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• Number of Schemes: The total number of Centrally Sponsored Schemes should not exceed 30.
• Categorisation of Schemes: Existing CSSs should be divided into Core and Optional Schemes.
ο Core schemes: Focus of CSSs should be on schemes that comprise the National Development Agenda where the
Centre and States will work together in the spirit of Team India.
ο Core of the Core Schemes: Those schemes which are for social protection and social inclusion should form the
core of core and be the first charge on available funds for the National Development Agenda.
ο Optional Schemes: The Schemes where States would be free to choose the ones they wish to implement. Funds
for these schemes would be allocated to States by the Ministry of Finance as a lump sum.
• Funding Pattern:
ο Core of Core Schemes: Existing funding pattern of the core of core schemes would continue.
ο Core Schemes:
For 8 North Eastern States and 3 Himalayan States: Centre: State: 90:10
For other States: Centre: State: 60:40
For Union Territories (without Legislature): Centre 100% and for UTs with legislature existing funding
pattern would continue.
ο Optional Schemes:
a) For 8 North Eastern States and 3 Himalayan States: Centre: State: 80:20
b) For other States: Centre: State: 50:50
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Funding by both centre and state in pre-determined ratio Funding entirely borne by centre Government
such as 90:10, 70:30, 60:40 etc
Normally formulated on subjects placed under the State List Normally formulated on subjects placed under the
Union List.
Eg. MGNREGA, National Social Assistance Program, PM Ex. Mudra Yojana, Bharat Net etc.
Krishi Sinchai Yojana
2. MGNREGA
3. Umbrella Scheme for Development of Schedule Castes
CORE SCHEMES
1. Green Revolution 13. National Livelihood Mission - Aajeevika
2. White Revolution 14. Jobs and Skill Development
3. Blue Revolution 15. Environment, Forestry and Wildlife
4. PM Krishi Sinchai Yojana 16. Urban Rejuvenation Mission: AMRUT and Smart City
Mission
5. PM Gram Sadak Yojana 17. Modernisation of Police Forces
6. National Rural Drinking Water Mission 18. Infrastructure facilities for judiciary
7. Swachh Bharat Mission 19. Border Area Development Program
8. National Health Mission 20. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission
9. National Education Mission 21. Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
10. National Program of Mid Day Meal in Schools 22. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
11. Umbrella ICDS 23. Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary
12. Mission for Protection and Empowerment for
Women
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CONTENTS
►NAYI ROSHINI SCHEME 08
Section-1 ►HUMARI DHAROHAR SCHEME 08
►SHADI SHAGUN YOJANA 08
Important Government Schemes MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
02 (MOHUA) 09
►PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA - HOUSING FOR ALL
MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (URBAN) 09
► DEENDAYAL ANTYODAYA YOJANA - NATIONAL URBAN
(MWCD) 02 LIVELIHOOD MISSION (DAY-NULM) 09
►INTEGRATED CHILD DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (ICDS) 02 ►SWACHH BHARAT MISSION URBAN 09
►SABLA SCHEME (RAJIV GANDHI SCHEME FOR ►SMART CITIES 10
EMPOWERMENT OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS) 02
►ATAL MISSION FOR REJUVENATION AND URBAN
►NATIONAL CRECHE SCHEME 02 TRANSFORMATION (AMRUT) 10
►BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO (BBBP) 03 ►NATIONAL HERITAGE CITY DEVELOPMENT AND
SUKANYA SAMRIDDHI ACCOUNT YOJANA 03 AUGMENTATION YOJANA (HRIDAY) 11
►SUPPORT TO TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME ►NEW INITIATIVES 11
FOR WOMEN (STEP) 03
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
►NIRBHAYA FUND 04
►IMPORTANT SCHEMES UNDER NIRBHAYA FUND 04 (MOHFW) 11
►PRADHAN MANTRI MATRU VANDANA YOJANA (PMMVY) 04 ►AYUSHMAN BHARAT YOJANA (PM JAN AROGYA YOJANA)
►RASHTRIYA MAHILA KOSH (RMK) 04 11
►SAKSHAM (RAJIV GANDHI SCHEME FOR EMPOWERMENT OF ►NATIONAL URBAN HEALTH MISSION 13
ADOLESCENT BOYS) 05 ►JANANI SURAKSHA YOJANA (JSY) 14
►SWADHAR 05 ►LAQSHYA 15
►SEXUAL HARASSMENT ELECTRONIC – BOX (SHE-BOX) 06 ►RASHTRIYA BAL SWASTHYA KARYAKRAM (RBSK) 15
►BEIJING + 25 06 ►JANANI SHISHU SURAKSHA YOJANA 15
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►REVENUE INSURANCE SCHEME FOR PLANTATION CROPS ►KIRAN (KNOWLEDGE INVOLVEMENT IN RESEARCH
37 ADVANCEMENT THROUGH NURTURING) AND
►NIRYAT BANDHU SCHEME 38 “CONSOLIDATION OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOR
INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE IN WOMEN UNIVERSITIES
►FOREIGN TRADE POLICY (FTP) 38 (CURIE)” 45
►DUTY REMISSION SCHEMES 38 ►THE MAKE TOMORROW FOR INNOVATION GENERATION 45
►EXPORT PROMOTION OF CAPITAL GOODS (EPCG) SCHEME ►TEACHER ASSOCIATESHIP FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE
38 (TARE) SCHEME 45
►INTEREST EQUALIZATION SCHEME 38 ►SERB DISTINGUISHED INVESTIGATOR AWARD (DIA) 45
►KIMBERLEY PROCESS CERTIFICATION SCHEME 38 ►AWSAR (AUGMENTING WRITING SKILLS FOR ARTICULATING
►NIRVIK SCHEME: NEW EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE RESEARCH) 45
SCHEME 39 ►MANAK SCHEME 46
►RODTEP SCHEME- REMISSION OF DUTIES OR TAXES ON ►NATIONAL BIOPHARMA MISSION 46
EXPORT PRODUCT 39
►PT DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAY VIGYAN GRAM SANKUL
►“ORIGIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM” 39 PARIYOJANA 46
►STATUTORY BODIES 39 ►BIOTECH KISAN 46
►DEEP OCEAN EXPLORATION 42 ►ATAL PENSION YOJNA AND PRADHAN MANTRI SHRAM YOGI
MANDHAN YOJANA 49
►AGNII 42
►NATIONAL PENSION SCHEME 50
►NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND
HARNESSING INNOVATIONS (NIDHI) 42 ►PRADHAN MANTRI VAYA VANDANA YOJNA 50
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►PM-YUVA (PM YUVA UDYAMITA VIKAS ABHIYAAN) 58 ►E-PANCHAYAT MISSION MODE PROJECT 67
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►PRADHAN MANTRI ROJGAR PROTSAHAN YOJANA (PMRPY) ►SCHEME FOR INTEGRATED TEXTILE PARK 81
73 ►INTEGRATED PROCESSING DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (IPDS)
81
MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI 73
►AMENDED TECHNOLOGY UPGRADATION FUND SCHEME 81
►GROUND WATER EXTRACTION RULES 74
►NORTH EAST REGION TEXTILE PROMOTION SCHEME 81
►FLOOD MANAGEMENT AND BORDER AREAS PROGRAMME
►BUNIYAAD 81
74
►NATIONAL HANDLOOM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (NHDP)
►DAM REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 74
82
►NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON DAM SAFETY (NCDS) 74
►COMPREHENSIVE HANDLOOM CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT
►PROPOSED DRIP PHASE-II AND PHASE-III 74 SCHEME 82
►NATIONAL MISSION FOR CLEAN GANGA (NMCG) 75 ►HANDLOOM WEAVERS’ COMPREHENSIVE WELFARE
►ATAL BHUJAL YOJANA 76 SCHEME 82
►TECHNOLOGY UPGRADATION AND QUALITY CERTIFICATION ►RASHTRIYA UCHCHATAR SHIKSHA ABHIYAAN (RUSA) 86
80 ►UNNAT BHARAT ABHIYAAN (UBA) 86
►POWERTEX 81
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►IMPRINT-2 (IMPACTING RESEARCH INNOVATION AND MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT
TECHNOLOGY) 89
►GIAN (GLOBAL INITIATIVE OF ACADEMIC NETWORKS) 89 (MOSJE) 98
►TEQIP (TECHNICAL EDUCATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ►SUGAMYA BHARAT ABHIYAN (ACCESSIBLE INDIA
PROGRAM) 89 CAMPAIGN) 98
►LEAP (LEADERSHIP FOR ACADEMICIANS PROGRAM) 90 ►PRADHAN MANTRI ADARSH GRAM YOJANA (PMAGY) 98
►ARPIT (ANNUAL REFRESHER PROGRAM IN TEACHING) 90 ►DEENDAYAL DISABLED REHABILITATION SCHEME (DDRS)
98
►ALL SCHOOL MONITORING INDIVIDUAL TRACING ANALYSIS
(ASMITA) 90 ►2ND EDITION OF INDIA SIGN LANGUAGE DICTIONARY 99
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SECTION 1
MPORTANT
OVERNMENT CHEMES
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ο Daycare facilities • The account can be opened at any time from the birth of a
girl child till she attains the age of 10 years
ο Early stimulatio
• Under the scheme, an account can be opened for a
ο Supplementary nutrition
maximum two girl children in one family. If the first birth
ο Growth monitoring
results in twin/triplets girls, then more accounts cannot be
ο Health Checkup and immunisation. opened in case of second birth of girl child.
• A minimum of Rs. 250 and maximum of Rs. 1.5 lakh can be
deposited during a financial year.
►BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO (BBBP)
• Even if Rs 250 in a financial year is not deposited, it will still
INTRODUCTION
earn interest.
• Centrally Sponsored Scheme to address the declining Child
• The account will get matured in 21 years from the date of
Sex Ratio.
opening of account or marriage of the girl child
• Nodal Ministry: Ministries of Women and Child afterattaining 18 years of age.
Development, Health & Family Welfare and Human
• The account cannot be operated by the girl child till she
Resource Development
attains the age of 18 years (as against 10 years as per old
• It was extended to all districts in 2018. rules).
MAIN OBJECTIVES • The premature closure of a Sukanya Samriddhi account is
• To prevent gender biased sex selective elimination allowed in case of death of the girl child or on
• To ensure survival and protection of the girl child compassionate grounds.
• To ensure education and participation of the girl child • Partial Withdrawal for girl child education can be done
when she cleared 10th class or turned 18 years.
KEY INTERVENTIONS
• Saving scheme to encourage parents to build a fund for
MINISTRY INTERVENTION the future education and marriage expenses for their
Ministries of Women • Awareness Generation female child.
and Child • Community Mobilization • The account can be opened anytime between the birth of a
Development girl child and the time she attains 10 years of age by the
• Training of stakeholders
guardian.
• Gender Champions Rewards
• Only one account is allowed per child.
Ministries of Health & • Enforcement of PC&PNDT Act
• Parents can open a maximum of two accounts for each of
Family Welfare • Setting up Monitoring their children (exception allowed for twins and triplets).
Committees
• The girl can operate her account after she reaches the age
• Increased institutional of 10. The account allows 50% withdrawal at the age of 18
deliveries for higher education purposes. The account reaches
• Registration of births maturity after time period of 21 years from date of
opening it.
Ministries of Human • Universal enrolment of girls
Resource • Decrease drop-out rate
Development ►SUPPORT TO TRAINING AND
• Girl friendly schools
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME FOR
• Implementation of RTE
WOMEN (STEP)
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
SUKANYA SAMRIDDHI ACCOUNT
• Centrally sponsored scheme towards the welfare of
YOJANA
women in informal sector
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• Synergy BENEFICIARIES
• Synergy among various schemes including National food • Homeless women above 18 years of age with no social and
security act, mid-day meals, ICDS, Swachh Bharat, National economic support of the following categories:
rural drinking water programme, Mission Indradhanush, • Deserted women
Deworming initiative, MAA National breastfeeding • survivors of natural disasters
pogramme, Beti Bachao Beti Padao etc.
• Prisoners released from jail
• Continuous Real-time Monitoring through the use of
• Victims of domestic violence, family tension or discord,
ICT.
• Trafficked women/girls rescued or runaway from brothels
• Complimentary Feeding practices to stop breast feeding
after 6 months from birth. • Women affected by HIV/AIDS
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7. Women in power and decision-making • The fellowship under Fellowships awarded to research
students pursuing regular and full time M. Phil and Ph.D
8. Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of
courses. The fellowship holders under this Fellowship will
women
be known as Ministry of Minority Affairs scholars.
9. Human rights of women
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
10. Women and the media
UGC will be the nodal agency for implementing the
11. Women and the environment
Fellowship. UGC will notify the Fellowship by releasing
12. The girl-child suitable advertisement in the newspapers, internet, webpage
and other media.
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• The students will avail the benefit of free coaching and get THEME AND KEY FEATURES
prepared for the competitive exams. • USTAAD scheme aims at upgrading Skills & Training of
• The free coaching will be provided by the professionals minority communities by preservation of traditional
selected by the government. ancestral Arts and Crafts.
• The grant for coaching has been increased to Rs. 1 lakh • It envisages boosting the skill of craftsmen, weavers &
from the earlier value of Rs. 25,000 to 50,000. artisans who are already engaged in the traditional
ancestral work.
• In case a female candidate is selected coaching at a
remote location then the department will make • Under this scheme assistance will be provided to
arrangement for stay as well. traditional artisans to sell their products in or-der to make
them more compatible with modern markets.
