April - 2023

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Government
Schemes
(1st to 15th April 2023)

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Contents
FIRST SECTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ........................................................................................... 4
1.1 Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) ................................... 4
1.2 PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) ......................................... 4
MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION ................................................................. 6
1.3 Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for North East Region (PM-DevINE) ...................... 6
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE .......................................................... 7
1.4 National Clean Air Programme ......................................................................................................... 7
MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS ........................................................................................... 8
1.5 PM SVANidhi Scheme ......................................................................................................................... 8
1.6 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban ............................................................................................ 9
MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI ............................................................................................................................... 10
1.7 Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)................................................................................................................. 10
MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION........................................................................................................................ 12
1.8 Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Drones and Drone Components .............. 12
MINISTRY OF MINES ......................................................................................................................................... 13
1.9 Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra KalyanYojna (PMKKKY) .......................................................... 13
MINISTRY OF TEXTILES ................................................................................................................................... 14
1.10 Production Linked Incentive scheme for Textiles ..................................................................... 14
1.11 PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Scheme .............................. 14
MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY ........................................................................................ 15
1.12 National Bio-Energy Programme ................................................................................................... 15
MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS ...................................................................................... 16
1.13 Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation ................................................. 16
1.14 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana....................................................................................................... 17
SECOND SECTION ................................................................................................................................................. 18
1.15 Thiranari Thervu Thittam (Aptitude scheme) ............................................................................. 18
1.16 Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) ............................................ 19
REFERENCE SECTION .......................................................................................................................................... 19

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 FIRST SECTION

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

1.1 Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)
What’s in News?
• Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) is implemented in 33
States/UTs in convergence with over 20 State specific schemes.

1.2 PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM)

What’s in News?

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• World Bank signs a $1 Billion program to support India’s health sector for pandemic preparedness
and enhanced health service delivery. Bank will support PM-ABHIM.

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 MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
1.3 Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for North East Region (PM-
DevINE)
What’s in News?
• 11-projects amounting to Rs 1503.44 crore, including the 7-projects announced in Budget 2022-
23, have been selected for sanction in FY 2022-23.

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 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
1.4 National Clean Air Programme
What’s in News?
News-1
• MoEFCC provides financial assistance to States/ UTs under National Ambient Air Quality
Programme (NAMP) for monitoring of ambient air quality in towns and cities.
• Presently 1340 Monitoring Stations have been set up for monitoring ambient air quality in 489
cities and towns of the country.
News-2
• 95 cities have improved air quality and 20 cities met the National Ambient Air Quality Standard in
FY 2021-22 under the Programme.
• 9-cities: Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Moradabad, Firozabad, Amravati, Dewas, Sunder Nagar
and Nalagarh received award under Swacchh Vayu Sarvekshan conducted for 2022-23.
• The National Apex Committee under NCAP was convened to review the implementation of NCAP
under the co-chairmanship of Union Minister and Minister of State of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change.

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 MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
1.5 PM SVANidhi Scheme
What’s in News?
• 42.7 lakh loans amounting to ₹5,152.37 crore have been disbursed to 34.47 lakh street vendors
under PM SVANidhi scheme.
• 3.98 lakh loans (9.3%) provided to minority street vendors under PM SVANidhi scheme.

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1.6 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban
What’s in News?
News-1
• ‘Land’ and ‘Colonization’ are State subjects. Schemes related to housing in their respective areas
are implemented by States/Union Territories (UTs).
• Under PMAY-U, more than 1.20 crore houses have been sanctioned.

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 MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI
1.7 Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)
What’s in News?
• JJM achieves 60% coverage milestone as 60% of rural households have access to clean drinking
water through taps.
• 11.66 crore households & 58 crore people now have access to clean drinking water through taps
at home.
• One tap connection provided every second under JJM in 2023
• 1.55 lakh villages, (25% of total number of villages), in India have reported ‘Har Ghar Jal’, i.e., every
household has access to clean drinking water through taps at their household premises.
• 5 states: Gujarat, Telangana, Goa, Haryana, and Punjab and 3 Union Territories of Andaman &
Nicobar Islands, Daman Diu & Dadra Nagar Haveli and Puducherry have reported 100% coverage.
• Tap water supply provided in 9.03 lakh (88.26%) schools and 9.36 lakh (83.71%) anganwadi
centres.
• At the time of launch of JJM, there were 14,020 Arsenic and 7,996 Fluoride affected reported
habitations in the country, which have been reduced to 612 and 431 respectively.
• A special ‘Swachh Jal se Suraksha’ campaign was launched by the Mission from 2nd October,
2022 to 31st March, 2023 to ensure quality of drinking water.
• More than 5.24 lakh Paani Samitis/ Village Water and Sanitation Committees (VWSC) have been
formed and over 5.12 lakh Village Action Plan have been prepared.
• Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation have formalized a Rural Wash Partners’ Forum (RWPF),
where development partners along with sector partners involved in WASH sector work in a
collaborative manner for effective implementation of JJM.
• “Source sustainability for Drinking Water” (JSA-2023-SSDW) has been kept as the central theme
of Jal Shakti Abhiyan 2023.

