The Digital India programme is a flagship programme of the

Government of India with a vision to transform India into a

digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.
 What Drives Digital India?
Every programme is steered by its core visions.
Digital India too captures the vision of the government to
transform the existing ecosystem of governance and public
services by leveraging the power of IT.

Digital India hinges on three key vision areas –

A. Digital infrastructure as a core utility to every
Indian
B. Governance and services on demand
C. Digital empowerment of citizens
 The Nine Pillars of Digital India Programme

Broadband Highway – The first pillar of Digital India

programme, plans to connect 2.5 lakh village panchayats via
National optical Fibre Network.

In order to push NOFN to its logical destination, Bharat

Broadband Network Limited has been established.
 MCQ for you guys

Which district has become the first one in India to have high
speed Rural Broadband Network i.e. National Optical Fibre
Network (NOFN)

a. Ajmer of Rajasthan
b. Vidisha of Madhya Pradesh
c. Idukki of Kerala
d. Hisar of Haryana
 Extra info never hurts

Idukki district of Kerala has become first district in India to have

high speed Rural Broadband Network i.e. National Optical Fibre
Network (NOFN) Internet connectivity.

NOFN, is being funded by the Universal Service Obligation

Fund (USOF), Department of Telecom, Ministry of
Communications & IT.
 MCQ for you guys
Which state government has recently signed a MoU with Bharat
Broadband Network Ltd (BBNL) to implement BharatNet?

[A] Tamil Nadu

[B] Maharashtra
[C] Assam
[D] Manipur
Answer A
2 nd Pillar
3 rd Pillar
 MCQ for you guys
When is 'Common Service Center Divas' observed?

A.July 14th
B.July 16th
C.July 29th
D.July 30th

Answer - B
4 th and 5 th Pillar
 PMGDISHA
The Union Cabinet on 8 February 2017 approved the Pradhan Mantri Gramin
Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA). The programme aims at making 6
crore rural households digitally literate.

The outlay for the project is Rs 2351.38 crore. It targets ushering in digital
literacy in rural India by March 2019. The project is in line with the
announcement made by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Union
Budget 2016-17.

PMGDISHA is expected to be one of the largest digital literacy Programmes in

world.
25 lakh candidates will be trained in FY 2016 – 17, under this scheme.
275 lakh in FY 2017 – 18; and 300 lakh in FY 2018 – 19.
Implementation of Scheme would be carried out under the overall supervision
of Ministry of Electronics and IT.
 6 th and 7th pillar

Compound annual growth rate

(CAGR)
8 th and 9th pillar
Four parts of Swachh Bharat Mission
 Swachh Bharat Mission

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Other objectives –
Conversion of insanitary toilets to pour flush toilets.
Eradicating manual scavenging
Promote healthy sanitation in people
 Swachh Bharat for Urban Areas
The mission aims to cover 1.4 crore households, provide 2.5 lakh
community toilets, 2.6 lakh public toilets, and a solid waste
management facility in each town.

Community toilets will be built in residential areas where it is

difficult to construct individual household toilets.

Public toilets will also be constructed in designated locations such

as tourist places, markets, bus stations, railway stations, etc.
 Swachh Bharat Gramin
11 crore 11 lakh toilets will be built in the country. (1 lakh 34 thousand
crore will be spent)

Technology will be used on a large scale to convert waste into wealth in

rural India in the forms of bio-fertilizer and different forms of energy.

Involvement of every gram panchayat, panchayat samiti and Zila

Parishad in the country

The Incentive amount provided under SBM(G) to Below Poverty Line

(BPL) /identified APLs households shall be up to Rs.12,000 for
construction of one unit of IHHL(Individual Household Latrines ) and
provide for water availability, including for storing for hand-washing
and cleaning of the toilet.
 Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan
The Ministry of Human Resource Development launched
Swachh Vidyalaya Programme under Swachh Bharat
Mission with an objective to provide separate toilets for boys
and girls in all government schools within one year

• Cleaning of the class rooms, laboratories, libraries etc.

• Cleaning of toilets and drinking water areas.
• Cleaning of kitchen sheds stores etc.
• Cleaning of playgrounds.
• Cleaning and maintenance of school gardens.
 Swachh Bharat Kosh
Individuals and philanthropists have expressed interest in
contributing to efforts to achieve the objective of Clean India
(Swachh Bharat) by the year 2019.

The Swachh Bharat Kosh has been set up to facilitate

channelization of philanthropic contributions and Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) funds towards this cause.

Government of India has imposed an additional cess called the

‚swachh bharat cess‛. SBC is levied by Central Government on
the value of all taxable services @.50%
 India's first open defecation free city is

a. Mysuru
b. Noida
c. Bengaluru
d. Pune

Answer - A
 Transforming India through

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya grameen kaushal yojana

Nai Manzil
Usttad
Nai Roshni
Manas
Pradhan Mantri kaushal vikas yojana
 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya grameen kaushal yojana
According to Census 2011, India has 55 million potential workers
between the ages of 15 and 35 years in rural areas. At the same time, the
world is expected to face a shortage of 57 million workers by 2020.

