INSTA PT 2023 Exclusive Government Schemes

INSTA PT 2023
EXCLUSIVE
GOVERNMENT
SCHEMES
JUNE 2022 – JANUARY 2023
INSTA PT 2023 EXCLUSIVE (GOVERNMENT SCHEMES)
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Table of Contents
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare ............................................................................... 5
1. NI-KSHAY MITRA PROGRAMME .............................................................................................. 5
2. POPULATION CONTROL .......................................................................................................... 5
3. AYUSHMAN BHARAT DIGITAL MISSION ................................................................................... 6
4. PRADHAN MANTRI AYUSHMAN BHARAT HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE MISSION ......................... 7
5. AYUSHMAN BHARAT PRADHAN MANTRI – JAN AROGYA YOJANA (AB PM-JAY) ........................ 7
6. ESANJEEVANI ......................................................................................................................... 8
Ministry of Ayush ......................................................................................................... 9

7. AYURSWASTHYA YOJANA ....................................................................................................... 9
8. STUDENTSHIP PROGRAM FOR AYURVEDA RESEARCH KEN (SPARK) .......................................... 9
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers ........................................................................... 10

9. PRICE CAPPING OF NLEM DRUGS .......................................................................................... 10
Ministry of Education ................................................................................................. 10

10. PM SHRI SCHOOLS (PM SCHOOLS FOR RISING INDIA) ........................................................ 10
11. ACADEMIC BANK OF CREDIT ............................................................................................. 11
12. PRADHAN MANTRI POSHAN SHAKTI NIRMAN (PM POSHAN) ............................................. 11
13. 'SAMAGRA SHIKSHA SCHEME 2.0' ..................................................................................... 11
14. NIPUN BHARAT PROGRAMME .......................................................................................... 12
15. PM’S SCHEME FOR MENTORING YOUNG AUTHORS – YUVA 2.0......................................... 13
Ministry of Women and Child Development ................................................................ 13

16. POSHAN VATIKAS OR NUTRI- GARDENS............................................................................. 13
17. MISSION VATSALYA SCHEME ............................................................................................ 14
Ministry of Science and Technology ............................................................................ 14

18. VIGYAN JYOTI SCHEME ..................................................................................................... 14
19. JIGYASA 2.0 ...................................................................................................................... 15
20. NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL POLICY, 2022 ............................................................................... 15
Ministry of Civil Aviation ............................................................................................. 17

21. DIGIYATRA ........................................................................................................................ 17
Ministry of External Affairs ......................................................................................... 18

22. PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS ............................................................................................... 18
Ministry of Rural Development ................................................................................... 19

23. MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT (MGNREGA)
SCHEME....................................................................................................................................... 19
24. PROJECT UNNATI .............................................................................................................. 20
25. NATIONAL MOBILE MONITORING SYSTEM (NMMS) APP ................................................... 20
26. JALDOOT APP ................................................................................................................... 20
27. NATIONAL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME (NSAP) ....................................................... 20
28. PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA –GRAMIN (PMAY-G): ................................................... 20
29. DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND MONITORING COMMITTEES (DISHAS) ...... 21
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare .................................................................. 22
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30. MARKET INTERVENTION SCHEME (MIS) ............................................................................ 22
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways ................................................................. 22

31. PM GATISHAKTI — NATIONAL MASTER PLAN .................................................................... 22
Ministry of Textiles ..................................................................................................... 23

32. NATIONAL TECHNICAL TEXTILES MISSION (NTTM) ............................................................. 23
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment .............................................................. 24

33. SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION FOR YOUNG ACHIEVERS SCHEME (SHREYAS) ....... 24
34. SCHEME FOR ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF DNTS (SEED) ............................................. 24
35. NATIONAL ACTION FOR MECHANIZED SANITATION ECOSYSTEM” (NAMASTE) ................... 25
Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) .......................................................... 25

36. PRADHAN MANTRI FORMALISATION OF MICRO FOOD PROCESSING ENTERPRISES (PMFME)
SCHEME....................................................................................................................................... 25
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs ........................................................................ 26

37. PROJECT NIPUN (NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR PROMOTING UPSKILLING OF NIRMAN
WORKERS) ................................................................................................................................... 26
Ministry of Commerce & Industry ............................................................................... 26

38. MAARG PORTAL ............................................................................................................... 26
Ministry of Tribal Affairs ............................................................................................. 27

39. PRADHAN MANTRI ADI ADARSH GRAM YOJNA (PMAAGY) ................................................. 27
40. EKLAVYA MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL (EMRS) ................................................................ 27
Ministry of Communications ....................................................................................... 28

41. BHARATNET...................................................................................................................... 28
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas ....................................................................... 28

42. SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE TOWARDS AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION (SATAT) .............. 28
Ministry of Minority Affairs ........................................................................................ 28

43. SEEKHO AUR KAMAO (LEARN AND EARN) SCHEME ........................................................... 28
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways ................................................................... 29

44. BHARAT (BH) SERIES REGISTRATION MARK ....................................................................... 29
Ministry of Panchayati Raj .......................................................................................... 29

45. E-GRAMSWARAJ PORTAL .................................................................................................. 29
46. RASHTRIYA GRAM SWARAJ ABHIYAN (RGSA) ..................................................................... 30
Ministry of Jal Shakti .................................................................................................. 30

47. JAL JEEVAN MISSION ........................................................................................................ 30
48. GALVANIZING ORGANIC BIO-AGRO RESOURCES (GOBAR)-DHAN ....................................... 30
49. SWACHH SURVEKSHAN GRAMIN 2022 .............................................................................. 31
Ministry of Home Affairs ............................................................................................. 32
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50. CRIME AND CRIMINAL TRACKING NETWORK SYSTEM ........................................................ 32
51. VIBRANT VILLAGES PROGRAMME (VVP) ............................................................................ 32
52. BORDER AREA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (BADP) ........................................................ 32
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports ............................................................................... 33

53. THE SCHEME OF NATIONAL CENTRE OF SPORTS SCIENCE AND RESEARCH (NCSSR) ............ 33
Ministry of Finance ..................................................................................................... 33

54. OLD PENSION SCHEME (OPS): ........................................................................................... 33
55. NIRBHAYA FUND............................................................................................................... 34
56. PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (PFMS) ........................................................... 34
57. ATAL PENSION YOJANA (APY) SCHEME .............................................................................. 35
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology .................................................... 35

58. E-SPORTS ......................................................................................................................... 35
59. AADHAAR ......................................................................................................................... 36
60. PRADHAN MANTRI GRAMIN DIGITAL SAKSHARTA ABHIYAN (PMGDISHA) .......................... 37
61. FUTURESKILLS PRIME (PROGRAMME FOR RE-SKILLING/UP-SKILLING OF IT MANPOWER FOR
EMPLOYABILITY) .......................................................................................................................... 38
62. E-GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT INDEX (EGDI) ................................................................. 38
63. CRITICAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE....................................................................... 38
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs ................................................................................ 38

64. NATIONAL EVIDHAN APPLICATION (NEVA) ........................................................................ 38
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions ................................................... 39

65. CENTRALISED PUBLIC GRIEVANCE REDRESS AND MONITORING SYSTEM (CPGRAMS) ......... 39
Ministry of Railways ................................................................................................... 39

66. BHARAT GAURAV EXPRESS TRAINS.................................................................................... 39
Important Acts / Bills .................................................................................................. 40

1. NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ACT, 2013 .................................................................................. 40
2. MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY (MTP) ACT ............................................................. 40
3. PROTECTION OF WOMEN FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT 2005 ......................................... 41
4. CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2019..................................................................................... 41
5. NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES (NDPS) ACT ......................................... 42
6. RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, 2016 ............................................................... 42
7. FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS ACT, 2006 ........................................................................... 43
8. ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND REMAINS (AMENDMENT) ACT,
2010 ............................................................................................................................................ 43
NITI Aayog .................................................................................................................. 45

1. ATAL TINKERING LABORATORIES (ATLS) ................................................................................ 45
2. ATL SARTHI........................................................................................................................... 45
3. ASPIRATIONAL BLOCKS PROGRAMME (ABP) ......................................................................... 45
4. WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP PLATFORM (WEP) .................................................................. 46
Organisations / Institutions ........................................................................................ 47

1. OPEN NETWORK FOR DIGITAL COMMERCE........................................................................... 47
2. BUREAU OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY (BEE).................................................................................. 47
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3. TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA (TRAI) ............................................................ 48
4. CENTRAL ADOPTION RESOURCE AUTHORITY (CARA) ............................................................. 48
5. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SCIENCE MUSEUMS (NCSM) ............................................................ 48
6. SELF EMPLOYED WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION (SEWA) ................................................................ 49
7. CENTRAL DRUGS STANDARD CONTROL ORGANISATION (CDSCO) .......................................... 49
8. NATIONAL DAM SAFETY AUTHORITY ..................................................................................... 49
9. SMALL FARMERS’ AGRI-BUSINESS CONSORTIUM (SFAC) ....................................................... 49
10. FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA (FCI) ................................................................................. 50
11. GENETIC ENGINEERING APPRAISAL COMMITTEE (GEAC) ................................................... 50
12. KHADI & VILLAGE INDUSTRIES COMMISSION (KVIC) .......................................................... 50
13. NATIONAL E-GOVERNANCE SERVICES LTD (NESL) .............................................................. 51
14. NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY (NDMA) ................................................ 51
15. NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILD RIGHTS (NCPCR) ............................. 52
16. NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL (NAAC) ...................................... 52
17. NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF INDIA (NAI) ................................................................................. 53
18. INDIAN COMPUTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT-IN) ........................................... 53
19. NATIONAL CRITICAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION CENTRE (NCIIPC) ...... 53
Miscellaneous............................................................................................................. 55
1. OPERATION MEGH CHAKRA.................................................................................................. 55
2. OPERATION GARUDA............................................................................................................ 55
3. INDIA STACK ......................................................................................................................... 55
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
1. Ni-kshay Mitra Programme
• The Health Ministry’s unique “adopt a TB-patient” (Ni-kshay Mitras) initiative -- probably the
only one-of-its-kind in the world.
• The programme was brought in to fill the critical ``community’’ elements into India’s fight
towards the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan aimed at eliminating TB by 2025.
• Ni-kshay Mitra (Donor) for this programme includes co-operative societies, corporates,
elected representatives, individuals, institutions, non-governmental organisations, political
parties and partners who can support by adopting the health facilities (for individual donor),
blocks/urban wards/districts/States for accelerating the response against TB to complement
the government efforts, as per the district-specific requirements in coordination with the
district administration.
• Free diagnostics, free drugs and Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana provided by the National TB
Elimination Programme (NTEP) to all the TB patients notified from both the public and the
private sector.
With the goal of achieving Sustainable Development Goals related to TB by 2025, five years
ahead of the global targets, the National TB Elimination programme implements key activities
as under:
• State and District Specific Strategic plan for targeted interventions in high-burden areas.
• Provision of free drugs and diagnostics to TB patients including for drug-resistant TB.
• Active TB case-finding campaign in key vulnerable and co-morbid populations.
• Integration with Ayushman Bharat - Health & Wellness Centres to decentralize screening and
treatment services closer to the community.
• Private sector engagement including incentives for notification and management of TB cases.
• Scale-up of molecular diagnostic laboratories to sub-district levels.
• Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana for nutritional support to TB patients.
• Intensified IEC campaigns to reduce stigma, raise community awareness and improve health-
seeking behaviour.
• Multi-sectoral response with involvement of line ministries.
• Scale up TB preventive therapy to contacts of pulmonary TB.
• Tracking of notified TB cases through a case-based web-based portal namely Ni-kshay.
2. Population Control
The Government is implementing various schemes for improving access to quality family planning
services:
• Mission ParivarVikas- The Government has launched Mission Parivar Vikas for substantially
increasing access to contraceptives and family planning services in 146 high fertility districts
with Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 3 and above in seven high focus states. These districts are
from the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand
and Assam that itself constitutes 44% of the country’s population.
• New Contraceptive Choices- New contraceptives viz. Injectable contraceptive and
Centchroman have been added to the existing basket of choices.
• A new method of IUCD insertion immediately after delivery i.e. post-partum IUCD
(PPIUCD) has been introduced.
• Redesigned Contraceptive Packaging - The packaging for Condoms, OCPs and ECPs has now
been improved and redesigned so as to increase the demand for these commodities.
• Compensation scheme for sterilization acceptors - Under the scheme MoHFW provides
compensation for loss of wages to the beneficiary and also to the service provider (& team)
for conducting sterilizations.
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• Clinical Outreach Teams (COT) Scheme - The scheme has been launched in 146 Mission
Parivar Vikas districts for providing Family planning services through mobile teams from
accredited organizationsin far-flung, underserved and geographically difficult areas.
• Scheme for Home delivery of contraceptives by ASHAs at doorstep of beneficiaries.
• Scheme for ASHAs to Ensure spacing in births.
• Scheme for provision of Pregnancy Testing Kits in the drug kits of ASHAs for use in
communities.
• Family Planning Logistic Management and Information System (FP-LMIS): A dedicated
software to ensure smooth forecasting, procurement and distribution of family planning
commodities across all the levels of health facilities.
• National Family Planning Indemnity Scheme (NFPIS) under which clients are insured in the
eventualities of death, complication and failure following sterilization.
• Ensuring quality of care in Family Planning services by establishing Quality Assurance
Committees in all states and districts.
• Improved Demand generation activities through a 360 degree media campaign.
3. Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission will provide a Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission was
digital health ID to the people who will hold their launched on 15th August 2020 as a
health records. pilot in six Union Territories - Andaman
& Nicobar, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar
Features of the Mission: Haveli and Daman & Diu, Ladakh,
1. It is a digital health ecosystem under which every Lakshadweep and Puducherry.
Indian citizen will now have unique health IDs,
digitised health records with identifiers for
doctors and health facilities.
2. The scheme will come under the Ayushman
Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
3. It comprises six key building blocks —
HealthID, DigiDoctor, Health Facility Registry,
Personal Health Records, e-Pharmacy and
Telemedicine.
4. The National Health Authority is the
implementing agency for the Ayushman
Bharat Digital Mission.
5. The core building blocks of the mission is that DigiLocker has successfully completed its
the health ID, DigiDoctor and Health Facility second level of integration with
Registry shall be owned, operated and Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
maintained by the Government of India. (ABDM). DigiLocker users can now
6. Private stakeholders will have an equal digitally store health records and link
opportunity to integrate and create their own them with Ayushman Bharat Health
products for the market. The core activities and Account (ABHA)
verifications, however, remain with the ● DigiLocker is a secure cloud-based
government. document storage and exchange
7. Under the Mission, every Indian will get a platform launched in 2015 under the
Health ID card that will store all medical details Ministry of Electronics and
of the person including prescriptions, Information Technology.
treatment, diagnostic reports and discharge ● DigiLocker can be used now as a
summaries. health locker for storing and
8. Health ID is a randomly generated 14-digit accessing health records.
number used for the purposes of uniquely
identifying persons, authenticating them, and threading their health records (only with their
informed consent) across multiple systems and stakeholders.
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9. The citizens will be able to give their doctors and health providers one-time access to this
data during visits to the hospital for consultation.
4. Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission

● The scheme aims at strengthening healthcare infrastructure across the country.
● Its objective is to fill gaps in public health infrastructure, especially in critical care facilities and
primary care in both urban and rural areas.
● Through this, critical care services will be available in all the districts of the country with
more than five lakh population through exclusive critical care hospital blocks, while the
remaining districts will be covered through referral services.
● People will have access to a full range of diagnostic services in the public healthcare system
through a network of laboratories across the country, and integrated public health labs will be
set up in all the districts.
● Integrated public health labs will also be set up in all districts, giving people access to “a full
range of diagnostic services” through a network of laboratories across the country.
● An IT-enabled disease surveillance system will be established through a network of
surveillance laboratories at block, district, regional and national levels.
● All the public health labs will be connected through the Integrated Health Information Portal,
which will be expanded to all states and UTs.
5. Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri – Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY)

• Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana (PMJAY) will provide a cover of up to
Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year, for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization.
• Over 10.74 crore vulnerable entitled families (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries) will be
eligible for these benefits.
• PMJAY will provide cashless and paperless access to services for the beneficiary at the point of
service.
• The households included are based on the deprivation and occupational criteria of Socio-
Economic Caste Census 2011 (SECC 2011) for rural and urban areas respectively.
• PMJAY will help reduce catastrophic expenditure for hospitalizations, which impoverishes
people and will help mitigate the financial risk arising out of catastrophic health episodes.
• Entitled families will be able to use the quality health services they need without facing
financial hardships.
• When fully implemented, PMJAY will become the world’s largest fully government-financed
health protection scheme. It is a visionary step towards advancing the agenda of Universal
Health Coverage (UHC).
Ayushman Bharat:
• Ayushman Bharat is a progression towards promotive, preventive, curative, palliative and
rehabilitative aspects of Universal Healthcare through access of Health and Wellness Centers
(HWCs) at the primary level and provision of financial protection for accessing curative care at
the secondary and tertiary levels through engagement with both public and private sector.
• It adopts a continuum of care approach, comprising of two inter-related
components: Creation of 1,50,000 Health and Wellness Centres which will bring health care
closer to the homes of the people.
• These centres will provide Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC), covering both
maternal and child health services and non-communicable diseases, including free essential
drugs and diagnostic services. The first Health and Wellness Centre was launched by the
Prime Minister at Jangla, Bijapur, Chhatisgarh on 14th April 2018.
• The second component is the Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana (PMJAY) which provides
health protection cover to poor and vulnerable families for secondary and tertiary care.
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• The Health and Wellness Centres will play a critical role in creating awareness about PMJAY,
screening for non-communicable diseases, follow-up of hospitalization cases among others.
6. eSanjeevani
eSanjeevani: e-health initiative of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, it strives to provide
an alternative to conventional physical consultation via the digital platform.
• It has garnered the distinction of being the world’s largest government-owned telemedicine
platform
It consists of two verticals –

• 1st vertical strives to bridge the rural-urban digital health divide by providing assistance to
Ayushman Bharat (AB) scheme
• 2nd vertical is the eSanjeevani OPD which uses technology via smartphones, tablets and
laptops to get doctor consultations in the comfort of the house.
eSanjeevani is a part of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission. More than 45000 IDs have
been generated via the eSanjeevani application.
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Ministry of Ayush
7. Ayurswasthya Yojana
• Ayurswasthya Yojana is an umbrella scheme that has been developed to roll out authentic
classical Ayush interventions for promoting community health care.
• It has two components: AYUSH and Public Health (PHI) and Centre of Excellence (CoE)
• Under the CoE scheme, financial assistance is provided to eligible individual
organizations/institutes for establishing and upgrading their functions & facilities and/or for
research & development activities in AYUSH.
o The maximum admissible financial assistance under the CoE component, to an
organization/institute, is Rs.10.00 crores for a maximum period of three years
The objectives of the Centre of Excellence

component of the AYURSWASTHYA Yojana are
as under: -
• To support the establishment of
advanced/ specialized AYUSH medical
health units in reputed AYUSH and
Allopathic institutions both in Government
and Non-Government sectors.
• To support creative and innovative
proposals for the establishment and
upgradation of functions and facilities of
reputed institutions to strengthen
competencies of AYUSH professionals in education technology, research & innovation and
other fields necessary for the promotion of AYUSH at national as well as international levels.
• To support creative and innovative proposals for prestigious organizations which have well-
established buildings and infrastructure, and wish to work for AYUSH systems to the level of
Centre of Excellence.
AYUSH is an acronym for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy and
are the six Indian systems of medicine prevalent and practised in India and some of the
neighbouring Asian countries
The Ministry of Ayush, a ministry of the Government of India, is responsible for developing
education, research and propagation of traditional medicine systems in India.
8. Studentship Program for Ayurveda Research Ken (SPARK)

The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), has started the Studentship
Program for Ayurveda Research Ken (SPARK) for Ayurveda (BAMS) students studying in
recognised Ayurveda colleges.
● Aim: To help students develop an acumen for research and to further support and incentivise
their research ideas.
● The selected fellows will be offered financial support of Rs.50,000 under the fellowship.
● Initially, there will be a total of 100 seats per session and further details may be accessed at
the program portal.
Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS):

● It is an autonomous body of the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.
● It is an apex body in India for the formulation, coordination, development and promotion of
research on scientific lines in the Ayurveda and Sowa-Rigpa systems of medicine.
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The mission of CCRAS:
● To aim for AYUSHMAN Bharat
● To develop CCRAS into a dynamic, vibrant and model research organization
● To bring-up modern scientific knowledge, and technology to explore Ayurveda scientific
treasure.
● To attain global leadership in research.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

9. Price capping of NLEM drugs
• Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, which is responsible for ensuring the pricing cap, has
brought 34 new essential medicines in National list of Essential medicines (NLEM) under its
pricing regulation.
• While the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare revises the National list of Essential
medicines (NLEM), the cap on its pricing is decided by National Pharmaceutical Pricing
Authority (NPPA) under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
How are the prices decided?

• The ceiling price is determined by calculating the average price to retailers of all generics and
branded generics with a market share of more than 1% and then adding a small retailer
margin to it.
• NPPA (under the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers) was
set up in 1997 under the Drugs (Prices Control) order, 1995, to fix/revise prices of controlled
bulk drugs and ensure their availability.
Ministry of Education
10. PM SHRI Schools (PM Schools for Rising India)
• PM SHRI Schools (PM Schools for Rising India).
Under the scheme, 14,500 schools across Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and Jawahar
India’s states and Union Territories will be Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) come
redeveloped to reflect the key features of the entirely under the Centre’s Ministry of
NEP, 2020. Education. They are fully funded by the
• PM SHRI schools will be an upgrade of existing Union government under central sector
schools run by the Centre, states, UTs, and local schemes.
bodies. This essentially means that a PM SHRI
school can be an upgraded KV, JNV, or even a While KVs largely cater to children of
school that is run by a state government or a central government employees posted in
municipal corporation. states and UTs, JNVs were set up to
• The PM SHRI scheme will be application-based, nurture talented students in rural parts
which means states will have to identify schools of the country.
for upgradation under the scheme.
• According to the selection methodology decided by the central government, states and UTs
interested in getting included under the scheme will have to first agree to implement the
NEP in its entirety.
As per the plan, the upgraded schools are expected to be superior in terms of infrastructure.
They will be equipped with labs, smart classrooms, libraries, sports equipment, art room, etc., and
shall also be developed as green schools with water conservation, waste recycling, energy-
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efficient infrastructure and integration of organic lifestyle in curriculum. These schools will also
“offer mentorship” to other schools in their vicinity.
11. Academic Bank of Credit

The Government unveiled Academic Bank of Credit (ABC), under the National Education Policy
(NEP) 2020.
Academic Bank of Credit is envisaged as a digital bank that holds the credit earned by a student
in any course. It is a major instrument for facilitating multidisciplinary and holistic education and
multiple entry and exit in higher education.
What is the Academic Bank of Credit (ABC)?

Set-up by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
● Under the ABC, students will be given multiple entry and exit options.
● This enables students to leave a degree or course and get a corresponding certification and
rejoin studies after a certain time and be able to start from where they had left.
● It will also provide students with the flexibility to move between institutes while pursuing one
degree or leave a course.
How does it work?

ABC will keep records of the academic credits of a student. It will not accept any credit course
document directly from the students for any course they might be pursuing, but only from higher
education institutes, who will have to make deposits in students’ accounts.
Benefits:
ABC will help in credit verification, credit accumulation, credit transfer and redemption of
students, and promotion of the students.
12. Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN)

• Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN)’ for
providing one hot cooked meal in Government and Government – aided Schools from 2021-
22 to 2025-26.
• The Scheme is being implemented by the Ministry of Education.
• Under the Scheme, there is provision of hot cooked meal to children of pre-schools or Bal
Vatika (before class I) in primary schools also in addition to the 11.80 crore children of classes
I to VIII studying in 11.20 lakh schools.
• The Scheme is implemented across the country covering all the eligible children without any
discrimination of gender and social class.
• The main objectives of the PM POSHAN Scheme (earlier known as Mid-Day Meal Scheme) are
to address two of the pressing problems for majority of children in India, viz. hunger and
education by improving the nutritional status of eligible children in Government and
Government-aided schools as well as encouraging poor children, belonging to disadvantaged
sections, to attend school more regularly and help them concentrate on classroom activities.
13. 'Samagra Shiksha Scheme 2.0'

The Centre has approved the continuation of the 'Samagra Shiksha Scheme' for school education
for the next five years till March 31, 2026. The scheme has been revamped with the addition of
new Components/initiatives based on the recommendations of the NEP 2020.
Components of the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) 2.0:

1. In order to enhance the direct outreach of the scheme, all child-centric interventions will be
provided directly to the students through DBT [or direct benefit transfer] mode on an IT-
based platform over a period of time.
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2. This DBT would include RTE entitlements such as textbooks, uniforms and transport
allowance.
3. Keeping with the NEP’s recommendations on encouraging Indian languages, it has a new
component for appointment of language teachers, which includes salaries, and training costs
as well as bilingual books and teaching learning material.
4. It will have the NIPUN Bharat initiative for foundational literacy and numeracy.
5. As part of digital initiatives, there is a provision for ICT labs and smart classrooms, including
support for digital boards, virtual classrooms and DTH channels.
6. It includes a provision to support out of school children from age 16 to 19 with funding to
complete their education via open schooling.
7. It also has a provision for an incentive of up to ₹25000 for schools that have two medal-
winning students at the Khelo India school games at the national level.
Samagra Shiksha:
1. Samagra Shiksha is an integrated scheme for school education extending from pre-school to
class XII to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education.
2. It subsumes the three Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha
Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE).
3. The main emphasis of the Scheme is on improving the quality of school education by
focussing on the two T’s – Teacher and Technology.
4. The scheme mainly aims to support States in the implementation of the Right of Children to
Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.
5. The Scheme is being implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. It involves a 60:40 split
in funding between the Centre and most States.
14. NIPUN Bharat Programme

● NIPUN stands for the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and
Numeracy.
● The Programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Education.
● It will be implemented by the Department of School Education and Literacy.
● Target: It has been envisioned for ensuring that every child in the country necessarily attains
foundational literacy and numeracy by the end of Grade 3, by 2026-27.
● It will cover the learning needs of children in the age group of 3 to 9 years.
Implementation:
A five-tier implementation mechanism will be set up at the National- State- District- Block-
School level in all States and UTs, under the aegis of the centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra
Shiksha.
Focus areas:
1. The mission focuses on different domains of development like physical and motor
development, socio-emotional development, literacy and numeracy development, cognitive
development, life skills etc. for Holistic development of the child.
2. It is envisaged to support and encourage students, along with their schools, teachers,
parents, and communities, in every way possible, to help realise the true potential of children
and propel the country to new heights.
Key components and expected outcomes of NIPUN Bharat Mission:

1. Foundational skills enable to keep children in class thereby reducing the dropouts and
improve transition rate from primary to upper primary and secondary stages.
2. Activity based learning and a conducive learning environment will improve the quality of
education.
NOTES
3. Innovative pedagogies such as toy-based and experiential learning will be used in classroom
transactions thereby making learning a joyful and engaging activity.
4. Intensive capacity building of teachers will make them empowered and provide greater
autonomy for choosing the pedagogy.
15. PM’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors – YUVA 2.0

The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education launched YUVA 2.0 - Prime
Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors.
Key Highlights:
● Author Mentorship programme: To train young and budding authors (below 30 years of age)
in order to promote reading, writing and book culture in the country.
● YUVA 2.0: It is a part of the India@75 Project.
● THEME: ‘Democracy (institutions, events, people, constitutional values – past, present,
future)’ in an innovative and creative manner.
● Importance:
○ Develop a stream of writers: who can write on a spectrum of subjects to promote
Indian heritage, culture and knowledge system.
○ Window to the aspiring youth: To articulate themselves and present a
comprehensive outlook of Indian Democratic values on domestic as well as
international platforms.
● Implementation: By the National Book Trust, India, under the Ministry of Education.
National Education Policy of India 2020 (NEP 2020) has emphasized on the empowerment of the
young minds and creating a learning ecosystem that can make the young readers/learners
ready for leadership roles in the future world.
Ministry of Women and Child Development

