Science Cities in all the states of the
country.
• Some Science Cities (Kolkata and Lucknow) have been already set up by Ministry of
Culture through National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) and some science cities
have been set up with financial assistance from the Ministry of Culture.
• Location of the science city: The location of the Science City should be either a State
capital or a city of the State having a sizeable population of not less than 50 Lakhs.
• Number of visitors required: The primary concern shall be to ensure that it can draw at
least 10 lakh visitors per year for self-sustainability.

Objectives of the scheme

• To portray the growth of science and technology and their applications in industry and
human welfare.
• To popularize and to enhance understanding of science and technology in cities, urban and
rural areas for the benefit of students and for the common man.

Adarsh Smarak scheme

Launched:
The scheme was launched on 26th December 2014 for providing improved visitor amenities,
especially for the physically challenged.

Key points of the scheme

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(1) working process: At first monument is selected as Adarsh Smarak by the ASI (Archaeological
Survey of India) on the basis of the number of tourists visited. After that Central government gives
them special attention in order to boost international tourism.

(2) Number of Adarsh Smarak:

• 25 ASI sites were launched as “Adarsh Smarak” on 26th December 2014.
• 75 more Adarsh Monuments protected by ASI have been identified. With this a total of 100
monuments protected by ASI are being developed and maintained as Adarsh Smarak.

(3) Work to be done under the scheme:

• To make monument visitor friendly.
• To upgrade/provide wash- rooms, drinking water, signages, cafeteria and wi-fi facility
• To provide Interpretation and audio-video centers.
• To streamline waste- water and garbage disposal and rain water harvesting system
• To make monument accessible to differently abled
• To implement Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
• To provide safety and protection

Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Scheme
Introduction
• “Scheme for Safeguarding the Intangible Heritage and Diverse Cultural Traditions of
India” was launched in the year 2018.
• Under this scheme financial assistance is given to the organization/individual so that they
may engage in activities/projects regarding intangible cultural heritage protection.
• The scheme is being implemented through Sangeet Natak Akademi, an autonomous
organization under the Ministry of Culture.

Features of the scheme

(1) Covered domains:

It covers all recognized domains of ICH such as
• oral traditions and expressions, including language as a vehicle of the intangible cultural
heritage,
• Performing arts, Social practices, rituals and festive events,
• Knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe,
• traditional craftsmanship etc.

(3) Eligibility criteria: The applicant organisations should have a properly constituted managing/
governing council/ body.

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• For organisations the amount of financial assistance for specific projects will be up to Rs.
10 lakhs. For individuals, the amount of assistance would be up to Rs.5 lakhs.
• No fund will be granted for creation of infrastructure and physical assets under the scheme.

(4) Fund release pattern:

• The grant will be released in three installments - 50% in advance, 25% as 2nd installment
after appraisal and balance 25% after completion of the project.
• The fund release will be done by electronic transfer.

Junior Heritage Mistri Program

(1) Launched date:
Junior Heritage Mistri Program Launched in 2017.
The scheme comes under the Centre's Heritage Mason programme.

(2) working area of the program:

Under the programme, the government has started training youths on indigenous building
practices, arts and crafts, traditional structures and knowledge systems, with an emphasis on
preservation of heritage architecture.

(3) Aim of the program:

The construction sector course is aimed at evolving a competent workforce of skilled masons
working specifically at heritage sites with expert knowledge of traditional building methods.

(4) State chosen for pilot phase:

• Rajasthan was chosen as a pilot State for the scheme in view of its rich architectural
heritage.
• Rajasthan government is raising a new class of masons to help conserve the State's rich
architectural heritage.

National Mission on Cultural Mapping (updated in Jan

2022)
What: Ministry of Culture is implementing the National Mission on Cultural Mapping.

Why – To build a comprehensive database of artists, art forms and other resources from
organizations under the Ministry.
• The data is used to address the necessities of preserving the threads of Indian art and
culture heritage.

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Tell me more
• Implementing ministry – Ministry of culture
• Launch year – 2017

Update:
• As per the ministry of culture, National Mission on Cultural Mapping has mapped data of
14.53 lakh artists/artisans as of Dec 2021.

Scheme of Financial Assistance for Development

of Buddhist/Tibetan Organizations (Updated in Jan 2022)
What: Ministry of Culture is implementing a Scheme of Financial Assistance for Development of
Buddhist/Tibetan Organizations under Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana
• Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana is a central sector umbrella scheme for promotion of art and
culture in the country.

Tell me more

About the Scheme

• Objective – Strengthening the voluntary Buddhist/Tibetan Organizations including the

monasteries engaged in propagation and scientific development of Buddhist/Tibetan
Culture and tradition.
• Under this scheme, financial assistance is provided to the voluntary Buddhist and Tibetan
Organizations
• Financial assistance - Rs.30 lakhs per year for an organization.
• Expert Advisory Committee (EAC) on the scheme is empowered to recommend the
amount beyond the maximum limit but not exceeding Rs.1 crore from this scheme.
• It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
o Centre will bear 75% of the cost whereas states will bear 25% of the total
expenditure.
o In the case of North-Eastern States and Sikkim, funding will be shared between the
Government of India and the State Government in the ratio of 90:10 respectively.
o If the state/UT govt fails to provide its share, then, the grantee organization could
contribute the amount from their own resources.

