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GOVERNMENT SCHEMES
MONTHLY CAPSULE
AUGUST 2019
MoU between India and Bolivia approved
 The Union Cabinet approved to the MoU between India
and Bolivia on Cooperation in the Exploration and Uses of
Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes.
 The MoU was signed between ISRO and the Bolivian Space
Agency on March 29, 2019 at Santa Cruz de la Sierra,
Bolivia.
 It would lead to develop a joint activity in the field of
application of space technologies for the benefit of
humanity.
MoU between India and Bahrain approved
 The Union Cabinet approved the MoU between India and
Bahrain on Cooperation in the Exploration and Uses of
Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes.
 The MoU was signed on March 11, 2019 at Bengaluru by
India and on March 28, 2019 at Manama by Bahrain.
 It would lead to set up a Joint Working Group, drawing
members from DOS/ISRO and the Bahrain National Space
Science Agency (NSSA).
Inauguration of FCP and launching of Mob App
 Minister of HRD, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
inaugurated the ‘Facilitation cum Publicity Pavilion (FCP)’
at the National Bal Bhavan, New Delhi.
 Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa launched the upgraded 3D Air
Combat Mobile Game 'Indian Air Force: A Cut Above' at
the same venue.
 The FCP is an endeavour to connect to more than 7.5 lakh
children that visit the Bal Bhavan annually.
Army launched E-car to combat pollution
 The Indian Army has launched an ecological initiative with
employing E Cars for use of its officials in New Delhi in
partnership with Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL).
 The introduction of E-Car in Army at Delhi was visualised
on World Environment Day and launched on 01 Aug 2019
with flagging off the first lot of E-Cars for Indian Army by
QMG, Lt Gen Gopal R.
KABIL set up to ensure supply of minerals
 Khanij Bidesh India Ltd. (KABIL) is to be set up with the
participation of National Aluminium Company
Ltd.(NALCO), Hindustan Copper Ltd.(HCL) and Mineral
Exploration Company Ltd. (MECL).
 The objective of constituting KABIL is to ensure a
consistent supply of critical and strategic minerals to
Indian domestic market.
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ONORC scheme implemented on pilot basis
 Government launched the One Nation-One Ration Card
scheme on a pilot basis in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh,
Maharashtra and Gujarat from 1 August 2019.
 Families who have food security cards can buy subsidized
rice and wheat from any ration shop in these states.
 Their ration cards should be linked with Aadhar Number to
avail this service.
West Bengal launched awareness campaign
 The West Bengal Government has launched an awareness
campaign for preserving the greenery and keeping the
environment clean.
 CM Mamata Banerjee launched the campaign named as
‘Save Green, Stay Clean’ in Kolkata on 1 August 2019.
 The State Government will distribute more than 1 lakhs
saplings throughout the state for spreading of greenery.
Bills passed
 Parliament passed the Arbitration and Conciliation
(Amendment) Bill 2019 with the Lok Sabha approving it on
1 August 2019. The bill provides for a time-bound
settlement of disputes as well as accountability of the
arbitrator.
 The Rajya Sabha passed the National Medical Commission
Bill, 2019 with few amendments. The Bill seeks to repeal
the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956.
POCSO (Amendment) Bill approved
 Parliament passed the Protection of Children from Sexual
Offences (Amendment) Bill, POCSO, 2019 with the Lok
Sabha approving it unanimously.
 The Rajya Sabha has already passed the bill.
 The bill seeks to enhance punishment for sexual offences
against children, with a provision of death penalty.
 Sexual harassment is covered under POCSO.
Regional Conference on Good Governance
 The Department of Administrative Reforms & Public
Grievances (DARPG) will organize the Regional Conference
on Good Governance on 14- 15 November, 2019 at Jaipur,
Rajasthan.
 The theme is Strengthening State Institutes of Public
Administration.
 It will bring National and State level organizations on the
same platform to share experiences and implementation
of good governance initiatives.
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Gujarat CM launched ‘Vhali Dikri Yojna’
 Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani launched the ‘Vhali Dikri Yojna’ in
Rajkot on 2 August 2019.
 According to scheme, the State Government will pay Rs.
4,000 to every girl child at the time of admission to
Standard 4th, Rs. 6,000 at the time of taking admission to
Standard IX, Rs. 1-lakh at the time of taking admission for
higher education at the age of 18 and another Rs. 1-lakh at
the time of marriage.
AERA Bill passed
 Parliament has passed the Airports Economic Regulatory
Authority of India, AERA (Amendment) Bill- 2019.