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 MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION
1.8 Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Drones and Drone
Components
What’s in News?
• Ministry of Civil Aviation has disbursed an amount of Rs. 30 crores (approximately) to the
beneficiaries during FY 2022-23 under the scheme.
• A provisional list of 23 PLI beneficiaries was released which include 12 drone manufacturers and
11 drone component manufacturers.

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 MINISTRY OF MINES
1.9 Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra KalyanYojna (PMKKKY)
What’s in News?
• District Mineral Foundation (DMF) have been established in 626 districts of 23 states in the
country.
• Entire area of Madhya Pradesh State has been accepted as mining effected area.

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 MINISTRY OF TEXTILES
1.10 Production Linked Incentive scheme for Textiles
What’s in News?
• Government has approved 64 applications out of 67 applications received with the proposed total
investment of Rs.19,798 crore.

1.11 PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Scheme
What’s in News?

• Government has finalised 7 sites viz. Tamil Nadu (Virudhnagar), Telangana (Warangal), Gujarat
(Navsari), Karnataka (Kalburgi), Madhya Pradesh (Dhar), Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow/Hardoi) and
Maharashtra (Amrawati) for setting up PM MITRA Parks.
• India is the 5th largest producer of technical textiles in the whole world with a market size of
nearly $22 billion, with hope to build up to $300 billion by 2047.

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 MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
1.12 National Bio-Energy Programme
What’s in News?
• The details of scheme were mentioned in news.

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 MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
1.13 Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation
What’s in News?
• ₹ 2341 crore of Foreign exchange saved by blending of ethanol in petrol during 2021-22
• Current annual ethanol production capacity in country is approximately 1037 crore litres.
• According to International IRENA’s ‘Renewable Energy and Jobs Annual Review 2022’, 85,000 jobs
were generated in biogas industry in India.

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1.14 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
What’s in News?
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a subsidy of Rs.200 per 14.2 kg
cylinder for up to 12 refills per year to be provided to the beneficiaries.
• The total expenditure will be Rs.6,100 crore for financial year 2022-23 and Rs.7,680 crore for
2023-24.

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 SECOND SECTION
1.15 Thiranari Thervu Thittam (Aptitude scheme)
What’s in News?

• Anaivarukkum IIT M (IITM for all), a joint initiative with the School Education Department has been
launched.

▪ Launch year: 2023

▪ Launched by: Tamil Nadu
▪ Aim: to encourage students to aspire to join the premium institutions and
Thiranari Thervu bridge the disparity between students studying in private institutes and
Thittam (Aptitude government schools.
scheme) ▪ 1,000 students (500 boys and 500 girls) studying in class X, would be
chosen from government schools to receive guidance in premier
institutions such as Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
▪ Such students would receive a monthly stipend of ₹1,000 to ensure that
they remain motivated

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1.16 Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)
What’s in News?
• The details of scheme were mentioned in news.

▪ Launch year: 2005

▪ Tenure: Launched for 7 years, but later extended till 31st March, 2014
▪ Aim: to encourage reforms and fast track planned development of
identified cities.
▪ Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) is a
revamped version of JNNURM.
JNNURM
Sub-components:
▪ Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns
(UIDSSMT): For infrastructure development with Central Assistance (CA)
in small and medium towns of the States/Union Territories (UTs)
▪ Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG): For infrastructure
development with central assistance in large Cities

REFERENCE SECTION

Covered in
Scheme Name Current Development
which month
• In FY23, Gujarat had the highest utilisation-to-released
fund ratio of MPLADS funds.
Members of
Parliament Local
• While ₹66 crore was allocated to the state, it had utilised
SchemesTap –
₹95.77 crore, 145.11%.
Area Development March 2023
Scheme (MPLADS) • Uttar Pradesh received ₹427.5 crore i.e. highest amount
among states. While, Sikkim received the lowest amount
of money at ₹2 crore
Support for
• SMILE does not specifically cover persons belonging to
Marginalized
Scheduled Castes. SchemesTap –
Individuals for
• Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has setup February 2023
Livelihood and
Enterprise (SMILE) 12 Garima Greh in 9 States. (Maximum 3 in Maharashtra)