• It is fully funded by Union Government.
►NAI UDAAN SCHEME
FINANCING
►PM JAN VIKAS KARYAKRAM
Centre Sponsored Scheme
THEME AND KEY FEATURES
(PMJVK)
FINANCING
• Under the scheme free coaching is given to the minority
students through empanelled coaching institutions/ Centre Sponsored Scheme (60:40 for non-gap filling
organisations for preparation of various entrance components, and 90:10 for North-East States and Hilly states)
examinations including prelims examinations for and for gap filling projects under PMVJK to fill up the gaps in
recruitment to Group ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ services and other the existing CSS of line Ministries/Department.s.
equivalent posts under the Central and State THEME AND KEY FEATURES
Governments including public sector undertakings, • This scheme has been formed by renaming and
banks, insurance companies etc. restructuring of Multi-sectoral Development Program
• Under the said scheme stipend of Rs. 1500 per month and (MsDP)
Rs. 3000/- per month is provided to the local and • PMJVK seeks to provide better socio-economic
outstation students respectively. infrastructure facilities to the minority communities
particularly in the field of education, health & skill
►SEEKHO AUR KAMAO (LEARN AND development which would further lead to lessening of the
EARN) gap between the national average and the minority
communities with regard to backwardness parameters.
FINANCING
• Criteria for identification of Minority Concentration Towns
Centre Sponsored Scheme
and Clusters of Villages have been rationalized by lowering
THEME AND KEY FEATURES the population percentage criteria of Minority
• The scheme “Seekho aur Kamao (Learn and Earn)” is a Communities and fulfilment of backwardness parameters
placement linked skill development scheme through in the following manner:
selected Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) all over the ο Earlier only those Towns which were found backward in
country. terms of both in Basic Amenities and Socio-economic
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• PMJVK would now cover five more States/UTs namely • Curate iconic exhibitions.
Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland, Goa and • Protection of literature/documents.
Pondicherry. • Support Kailigrafi etc. and promotion.
• Minority Concentration Areas of 61 districts out of 115 • R&D
Aspirational districts have been covered under PMJVK.
• Special Focus:
►SHADI SHAGUN YOJANA
ο 80% of the resources would be earmarked for projects
THEME AND KEY FEATURES
related to education, health and skill development.
• Government has started the scheme of “Shadi Shagun” for
ο 33-40% of resources would be specifically allocated for
the encouragement of the minority (Muslim) girls of the
women centric projects.
country for education.
ο The restructured scheme is to be implemented during
• Through this scheme, the girl who wants to receive higher
the remaining period of the 14th Finance Commission
education will get Rs 51000 as per government education.
ie. March 31, 2020.
• The Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAF), the under-
ο The communities notified as minority communities
going institute of the Union Minority Affairs Ministry has
under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for
decided to take this step.
Minorities Act, 1992 would be taken as Minority
Communities. At present 6 (six) communities namely PRIME MINISTER MODI SHAGUN YOJNA ELIGIBILITY
Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Zoroastrians • Maulana Azad Educational Foundation (MAEF) will take
(Parsis) and Jains have been notified as Minority care of the marriage Shadi Shagun.
Communities under Section 2 (c) of the National • One can visit the official website for registration of the
Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. Shadi Shagun scheme.
• This scheme will be for the girls of the Muslim community,
►NAYI ROSHINI SCHEME who have completed their graduation and have completed
FINANCING their studies.
Centre Sponsored Scheme • Only those Muslim girls who have completed their
graduation and have received the MAEF scholarship for
THEME AND KEY FEATURES
this scheme will be eligible.
• The scheme aims to empower and instill confidence
• This scheme will be implemented in all the states of the
among minority women by providing knowledge, tools and
country.
techniques for interacting with Government systems,
Banks and other institutions at all levels. • Rs 51000 will not be given to girls who have left before
graduation level.
• The scheme is implemented through Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs).
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• Target Population: The primary target of NULM is the • Solid waste management
urban poor, including the urban homeless. • IEC & Public Awareness
• Sharing of funding: Funding will be shared between the • Capacity building and Administrative & Office Expenses
Centre and the States in the ratio of 75:25. For North (A&OE)
Eastern and Special Category States, this ratio will be Various initiatives to make SBM-U a success:
90:10.
• ODF, ODF+ and ODF++ Protocol:
• Aim: Reducing the poverty and vulnerability of urban poor
ο ODF: No visible faeces shall found in the environment
households.
and every household, as well as public/community
COMPONENTS OF NULM institutions, should be using safe technology option for
(i) Social Mobilisation and Industrial Development disposal of faeces.
(SM&ID)
(ii) Capacity Building and Training (CBT)
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ο Includes both public/private empanelled hospitals • Reduce prevalence of Leprosy to < 1/10000 population &
incidence to ZERO in all districts.
• Impact
• Annual Malaria incidence to be < 1/10000.
ο Reduction of Out of pocket expenditure.
• Less than 1 % Microfilaria.
ο Increase insurance penetration in India.
• Kala Azar elimination by 2015, < 1/10000 in all blocks
ο Improve access to quality healthcare
STRATEGY
• Services included
National level
a. Pregnancy care and maternal health services
• Guidance and monitoring by Mission Steering Group (MSG)
b. Neonatal and infant health services
headed by Union Minister for H&FW
c. Child health
• Implemented by Empowered Programme Committee (EPC)
d. Family planning, contraceptive services and other headed by Union Secretary for H&FW.
reproductive Health care services.
State level
e. Chronic communicable diseases
• Overall guidance of the State health Mission headed by
f. Non-communicable diseases Chief Minister.
g. Care for common ophthalmic and ENT problems • Implementation by State health & Family Welfare Society.
h. Basic Oral health care • Decentralised health planning through District/City Health
i. Management of mental illness Action Plan.
j. Geriatric care Emergency medicine • Partnerships with the NGOs, Civil Society, and Private
k. Emergency medical Services Sector
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►NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH MISSION • Launch of Nationwide Anti-TB drug resistance survey
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COMPONENTS hospital.
• Need based city specific urban health care system (local ο Cash assistance includes components for care during
level planning for setting up health facilities) pregnancy, delivery and post-delivery period.
• State capitals, district headquarters and cities/towns with a ο ASHAs are incentivized only in case of deliveries in
• Primary focus on slum dwellers and other marginalized • Graded Cash Assistance
groups like rickshaw pullers, street vendors, railway and
Category Rural Urban
bus station coolies, homeless people, street children, and
construction site workers. Mother ASHAs Mother ASHAs
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• Objective: To reduce preventable maternal and new-born ο Nutritional Deficiencies among pre-school children
mortality, morbidity and stillbirths range from 4-70%.
ο Upscaling availability of essential equipment and ο Afflict 10% of children leading to permanent disabilities.
human resource. IMPLEMENTATION
ο Incentivize facilities for achieving the targets • New born (0 – 6 weeks)
• Components ο Facility-based screening at public health facilities
1. Quality certification ο Community based screening at home through ASHAs
Quality of facilities will be assessed through National for newborn till 6 weeks of age during home visitation.
Quality Assurance Standards. • Children (6 weeks - 6 years)
• A LaQshya certificate is awarded to a facility achieving 70% ο Screening at Anganwadi Centers
score on NQAS. ο Twice a year
• Platinum badge for 90% score • Children (6 - 18 years)
• Gold badge for 80% score ο Screening at Government and Government aided school
• Silver badge for 70% score ο Convergence with AYUSH
2. Infrastructure Upgradation • District Early Intervention Centre
• Dedicated Obstetric ICUs at Medical College Hospitals ο Established in District hospitals
• Obstetric High Dependency Units at District Hospitals ο To provide referral support to children detected with
health conditions during health screening.
►RASHTRIYA BAL SWASTHYA
KARYAKRAM (RBSK) ►JANANI SHISHU SURAKSHA YOJANA
A scheme under NRHM to reduce child mortality through • A centrally sponsored scheme launched in 2011 to
early detection and intervention for 20 health conditions in eliminate high out-of-pocket expenditure for pregnant
children upto 18years of age. women and neonates.
4 D APPROACH • OBJECTIVE: Entitlement-based approach to reduce MMR
• Early detection & Intervention services through 4 D and IMR
approach • APPROACH: A rights-based approach providing free
1. Defects at birth. cashless entitlements to pregnant women and sick new-
borns.
2. Diseases
ENTITLEMENTS
3. Deficiency
• The following services are free and cashless
4. Development delays and disabilities.
• Applicable both in case of normal deliveries and caesarean
• Defects at birth
operations
ο Cashless delivery
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ο Strengthening the district task forces for immunization ο To achieve and maintain detection of atleast 70% of the
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TRAINING
18 months 3–4 weeks 3–4 weeks
DURATION
ROLES AND • Key functionary at the sub- • Key functionary under ICDS • Primary link between
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ο Promote toilet
construction under
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
• Performance-based incentive
• Recently the government
announced free insurance
Work as volunteers and are paid
REMUNERATION Paid a government salary. cover under Pradhan Mantri
an “honorarium”.
Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and
Prime Minister Suraksha
Bima Yojana.
• Medicinal Plants
MINISTRY OF AYUSH o Cultivation of medicinal plants to provide sustained
►NATIONAL AYUSH MISSION supply of quality raw-materials.
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• National Treatment Protocol for effective management of Agencies of State Governments are eligible to apply for
diabetes through Ayurveda. new PM Bharatiya Janausadhi Kendras.
• Madhumeha Assessment Tool (MAT) for the self • For opening PMBJP Kendras in Government
assessment to possibilities of diabetes. Hospital/Medical College/ any Government owned building
• The Anti-diabetic ayurvedic drug for type-2 diabetes premises, one-time financial assistance upto Rs 2.50 lakh is
mellitus is developed by CSIR under the trade name provided.
BGR34. • For PMBJP Kendras run by Pharmacists/NGOs/Charitable
Societies/Institutions/SHGs will get incentive upto Rs 2.50
►NATIONAL AYUSH GRID lakh @15% of monthly sales subject to a ceiling of Rs
• National network of alternative medicine 10,000 per month.
• To connect Ayush hospitals, drug providers, laboratories • SC/ST/Differently abled are provided medicines worth Rs
countrywide 50,000 in advance within the incentive of Rs 2.5 lakh
• Aims to improve efficacy of the traditional systems of • For north eastern states, naxal affected areas and tribal
medicine areas, the rate of incentive will be 15% subject to a
• Pilot projects under Ayush Grid include AYUSH Hospital monthly ceiling of Rs. 15,000/- upto a total limit of Rs. 2.5
Management Information System (A-HMIS), Yoga locator lakhs
application, Telemedicine, Yoga Portal, A-HMIS trainings, IT
• Applicants will have to employ one Bpharma/Dpharma
course for AYUSH Professionals, etc. which shall be
degree holder as Pharmacist in their proposed store.
merged into AYUSH Grid Project after completion of pilot
period. • Jan Ausadhi Kendras can be located within Government as
well as Private hospital premises.
• National AYUSH Morbidity and Standardized • Four big warehouses have been opened at Delhi,
Terminologies Electronic Portal Guwahati, Bengaluru, Chennai to ensure adequate
• It aims to provide standardized terminologies & morbidity availability of Janausadhi medicines at all PMBJP Kendras.
codes for Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani systems of • Jan Ausadhi Suvidha Oxo-Biodegradable Sanitary Napkin at
medicines to classify diseases described in the traditional Rs 2.50 per piece.
medicines system
• Jan Ausadhi Swabhiman at Rs 140 for a pack of 5 Adult
Diapers
►PRADHAN MANTRI BHARATIYA JAN • Jan Ausadhi Urja Energy Drink at Rs 35 for a 300 gm pack.
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It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme which aims at holistic ο Soil Health Management (SHM): Aimed at promoting
development of horticulture culture by ensuring forward and location as well as crop specific sustainable soil health
backward linkages. management including residue management
SUB-SCHEMES
• It has been launched by subsuming schemes on
►NATIONAL MISSION FOR AGRICULTURE
horticulture viz. EXTENSION & TECHNOLOGY (NMAET)
• National Horticulture Mission (NHM) : Centrally THEME AND KEY FEATURES
Sponsored Scheme was launched in the year 2005-06 aims • NMAET consists of 4 Sub Missions:
at the holistic development of horticulture sector by
ο Sub Mission on Agricultural Extension (SMAE)
ensuring forward and backward linkage through a cluster
approach with the active participation of all stakeholders. ο Sub-Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP)
• Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan ο Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)
States (HMNEH): It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for ο Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine
Integrated development of Horticulture in North-Eastern (SMPP)
States.
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• Rajasthan is the first State to have entered into Inter State The scheme covers loanee farmers (those who have availed
trade with more than one State, establishing trade links of institutional loans), non-loanee farmers (those who avail of
with Gujarat, Maharashtra & MP on eNAM. insurance cover on a voluntary basis), sharecroppers and
tenant farmers (those who farm on rented land). Presently,
ePayments have to be made on the eNAM Portal.
PMFBY is compulsory for loanee farmers.