 The bill increases the threshold of annual passenger traffic
for major airports from 15 lakh to over 35 lakh
passengers.
 The threshold has been increased as the number of air
traffic passenger has been increased 117 million from
2008 to 345 million now.
Bills passed
 Rajya Sabha passed The Code on Wages Bill, 2019 on 2
August 2019. It will ensure statutory protection for
minimum wages and timely payment of wages to
approximately 50 crore workers of organized as well as
unorganized sector.
 Rajya Sabha passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Amendment Bill, 2019. It gives powers to DG, NIA to attach
properties acquired from proceeds of terrorism
New Chairman of estimates committee: Girish
 Girish Bapat, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Pune
member of Parliament, has been appointed Chairman of
the estimates committee.
 Estimates committee is one of the three financial standing
committees of the parliament apart from the public
accounts committee and committee on public
undertakings.
 The members of Estimates Committee include Dilip Ghosh,
PP Choudhary, KC Patel.
Govt to set up National traders Body
 The commerce and industry ministry will soon notify the
constitution of a National Traders’ Welfare Board.
 The Board will identify ways to improve access to funds for
this unorganised sector.
 It will also make recommendations to reduce the
compliance burden of traders as well as to ensure social
security benefits such as insurance, pension, and
healthcare for traders and their employees.
PM chairs 30th interaction through PRAGATI
 On 31 July 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired his
thirtieth interaction through PRAGATI - the ICT-based
platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely
Implementation.
 The Prime Minister reviewed the progress in the resolution
of grievances under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).
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 He underlined the resolve of his government to ensure
that no family will be left without a home by 2022
Amit Shah moved RS to scrap Article 370
 Union Home Minister Amit Shah moved the Rajya Sabha to
scrap Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, removing the
special status granted to the state.
 The order, which has been signed by President Ram Nath
Kovind, comes into force immediately.
 Shah also proposed the reorganization of the state, with
Jammu and Kashmir to be declared a Union Territory with
an Assembly.
35 lakh people benefited from ABY scheme
 Chhattisgarh is one of the best performing state under
Ayushman Bharat Yojana.
 About 35 lakh people have so far benefited from the
scheme in the country of which five lakh are from
Chhattisgarh.
 The scheme was launched with a vision to provide the
poor, and the underprivileged with better healthcare and
treatment.
 This scheme envisions health assurance of Rs. 5 lakh per
family per year
Rajasthan Assembly passed bills
 Rajasthan legislative assembly passed two important bills
to curb honour killings and Mob Lynching in the state on 6
August 2019.
 'The Rajasthan Protection from Lynching Bill, 2019' and
‘The Rajasthan Prohibition of Interference with the
Freedom of Matrimonial Alliances in the Name of Honour
and Tradition Bill, 2019’ was passed by the assembly with
a voice vote.
Transgender Persons Bill passed
 Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of
Rights) Bill, 2019.
 The Bill prohibits discrimination against a transgender
person, including denial of service or unfair treatment in
relation to education, employment, healthcare, etc.
 The Bill defines a transgender person as one whose gender
does not match the gender assigned at birth.
22nd National Conference on e-Governance
 The 22nd National Conference on e-Governance (NCeG)
2019 will be held on 8-9th August 2019 at Shillong,
Meghalaya.
 The theme of this Conference is 'Digital India: Success to
Excellence'.
 The Conference is a part of the DARPG’s 100 days
initiatives in the new Government.
 This is the first time the event is being organized in North-
Eastern region of the country.
PMAY(U) Awards for Beneficiaries instituted
 Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has instituted
PMAY(U) Awards for Beneficiaries for the first time to
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recognise the contribution of States/UTs, Urban Local Haryana government to roll out new scheme
Bodies and Beneficiaries.
 Haryana Government announced the roll-out of 'Mukhya
 This award is in addition to CLSS Award for recognising the
Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojna' on 9 August 2019.
contribution of PMAY (U) Banks and Housing Finance
 Under the scheme, Rs 6000 per year will be given to each
Companies.
eligible family.
 The winners will be awarded during a National level Event.
 Families having an annual income less than Rs 1,80,000 or
States & Districts felicitated under BBBP a total landholding of fewer than two hectares are
eligible.
 The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development
 Each beneficiary family will be entitled to get Rs 500 per
felicitated those Districts and States who have successfully
month.
implemented the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP)scheme
in the country. Krishi Ashirwad Yojana inaugurated
 The function was held on 7th August, 2019 in New Delhi.