16. Poshan Vatikas or Nutri- gardens
Poshan Vatikas or Nutri- gardens are being set up across the country to provide easy and
affordable access to fruits, vegetables, medicinal plants and herbs
What is Nutri-garden?
• Nutri-garden is an advanced form of kitchen garden in which fruits and vegetables are grown
as a source of food and income.
• In order to provide the right kind of nourishment, Poshan Vatikas or Nutri-gardens are being
set under POSHAN Abhiyaan.
• It will provide easy and affordable access to locally produced fruits, vegetables, medicinal
plants and herbs to women and children straight from a nutri-garden at or near an Anganwadi
Centre.
• Poshan Vatikas can play an important role in enhancing dietary diversity by providing key
micronutrients through local fruits and vegetables.
Benefits:
• Enhance dietary diversity by providing key micronutrients through local fruits and vegetables.
• It will reduce external dependency and make communities Atmanirbhar for their nutritional
security.
POSHAN Abhiyaan
NOTES
Launched in 2018, POSHAN Abhiyaan aims to improve nutritional outcomes for children,
adolescents, pregnant women & lactating mothers.
• It is part of Mission Poshan 2.0 which seeks to address the challenges of malnutrition in
children, adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers through a strategic shift in
nutrition content and delivery and by creation of a convergent eco-system to develop and
promote practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity.
Poshan Maah” is celebrated during the month of September 2022. Through Jan Andolan and
community mobilization, activities for setting up Nutri-gardens or retro-fitting Poshan Vatikas
with backyard poultry/fishery units are being carried out at Anganwadi centres.
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Women and Child Development
17. Mission Vatsalya Scheme

• Mission Vatsalya Scheme is a roadmap to achieve development and child protection priorities
aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• It lays emphasis on child rights, advocacy and awareness along with strengthening of the
juvenile justice care and protection system with the motto to 'leave no child behind'.
• The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 provisions and the Protection
of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 form the basic framework for implementation of
the Mission.
• Funds under the Mission Vatsalya Scheme are released according to the requirements and
demands made by the States/UTs.
• The Scheme is implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme in partnership with State
Governments and UT Administrations.
• The fund sharing pattern is in the ratio of 60:40 between Centre and State & Union Territories
with Legislature respectively.
• The fund sharing pattern between Centre and State is in the ratio of 90:10 for the North-
Eastern States and two Himalayan States viz. Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and UT of
Jammu and Kashmir. For Union Territories without Legislature, it is 100% central share.
• Mission Vatsalya scheme supports the children through Non-Institutional Care under Private
Aided Sponsorship wherein interested sponsors (individuals/ institutions/ company/ banks/
industrial units/ trusts etc.) can provide assistance to children in difficult circumstances.
• The District Magistrates take measures to encourage individuals or Public/ Private Sector
Organisations to sponsor a child or a group of children or an Institution.
Ministry of Science and Technology

18. Vigyan Jyoti scheme
• The Department of Science & Technology started a unique programme ‘Vigyan Jyoti’ for
meritorious girls with the aim to address the underrepresentation of women in different
fields of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in the country.
• As a first step, the “Vigyan Jyoti” has been introduced in the year 2019-20 at the school level
wherein meritorious girl students of Class 9-12 are being encouraged to pursue higher
education and career in STEM field.
• The Vigyan Jyoti envisaged hand-holding and interventions right from the school level i.e.,
Class IX and which will continue till the PhD level to encourage girls to pursue a career in
underrepresented areas of STEM.
• The Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), an autonomous organization of MHRD, is the
implementation partner of Vigyan Jyoti.
NOTES
• NVS has a network of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) in more than 600 districts of India
and at present, 100 JNVs are acting as ‘Vigyan Jyoti Knowledge Centres’ to cater for girls from
JNVs, KVs, Govt. schools, army schools of small cities and rural areas for more diversity in
STEM.
19. Jigyasa 2.0

Ministry of S&T recently organized Jigyasa 2.0 for the renewable fuel program
About Jigyasa
• Jigyasa, a student-scientist connect programme by CSIR in collaboration with Kendriya
Vidyalaya and is aimed at connecting school students and scientists so as to extend students'
classroom learning with that of a very well-planned research laboratory-based learning.
• It would inculcate the culture of inquisitiveness on one hand and scientific temper on the
other, amongst the school students and their teachers.
• The program will also enable the students and teachers to visit CSIR laboratories and
participate in mini-science projects.
20. National Geospatial Policy, 2022

"The National Geospatial Policy, 2022 is a
citizen-centric policy that seeks to strengthen
the geospatial sector to support national
development, economic prosperity and a
thriving information economy
• Aim: The 13-year guideline promotes the
country's geospatial data industry and
develops a national framework to use such
data for improving citizen services, and
more.
• Themes: The policy has divided 14
Geospatial Data Themes to support the
development of commercial geospatial
applications in various sectors e.g., disaster management, mining, forestry etc.
• Technology Infrastructure:
o Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure (GKI):
▪ The government will establish an Integrated Data and Information
Framework by 2030 (to develop GKI)
▪ The government will also establish National Digital Twin (for high-resolution
topographical survey and mapping by 2035)
• Institutional Infrastructure:
o Geospatial Data Promotion and Development Committee (‘GDPDC’) will be
constituted for formulating and implementing guidelines, strategies, and programs
for the promotion of activities related to the Geospatial sector.
o Will put in place a legal framework (by 2025) that supports the liberalization of the
geospatial sector, and democratization of data for enhanced commercialization with
value-added services.
Significance of the policy:

• Increased Coverage: Government has opened its geospatial data and services offered by
government agencies, academic and research institutions, private organizations, NGOs, and
individuals.
• No prior approval required: Government has removed the requirement for prior approval,
security clearance, or other restrictions on the management of geospatial data
NOTES
o Self-Certification will be sufficient for adherence to the guidance
• Freehand at Processing of geospatial data: Anyone can process the acquired geospatial data,
build new applications and solutions using it and use it for profit (except for defence or
security-related data).
• Focus on ‘local’ relevance: The Policy recognizes the importance of locally available and
locally relevant Maps and Geospatial Data
• Promoting Start-ups: The Policy enables and supports innovation, creation and incubation of
ideas and start-up initiatives in the Geospatial sector
• Support India’s ‘Blue Economy’: By 2035, the policy will include mapping of sub-surface
infrastructure in major cities and towns across India, and the development of accurate
bathymetric geospatial data (resources and economy of inland waters, and sea surface
topography of shallow and deep seas)
Applications of Geospatial data (in the Agriculture and Allied sector):

• Drive private participation and competitiveness in Agritech
• Wider Adoption of Precision farming: Precision farming combines the power of artificial
intelligence (AI), Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), and Big Data.
• Wider Adoption of Locational data: While the global positioning system (GPS) locates
precise crop locations, the global information system (GIS) stores this data.
o This data later helps in Crop scouting, Soil sampling, weed location, accurate
planting, and harvesting.
• Better crop forecasting: The previous restriction on geospatial data had limited use of remote
sensing data maps such as NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index).
o 4 Rs approach to reduce nutrient losses from farming systems (the Right Product, at
the right rate, at the right time, and at the right place)
• Better implementation of Government
schemes such as PM Fasal Bima Yojana and Other Government initiatives in this
‘Per Drop more Crop’: Geospatial data will direction:
assist the BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and SWAMITVA Scheme (Survey of Villages
Insurance) segment to understand the risk and Mapping); Drone sector (The Drones
better and underwrite loans and insurance Rules 2021); India opened its space
products. sector to private entities and 5G
• Increased Landholding size: Along with the technology; PM Gati Shakti Masterplan
SWAMITVA scheme, the geospatial data will (Infrastructure development is powered
help in the pooling of lands by farmers. This will by geospatial technology); Digital Ocean
drive wider adoption of Commercial and platform (for the management of our
Precision Farming in India oceans)
• Allow development of ecosystem markets:
o E.g., the GIS nitrogen trading tool is used to assess the effects of the implementation
of conservation practices on reductions in nitrate leaching and GHG emissions that
could be traded in air and water quality market.
Allied sectors
• Fisheries: better geospatial data will drive more targeted and deeper fishing opportunities,
thus helping in the economic upliftment of fishermen.
o It will help bridge the infrastructure gap as envisaged under PM Matsay Sampada
Yojana
• Dairy: Geospatial data can help in better grazing grounds for cattle and their management
• Minor Forest Produce: Tribal collection of MFP and marketing of their products can be
advanced using geolocation data in deep forests
o E.g., MoEF&CC is using LiDAR technology to map out water requirements within the
forest
NOTES
• Ridge-to-valley approach: It seeks to detain, divert, store and use available rainwater
using geospatial data.
Ministry of Civil Aviation

21. DigiYatra
• The government has introduced paperless entry at select airports to make air travel hassle-
free. Under this initiative, airports will use a facial recognition software called ‘DigiYatra’ for
entry.
• DigiYatra envisages that travellers pass through various checkpoints at the airport through
paperless and contactless processing, using facial features to establish their identity, which
would be linked to the boarding pass.
• With this technology, the entry of passengers would be automatically processed based on the
facial recognition system at all checkpoints – including entry into the airport, security check
areas, aircraft boarding, etc.
• Facial recognition technology is beneficial as it makes flying more convenient and reduces
congestion at airports.
How is DigiYatra being implemented?

The project is being implemented by the DigiYatra Foundation — a joint-venture company
whose shareholders are the Airports Authority of India (26% stake) and Bengaluru Airport, Delhi
Airport, Hyderabad Airport, Mumbai Airport and Cochin International Airport. These five
shareholders equally hold the remaining 74% of the shares.
NOTES
Ministry of External Affairs

22. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
• Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated on January 09 every year to mark the contribution
of the Overseas Indian community to the development of India.
• January 09 was chosen as the day to celebrate the occasion because on this day in 1915,
Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa.
• The objective of PBD is to strengthen the engagement of the overseas Indian community with
the Government of India and reconnect them with their roots.
• PBD conventions have been held every year since 2003, the first PBD Convention being
organised on the 9th of January 2003.
• Since 2015, under a revised format, PBD Convention has been organised once every two
years.
• The 17th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (PBD) was commemorated on January 9,
2023.
• During the Convention, selected overseas Indians are honoured with the prestigious Pravasi
Bharatiya Samman Award (PSBA) to recognize their contributions to various fields both in
India and abroad.
The PSBA is conferred by the President of India as part of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Convention on Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) or organisations
established and run by NRIs or PIOs in recognition of their outstanding achievements — both in
India and abroad.
NOTES
A jury-cum-awards committee, with (the) Vice President as the chairman and External Affairs
Minister as the vice-chair and other distinguished members from various walks of life considered
the nominations…and unanimously selected the awardees.
Ministry of Rural Development

23. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
scheme
The scheme was introduced in 2005 as a social measure that guarantees “the right to work”.
● The key tenet of this social measure and labour law is that the local government will have to
legally provide at least 100 days of wage employment in rural India to enhance their quality
of life.
Key objectives:
1. Generation of paid rural
employment of not less than 100
days for each worker who
volunteers for unskilled labour.
2. Proactively ensuring social inclusion
by strengthening the livelihood base
of rural poor.
3. Creation of durable assets in rural
areas such as wells, ponds, roads
and canals.
4. Reduce urban migration from rural
areas.
5. Create rural infrastructure by using
untapped rural labour.
The following are the eligibility criteria

for receiving the benefits under
MGNREGA scheme:
1. Must be Citizen of India to seek MGNREGA benefits.
2. Job seeker has completed 18 years of age at the time of application.
3. The applicant must be part of a local household (i.e. application must be made with local
Gram Panchayat).
4. Applicants must volunteer for unskilled labour.
Priority shall be given to women in such a way that at least one-third of the beneficiaries shall
be women who have registered and requested for work.
Implementation of the scheme:

1. Within 15 days of submitting the application or from the day work is demanded, wage
employment will be provided to the applicant.
2. Right to get unemployment allowance in case employment is not provided within fifteen
days of submitting the application or from the date when work is sought.
3. Social Audit of MGNREGA works is mandatory, which lends to accountability and
transparency.
4. The Gram Sabha is the principal forum for wage seekers to raise their voices and make
demands.
NOTES
5. It is the Gram Sabha and the Gram Panchayat which approves the shelf of works under
MGNREGA and fix their priority.
24. Project UNNATI

● It is a skilling project designed to improve the livelihoods of MGNREGA beneficiaries by
allowing them to transition from part-time to full-time employment.
● It is intended to provide training for one adult member of a household (aged 18-45) who has
completed 100 days of employment under the MGNREGA in the preceding fiscal year.
● Candidates receiving training are paid a stipend, whose expenditures are entirely borne by
the Central Government.
25. National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) App

• To ensure more transparency in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) in the States/UTs, a provision for
capturing of attendance at worksite through National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS)
App with geo-tagged time stamped photographs of the worker in a day has been started on
21st May 2021, wherein muster rolls were issued for 20 or more workers.
• This increases citizen oversight of the programme besides potentially enabling faster
processing of payments.
• The app requires two time-stamped and geotagged photographs of the workers in a day,
encourages transparency and increases citizen oversight.
26. JALDOOT App

Ministry of Rural Development has developed this app to help Gram Rojgar Sahayak to measures
the groundwater level of selected wells twice a year in selected villages.
The data will be used in making plans for groundwater augmentation under Gram Panchayat
Development Plan (GPDP) and MGNREGA.
27. National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)

• The NSAP is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme under the Ministry of Rural Development. It came
into effect from 15th August, 1995.
• It represents a significant step towards the fulfillment of the DPSP in Article 41 of the
Constitution (It directs the State to provide public assistance to its citizens in case of
unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement and in other cases of undeserved want
within the limit of its economic capacity and development).
• It aims to provide financial assistance to the elderly, widows and persons with disabilities in
the form of social pensions.
• Coverage: It currently covers more than three crore people who are below the poverty line
(BPL), including about 80 lakh widows, 10 lakh disabled and 2.2 crore elderly.
Presently NSAP comprises of five schemes, namely:

1. Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS).
2. Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS).
3. Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS).
4. National Family Benefit Scheme NFBS).
5. Annapurna.
28. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana –Gramin (PMAY-G):