• ‘Logistics Providers’ information is provided in the eNAM
CHANGES INTRODUCED BY THE UNION CABINET
portal to traders from outside the State, which will
facilitate transportation of commodities after trading. • Limit on the Centre's Premium: The Union Cabinet has
decided to put a limit on the premium to be paid by the
• An Inter State dashboard on eNAM platform has been
centre. As per the revised guidelines, the Centre would
developed to promote inter State trade among eNAM
contribute the premium amount provided the premium is up
States.
to 30% for unirrigated areas/crops and 25% for irrigated
SFAC areas/crops. If the premium is above the threshold, then the
• SFAC was established as a society in 1994 to facilitate agri- centre would not provide the additional premium amount. So,
business ventures by catalyzing private investment. in that case, the additional premium amount would be borne
• SFAC is one of the Central Procurement Agencies for by the respective state government. Note: Districts having 50%
pulses and oilseeds under Price Stabilisation Fund of or more irrigated area will be considered as irrigated
Department of Consumer Affairs. area/district
• The scheme aims to support new ventures in agro-based • Voluntary enrolment of farmers: Earlier, the scheme was
industries and to promote the farmer producer mandatory for the loanee farmers i.e. who avail
organisations (FPOs) and their integration in agriculture institutional loans from the Banks, while non-loanee
value chain. farmers had the option to either enrol or opt out of the
scheme. The recent changes have made the enrolment
• SFAC gives Venture Capital Assistance and Project
Development Facility to supports the new ventures in agro under the scheme voluntary even for the loanee farmers.
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The fund sharing pattern would be 90:10 for North Eastern ο Improving water use efficiency
and Himalayan States and 60:40 for other states and 100% ο End to end solution on source creation, distribution,
borne by central government in UTs. management, field application and extension activities.
THEME AND KEY FEATURES • It is formulated by amalgamating ongoing schemes
• SHC is meant to give each farmer soil nutrient status of his ο Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) -
land and advise him on the dosage of fertilizers and also Ministry of Water Resources, River Development &
the needed soil amendments, that he should apply to Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR,RD&GR).
maintain soil health in the long run.
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• The scheme envisages scientists to select villages and ο Project NADAMS (for drought assessment),
provide information to the farmers on technical and other ο Project CHAMAN (for horticultural assessment and
related aspects. development),
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• Under this mission, potential states will be identified to THEME AND KEY FEATURES
strengthen the fish seed infrastructure and facilitate the • The interest subvention scheme for farmers aims at
establishment of hatcheries and Fingerling rearing pond. providing short term credit to farmers at subsidised
• The mission aims to meet the targets under the Blue interest rate.
revolution by 2020-21. • The interest subvention will be given to Public Sector
Banks (PSBs), Private Sector Banks, Cooperative Banks and
►HAR MEDH PAR PED Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) on use of own funds and to
NABARD for refinance to RRBs and Cooperative Banks.
THEME AND KEY FEATURES
• Interest Subvention would be available only on credit
Under ―Har Medh Par Ped‖, agro forestry is being promoted
requirement for cultivation of crops and post-harvest loan
for supplementing farm income, increase risk management
components under limit of KCC. Limit towards household /
and climate resilient agriculture as an important component
consumption requirement / maintenance expenses of
of Integrated Farming Systems.
farm assets, term loan etc. will be outside the purview of
the Interest Subvention Scheme.
►NATIONAL MISSION FOR SUSTAINABLE • Currently, besides 2% interest subvention, the farmers, on
AGRICULTURE prompt repayment of crop loans on or before the due
THEME AND KEY FEATURES date, are also provided 3% additional interest
subvention. Thus, in case of prompt payee farmers the
• NMSA seeks to transform Indian agriculture into a climate
short-term crop loans are provided at an effective interest
resilient production system through suitable adaptation
rate of 4% per annum up Rs. 3 lakh payable within one
and mitigation measures in domains of both crops and
year.
animal husbandry.
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DAIRYING
►BLUE REVOLUTION
►RASHTRIYA GOKUL MISSION THEME AND KEY FEATURES
OBJECTIVE • The restructured Central Sector Scheme on Blue
• Rashtriya Gokul Mission was launched under the National Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of
Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Fisheries provides for a focused development and
Development (NPBBDD) for conservation and management of the fisheries sector to increase both fish
development of indigenous breeds in a focused and production and fish productivity from aquaculture and
scientific manner. fisheries resources of the inland and marine fisheries
• Under this mission, government plans to establish sector including deep sea fishing.
integrated cattle development centres “Gokul Grams” to • The scheme has the following components:
develop indigenous breeds including up to 40% i. National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) and its
nondescript breeds. activities.
KEY FEATURES ii. Development of Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture.
• To undertake breed improvement programme for iii. Development of Marine Fisheries, Infrastructure and
indigenous cattle breeds so as to improve the genetic Post-Harvest Operations.
makeup and increase the stock.
iv. Strengthening of Database & Geographical Information
• To enhance milk production and productivity of System of the Fisheries Sector.
indigenous bovines.
v. Institutional Arrangement for Fisheries Sector.
• To upgrade nondescript cattle using elite indigenous
vi. Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) and other
breeds like Gir, Sahiwal, Rathi, Deoni, Tharparkar, Red
need-based Interventions.
Sindhi.
vii.National Scheme on Welfare of Fishermen.
• To distribute disease free high genetic merit bulls of
indigenous breeds for natural service. • The Department has prepared a detailed National
Fisheries Action Plan-2020(NFAP) for the next 5 years with
an aim of enhancing fish production and productivity and
►LIVESTOCK HEALTH & DISEASE
to achieve the concept of Blue Revolution.
CONTROL (LH&DC)
THEME AND KEY FEATURES
►NATIONAL LIVESTOCK MISSION (NLM)
• Under LH&DC, for the control and containment of animal
THEME AND KEY FEATURES
diseases, two major control programme are being
• NLM commenced from 2014-15. The Mission is designed
implemented:
to cover all the activities required to ensure quantitative
ο Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) in bovine animals:
and qualitative improvement in livestock production
aimed at eradication of the disease by 2030, has been
systems and capacity building of all stakeholders.
extended to the entire country from March 2017. It
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• NDP-I is a scientifically planned multi-state initiative with • It is aimed at bringing about process improvement in the
the following Project Development Objectives: entire value chain from producer to the consumer to
ensure availability of safe and quality of milk and products
• To help increase productivity of milch animals and thereby
both for the domestic and foreign market.
increase milk production to meet the rapidly growing
demand for milk
• To help provide rural milk producers with greater access to ►DIGITAL INITIATIVES UNDER MINISTRY
the organised milk-processing sector OF AGRICULTURE
• These objectives would be pursued through adoption of 1. mKisan: Department of Agriculture has developed a portal
focused scientific and systematic processes in provision of – mKisan, where around 2.5 crore farmers are registers as
experts of different departments like IMD, ICAR, State
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1. Low price and high price alerts as well as price forecasts • Under the provisions of the bill, beneficiaries of the Public
for 3 months forward will be generated. Distribution System (PDS) are entitled to 5 kilograms per
person per month of cereals.
2. Prices and arrivals of TOP crops across the country
• Pregnant women, lactating mothers, and certain
including interactive charts and comparisons with previous
categories of children are eligible for daily free cereals.
seasons.
3. Area, yield and production of TOP crops
►ANTYODAYA ANNA YOJANA (AAY)
4. Crop Agronomy and Trade profile of each of TOP crops
OBJECTIVE & KEY FEATURES
• As per terms of Operations Green Scheme, during a glut
situation, evacuation of surplus production from • AAY aims to provide highly subsidised food to millions of
producing areas to consumption centres will be the poorest families.
undertaken when: • The government provides up to 35 kilograms of rice and
wheat at a highly subsidised cost of three rupees per
1. When prices fall below preceding 3 years average market
kilogram of rice and two rupees per kilogram of wheat.
price at the time of harvest
2. When prices fall more than 50% compared to last year's
market price at the time of harvest ►PILOT SCHEME ON FORTIFICATION
3. When prices fall less than benchmark, if any, fixed by the OF RICE
State/Central Government for a specified period. It is a centrally sponsored pilot scheme for 'fortification of rice
and its distribution under Public Distribution System'. It has
been approved for three years.
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2. Tourism and Hospitality Services • The TIES scheme is being implemented for a period of 3
years w.e.f. F.Y. 2017-18.
3. Medical Value Travel
• The objective of this scheme is to enhance export
4. Transport and Logistics Services
competitiveness by bridging gaps in export infrastructure,
5. Accounting and Finance Services
creating focused export infrastructure, first mile and last
6. Audio Visual Services mile connectivity for export-oriented projects and
7. Legal Services addressing quality and certification measures.
8. Communication Services • The main focus is to create appropriate infrastructure for
9. Construction and Related Engineering Services development and growth of exports through engagement
10. Environmental Services of Central/State Agencies by extending assistance to them.
11. Financial Services • The Central and State Agencies, including Export
Promotion Councils, Commodities Boards, SEZ Authorities
12. Education Services
and Apex Trade Bodies recognised under the EXIM policy
• A dedicated fund of Rs 500 crores has been proposed to
of Government of India; are eligible for financial support
be established to support the Action Plans of the
under this scheme.
champion sectors.
• Sectoral Action plans and implementation of Champion
Services Sectors for these identified sectors. ►MARKET ACCESS INITIATIVE SCHEME
• 15 Champion Sectors identified under manufacturing (MAIS)
category are: THEME AND KEY FEATURES
1. Aerospace and Defence • MAI Scheme is a Plan scheme formulated to act as a
2. Automotive and Auto components catalyst to promote India’s exports on a sustained basis.
3. Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices • Under the scheme, assistance is provided to Export
4. Bio-technology Promotion Councils, Commodity Boards and Apex Trade
5. Capital Goods Bodies.
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• It aims at reducing the points of contact between business incubation centres, easier patent filing, tax exemptions,
entities and Government agencies, standardizing ease of setting-up of business, a INR 10,000 Crore corpus
fund, and a faster exit mechanism, among others.
"requirement information", establishing single-window
services, and reducing the burden of compliance, thereby • The Action Plan is divided across three areas namely:
benefitting stakeholders such as entrepreneurs, industries Simplification and Handholding; Funding Support and
and businesses, industry associations, regulatory agencies, Incentives; Industry-Academia Partnership and Incubation.
industrial promotional agencies, banks and financial
institutions, and taxation authorities. ►REVENUE INSURANCE SCHEME FOR
PLANTATION CROPS
►IPR
THEME AND KEY FEATURES
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
• It is an improved and modified form of Price Stabilization
The Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM), Fund (PSF) scheme implemented by the Department of
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce from 2003 to 2013 for the growers of
Commerce and Industry, Government of India. plantation crops viz., Tea, Coffee, Rubber, cardamom and
FINANCING Tobacco in all States.
• Funds to implement this scheme will be made available • Protects growers of these crops from the twin risks of
from the head ‘Intellectual Property’ under the head weather and price arising from yield loss due to adverse
‘Awareness Campaign’ which has already been approved in weather parameters, pest attacks etc. and from income
CIPAM’s. loss caused by fall in international/domestic prices through
THEME AND KEY FEATURES crop insurance mechanism.
• The scheme targets to conduct IP awareness • The scheme was implemented with interest earnings on
workshops/seminars in collaboration with industry the Corpus Fund
organizations, academic institutions and other
stakeholders across the country. ►NIRYAT BANDHU SCHEME
• It is also proposed to undertake training programmes to NODAL AGENCY
create a resource pool of trainers who would conduct the Directorate General of Foreign Trade
IP Awareness workshops/seminars for the public,
OBJECTIVE
enforcement agencies and judiciary.
Is to reach out to the new and potential exporters and
• These awareness programmes will be tailored for 4
mentor (hand holding) them through orientation programs,
categories:
counseling sessions and individual facilitation so that they
ο Primary School (up to Grade 8),
may get into international trade and boost exports from India
ο Secondary School (Grade 9 to Grade 12), through timely and appropriate guidance of DGFT officers.
ο University/ College, and
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►FOREIGN TRADE POLICY (FTP) given under the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) is provided to
ensure a level playing field to domestic manufacturers. The
THEME AND KEY FEATURES
benefits under the Scheme are duty exemption, refund of
• Five-year FTP (2015-20) provides a framework for terminal excise duty, refund of duties suffered by the
increasing exports of goods and services. inputs utilized in manufacture and supply of the goods to
• The FTP introduces two new schemes, namely the specified categories of deemed exports.
“Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS)” for • Schemes for Gems & Jewellery Sector: Gems & Jewellery
export of specified goods to specified markets and “Service exports constitute a major portion of our total
Exports from India Scheme (SEIS)” for increasing exports of merchandise exports. The Schemes for Gems and
notified services. Jewellery Sector are as follows:
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SALIENT FEATURES • It gives single access point for all exporters, for all Free
Trade Agreements (FTAs) Preferential Trade Agreements
• It seeks to provide insurance cover to the banks which give
(PTAs) and for all agencies.
loans to the exporter of the Goods and Services.
• India has 15 FTAs/PTAs and 7 lakh ‘Certificates of Origin’
• This becomes important because the exporters of the
are issued annually.
Goods and Services face significant risk such as failure of
the buyer to make payment, delays in the payment, failure • The platform will be made live for FTAs as per the
of the buyer to purchase goods etc. Hence, due to higher concurrence of the concerned partner countries.
inherent risks, the exporters may find it difficult to avail • This process is electronic, paperless and transparent with
loans from the Banks. real time tracking of FTA utilisation at product level and
• Implemented by Export Credit Guarantee Corporation country level. It will also lead to reduced transaction cost
(ECGC). and time.
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NODAL AGENCY • This mission is critical for India to reduce fossil fuel
consumption and mitigate emissions. Electric Vehicles
• NITI Aayog
(EVs) are a major component of India’s mobility plans.