 'Mukhya Mantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana' was inaugurated
 The BBBP scheme launched on 22 January 2015 has been
in Jharkhand on 10 August 2019.
implemented in phases.
 Under the scheme, farmers holding land of an acre or less
 Currently, it is being implemented in 640 districts (as per
would be eligible for receiving Rs 5,000 and farmers with
census 2011).
five acres of land would be eligible to receive Rs 25,000 in
India contributes USD 5 million to UNRWA two fixed instalments.
 The scheme was incorporated in the state budget from the
 India contributed USD 5 million to the UN Palestine
financial year 2019-2020.
refugee agency and called for ensuring sustained fiscal
support for the organisation's work. 1st State to Release Bio-Fuel Policy
 The cheque was handed over to the United Nations Relief
 The Rajasthan government on 9 August 2019 released
and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian Refugees by
biofuel rules-2019 on the eve of the World Biofuel Day.
Representative of India in Palestine, Sunil Kumar in
 Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot said Rajasthan is the
Jerusalem.
first state in the country to bring the policy for biofuel
 India increased its annual assistance from USD 1.25 million
after the notification of the Centre.
to 5 million.
 Promotion of biofuel will reduce the need for fossil fuel in
India to participate at SCO exercise in Russia the interest of the environment, and also generate
employment.
 Indian army will participate in an antiterrorism military
exercise in Russia. Army launched 'Mission Reach Out' in Jammu
 The exercise, an initiative under the Shanghai Cooperation
 The Army launched Mission Reach Out in Jammu to ensure
Organisation, is to be held from September 10 to
that basic necessities and essential services are available in
September 21 at Orenburg in Russia.
the region post the abrogation of the provisions of Article
 This year, Russia has asked Mongolia, Turkmenistan,
370 and reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir.
Belarus and Iran to send their troops as special guests to
 A high level conference to review the prevalent situation
take part in the anti-terrorism military exercise.
in the region was held in the Nagrota Military Station,
India, Bangladesh to set up committee which was chaired by Lt Gen Paramjit Singh.
 India and Bangladesh agreed to set up a Joint Technical Venkaiah Naidu launched a scheme in Jharkhand
committee for optimum utilisation of Ganges water as
 VP Venkaiah Naidu launched the Jharkhand government's
being received by Bangladesh under the Ganga Water
'Mukhya Mantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana'.
Sharing Treaty 1996.
 Under this scheme, money would be directly transferred
 Both also agreed to prepare a framework for interim
into the bank accounts of farmers in the state.
water-sharing agreement for 8 rivers including Feni, Gumti
 Beneficiaries having farm land of less than one acre to five
and Teesta.
acres, will get Rs 5,000 to Rs 25,000 in their bank
 The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna mega-basin is the 2nd
accounts.
largest hydraulic region in the world.
 CM of Jharkhand- Raghubar Das
Govt sanctioned over 5,000 electric buses  Governor of JharkhandDraupadi Murmu
 Government has sanctioned 5,595 electric buses in 64 Punjab govt to provide 28000 agro-machines
cities for intracity and intercity operations under the
 The Punjab Agriculture Department has initiated a massive
second phase of FAME India scheme.
drive to provide more than 28000 agro-machines/farm
 The objective of the scheme is to encourage faster
equipment to farmers.
adoption of electric and hybrid vehicle by way of offering
upfront incentives on purchase of electric vehicles.  Subsidy component of Rs.278 crore will be provided for
the scheme during the current fiscal year under the first
 This will give a further push to clean mobility in public
phase for insitu management of paddy residue.
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 Subsidy ranging from 50%- 80% is being provided to the
farmers under the scheme.
India, China agreed to further strengthen ties
 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a bilateral
meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing
on 12 August 2019.
 Four MoUs were signed on the occasion in various fields
including traditional medicine, and sports.
 The two countries agreed that maintenance of peace and
tranquility in border areas was essential for smooth
development of relations.
Government to start special hospitals
 Special hospitals offering Indian Systems of Medicines like
Siddha and Ayurveda will be started in 150 districts across
the country.
 This was stated by Union Minister of State for AYUSH
Sripad Yesso Naik, while inaugurating an Ayurveda medical
College in Tamil Nadu.
 A six months course in basic medicine has been started
with the intention of providing basic healthcare in rural
areas.