National Mission on Libraries (updated in Jan 2022)

What: Ministry of culture is implementing National Mission on Libraries.

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Tell me more

About the scheme

• The scheme was recommended by National Knowledge Commission.

• Objective
o To modernize and digitally link public libraries across the country
o To provide financial assistance for upgradation of infrastructure of one state central
library and one district library in each state/UT as model library.

• Launch year – 2014

• Components
o Creation of National Virtual Library of India
o Setting up of model libraries
o Quantitative and Qualitative survey of libraries
o Capacity building

• Raja Ram Mohun Roy Library foundation (Kolkata) is the nodal agency for implementation
of the scheme.
• Raja Ram Mohun Roy Library foundation is providing financial assistance to public libraries
under its Matching schemes of assistance to public libraries.
• Presently, there are 6 libraries functioning under ministry of culture –
o National library, Kolkata
o Central reference library, Kolkata
o Central secretariat library, New Delhi
o Delhi public library, Delhi
o Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna
o Rampur Raza Library, Rampur

Ministry of Defence

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Make (I and II) Projects (Make in India in

Defence)
Categories of ‘Make Project’
Make project has following two sub-categories:

Make I:
• It was adopted in the year 2016.
• Make I scheme is Government-funded and the projects under Make-I sub-category will
involve Government funding of 90%.
• 20% will be given as advance.
• If vendor develops a prototype but does not get an order within two years, then
remaining 10% will also be reimbursed by the Government.

Make II:
• The ‘Make’ procedure for indigenous design, development and manufacture of Defence
equipment/ weapon systems, was simplified in 2016.
• Make II scheme is Industry-funded and the projects involve development of
products/equipment for which no government funding will be provided for development
purposes.
• It was introduced with an intent for import substitution.
• It involves start-ups also.
• It offers easier clearance and faster scaling-up of production. if a tender is not issued within
two years of successful development of prototype, Government will refund 100% of the
development cost to a duly selected vendor
• the conditions related to credit rating and reducing financial net worth are removed.
• In OCT. 2018 in-principle nod has been given by the Department of Defence Production
under the Ministry of Defence for 31 projects under the Make-II Scheme.

Make III (under consideration): preference to MSMEs

Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti

Launched date:
• Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti (Power of Defence Knowledge) was launched in November
2018 to provide a boost to the IPR (Intellectual Property Right) culture in
indigenous Defence industry.
• It was launched by the Department of Defence production under the Ministry of Defence.

Objectives:

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• It aims at educating scientists and technologists in Defence public sector undertakings and
ordnance factories OFs to create more patents (new products). A target has been set to
train approximately 10,000 persons of OFs (ordnance Factories) and DPSUs (Defence
Public Sector Undertakings) on IPR in the financial year 2018-19 under the mission.

Implementing Authority:
The Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA)

One Rank One Pension Scheme (OROP)

Meaning of OROP

The scheme promises equal pension to military personnel retiring in the same rank with the same
length of service, regardless of the date of retirement.
For Example –
Before OROP-
• Soldier ‘A’ retires as colonel in 2015 after 30 years of service and his pension is Rs. 70,000
per month.
• Soldier ‘B’ retires as colonel after 30 years of service but in 1980 and he gets pension of
Rs. 45,000.

After OROP –
Both of the colonel will get the same pension i.e. Rs. 70,000 each.

Announcement:
OROP was announced by NDA Government on September 5, 2015.

Key points of the Scheme

(1) Based year for OROP –
OROP would be fixed based on the calendar year 2013

(2) Date of effectiveness: The benefit will be given with effect from 1st July 2014.
• Arrears will be paid in four half-yearly instalments. All widows, including war widows, will be
paid arrears in one instalment.

(3) Eligibility Criteria:

Eligible- Only those who retired before the plan kicked in would be entitled to OROP.
Not eligible - Personnel who voluntarily retire will not be covered under the OROP scheme.

(4) Re-fixed of the pension- In future, the pension would be re-fixed after every 5 years.

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Defence testing infrastructure scheme

Objective
• To give a boost to domestic defence and aerospace manufacturing by creating state of the
art defence testing infrastructures.
• Under the scheme, six to eight testing infrastructures will be established in partnership with
private industry.

Launch year – 2020 (Duration – 5 years)

Outlay – Rs.400 Crore

Funding
• 75% funding by the government in form of grants – in – aid
• The remaining 25% will be provided by the special purpose vehicles whose constituents will
be private entities and state governments.
• The SPVs will be registered under companies act 2013.

Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) (updated

in October 2021)

What:

The Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence has approved a central sector
scheme viz. Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX).

Why:

to provide financial support to nearly 300 Start-ups/ MSMEs/ individual innovators and about 20
Partner incubators through Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO).