• Department of Science and Technology
• For EV’s to become economically viable and scalable,
• Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology focused research, development and innovation are
• Department of Biotechnology needed to build indigenous capability. Vehicles need to be
THEME AND KEY FEATURES energy efficient, use light and efficient batteries that
function well in our conditions with materials that are
• The mission will focus on efforts that will benefit India in
recyclable. Developing vehicle subs-systems and
addressing societal needs in areas such as healthcare,
components for Indian requirements including rare earth
education, agriculture, smart cities and infrastructure,
based 4 electric motors, Li-ion batteries, power electronics
including smart mobility and transportation.
etc. will be addressed using academia industry
• This mission will work with extensive academia- industry
collaboration.
interactions on developing core research capability at
national level which will include international
collaborations. ►BIOSCIENCE FOR HUMAN HEALTH
• It will push technology frontiers through the creation of NODAL AGENCY
new knowledge and in developing and deploying • Department of Biotechnology
applications
• Department of Health Research
• Department of Health
►NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY MISSION • Department of Science and Technology
NODAL AGENCY • Department of Atomic Energy
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• Developing a scientific temperament is a critical necessity • As part of this scheme, successful BIG Innovators receive
in a country of 1.3 billion and these two science channels up to INR 50 lakh (USD 70,000 approx.) for research
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• The Scheme also aims to support the women farmers/ ο Procurement and maintenance of equipment and
entrepreneur in their small enterprises, making her a infrastructure for research
grass root innovator. ο Providing access and sharing of scientific equipment
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• It will be a residential training program of around two • Recapitalization of public sector banks and public sector
weeks duration during summer holidays. 3 students will be insurance companies
selected from each State/UT to participate in this program • Investment by Government in RRBs/IIFCL/NABARD/Exim
every year covering CBSE, ICSE, and State syllabus. Bank
• ISRO has approached Chief Secretaries of the respective • Equity infusion in various Metro projects.
States to arrange for the selection of three students for
• Investment in Bhartiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited
each of their State.
and Uranium Corporation of India Ltd
• Selection is based on academic performance and extra-
• Investment in Indian Railways towards capital
curricular activities. Students belonging to rural area have
been given special weightage in the selection criteria. expenditure.
CRITERIA
ο Performance in the 8th Std Examination (50%
►CENTRAL ROAD AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Weightage), FUND (CRIF)
ο Membership of Science Club/Space Club (5% • The fund was initially part of Ministry of Road Transport
Weightage), and Highway which has now been moved to Finance
ο Prize in any school based individual extracurricular Ministry under Department of Economic Affairs.
activity at District/State/National/International level; • The Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (will be) for
ο Winners of District/State/National/International level development and maintenance of National Highways,
sports activities; railway projects, improvement of safety in railways, State
and rural roads and other infrastructure
ο Scout and Guides/NCC/NSS Member;
• This shift has been brought under Budget 2018 by
ο Studying in Village school (20% weightage)
amending Central Road Fund Act, 2000.
• ISRO will bear the expenses of the entire course.
• The amendment prescribes that road cess is first credited
to the Consolidated Fund of India and later, after adjusting
►RESPOND PROGRAM for the cost of tax collection, should go to the CRIF.
Aims to establish strong links with premier academic • Most of the road projects under the NHDP as well as the
institutions in the country to carry out R&D projects which are PMGSDY are coming to the final stage. The remaining
of relevance to Space and derive useful outputs of such R&D portion of the National Highway Development Programme
to support ISRO program. (NHDP) has been merged into the new road-development
programme (83,000 km including Bharatmala- Phase-I) and
a significant portion of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak
MINISTRY OF FINANCE Yojana (PMGSY) set to be concluded by 2019. In this
context, the use of road cess to wider infrastructure areas
►NATIONAL INVESTMENT FUND is desirable.
1. Government created National Investment Fund in 2005 for
the proceeds from Central Public Sector Enterprise. ►PRADHAN MANTRI JAN DHAN YOJNA
2. It is a ‘Public account’ under government accounts. THEME AND KEY FEATURES
• It is a flagship financial inclusion scheme.
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Nodal Agency (administered by) Pension Fund Regulatory and (implementing agency) LIC and Community
Development Authority Service Center
Beneficiary • All bank account holders who are not members of • Unorganised workers whose monthly income
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Themes and • Pension would vary from 1000 to 5000 per month • Minimum pension to be received is 3000 per
Key features depending on the basis of contribution made by the month after attaining the age of 60 years.
subscriber.
• Government would provide 50% of the subscriber’s
contribution or 1000 per annum whichever is lower.
Others Minimum period of contribution is 20 years • During the pension period if the subscriber
dies, the spouse of the beneficiary shall be
entitled to receive 50% of the pension received
by the beneficiary as family pension.
• The scheme is exempted from Service Tax/ GST.
NODAL AGENCY • The differential return, i.e. the difference between return
generated by LIC and the assured return of 8% per annum
Implemented and Regulated by Pension Fund Regulatory and
would be borne by Government of India as subsidy on an
Development Authority
annual basis.
THEME AND KEY FEATURES
• Any Indian citizen(resident or non resident) in the age
group of 18-60 can join New Pension Scheme. ►VIDYA LAKSHMI PORTAL
• Recent government amendment has made the entire MINISTRY OF FINANCE
scheme as EEE(exemption at entry, investment and • To ensure that students can avail loans easily through
maturity). single window system of banks for education loans. Banks
• Contribution of Central government for its employees has follow Indian Banks' Association guidelines which
been increased from existing 10% to 14%. stipulates that education loan applications have to be
disposed off, in the normal course, within a period of 15 to
• The final corpus is dependent on contribution made by
30 days.
subscriber and investment returns.
• The Portal has been developed and is maintained by NSDL
e-Governance under the guidance of Department of
►PRADHAN MANTRI VAYA VANDANA Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Department of
YOJNA Higher Education, MHRD and Indian Banks' Association.
NODAL AGENCY
Being implemented through Life Insurance Corporation of ►PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJNA
India (PMMY)
THEME AND KEY FEATURES
THEME AND KEY FEATURES
• Scheme provides an assured return of 8% p.a. payable • PMMY is a flagship scheme of Government of India to
monthly for 10 years. “fund the unfunded” by bringing such enterprises to the
• On death of the pensioner during the policy term of 10 formal financial system and extending affordable credit to
years, the Purchase Price shall be paid to the beneficiary. them.
• Loan facility is available after completion of 3 policy years. • It enables a small borrower to borrow from all Public
The maximum loan that can be granted shall be 75% of the Sector Banks such as PSU Banks, Regional Rural Banks and
Purchase Price. Cooperative Banks, Private Sector Banks, Foreign Banks,
• Minimum entry age at 60 years. Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) and Non Banking Finance
Companies (NBFC) for loans upto Rs 10 lakhs for non-farm
OTHERS
income generating activities
• Varishta Pension Bima Yojna has been subsumed in the
scheme.
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• For all PMMY loans, the following are to be noted. ο Long term: 12 to 15 years
►GOLD MONETISATION SCHEME • This IT Infrastructure project will enable not just the
implementation of Goods and Services tax (GST) but also
THEME AND KEY FEATURES
support all existing services in Customs, Central Excise and
• All residents can invest in this scheme but are subjected to Service Tax.
Know Your Customer (KYC) Scheme.
• The information filed by taxpayers (for eg., Registration,
• Minimum deposit at any one time of raw gold in the forms Returns etc) on the GSTN portal will be transferred to CBEC
of bars, coins, jewellery excluding stones and other metals
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• Ensuring universal coverage of cooking gas in the • It has been acknowledged as the world’s largest cash
country. transfer program (households) by the Guinness Book of
World Records.
COMPONENTS
• Deposit free LPG connections to be provided to Women
belong to BPL Households.
►SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE
• Beneficiaries identified through SECC. TOWARDS AFFORDABLE
• Those not covered under SECC, will be identified from TRANSPORTATION (SATAT
categories like SC/STs households, beneficiaries of
INITIATIVE)
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY (Gramin), Antodaya
Anna Yojana (AAY), Forest dwellers, etc. OBJECTIVE
• The number of households have been increased from the To provide a Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable
initial 5 cr to 8 crores. Transportation (SATAT) as a developmental effort that would
benefit both vehicle-users as well as farmers and
• Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayats are peer learning
entrepreneurs.
platforms, providing support, catalyzing behaviour
changes in Ujjawala beneficiaries and also encouraging COMPONENTS
safe and sustainable use of LPG. • Potential entrepreneurs will set up Compressed Bio-Gas
• Ujjawala Didi: A CSR handholding initiative, aims at (CBG) production plants and make available CBG in the
creating a force of 10000 grassroot educators who can market for use in automotive fuels
take the messages: • Municipal solid waste, agricultural residue, cattle dung etc
ο Cleaning cooking fuel is to be universally available
will converted into CBG, to be used as fuel.
BENEFITS OF THE SCHEME • Will help tackle the problem of polluted urban air due to
farm stubble-burning and carbon emissions.
• It will empower women and protect their health saving
them rom indoor air pollution. • Boost to entrepreneurship, rural economy and
employment.
• It will reduce drudgery and the time spent on cooking.
• Reduction in import of natural gas and crude oil
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►UDAAN
►PM KAUSHAL VIKAS YOJANA
• Udaan is a Special Industry Initiative for Jammu & Kashmir
(PMKVY) in the nature of partnership between the corporates of
• Aims to train 1 crore youth by the year 2020. India and Ministry of Home Affairs and implemented by
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• MSDE has approved creation of three IIS -- Kanpur, • Aims at strong shift to an outcome-based skill ecosystem.
Mumbai and Ahmedabad. • Creating awareness through industry clusters/
• They will be established on Not-for-profit Public Private geographical chambers that would address the challenge
Partnership (N-PPP) basis. of involvement of MSME.
• Conceptualised with an objective to provide advanced • Improving relevance and efficiency of skills training
highly specialised skills - for example defence, aerospace, provided through it is and apprenticeships.
oil and gas and other emerging business domains to name • Focus on 4 result areas
a few ο Improved performance of ITI
ο An Integrated platform for all skilling initiatives and • www.apprenticeshipindia.org portal shall be used for
schemes run by various Union, State, NSDC and administering the entire implementation of Apprenticeship
corporates. Training on line.
ο Create a repository of candidates, their skilling lifecycle, • Monitoring of apprenticeship training in State PSUs and
placement etc, rich in data analytics Private Sector undertakings is done by the State
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BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYING APPRENTICES UNDER THE • The scheme is being implemented over a period of 6 years
SCHEME till 2020.
• Sharing of 25% of prescribed stipend subject to maximum • It will support the hybrid and electric vehicles market
of Rs 1500 per month per apprentice to all apprentices development and its manufacturing eco-system to achieve
with the employers. self-sustenance at the end of this period.
• Sharing of cost of basic training with Basic Training • This will also enable the scheme to align with
Providers (BTP) up to a maximum of Rs 7500 per trainee Government’s Make in India initiative. The scheme focuses
for a maximum of 500 hours calculated at the rate of 15 on four areas:
per hour. ο Technology Development
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• Strengthening of Ocean services for Fishermen • Wage rates for workers are notified and revised annually
based on CPI-Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL). CPI-AL is
• Setting up Marine Coastal Observatories for monitoring
published by Labour Bureau, Shimla.
marine pollution in 2018
• Compensation for delay of more than 15 days from the
• Setting up Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Plant in
date of closure of the Muster Roll, in payments of wages is
Kavaratti
paid to the workers.
• Acquisition of 2 Coastal Research Vessels for Coastal
• Statutory requirement of Social Audit.
research
• Central Govt pays for the entire cost incurred for wage
• Continuation of Ocean survey and exploration of minerals
payments of MGNREGA workers and 75% of cost of the
and living resources
equipment and machinery involved.
• Technology development for deep ocean mining - deep
MONITORING AND GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL
mining system and manned submersibles
State Government have to identify or establish independent
• Setting up Six Desalination Plants in Lakshadweep
Social Audit Units to facilitate Gram Sabha in conducting
social audits of works taken up under MGNREGA.
►ACROSS (ATMOSPHERE & CLIMATE
REFORMS IN MGNREGA
RELATED MODELLING OBSERVING • 100% of Geo-Tagging of Assets (Geo MGNREGA)
SYSTEMS AND SERVICES) • Aadhar linking of bank accounts
Ministry of Earth Sciences though India Metereological • GIS based planning of works
Department (IMD), IITM, National Centre for Medium Range MISSION WATER CONSERVATION
Weather Forecasting, INCOIS from 2017-2020.
• Mission Water Conservation (Convergence framework
AIMS for scientific planning and execution of water
• To provide improved weather, climate and ocean forecast management works with the use of latest
and services, thereby ensuring transfer of commensurate techonology). It has been made in consultation with
benefits to the various services like Public Weather service, Ministry of Water Resources and Ministry of Agriculture
disaster management, Agro-meteorological services, and Farmers’ Welfare.
Aviation services, Environmental monitoring services, • Watershed Management, Command Area Development
Hydro-meteorological services, climate services, tourism, and Water Management, Construction of Wells
pilgrimage, power generation, water management, Sport
• Guidelines to focus on the dark and grey blocks where the
and adventure etc.
ground water level was falling rapidly. Farm ponds,
Vermi/NADEP composting, (reexcavation/renovation of
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• PROJECT LIFE (Livelihoods in Full Employment): The • Integrated farming practice with small ruminants
project aims at promoting self-reliance and improving skill • Convergence with MGNREGA to create agriculture assets
base of the MGNREGA workers, thereby improving for the community
livelihoods of MGNREGA workers so that they can move
• Non Pesticide Management
from the current partial employment to full employment
• Natural soil fertility Management
status and thereby reduce their dependence of MGNREGA.