National Affairs
 The legislative party of Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF)
merged itself with BJP on 13 August 2019. Out of 13, 10
MLAs of the SDF joined BJP in the presence of party
general secretary Ram Madhav in New Delhi.
 Maharashtra government will conduct disease-wise survey
of the flood-hit areas. The aid surveys are also being
conducted on the basis of diseases like fever, diarrhoea
and jaundice.
Swachh Survekshan 2020 launched
 Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State for Housing & Urban
Affairs launched the Swachh Survekshan 2020.
 It is the fifth edition of the annual cleanliness survey
conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(MoHUA).
 SBM Water PLUS Protocol and Toolkit, Swachh Nagar – an
integrated waste management app and AI-enabled mSBM
App were also launched.
Swachh Nagar app launched
 Swachh Nagar app was launched by the Union Housing
and Urban Affairs Ministry.
 It will allow users to have waste collected by their urban
local bodies along with a new protocol on wastewater
treatment that would become a part of cleanliness
rankings of cities.
 The app had been tested in Gurugram and in some of the
General Pool Residential Accommodation colonies for
government staff.
Chief of defence staff post to be created
 PM Narendra Modi announced the government would
create the post of a chief of defence staff (CDS).
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 It will integrate the operations of the three forces--the
Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force.
 The CDS was to be a five-star rank general – a rank above
the chiefs of the army, navy and air force.
 Speculation is that army chief Bipin Rawat, could be
named to the post
Gallantry awards conferred
 President Ram Nath Kovind approved 132 Awards to
Armed Forces Personnel and members of Paramilitary
Forces.
 The awards include two Kirti Chakras, one Vir Chakra, 14
Shaurya Chakras, eight Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 90
Sena Medals (Gallantry), five Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry),
seven Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry) and five Yudh Seva
Medals.
 The Army has been awarded 8Shaurya Chakra awards.
Gujarat govt to open Army schools
 Gujarat government will open Army schools in tribal-
dominated areas to provide required training to youths
and to help them get selected to serve in defence forces.
 The government has set up medical colleges in the tribal-
majority districts of Dahod, Tapi, Surat and Valsad.
 The government has taken adequate steps to ensure that
tribal population is not deprived of higher education
PM announced Jal Jeevan Mission
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced 'Jal Jivan'
mission to make drinking water available to all
households.
 The government will spend 3.5 lakh crore rupees for it.
 The movement towards water conservation has to take
place at the grassroots level and it should not be limited to
mere a Government programme.
 People from all walks of life have to be integrated in this
movement.
Inter-State Council reconstituted
 The government has reconstituted the Inter State Council
and the Standing Committee of the Inter State Council.
 According to the notification, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi is the Chairman of the Inter State Council.
 Chief Ministers of all States and six Union Ministers
including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and Nirmala
Sitharaman are the members of the Council.
India contributed 1 million to UN Fund
 India has contributed 1 million US Dollars to the United
Nations Special Purpose Trust Fund for the Resident
Coordinator System.
 Special Purpose Trust Fund (SPTF) is housed within the UN
Secretariat.
 It is established to receive, consolidate, manage all
contributions and financial transactions of the new
Resident Coordinator system in a transparent and effective
way.
Asit Tripathy: New Odisha chief secretary
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 Asit Kumar Tripathy will be the new chief secretary of
Odisha.
 Tripathy, a 1986 batch IAS officer will succeed AP Padhi,
who was appointed the State Election Commissioner.
 Prior to his appointment as chief secretary, Tripathy was
the Development Commissioner and also in-charge of the
Home department and Chief Administrator of the KBK
region
National Workshop on Sustainable Sanitation
 The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs organized a one
day national workshop cum exhibition at Vigyan Bhawan
on 19 August, 2019.
 Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot, Union Minister, Ministry of
Social Justice and Empowerment was there as the Chief
Guest of the event.
 The workshop on sustainable sanitation was organized in
order to bring relevant stakeholders to strategize on
mitigating the risks.
Scheme to involve school eco clubs launched
 In Delhi, a scheme to involve school eco clubs in the DDA's
plantation drive was launched at a green belt in Rohini's
sector 37 on 16 August 2019 by Union Minister for
Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri.
 As part of an afforestation drive of the Delhi Development
Authority, 4 lakh indigenous trees will be planted this year
across various biodiversity parks in the national capital.
80 lakh farmer families to benefit from PMKSNY
 In MP, about 80 lakh eligible farmer families will benefit
from the Pradhanmantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in the
state.