Tell me more:

• Budgetary support and duration - Rs. 498.80 crore for the next 5 years from 2021-22 to
2025-26.

• Criteria to avail the grants of Support for Prototype and Research Kickstart (SPARK):

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To avail the grants under the grant mechanism of iDEX i.e. Support for Prototype and Research
Kickstart (SPARK), the eligibility is as follows:

o Start- ups, as defined and recognized by Department of Industrial Policy Promotion

(DIPP), now DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

o Any Indian company incorporated under the Companies Act 1956/2013, primarily a
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) as defined in the MSME Act, 2006.

o Individual innovators are also encouraged to apply (research & academic institutions
can use this category to apply).

• Criteria for Incubators: To avail the grants as iDEX Partner Incubators, the eligibility is as
follows:
o The applicant incubator should be registered in India as a legal entity in public,
private or public–private partnership mode, and should have received establishment
or grant support from a Ministry/Department of Government of India in the past.

o The incubator must have been in operation for a minimum of 3 years before
application for affiliation with DIO, and experience of having supported at least 25
start- ups.

o It should have successfully graduated at least 5 start- ups in the past 3 years.

o The incubators should have experience of partnering with the research and
academia.

Ministry for Development

of North-East Region

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North East Rural Livelihood Project

Introduction
• launched in 2013.
• It is a central Sector scheme externally aided by World Bank.
• It is implemented in four North Eastern States namely Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and
Tripura.
• It aims to improve livelihoods of the poor, especially that of women and the disadvantaged
people in the project area.

Objectives
• Create sustainable community institutions around women Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Youth
Groups of men and women (YG) and Community Development Groups (CDG).
• Providing jobs or self-employment to the unemployed youths through various skill
trainings, entrepreneurship development trainings, vocational trainings and management
development trainings.
• Increasing the income level of the members of the SHGs (at least 60% of them) and
disadvantaged households by 30% in real term.

Features of the project

(1) Duration:
The project is for a period of five years.

(2) Covered households:

• The project will cover nearly 300,000 households in 1645 villages.

(3) Project Cost:

The total estimated cost of the project is Rs. 683.2 crores.
• The World Bank will contribute Rs. 614.8 crores as soft loan and Ministry of DoNER will
contribute Rs. 68.4 from its budget allocation.

North-East Special Infrastructure Development

Scheme
(1) Launched date and duration: launched on 15-12 2017 for the period of 2017-18 to 2019-20.

(2) Covered areas to be developed:

• Physical infrastructure relating to water supply, power, connectivity and specially the
projects promoting tourism.
• Infrastructure of social sectors of education and health.

(3) Central Sector Scheme:

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It is a central sector scheme which will be funded 100% by the Central Government. Total outlay
of the scheme is Rs. 1600 crore.

(4) Number and cost of Projects under the scheme:

Total twenty-two (22) projects costing Rs. 885.44 crore have been selected for funding under
this Scheme.

(5) Coverage: all 8 states

Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources

(1) Launched date:
This Scheme came into existence in 1998 under then Planning Commission. Subsequently, it was
transferred to DoNER (Department for Development of North-East Region) in 2001.

(2) Objective:
This scheme is to ensure speedy development of infrastructure in the North Eastern Region by
increasing the flow of budgetary financing for new infrastructure projects/schemes in the Region.

(5) Projects undertaken:

One thousand six hundred forty- three (1643) projects at an approved cost of Rs. 16366.57 crore
of various sectors have been taken up for funding under the NLCPR Scheme in eight States of
North Eastern Region.

(6) Alternative Scheme: After coming to existence, new central sector

Scheme in December 2017 namely, “North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme”
(NESIDS) in place of NLCPR Scheme, no new project is taken up for funding under the NLCPR
Scheme. Only old projects are taken up to be completed till March 2020.

AatmaNirbhar Hastshilpkar Scheme (updated in Dec

2021)
What: North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi) has launched AatmaNirbhar
Hastshilpkar Scheme.

Why: To develop the small artisans of North-Eastern region.

Tell me more

About the scheme

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• Objective – To provide financial assistance to artisans or income generating activities for

setting up/expansion/modernization/working capital requirement.
• Launch year – 2021
• Ministry – Ministry of development of N-E region
• The loans provided will be collateral free, repayable in 24 months.
• Subsidized interest rate – 6% per annum
• During the launch ceremony, 17 artisans have been provided Rs.1 Lakh per artisan.
• For regular repayment, an incentive of 1% on the interest rate is provided, which will be
refunded to the artisans on successful repayment of loans

Ministry of Panchayati Raj

Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana

• The programme aims to strengthen panchayat level governance by providing training and
capacity building of elected representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions.

• It is functioning in districts which do not receive Backward Region Grant Funds.

Panchayat Empowerment and Accountability

Incentive
• It is a central sector scheme aimed at incentivization of States for devolving funds, functions
and functionaries (3Fs) to Panchayats and incentivization of Panchayats to put in place
accountability systems to make their functioning transparent and efficient.

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• State Governments/UTs are ranked on a Devolution Index which measures the extent of
devolution of 3Fs by States to Panchayats.