It focuses on skill development and formation of • Integrating livestock with agriculture
production groups with target households. • Integration of livestock – promotion of Pashu sakhi model
• 60:40 expenditure between wage and material at the • Ensuring the scalability of climate change resilient
district level. Initially, it was at Gram Panchayat level. agriculture practices through Community Best
• Electronic Fund Management System (e-FMS) is used to Practitioners (CBPs)
make 100% expenditure under the scheme. • In-situ rain water harvesting
• Women and SHGs: Statutory requirement of 1/3rd women • Promotion of Organic farming village clusters with women
participation. SHG members across the country: 1646 of organic village
• Central Employment Guarantee Council: It is a statutory clusters have been identified by 28 states/UTs.
body created under the NREG Act, 2005. • Farm Livelihoods MIS
INITIATIVES UNDER MGNREGA NON-FARM LIVELIHOODS
Inter-State Exchange Program to promote exchange of ideas • Startup Village Entreprenuership Program (SVEP):
and good practices between States. Scheme for supporting rural entrepreneurs by establishing
the eco-system for enterprises development in rural areas.
The eco-system has components for providing business
►DEENDAYAL ANTYODAYA YOJANA:
support services, mentorship, seed capital, training &
NATIONAL RURAL LIVELIHOODS capacity building on business and technical aspects and
MISSION marketing support. SVEP saturates a block with these
services for supporting small business. Programme is
Seeks to reach out to 8-9 crore rural people households and
being implemented in 131 blocks across the country.
organise one woman member from each household into
affinity based women SHGs and federations at village level • Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY): Provides
and at higher levels. safe, affordable and community monitored rural transport
services to remote villages. The vehicles are owned and
FARM LIVELIHOODS
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services to help small producer collectives scale-up and ο Special sub-scheme for the youth of J&K called Himayat.
engage with the market. ο Special initiative for the rural youth of poor families in
ο Support youth skill development, in coordination with 27 most affected LWE districts across nine states called
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana. ROSHNI.
ο Peer to peer learning across States and across • Minimum salary of Rs 6000 per month or minimum wages
communities of the State, whichever is higher (after a three month
training course)
ο Technical assistance
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ο Settlement of families affected due to/benefitted by • Promote enterprise through partnership with institutions
and professionals
International border issues
Forest Rights Act
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• Consolidation of the existing Rural Road Network to • Attracting investment in rural areas.
improve its overall efficiency as a provider of FEATURES
transportation services These clusters would be strengthened with the required
• Upgradation of existing selected rural roads based on their amenities, for which it is proposed that resources be
economic potential and their role in facilitating the growth mobilized through convergence of various schemes of the
of rural market centres and rural hubs. Government, over and above which a Critical Gap Funding
o Target length of 50,000 km for upgradation (CGF) would be provided under this Mission, for focused
development of these clusters.
• State Governments are required to propose minimum 15%
of total length of annual proposals under New
Technologies such as
ο Cement Stabilisation
►SANSAD ADARSH GRAM YOJANA
ο Lime Stabilisation
(SAGY)
ο Cold Mix
OBJECTIVE
ο Waste Plastics
• SAGY is a village development project launched in
ο Cell filled concrete
October 2014,
ο Paneled cement concrete pavement
• The goal is that each Member of Parliament will take the
ο Fly ash responsibility to develop 3 Adarsh Grams by March 2019 –
• Meri Sadak App for monitoring and complaints by developing physical and institutional infrastructure.
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• Adhering to Antyodaya – enabling the “poorest and the REAL TIME MONITORING
weakest person” in the village to achieve well being • DISHA dashboard, the application, which is now available
• Affirming gender equality and ensuring respect for women to all members of Parliament and State Assemblies as well
district officials, allows the user to track the progress of
• Guaranteeing social justice
multiple and diverse schemes in a certain district, block, or
• Instilling dignity of labour and the spirit of community
even a gram panchayat.
service and voluntarism
• The application automatically turns sets of statistics and
• Promoting a culture of cleanliness data into interactive and visually accessible graphics and
• Living in consonance with nature – ensuring a balance maps.
between development and ecology
• Preserving and promoting local cultural heritage ►NATIONAL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
• Inculcating mutual cooperation, self-help and self-reliance
PROGRAM (NSAP)
• Fostering peace and harmony in the village community
OBJECTIVE
• Bringing about transparency, accountability and probity in
NSAP is a social security and welfare programme to
public life
provide support to aged persons, widows, disabled
• Nurturing local self-governance persons and bereaved families on death of primary bread
• Adhering to the values enshrined in the Fundamental winner, belonging to below poverty line households.
Rights and Fundamental Du-ties of the Indian Constitution. SCHEMES UNDER NSAP
Presently NSAP comprises of 5 schemes
►DISHA (DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT 1. Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme
COORDINATION AND MONITORING (IGNOAPS) - The eligible age for IGNOAPS is 60 years. The
pension is Rs.200 p.m. for persons between 60 years and
COMMITTEE) 79 years. For persons who are 80 years and above the
The Union Government has constituted the District pension is Rs.500/ - per month.
Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee 2. Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme
(DDCMC) or DISHA for effective development and (IGNWPS) - The eligible age is 40 years and the pension is
coordination of Central Government’s programme. Rs.300 per month. After attaining the age of 80 years, the
It is an effort to improve development coordination and beneficiary will get Rs.500/ - per month.
monitoring within the Constitutional framework of 3. Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme
responsibilities assigned to Central, State and Local (IGNDPS) - The eligible age for the pensioner is 18 years
Governments. and above and the disability level has to be 80%. The
• The main purpose of the DISHA is to coordinate with amount is Rs.300 per month and after attaining the age of
Central and State and local Panchayat Governments 80 years, the beneficiary will get Rs 500/ - per month.
• It has been created for effective coordination and Dwarfs will also be an eligible category for this pension
development of Central Government’s programme for 4. National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) - Rs. 20000/ will
infrastructure development or Social and human resource be given as a lump-sum assistance to the bereaved
development household in the event of death of the bread - winner.
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• The scheme will be extended to all states and UTs, will also ο Focus on convergence initiatives with other ministries.
include institutions of rural local government in non-Part IX ο Sunset date for RGSA will be 31.03.2030.
areas, where Panchayats do not exist. Main thrust will be
on Panchayats identified under Mission Antyodaya and
115 Aspirational districts as identified by Niti Aayog. ►E-PANCHAYAT MISSION MODE PROJECT
• The scheme has two components: • One of Mission mode projects under Digital India program
of GOI.
ο Central Component: This component will be fully
funded by Central Government. National level activities • Various Applications development under Panchayat
including Enterprise Suite are:
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• It was organised by MORD and MOPR. Plant (5 per family, location appropriate)
• It was organised between 1st June and 15th August, 2018. Making NADAP pits in each village
• Aim was to promote social harmony, spread awareness Foot and Mouth Disease vaccination in each village
about pro-poor initiatives of the government, reach out to Vaccination of sheep and goat for eradication of
poor households to enroll them as also obtain their Peste des Petits ruminants (PPR)
feedback on various welfare programs.
Artificial Insemination Saturation (100/Village)
• Saturation of eligible household/persons would be made
Training program in each of the villages by ICAR/
under 7 flagship pro-poor programs in 117 Aspirational
Distribution of 10 to 20 agriculture implements per
Districts.
village
ο PM Ujjwala Yojana (Gas connection)
Demonstration of integrated cropping practice and
ο Saubhagya Yojana (Electricity connection)
micro-irrigation
ο Ujala Scheme (LED buld)
Development/Upgradation of Gramin Haats in
ο PM Jan Dhan Yojana (Bank Account) Convergence with MGNREGA.
ο PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (Life Insurance) ο Skills
ο PM Suraksha Bima Yojana (Accidental Insurance) Spreading awareness about skill development
ο Mission Indradhanush (Immunisation) programs and to encourage youth to enroll for
training
• 5 priority areas identified as per district plan.
Aptitude assessment and counselling
ο Health and Family Welfare
Organisation of Rozgar Melas to facilitate
ο School and Education:
Mobilisation and is carried through Kaushal Melas,
Controlling dropout rates from class 5 to 6 and from camps/drives by TPs and walk-in sessions at training
class 6 to 9 centres.
Maximise number of functional toilets and functional ο Nutrition
drinking water facilities for both girls and co-ed
Poshan
schools
Mahila Shakti
Maximise the number of schools where new
textbooks reached within one month of the start of
the academic year and work towards creating new
book banks MINISTRY OF LAW AND
ο Agriculture
JUSTICE
►eCourts MISSION MODE PROJECT
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• They are the first point of contact between rural citizens • Based on the premise of using technology to enhance
and lawyers providing legal aid through CSC. access to justice for all, the Nyaya Bandhu app will allow
marginalised individuals (referred to as 'Applicants'),
• They are lawyers, but have basic understanding of legal
seeking quality legal advice and aid, to connect, with ease,
process.
via a mobile application with 'Advocates' who have
• They hear the grievances of citizens and offer appropriate volunteered their time and services on this platform.
support/suggestion for legal aid.
• The Nyaya Bandhu application has been developed in
• Help citizens understand legal issues and advice given by collaboration with CSC eGovernance Private India Limited
lawyers. and is available in Hindi and English.
• A trained PLV is available in a CSC for minimum 10 days in
a month under the scheme.
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND
►NYAYA BANDHU (PRO BONO LEGAL EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES)
►NATIONAL CHILD LABOUR PROJECT
AIM
OBJECTIVES
To enhance access to justice for marginalised sections of the
society and fulfil State’s constitutional obligation to provide • Eliminate all forms of child labour by
‘free legal aid’ for all. ο Identification and withdrawal of all children in the
• The ‘Pro bono legal services’ initiative is a web based ο Preparing Children withdrawn from work for
platform, through which interested lawyers can register mainstream education along with vocational training
themselves to volunteer pro bono services for the ο Convergence with other schemes related to children
underprivileged litigants, who are unable to afford it. and benefit of children
Through this online portal, litigants from marginalised
• Contribute to the withdrawal of all adolescent workers
communities (including members of scheduled castes and
from Hazardous Occupations/Processes and their Skilling
scheduled tribes, women, children, senior citizens, persons
and integration in appropriate occupations
with low income and persons with disabilities) can also
• Raising awareness amongst stakeholders and target
apply for legal aid and advice from the pro bono lawyers.
communities,
• Pro bono advocate shall study the case and advise the
• Creation of Child Labour Monitoring, Tracking and
applicant on the best course of action. This may include
Reporting system
giving legal advice, drafting of pleadings, legal
representation before courts. TARGET GROUP
The scheme focuses on:
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• This portal has been created by Ministry of Labour and • If a beneficiary has given regular contribution and died due
Employment for tracking child labour to any cause (before age of 60 years), his/her spouse will
be entitled to join and continue the scheme subsequently
by payment of regular contribution or exit the scheme as
►ATAL BIMIT VYAKTI KALYAN per provisions of exit and withdrawal.
YOJANA FUNDING
NODAL AGENCY • Centrally sponsored scheme for Rehabilitation of Bonded
ESIC Labour
BENEFICIARIES CONTEXT
Around 3.2 crore Insured Persons covered under the ESI Act, Article 23 of the Constitution of India prohibits 'begar' and
1948. other similar forms of forced labour
90 days, once in a lifetime, to be claimed after three ο Rs 2 Lakh for special category beneficiaries such as
months in one or more spells for being rendered children including orphans or those rescued from
unemployed, provided the employee should have organised and forced begging rings or other forms of
completed two years of insurable employment and has forced child labour, and women
contributed not less than 78 days in each of the four
ο Rs 3 lakh in case of bonded or forced labour involving
consecutive contribution periods immediately preceding to extreme cases of deprivation or marginalisation such as
the claim of the relief.
trans-genders or women or children rescued from
• The relief shall not exceed 25% of average earning per day. ostensible sexual exploitation such as brothels,
massage parlours, placement agencies etc. or
trafficking, or in cases of differently abled persons, or in
situations the District Magistrate deems fit.
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to impart skill training for workers. • Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
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• Provision of action against polluting industries projects located in seven states of India namely: Kerala,
MP, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Jharkhand
• Mandatory requirement of digital flow meters,
(Damodar Valley Corporation) and Uttarakhand
piezometers and digital water level recorders
(Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited)
• Mandatory water audit by industries extracting ground
• It is a World Bank assisted project.
water 500 cubic metres or more in safe and semi-critical
and 200 cubic metres or more in critical and over-exploited • Nodal Agency: Central Water Commission.
assessment units
• Mandatory roof top rain water harvesting except for ►NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON DAM
specified industries SAFETY (NCDS)
• Measures to be adopted to ensure prevention of ground
• It is headed by Chairman, Central Water Commission. It
water contamination in premises of polluting
has representation from State Governments and PSUs.
industries/projects.
