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Contents
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare...............................................................................9

PM Kisan Samman Nidhi....................................................................................................................................... 9
National Beekeeping & Honey Mission.....................................................................................................................9
Minimum Support Price Scheme (MSP).............................................................................................................10
Sahakar Pragya programme................................................................................................................................11
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund.......................................................................................................................... 11
Ayushman Sahakar Scheme................................................................................................................................ 12
Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA)........................................................................................12
Integrated Scheme for Agriculture and Marketing (ISAM).................................................................................13
Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) Scheme.............................................................. 13
KISAN (Crop Insurance)....................................................................................................................................... 14
Krishonnati Yojana.............................................................................................................................................. 14
Krishi Vigyan Kendras..........................................................................................................................................15
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture.........................................................................................15
Mission Fingerling............................................................................................................................................... 16
National Agriculture Market (NAM)................................................................................................................... 16
National Bamboo Mission...................................................................................................................................17
National Food Security Mission.......................................................................................................................... 18
National Horticulture Mission.............................................................................................................................18
National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA).............................................................................. 18
National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology (NMAET)..............................................................19
National Mission on Bio Economy...................................................................................................................... 19
National Mission on Bovine Productivity............................................................................................................20
National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil Palm (NMOOP)........................................................................................... 20
National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture......................................................................................................20
Nowcast...............................................................................................................................................................21
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Scheme............................................................................... 22
Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna.........................................................................................................................22
PM Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana.............................................................................................................................. 22
Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA).................................................................... 23
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana..................................................................................................................... 23
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana....................................................................................................................24
Price Stabilization Fund.......................................................................................................................................25
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana.............................................................................................................................. 25
RKVY-RAFTAAR Scheme...................................................................................................................................... 26
Small Farmer's Agriculture-Business Consortium (SFAC)................................................................................... 26
Soil Health Card Scheme..................................................................................................................................... 27
Ministry of Animal Husbandry.......................................................................................................... 27
Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund....................................................................................... 27
National Animal Disease Control Program......................................................................................................... 28
PM Matsya Sampada Yojana...............................................................................................................................29
Pashudhan Sanjivani........................................................................................................................................... 29
Rashtriya Gokul Mission......................................................................................................................................29
Ministry of AYUSH................................................................................................................................. 30
Mission Madhumeh............................................................................................................................................ 30
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National Ayush Mission.......................................................................................................................................30
Swasthya Raksha Programme.............................................................................................................................31
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers............................................................................................. 31
Jan Aushadhi Scheme..........................................................................................................................................31
Nutrient Based Subsidy.......................................................................................................................................32
Ministry of Civil Aviation.................................................................................................................... 32
UDAN - Regional Connectivity Scheme...............................................................................................................32
Ministry of Commerce and Industry............................................................................................... 33
Market Access Initiative......................................................................................................................................33
Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) Scheme..........................................................33
Merchandise Exports from India Scheme...........................................................................................................33
Make in India Initiative 2.0..................................................................................................................................34
One District One Product Scheme...................................................................................................................... 34
Startup-India....................................................................................................................................................... 35
Make in India Programme...................................................................................................................................36
National Investment and Manufacturing Zones................................................................................................. 36
Niryat Bandhu Scheme........................................................................................................................................37
Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops (RISPC).................................................................................. 37
Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS).......................................................................................................... 38
Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES)...................................................................................................38
Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana.............................................................................................................. 38
Special Economic Zones (SEZs)............................................................................................................................39
Ministry of Communications..............................................................................................................39
Production-Linked Incentive(PLI) scheme for the telecom sector..................................................................... 39
Digital India......................................................................................................................................................... 40
Bharat Net Project...............................................................................................................................................40
DARPAN Project.................................................................................................................................................. 41
National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN)............................................................................................................. 42
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution............................................. 42
National Food Security Act, 2013........................................................................................................................42
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY).......................................................................................43
Antyodaya Anna Yojana...................................................................................................................................... 43
Ministry of Culture................................................................................................................................ 43
Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana..................................................................................................................................43
National Mission on Cultural Mapping of India.................................................................................................. 44
