June - 2023

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(1 to 7 June 2023)

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Contents
Government Schemes 1st to 7th June 2023 .............................................................................................................. 2
FIRST SECTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE ................................................................................................ 4
1.1 National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) ............................................................................................ 4
MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI .......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (GOBARdhan) ................................................................ 5
SECOND SECTION ................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.3 YSR Rythu Bharosa - PM Kisan ................................................................................................................. 6
1.4 Mo Ghara (My House) .............................................................................................................................. 6
1.5 Nand Baba Milk Mission Scheme ............................................................................................................. 7
Government Schemes 8th to 15th June 2023 ............................................................................................................ 9
Government Schemes 16th to 22nd June 2023........................................................................................................ 19

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 FIRST SECTION

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

1.1 National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM)

What’s in News?
• The scheme was in news recently.

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 MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI
1.2 Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (GOBARdhan)
What’s in News?
• Recently, the Unified Registration Portal for GOBARdhan has been launched.
• The portal will act as a one stop repository to assess investment and participation in Biogas/CBG sector
at pan India level and more importantly streamline the process of setting up CBG/Biogas plants in India.
• Any government, cooperative or private entity operating or intending to setup a Biogas/CBG/Bio CNG
plant in India can obtain a registration number by enrolling in this unified registration portal.
• As on date, more than 650 GOBARdhan plants have been reported by different stakeholders.

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1.3 YSR Rythu Bharosa - PM Kisan
What’s in News?

• Andhra Pradesh Government to disburse financial aid under Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan.
o ₹5,500 credited to each eligible farmer.

▪ Launch year: 2019

▪ Launched by: Andhra Pradesh
▪ Eligibility:
o All landless SC, ST, BC and minority tenant farmers, including those
cultivating endowment lands.
YSR Rythu Bharosa -
PM Kisan Key features:
▪ Assistance of ₹13,500 is being given in 3 instalments every year.
▪ 1st instalment of ₹7,500 [Together, Centre and state's (₹5500) contributions add
up to ₹7,500] in May at the time of kharif sowing season, 2nd instalment of ₹4,000
in October for harvesting the kharif crop, and the 3rd instalment of ₹2,000 in
January / February at the time of crop harvest.

1.4 Mo Ghara (My House)

What’s in News?

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 • Odisha government approved the launching of the new scheme ‘Mo Ghara’, a government housing
assistance in rural areas.

▪ Launch Year: 2023

▪ Launched by: Odisha
▪ Eligibility: The scheme will cover all such families who were left out in the existing
housing schemes either due to stringent eligibility criteria or insufficient allocation.
Key features:
Mo Ghara (My House)
▪ Credit-linked financial assistance to beneficiaries who face fund crunch to
complete or upgrade their houses.
▪ A beneficiary can avail housing loan up to ₹3 lakh which can be repaid in 10 years
excluding one year moratorium period in easy instalments.
▪ The family which is staying in kutcha (thatched) house or one pucca room with
concrete roof would be eligible for the loan.

1.5 Nand Baba Milk Mission Scheme

What’s in News?

• Uttar Pradesh government launched the scheme.

▪ Launch Year: 2023

▪ Launched by: Uttar Pradesh
Nand Baba Milk
Mission Scheme Key features:
▪ To provide milk producers the facility of selling their milk at a reasonable price in
villages through dairy co- operative societies.

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Production-Linked
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Incentive Scheme 2.0 • The details of the scheme were in news.
May 2023
for IT Hardware
• Scheme completed 3 years.
Prime Minster Street • PM SVANidhi mobile app launched.
Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar • Facility for ‘Udyam’ registration and obtaining ‘Udyam Assist’ SchemesTap –
Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) certificate for Street Vendors on PM SVANidhi portal was also April 2023
Scheme launched with the help of Ministry of Small and Medium
enterprises.

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 • Progress report released under the Jal Jeevan Mission: Swachh Jal SchemesTap –
Jal Jeevan Mission se Suraksha (SJSS) Campaign which was organised from 2nd
April 2023
October, 2022 to 31st March, 2023.
• Government of India has decided to allow 2000 Primary
Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) to open Pradhan Mantri
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras across the country
SchemesTap –
Bhartiya Janaushadhi o 1000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras will be opened by August and
March 2023
Pariyojana (PMBJP) 1000 by December, this year.
• More than 9400 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras
have been opened across the country till now.