• Objectives of NCDS are:
• Exemption from requirements of NOC has been given to
ο Oversee dam safety activities in States and suggest
agricultural users, users employing non-energised means
improvements
to extract water, individual households and Armed Forces
Establishments during operational deployment or during ο Act as a forum of exchange of views on techniques
mobilisation in forward locations. adopted for remedial measures to relieve distress
ο Monitor the follow up action on the report on dam
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• It will be headed by PM, with the Union Minister for Jal • The following activities will be financed from Clean Ganga
Shakti acting as its vice-Chairman. Chief Ministers of Bihar, Fund
Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal are ο Activities outlined under 'Namami Ganga' Program for
members of this body. cleaning of river Ganga
FUNCTIONS ο Control of non-point pollution from agricultural runoff,
• Will be responsible for the superintendence, direction, human defecation, cattle wallowing etc
development and control of River Ganga and the entire ο Setting up of waste treatment and disposal plants along
River basin (including financial and administrative matters) the river around cities
for the protection, prevention, control and abatement of ο Conservation of biodiversity of the river
• Empowered Task Force on River Ranga ο Community based activities to reduce polluting human
• It will be headed by Union MOWR & RD & GR interface with the river
• It shall co-ordinate and advise on matters relating to ο Contributions to CGF also fall within the purview of CSR
rejuvenation, protection and management of River Ganga activity as defined in Scheduled VII to the Companies
and its tributaries. Act 2013.
NATIONAL MISSION FOR CLEAN GANGA cGanga
• It is responsible for Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies is a
ο Comply with the decisions and directions of National think-tank and Centre of Excellence to the National Mission
Ganga Council and implement the Ganga Basin for Clean Ganga.
Management Plan approved by it. Notification of minimum environmental flow for River
ο Establish 'River Ganga Monitoring Centre' for Ganga
monitoring continuous flow of water and pollution • Environmental flows are acceptable flow regimes that are
levels required to maintain a river in the desired environmental
• Namami Gange Program, is an integrated conservation state or predetermined state.
mission. ο For Upper Ganga River Basin Stretch starting from
• Main Pillars of the Namami Ganga Program are: originating glaciers upto Haridwar
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• Preparation and implementation of Gram Panchayat wise ο 96.5% of the people who had access to toilets used
• IEC activities related to sustainable ground water ο 90.7% of villages which were previously declared to be
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• Thrust on coverage of water quality affected habitations: 3. Proper disposal of solid waste
ο 2% earmarking of funds for Japanese 4. Water conservation activities including rain water
Encephalitis/Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) harvesting/ground water recharge/maintain of well and
affected areas ponds, promotion of sprinkler irrigation
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THEME AND KEY FEATURES • Support for Entrepreneurial and Managerial Development
of SMEs through Incubators.
• To organize the traditional industries and artisans into
clusters. • Bar Code under Market Development Assistance (MDA)
scheme.
• To provide sustained employment for traditional industry
artisans and rural entrepreneurs;
• To enhance marketability of products of such clusters by ►A SCHEME FOR PROMOTION OF
providing support for new products, design intervention INNOVATION, RURAL INDUSTRY &
and improved packaging and also the improvement of ENTREPRENEURSHIP (ASPIRE)
marketing Infrastructure;
• Launched with an objective to set up a network of
• To equip traditional artisans through training and technology centers, incubation centres to accelerate
exposure visits; entrepreneurship and also to promote start-ups for
• To make provision for common facilities and improved innovation and entrepreneurship in rural and agriculture
tools and equipments for artisans; based industry with a fund of Rs.210 crores.
• To strengthen the cluster governance systems with the • The planned outcomes of ASPIRE are setting up
active participation of the stakeholders Technology Business Incubators (TBI), Livelihood Business
Incubators (LBI) and creation of a Fund of Funds for such
►CREDIT LINKED CAPITAL SUBSIDY initiatives with SIDBI.
SCHEME(CLCSS)
►COIR VIKAS YOJNA
• Facilitate technology upgradation in Micro and Small
Enterprises (MSEs) by providing capital subsidy of 15% SKILL UPGRADATION AND MAHILA COIR YOJANA (MCY)
(limited to maximum of Rs.15.00 lakhs) on institutional • Coir Board imparts training in processing of coir and value
finance availed by them for induction of well-established addition to potential workers, coir artisans/entreprenuers
and improved technology. through its training centres.
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It is a portal built in association with Punjab National Bank to and technology (including marine, Riverine and ZLD).
cut down delays in disbursement of funds for financial ο Group B – Common infrastructure such as captive
assistance. power generation plants on technology preferably
renewable/green technology,
►POWERTEX
ο Group C – Common facilities such as Testing
THEME AND KEY FEATURES
Laboratories and R&D centers.
• The comprehensive scheme has the following
• Government of India grant will be mandatory for Group A
components:
only.
ο In-situ Upgradation of Plain Powerlooms
• The Special Purpose Vehicle shall fund the project through
ο Group Workshed Scheme (GWS) a mix of equity from members of industry, grant support
ο Yarn Bank Scheme from Ministry of Textile / State Government, and the loan
ο Common Facility Centre (CFC) from Banks and Financial Institutions.
• Pradhan Mantri Credit Scheme for Powerloom Weavers • The project cost shall be borne by the Center, State,
Beneficiary, Bank loan in the ratio of 50:25:15:10
• Solar Energy Scheme for Powerlooms
respectively.
• Facilitation, IT, Awareness, Market Development and
Publicity for Powerloom Schemes
►AMENDED TECHNOLOGY
• Tex Venture Capital Fund
• Grant-in-Aid and Modernisation & Upgradation of
UPGRADATION FUND SCHEME
Powerloom Service Centres (PSCs) Employment generation and export by encouraging apparel
OTHERS and garment industry
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►COMPREHENSIVE HANDICRAFTS
►COMPREHENSIVE HANDLOOM
CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
• Mega Cluster
• The scheme is being implemented for development of
Mega Handloom Clusters covering at least 15000 to 25,000 • Integrated Development and Promotion of Handicrafts
handlooms. Projects (Special Projects)
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• SHREYAS Portal will enable educational institutions and • Rs 50 crore have been allocated for fortification of
industry to log in and provide their respective demand and food items in a systematic manner. This will address the
supply of apprenticeship. problems of anaemia and other micro nutrient
deficiencies. Kitchen gardens in schools will also be
FUNDING
encouraged.
Under the NAPS scheme, Central Government shares 25% of
• Concept of community participation in the form
the stipend per month subject to a maximum of Rs 1500,
of Tithi Bhojan will be encouraged under which people
during the period of apprenticeship. Apart from this amount
from the community celebrate important days such as
upto Rs 7500 will be towards basic training cost, where
child birth, marriage, birthdays etc. by contributing to
needed.
the Mid Day Meal Scheme. Tithi Bhojan is not a substitute
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• UGC is the nodal agency to operationalise NAD. • IIT-Delhi is the coordinating Institute of the UBA.
• Academic Awards to be lodged on NAD cover degrees, • Each higher educational institution has to mentor 5
diplomas, certificates, mark-sheets including awards villages.
issued for skill development. FUNDING
1. For Field Visits: Rs 10,000 per village
►PARINAM MANJUSHA 2. For Customisation of an available technology: Rs 50,000
• It has been introduced by CBSE. 3. For Development of new technology: Rs 1,00,000
• It acts as: THEMES
ο Academic Repository • Organic Farming
ο Facilitates online verification • Water Management
ο Students can get digital documents such as marksheets, • Energy Sources
Pass certificates and Migration Certificates of CBSE • Artisans, Industries and Livelihood
examination through Digi Locker.
• Basic Amenities
• Convergence
►RASHTRIYA UCHCHATAR SHIKSHA
ABHIYAAN (RUSA) ►KALA UTSAV
• A Centrally sponsored scheme under Department of It is an initiative of Department of School Education and
Higher Education, MHRD. Literacy.
AIM
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• Mentoring to institutes by a well performing institute. • Composite school grant to every school for providing a
conducive learning environment.
• A Hub and Spoke model is to be established by a Institute
of repute as a Mentor within an existing facility to serve as
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• National Teachers Platform for India • Rigorous reporting and useful outputs as central to
developing new professions
• It is a customisable National Digital Infrastructure for
teacher centric initiatives for use by States, Teacher • Provide rural India and regional agencies with access to
Education Institutes and private entities. the professional resources of the institutes of higher
education especially those that have acquired academic
• States and TEIs have the autonomy and choice to
excellence in the field of science, engineering and
repurpose and extend DIKSHA to suit their own needs and
technology and management
purposes.
• Improve development outcomes as a consequence of this
• It is for the benefit of Teachers in Schools, Teacher
research
Educators and Student Teachers in Teacher Education
Institutes. • 688 higher educational institutions have been selected
under Challenge Mode (424 technical and 262 non
• Nodal Agency: National Council for Teacher Education,
technical) which are reputed Higher Educational
under MHRD
Insitutitons (Both Private as well as public) have adopted
VERTICALS 3555 villages for their development through UBA.
• Teacher Profile and Registry ο Every institution adopts 5 villages
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ο IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur, NIT Trichy, IISER Kolkata, JNU, • It seeks to involve the members of the community in the
IIT(BHU), University of Delhi, IIT Bombay, TISS Mumbai, effort to provide nutritious and healthy food to the
University of Hyderabad, NIEPA, IIT Kharagpur, Jamia children.
Milia Islamia, BHU and AMU • The members of the community may contribute/sponsor
• Foreign universities identified for training are also within either utensils or food on special occasions/festivals. This
top 100 in the world global rankings. The institutions is completely voluntary, and the people in the community
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This is done through an indigenous developed IT platform • Encourage interest/ lay special focus on Early reading and
that facilitates hosting of all the courses, taught in classrooms writing with comprehension (ERWC) and Early
from 9th class till post-graduation to be accessed by anyone, mathematics (EM).
anywhere at any time.
►DIGITAL GENDER ATLAS FOR GIRL’S
►SWAYAM PRABHA EDUCATION
It is a group of 32 DTH channels devoted to telecasting of • Gender Atlas for the country has been developed to
high-quality educational programmes on 24×7 basis using the highlight the issues, geographies and social background of
GSAT-15 satellite. girls that are still a concern and require urgent attention.
• The Gender Atlas is based on existing data and highlights
►VITTIYA SAKSHARATA ABHIYAN problem areas to serve as pointers for intervention priori-
(VISAKA) ties.
• It is seen as a management tool that can focus on
OBJECTIVE
'demand' and 'supply' side issues alike that impinge on
The purpose is to actively engage the youth/ students of girls' education.
Higher Education Institutions to encourage and motivate all
payers and payees to use a digitally enabled cashless
economic system for transfer of funds. ►UDAAN
OBJECTIVE
►ISHAN UDAY • The project aims at addressing the lower enrolment of
girls in engineering colleges.
OBJECTIVE & KEY FEATURES
• It provides free online resources to girl students for
• It is a special scholarship scheme by UGC, with a
preparation of engineering entrance examination.
provision to grant 10,000 scholarships to students from
the Northeast, whose parental income is below Rs 4.5 • Therefore, it is envisaged as the first step towards
lakh per annum. achieving this larger goal of addressing the quality gap
between school education and engineering entrance, by
• The scholarship ranges from Rs 3,500 to 5,000 per month
addressing the three dimensions of education - curriculum
for studying at undergraduate level in colleges and
design, transaction and assessment.
universities in India
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►PRADHAN MANTRI VIDYA LAKSHMI 1. Technical Institutions more than 10 years old: Repay
the whole Principal Portion from the internally
KARYAKRAM generated budgetary resources.
• It is a first of its kind portal for students seeking Education 2. Technical Institutions started between 2008 and 2014:
Loan. It provides single window electronic platform for Repay 25% of the principal portion from internal
students to access information and prepares applications resources, and receive grant for the balance of the
for Educational Loans and Government Scholarships. Principal portion.
• This initiative aims to bring on board all Banks providing • Central Universities started
Educational Loans. It is expected that students throughout
1. prior to 2014: Repay 10% of the principal portion from
the country will be benefited by this initiative of the
internal resources, and receive grant for the balance of
Government, by making available a single window for
the Principal portion.
access to various Educational Loan Schemes of all Banks.
2. Newly.
established Institutions (started after 2014): for fu
►JIGYASA SCHEME nding construction of permanent campuses: Grant
One of the major initiatives taken up by CSIR at national level would be provided for complete servicing of loan
for further widening and deepening its Scientific Social including the Principal and interest.
Responsibility (SSR). 3. Other educational institutions and grant-in-aid
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE JIGYASA PROGRAMME institutions of Ministry of Health: All the newly set up
• 'JIGYASA' would inculcate the culture of inquisitiveness on AIIMSs and other health institutions, the Kendriya
one hand and scientific temper on the other, amongst the Vidyalayas / Navodaya Vidyalayas would be funded and
school students and their teachers. the Department/Ministry concerned will give a
commitment for complete servicing of the principal and
• The program will also enable the students and teachers to
interest by ensuring adequate grants to the institution.
practically live the theoretical concepts taught in science by
visiting CSIR laboratories and by participating in projects.
• The focus is on connecting school students and scientists ►NISHTHA : NATIONAL INITIATIVE
to extend student's classroom learning with a well planned FOR SCHOOL HEADS' AND TEACHERS'
research laboratory based learning.
HOLISTIC ADVANCEMENT
• Student Residential Programmes, scientists as teachers
• It is a capacity building program for 'Improving Quality of
and teachers as scientists, lab specific activities/Onsite
School Education through Integrated Teacher Training'.
Experiments, visits of scientists to Schools/Outreach
Programmes, science and maths Clubs, projects of • It aims to build competencies among all the teachers and
National Children's Science Congress and tinkering school principals at the elementary stage. The
laboratories are some of the activities included under the functionaries (at the state, district, block, cluster level) shall
programme. be trained in an integrated manner on learning outcomes,
school based assessment, learner – centred pedagogy,
new initiatives in education, addressing diverse needs of
►HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING children through multiple pedagogies, etc.