• Samudrayaan Project was launched in September, 2021 SchemesTap –

Deep Ocean Mission under Deep Ocean Mission with a budgetary outlay of Rs
February 2023
119 Crores.
• The scheme completes 8-years.
• More than 40.82 crore loans amounting to ₹23.2 lakh
crore sanctioned under PMMY since inception.
Pradhan Mantri
• About 68% of accounts under the scheme belong to SchemesTap –
Mudra Yojana
women entrepreneurs and 51% of accounts belong to February 2023
(PMMY)
entrepreneurs of SC/ST and OBC categories.
• Approximately 21% of the total loans have been
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 • 22.70 lakh learners participated in 1st Foundational
Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Test under NILP,
held across 10 States and UTs in the country.
New India Literacy • Aim: to assess the basic Reading, Writing and Numeracy
Programme (NILP) skills of the neo-literates.
SchemesTap –
(Nav Bharat • Maximum number of learners 9,25,854 appeared in March 2023
Saaksharta Madhya Pradesh.
Karyakram) • NILP is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
• The learners are encouraged to access the learning
content in local languages in online mode through
DIKSHA platform of NCERT.
News-1
• SBM-U 2.0 launched flagship newsletter Swachh Vaarta
with to showcase journey of garbage-free cities.
• 2nd edition of Swachh Vaarta captures Million Plus City
Initiative.
• 8th National Advisory and Review Committee of SBM-U
was held under Chairmanship of Manoj Joshi, Secretary,
MoHUA, to review the action plan for 17 States/UTs.
• Projects worth Rs. 3000 Cr. have been approved under
SBM-U 2.0.
News-2
• Under SBM-U 2.0, Swachh Certification Protocols for
(Open Defecation Free) ODF, ODF+, ODF++, and Water+
have been introduced under which the claims of the
cities are verified by an independent third party.
Swachh Bharat
• Protocol evaluates, inter-alia, that no untreated used SchemesTap –
Mission-Urban
water or faecal sludge is discharged into the February 2023
(SBM-U)
environment/ water bodies and all used water (sewage
& faecal sludge) is safely contained, transported, and
treated, along with maximum reuse of treated used
water. Till date 14 ULBs have been certified as Water+.
• Cleanliness survey “Swachh Survekshan (SS)” carried
out annually since 2016 to inculcate healthy competitive
spirit amongst Urban Local Bodies and States/Union
Territory Administrations by awarding them rank.
News-3
• Since inception, a total of 62.81 lakh Individual
Household Latrines (IHHLs) units and 6.36 lakh
Community Toilet/Public Toilet (CT/PT) have been
constructed under the Mission.
• As on date, out of total waste generated, a total of 75%
of waste is processed.
Mahatma Gandhi
• Budget allocation of Rs. 60,000 crores at Budget
National Rural
Estimate stage for MGNREGS for FY 2023-24. SchemesTap –
Employment
• Households offered employment in 2022-23 under February 2023
Guarantee Scheme
(MGNREGS) MGNREGS: 6.89 crore.

Atal Mission for • So far, State Water Action Plans comprising 6,527 SchemesTap –
Rejuvenation and projects worth ₹1,29,636 Cr. (incl. Operation &
January 2023
Urban Maintenance) have been approved.

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 Transformation
(AMRUT) 2.0
• 24.35 Lakh Additional Irrigation Potential created under
PMKSY during 2016-2022 against a target of 34.64 lakh
hectare.
• Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO)
under NITI Ayog has carried out evaluation of PMKSY for
Pradhna Mantri
the period 2015-2020. Accelerated Irrigation Benefits SchemesTap –
Krishi Sinchayee
Programme (AIBP) has been graded as the ‘satisfactory’ February 2023
Yojana (PMKSY)
(highest category) in parameters such as relevance,
efficiency, impact and equity.
• Inclusion of projects other than the 99 prioritized
projects has been permitted for implementation of
PMKSY-AIBP during 2021-2026.
• All the villages had declared themselves ODF by 2nd
October, 2019.
• In SBM(G) Phase-II, provision for incentive for
construction of individual household latrines (IHHLs) for
any left out household and new households has been
kept.
• Number of IHHLs constructed since inception:
10,31,00,697
News-2
• Andaman and Nicobar islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and
Swachh Bharat
Nagar Haveli (including all their villages) has achieved SchemesTap –
Mission- Grameen
ODF+ model category. January 2023
(SBM-G) 2.0
• There is a 5-fold increase in the numbers of ODF+
villages in just 1-year.
• Rs 52049 crore fund budgeted by all the states/UTs for
SBM (G) Ph-2 activities for 2023-24.
• Central share of Rs 14030 crore has been allocated to
all states for FY 2023-24.
News-3
• Based on SSG (Swachh Survekshan Grameen) 2022,
95.4% of surveyed households have access to toilet and
95.4% of those having toilet have been using it regularly.
GOBARdhan • 510 community GOBARdhan projects have been SchemesTap –
SCheme completed under SBM (G). February 2023