Project Mausam.................................................................................................................................................. 44
Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region.................................................................45
North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP)...................................................................................................... 45
North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme................................................................................... 45
Ministry of Earth Sciences...................................................................................................................45
National Monsoon Mission................................................................................................................................. 45
Ocean Services, Modelling, Applications, Resources and Technology (O-SMART) SCHEME............................. 46
Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS).....................................46
Deep Ocean Mission (DOM)................................................................................................................................47
Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva (GKMS).................................................................................................................. 47
Ministry of Education............................................................................................................................48
STARS Project...................................................................................................................................................... 48
Mid-Day Meal Scheme........................................................................................................................................ 48
Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA).................................................................................................... 49
Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP)....................................................................... 49
KAPILA campaign.................................................................................................................................................50
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan.........................................................................................................................................51
Manodarpan Initiative........................................................................................................................................ 51
NISHTHA Programme ......................................................................................................................................... 52
Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme (PMILP)- ‘DHRUV’................................................................ 52
ASMITA................................................................................................................................................................52
Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)..................................................................... 53
Central Sector Interest Subsidy (CSIS) Scheme...................................................................................................53
Credit Guarantee Fund for Education Loans (CGFEL) Scheme........................................................................... 53
Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN).................................................................................................. 54
Impactful Policy Research in Social Sciences (IMPRESS) Scheme.......................................................................54
Institutions of Eminence (IoE).............................................................................................................................55
Ishan Uday...........................................................................................................................................................55
Ishan Vikas...........................................................................................................................................................55
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya.....................................................................................................................55
Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh (MUSK)...............................................................................................56
Various Cess for Education................................................................................................................................. 56
National Initiative for School Head’s and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement (NISHTHA).....................................56
Operation Digital Board (ODB)............................................................................................................................57
Prime Minister’s Research Fellows (PMRF) Scheme...........................................................................................57
Rashtriya Madhyamaik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)............................................................................................... 57
RTE.......................................................................................................................................................................58
Samagra Shiksha scheme.................................................................................................................................... 58
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA)................................................................................................................................ 58
Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills (SHREYAS)....................................................59
STRIDE Scheme....................................................................................................................................................59
Study in India programme...................................................................................................................................59
SWAYAM............................................................................................................................................................. 60
Swayam Prabha...................................................................................................................................................61
Uchchtar Aavishkar Abhiyan............................................................................................................................... 61
Udaan - Giving Wings to Girl Students................................................................................................................61
Vishwajeet Scheme............................................................................................................................................. 62
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change............................................................ 62
Climate Resilience Building among Farmers through Crop Residue Management............................................62
Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP).................................................................................................... 62
Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (IDWH)........................................................................................63
National Action Plan on Climate Change............................................................................................................ 63
National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC).................................................................................... 64
National Mission of Green India......................................................................................................................... 64
Ministry of External Affairs................................................................................................................ 64
Know India Programme.......................................................................................................................................64
SAMEEP .............................................................................................................................................................. 65
Ministry of Finance.................................................................................................................................65
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS)........................................................................................... 65
Stand-up India..................................................................................................................................................... 66
Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana.................................................................................................................... 66
Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana..................................................................................................................................... 67
Atal Pension Yojana.............................................................................................................................................67
Concessional Financing Scheme (CFS)................................................................................................................ 68
Gold Monetization Scheme.................................................................................................................................69
Mudra Bank and Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana................................................................................................69
National Health Protection Scheme....................................................................................................................70
National Pension System (NPS)...........................................................................................................................71
Nirbhaya Fund.....................................................................................................................................................71
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana........................................................................................................................71
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY).......................................................................................... 72
Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan Scheme..................................................................................................72
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)................................................................................................72
Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY)................................................................................................73
Sovereign Gold Bonds......................................................................................................................................... 73
Ministry of Food Processing Industries......................................................................................... 74
PLI(Production Linked Incentive) Scheme for Food Processing Industry........................................................... 74
PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises(PM FME) Scheme..................................................... 75
Operation Greens................................................................................................................................................75
Scheme for Creation of Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Cluster...................................................................76
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana..............................................................................................................76