AUTHORITY • This will be organized by constituting National Resource
• It is a joint venture of MHRD, Government of India and Groups (NRGs) and State Resource Groups (SRGs) at the
Canara Bank for financing creation of capital assets in National and the State level who will be training 42 lakhs
premier educational institutions in India. It is a non-profit teachers subsequently.
company.
• In 2018, the scope of HEFA was expanded by enhancing its ►DHRUV (PRADHAN MANTRI
capital base to Rs 10,000 crore and tasking it to mobilise 1
INNOVATIVE LEARNING PROGRAM)
lakh crore for Revitalising Infrastructure and Systems in
Education by 2022. (RISE by 2022) • Aims to identify and encourage talented children to enrich
their skills and knowledge. In centres of excellence across
• Funds will be available to:
the country, gifted children will be mentored and nurtured
by renowned experts in different areas, so that they can
reach their full potential.
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2. Students have been broadly chosen from classes 9 to 12, • Freedom to have own transparent merit based
from all schools including government and private. system for admission of students.
3. The program is to be launched from ISRO. • Freedom to admit additionally foreign students on
merit subject to a maximum of 30% of the strength of
admitted domestic students.
►INSTITUTE OF EMINENCE
• Freedom to fix and charge fees from foreign
• UGC (Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities), students without restriction.
2017 regulations enable 10 public and 10 private
• Freedom to determine the domestic student fees, subject
institutions to emerge as World Class Teaching and
to the condition that no student who gets selected
Research Institutions. These institutions shall be called as
admission is turned away for lack of finance. Every
'Institutions of Eminence'.
Institute to encourage scholarships and extension of loans
• It aims to bring higher educational institutions selected as facility.
IoEs in top 500 of world ranking in the next 10 years and in
• Freedom to offer courses within a program as well as to
top 100 eventually overtime.
offer degrees in newer areas, including inter-
• Institutions will be selected by Empowered Expert disciplinary ones, after approval of its Governing Council
Committee headed by N Gopalaswami. and conforming to the minimum prevailing standards.
THREE CATEGORIES OF ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS:
1. Existing Government Educational institutions
2. Existing private higher educational institutions to upgrade MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
themselves to Institutions of Eminence
►AVATARAN
3. Greenfield Category
OBJECTIVE
In case of the private institutions proposed as Institutions of
To transform the railways through the seven missions.
Eminence, there will be no financial support, but they will be
entitled for more autonomy as a special category Deemed MISSIONS
University. 1. Mission 25 Tonnes
The Greenfield Institutions would get 3 year period to • To increase revenue by augmenting carrying capacity. To
establish and operationalise the institution, and thereafter, achieve this 10-20% freight loading will be done through
EEC will consider giving IoE status to such institutions. 25-tonne axle-load wagons and target movement of 70%
of freight traffic on high axle load wagons by FY19-20.
BENEFITS OF INSTITUTIONS OF EMINENCE:
2. Mission Zero Accident: It comprises of two sub missions:
• Government Institutions to get additional funding upto
a) Elimination of unmanned level crossings: The goal is
1000 Cr.
eliminate all unmanned level crossings on Broad Gauge in
• The selected Institutions under IoE shall have complete
the next 3-4 years through innovative financing
academic and administrative autonomy.
mechanisms. It will reduce deaths due to accidents and
• The Institutions of Eminence will have complete financial improve throughput of the network
autonomy to spend the resources raised and allocated,
b) TCAS (Train Collision Avoidance System): An indigenous
subject to general conditions & restrictions of the Statutes
technology has been developed to equip 100% of the
and GFR.
High Density Network with TCAS in the next 3 years. This
• Academic collaborations with foreign higher will prevent head on collisions and improve throughput
educational institutions (in top 500) would by increasing average sectional speeds.
be exemptfrom government approvals. 3. Mission PACE (Procurement and Consumption
• Freedom to hire personnel from industry, etc, as faculty Efficiency):
who are experts in their areasbut may not have the • To improve our procurement and consumption practices
requisite higher academic qualifications. to improve the quality of goods and services. It will
• Freedom to recruit faculty from outside India (limit introduce a culture of optimum usage by adopting
of 25% of its faculty strength for public institution). practices such as Vendor Managed Inventory, direct
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• The aim to roll out such a scheme is to utilise vacant ο National waterways (Inland Waterways)
berths in premier trains. ο Heavy haul rail corridor from Talcher to Paradip
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ο Underwater viewing gallery and restaurant at Dwarka • 49 key performance indicators have been chosen to
measure progress of the districts.
• A baseline ranking of the districts was done in 2018. After
that to measure incremental progress 'Delta Rankings' on
NITI AAYOG a real time basis.
►ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS
►SAMAVESH
PROGRAM
• Aims to link together various lead knowledge and research
• Aims to expeditiously improve the socio-economic status
institutions to catalyse developmentprocesses, enhance
of 17 districts from across 28 states.
institutional capacity development and enable a field level
• The three core principles of the program interface with the community for mutual enrichment.
ο Convergence (Centre and State Schemes) • As part of this, NITI Aayog seeks to deepen and extend its
ο Collaboration (among citizens and functionaries of institutional capacity through networking and partnerships
Central and State Governments including district teams) with reputed
ο Competition among districts • A hub and spoke model is envisaged with lead knowledge
• The program focuses of main themes: and research institutions, recognised as Centre of
Excellence with respect to the respective themes/ thrust
Health & Nutrition 30% areas.
Education 30%
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• It is a workplace where young minds can give shape to • The scheme would radically transform the start up
their ideas through hands on do it yourself mode and ecosystem in the country by upgrading the Established
learn innovation skills. Students get a chance to work with Incubation Centres to world class standards.
tools and equipment to understand the concept of STEM ELIGIBILITY
(Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) EIC must have been in operation for a minimum of three
• ATL would contain educational and learning 'do it yourself' years as of 1 August 2017. EIC should be registered in India as
kits and equipment on - science, electronics, robotics, open public, private and PPP.
source microcontroller boards, sensors and 3D printers FINANCIAL SUPPORT
and computers.
Grant in aid of upto Rs 10 crore in two or more annual
FINANCIAL SUPPORT instalments.
Grant in aid that includes a one-time establishment cost of Rs
10 lakh and operational expenses of Rs 10 lakh for a ►ATAL COMMUNITY INNOVATION
maximum period of 5 years to each ATL.
CENTRE SCHEME
ELIGIBILITY
• ACIC is a new initiative of Atal Innovation Mission to
Schools (minimum Grade VI-X) managed by Government,
support community innovation drive in the country.
local body or private trusts/society to be set up by ATL.
• The program is directed to encourage the spirit of
innovation through solution driven design thinking to
►ATAL INCUBATION CENTRES serve the society.
• Would nurture innovative start up businesses in their • It will focus on underserved/ unserved regions of the
pursuit to become scalable and sustainable enterprises. country which at present lack a vibrant start-up and
• AICs would create world class incubation facilities across innovation ecosystem.
various parts of India with suitable physical infrastructure • ACIC will be established either in PPP mode or with
in terms of capital equipment and operating facilities, support of PSUs and other agencies.
coupled with the availability of sectoral experts for
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• Aims at integrated development in villages in which the • Half way homes for psycho-Social Rehabilitation of treated
and controlled Mentally ill persons
population of SCs is above 50%.
• Home Based Rehabilitation
ELIGIBILITY:
• Community Based Rehabilitation Program
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National Safari Karmacharis Finance & Development • The devices are distributed in the camp mode.
Corporation (NSKFDC)
FINANCING ►RASHTRIYA GARIMA ABHIYAN
Public private partnership mode • It is a National Campaign for Dignity and Eradication of
Aims to provide livelihood to SafaiKaramcharis and liberated Manual Scavenging.
Manual Scavengers and also promote cleanliness. • The practice continues in the country in spite of efforts of
• NSKFDC provides concessional loan to – several people, implementation of government schemes
such as the National Scheme for Liberation and
1. Entrepreneurs among safaikarmacharis and identified
Rehabilitation of Scavengers since 1992 and Self
manual scavengers including women beneficiaries.
Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual
2. For viable community toilet projects and sanitation
Scavengers since 2007, and regardless of it being banned
related vehicles to collect the garbage
in 1993 through Employment of Manual Scavengers and
Construction of Dry Latrines (prohibition) Act.
►ASSISTANCE TO DISABLED
PERSONS FOR PURCHASE / FITTING ►CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEME OF
OF AIDS AND APPLIANCES ASSISTANCE FOR PREVENTION OF
NODAL AGENCY ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE
Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) (DRUGS) ABUSE
FINANCING SALIENT FEATURES
Central sector scheme • Financial Assistance is given to the voluntary organisations
THEME AND KEY FEATURES and other eligible agencies for running and maintenance
of Integration Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts
• Provide latest and modern aids and assistive devices to the
(IRCAs). Services provided by IRCAs are:
Divyangjan to promote their physical, social and
psychological rehabilitation and to enhance their economic ο Preventive Education and Awareness Generation
NODAL AGENCY • Create awareness and educate people about the ill-effects
of drugs abuse and reduce stigmatisation of and
Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO)
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• Survey, studies, evaluation, research and innovation on the New and Renewable Energy
subjects covered under the scheme. THEME AND KEY FEATURES
• Programs for Drug Demand Reduction by States/UTs • It is a farmer-oriented solar power scheme that will allow
setting up grid-connected solar plants in rural areas and
off-grid solar pumps.
MINISTRY OF NEW AND • It involves decentralized solar power production of up to
28,250 Megawatt (Mw) over five years.
RENEWABLE ENERGY • It aims at boosting farmers ‘income by allowing them to
sell additional power to the grid through solar plants.
►SURYA MITRA SCHEME
• It will also have provisions for solarization of tube wells
NODAL AGENCY
and lift irrigation projects.
National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE)
COMPONENTS
FINANCING
• Component A: Installation of 10,000 MW of Decentralized
Central sector Ground Mounted Grid Connected Renewable Energy
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Central sector
THEME AND KEY FEATURES ►SAUBHAGYA SCHEME (PRADHAN
• It is the flagship programme of Ministry of Power to MANTRI SAHAJ BIJLI HAR GHAR
provide 24×7 power supply to rural areas.
YOJANA)
• It focuses on feeder separation (rural households &
NODAL AGENCY
agricultural) and strengthening of sub-transmission &
distribution infrastructure including metering at all levels Rural Electrification Corporation (REC)
in rural areas. FINANCING
• This will help in providing round the clock power to rural Centrally sponsored
households and adequate power to agricultural THEME AND KEY FEATURES
consumers.
• Aims to the achieve the goal of universal household
• Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) has electrification in the country by 31st March 2019.
been subsumed in it.
• The scheme envisages providing last mile connectivity and
electricity connections to all remaining households in rural
►NATIONAL LED PROGRAMME areas and remaining economically poor un-electrified
NODAL AGENCY households in urban areas
Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC) • Non-poor urban households are excluded from this
scheme.
FINANCING
• It also aims to provide Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) based
Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL).
standalone system for un-electrified households located in
THEME AND KEY FEATURES
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Government of India and the World Bank 2. Charging Station may also be installed by Housing
societies, Malls etc with a provision to allow charging of
THEME AND KEY FEATURES
visitor's vehicles which are permitted to come in its
• It will help scale up the deployment of energy-saving premises
measures in residential and public sectors.
3. Setting up of Public Charging Stations to be de-licensed
• Under the scheme, EESL will deploy LED bulbs, tubelights,
activity and any individual/entity is free to set up public
ceiling fans and street lights which will be supplied by the charging stations
private sector.
4. Connectivity to be provided on priority to any person
• It will help schemes such as UJALA and Street Lighting
seeking to set up Public Charging Station.
National Programme (SLNP).
5. Charging Station may also obtain electricity through open
• This programme will help India meet its Nationally
access
Determined Contributions under the Paris accord.
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AFFAIRS • It also aims at build upon the traditional knowledge & skill
sets of tribals by adding technology & IT for value addition.
►EKLAVYA SCHOOL • It also focussed on setting-up of tribal community owned
FINANCING Van Dhan Vikas Kendras in predominantly forested tribal
districts.
Centrally sponsored
THEME AND KEY FEATURES
• Government will establish Ekalavya Residential Schools to
►ADI-MOHATSAV
provide education to tribals in their local environment. THEME AND KEY FEATURES
• Target – Ekalavya schools in every block with more than It is a National Tribal Festival organized by the Ministry
50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons by of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED to celebrate, cherishes and
2022. promote the spirit of tribal craft, culture, cuisine and
• It will have special facilities for preserving local art and commerce
culture, besides providing training in sports and skill THEME FOR 2018
development. • A Celebration of the Spirit of Tribal Culture, Craft, Cuisine
• It will be established on line with the Navodya schools. and Commerce”.
• The Mahotsav comprised of display and sale of items of
►VANBANDHU KALYAN YOJANA tribal art and craft, tribal medicine & healers, tribal cuisine
and display of tribal folk performance.
FINANCING
• Tribal artisans, chefs, folk dancers/musicians from 23
Central sector
States of the country also participate and provided glimpse
THEME AND KEY FEATURES of their rich traditional culture.
• It has been launched for the holistic development and • The festival featured exhibition-cum-sale of tribal
welfare of tribal population in India by plugging the handicrafts, art, paintings, fabric, jeweler and much more
infrastructure gaps and lags in human development through 100 stalls.
indices.
• The scheme focuses on
►SUPPORT TO TRIBAL RESEARCH
1. Provision for a better standard of living and quality of
INSTITUTES (TRI) SCHEME
life
• The basic objective of the scheme is to strengthen the
2. Improving access to and quality of education.
Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) in their infrastructural
3. Generating resources for long-term and sustainable
needs, Research & documentation activities and Training &
growth
Capacity Building programmes etc.