• In order to achieve the target of “Housing for All” in rural areas, the Ministry of Rural
Development is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) with effect
from 1st April, 2016 to provide assistance to construct 2.95 crore pucca houses with basic
amenities.
NOTES
• The initial timeline for PMAY-G was 2022, which has now been extended to March, 2024.
• The targets under PMAY-G are set annually on the basis of availability of eligible beneficiaries,
achievements of targets allocated during the preceding years, discussions held with
States/UTs during Annual Action Plan and proposal of the State/UT.
• Cost sharing: The cost of unit assistance in this scheme is shared between Central and State
Governments in the ratio of 60:40 in plain areas and 90: 10 for North Eastern and the
Himalayan States.
• Selection of beneficiaries: Based on housing deprivation parameters of Socio-Economic and
Caste Census (SECC), 2011, subject to 13-point exclusion criteria, followed by Gram Sabha
verification.
• Under the PMAY-G, there is a grievance redressal mechanism set up at different levels of
administration viz., Gram Panchayat, Block, District and the State. An official of the State
Government is to be designated at each level to ensure disposal of grievances to the
satisfaction of the complainant.
• There is also a procedure of lodging of complaints on the Centralized Public Grievance
Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) portal by the public.
Other Features:
• The beneficiary is entitled to 90 days of unskilled labour from MGNREGA. This will be ensured
through a server linkage between PMAY and MGNREGA.
• To meet the additional requirement of building materials, manufacture of bricks using cement
stabilised earth or fly ash will be taken up under MGNREGA.
• The beneficiary would be facilitated to avail loan of up to Rs.70,000/- for construction of the
house which is optional.
• The unit size is to be enhanced from the existing 20 sq.m to up to 25 sq.m including a
dedicated area for hygienic cooking.
29. District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committees (DISHAs)

• District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committees (DISHAs) have been formed
to ensure better coordination among all the elected representatives in Parliament, State
Legislatures and Local Governments (Panchayati Raj Institutions/Municipal Bodies) for
efficient and time-bound development.
• It is a government wide initiative that seeks to promote participative governance and
deliberative democracy.
• DISHA seeks to achieve this by facilitating a quarterly review of all development activity at the
district level.
• The Chairperson of a DISHA committee is the senior most Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)
elected from the district and nominated by the Ministry of Rural Development.
• DISHA committee meetings will be held on a quarterly basis, under the chairmanship of the
MP, and will be attended by all elected representatives and officials from the district.
• The DISHA committees will have powers to seek information and demand effective follow up
on issues raised during the deliberations at the DISHA meetings.
• The District Collector is the Member Secretary responsible for convening the meeting and
ensuring effective and timely follow up.
NOTES
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
30. Market Intervention Scheme (MIS)
• Government implements the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) for procurement of
agricultural and horticultural commodities which are perishable in nature and are not
covered under the Price Support Scheme (PSS).
• The objective of intervention is to protect the growers of these commodities from making
distress sale in the event of a bumper crop during the peak arrival period when the prices
tend to fall below economic levels and cost of production. The condition is that there should
be either at least a 10 percent increase in production or a 10 percent decrease in the ruling
market prices over the previous normal year.
• The scheme is implemented at the request of a State/UT government which is ready to bear
50 percent of the loss (25 percent in case of North-Eastern States), if any, incurred on its
implementation.
• Under the scheme, in accordance with MIS guidelines, a pre-determined quantity at the fixed
Market Intervention Price (MIP) is procured by the agencies designated by the State
Government for a fixed period or till the prices are stabilized above the MIP whichever is
earlier.
• Under Market Intervention Scheme (MIS), Central Share of losses, if any, incurred in
implementing MIS is released to the State procuring agencies as per the specific proposals
received from the State Governments.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

31. PM GatiShakti — National Master Plan
Five key social sector departments – health,
women and child development, rural development National Industrial Corridor
and panchayat raj, education, and housing and Development Programme (NICDP) aims
urban affairs – have joined the PM Gati Shakti to develop new industrial cities (as “smart
Scheme, aimed at cutting India’s logistical costs Cities”) and industrial corridors under the
• Implementing agency: DPIIT (Department for vision of PM Gati Shakti.
promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) of
the commerce and industry ministry.
How Gati Shakti will improve the functioning of these social sector departments:
• Improved Planning of the projects
• Improved coordination among departments e.g., concerned departments can upload their
GIS data (Geographic Information System) to be shared among other departments.
• Improved monitoring of projects
• Improved evaluation of the impact of the projects.
About PM Gati Shakti:

Launched in 2020, it is a digital platform that connects 16 ministries — including Roads and
Highways, Railways, Shipping, Petroleum and Gas, Power, Telecom, Shipping, and Aviation.
It aims to ensure holistic planning and execution of infrastructure projects.
● It aims to boost multimodal connectivity and drive down logistics costs.
● PM Gati Shakti will cover the infrastructure projects worth over Rs 500 crore of various
Ministries of the Union and State Governments like Bharatmala, Sagarmala, inland
waterways, dry/land ports, UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagarik – subsidies for facilitating air
travel), etc.
NOTES
● Economic Zones like textile clusters, pharmaceutical clusters, defence corridors, electronic
parks, industrial corridors, fishing clusters, agri zones will be covered to improve connectivity
& make Indian businesses more competitive.
● It will also leverage technology extensively including spatial planning tools with ISRO imagery
developed by BiSAG-N (Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and
Geoinformatics).
Services provided:
● The portal will offer 200 layers of geospatial data, including on existing infrastructure such as
roads, highways, railways, and toll plazas, as well as geographic information about forests,
rivers and district boundaries to aid in planning and obtaining clearances.
● The portal will also allow various government departments to track, in real time and at one
centralised place, the progress of various projects, especially those with multi-sectoral and
multi-regional impact.
Ministry of Textiles
32. National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM)
• With a view to position the country as a global leader in Technical Textiles, National Technical
Textiles Mission (NTTM) has been approved with a four-year implementation period from FY
2020-21 to 2023-24.
The Mission will have four components:

• Component -I (Research, Innovation and Development) –
o The fundamental research activities will be based on ‘pooled resource’ method and
will be conducted in various Centre for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
laboratories, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and other scientific/ industrial/
academic laboratories of repute.
o Application based research will be conducted in CSIR, IIT, Research Design &
Standards Organization (RDSO) of Indian Railways, Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR), Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO), National
Aeronautical Laboratory (NAL), Indian Road Research Institute (IRRI) and other such
reputed laboratories, as approved by the Mission Steering Group.
• Component –II (Promotion and Market Development) –
o The Mission will aim at increasing average growth rate of technical textiles through
market development, market promotion, international technical collaborations,
investment promotions and ‘Make in India’ initiatives.
• Component – III (Export Promotion) –
o An Export Promotion Council for Technical Textiles will be set up for effective
coordination and promotion activities in the segment.
• Component- IV (Education, Training, Skill Development) –
o The Mission will promote technical education at higher engineering and technology
levels related to technical textiles and its application areas covering engineering,
medical, agriculture, aquaculture, and dairy segments.
About Technical Textiles:

• Technical Textiles is an advanced technology backed sunrise sector which is steadily gaining
ground in India.
• Technical textiles are functional fabrics that have applications across various industries
including automobiles, civil engineering and construction, agriculture, healthcare, industrial
safety, personal protection etc.
NOTES
• Technical Textiles are used for various applications ranging from agriculture, roads, railway
tracks, sportswear, health on one end to bullet proof jacket, fireproof jackets, high altitude
combat gear and space applications on another end of spectrum.
• Technical textiles are manufactured primarily for technical performance and functional
properties rather than aesthetic characteristics.
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

33. Scholarship for Higher Education for Young Achievers Scheme (SHREYAS)
It is a central sector scheme under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) that
provides financial assistance to students from Scheduled Castes (SC) and other communities for
pursuing education.
It is implemented during 2021-22 to 2025-26 and covers:
• Top-class education for SCs
• National Overseas Scholarship for SC students (NOS)
• National Fellowship for SCs (NFSC)
• Free coaching for SC and OBC students
34. Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs (SEED)

• The Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment launched the Scheme for Economic
Empowerment of DNTs (SEED).
• The De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes are the most neglected, marginalized and
economically and socially deprived communities.
The Scheme has following four components:

• To provide coaching of good quality for DNT/NT/SNT candidates to enable them to appear
in competitive examinations.
• To provide health insurance to DNT/NT/SNT Communities.
• To facilitate livelihoods initiative at community level to build and strengthen small clusters
of DNT/NT/SNT Communities institutions.
• To provide financial assistance for construction of houses to members of the DNT/NT/SNT
Communities.
• One important feature of this scheme is the online portal which has been developed by the
Department of Social Justice & Empowerment.
o This portal will ensure seamless registration and will also act as a repository of the
data on these communities.
o The portal is very user friendly and easily accessible on mobile phone with its mobile
application.
o It will provide real time status of the application to the applicant.
o The payment to the beneficiaries will be made directly in to their accounts.
NOTES
35. National Action for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem” (NAMASTE)
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSJE) has formulated a scheme “National Action for
Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem” (NAMASTE) for cleaning sewers, and septic tanks
(implemented from 2022 to 2026)
• Aim: It aims to achieve outcomes like zero fatalities in sanitation work in India, no sanitation
workers come in direct contact with human faecal matter and all Sewer and Septic tank
sanitation workers have access to alternative livelihoods.
• It replaced the previous scheme: Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual
Scavengers.
• Skill Development and training of Safai Mitras are being taken up with the support of the
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment through the National Safai Karamchari Finance
Development Corporation.
The process of extending the Scheme to all the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of the country has
been initiated.
Main features of the Scheme to be implemented in all ULBs are:-

• Identification: NAMASTE envisages identifying the Sewer/Septic Tank Workers (SSWs).
• Occupational Training and distribution of PPE Kits to SSWs.
• Assistance for Safety Devices to Sanitation Response Units (SRUs).
• Extending Health Insurance Scheme Benefits to identified SSWs and their families under the
Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).
• Livelihood Assistance: The Action Plan will promote mechanization and enterprise
development by providing funding support and subsidy (capital +interest) to the sanitation
workers, to procure sanitation related equipments.
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has also formulated “National Action for Mechanised
Sanitation Ecosystem” (NAMASTE) particularly to stop deaths of Sewers and Septic Tank Workers
(SSWs) and to promote mechanisation of cleaning operations with a vision to reduce hazardous
cleaning and ensure safety of sanitation workers.
*Note: There is also NAMASTE Portal (under the Ministry of Ayush) to standardize the various
terms and technologies used in alternative medicines.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI)

36. Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises
(PMFME) Scheme
• PMFME achieved two years of its implementation
• The centrally sponsored Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises
(PMFME) Scheme was launched on 29th June, 2020 by the Ministry of Food Processing
Industries, Government of India under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.
• Aim: To empower unorganized Micro Enterprises through the ‘One District One product’
approach. States to identify food products e.g., perishable Agri-produce, and cereal-based
products.
• Time: 2020-21 to 2024-25
• Under the Capacity Building component of the scheme, the National Institute of Food
Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli (NIFTEM-K) and the National Institute
of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T) is providing
NOTES
training and research support to food processing enterprises/groups/clusters in partnership
with the State Level Technical Institutions and private training partners.
• The PMFME Scheme also envisages financial support of Rs. 40,000 for working capital and
purchase of small tools for each member of the Self Help Group (SHG) engaged in food
processing activities.
• Under the scheme, MoUs have been signed with NAFED and TRIFED to take up the marketing
and branding activities for supporting and handholding the beneficiaries along the entire
value chain.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

37. Project NIPUN (National Initiative for Promoting Upskilling of Nirman
workers)
• The project NIPUN (National Initiative for Promoting Upskilling of Nirman workers) is an
initiative of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) under its flagship scheme of
the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) to train
over 1 lakh construction workers, through fresh skilling and upskilling programmes and
provides them with work opportunities in foreign countries also.
• DAY-NULM is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, being implemented since 2014-15, with the aim
to reduce poverty and vulnerability of urban poor households in the country by enabling them
to access self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, resulting in an
appreciable improvement in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis.
• The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), the nodal agency under the Ministry of
Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India, will be the
Implementation Partner for the project NIPUN.
• Project NIPUN will also facilitate and support convergence with related line ministries.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry

38. MAARG portal
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry, has launched a call for startup applications for registration on the
MAARG portal, the National Mentorship Platform by Startup India.
MAARG portal - Mentorship, Advisory, Assistance, Resilience and Growth, is a one stop
platform to facilitate mentorship for startups across diverse sectors, functions, stages,
geographies, and backgrounds. The objectives of the MAARG portal are –
•To provide sector focused guidance, handholding, and support to startups throughout their
lifecycle
•To establish a formalized and structured platform that facilitates intelligent matchmaking
between the mentors and their respective mentees
•To facilitate efficient and expert mentorship for startups and build an outcome-oriented
mechanism that allows timely tracking of the mentor-mentee engagements
The key features of the portal include customizable mentorship programs for ecosystem enablers,
mobile-friendly user interface, recognition for contributing mentors, video and audio call options,
etc.
NOTES
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
39. Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna (PMAAGY)
• Government has modified the earlier scheme of ‘Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-
Scheme (SCA to TSS) with nomenclature ‘Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojna
(PMAAGY)’, for implementation during 2021-22 to 2025-26, which aims at mitigating gaps
and providing basic infrastructure in villages with significant tribal population in
convergence with funds available under different schemes in Central Scheduled Tribe
Component.
• It is envisaged to cover 36,428 villages having at least 50% ST population and 500 STs across
States / UTs with notified STs during the period.
The main objective of this scheme is to achieve integrated socio-economic development of

selected villages through convergence approach. It includes the following components.
• Preparing Village Development Plan based on the needs, potential, and aspirations;
• Maximizing the coverage of individual / family benefit schemes of the Central / State
Governments;
• Improving the infrastructure in vital sectors like health, education, connectivity and
livelihood;
• The scheme envisions to mitigate gaps prominently in 8 sectors of development viz. Road
connectivity (Internal and Intervillage /block), Telecom connectivity (Mobile /internet),
School, Anganwadi Centres, Health Sub-Centre, Drinking water facility, Drainage and solid
waste management.
• A sum of ₹20.38 lakh per village as ‘Gap-filling’ has been provisioned for approved activities
including administrative expenses under PMAAGY.
• Besides States / UTs are encouraged for convergence of resources as Central / State
Scheduled Tribe Component (STC) funds and other financial resources available with them for
saturation of gaps in the villages identified under PMAAGY.
40. Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS)