Creation and Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities......................................................... 77
Mega Food Park Scheme.....................................................................................................................................77
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare..........................................................................................78
PM Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana............................................................................................................ 78
Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY)...............................................................................................................................78
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)...................................................................................................... 78
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)......................................................................................79
Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) Program................................................. 81
ASHA, ANM and AWW........................................................................................................................................ 81
Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM).................................................................. 81
Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK)...........................................................................................................82
Kayakalp Awards................................................................................................................................................. 82
Mission Indradhanush.........................................................................................................................................83
Mission Parivar Vikas.......................................................................................................................................... 83
Mothers’ Absolute Affection (MAA) Program.................................................................................................... 83
National Deworming Mission..............................................................................................................................84
National Health Assurance Mission.................................................................................................................... 84
National Health Mission (NHM)..........................................................................................................................84
National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke
(NPCDCS)............................................................................................................................................................. 85
National Urban Health Mission (NUHM)............................................................................................................ 85
National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme...................................................................................................... 85
Pradhan Mantri - Assured and Safe Motherhood Initiative (PM-ASMI).............................................................86
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)......................................................................................... 86
Project Sunrise.................................................................................................................................................... 86
Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)......................................................................................................... 86
Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK).................................................................................................... 87
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY).............................................................................................................87
Unique Methods of Management and treatment of Inherited Disorders (UMMID) initiative.......................... 88
Universal Immunization Programme.................................................................................................................. 88
Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises..............................................................89
FAME India Scheme............................................................................................................................................ 89
National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020.................................................................................... 90
Ministry of Home Affairs...................................................................................................................... 91
Border Area Development Programme (BADP)..................................................................................................91
Anti-Narcotics Scheme........................................................................................................................................92
Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS).............................................................................92
UDAAN................................................................................................................................................................ 92
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation................................................................ 93
PM Svanidhi.........................................................................................................................................................93
Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0...................................................................................................................... 93
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Housing for All (Urban)...................................................................................... 93
Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge ...........................................................................................................................94
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM).......................................... 94
"Housing for All by 2022" Mission...................................................................................................................... 95
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting....................................................................................... 95
National Film Heritage Mission...........................................................................................................................95
Ministry of IT and Electronics........................................................................................................... 96
BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money)....................................................................................................................96
Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme....................................................................................................................................... 96
Common Service Centres (CSC).......................................................................................................................... 96
Cyber Surakshit Bharat........................................................................................................................................97
DigiLocker............................................................................................................................................................97
India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS).................................................................................................................. 97
National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN)............................................................................................................. 98
Ministry of Jal Shakti.............................................................................................................................99
Namami Gange Project....................................................................................................................................... 99
Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban)..................................................................................................................................99
Jal Jeevan Mission (Rural)................................................................................................................................. 100
Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme.......................................................................................................100
Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABY)................................................................................................................................... 101
Dam Rehabilitation & Improvement Project (DRIP)......................................................................................... 101
Ganga Gram Yojana...........................................................................................................................................102
National Rural Drinking Water Scheme............................................................................................................ 102
Ministry of Labour and Employment............................................................................................102
Employee Provident Fund(EPF) Scheme...........................................................................................................102
Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana................................................................................................................... 103
National Child Labour Project (NCLP)............................................................................................................... 103
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram................................................................................ 104
Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana........................................................................................................ 104
Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM)......................................................................................... 105
Shram Awards................................................................................................................................................... 105
Ministry of Law and Justice..............................................................................................................106
e-Courts Mission Mode Project........................................................................................................................ 106
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises................................................................ 106
Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology Up-gradation Scheme (CLCS-TUS).......................................... 106
Solar Charkha Mission.......................................................................................................................................106
ASPIRE............................................................................................................................................................... 107
PMEGP...............................................................................................................................................................107
SFURTI............................................................................................................................................................... 107
Zero Defect, Zero Effect.................................................................................................................................... 107
Ministry of Mines.................................................................................................................................. 108
Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY)................................................................................ 108
Ministry of Minority Affairs............................................................................................................. 108
Nai Roshni Scheme............................................................................................................................................108
Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) Scheme....................................................................................... 109
USTTAD Scheme................................................................................................................................................109
Jiyo Parsi scheme.............................................................................................................................................. 109
Nai Manzil Scheme............................................................................................................................................110
Padho Pardesh.................................................................................................................................................. 110
Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK).................................................................................................111
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy....................................................................................... 111
Rooftop Solar Scheme.......................................................................................................................................111
Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahaabhiyan (KUSUM)............................................................................112
Green Corridor Project......................................................................................................................................112
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission......................................................................................................... 112
National Offshore Wind Energy Policy..............................................................................................................113
Solar Cities scheme........................................................................................................................................... 113
Suryamitra initiative..........................................................................................................................................113
Ministry of Panchayati Raj.................................................................................................................114
Svamitva Scheme.............................................................................................................................................. 114
Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)........................................................................................................... 114
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas........................................................................................115
Pradhan Mantri UJJWALA Yojana..................................................................................................................... 115
Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana..........................................................................................................................116
PAHAL (DBT)......................................................................................................................................................116
Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT)............................................................. 116
Ministry of Power...................................................................................................................................117
RAISE Initiative.................................................................................................................................................. 117
Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana........................................................................................................ 117
Integrated Power Development Scheme..........................................................................................................118
LED based Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP)................................................................................... 118
Saubhagya - Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana.................................................................................118
UJALA - National LED Programme.....................................................................................................................119
Ministry of Railways............................................................................................................................. 119
Meri Saheli Initiative......................................................................................................................................... 119
Avataran............................................................................................................................................................ 120
Yatri Mitra Scheme............................................................................................................................................121
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways................................................................................. 121
Char Dham Highway Project............................................................................................................................. 121
Bharat Mala Project.......................................................................................................................................... 121
Green Highway Policy....................................................................................................................................... 122
Logistic Efficiency Enhancement Programme (LEEP)........................................................................................122
Setu Bharatam...................................................................................................................................................122
Ministry of Rural Development....................................................................................................... 123
Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) Scheme........................................................................... 123
MGNREGA......................................................................................................................................................... 123
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Gramin.............................................................................................................124
National Social Assistance Program (NSAP)......................................................................................................124
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana -National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)............................................ 125
Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan.............................................................................................................................125
Annapurna Scheme...........................................................................................................................................126
Ajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY)........................................................................................................126
Ajeevika - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM).....................................................................................126
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)..................................................................... 127
Neeranchal National Watershed Project.......................................................................................................... 127
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)..................................................................................................127
RURBAN.............................................................................................................................................................128
Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana............................................................................................................................. 129
Startup Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)...................................................................................... 129
Ministry of Science and Technology.............................................................................................. 129
IMPRINT India................................................................................................................................................... 129
Promoting Innovations in Individuals, Startups, and MSMEs (PRISM).............................................................130
POWER Initiative............................................................................................................................................... 131
National Mission on Quantum Technologies & Applications (NM-QTA)..........................................................132
National Initiative for Development and Harnessing Innovation (NIDHI)........................................................ 132
Swarna Jayanti fellowship.................................................................................................................................132
AWSAR (Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research) Scheme...........................................................133
Biotech-KISAN................................................................................................................................................... 133
Cattle Genomics Scheme.................................................................................................................................. 133
Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) programme........................................................................................................134
INSPIRE Scheme................................................................................................................................................ 134
MANAK.............................................................................................................................................................. 134
National Biopharma Mission.............................................................................................................................135
National Initiative for Development and Harnessing Innovation (NIDHI)........................................................ 135
VAJRA Faculty Scheme...................................................................................................................................... 136
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.......................................................... 136
SANKALP scheme.............................................................................................................................................. 136
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana.............................................................................................................. 137
Skill India Campaign.......................................................................................................................................... 137
ASEEM Portal.....................................................................................................................................................138
National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme................................................................................................... 138