Pradhan Mantri SchemesTap –

Fasal Bima Yojana
• The scheme was mentioned in news. March 2023
• Details of such households who claimed to be left out
from the SECC 2011 and eligible for inclusion in
Permanent Wait List, have been captured in the Awaas+
Survey conducted by the Ministry of Rural Development
under PMAY-G during January, 2018 and 7th March,
Pradhan Mantri
2019. SchemesTap –
Awas Yojana
(Grameen)
• In this exercise, the States/UTs have uploaded details of January 2023
additional households. Awaas+ data is being utilized to
fill the gap of 87 lakh houses (2.95 crore - 2.08 crore).
• Objective: Identification of households, who though are
eligible for assistance under PMAY-G as per the
parameters specified under SECC-2011 but have not

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 been included in the list of eligible beneficiaries in SECC
database due various reasons.

POSHAN ABHIYAAN
• The POSHAN Abhiyaan has been rolled out in all the 36 SchemesTap-
States/UTs. February 2023

Saksham Anganwadi SchemesTap-

& Poshan 2.0
• The scheme was in news recently. January 2023

National Programme
for Dairy SchemesTap-
Development
• The scheme was in news recently. January 2023
(NPDD) scheme

SchemesTap-
Mission Shakti • The scheme was in news recently. January 2023

Scheme of
Assistance to
Disabled Persons for
• Samajik Adhikarita Shivirs’ organized by to provide Aids SchemesTap-
& Assistive devices to Divyangjans in 9 States at 17
Purchase/Fitting of January 2023
locations.
Aids and Appliances
(ADIP Scheme)

Fisheries and
• Overall fisheries production in the country reached at
Aquaculture
162.48 lakh tonne in 2021-22 from 102.60 lakh tonne in SchemesTap-
Infrastructure
2014-15. March 2023
Development Fund
(FIDF) • India stands third in world in terms of fish production.
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Government
Schemes
(16th to 30th April 2023)

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Contents
FIRST SECTION ..................................................................................................................................................... 26
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................................... 26
1.17 Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI) ...................................................................... 26
1.18 Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP) ......................................... 27
1.19 Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) ................................................ 28
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE ............................................................................... 29
1.20 Promotion Of Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management Of Crop Residue ...... 29
1.21 National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) ............................................................................ 30
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION .............................................................................................................................. 32
1.22 National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy
(NIPUN) Bharat Mission ................................................................................................................................ 32
MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS ...................................................................................................................... 33
1.23 Marketing and Logistics Development for Promotion of Tribal Products from North
Eastern Region (PTP-NER) .......................................................................................................................... 33
1.24 Pradhan Mantri Jana Jatiya Vikas Mission (PMJVM)................................................................ 34
1.25 Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST students (Class IX and X) ........................................................ 34
1.26 Post-Matric Scholarship for ST students..................................................................................... 35
1.27 National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education for ST students ...................... 36
1.28 National Overseas Scholarship for ST students ........................................................................ 38
1.29 Adivasi Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana (AMSY) ............................................................................ 39
MINISTRY OF FINANCE .................................................................................................................................... 39
1.30 Stand Up India Scheme ................................................................................................................ 39
1.31 Mahila Samman Savings Certificates, 2023 ............................................................................... 40
1.32 Atal Pension Yojana (APY) ............................................................................................................... 41
1.33 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) ................................................................................. 42
1.34 Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) .............................................................. 43
1.35 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)....................................................................... 44
MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS & IT (MeitY)................................................................................................... 45
1.36 Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) for IT Hardware ............................................... 45
1.37 Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and
Semiconductors (SPECS)............................................................................................................................. 46
1.38 Startup Accelerator Programme of MeitY for Product Innovation, Development and
Growth (SAMRIDH) ........................................................................................................................................ 48
1.39 Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE 2.0) .......................... 49
1.40 Next Generation Incubation Scheme (NGIS)........................................................................... 50
1.41 Modified Scheme for setting up of Semiconductor Fabs in India ......................................... 50
1.42 Modified Scheme for setting up of Display Fabs in India ........................................................ 51
1.43 Modified Scheme for setting up of Compound Semiconductors / Silicon Photonics /
Sensors Fab / Discrete Semiconductors Fab and Semiconductor ATMP / OSAT facilities in
India 52