• The scheme of Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) is being implemented as a central
sector scheme to provide quality education to Scheduled Tribes (ST) students (Class 6th to
12th) in remote areas to enable them to access the best opportunities in education and to
bring them at par with the general population.
• Government has decided to establish one EMRS in every block with more than 50% ST
population and at least 20,000 tribal persons (as per 2011 census) subject to availability of
suitable land to be provided by the State Government.
• EMRSs are intended to provide good quality education to tribal students, free of cost in their
own environment.
• Under the scheme of EMRS, funds are released by the Ministry to an autonomous society,
National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) for implementation of the scheme
and NESTS further releases funds to State Societies and Construction Agencies etc. as per
their requirements.
• Upto the year 2019-20, funds were being released to states including Rajasthan for this
scheme under Grants under Article 275 (1) of the constitution as one of the components.
From the year 2020-21 onwards, separate allocation has been made for EMRS scheme.
NOTES
Ministry of Communications
41. BharatNet
• BharatNet Project was originally launched in 2011 as the National Optical Fibre Network
(NOFN) and renamed as Bharat-Net in 2015.
• It seeks to provide connectivity to 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats (GPs) through optical fibre.
• It is a flagship mission implemented by Bharat Broadband Network Ltd. (BBNL).
• The objective is to facilitate the delivery of e-governance, e-health, e-education, e-banking,
Internet and other services to rural India.
Implementation:
• The project is a Centre-State collaborative project, with the States contributing free Rights of
Way for establishing the Optical Fibre Network.
• The project is being funded by Universal service Obligation Fund (USOF), which was set up
for improving telecom services in rural and remote areas of the country.
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

42. Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT)
• Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) is an initiative aimed at
setting up of Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) production plants and make it available in the
market for use in automotive fuels by inviting Expression of Interest from potential
entrepreneurs.
• The initiative was launched in October 2018 by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in
association with Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) viz. Indian
Oil Corporation Ltd., Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. and Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Ltd.
• Government of India, under the SATAT initiatives envisages setting up of 5000 CBG plants by
2023-24 with production target of 15 MMT.
Ministry of Minority Affairs

43. Seekho aur Kamao (Learn and Earn) scheme
• Seekho Aur Kamao is a skill development scheme for youth of 14 - 35 years age group and
aiming at providing employment and employment opportunities, improving the employability
of existing workers, school dropouts etc.
• The scheme ensures 75% placement, out of which 50% should be in organized sector.
• As per scheme guidelines, the implementing organizations will be required to establish
linkages with placement services, and for the candidates interested in self-employment after
availing the training, the organization shall arrange easy micro finance/ loans for them
through financial institutions, National Minority Development Finance Corporation (NMDFC),
banks etc.
• Post placement support of Rs. 2000/- per month is provided to placed trainees for two
months as placement assistance.
Other Schemes of Ministry of Minority Affairs:

• Naya Savera Scheme (to provide free coaching to minority students for the various
competitive exam)
• Padho Pardesh Scheme (interest subsidy on educational loans for overseas higher studies)
NOTES
• Nai Udaan Scheme (supports students clearing Prelims of UPSC, SPSC or other exams)
• Nai Roshni Scheme (Leadership development of women belonging to minority communities)
• USTTAD (Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development)
• Nai Manzil Scheme (for formal school education & skilling of school dropouts)
• Hamari Dharohar (to preserve the rich heritage of minority communities of India)
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

44. Bharat (BH) Series Registration Mark
Ministry of Road Transport
and Highways (MoRTH)
has allowed the
conversion of regular
vehicle registrations
into Bharat Series (BH)
numbers as part of
measures to widen the
scope of the BH series
ecosystem.
Earlier, only new vehicles
could opt for the BH series
mark.
What is the BH number

plate?
• The Government of
India introduced the
BH Number Plate or
Bharat Series
Registration Number
for non-transport
vehicles in August
2021.
• The BH Series number plate removes the obligation of transferring vehicle registration after
moving from one state to the other.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj

45. e-GramSwaraj Portal
e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (eGramSwaraj and AuditOnline) of the Ministry of Panchayati
Raj has won the GOLD AWARD under the category "Excellence in Government Process Re-
engineering for Digital Transformation" of the National Awards for e-Governance.
• With a vision to strengthen digitalization in Panchayats for the purpose of empowering rural
India, a unified tool e-Gram SWARAJ portal has been developed by the Ministry for effective
monitoring and evaluation of works taken up in the Gram Panchayats.
• e-Gram SWARAJ unifies the planning, accounting and monitoring functions of Gram
Panchayats.
NOTES
• It’s combination with the Area Profiler application, Local Government Directory (LGD) and the
Public Financial Management System (PFMS) renders easier reporting and tracking of Gram
Panchayat’s activities.
• It provides a single window for capturing Panchayat information with the complete Profile of
the Panchayat, details of Panchayat finances, asset details, activities taken up through Gram
Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP), Panchayat information from other Ministries/
Departments such as Census 2011, SECC data, Mission Antyodaya survey report etc.
About AuditOnline:
• It is an application developed as a part of Panchayat Enterprise Suite (PES) under the e-
Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP) initiated by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR).
• It facilitates the financial audit of accounts at all the three levels of Panchayats viz District,
Block and Village Panchayats, Urban Local Bodies (ULB) and Line department by Auditors.
46. Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) had approved to continue the Rashtriya
Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA), a scheme for improving the governance capabilities of
panchayati raj institutions, till 2025-2026.
• The approved scheme of RGSA will help more than 2.78 lakh rural local bodies…to develop
governance capabilities to deliver on SDGs [Sustainable Development Goals] through inclusive
local governance with focus on optimum utilisation of available resources.
• The scheme would work towards “poverty free and enhanced livelihood in villages; healthy
village, child friendly village; water sufficient village; clean and green village; self-sufficient
infrastructure in village; socially secured village; village with good governance; engendered
development in village”.
• No permanent posts would be created under the scheme but “need-based contractual
human resources may be provisioned for overseeing the implementation of the scheme and
providing technical support to States/UTs”.
• This scheme will extend to all States and UTs of the country and will also include institutions
of rural local government in non-Part IX areas, where Panchayats do not exist.
Ministry of Jal Shakti

47. Jal Jeevan Mission
• Jal Jeevan Mission, is envisioned to provide safe and adequate drinking water through
individual household tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India.
• The programme will also implement source sustainability measures as mandatory elements,
such as recharge and reuse through grey water management, water conservation, rain water
harvesting.
• The Jal Jeevan Mission will be based on a community approach to water and will include
extensive Information, Education and communication as a key component of the mission.
• JJM looks to create a jan andolan for water, thereby making it everyone’s priority.
48. Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources (GOBAR)-Dhan

• Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources (GOBAR)-Dhan was launched by the Government of
India in April 2018 as a part of the biodegradable waste management component under the
Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin.
• The scheme intends to positively impact village cleanliness and generate wealth and energy
from cattle and organic waste.
• The main focus areas of GOBAR-Dhan are to keep villages clean, increase the income of
rural households and generate energy and organic manure from cattle waste.
NOTES
• There are a total of 583 biogas plants, of which 507 have been installed under the Ministry of
Jal Shakti’s GOBARDhan scheme, 40 plants have been set up under the Sustainable
Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation" (SATAT) scheme of the Ministry of Petroleum
and Natural Gas and the remaining 36 under the National Bioenergy plan of the Ministry of
New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
49. Swachh Survekshan Gramin 2022

It aims to undertake ranking of States and
Districts on the basis of their performance
attained on key quantitative and qualitative
parameters of Swachh Bharat Mission
(Grameen) Phase-II and engagement of the
rural community in the improvement of their
sanitation status.
Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase-II:

● Emphasizes: On the sustainability of
achievements under phase I and provides
adequate facilities for Solid/Liquid &
Plastic Waste Management (SLWM) in
rural India.
● Implementation: It will be implemented
from 2020-21 to 2024-25 in a mission
mode:
● Funding Pattern: The fund sharing pattern between Centre and States will be 90:10 for the
North-Eastern States and the Himalayan States and UT of J&K; 60:40 for other States; and
100% for other Union Territories.
● Implementation: SBM is being implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(M/o HUA) and by the Ministry of Jal Shakti for urban and rural areas respectively.
Other Schemes
• Swachhta Hi Sewa (SHS) 2022: States/UTs which conducted and reported the maximum
number of activities i.e. people participated in shramdaan and cleaning activities, public
places and institutional buildings cleaned, legacy waste sites cleaned, trees planted around
water bodies, GPs passed resolution for ‘single used plastic’ ban, Sarpanches participated
in Sarpanch Samvaad on ODF Plus elements, people participated in awareness activities,
waste collection and segregation sheds constructed and people participation in other SHS
activities; were selected as winners.
• Start-up Grand Challenge was carried out to scout technologies that could support
sustainable, affordable, scalable, and responsive solutions to the solid and liquid waste
management challenges in rural areas.
• Sujlam 1.0 & 2.0: Sujlam was a 100-day campaign launched to manage grey-water through
soak pits, leach pit, magic pit to ensure minimal stagnation of waste water and check its
discharge in the village pond. States/ UTs had to report the number of household and
community soak pits constructed during the campaigns, on the national portal.
NOTES
Ministry of Home Affairs
50. Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System
Haryana Police was awarded the first rank among all major state police in the implementation of
the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS)
An Annual Conference on Good Practices in CCTNS/Inter-operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS)

was organized by the National Crime Records Bureau under the Ministry of Home Affairs to
recognise the implementation of CCTNS and ICJS projects.
51. Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP)

• VVP was announced in the Union Budget FY 2022-23.
• VVP is aiming at enhancing infrastructure in villages along India's border with China, in
states like Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Arunachal Pradesh.
• Activities under the VVP include building infrastructure such as housing, tourist centres, road
connectivity, providing decentralised renewable energy, direct-to-home access for
Doordarshan and educational channels, and support for livelihood generation.
52. Border Area Development Programme (BADP)

• Government of India is implementing the Border Area Development Programme (BADP)
through the State Governments/UT Administrations in habitations located within 0-10 kms.
from the first habitation at international border in 460 border blocks of 117 border districts in
16 States and 2 UTs viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh,
NOTES
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir (UT) and Ladakh (UT).
• Under BADP, the annual action plans of the States/UTs consisting of works related to village
infrastructure like roads and bridges, health, education, agriculture, sports, drinking water &
sanitation etc. are considered and approved as per BADP guidelines in vogue.
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

53. The scheme of National Centre of Sports Science and Research (NCSSR)
The scheme of NCSSR being implemented by the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, aims to
support high level research education and innovation in respect of high performance of elite
athletes.
About the scheme:

● It is implemented through the Sports Authority of India (SAI) - an Autonomous Body under
the Ministry and selected universities/institutes/medical colleges in the country.
● Under the scheme, medical care and management as well as rehabilitation of injuries of
athletes at the SAI National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) and Target Olympic Podium Scheme
(TOPS) is undertaken.
• The approach also includes dealing with on and off field injury prevention and management.
• SAI utilizes the services of empaneled hospitals in management of injuries of athletes. All
NCOE athletes of SAI are also covered under medical insurance through which they are able
to get the medical facilities in a hospital of their choice depending upon the proficiency of the
hospital.
Other schemes to promote sports in India:

1. Fit India Movement: Launched in 2019, the movement’s goal is to influence people’s
behaviours and encourage them to live more physically active lifestyles.
2. Khelo India 2020 program: The government would train the athletes and their coaches to
improve their performance on the world stage (Olympics).
3. Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS): Its goal is to find, develop and prepare future medal
contenders for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
4. The National Sports Development Fund (NSDF): It gives athletes opportunities to train with
renowned international coaches, technical, scientific support.
5. Mission Olympics 2024: To assist India in winning 50 medals in the 2024 summer Olympics,
NITI Aayog has developed a short- and medium-term action plan.
Ministry of Finance
54. Old Pension Scheme (OPS):
It was discontinued in 2004, however, it guaranteed life-long income after retirement. Typically,
the insured amount is equal to 50% of the most recently drawn salary. The expenditure incurred
on the pension is borne by the government.
National Pension Scheme (NPS):

• The NPS is a voluntary and long-term retirement investment plan administered by the
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), Ministry of Finance,
Government of India.
• National Pension System Trust (NPST) established by PFRDA is the registered owner of all
assets under NPS.
NOTES
• National Pension System (NPS) is a pension cum investment scheme launched by Government
of India to provide old age security to Citizens of India. It brings an attractive long-term saving
avenue to effectively plan your retirement through safe and regulated market-based return.
• It was launched in January 2004 for government employees and it was decided to discontinue
defined benefit pensions/OPS for all employees who joined after April 1, 2004.
• Any individual citizen of India (both resident and Non-resident) in the age group of 18-70
years (as on the date of submission of NPS application) can join NPS.
• Opening multiple NPS accounts for an individual is not allowed under NPS.
55. Nirbhaya fund

• The Centre had in 2013 introduced the ‘Nirbhaya Fund’ to help women in distress, provide
improved infrastructure and manpower to help women, and create a safer space for them.
• It is a non-lapsable corpus fund of Rs 1000 crores given by the centre and utilized by states to
ensure women’s safety.
• Nodal Agency for the administration of funds: Department of Economic Affairs under the
Ministry of Finance
• Nodal Agency for expenditure:
Women and Child Development
(WCD) Ministry
• The schemes being implemented
by WCD under this fund are:- One
Stop Centre; Universalisation of
Women Helpline; Mahila Police
Volunteer
• The schemes being implemented
by Home Ministry under this fund are: Emergency Response Support System; Central Victim
Compensation Fund
56. Public Financial Management System (PFMS)

• The Public Financial Management System (PFMS) is a web-based online software
application developed and implemented by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA),
Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
• PFMS started during 2009 with the objective of tracking funds released under all Plan
schemes of Government of India, and real time reporting of expenditure at all levels of
Programme implementation.
• Subsequently, the scope was enlarged to cover direct payment to beneficiaries under all
Schemes.
NOTES
57. Atal Pension Yojana (APY) scheme