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(8 to 15 June 2023)

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Contents
FIRST SECTION ..................................................................................................................................................... 11
MINISTRY OF FINANCE ........................................................................................................................................... 11
1.6 Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme ................................................................................................................ 11
MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ............................................................................. 12
1.7 Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) .............................. 12
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ....................................................................................................... 12
1.8 Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) ........................................................ 12
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ...................................................................................................................................... 13
1.9 Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS) Project ............................................ 13
MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS ........................................................................................................................... 14
1.10 Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK Scheme) ....................................................................................... 14
SECOND SECTION ................................................................................................................................................. 16
1.11 India Approves World's Largest Food Storage Scheme In Co-Operative Sector.................................... 16
1.12 Mukhya Mantri Ladli Behna Yojana ....................................................................................................... 16
1.13 Shakti Yojane .......................................................................................................................................... 17
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 FIRST SECTION

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
1.6 Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme
What’s in News?
• The Government of India, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, has decided to issue Sovereign Gold
Bonds (SGBs).
• The issue price of Bond during subscription period shall be ₹5,926 per gram -
o Government of India to allow discount of ₹50 per gram from the issue price to those investors who
apply online, and the payment is made through digital mode (For such investors issue price of Gold
Bond will be ₹5,876).

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 MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1.7 Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion
(SANKALP)
What’s in News?
• Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship certifies final 4 batches consisting of 98 Trainers
trained in the cluster-based Training of Trainers project under the SANKALP programme.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

1.8 Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY)
What’s in News?

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 • Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) to
cover over 12 crores poor and vulnerable families (approximate 55 crore beneficiaries) i.e. bottom 40%
of the Indian population.

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
1.9 Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS) Project
What’s in News?
• Ministry of Education and World Bank organise a one of its kind workshops on School-to-Work Transition
under the STARS Program in Mumbai.

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 MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS
1.10 Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK Scheme)
What’s in News?

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• Ministry of Minority Affairs has approved a grant of Rs. 45.34 Crores under Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas
Karyakram (PMJVK). This will support the upgradation of Unani Medicine facilities at Hyderabad,
Chennai, Lucknow, Silchar and Bengaluru.

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1.11 India Approves World's Largest Food Storage Scheme In Co-Operative
Sector
What’s in News?

• Scheme was launched recently.

▪ Launch year: 2023

▪ Cost: ₹1 lakh crore
▪ Aim: To reduce the damage of food grains due to a lack of storage, help in
checking distress sales by farmers, reduce import dependence and create
employment opportunities in rural India.
World's largest ▪ Target: To raise India's foodgrain storage capacity by 700 lakh tonne in the
Foodgrain Storage cooperative sector.
Programme Key features:
▪ A godown of a capacity of 2000 tonnes will be constructed in every block.
▪ In the next five years, the storage will expand to 2,150 lakh tonnes.
▪ Decentralised storage facilities to be set up across the country.
▪ The farmers, apart from storing their produce in the facilities, will also be able to
get up to 70% loans from these societies

1.12 Mukhya Mantri Ladli Behna Yojana

What’s in News?

• Madhya Pradesh government to distribute ₹1,000 each to about 1.25 crore women of the state under
‘Mukhya Mantri Ladli Behna Yojana’ at Jabalpur.
o Will distribute the first instalment.

▪ Launch year: 2023

▪ Launched by: Madhya Pradesh
▪ Objective: Enabling economic independence of women in the state, sustained
improvement in their health and nutrition levels and to strengthen their decision-
making role within the family.
Mukhya Mantri Ladli
Behna Yojana Key features:
▪ ₹1,000 will be provided every month to women who are residents of the state, are
between 23 to 60 years of age and are married (including widowed, divorced, and
separated women.
▪ Women falling under 9 criteria have been excluded as beneficiaries of the scheme
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 o Including those whose family's combined annual income is more than
₹2.5 lakh.

1.13 Shakti Yojane

What’s in News?

• Karnataka government has made travel via state government buses free for women.

▪ Launch Year: 2023

▪ Launched by: Karnataka
Key features:
▪ The scheme is available for women who are domiciled in Karnataka and pertains
Shakti Yojane
to KSRTC and BMTC buses for up to 20 km inside the state.
o The Shakti scheme applies only on the ordinary state run bus services
of Karnataka.
▪ Women can apply for the Shakti Smart Card by registering on the ‘Seva Sindhu’
government portal.

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• WHO report highlights significant impact of 'Har Ghar Jal'
Program
o Ensuring safely managed drinking water for all
households in the country could avert nearly 400,000
deaths caused by diarrheal diseases and prevent
approximately 14 million Disability Adjusted Life Years
(DALYs) related to these diseases.
o This achievement alone would result in estimated cost
savings of up to $101 billion.
o In 2018, 36% of India's total population, including 44% SchemesTap –
Jal Jeevan Mission of the rural population, lacked access to improved April 2023
drinking-water sources on their premises.
• Rural Tap Water Connections Increased From 16.64% In 2019 To
62.84% Within A Span Of 41 Months
• The Har Ghar Jal Programme, implemented by the Jal Jeevan
Mission under the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
o Align with WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for
Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (JMP) to monitor
progress on SDG 6.1 for safely managed drinking water
services.