• Based on the index, the best performing states and panchayats have been incentivized
since 2011.

Sabki Yojana, Sabka Vikas

Introduction:
• Sabki Yojana, Sabka Vikas will involve people at the grassroots while preparing structured
gram panchayat development plans, along with a thorough audit of the works done in the
last few years.

• During the campaign, structured Gram Sabha meetings will be held for preparing Gram
Panchayat Development Plan for the next financial year 2019-2020.

Coverage:
It covers 250,000 gram panchayats across the country.

Working process:
• Under the campaign, the gram panchayats will have to publicly display all sources of funds
collected and their annual spending, along with future development initiatives.
• Gram sabha meetings will be made mandatory where trained assistants related to all 29
sectors assigned to gram panchayats, according to the 11th schedule of the constitution,
will have to be present.

Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping of

Improvised Technology in Village Areas
(SVAMITVA)
Survey • Some survey will be conducted
Village Abadi • Inhabitated rural areas
Mapping • Mapping of rural land

Objective
• Creation of accurate land records for rural planning.
• To bring financial stability to the citizens in rural India by enabling them to use their property
as a financial asset for taking loans and other financial benefits.
• Determination of property tax
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• To support in preparation of better-quality Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) by

making use of GIS maps.
• To reduce property related disputes and legal cases

Technology partner

Coverage
• All villages in India
• For 2020 – 21, the scheme has been implemented as a pilot project in nine states viz;
Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand, Punjab,
Haryana and Andhra Pradesh.
• The pilot phase has been approved with an outlay of Rs.79.65 Crore

Launch year – 2020 (Panchayati Raj Day)

Funding
• It is central sector scheme, so it is 100% funded by the central government.

Duration
• 4 years (2020 – 2024)

Technology used
• Demarcation will be done using drone surveying technology.

SVAMITVA in News
Recently PM has launched physical distribution of property cards under the scheme

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Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and
Pensions

Sankalp Programme
Introduction:
Pre-Retirement Counselling (PRC) Workshop Sankalp for the retiring employees of
Ministries/Departments was organised by the Department of Pensions & Pensioners' Welfare
(DOP&PW).

Objective:
The aim of this program is to counsel retiring employees for joining into advisory bodies of their
respective offices and also to dispose of grievances.

Coverage:
DOP&PW has so far conducted Pre-Retirement Counselling for more than 3000 employees under
the Sankalp project.

Web-Portal:
A web portal for ―Sankalp programme has also been launched, for Pensioners, Pensioner
Associations and NGOs to avail the services.

COMMIT
Introduction:
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions in collaboration with United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a new training programme Comprehensive
Online Modified Modules on Induction Training (COMMIT) for State Government officials.

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Objective:
The objective of this training programme is to improve the public service delivery mechanism and
provide citizen centric administration.

Coverage:
COMMIT will be launched in 6 States of Assam, Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
and West Bengal initially on pilot basis.

e-HRMS
• Electronic-Human Resource Management System (e-HRMS) is an online platform for
central government employees to apply for leave and access their service-related
information.

• It will also help the employees to apply for different kind of claims/reimbursements,
loan/advances etc on a single platform.

• The e-service book which is already in service for DoPT employees for accessing the
service-related details of an employee will also be integrated in to the e-HRMS.

Ministry of Petroleum and

Natural gas

Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana

Launched: May 2016 for three years 2016-17 to 2018-19.

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Total outlay: Rs. 8000 Crore over three years

Objective: It aims to safeguard the health of women & children by providing them with a clean
cooking fuel – LPG.

Eligibility Criteria
• The applicant should be a woman of above the age of 18 years.
• She should have a saving bank account in any nationalized bank. (why is it required?
Discussed in the video)
• She should not already own LPG connection in anyone’s name.
• She should be in the list of SECC-2011 (Socio-economic Caste census) data or the
Government has also decided to cover the following categories under the Scheme: -
o All SC/STs households’ beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) (Gramin)
o Antyoday Anna Yojana (AAY)
o Forest dwellers
o Most Backward Classes (MBC)
o Tea & Ex-Tea Garden Tribes
o People residing in Islands
o People residing in river islands.

Change in the eligibility criteria:

During December 2018 it has been decided by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
that all poor families are eligible to get LPG connections who could not get it earlier on account of
them not been covered in earlier identified categories (mentioned above)

Features of the scheme

(1) Funding of the scheme:

RS. 8000 Crore for 3 years has been allocated. The scheme will be implemented using the
money saved in LPG subsidy through the “Give-it-Up” campaign.

(2) Financial assistance to the family:

The scheme provides a financial support of Rs. 1600 for each LPG connection to the eligible BPL
households. The connections under the scheme will be given in the name of women head of the
households.
The government will also provide EMI facility for meeting the cost of stove and refill.

(3) New ‘Refilling option’:

OMCs have introduced 5 Kg refill option to Ujjwala beneficiaries where-in Ujjwala beneficiary can
swap 14.2 Kg cylinder with 5 Kg refill.