The Yojana aims to provide training to 10 lakh rural youths for jobs by
2017.

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kausalya Yojna (DDU-GKY) funds

numerous skill training programs which covers almost 250 trades across
a range of sectors such as Retail, Hospitality, Health, Construction,
Automotive, Leather, Electrical, Plumbing, Jems and Jewellery etc.

The only condition is that the skill training should be based on demand
and lead to placement of at least 75% of the training.
 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya grameen kaushal yojana
Training centers will be developed and setup in each block,
catering to the specific needs of the local youth. About 50% of the
youth covered under this Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen
Kausalya Yojna will be women and special efforts are going to be
made to proactively cover particularly vulnerable tribal groups on
a priority basis.

The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kausalya Yojna is going to

be implemented through training partners from the private and
the public sectors as well as non-profit organisations.
 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
The Union Government approved PMKVY to provide skills
training all for youth across India

The PMKVY Scheme will be implemented by the Union Ministry

of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship through the National
Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).

It will provide skills training to youth, including class 10 and 12

drop outs and aims to cover about 24 lakh people.
 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
The target for skilling under the scheme will be associated with
Union Government’s flagship programmes such as Make in India,
Digital India, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and National Solar Mission.
 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
Inspection of training under PMKVY will be done by Sector Skill
Councils and the respective State Governments.

Fund Allocation- The scheme will be implemented with an outlay

of 1, 500 crore rupees.

Of the total 1,500 crore rupees, about 1,120 crore rupees will be
spent on skill training of 14 lakh youth.

150 crore rupees allocated for training of youth from the North-
East region.
 MCQ a day keeps the mistakes away
Which of the following statements is/are correct about Pradhan Mantri
Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)?

1. It has total outlay of about INR 1,500 crore.

2. It focuses on the Class X/XII dropouts and lower income
groups.

a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
 PMKVY PROCESS
Please find below the process divided into flowing steps:
Trainee to enroll at a training center with a training partner and select a
course of his preference
Trainee to provide relevant information to the Training Partner who
captures all the candidate details on SDMS(Skills Development
Management System) to facilitate training
Undergo assessment at the training center
Receive certificate from the training partner upon successful completion
of assessment
NSDC(National Skill Development Corporation) to disburse monetary
reward to passed and certified trainees subject to valid Aadhaar
authentication
 Nai manzil – Ministry of minority affairs
The scheme aims to benefit the minority youths in the age group
of 17 to 35 years who are school-dropouts or educated in the
community education institutions like Madarsas, by providing
them an integrated input of formal education (up till Class VIII
orX) and skill training along with certification, with a view of
enabling them to seek better employment in the organized sector
and equipping them with better lives.

The scheme covers the entire country.

 ‘’USTTAD’’ Scheme Launched in Varanasi
Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for
Development

The Scheme aims at upgrading Skills and Training of minority

communities by preservation of traditional ancestral Arts and Crafts.

It also envisages boosting the skill of craftsmen, weavers and artisans

who are already engaged in the traditional ancestral work.

It is fully funded by Union Government and Union Ministry of Minority

Affairs is nodal agency in implementing it.
 Nai Roshini
Objectives:

• Empower and install confidence in women of minority

communities by equipping them with knowledge, tools and
techniques to interact with government systems, banks and
intermediaries

• Encouraging minority community women to move out of

the home and assume leadership roles within the community
 Manas

MANAS will focus on providing skills, upgrading abilities and

training members of minority communities in those sectors of the
economy which are either facing a shortage or labour or where
demand for labour is expected to surge.
 MCQ for you guys

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is related to

a. Providing LPG Gas

b. Women empowerment
c. Women healthcare
d. Providing light/electricity
 ZED (Zero Defect, Zero Effect) Scheme
The scheme is basically for MSME – ‚Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises ‛ sector to increase the quality of products matching
global standards followed by. ‚Let’s think about making our
product which has ‘zero defect’….. and ‘zero effect’ so that the
manufacturing does not have an adverse effect on our
environment‛ – Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi said.
 Points
The ZED certification scheme with a total budget of Rs 491 crore
(including Government of India contribution of Rs 365 crore) will
be implemented during the 12th Five Year Plan.

The scheme is an extensive drive to create proper awareness in

MSMEs about Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) manufacturing and
motivate them for assessment of their enterprise for ZED and
support them.
Which scheme for MSMEs did PM Modi announce on 18th Oct
2016?

a. Zero Defect, Zero Impact

b. Zero Defect, Zero Effect
c. Zero Effect, Zero Defect
d. None of the above
 That’s all folks!

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