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 • Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)
has directed insurers to create Ayushman Bharat Health Account
(ABHA) IDs, the 14-digit unique identifiers to be issued to all
citizens, for both new insurance seekers and existing
Ayushman Bharat policyholders.
o The ID is part of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission SchemesTap –
Digital Mission
(ABDM) being implemented by the National Health March 2023
(ABDM)
Authority (NHA).
o The ABHA ID would help identify the insured digitally and
facilitate seamless healthcare and insurance delivery.
o While NHA has created 402.6 million ABHA IDs so far, the
target is to cover all Indians.
• Due to PLI Schemes, there was a significant increase of 76% in
FDI in the Manufacturing sector in FY 2021-22 (USD 21.34 billion)
compared to previous FY 2020-21 (USD 12.09 billion).
• Sectors for which PLI schemes exist and have seen an increase in
FDI inflows from FY 2021-22 to FY 2022-23 are Drugs and
Pharmaceuticals (+46%), Food Processing Industries (+26%) and
Medical Appliances (+91%).
Production Linked SchemesTap –
Incentive (PLI) Schemes • Actual investment of ₹62,500 Crore has been realized till March April 2023
2023 which has resulted in incremental production/ sales over
₹6.75 Lakh Crore and employment generation of around
3,25,000.
• Import substitution of 60% has been achieved in the Telecom
sector and India has become almost self–reliant in Antennae,
GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) & CPE (Customer
Premises Equipment).

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Contents
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA ........................................................................................................................................ 21
1.14 Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme ................................................................ 21
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ....................................................................................................... 22
1.15 Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN) ............................................................................................... 22
MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................... 23
1.16 Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) ................................................................................ 23
MINISTRY OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY ........................................................................................................... 24
1.17 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan (KUSUM) Scheme ......................... 24
SECOND SECTION ................................................................................................................................................. 25
1.18 Small Savings Schemes ........................................................................................................................... 25
REFERENCE SECTION .......................................................................................................................................... 26

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 RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
1.14 Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme
What’s in News?
• The scheme was in news recently.

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 MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
1.15 Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN)
What’s in News?
• Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in India reduced from 130 in 2014-16 to 97 per lakh live births in 2018-
20.
• On the track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of reducing the Maternal Mortality Ratio
(MMR) to less than 70/lakh live births by 2030.

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 MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
1.16 Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)
What’s in News?
• PM of India lauds new initiative of celebrating ‘Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana’ as ‘God Bharai'
ceremony in Dausa, Rajasthan.

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 MINISTRY OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY
1.17 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan (KUSUM)
Scheme
What’s in News?
• The scheme was in news recently.

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1.18 Small Savings Schemes
What’s in News?

• Income proof needed if investment exceeds ₹10 lakh.

▪ Customers holding accounts with India Post will be segmented in three categories–
low, medium and high risk
o Low-risk category is one where an investor wants to invest in or holds
certificates with a maturity value of up to ₹ 50,000 or the existing
balance in saving accounts does not exceed ₹50,000.
o The medium-risk category involves those whose investments range
from ₹50,000 to ₹10 lakh.
o The high-risk category of investors includes those who invest or hold
investments in excess of ₹10 lakh.
Small Savings Schemes ▪ For the high-risk category of investors, it is mandatory to furnish proof of the
source of funds, which includes bank statements, income tax returns, succession
certificates, gifts or sale deeds, wills, or any document that reflects the income or
source of funds.
▪ Depositors in the low, medium and high-risk categories will need to resubmit their
KYC every 7, 5 and 2 years, respectively.
▪ Existing India Post depositors must submit their Aadhaar before September 30,
2023, if they have not already submitted it.
▪ Rates for April to June quarter of financial year 2023-24:
o Provident Fund (PPF) scheme - 7.1 %

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 o Senior citizens savings scheme - 8.2 %
o National Savings Certificate - 7.7 %
o Sukanya Samriddhi scheme – 8%

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• VAIBHAV Fellowship Programme announced to connect Indian
Vaishvik Bhartiya STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and
SchemesTap –
Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Medicine) diaspora with Indian Higher Educational Institutions.
March 2023
Fellowship Scheme • 75 selected fellows would be invited to work in 18 identified
knowledge verticals.
Mission Saksham
Anganwadi and
• National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development SchemesTap –
(NIPCCD) organized an Online Training on ‘Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi. May 2023
Poshan 2.0

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