(4) Loan (EMI) Facility: The OMCs have also given loan recovery deferment up to six refills or
one-year w.e.f. 01.04.18 for the PMUY beneficiaries.

Updates of the scheme

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• In January 2019, 6 crore LPG connection under the scheme have been handed over.
• The coverage of LPG connections has jumped from 55% in 2014 to 90% in 2019.
• The initial target of 5 crore connections was achieved well before the target i.e., 31st March
2019.
• Targeted beneficiaries have been increased from 5 crore to 8 crore and allocated fund
from RS. 8000 crores to RS. 12,800 Crore.
• This scheme has been appreciated by the World Health Organization (WHO).

LPG Panchayat
• It is aimed at encouraging rural communities to turn to clean fuel.
• It is a learning program through peer group
interaction - Kuch Seekhein, Kuch Sikhayein which brings LPG users of a village and
officials of fuel companies together.
• The first LPG Panchayat was held in Gandhinagar.
• OMCs (Oil Marketing Companies) as on date (2-1-2019) have conducted 59,960 nos. of
LPG Panchayats.

PAHAL (Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh) Scheme

(updated in October 2021)
• Introduction: It is a Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL).

• Launched:
▪ Earlier in June 2013
▪ Relaunched (1st phase) with modification in 54 districts in November 2014.
▪ II phase- rest of the country in January 2015.

• Ministry: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

• Process: The consumers pay for the market price of the domestic cylinder, and the subsidy
under this scheme will be directly transferred to their bank accounts.

• Objective:
▪ The ministry introduced the PAHAL (DBTL) scheme to solve the problems of lack of
accountability, resulting in poor consumer service and diversions leading to leakage
in LPG subsidy.

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▪ The main aim of the PAHAL (DBTL) scheme is to curb the diversion of the
subsidised LPG.

▪ The PAHAL (DBTL) scheme ensures that the subsidy is provided to genuine
domestic customers and reaches them directly without diversion.

▪ It saves the public money by eliminating diversion.

START-UP SANGAM Initiative

Introduction:
• It is launched with the objective of funding start-ups in this high-tech sector (petroleum and
natural Gas) and the program itself is part of the Start-up India scheme.
• Under this initiative, India’s state-run companies pledged to support more than 30 start-ups
who will be funded for the next 3 years through a corpus of Rs 320 crore.

Objectives:
• Its objective is to bring in innovations and disruptions in the technology-heavy oil and gas
industry.
• It is expected to reduce fuel import dependence through innovations in alternative fuels.

Corpus:
The corpus has been created by contributions from India Oil Corporation, ONGC, Oil India etc.

Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga

Introduction:
Jagdishpur-Haldia & Bokaro-Dhamra Natural Gas Pipeline (JHBDPL) project is part of National
Gas Grid Project ( Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga) of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Objective:
The 2,655 km project aims to connect the eastern states to the national gas grid.

Coverage:
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal are the beneficiary states.

Working process:
• The project will usher Industrial development in East India by supplying environmentally
clean natural gas to fertiliser and power plant, refineries, steel plants and other industries.
• It also provides clean energy to households and transportation in the cities en-route the
pipeline.

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Ministry of Railway

Avataran
Avataran is an umbrella program consists of 7 missions such as,

• Mission 25 Tonne - It aims to increase revenue by augmenting carrying capacity.

• Mission Zero Accident - It comprises of two sub missions such as Elimination of

unmanned level crossings on broad Gauge in the next 3-4 years and Equipping 100% of
the High Density Network with Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS).

• Mission PACE (Procurement and Consumption Efficiency) - It aims to improve

procurement and consumption practices to improve the quality of goods and services.

• Mission Raftaar - It targets doubling of average speeds of freights trains and increasing
the average speed of superfast mail/express trains by 25 kmph in the next 5 years. It will
complement Mission 25 Tonne to increase throughput of the railway system.

• Mission Hundred - Under this mission, at least a hundred sidings will be commissioned in
the next 2 years. Siding refers to low-speed track section / track branch distinct from a
running line.

• Mission beyond book-keeping - It will establish an accounting system where outcomes

can be tracked to inputs.

• Mission Capacity Utilisation - It proposes to prepare a blueprint for making full use of the
huge new capacity that will be created through two Dedicated Freight Corridors between
Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Kolkata scheduled to be commissioned by 2019.

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VIKALP
• The Alternate Train Accommodation Scheme (VIKALP) scheme aims to facilitate waitlisted
passengers to get an alternative train accommodation within 12 hours of the original train.

• The waitlisted passengers will get confirmed accommodation in next alternative train if they
opt for it while booking.

• No extra charges will be paid by the passenger to avail this scheme.

Project Saksham
• It is a comprehensive training programme launched by Indian Railways.

• It is an up skilling exercise to upgrade skill and knowledge will be held for all employees of
Indian Railways.

• Under this plan, all employees in each zone will be put through a week‘s training in skills
and knowledge relevant to their work area over next one year.

• The training, as per the calendar, will be completed within 9 months.