Income taxpayers will not be eligible to join Atal Pension Yojana (APY) scheme from October 1,
2022, as per the guidelines of the Finance Ministry.
About APY:
Launched in 2015, it aimed at creating a universal social security system for all Indians (esp.
focused on the poor, under-privileged and workers in the unorganized sector). It has over 2 crore
subscribers
• Eligibility: bank account holder in the age group of 18 to 40 years. They can subscribe to APY
via a bank branch/post office via online or offline mode.
• Under the scheme, contributions can be made on a monthly or quarterly, or half-yearly basis
via a debit facility from a savings bank account.
• Benefits: Minimum monthly pension of Rs 1000 to 5000 per month after the age of 60 years.
In case of death, the spouse will get a guaranteed pension for a lifetime.
• Government would co-contribute 50% of the subscriber contribution or Rs. 1000 per annum,
whichever is lower, to eligible subscribers, who joined the scheme during the period 1st June,
2015 to 31st March, 2016 and who is not a beneficiary of any social security scheme and is
not an income tax payer.
• Nodal agency: Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) (Statutory
authority to administer the National Pension System (NPS), under the Ministry of Finance).
• It needs to be noted that multiple APY accounts are not permitted.
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

58. E-Sports
The President of India in the exercise of the powers "conferred by clause (3) of article 77 of the
Constitution" amended the rules governing Esports and asked the Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology and the Sports Ministry to include "e-Sports as part of multi-sports
events".
• IT Ministry (MeitY) will be the nodal agency for online gaming-related matters
• Sports ministry will be responsible for including esports in the curriculum.
What Is E-Sports?
ESports turns online gaming into a spectator sport. It mimics the experience of watching a
professional sporting event, except instead of watching a physical event, spectators watch video
gamers compete against each other.
NOTES
59. Aadhaar
• Government has recently changed Aadhar rules The masked Aadhaar number facility
saying that Aadhaar holders will be able to update — that can be downloaded from the
their supporting documents every 10 years from UIDAI website — and which displays
the date of enrolment. only the last four digits of the Aadhaar
• The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and number. The masked Aadhaar facility
other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 has been in place since 2018 and this
allows the use of the Aadhaar Number for came about following a report by the
establishing the identity of an individual. Centre for Internet and Society.
• Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique identity number (the
world’s largest database) that can be obtained voluntarily by the citizens of India and
resident foreign nationals who have spent over 182 days in twelve months immediately
preceding the date of application for enrolment, based on
their biometric and demographic data.
• It is Collected by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), a statutory authority
established in January 2009 by the Government of India, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry
of Electronics and Information Technology, following the provisions of the Aadhaar Act,
2016.
● Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has topped among all

Ministries/Departments for resolving Public Grievances in the ranking report published by the
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG).
NOTES
● UIDAI has been a top performer in the resolution of cases received through the Centralized
Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS).
UIDAI:
• It is a statutory authority established on 12th July 2016.
• Parent body: Works under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology.
• Mandate: The UIDAI is mandated to assign a 12-digit unique identification (UID) number
(Aadhaar) to all the residents of India.
Locking biometrics: If you are worried about misuse of your Aadhaar biometric data, you can also
lock it from the UIDAI website. When you lock your biometrics (fingerprint, iris, and face), they
can no longer be used for authentication.
Use VID: The Virtual Identity, or VID, is a system of “Limited KYC” (Know Your Customer). This
hides the Aadhaar number from the authenticating agency, while still confirming the identity of
the user. This is a 16-digit number, but temporary in nature. So, unlike the permanent 12-digit
Aadhaar number, the VID is valid only for some time.
Bal Aadhaar Initiative:

• The Bal Aadhaar, a precursor to a standard Aadhaar, is issued in blue colour to children aged
up to five. Upon expiration, a regular Aadhaar is issued.
• Benefits: Bal Aadhaar works as a facilitator in availing several welfare benefits, and also works
as a digital photo identity for children.
• Difference with regular Aadhaar: Biometrics to establish uniqueness for the Bal Aadhar is not
collected unlike in the case of Aadhaar. A facial image of a child is instead taken for
enrolment. Biometric authentication of the parent/guardian and a proof of relationship
document, preferably a birth certificate, are collected at the time of enrolment.
60. Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)

Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) aim to provide digital literacy in
rural India.
• The main objective of the PMGDISHA Scheme is to impart digital literacy training by covering
6 crore rural households (one person per household), so that they are able to operate
computers/digital access devices (like tablets, smartphones, etc.), send and receive emails,
browse internet, access Government Services, search for information, undertake cashless
transactions, etc. and hence use IT to actively participate in the process of nation building.
• The PMGDISHA Scheme covers candidates in the age group of 14-60 years.
The Government has taken up several steps to connect the villagers of the country under the
PMGDISHA Scheme, which include the following: -
• Scaling up the awareness and promotional activities towards Digital literacy through
campaigns, workshops, seminars, digital vans, etc.
• In order to address the low internet connectivity issues, Wifi-choupals have been established
at remote locations.
• Rural schools have been engaged for training and examination of candidates in order to
penetrate the rural populous districts of identified states
• Hon’ble MPs/MLAs/District Collectors have distributed the PMGDISHA certificates at various
events organised by the local PMGDISHA team.
• Some rural schools have been engaged for training and examination of candidates in order to
cover the rural populous districts.
NOTES
• Various mechanisms have been adopted to disseminate information regarding the scheme to
the intended beneficiaries such as word of mouth publicity, online, print & electronic media
including posters, banners, radio, newspaper, television, social media etc.
61. FutureSkills PRIME (Programme for Re-skilling/Up-skilling of IT Manpower

for Employability)
• MeitY and NASSCOM have jointly conceived a programme titled “FutureSkills PRIME
(Programme for Re-skilling/Up-skilling of IT Manpower for Employability)”.
• The Programme is envisaged to provide re-skilling/ up-skilling opportunities for B2C
beneficiaries in 10 emerging technologies viz. Internet of Things, Big Data Analytics, Artificial
Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation, Additive Manufacturing/ 3D Printing, Cloud
Computing, Social & Mobile, Cyber Security, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality, and
Blockchain.
62. E-Government Development Index (EGDI)

• MeitY is the nodal ministry for E-Government Development Index (EGDI) along with two-line
Ministries/ Departments viz. Department of Higher Education and Department of School
Education and Literacy (DHE and DoSEL).
• The EGDI is a composite measure of three important dimensions of e-government, namely:
Online Service Index, Telecommunication Infrastructure Index and the Human Capital Index.
63. Critical information infrastructure

The Union Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has declared IT resources of ICICI Bank, HDFC
Bank and UPI managing entity NPCI as ‘critical information infrastructure’.
What is critical information infrastructure?

• The Information Technology Act of 2000 defines “Critical Information Infrastructure” as a
“computer resource, the incapacitation or destruction of which shall have debilitating
impact on national security, economy, public health or safety”.
• The government, under the Act, has the power to declare any data, database, IT network or
communications infrastructure as CII to protect that digital asset.
• Any person who secures access or attempts to secure access to a protected system in
violation of the law can be punished with a jail term of up to 10 years.
How are CIIs protected in India?

• Created in January 2014, the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre
(NCIIPC) is the nodal agency for taking all measures to protect the nation’s critical information
infrastructure.
• It is mandated to guard CIIs from “unauthorized access, modification, use, disclosure,
disruption, incapacitation or distraction”.
• NCIIPC will monitor and forecast national-level threats to CII for policy guidance, expertise
sharing and situational awareness for early warning or alerts.
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

64. National eVidhan Application (NeVA)
• “National eVidhan Application (NeVA)”, a Mission Mode Project for Digital Legislatures to
make the functioning of all Legislative Houses in the country paperless has been developed
on the theme of ‘One Nation – One Application’.
NOTES
• NeVA is transforming all State Legislatures into ‘DIGITAL HOUSES’ so as to enable them to
transact entire Government Business on digital platform including information exchange with
the State Government Departments in digital mode.
• NeVA is a Unicode compliant software having provision for easy access to various documents
like List of Questions, List of Business, Reports etc. bilingually viz. English and any regional
language.
Himachal Pradesh is the first Digital Legislature of the country.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

65. Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS)
• Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) is an online
platform available to the citizens 24x7 to lodge their grievances to the public authorities on
any subject related to service delivery.
• It is a single portal connected to all the Ministries/Departments of Government of India and
States.
• The status of the grievance filed in CPGRAMS can be tracked with the unique registration ID
provided at the time of registration of the complainant.
• CPGRAMS also provides appeal facility to the citizens if they are not satisfied with the
resolution by the Grievance Officer.
• The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) informed the
parliamentary panel that in 2016, all Ministries, organisations and departments were
requested to regularly examine the grievances column of newspapers to pick up the cases
coming under their purview and take expeditious action to redress them in a time bound
manner.
Ministry of Railways
66. Bharat Gaurav express trains
• Bharat Gaurav express trains are operated by private players, who have the right to use the
rail infrastructure provided by the Indian Railways.
• The objective of the initiative is to showcase India’s rich cultural heritage and magnificent
historical places to the people of the country and the world through these trains.
• The loco pilots and guards would be from the Indian Railways.
• Bookings, fixing of tariff and maintenance would be handled by the private company
offering the service.
• Not only private companies, but the governments of Karnataka and Odisha have also shown
interest in operating such trains to promote tourism.
‘Bharat Gaurav Trains’ policy:

• Indian Railways have issued the ‘Bharat Gaurav Trains’ policy on 23.11.2021 with an objective
to showcase India’s rich cultural heritage and magnificent historical places through theme-
based tourist circuit trains.
• As per this policy, service providers have full flexibility to decide the themes/itineraries for
operation of Bharat Gaurav trains.
NOTES
Important Acts / Bills
1. National Food Security Act, 2013
● The Union government announced free food grains to beneficiaries under the National Food
Security Act, 2013, for a year commencing in January 2023, combining economic prudence
and the need of a safety net.
● It has, however, discontinued the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), merging it with
NFSA.
Comparing NFSA AND PMGKAY
NFSA PMGKAY
● Objectives: To provide for food and nutritional security. ● Launched in April, 2020 as
● Key features: part of Atmanirbhar
○ Food grains at subsidised price - rice at Rs 3/kg, Bharat to supply free food
wheat at Rs 2/kg and coarse grain at Re 1/kg. grains to migrants and
○ 2 categories of beneficiary - Antyoday Anna poor amid Covid-19.
Yojana (35kg/family/month) and the Priority ● More than 81.35 crore
Households (5kg/person/month). people will be provided 5
○ Covers 67% of the total population (75% of the kg free wheat/rice per
rural and 50% of the urban population). person / month along with
○ Meals to pregnant women and lactating 1 kg free whole chana to
mothers. each family per month.
○ Maternity benefits of not less than Rs. 6,000 to ● This is over and above the
such women. regular monthly
○ Children up to 14 years of age will be entitled to entitlements under NFSA.
nutritious meals. ● Families belonging to the
○ In case of non-supply of entitled food grains or Below Poverty Line - AAY
meals, the beneficiaries will receive food and PHH categories will be
security allowance. eligible for the scheme.
○ Grievance redressal mechanism at the District
and State levels.
2. Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act

• The MTP Act, first enacted in 1971 and then amended
Before the Medical Termination
in 2021, certainly makes ‘medical termination of
of Pregnancy (MTP) act of 1971,
pregnancy’ legal in India under specific conditions.
abortions were criminalised
• However, this Act is framed from a legal standpoint to
under the Indian Penal Code.
primarily protect medical practitioners because under
the Indian Penal Code, “induced miscarriage” is a
criminal offence.
• This premise points to a lack of choice and bodily autonomy of women and rests the decision
of abortion solely on the doctor’s opinion.
• The MTP Act also only mentions ‘pregnant woman’, thus failing to recognise that transgender
persons and others who do not identify as women can become pregnant.
MTP (Amendment) Act, 2021:

• Termination due to Failure of Contraceptive Method or Device: Under the Act, a pregnancy
may be terminated up to 20 weeks by a married woman in the case of failure of
contraceptive method or device.
NOTES
• Unmarried women: It allows unmarried women to also terminate a pregnancy for this
reason.
• Opinion Needed for Termination of Pregnancy:
o Opinion of one Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP) for termination of pregnancy
up to 20 weeks of gestation.
o Opinion of two RMPs for termination of pregnancy of 20-24 weeks of gestation.
o Opinion of the State-level medical board is essential for a pregnancy to be
terminated after 24 weeks in case of substantial foetal abnormalities.
• Upper Gestation Limit for Special Categories: Increases the upper gestation limit from 20 to
24 weeks for special categories of women, including survivors of rape, victims of incest and
other vulnerable women (differently abled women, minors, among others).
• Confidentiality: The “name and other particulars of a woman whose pregnancy has been
terminated shall not be revealed”, except to a person authorized in any law that is currently in
force.
3. Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005

• It is an act to provide for more effective protection of the rights of Women guaranteed under
the Constitution who are victims of violence of any kind occurring within the family and for
matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
• It is the first significant attempt in India to recognise domestic abuse as a punishable
offence, to extend its provisions to those in live-in relationships, and to provide for
emergency relief for the victims, in addition to legal recourse.
• The Act provides a definition of "domestic violence" for the first time in Indian law, with this
definition being broad and including not only physical violence, but also other forms of
violence such as emotional/verbal, sexual, and economic abuse.
• It is a civil law meant primarily for protection orders, rather than criminal enforcement.
4. Consumer Protection Act, 2019