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MINISTRY OF AYUSH ........................................................................................................................................ 54
1.44 Champion Service Sector Scheme for Medical Value Travel ............................................. 54
1.45 Promotion of International Co-operation in Ayush (IC Scheme) ........................................... 54
MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION ................................................ 55
1.46 Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) .......................................................................... 55
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE ........................................................ 57
1.47 Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes (MISHTI) .......................... 57
1.48 Amrit Dharohar Scheme ................................................................................................................... 57
1.49 National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems (NPCA) ...................................... 58
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ........................................................................................... 59
1.50 Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups (CGSS) ......................................................................... 59
1.51 Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) ................................................................................... 60
1.52 Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) Scheme .................................................................................. 61
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT ............................................................................. 62
1.53 Pre-Matric Scholarship scheme for OBCs, EBCs and DNTs ................................................... 62
1.54 Post Matric Scholarship for SCs (PMS-SC)................................................................................. 63
1.55 Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for OBC, EBC and DNTs ..................................................... 64
1.56 Free Coaching Scheme (FCS) for SC and OBC .......................................................................... 65
1.57 Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY) ............................................. 67
1.58 Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNT Communities (SEED) .................................... 68
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS ....................................................................................... 69
1.59 Parvatmala Pariyojana (National Ropeways Development Programme) ............................. 69
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT ..................................................................................................... 69
1.60 National Pension Scheme for Traders and Self Employed (NPS-Traders) ......................... 69
MINISTRY OF TOURISM ............................................................................................................................... 70
1.61 Capacity Building for Service Providers (CBSP) ........................................................................ 70
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................... 71
1.62 National Quantum Mission ............................................................................................................... 71
MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI ............................................................................................................................... 73
1.63 Flood Management and Border Areas Programme" (FMBAP)............................................ 73
MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS ........................................................................................... 73
1.64 Khelo India Scheme ........................................................................................................................... 73
MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION........................................................................................................................ 74
1.65 Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) ........................... 74
Ministry of Earth Science ................................................................................................................................. 76
1.66 Ocean Services, Modelling, Applications, Resources and Technology (O-SMART)......... 76
MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES ........................................................... 77
1.67 Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Automobile Auto Components ................ 77
OTHERS ................................................................................................................................................................ 79
1.68 Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Schemes ............................................................................... 79

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 SECOND SECTION ................................................................................................................................................. 79
1.69 Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD)
Scheme ............................................................................................................................................................. 79
REFERENCE SECTION .......................................................................................................................................... 80

FIRST SECTION

MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

1.17 Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI)
What’s in News?
• The scheme was in news recently.

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1.18 Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP)
What’s in News?
• Department of Land Resources has achieved 100% expenditure target of Budget Estimates of
Rs.239.25 crore fixed in respect of DILRMP for the year 2022-23.

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1.19 Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS)
What’s in News?

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 • The scheme was in news recently.

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

1.20 Promotion Of Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management Of
Crop Residue
What’s in News?
• The scheme was in news recently.

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1.21 National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF)
What’s in News?

• Government has formulated National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) as a separate and
independent scheme from 2023-24 by up-scaling the Bharatiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati
(BPKP) to promote natural farming across the country.
• NMNF will cover 7.5 lakh ha area by developing 15,000 clusters in next 4 years with total
budget outlay of Rs. 1584 crore (GoI Share).
• Provision of Rs 459.00 crores for 2023-24 has been proposed.
• Budget for fertilizer subsidy for 2023-24 has been kept at Rs 1,75,099 crore.

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 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
1.22 National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and
Numeracy (NIPUN) Bharat Mission
What’s in News?
News-1
• The details of scheme were mentioned in news.

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 MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS
1.23 Marketing and Logistics Development for Promotion of Tribal Products
from North Eastern Region (PTP-NER)
What’s in News?
News-1
• Recently, the scheme has been launched in Manipur.
• 14 TRIFED Regional Offices have signed agreements with India Post as their logistics partner
for delivery of orders generated on the e-commerce portal of Tribes India.

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1.24 Pradhan Mantri Jana Jatiya Vikas Mission (PMJVM)
What’s in News?
• The scheme was in news recently.

1.25 Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST students (Class IX and X)

What’s in News?

• The scheme was in news recently.

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1.26 Post-Matric Scholarship for ST students
What’s in News?
• The scheme was in news recently.

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1.27 National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education for ST
students
What’s in News?

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• The scheme was in news recently.

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1.28 National Overseas Scholarship for ST students
What’s in News?

• The scheme was in news recently.

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1.29 Adivasi Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana (AMSY)
What’s in News?

• The scheme was in news recently.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
1.30 Stand Up India Scheme
What’s in News?
• Stand Up India scheme completes 7-years.
• More than Rs. 40,700 crore sanctioned to over 1,80,630 accounts under scheme in 7 years.
o more than 80% of loans given under this scheme have been provided to women

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1.31 Mahila Samman Savings Certificates, 2023
What’s in News?
• The scheme has been launched recently.