Mission Satyanishtha
Introduction:
• Indian Railways has launched the mission Satyanishtha.
• It aims at sensitizing all railway employees about the need to adhere to good ethics and to
maintain high standards of integrity at work.
• It is the first ever such mission by any government organisation.

Objectives:
• To train every employee to understand the need and value of ethics in Personal and Public
life.
• To deal with ethical dilemmas in life and Public Governance.
• To help understand the policies of Indian Railways on ethics and integrity and the
employee‘s role in upholding the same.
• To develop inner governance through tapping inner resources.

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Swades – Skill Mapping Exercise for returning

citizens
Objective
• To empower the returning citizens from foreign countries (during pandemic) with relevant
employment opportunities as per their skills.

Ministry
• It is a joint effort of ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship, ministry of civil
aviation and ministry of external affairs
• National skill development corporation has provided its support in the implementation.

Launch year – 2020

Key points
• The returning citizens are required to fill a Swades skills card
• It will facilitate a strategic framework to provide the returning citizens with suitable
employment opportunities
• The collected information will be shared with the companies for suitable placement
opportunities in the country.

initiatives by Ministry of Railways

SRESTHA
- New R&D organisation to serve the future technology needs of Railways.

SUTRA
• A special unit for Transportation Research and Analytics.
• The team will be involved in World class data analytics, simulation softwares, network
optimisation and decision support systems.

“Sampark, samanvay and Samvad”

• It is a conclave organized by the Ministry of Railways to discuss and deliberate ―Vision for
New Railway – New India 2022‖.

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• The conclave is aimed at breaking the boundary put up by railway organization in sharing
information (sampark), improves co-ordination (samanvay), find solutions (samvad) to the
critical issues facing Indian Railways.
• It encouraged all officers to give inputs and bring out the ground realities and potential
impediments to implementation of new policies and reforms.

Ministry of Law and Justice

Scheme For Development Of Judicial

Infrastructure (updated in Jan 2022)
What:

The Central government has approved continuation of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for
Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary for further five years from April 1, 2021 to
March 31, 2026.

Why: Under the scheme, funds are released by the central government for construction of court
buildings and residential accommodations for judicial officers of district and subordinate judiciary.

Tell me more:
• Ministry – Ministry of Law and Justice

• Outlay:
o It has been approved at a total cost of Rs. 9,000 crores.
o Out of which Central share- Rs. 5,357 crores including Rs.50 crore for the Gram
Nyayalayas Scheme.

• Benefits: This proposal will help in construction of 3,800 court halls and 4,000 residential
units (both new and ongoing projects) for judicial officers of district and subordinate Courts,
1,450 lawyer halls, 1,450 toilets complexes and 3,800 digital computer rooms.

• Background: The Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure

Facilities for Judiciary has been in operation since 1993-94.
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Update:
• Chief Justice of India (CJI), NV Ramana has proposed to set up the National Judicial
Infrastructure Authority of India (NJIAI).
• The NJIAI will be responsible for the developing the functional infrastructure for the Indian
court system, besides, identical structures under all the (25) high courts.
• The authority will have CJI as the patron-in-chief.
• Till now, the responsibility for developing the judicial infrastructure rests with state govts.

Scheme for Fast Track Courts (updated in October 2021)

What:

Cabinet approves continuation of Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Fast Track Special Courts for
further 2 years (April 2021-March 2023).

Why:
• Reduce the number of pending cases of Rape & POCSO Act.
• Provide speedy access to justice to the victims of sexual crimes and act as a deterrent for
sexual offenders.

Tell me more:
• Total number of fast- track special court- 1023 (included 389 exclusive POCSO
(Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Courts.

• Total Outlay: Outlay of Rs. 1572.86 crore (Rs.971.70 crore as Central Share and
Rs.601.16 crore as State share).
o Central Share is to be funded from Nirbhaya Fund.

About Scheme for Fast Track Special Courts:

• Launched: 02.10.2019

• Objective: for setting up 1,023 fast-track special courts (FTSCs) across the country for
expeditious disposal of pending rape cases under the Indian penal Code (IPC) and crimes
under the POCSO Act.

About fast- track courts:

Introduction: Fast Track Special Courts are dedicated courts expected to ensure swift
dispensation of justice.

Significance:
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They have a better clearance rate as compared to the regular courts and hold speedy trials.
Besides providing quick justice to the hapless victims, it strengthens the deterrence framework for
sexual offenders.

States covered: Currently covering 28 States, it is proposed to be expanded to cover all 31

states which are eligible to join the Scheme.

MINISTRY OF STATISTICS
AND PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTATION

MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)

(Updated in Jan 2022)
What: Union cabinet has approved continuation of MP Local Area Development Scheme
(MPLADS) for remaining part of financial year 2021-22 up to 2025-26

Tell me more

Why was the scheme discontinued?

The Cabinet in its meeting held on 6th April 2020, had decided not to operate MPLADS during the
FY 2020-21 and 2021-22. It was decided that funds allocated under the scheme would be used for
managing the health and adverse impacts of covid 19 in the society.