 Under the scheme, total Rs 6,000 that is Rs 2,000 each in
three installments are being deposited every year directly
in the accounts of the eligible farmer families.
 Scheme has been envisioned with an aim to improve the
life of small and marginal farmers of the country.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee resi. schools to be set
 In UP, state government will set up Atal Bihari Vajpayee
residential schools for children of labourers in all 18
divisions of state.
 CM Yogi Adityanath announced many projects in state
including a memorial in Bateshwar, the former prime
minister's native village in Agra.
 A 25-foot-tall statue will be stalled at the Secretariat Lok
Bhawan on Vajpayee's birth anniversary on December 25,
2019.
'Village Volunteers System' launched in Andhra
 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
launched government's flagship programme Village
Volunteers system on 15 August 2019.
 The scheme, aimed at providing governance services at
doorsteps of people, will involve over 2.8 lakh volunteers.
 Under the scheme, one volunteer will cover 50 families in
each village.
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 Each volunteer will get an honorarium of Rs 5,000 per
month.
Naveen announces 'Mo Sarkar' initiative
 Odisha's Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on 15 August 2019
announced the 'Mo Sarkar' initiative.
 The new initiative will commence from October 2 on the
occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.
 Under the new initiative, the chief minister and other
ministers will call common citizens to seek their feedback
on the kind of response and service they received when
they visited the government facilities.
Pb Govt brought 4500 journalists into SSBY
 Punjab Govt brought around 4500 journalists into the
ambit of its recently launched universal health insurance
scheme Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana (SSBY).
 All journalists holding yellow cards, will be eligible to be
covered under the scheme.
 The State Government will bear the entire premium under
the scheme, for nearly 400 private hospitals in Punjab
have been empanelled.
HRD Minister inaugurated 2-day int. conference
 Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
inaugurated an international conference on teacher
education in New Delhi on 17 August 2019.
 The 2-day event was organized by the National Council of
Teacher Education as part of silver jubilee celebration of
its establishment in 1995.
 The Ministry will launch the world's biggest project for
teacher training on August 22, 2019.
PM Modi signed 10 MoUs with Bhutan
 PM Narendra Modi and his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay
Tshering held a wide ranging talks on 17 August 2019.
 The 2 nations signed 10 MoUs to infuse new energy in
their ties in the field of space research, aviation, IT, power
and education.
 He inaugurated the Mangdechhu hydroelectric power
plant and also launched stamps to commemorate five
decades of India-Bhutan Hydropower cooperation.
Lok Sabha Secretariat bans use of plastic
 The Lok Sabha Secretariat has prohibited the use of non-
reusable plastic water bottles and other plastic items
within the Parliament House Complex from 20 August
2019.
 All officers/staff of the Secretariat and other allied
agencies working in the Parliament House Complex have
been advised to use environmentfriendly/biodegradable
bags/materials instead.
Power Minister launched SARAL Index
 The Union Minister of State for Power and New &
Renewable Energy and Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship, RK Singh launched the State Rooftop
Solar Attractiveness Index-SARAL on 21 August 2019.
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 Karnataka was placed 1st in the Index that evaluates Karnataka CM Yediyurappa named 3 deputy CMs
Indian states based on their attractiveness for rooftop
 Karnataka CM Yediyurappa appointed Govind Makthappa
development.
Karajol, Ashwath Narayan CN and Laxman Sangappa
 Telangana, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh got 2nd, 3rd and
Savadi as the deputy CMs.
4th rank respectively.
 Deputy Chief Minister Govind Makthappa Karajol has been
Union HRD Minister launched NISHTHA allocated the Public Works Department.
 Ashwath Narayan CN has been allocated the department
 Union HRD Minister launched the training programme
of higher education, IT and BT, and science and technology
NISHTHA, (National Initiative for School Heads and
departments.
Teachers Holistic Advancement) to improve Learning
Outcomes at the Elementary level across the country. All villages to be linked with Wi-Fi
 This is the largest teachers training programme of its kind
 The Government reiterated its commitment in providing
in the world.
Wi-Fi in all the villages through GramNet with connectivity
 The basic objective of it is to motivate and equip teachers
between 10mbps to 100 mbps speed.
to encourage and foster critical thinking in students.
 BharatNet also plans to provide 1 GBPS connectivity,
PM Modi to launch Fit India Movement which can be expanded up to 10 GBPS and C-DOT’s XGS-
PON will help in a great way to achieve this.