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1.32 Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
What’s in News?
News-1
• Total enrolments under various schemes under National Pension System (NPS) and APY cross
1.35 crore during Financial Year 2022-23.
News-2
• Total enrolment under APY crossed 5.20 crore mark (since inception).
• The scheme enrolled more than 1.19 crore new subscribers in FY 2022-23 as compared to 99
lakh in the last financial year, depicting a growth of more than 20%.
• As on date, the total assets under management (AUM) in APY is more than Rs. 27,200 crore
and the scheme has generated investment return of 8.69% since inception of the scheme.

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1.33 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
What’s in News?

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• The total balance in the basic bank accounts under PMJDY has registered a record surge of
₹50,000 crore in the financial year ended March 31, 2023.
• The total balance at the end of FY23 stood at ₹1.99 lakh crore as against ₹1.49-lakh crore at
the end of the previous financial year.
• There is also an addition of 5 crore new accounts under the scheme.
• Total number of beneficiaries reached 48.65 crore by the end of the last fiscal compared to
45 crore in the previous financial year. The women beneficiaries were over 27 crore.
• As per RBI data, about 8% of PMJDY accounts have zero balance while the average balance
is upwards of ₹2,400.

1.34 Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)

What’s in News?
News-1
• DFS Secretary chairs meeting with 10 Central Ministries/ Departments to boost enrolments
under PMJJBY & PMSBY at Gram Panchayat level during the 3-month long campaign, from
01st April 2023 to 30th June 2023, cover all the districts in the Country.

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1.35 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
What’s in News?
• The scheme was in the news.

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 MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS & IT (MeitY)
1.36 Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) for IT Hardware
What’s in News?

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• The scheme was in news recently.

1.37 Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and

Semiconductors (SPECS)
What’s in News?
• Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology has extended the Scheme for the
Promotion of Electronics Components and Semiconductor (SPECS) by a year.
• With the extension, companies can apply till March 31, 2024.
• An interim arrangement to allow applications which were discontinued on March 31, 2023.

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1.38 Startup Accelerator Programme of MeitY for Product Innovation,
Development and Growth (SAMRIDH)
What’s in News?
• The scheme was in news recently.

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1.39 Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE 2.0)
What’s in News?
• The scheme was in news recently.

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1.40 Next Generation Incubation Scheme (NGIS)
What’s in News?
• The scheme was in news recently.

1.41 Modified Scheme for setting up of Semiconductor Fabs in India

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

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1.42 Modified Scheme for setting up of Display Fabs in India
What’s in News?

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• The scheme was in news recently.

1.43 Modified Scheme for setting up of Compound Semiconductors / Silicon

Photonics / Sensors Fab / Discrete Semiconductors Fab and
Semiconductor ATMP / OSAT facilities in India
What’s in News?

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 MINISTRY OF AYUSH
1.44 Champion Service Sector Scheme for Medical Value Travel
What’s in News?

• Government to promote AYUSH treatment through health tourism.

1.45 Promotion of International Co-operation in Ayush (IC Scheme)

What’s in News?

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• As per the research report on Ayush Sector by Forum on Indian Traditional Medicine (FITM)
under Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), the market size of
Ayush industry is US$ 18.1 billion in 2020.

MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC

DISTRIBUTION
1.46 Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS)
What’s in News?

News-1
• A total of 269 districts in 27 states have started distributing fortified rice under TPDS,
achieving a 100% target set for Phase II by March 2023 in Rice Fortification Programme.
• Government of India aims to supply Fortified Rice in every Social Safety Net Scheme of the
Government of India throughout the country by 2024 in a phased manner.

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News-2
• 92.77 LMT of fortified rice lifted in Phase II under TPDS for Aspirational and High Burden
Districts.
• Government of India has approved the supply of fortified rice throughout the TPDS under the
National Food Security Act (NFSA) and in Other Welfare Schemes of Government of India in
all States and Union Territories (UTs) by the year 2024 in a phased manner.
News-3
• 19.79 crore ration cards digitized under the Public Distribution System in India
• 100% automation of Fair Price Shops (FPSs) achieved by installing electronic Point of Sale
devices

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 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
1.47 Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes (MISHTI)
What’s in News?

• The details of the scheme were in news recently.

1.48 Amrit Dharohar Scheme

What’s in News?

• The details of the scheme were in news recently.

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1.49 National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems (NPCA)
What’s in News?

• Under the NPCA scheme, Ministry Of Environment, Forest And Climate Change has
sanctioned the central assistance for conservation of 165 wetlands across the country,
including 42 Ramsar sites.

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 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
1.50 Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups (CGSS)
What’s in News?

• The scheme was in news recently.

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1.51 Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS)
What’s in News?

• The scheme was in news recently.

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1.52 Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) Scheme
What’s in News?

• The scheme was in news recently.

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 MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT
1.53 Pre-Matric Scholarship scheme for OBCs, EBCs and DNTs
What’s in News?