• The Union government plans to develop a framework to curb fake reviews of products on e-
commerce websites after studying the “best practices available globally”.
• Due to fake and misleading reviews, the right to be informed, which is a consumer right
under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 is violated.”
• In India, fake reviews pose a threat to the consumer rights under the Consumer Protection
Act, 2019.
• The Act states that the consumers have a right to be “informed about the quality, quantity,
potency, purity, standard and price of goods, products or services”.
• The Consumer Protection Act,2019 comes in to force from today i.e. 20th July 2020.
• The Act will empower consumers and help them in protecting their rights through its various
notified Rules and provisions like Consumer Protection Councils, Consumer Disputes
Redressal Commissions, Mediation, Product Liability and punishment for manufacture or sale
of products containing adulterant / spurious goods.
• The Act includes establishment of the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) to
promote, protect and enforce the rights of consumers.
• The CCPA will be empowered to conduct investigations into violations of consumer rights and
institute complaints / prosecution, order recall of unsafe goods and services, order
discontinuance of unfair trade practices and misleading advertisements, impose penalties on
manufacturers/endorsers/publishers of misleading advertisements.
• Under this act every e-commerce entity is required to provide information relating to return,
refund, exchange, warranty and guarantee, delivery and shipment, modes of payment,
grievance redressal mechanism, payment methods, security of payment methods, charge-
NOTES
back options, etc. including country of origin which are necessary for enabling the consumer
to make an informed decision at the pre-purchase stage on its platform.
• E-commerce platforms have to acknowledge the receipt of any consumer complaint within
forty-eight hours and redress the complaint within one month from the date of receipt under
this Act.
• The Act introduces the concept of product liability and brings within its scope, the product
manufacturer, product service provider and product seller, for any claim for compensation.
• The Act provides for simplifying the consumer dispute adjudication process in the consumer
commissions, which include, among others, empowerment of the State and District
Commissions to review their own orders, enabling a consumer to file complaints electronically
and file complaints in consumer Commissions that have jurisdiction over the place of his
residence, videoconferencing for hearing and deemed admissibility of complaints if the
question of admissibility is not decided within the specified period of 21 days.
• Alternate Dispute Resolution mechanism of Mediation has been provided in the new Act. This
will simplify the adjudication process.
• A complaint will be referred by a Consumer Commission for mediation, wherever scope for
early settlement exists and parties agree for it. Mediation will be held in the Mediation Cells
to be established under the aegis of the Consumer Commissions. There will be no appeal
against settlement through mediation.
• The Act provides for punishment by a competent court for manufacture or sale of
adulterant/spurious goods.
5. Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act

• In India, drug consumption or possession is a criminal offence.
• The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act of 1985 is the main legislation
dealing with drugs and their trafficking.
• The NDPS was framed in 1985, taking into account India’s obligations to the UN conventions.
• The Act prohibits trade, production, use and possession of drugs and psychotropic
substances, irrespective of purpose, except for medical and scientific reasons.
• However, cases of possession for personal consumption or cases of drug use make up a
majority of the NDPS cases.
• Currently, the NDPS Act only adopts a reformative approach towards addicts. It gives addicts
immunity from prosecution and imprisonment (if found guilty) if they volunteer to undergo
treatment and rehabilitation.
• However, there is no provision for relief or exemption for, say, first-time users or recreational
users.
• It makes no distinction between addicts, first-time users and recreational users.
• Department of Revenue – the NDPS Act’s nodal administrative authority.
6. Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016

• The Rights of Persons
with Disabilities Act, 2016
replaces the Persons with
Disabilities (Equal
Opportunities, Protection
of Rights and Full
Participation) Act, 1995.
• It fulfils the obligations
to the United National
Convention on the Rights
of Persons with
Disabilities (UNCRPD), to which India is a signatory.
NOTES
• Disability has been defined based on an evolving Artificial Limbs Manufacturing
and dynamic concept. Corporation (ALIMCO):
• The types of disabilities have been increased It is a Central Public Sector unit, working
from existing 7 to 21 and the Central under the aegis of the Department of
Government will have the power to add more Empowerment of Persons with
types of disabilities. Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice &
• Additional benefits such as reservation in higher Empowerment, Government of India.
education (not less than 5%), government jobs Incorporated in 1972, ALIMCO has been
(not less than 4 %), reservation in allocation of engaged in the manufacture and
land, poverty alleviation schemes (5% allotment) supply/distribution of Assistive Devices
etc. have been provided for persons with for PwDs.
benchmark disabilities and those with high
support needs.
7. Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

• Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 is an Act to consolidate the laws relating to food and
to establish the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India for laying down science based
standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale
and import, to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption and
for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
• It seeks to harmonise Indian standards with the international standards like CODEX and
facilitates international trade in food articles.
8. Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment)

Act, 2010
According to the Ministry of Culture, Uttar Pradesh has the largest number of Centrally Protected
Monuments which have been encroached upon, closely followed by Tamil Nadu.
Background:
● The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act, 1958 is one of
the landmark laws for the -
○ Preservation of ancient and historical monuments and archaeological sites and
remains of national importance (over 100 years old).
○ Regulation of archaeological excavations and
○ Protection of sculptures, carvings and other like objects.
● The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) functions under the provisions of this act.
● The monuments are regularly inspected by the ASI officials to assess their present condition
and the necessary conservation and preservation works are taken up as per the
requirement.
2010 Amendment:
● The AMASR Act 1958, was amended in 2010 to strengthen its penal provisions, to prevent
encroachments and illegal construction close to the monuments - which was happening on a
large scale.
● The main features of the amendments:
○ Creation of a -
■ Prohibited area 100 metre around every national monument where no
construction, public or private is permitted,
■ Regulated area 200 metres beyond the prohibited area, where any
construction requires permission of a newly constituted National
Monuments Authority.
NOTES
○ Given the unique nature of each monument, the Act also proposed heritage by-laws
for each monument to be prepared by an expert body.
● Further amendments have been proposed which seek to do away with the ban on
construction within 100 metres of an ASI-protected monument and regulate construction
within 100-200 metres.
NOTES
NITI Aayog
1. Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATLs)
With a vision to ‘Cultivate one Million children in India as Neoteric Innovators’, Atal Innovation
Mission is establishing Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATLs) in schools across India.
The objective of this scheme is to foster curiosity, creativity, and imagination in young minds; and
inculcate skills such as design mindset, computational thinking, adaptive learning, physical
computing etc.
ATL is a workspace where young minds can give shape to their ideas through hands on do-it-
yourself mode; and learn innovation skills. Young children will get a chance to work with tools and
equipment to understand the concepts of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).
• Over 10000 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) have been AIM (by Niti Aayog) is mandated to
established to foster curiosity, creativity and create an umbrella structure to
imagination in young children. oversee the innovation ecosystem
• Financial Support: Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) will of the country and revolutionise
provide a grant-in-aid that includes a one-time the innovation eco-system –
establishment cost of Rs. 10 lakh and operational touching upon the entire innovation
expenses of Rs. 10 lakhs for a maximum period of 5 life cycle through various programs.
years to each ATL.
• Eligibility: Schools (minimum Grade VI – X) managed by Government, local bodies or private
trusts/society can set up ATL.
ATL Objectives
• To create workspaces where young minds can learn innovation skills, sculpt ideas through
hands-on activities, work and learn in a flexible environment.
• To empower our youth with the 21st century skills of creativity, innovation, critical thinking,
design thinking, social and cross-cultural collaboration, ethical leadership and so on.
• To help build innovative solutions for India’s unique problems and thereby support India’s
efforts to grow as a knowledge economy.
2. ATL Sarthi
• NITI Aayog launched ATL Sarthi, a comprehensive self-monitoring framework to strengthen
the ever-growing ecosystem of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL).
• Sarthi is a charioteer and ATL Sarthi will enable the ATLs to be efficient and effective.
• The initiative has four pillars ensuring the performance enhancement of ATLs through
o regular process improvements like a self-reporting dashboard known as ‘MyATL
Dashboard’
o Compliance SOPs for schools to ensure financial and non-financial compliances,
o on-ground enablement of ATLs in collaboration with relevant local authorities
through Cluster-based Approach and
o providing ownership to schools to analyze their performance through Performance-
Enablement (PE) Matrix.
3. Aspirational Blocks Programme (ABP)

• The Centre launched the Aspirational Blocks Programme (ABP), a new initiative on the lines
of the Aspirational District Programme.
• The Aspirational District Programme is aimed at improving performance of districts lagging on
various development parameters.
NOTES
• Under the ABP, 500 blocks across states have been identified. NITI Aayog, in partnership
with the states, will release quarterly ranking of these blocks based on their performance on
development indicators covering sectors such as health, education and nutrition, among
others.
• While the Centre has put in place basic indicators for the rankings, states have been asked to
include additional indicators based on their requirements. “The states and NITI Aayog will
work together.
• Like the aspirational district programme, the private sector can also contribute to the
development of these blocks.
4. Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP)

NITI Aayog has launched a Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) for providing an
ecosystem for budding & existing women entrepreneurs across the country. SIDBI has partnered
with NITI Aayog to assist in this initiative.
As an enabling platform, WEP is built on three The Women Transforming India

pillars- Iccha Shakti, Gyaan Shakti & Karma Shakti Awards is NITI Aayog’s annual initiative
• Iccha Shakti represents motivating aspiring to highlight the commendable and
entrepreneurs to start their business ground-breaking endeavours of India’s
• Gyaan Shakti represents providing knowledge and women leaders and change-makers.
ecosystem support to women entrepreneurs to
help them foster entrepreneurship
• Karma Shakti represents providing hands-on support to entrepreneurs in setting-up and
scaling up businesses
In addition to providing services such as free credit ratings, mentorship, funding support to
women entrepreneurs, apprenticeship and corporate partnerships; WEP will encourage
entrepreneurs to share their entrepreneurial journeys, stories & experiences to nurture mutual
learning.
NOTES
Organisations / Institutions
1. Open Network for Digital Commerce
• US firm Microsoft has become the first big tech company to join the Open Network for
Digital Commerce (ONDC), a government-backed project which is aimed at enabling small
merchants and mom-and-pop stores in parts of the country to access processes and
technologies that are typically deployed by large e-commerce platforms such as Amazon
and Flipkart.
• Open Network for Digital Commerce, abbreviated ONDC, is a private non-profit Section 8
company established by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
of Government of India to develop open e-commerce.
• It is an initiative aimed at promoting open networks for all aspects of exchange of goods and
services over digital or electronic networks.
• ONDC is to be based on open-sourced methodology, using open specifications and open
network protocols independent of any specific platform.
• It is being developed as a counter to the current duopoly in the Indian e-commerce market
which is largely dictated by Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart.
• In May 2022, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) went live
with a test run of ONDC in cities like Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Bhopal, and Shillong
where it plans to onboard 150 sellers.
• The ONDC platform lies in the middle of the interfaces hosting the buyers and the sellers.
2. Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)

• The Energy Conservation Act (EC Act) was enacted in 2001 with the goal of reducing energy
intensity of Indian economy.
• Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory body under Ministry of Power is responsible
for spearheading the improvement of energy efficiency in the economy through various
regulatory and promotional instruments.
• Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) was set up as the statutory body on 1st March 2002 at the
central level to facilitate the implementation of the EC Act.
Since 2015, the BEE has been running the ‘Perform, Achieve, Trade’ scheme under which 1,078
industries spanning 13 sectors have been getting energy security certificates if they exceeded
certain targets.
The Major Promotional Functions of BEE include:

Create awareness and disseminate information on energy efficiency and conservation
Arrange and organize training of personnel and specialists in the techniques for efficient use of
energy and its conservation
Strengthen consultancy services in the field of energy conservation
Promote research and development
Develop testing and certification procedures and promote testing facilities
Formulate and facilitate implementation of pilot projects and demonstration projects
Promote use of energy efficient processes, equipment, devices and systems
NOTES
Take steps to encourage preferential treatment for use of energy efficient equipment or
appliances
Promote innovative financing of energy efficiency projects
Give financial assistance to institutions for promoting efficient use of energy and its
conservation
Prepare educational curriculum on efficient use of energy and its conservation
Implement international co-operation programmes relating to efficient use of energy and its
conservation
3. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was established with effect from 20th February
1997 by an Act of Parliament, called the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997, to
regulate telecom services, including fixation/revision of tariffs for telecom services which were
earlier vested in the Central Government.
Key policy interventions and
• TRAI's mission is to create and nurture conditions technological advancements have
for growth of telecommunications in the country made India the second-largest telecom
in a manner and at a pace which will enable India market in the world. The sector is one
to play a leading role in emerging global of the highest contributors to India’s
information society. GDP.
• One of the main objectives of TRAI is to provide a In the last few years, the government
fair and transparent policy environment which has allowed 100% FDI in the sector,
promotes a level playing field and facilitates fair largely deregulated BPOs and call
competition. centres, enabled in-flight Wi-Fi, and
allowed deferred payments from
• The TRAI Act was amended by an ordinance, telecom operators due to their
effective from 24 January 2000, establishing a strained financial conditions.
Telecommunications Dispute Settlement and
Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) to take over the adjudicatory and disputes functions from TRAI.
• TDSAT was set up to adjudicate any dispute between a licensor and a licensee, between two
or more service providers, between a service provider and a group of consumers, and to hear
and dispose of appeals against any direction, decision or order of TRAI.
4. Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA)

• Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) is a statutory body of Ministry of Women &
Child Development, Government of India.
• It functions as the nodal body for adoption of Indian children and is mandated to monitor and
regulate in-country and inter-country adoptions.
• CARA is designated as the Central Authority to deal with inter-country adoptions in
accordance with the provisions of the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption, 1993,
ratified by Government of India in 2003.
• CARA primarily deals with adoption of orphan, abandoned and surrendered children
through its associated /recognised adoption agencies.
5. National Council of Science Museums (NCSM)

• National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), an autonomous body under the Ministry of
Culture, is the largest network of science centres/museums in the world functioning under a
single administrative control.
NOTES
• It is primarily engaged in spreading the culture of science in the society especially among
students with a motto of ‘Communicating Science to Empower People’ through its network of
Science Centres spread across India.
• NCSM is the implementing agency for the Science City Scheme for developing new science
centres in the country of national, regional and district level.
6. Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)

• SEWA, the Self-Employed Women’s Association was set up by Ela Bhatt in 1972.
• SEWA was born out of the Textile Labour Association (TLA) — founded by Anasuya Sarabhai
and Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 — but it could not register as a trade union until 1972 because
its members did not have an “employer”, and were thus not seen as workers.
• As early as in 1974, SEWA Bank was established to provide small loans to poor women — an
initiative that was recognised by the International Labour Organisation as a microfinance
movement.
7. Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)