 PM Narendra Modi is set to launch Fit India Movement.
 C-Sat-Fi technology of C-DOT will empower Indian People
 The nation-wide campaign aims to encourage people to
especially in rural and remote areas
inculcate physical activity and sports in their everyday
lives. Govt permitted 100% FDI in coal mining
 A 28 member committee headed by Sports Minister, Kiren
 The Union Cabinet relaxed Foreign Direct Investment rule
Rijiju has been formed to advise the government on the
for foreign single-brand retailers and permitted foreign
movement.
investment in contract manufacturing and coal mining.
 Actors Shilpa Shetty and Milind Soman will also be
 100% FDI under automatic route in coal mining and
involved.
associated infrastructure has been approved.
CSC signs pact with Panchayat Ministry  26% FDI has also been allowed under government route
for uploading and streaming of News and Current Affairs
 The Common Service Centre (CSC) has signed a pact with
through Digital Media.
the Panchayati Raj Ministry to turn gram panchayats into
‘digital panchayats’. J&K Governor announced 50,000 govt jobs
 The move is aimed at providing speedy delivery of
 J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik announced that in coming 2-
government services to people in rural areas and
3 months, about 50,000 government jobs will be provided
promoting rural BPO across all panchayats in the country.
to the youths of the State.
 Gram Panchayat Bhawans will host CSCs, to provide easy
 The Administration is opening mobile phone connectivity
access to government services in rural areas.
in Kupwara and Handwara districts of Kashmir and soon it
National Digital Library of India launched will be opened in other districts as well.
 50 more degree colleges will be set up in the state.
 HRD Ministry has launched the National Digital Library of
India project. o It has been launched under the National Delhi government to launch a 10-week campaign
Mission on Education through Information and
 Delhi government will launch mega 10-week campaign
Communication Technology, NMEICT.
against dengue and chikungunya.
 Currently, there are more than 3 crore digital resources
 The campaign has been titled as '10 Hafte, 10 Baje 10
available through the National Digital Library.
minute Har Ravivar, Dengue Par War'.
 National Digital Library is also integrated with UMANG
 As per the campaign, people of Delhi are requested to give
App.
10 minutes every Sunday at 10 a.m. to check all sources of
TN: Edu. Dept launched TV channel for students stagnant water at their homes as the dengue mosquitoes
breed only in clean water.
 The Education Department in Tamil Nadu has launched an
exclusive 24-hour television channel for the school ‘Walk to work’ campaign in Meghalaya launched
students.
 Meghalaya Conrad K Sangma launched the campaign of Fit
 Interviews and motivational programmes on joining civil
India Movement on 29 August 2019.
services, defence forces and banks would be aired by the
 He launched the #WalktoWorkMeghalaya which is a part
television as a form of career guidance.
of the ‘Fit India Campaign’.
 It was launched by the state Chief Minister Edappadi K
 The idea of 'walk to work' will have multiple benefits, cuts
Palaniswamy at a function in Chennai.
the cost of fuel including reduction of CO2 emission,
reduce congestion in the city and more importantly for
health and fitness.

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August 2019

Rs 47,000 cr released to increase green cover

 Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate
Change Prakash Javadekar handed over Rs 47,000 crore
from Compensatory Afforestation Fund to various states.
 This was done as a major step towards increasing
afforestation in the country.
 The fund will be utilized for the compensatory
afforestation, catchment area treatment, wildlife
management, natural regeneration, etc.
HUA launched 'Angikaar campaign'
 The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry launched
the 'Angikaar campaign'.
 It is aimed at bringing beneficiaries of PMAY (urban) into
the fold of other central schemes such as Ujjawala and
Ayushman Bharat.
 The convergence would especially focus on Ujjwala for gas
connection and Ayushman Bharat for health insurance to
the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(U).
Government to set up 12,500 AYUSH centres
 The government has set a target of setting up 12,500
AYUSH centres across India.
 The government is trying to set up 4000 such centres this
year itself.
 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres are being opened
across the country.
 During a ceremony held recently, PM Modi released 12
commemorative postal stamps to honour eminent
scholars, practitioners and Great Master Healers of AYUSH
Systems.
CBDT constituted special cell
 The Central Board of Direct Taxes -CBDT has constituted a
fivemember special cell to address grievances of start-ups
with relation to angel tax and other tax-related issues.
 The cell will work towards redressal of grievances and
mitigate tax-related issues in case of start-up entities with
respect to the administration of Income-tax Act,1961.

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