• Budget for Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBCS, EBCs AND DNTs increased to Rs. 394.61
crore in 2022-23 as compared to Rs. 250 crore in 2021-22.

• Pre-Matric Scholarship scheme for OBCs, EBCs and DNTs has been revised in 2021-22
with an objective to cover approx. 5.67 crore students under the scheme during the
period of five year over the XV Finance Commission Cycle.

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1.54 Post Matric Scholarship for SCs (PMS-SC)
What’s in News?

• The scheme was in news recently.

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1.55 Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for OBC, EBC and DNTs
What’s in News?

• The scheme was in news recently.

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1.56 Free Coaching Scheme (FCS) for SC and OBC
What’s in News?

• More than 74 crore spent in the last five years under the Central Sector Scheme of Free
Coaching Scheme (FCS) for SC and OBC students.
• 8761 students benefited under the Free Coaching Scheme (FCS) for SC and OBC students
during the last 5 years.

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1.57 Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY)
What’s in News?

• Criteria revised for selection of villages under Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday
Yojana (PM-AJAY) for catering to more Scheduled Caste (SC) population.
• Selection criteria for villages revised in 2022-23 from 'more than 50%' SC population to
'more than 40%.

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1.58 Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNT Communities (SEED)
What’s in News?

• The scheme was in news recently.

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 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS
1.59 Parvatmala Pariyojana (National Ropeways Development Programme)
What’s in News?

• Recently, the 'INTERALPIN 2023 Fair', the Leading International Trade Fair for Alpine
Technologies was held in Austria.
• Under Parvatmala Pariyojana, Government plans to develop more than 250 projects with
Ropeway length of over 1,200 km in 5 years with focus on PPP under Hybrid Annuity Model
with 60% contribution support by Government of India.

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

1.60 National Pension Scheme for Traders and Self Employed (NPS-
Traders)
What’s in News?

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• The details of the scheme were mentioned in news.

MINISTRY OF TOURISM
1.61 Capacity Building for Service Providers (CBSP)
What’s in News?

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• The scheme was in news recently.

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1.62 National Quantum Mission
What’s in News?

• The mission has been launched recently.

• India to become 7th nation to have National Quantum Mission after the US, Austria, Finland,
France, Canada, and China.

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 MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI
1.63 Flood Management and Border Areas Programme" (FMBAP)
What’s in News?

• The scheme was in news recently.

MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

1.64 Khelo India Scheme
What’s in News?

• Government of India marks 5-years of Khelo India Scheme.

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 MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION
1.65 Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN)
What’s in News?

News-1
• Following the 4-successful rounds of bidding, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched the
5th round of the RCS –UDAN to further enhance the connectivity to remote and regional areas
of the country and achieve last mile connectivity.
News-2
• Ministry of Civil Aviation has informed that 6 years ago, RCS Udan took flight, connecting
Shimla to Delhi.

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 Ministry of Earth Science
1.66 Ocean Services, Modelling, Applications, Resources and Technology
(O-SMART)
What’s in News?

• Amount of Rs. 2177 crore is allocated for implementation of O-SMART scheme during a period
of 5 years i.e 2021-22 to 2025-26.

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 MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
1.67 Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Automobile Auto
Components
What’s in News?
• The details of the scheme were mentioned in news.

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 OTHERS
1.68 Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Schemes
What’s in News?

• The scheme was in news recently.

SECOND SECTION
1.69 Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive
(PRASHAD) Scheme
What’s in News?

News-1

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• Ministry of Tourism promotes 7-Liberation destinations (Saptha Moksha Puri) of India by
undertaking promotional campaigns in domestic and global markets.
• The Saptha Moksha Puri (Seven Liberation destinations) are –
o Ayodhya, Mathura, Maya (Haridwar), Kashi (Varanasi), Kanchi Avantika (Ujjain), Puri
(Odisha) and Dwaravati (Dwaraka, Gujarat).
News-2
• According to Bureau of Immigration, India received 6.19 million Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs)
during 2022 as compare to 1.52 million during the same period of 2021.
• Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) through tourism in India during 2022 is Rs 1,34,543 Crore.

▪ Launch year: 2014-2015

▪ Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Tourism
Pilgrimage ▪ Type: Central Sector Scheme
Rejuvenation And ▪ Implementing Agency: through the identified agencies by the
Spiritual, Heritage respective State/ Union Territory Government
Augmentation Drive ▪ Aim: integrated development of pilgrimage destinations in planned,
(PRASHAD) prioritised and sustainable manner to provide complete religious
Scheme tourism experience.
▪ Ministry provides Central Financial Assistance (CFA) to State
Governments for promoting tourism at identified destinations.