• The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) under Directorate General of
Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India is the National
Regulatory Authority (NRA) of India.
• The Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 and rules 1945 have entrusted various responsibilities to
central & state regulators for regulation of drugs & cosmetics.
• The regulation of manufacture, sale and distribution of Drugs is primarily the concern of the
State authorities while the Central Authorities are responsible for approval of New Drugs,
Clinical Trials in the country, laying down the standards for Drugs, control over the quality of
imported Drugs, coordination of the activities of State Drug Control Organisations and
providing expert advice with a view of bringing about the uniformity in the enforcement of
the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
8. National Dam Safety Authority

• The National Dam Safety Authority, which seeks to maintain standards related to dam
safety, prevent dam-related disasters and resolve inter-State issues in this regard, has come
into force.
• National Dam Safety Authority will liaise with State-level dam safety organisations and owners
of dams for standardising safety-related data and practices.
• The Authority will be headed by a chairman and assisted by five members to lead its five
wings — policy and research, technical, regulation, disaster and resilience and administration
and finance.
• A key function of the Authority is to resolve any issue between the State Dam Safety
Organisations of States or between a State Dam Safety Organisation and any owner of a
specified dam in that state.
• The Dam Safety Act empowers the body to perform the role of the State Dam Safety
Organisation (SDSO) in this context because the NDSA assumes the role of SDSO for a dam
located in one State and owned by another.
9. Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC)

• The Government established Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC) as a Society in
January 1994 to facilitate agri-business ventures by catalysing private investment through
Venture Capital Assistance (VCA) Scheme in close association with financial institutions.
• SFAC is an Autonomous Society promoted by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and
Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India”
• It is registered under Societies Registration Act 1860.
NOTES
• The role of State SFACs is to aggressively promote agribusiness project development in their
respective States.
The main functions of SFAC are:

o Promotion of development of small agribusiness through VCA scheme.
o Helping formation and growth of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) / Farmer Producer
Companies (FPCs).
o Improving availability of working capital and development of business activities of FPOs/FPCs
through Equity Grant and Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme.
o Implementation of National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Electronic Trading platform.
10. Food Corporation of India (FCI)

The Food Corporation of India is an organization created and run by the Government of India. It is
a statutory body under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution,
Government of India.
Objectives:
• Effective price support operations for safeguarding the interests of the poor farmers
• Distribution of food grains throughout the country for Public Distribution System (PDS)
• Maintaining a satisfactory level of operational and buffer stocks of food grains to ensure
National Food Security
• Regulate market price to provide food grains to consumers at a reliable price.
• It has primary duty to undertake purchase, store, and move/transport, distribute and sell food
grains and other foodstuffs.
11. Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC)

• The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) functions in the Ministry of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC).
• As per Rules, 1989, it is responsible for appraisal of activities involving large scale use of
hazardous microorganisms and recombinants in research and industrial production from
the environmental angle.
• The committee is also responsible for appraisal of proposals relating to release of genetically
engineered (GE) organisms and products into the environment including experimental field
trials.
• GEAC is chaired by the Special Secretary/Additional Secretary of MoEF&CC and co-chaired by
a representative from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT).
12. Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC)

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is a statutory body established by an Act of
Parliament (Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act of 1956). In April 1957, it took over the
work of former All India Khadi and Village Industries Board.
Functions: It is an apex organization under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises, with regard to khadi and village industries within India, which seeks to – “plan,
promote, facilitate, organise and assist in the establishment and development of khadi and
village industries in the rural areas in coordination with other agencies engaged in rural
development wherever necessary.”
The Commission has three main objectives which guide its functioning. These are:
The Social Objective – Providing employment in rural areas.
The Economic Objective – Providing salable articles.
NOTES
The Wider Objective – Creating self-reliance amongst people and building up a strong rural
community spirit.
13. National E-Governance Services Ltd (NeSL)

• NeSL is India’s first Information Utility and is registered with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Board of India (IBBI) under the aegis of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC).
• The company has been set up by leading banks and public institutions and is incorporated as
a union government company.
• The primary role of NeSL is to serve as a repository of legal evidence holding the information
pertaining to any debt/claim, as submitted by the financial or operational creditor and
verified and authenticated by the parties to the debt.
NeSL works towards:

• Time-bound resolution by providing verified information to creditors and to Adjudicating
Authorities that do not require further authentication.
• Default intimation to Creditors linked to a debtor when any creditor files a default against a
debtor
• Mitigation of information asymmetry between parties to a debt
• Superior credit monitoring by creditors
• An agreed statement of outstanding balance between parties to a debt
• Facilitate all stakeholders of the IBC ecosystem by leveraging Information Technology to
achieve objective of code
14. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)

• The Act provided for the creation of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to
spearhead and implement a holistic and integrated approach to disaster management in the
country. Initially, the NDMA was constituted in 2005 by an Executive Order of the
Government of India. Subsequently, the NDMA was notified in 2006 under the provisions of
the Act.
• The NDMA is the apex body for disaster management in the country.
• The NDMA consists of a chairperson and other members. The Prime Minister is the ex-officio
chairperson of the NDMA. The other members are nominated by the chairperson of the
NDMA.
• NDMA, under the Ministry of Home Affairs can also be assigned with the responsibility for
protection of cyber critical infrastructure. As a result NDMA has overlapping responsibilities
with CERT-IN of MeitY and National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre
NOTES
(NCIIPC) of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) when it comes to securing
critical/non-critical infrastructure.
15. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)

● Set up in March 2007 under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005.
● It works under the administrative control of the Ministry of Women & Child Development.
● The Commission’s Mandate is to ensure that all Laws, Policies, Programmes, and
Administrative Mechanisms are in consonance with the Child Rights perspective as
enshrined in the Constitution of India and also the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The Commission shall perform all or any of the following functions, namely:
● Examine and review the safeguards provided by or under any law for the time being in force
for the protection of child rights and recommend measures for their effective
implementation.
● Present to the central government, annually and at such other intervals, as the commission
may deem fit, reports upon working of those safeguards;
● Inquire into violation of child rights and recommend initiation of proceedings in such cases;
● Examine all factors that inhibit the enjoyment of rights of children affected by terrorism,
communal violence, riots, natural disaster, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, trafficking,
maltreatment, torture and exploitation, pornography and prostitution and recommend
appropriate remedial measures;
NCPCR has developed and launched a portal namely GHAR - GO Home and Re-Unite (Portal for
Restoration and Repatriation of Child).
The GHAR portal has been developed to digitally monitor and track the restoration and
repatriation of children according to the protocol.
16. National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)

• The NAAC, an autonomous body under the University Grants Commission (UGC), assesses
and certifies HEIs with gradings as part of accreditation.
• Through a multi-layered process, a higher education institution learns whether it meets the
standards of quality set by the evaluator in terms of curriculum, faculty, infrastructure,
research, and other parameters.
• The ratings of institutions range from A++ to C. If an institution is graded D, it means it is not
accredited.
• Under the rules, only higher education institutions that are at least six years old, or from
where at least two batches of students have graduated, can apply.
• The accreditation is valid for five years. Aspiring institutes need to be recognised by the UGC
and have regular students enrolled in their full-time teaching and research programmes.
How is the accreditation process carried out?

The current approach has been described as “input-based”. The first step has an applicant
institution submitting a self-study report of information related to quantitative and qualitative
metrics. The data is then validated by NAAC expert teams, followed by peer team visits to the
institutions. This last step has sparked controversy.
What are the alternatives being explored?

From the prevailing “input-based” approach, the NAAC plans to adopt an “outcome-based
approach”.
Rather than relying exclusively on the self-study reports of the HEIs, the NAAC should ask
institutions to provide evidence such as samples of learning materials, continuous assessment
NOTES
tasks and final examinations to show they have outcomes of learning specified in the syllabus,
according to the white paper.
Why are so few institutes accredited?

According to current and former officials of the NAAC, the fear of obtaining a poor grade or no
accreditation at all holds back higher education institutes from voluntarily applying for evaluation.
This is despite accreditation having been made mandatory through the UGC (Mandatory
Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2012.
17. National Archives of India (NAI)

• The NAI, which functions under the Ministry of Culture, is the repository of all non-current
government records, holding them for the use of administrators and scholars.
• Originally established as the Imperial Record Department in 1891 in Calcutta, the capital of
British India, the NAI is now located in Delhi.
• It keeps and conserves records of the government and its organisations only, and does not
receive classified documents.
• Officials claim the holdings in NAI are in a regular series starting from the year 1748, and the
languages of the records include English, Arabic, Hindi, Persian, Sanskrit and Urdu.
• Lately, NAI has also made efforts to make available all the records digitally — on the newly
created Abhilekh Patal portal.
How it receives documents

As per the Public Records Act, 1993, various central ministries and departments are supposed to
transfer records more than 25 years old to the NAI, unless they pertain to classified information.
However, it is up to the respective ministries and departments to ascertain what is classified
information, and that is where subjective opinions may kick in.
The NAI also holds regular exhibitions such as the display of declassified files on Subhas Chandra
Bose in 2016 and the recent exhibition, ‘The Jammu and Kashmir Saga’, commemorating 70 years
of Jammu & Kashmir’s accession to India. Between 1973 and 2015, the NAI has held 108
exhibitions on various themes.
18. Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)

• The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is an office within the Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology of the Government of India.
• It is the nodal agency to deal with cyber security threats like hacking and phishing.
• It strengthens security-related defence of the Indian Internet domain.
19. National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC)

National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) is an organisation of the
Government of India created under Sec 70A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (amended
2008), through a gazette notification on 16th Jan 2014 based in New Delhi, India. It is designated
as the National Nodal Agency in respect of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection.
NOTES
Vision: To facilitate safe, secure and resilient Information Infrastructure for Critical Sectors of the
Nation.
Mission: To take all necessary measures to facilitate protection of Critical Information

Infrastructure, from unauthorized access, modification, use, disclosure, disruption, incapacitation
or destruction through coherent coordination, synergy and raising information security awareness
among all stakeholders.
NCIIPC has broadly identified the following as ‘Critical Sectors’ :-

• Power & Energy
• Banking, Financial Services & Insurance
• Telecom
• Transport
• Government
• Strategic & Public Enterprises
NOTES
Miscellaneous
1. Operation Megh Chakra
• The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches across States and Union
Territories as part of a pan-India operation, “Megh Chakra”.
• The operation, against the online circulation and sharing of Child Sexual Abusive Material
(CSAM) using cloud-based storage, was supposedly based on inputs received from Interpol’s
Singapore special unit, in turn based on the information received from New Zealand.
• In November 2021, a similar exercise code-named “Operation Carbon” was launched by the
CBI, with many being booked under the IT Act, 2000.
In India, though viewing adult pornography in private is not an offence; seeking, browsing,
downloading or exchanging child pornography is an offence punishable under the IT Act.
2. Operation Garuda
• The Central Bureau of Investigation has launched a multi-phase ‘Operation Garuda’ against
illicit drug trafficking network.
• The operation seeks to disrupt, degrade and dismantle drug networks with international
linkages through rapid exchange of criminal intelligence on drug trafficking and coordinated
law enforcement actions across international jurisdiction through Interpol.
• This global operation was initiated in close coordination with Interpol and Narcotics Control
Bureau, for combating the smuggling of illicit drugs and psychotropic substances, with special
focus on Indian Ocean region.
3. India Stack
Recently, India Stack Knowledge Exchange was held
India Stack: India Stack is a set of open APIs (Application Programming Interface- allows two
applications to talk to each other) and digital public goods that aim to unlock the economic
primitives of identity, data, and payments at a population scale.
• India Stack includes- Aadhar, UPI, Co-Win, DigiLocker, Aarogya Setu, UMANG, DIKSHA, and
eSanjeevani.
• India also launched Indiastack.global (a single repository of all major projects on IndiaStack)
Benefits of India Stack:

• Will contribute towards
Global Digital Public Goods
(open source software,
open AI model, open data
that adhere to privacy and
at the same time help
attain socio-economic
goals)
• Digital Governance: by
increasing transparency,
efficiency and
accountability
• Will help promote digital
innovations
• Service Delivery: Presence-less, paperless and cashless service delivery.

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Ministry of Ayush ......................................................................................................... 9

Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers ........................................................................... 10

Ministry of Education ................................................................................................. 10

Ministry of Women and Child Development ................................................................ 13

Ministry of Science and Technology ............................................................................ 14

Ministry of Civil Aviation ............................................................................................. 17

Ministry of External Affairs ......................................................................................... 18

Ministry of Rural Development ................................................................................... 19

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare .................................................................. 22

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways ................................................................. 22

Ministry of Textiles ..................................................................................................... 23

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment .............................................................. 24

Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) .......................................................... 25

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs ........................................................................ 26

Ministry of Commerce & Industry ............................................................................... 26

Ministry of Tribal Affairs ............................................................................................. 27

Ministry of Communications ....................................................................................... 28

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas ....................................................................... 28

Ministry of Minority Affairs ........................................................................................ 28

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways ................................................................... 29

Ministry of Panchayati Raj .......................................................................................... 29

Ministry of Jal Shakti .................................................................................................. 30

Ministry of Home Affairs ............................................................................................. 32

Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports ............................................................................... 33

Ministry of Finance ..................................................................................................... 33

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology .................................................... 35

Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs ................................................................................ 38

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions ................................................... 39

Ministry of Railways ................................................................................................... 39

Important Acts / Bills .................................................................................................. 40

NITI Aayog .................................................................................................................. 45

Organisations / Institutions ........................................................................................ 47

3. Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

4. Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission

5. Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri – Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY)

It consists of two verticals –

The objectives of the Centre of Excellence

8. Studentship Program for Ayurveda Research Ken (SPARK)

Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS):

Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

How are the prices decided?

11. Academic Bank of Credit

What is the Academic Bank of Credit (ABC)?

How does it work?

12. Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN)

13. 'Samagra Shiksha Scheme 2.0'

Components of the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) 2.0:

14. NIPUN Bharat Programme

Key components and expected outcomes of NIPUN Bharat Mission:

15. PM’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors – YUVA 2.0

Ministry of Women and Child Development

17. Mission Vatsalya Scheme

Ministry of Science and Technology

19. Jigyasa 2.0

20. National Geospatial Policy, 2022

Significance of the policy:

Applications of Geospatial data (in the Agriculture and Allied sector):

Ministry of Civil Aviation

How is DigiYatra being implemented?

Ministry of External Affairs

Ministry of Rural Development