About the scheme

• Objective - To enable MPs to recommend works of developmental nature like drinking
water, primary education, public health, sanitation and roads, etc. primarily in their
Constituencies.
• It is a central sector scheme, fully funded by the government of India.
• Implementing Ministry – Ministry of statistics and program implementation.
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• Launch year – 1993

• Funds – Annually Rs.5 Crore is provided to each MP in two instalments of Rs.2.5 Crore.

Financial implications till 2025-26

• For the remaining period of FY 2021-22, MPLADS funds will be released at the rate of Rs.2
Crore per MP in one instalment.
• From FY 2022-23 to 2025-26, funds will be released at the rate of Rs.5 Crore per MP in two
instalments of Rs.2.5 Crore.
• Total outlay from 2021-22 to 2025-26 – Rs.17417 Crore.

MINISTRY OF
COOPERATION

Dairy Sahakar Scheme (updated in Nov 2021)

What: Union home minister and minister of cooperation, Amit Shah has launched “Dairy Sahakar”
scheme from Anand, Gujarat.
• The scheme has been launched during 75th anniversary of Amul.

Tell me more

• Objective – To provide support to cooperatives in dairy sector.

o This will be done by providing financial support to eligible cooperatives for activities
such as bovine development, milk procurement, processing, quality assurance, value
addition, branding, packaging, marketing, transportation and storage of milk and milk
products.
• Total investment – Rs.5000 Crore

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• Nodal agency – National Cooperative Development Corporation.

• Ministry – Ministry of Cooperation
• Vision –“from cooperation to prosperity"

NITI AYOG

Atal Innovation Mission

• AIM will be an Innovation Promotion Platform involving academics, entrepreneurs, and
researchers drawing upon national and international experiences to foster a culture of
innovation, R&D in India.

• The platform will also promote a network of world-class innovation hubs and grand
challenges for India.

• Under this mission two major schemes were rolled out such as:
o Atal Tinkering Labs
o Atal Incubation Centres

Atal Tinkering Labs

• Niti Aayog brainchild Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) has selected schools across the country
to establish Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs).

• ATLs are play workspaces fitted with state-of-the-art technologies like 3D printers, robotics,
sensor technology kits, Internet of things (IoT), miniaturised electronics.

• The labs are designed to spur the spark of creativity, and go beyond regular curriculum and
text book learning.

• AIM will enhance the coverage of ATLs to over 98 per cent smart cities and 93 per cent
districts.

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• The addition of these schools will give a major boost to realise the vision of the mission to
cultivate one million children in India as the innovators of tomorrow.

AIM-iLEAP Program (updated in October 2021)

What:

AIM-iLEAP, the first fintech cohort of the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) concluded.
iLEAP: iLEAP stands for Innovative leadership for entrepreneurial agility and profitability

Why:
to push startups in the country by bringing together the start-ups, enterprises, investors, and
financers for further creating partnerships

Tell me more:

About AIM iLEAP:

• iLEAP initiative is a program under the Atal Innovation Mission to provide AIM-backed start-
ups with the much- needed access to industry, market and investors.

• Partners: The fintech cohort was done through a series of thematic virtual demo days
organised by AIM in partnership with Start-up Réseau and Visa as part of AIM-iLEAP
initiative.

• Aim: The objective of the AIM-iLEAP program is to invite technology start-ups across a
broad range of functions and have them present their solutions to the corporate leadership
and innovation team for enabling market access and industry partnerships.

• Embraced Start-ups: The Fintech cohort consisted of start-ups from a wide range of areas
such as payments, international money transfers, personal finance, consumer banking,
insurance, neo bank, etc.

• Future cohorts shall be focussed on different sectors such as Agri-tech, Defence Tech,
Smart Mobility, AI and so on.

• In the bootcamp they got an opportunity to fine-tune their pitches, work on their GTM
strategy, understand more about the fintech ecosystem, ask questions to sectoral experts
and so on.

• The program was attended by fintech giants such as Visa, Paytm, etc and as well as big
investors.

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Self-Employment and Talent Utilization

• SETU aims to promote entrepreneurship through techno-financial, incubation and

facilitation programme and thereby creating jobs through start-ups.

• It gives support and encouragement to young start-ups and other self-employment

technology-intensive ideas.

SATH program
• Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital (SATH) was recently launched in the
state of Assam in association with the state government.

• The program will be implemented by NITI along with McKinsey & Company and IPE Global
consortium.

• The vision of the program is to initiate transformation in the education and health sectors. It
aims to provide support to Assam in identifying key health priorities and implement the
solutions towards transforming the health.

• The workshop brings experts from development organizations such as World Bank, World
Health Organization, UNDP, UNICEF.

Sustainable Action for Transforming Human

Capital-Education (SATH-E)
Objective
• To transform elementary and secondary school education across the three states viz;
Jharkhand, MP and Odisha.

Knowledge partners
• Boston consulting group
• Piramal foundation for educational leadership

Launch year – 2017

Duration – 3 years

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Office of Principal
Scientific Adviser

Project O2 for India (updated in October 2021)

What:

The government has come up with ‘Project O2 for India’ to boost the country's ability to meet the
sudden rise in demand of medical oxygen as well as to ensure the adequate supply of medical
oxygen in the future.