REFERENCE SECTION

Covered in
Scheme Name Current Development
which month
• 9th National Review Conference of PMFBY held at
Raipur in Chhattisgarh.
• Karnataka has bagged the national award for the best
implementation of PMFBY for the year 2022-23.
o PMFBY is implemented in Karnataka, through
Pradhan Mantri portal ‘Samrakshane’, designed and developed SchemesTap –
Fasal Bima Yojana by the state through National Informatics Centre. March 2023
(PMFBY)
• Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department,
Government of Puducherry, has secured the top rank in
the smaller States category for successful
implementation PMFBY.

PM Mega • PM Mitra Mega Textiles Park have been inaugurated

Lucknow and Hardoi districts in Uttar Pradesh.
Integrated Textile
• PM Mitra Park Lucknow will be developed in Public SchemesTap –
Region and Apparel
Private Partnership mode through a Special Purpose April 2023
(PM MITRA)
Vehicle (S.P.V.), which will be owned by the Central and
Scheme
State Governments.

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 • The total area of PM Mitra Park Lucknow will be 1000
acres in which an investment of Rs 10,000 crore is
expected.
• Central government will provide development capital
assistance of Rs 500 crore to PM Mitra Park Lucknow for
the development of common basic infrastructure.
• Ministry of Textiles, Government of India to provide Rs
300 crore as incentive to the manufacturing units to be
set up in PM Mitra Park Lucknow.
• 8 Projects Worth Rs. 638 Crores have been approved
under Namami Gange during 48th meeting of the
Executive Committee of the National Mission for Clean
Ganga (NMCG).
Namami Gange • To clean River Hindon (a tributary of River Yamuna), 4- SchemesTap –
Mission projects worth Rs. 407.39 crore were approved (part of March 2023
the comprehensive Hindon Rejuvenation Plan) for
pollution abatement in the Shamli district.
o Hindon river is identified as Priority I polluted river
stretch.
News-1
• According to MGNREGA Management Information
System (MIS) report, Rajasthan has topped the country
with 35.61 crore person days generation under
MGNREGS.
o Rajasthan is followed by Tamil Nadu, Uttar
Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.
• Uttar Pradesh topped the country with 4,99,947 families
completing 100 days of work, followed by Kerala and
Rajasthan.
Mahatma Gandhi News-2
National Rural
• Recently, Ministry of Rural Development issued a SchemesTap –
Employment
notification for the rural job guarantee programme for February 2023
Guarantee Scheme
the financial year 2023-24.
(MGNREGS)
• Under this, wage revision has been done under the
MGNREGS 2005 of section 6(1), and will be effective
from 1st April 2023.
• Wage hikes will range from ₹7 to ₹26 per day. In
percentage terms, it is in the range of 2% to 10%
• Haryana has the highest daily wage at ₹357 per day and,
Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh the lowest at ₹221.
News-3
• For 2023-24, the overall projection of person days under
MGNREGA is over 2 billion person days (2,11,13,40,000).
• National Health Authority (NHA) invites participation on
the ‘National Health Claims Exchange (HCX)-Sandbox’
under ABDM.
Ayushman Bharat
• To tackle key challenges and streamline the process of
claim settlement, NHA has developed a national HCX to SchemesTap –
Digital Mission
enable interoperability of health claims. March 2023
(ABDM)
• The HCX envisions to standardize the claims process by
creating a transparent and rule-based platform that will
enable faster claim processing and better patient
experience with reduced costs.

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 • The country proposes to build 5.73 million houses under
Pradhan Mantri the PMAY-G to realise the overall target of building 29.5
SchemesTap –
Awas Yojana million houses under the scheme.
January 2023
(Grameen) • 5.28 million houses have been built under the PMAY-G
in FY23, up 25% from previous year.
• Total enrolments under various schemes under NPS and
Atal Pension Yojana (APY) cross 1.35 crore during
National Pension Financial Year 2022-23. SchemesTap –
System • With cumulative enrolment of over 10 Lakh subscribers, March 2023
NPS Private sector- comprising NPS All Citizen and NPS
Corporate- accounted for about 60%.
• CGTMSE will collaborate with National Institute for
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NI-MSME),
Credit Guarantee
Hyderabad for setting up a Centre of Financial
Scheme for Micro & SchemesTap –
Inclusion for MSME.
Small Enterprises March 2023
(CGTMSE) • Under CGTMSE, guarantee fees has been reduced for
loans upto ₹1 crore by 50% bringing the minimum
guarantee fee to the level of 0.37% pa only.
Modified Special
SchemesTap -
Incentive Package • The scheme was in news recently. January 2023
Scheme (M-SIPS)

Production Linked
Incentive Scheme
SchemesTap-
(PLI) for Largescale • The scheme was in news recently. February 2023
Electronics
Manufacturing

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