4. Bridging infrastructural gaps
• The Ministry of Tribal Affairs shall continue the scheme
5. Protection of tribal culture and heritage. "Support to TRIs" with revised financial norms and
identified interventions.
►VAN DHAN SCHEME • The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), shall be the nodal
Ministry for operationalising the scheme. The scheme shall
NODAL AGENCY
be a Central Sector Scheme with 100% funding by the
The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of Central Government to the TRIs directly or through state
India (TRIFED) government.
THEME AND KEY FEATURES ACTIVITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN UNDER THE SCHEME
• It is an initiative for targeting livelihood generation for • Building Infrastructure - State-of-the-Art building for
tribals by harnessing non-timber forest produce. TRIs/ National TRIs, support for setting up of Tribal
• Under the scheme, 10 Self Help Groups of 30 Tribal Museum / Memorials including virtual museums, Support
gatherers are being trained and provided with working for setting up of libraries including Digital Repositories
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scheme will be evaluated by the Ministry before the end of ο Auto Rickshaw, Goods Carrier etc under the Transport
2019-20 period. An Apex Level Committee will approve the Sector.
Annual plan submitted by TRIs through State Government
and shall monitor implementation of the same. The APEX ►SPECIAL CENTRAL ASSISTANCE
Committee shall be headed by the Secretary of Union
Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
(SCA) TO TRIBAL SUB-SCHEME
• Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) now called as Scheduled Tribe
Component (STC) at Central level and Tribal Sub-Scheme
►SCHEME FOR RELEASE OF EQUITY
(TSS) at State level is dedicated source of fund for tribal
SUPPORT TO THE NATIONAL/ STATE development across the country.
SCHEDULED TRIBES FINANCE AND • The scheme ‘SCA to TSS’ is a centrally sponsored scheme
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS to support the efforts of the state government in bridging
gap between Scheduled Tribe (ST) population and other
(STFDCS) social groups through:
• It is a continuing centrally sponsored scheme under which ο Human resource development by enhancing access to
Central Government provides equity support to National education and health services.
Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation
ο Enhanced quality of life by providing basic amenities in
(NSTFDC) under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and State
tribal areas/localities for communities by interventions
Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporations
in the area of safe drinking water and sanitation,
(STFDCs) of various State Governments.
electrification, last mile road connectivity, market
• STFDCs catering to STs in various states are provided development, transportation etc.
assistance towards their Share Capital under the centrally
ο Enhanced capacity to avail opportunities for livelihood
sponsored scheme. The ratio of Share Capital contribution
through skill upgradation, financial inclusion and
between the Central and States Governments is of 49: 51.
entrepreneurship development. Access to entitlement,
• The National Scheduled Tribes Finance and rights, service delivery.
Development Corporation (NSTFDC) was incorporated in
ο Alleviation of poverty and unemployment through
April, 2001 as a Government of India company under
measures like increasing farmers income, income
Ministry of Tribal Affairs. This Corporation has been
generating opportunities, value chain development
granted license under Section 25 of the Companies Act, U
including food processing and creation of
(A company not for profit).
infrastructure.
• NSTFDC is an apex organisation for economic upliftment of
Scheduled Tribes and the Corporation fulfils its objectives
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3. Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development • To facilitate the realization of inclusive growth (both social
(RGNIYD) and economic).
• To act as points for dissemination of information, basic
►RASHTRIYA YUVA SASHAKTIKARAN knowledge in the community.
• To act as group modulators and peer group educators.
KARYAKRAM (RYSK)
• To act as role models for the younger people specially
Following are eight sub-schemes under Rashtriya Yuva
towards enhancement of public ethics, probity and dignity
Sashaktikaran Karyakram:
of labour.
1. Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS);
NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR YOUTH AND ADOLESCENT
2. National Youth Corps (NYC); DEVELOPMENT (NPYAD)
3. National Programme for Youth & Adolescent Development Activities under NPYAD Scheme
(NPYAD);
Sl. Name of the Programme Activities
4. International Cooperation;
Programmes
5. Youth Hostels (YH);
(a) Youth i. Youth Leadership and
6. Assistance to Scouting & Guiding Organizations;
Leadership personality
7. National Discipline Scheme (NDS); and
and Development Training
8. National Young Leaders Programme (NYLP). Personality
NEHRU YUVA KENDRA SANGATHAN (NYKS) Development
• Nehru Yuva Kendras were established in the year 1972 (b) Promotion of i. National Integration Camp
with the objective of providing rural youth avenues to take National ii. Inter-State
part in the process of nation building as well providing Integration Youth Exchange Programme
opportunities for the development of their personality and
skills. iii Multi-Cultural Activities
• In the year 1987-88, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) iv. National Youth Festival
was set up as an autonomous organization under the v. State Youth Festival
Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports,
(c) Promotion of i. Promotion of adventure at
to oversee working of these Kendras. NYKS is the largest
Adventure basic and intermediate level in
grassroots level youth organization; one of its kind in the
India
world. It channelizes the power of youth on the principles
of voluntarism, self-help and community participation. ii. Promotion of adventure at
advance level including
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(e) Technical and i. Environment Building annual scholarship worth Rs. 5.00 lakh for 8 consecutive
years.
Resource ii. Research & Studies on youth
Development • It aims to promote 20 universities across the country as
issues
hubs of sporting excellence.
iii Documentation & Publication
• This programme strives to promote “Sports for All” as
iv. Seminars, Conferences,
well as “Sports for Excellence.”
Exhibitions and Workshops
• The Programme would cover about 200 million children
on youth or adolescent
in the age group of 10-18 under a massive national
issues, national integration
and adventure physical fitness drive, which will not only measure the
physical fitness of all children in the age group, but also
support their fitness related activities.
►NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME (NSS) KHELO INDIA - NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT
• National Service scheme is a Central sector scheme OF SPORTS
implemented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of OBJECTIVES:
the Government of India.
• Encouraging mass participation
• The scheme was launched in 1969.
• Promotion of excellence in sports
• The scheme aims to develop the personality and character
VERTICALS UNDER KHELO INDIA SCHEME
of the student youth through voluntary community
• Play field development:
service.
o National Inventory of Playfields and Sports
• NSS volunteers play an important role in spreading
Infrastructure will be prepared on a GIS platform.
awareness about government initiatives such as Swachh
Bharat Mission activities and yoga program. o State and District Playfield Associations will be created
in all States/UTs on the lines of National Playfield
• The aim of NSS is to provide hands on experience to young
Association of India. They will
students in delivering community service and gain
exposure and experience which develops character and Register existing play areas
personality. Map them on GIS platform
o Development of playgrounds in all gram panchayats can
►RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL INSTITUTE be taken up in convergence with the MGNREGA scheme.
• The scheme aims to construct block level sports • Annual Sports Competition:
complexes and conduct annual rural sports competitions o (Khelo India School Games, organised at New Delhi)
• Following sports competitions at block, district, state and o In the second edition, Khelo India School Games was
national levels are conducted under the reorganised into Khelo India Youth Games- 2019 (Pune).
ο rural sports competitions For the first time students from colleges and
universities are participating. Maharashtra won most
ο sports competitions exclusively for women
medals followed by Haryana and Delhi.
• Talent Search and Development
►REVAMPED KHELO INDIA PROGRAMME
• Long Term Athlete Development Program: Talented
FINANCING players identified in priority sports disciplines at various
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Long term Perspective Plan and Annual Joint Action • More than 18 and less than 25 years of age
Plan with respect to projects, programs and FORMAT
expenditure • District Youth Parliament: Conducted at district level.
• State Youth Parliament: Youth selected by a jury from the
►TARGET OLYMPIC PODIUM SCHEME district youth parliament will participate at the State level
FUNDING in SYP.
India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL), a • National Youth Parliament: Youth selected by a jury from
PSU under the Ministry of Finance, has agreed to contribute the State Youth Parliament will participate at the National
Rs. 30 crores to National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) by level in NYP. Two winners from each State will participate
contribution of Rs. 10 crore per annum for next three years. as speakers in the NYP. Highest scorer from each district in
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people in mining areas. • The DMF will work for the interest of persons and areas
SCOPE OF PMKKY affected by mining related operations in such manner as
may be prescribed by State Government.
High Priority Areas: At least 60% of PMKKKY funds to be
utilized under these heads • The composition and functions of DMF shall be such as
may be prescribed by State Government.
• Drinking Water Supply
• The DMF is funded in the following manner:
• Environment preservation and pollution control measures
ο For Major minerals:
• Primary and secondary health care in affected areas
10% of royalty paid in terms of 2nd Schedule to
• Education
the MMDR Act, 1957 for mining leases granted on or
• Welfare of Women and Children after 12th January, 2015.
• Welfare of aged and disabled people 30% of royalty paid in terms of the Second Schedule
• Skill Development in respect of mining leases granted before 12th
January, 2015.
• Sanitation
ο For minor minerals:
OTHER PRIORITY AREAS: (up to 40% of the PMKKKY to be
utilised under these heads) • State governments have the power to prescribe the
payment by all holders of concessions related to minor
• Physical infrastructure like road, bridges, railways and
minerals of amounts to the DMF of the district in which the
waterway projects
mining operations are carried on.
• Developing alternate sources of Irrigation
• In terms of total Amount Collected:
• Energy and Watershed Development
Odisha>Chhattisgarh>Jharkhand.
• Any other measures for enhancing environmental quality
in mining district
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SECTION 2
NSWER KEY
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Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
2. Consider the following statements about the PM- 5. Consider the following statements about the Young
Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme: Scientist Programme Scheme:
1. The States bear 40% of the expenses for the 1. The Scheme has been launched by the Indian
general states, while the Union bears 60%. Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
2. All landholding families are eligible to get benefit 2. It is a residential training programme wherein
under this Scheme. three students will be chosen from each
Which of the statements given above are incorrect? 3. Students who are in class 11 and class 12, will be
chosen for the scheme.
(a) 1 and 2 only
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(b) 2 and 3 only
(a) 1 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
3. Consider the following statements about the Pradhan
Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM- SYM) Scheme:
1. This Scheme has been made under the 6. Consider the following statements about the FAME
2. All unorganised workers are eligible to get the Scheme all vehicles are given equal subsidy
3. The Scheme has provision for family pension. In 2. The scheme also has focus on development of
case the pensioner dies, the spouse is eligible for charging stations.
Which of the statements given above are incorrect? Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
(a) 1 and 2 only Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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3. A farmer can opt to allow the monthly of the "Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan
drawn from the PM-KISAN scheme directly. 1. Replacing the existing grid-connected agriculture
Which of the statements given above are correct? pumps with solar pump sets.
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1. The ZED Scheme seeks to adopt Zero Defect 2. Disha Scholarship scheme to
manufacturing processes in the Micro, Small and help women scientists to
Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) without impacting return to mainstream
the environment. science and research.
2. The Quality Council of India is the nodal agency 3. Vigyan Encourage and inspire
to issue final certification under the Scheme. Jyoti girl students to pursue
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? higher education in
(a) 1 only science, engineering and
(c) Both 1 and 2 Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
15. Consider the following statements related to Sabka (c) 2 and 3 only
Vishwas Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme: (d) 1, 2 and 3
1. This Scheme has been introduced in order to
reduce the large number of pending disputes 18. Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas, recently in the news, is
related to GST (Goods and Services Tax). related to which of the following?
2. This Scheme would provide for both faster (a) Gram Panchayat Development Plan
dispute resolution, as well as amnesty for the tax (b) Scheme to launch the Common Utility Card
defaulters.
(c) New initiative of social audit
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(d) Initiative to increase awareness and participation
(a) 1 only of tribals in various schemes
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 19. Consider the following statements:
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
1. The Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
(PMKVY) is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of
16. The SANKALP scheme of the Government of India Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
deals with which of the following? 2. Under this Scheme, training and assessment fees
(a) Promotion of skills are completely paid by the Government.
(b) Promotion of SHGs for women empowerment Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(c) Administration of pledges under the Swachh (a) 1 only
Bharat Mission for using toilets (b) 2 only
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21. Consider the following statements with regard to the 2. It subsumes the three schemes of Sarva Shiksha
Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
1. It provides for the participation of the private Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) 1 and 2 only
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Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
28. Which among the following energy efficiency 31. Which of the following statements is/are correct
initiatives are implemented by the Energy Efficiency about the Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN)?
Services Limited (EESL)? 1. It shall provide financial assistance for treatment
1. UJALA Scheme at government as well as private hospitals.
2. Atal Jyoti Yojana (AJAY) 2. Government servants and their families will not
3. Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment be eligible under the scheme.
4. Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) the scheme will be Rs. 15 lakh.
Select the correct answer using the code given below: Select the correct answer using the code given below:
29. Which of the following statements is/are correct? 32. Which of the following statements is/are correct
about Samagra Shiksha?
1. The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
is a centrally sponsored scheme implemented by 1. Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme
the state governments and the union territories. for the school education sector extending from
pre-school to class 12.
2. The scheme is universal, covering all the districts
of the country. 2. The vision of the Scheme is to ensure inclusive
and equitable quality education from pre-school
to senior secondary stage in accordance with the
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(d) Neither 1 nor 2 Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
34. Which of the following is the purview of the KUSUM (b) 2 only
(d) Installation of Waster to Energy plants in Rural 1. Aadhar card linkage is mandatory to avail benefit
districts under the scheme.
2. It is a part of the integrated public distribution
Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN): Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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49. Which of the following statements about Smart Cities (c) Both 1 and 2
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