It is an initiative of the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India.

Tell me more:
• National Consortium of Oxygen: Under the project, a National Consortium of Oxygen is
enabling the national level supply of critical raw materials such as zeolites, setting up of
small oxygen plants, oxygen plants, concentrators, and ventilators.

▪ The consortium is not only looking forward to providing immediate to short-term relief
but also working to strengthen the manufacturing ecosystem for long-term
preparedness.

• Committee of experts: A committee of experts has been evaluating critical equipment

such as oxygen plants, concentrators, and ventilators, from a pool of India-based
manufacturers, start-ups, and MSMEs in partnership with FICCI, MESA and others.

I-STEM Enters Phase-II (updated in October 2021)

What:

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The Indian Science Technology and Engineering facilities Map (I-STEM) project has been
accorded an extension for five years, until 2026 and enters its second phase with added features.

Tell me more:

About I- STEM:
• Launch: January 2020.

• Implementing body: It is an initiative of Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the

Government of India under the aegis of Prime Minister Science, Technology and Innovation
Advisory Council (PM-STIAC) mission.

• Objectives:
o I-STEM is a National Web portal for sharing R&D (Research and Development)
facilities.
o The portal facilitates researchers to access slots for the use of equipment, as well as
to share the details of the outcomes, such as, patents, publications and
technologies.
o The goal of I-STEM is to strengthen the R&D ecosystem of the country by
connecting researchers with resources.

Phase-I:
In the first phase, the portal is listed with more than 20,000 pieces of equipment from 1050
institutions across the country and has more than 20,000 Indian researchers.

Phase-II:
• Access to digital catalogue and R&D software:
o The portal will host indigenous technology products listed through a digital catalogue.
o It will provide access to selected R&D software required to undertake research
projects.

• Provide City Knowledge and Innovation Clusters:

o The portal will also provide a platform for the various City Knowledge and Innovation
Clusters.
o Benefit: to enhance effective use of R&D infrastructure through a shared STI
(Science Technology and Innovation) ecosystem.
o

• Focused area: It will provide a boost to research and innovation especially for 2 tier and 3
tier cities and also for the emerging start-up ecosystem.

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Gati Shakti Project (updated in October 2021)

What:
Prime Minister has launched Gati Shakti – National Master plan for multi-modal connectivity.

Why:
For integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects.

Tell me more:

• It will incorporate the infrastructure schemes of various Ministries and State governments like
Bharatmala, Sagarmala, inland waterways,UDAN etc.
• It will provide integrated and seamless connectivity for movement of people, goods and services
from one mode of transport to another.
• The project is based on six pillars –
o Comprehensiveness
o Prioritization
o Optimization
o Synchronization
o Analytical
o Dynamic
• 11 industrial corridors and 2 defence corridors (Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh) will be
constructed under the plan.
o Defence corridors are already under construction.

Targets for ministry of shipping up to 2024-25

• Increase in cargo capacity at the ports to 1759 MMTPA from 1282 MMTPA in 2020.
o MMTPA – Million Metric tonne per annum
• Cargo movement on all national waterways will be 95 million metric tonne (MMT) from 74 MMT in
2020
• Cargo movement on Ganga to be increased from 9 MMT to 29 MMT

The PM Gati Shakti Master Plan is based on six pillars:

• Comprehensiveness- Gati Shakti programme marks a paradigm shift in decision making to

break the silos of departmentalism.
o A GIS-based Enterprise Resource Planning system with 200+ layers for evidence-based
decision-making is one such example.
• Prioritization- If department would work with joint efforts for creating the desired industrial
network.

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o The departments that have to lead the project first will be given prioritization, for example-
laying the underground gas pipeline is necessary before finalising the road.
• Optimization- The required facilities should be ensured before beginning the development of a
project.
o For example- a fertilizer plant has been constructed but a gas pipeline is inaccessible
leading to the plant being unable to reach its production potential.
o The National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC), formerly DMIDC will
work in close coordination with state governments to develop these industrial corridors.
• Synchronisation- It will bring together the efforts of 16 ministries.

Following ministries will work in synchronicity:

• Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways,
o Ministry of Commerce and Industry,
o Ministry of Ports, Shipping, Waterways and
o Ministry of Ayush,
o Ministry of Civil Aviation,
o Ministry of Power, New and Renewable Energy,
o Ministry of Railways,
o Ministry of Communications,
o Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology,
o Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
o Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs

• Analytical- India has witnessed completion of many infrastructural projects from 2014 that have
been fast-tracked by many government departments.
o For example- The Railways has started a ‘Common Drawing Approval System’ on an
online platform, so all the approvals can be accessed on one portal.

• Dynamic- The Gati Shakti scheme will ensure that a basic commonality is maintained for similar
projects even if the end goal is to be achieved by inter-departmental coordination.
o For instance- Ministry of Road and Transport has already started acquiring the ‘Utility
Corridors’ alongside the new national highways and expressways

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