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Index: Atal Mission For Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (Amrut)
Index: Atal Mission For Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (Amrut)
PMAY – U
PMAY – G or PMGAY
AMRUT
to establish infrastructure that could ensure adequate robust sewage networks and water supply
for urban transformation
PPP
a long-term contract between a private party and a government entity, for providing
a public asset or service, in which the private party bears significant risk and management
responsibility, and remuneration is linked to performance"
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is implementing Prime Minister’s
Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), which is a major credit-linked subsidy programme,
aimed at generating self-employment opportunities through establishment of micro-enterprises in the
non-farm sector by helping traditional artisans and unemployed youth. Any individual above 18 years of
age is eligible
Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) The ICCR is an autonomous organisation under the Ministry
of External Affairs, cultural exchange with other countries and their peoples.
Arunachal Pradesh was officially declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) state. It is second State from
Northeast, after Sikkim and overall fifth state after Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Haryana to be declared
ODF state
The SBM was launched in October 2014 to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put focus on
sanitation. It aims to achieve Swachh Bharat or make India clean by 2019
The SBM consists of two sub-missions Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin), implemented in rural areas, and
Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), implemented in urban areas. SBM-G seeks to eliminate open defecation
in rural areas by improving access to sanitation by ensuring the use of toilets, besides their construction.
It also seeks to generate awareness to motivate communities to adopt sustainable sanitation practices,
and encourage the use of appropriate technologies for sanitation. Open defecation is an important
factor for causing various diseases like intestinal worm infections, diarrhoea, polio, hepatitis etc.
The Mission Coordinator for SBM is Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS)
Objectives
1. Providing partial compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentive s so that the woman can take
adequate res t before and after delivery of the first living child.
2. The cash incentive provided would lead to improved health seeking behaviour amongst the Pregnant Women
and Lactating Mothers (PW& LM).
The key steps taken under the National Health Mission (NHM) are:
Total fertility rate. Definition: The number of children who would be born per woman (or per
1,000 women)
Government of India launched the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP)
2020 in 2013. It aims to achieve national fuel security by promoting hybrid and electric
vehicles in the country Government of India Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public
Enterprises
Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles (FAME India) under
NEMMP 2020 in the Union Budget for 2015-16 with an initial outlay of Rs. 75 Cr. The
scheme will provide a major push for early adoption and market creation of both hybrid
and electric technologies vehicles in the country. The thrust for the Government
through this scheme will be to allow hybrid and electric vehicles to become the first
choice for the purchasers so that these vehicles can replace the conventional vehicles
and thus reduce liquid fuel consumption in the country from the automobile sector. It is
envisaged that early market creation through demand incentive, in-house technology
development and domestic production will help industry reach a self-sufficient
economies of scale in the long run by around the year 2020.
About 9,149 people in Delhi died due to respiratory diseases in 2016, up from 5,516 in 2014
To prevent damage to agricultural produce and to ensure its safe storage, Pradhan
Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana also to supplement agriculture, modernize processing
and decrease Agri-Waste
UDAN in this airport will be build and air connectivity will be improved, price low, even
to areas hard to reach, aim to create regional aviation market which is affordable
Under UJALA distribution of LED bulbs result is annual saving of 40,000 crore
Under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, a target to provide road connectivity to
every village by 2019 has been set. More than 82% villages have been connected by
roads, as compared to 56% villages in 2014.Aim to provide good all-weather road
connectivity to unconnected villages centre sponsored scheme
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao a social campaign, aims to generate awareness and improve
the efficiency of welfare services intended for girls.
Mission Indradhanush It aims to immunize all children under the age of 2 years, as well
as all pregnant women, against seven vaccine preventable diseases. The diseases being
targeted are diphtheria, whooping
cough, tetanus, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, measles and Hepatitis B Rubella, Japanese
Encephalitis, Injectable Polio Vaccine Bivalentand Rotavirus, 2017 just added pneumonia
Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendras Making quality medicines available at affordable
prices for all, particularly the poor and disadvantaged, through exclusive outlets “Jan
Aushadhi Medical Store”, so as to reduce out of pocket expenses in healthcare.