National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015................................................................. 138
National Skill Development Mission................................................................................................................. 139
Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana.............................................................................................................................139
Ministry of Shipping............................................................................................................................ 140
Sagarmala scheme............................................................................................................................................ 140
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment........................................................................... 141
Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission...................................................................................... 141
Dr. Ambedkar Scheme for Social Integration through Inter-Caste Marriages................................................. 141
Post Matric Scholarship for Schedule Caste Students (PMS-SC)...................................................................... 141
Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS)......................................................................................... 142
Post Matric Scholarship for Other Backward Classes Students (PMS-OBC)..................................................... 142
Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY)....................................................................................................................... 142
Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan.................................................................................................................................. 143
Ministry of Statisitcs and Programme Implementation....................................................... 143
MPLAD Scheme................................................................................................................................................. 143
Ministry of Textiles...............................................................................................................................144
Samarth Scheme .............................................................................................................................................. 144
Mega Investment Textiles Parks (MITRA) Scheme........................................................................................... 144
National Technical Textiles Mission..................................................................................................................145
Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme.................................................................................................. 145
PowerTex India scheme.................................................................................................................................... 146
Ministry of Tourism............................................................................................................................ 146
Swadesh Darshan Scheme................................................................................................................................ 146
PRASAD - Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive........................................................146
Apni Dharohar Apni Pehchan Project............................................................................................................... 147
List of Iconic Tourist Site Project.......................................................................................................................147
Ministry of Tribal Affairs................................................................................................................... 148
Van Dhan Scheme............................................................................................................................................. 148
Eklavya Model Residential Schools................................................................................................................... 149
MSP for MFP..................................................................................................................................................... 149
Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojna.................................................................................................................................. 149
Ministry of Urban Development..................................................................................................... 150
AMRUT.............................................................................................................................................................. 150
HRIDAY - National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana..................................................... 150
Smart City Mission............................................................................................................................................ 151
Swacchh Bharat Abhiyan...................................................................................................................................151
Smart City Ganga Program................................................................................................................................152
Ministry of Women and Child Development..............................................................................152
Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana....................................................................................................... 152
POSHAN Abhiyaan.............................................................................................................................................153
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).................................................................................................154
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Scheme.................................................................................................................... 154
Dhanalakshmi Scheme...................................................................................................................................... 155
National Nutrition Mission................................................................................................................................155
Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme.............................................................................................................................. 156
Ujjawala Scheme............................................................................................................................................... 156
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports............................................................................................ 156
Khelo India........................................................................................................................................................ 156
Target Olympic Podium Scheme....................................................................................................................... 157
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion......................................................................157
Creative India; Innovative India........................................................................................................................ 157
Department of Space............................................................................................................................158
Sakaar................................................................................................................................................................158
NITI Ayog.................................................................................................................................................. 158
AIM PRIME........................................................................................................................................................ 158
ATAL Innovation Mission.................................................................................................................................. 159
ARISE-ANIC Initiative........................................................................................................................................160
AIM-iCREST........................................................................................................................................................160
AIM–Sirius Innovation Programme 3.0’............................................................................................................161
Mentor India Campaign.................................................................................................................................... 161
Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital (SATH)............................................................................161
Self-Employment & Talent Utilisation (SETU)...................................................................................................162
PMO.............................................................................................................................................................162
PRAGATI (ProActive Governance and Timely Implementation)....................................................................... 162
Other Programs and Initiatives.......................................................................................................163
Production-Linked Incentive Scheme for 10 key sectors..................................................................................163
Reserve Bank of India..........................................................................................................................163
Payment Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme............................................................................ 163
Other Initiatives.....................................................................................................................................164
Mission Karmayogi............................................................................................................................................164
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
PM Kisan Samman Nidhi
Aim: To augment the income of the farmers by providing income support.
Scheme:
 It is a Central Sector scheme launched by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare in 2019.
 Objective: To augment the income of the farmers by providing income support to all landholding
farmers’ families across the country and to enable them to take care of expenses related to agriculture and
allied activities as well as domestic needs.
 Income Support: Under the Scheme an amount of Rs.6000/- per year is transferred in three 4-monthly
instalments of Rs.2000/- directly into the bank accounts of the farmers subject to certain exclusion
criteria relating to higher income status.
 Coverage: The Scheme initially provided income support to all small and Marginal Farmers’ families
across the country, holding cultivable land up to 2 hectares. Its ambit was later expanded to cover all
farmer families in the country irrespective of the size of their land holdings.
 Beneficiaries: The entire responsibility of identification of beneficiaries rests with the State / UT
Governments.
 Exclusions: Affluent farmers have been excluded from the scheme such as Income Tax payers in last
assessment year, professionals like Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Chartered Accountants etc. and
pensioners drawing at least Rs.10,000/- per month (excluding MTS/Class IV/Group D employees).
 Special Provisions: Special provisions have also been made for the North-Eastern States where land
ownership rights are community based, Forest Dwellers and Jharkhand which does not have updated land
records and restrictions on transfer of land.
Other Similar programmes by States:

 Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income augmentation (KALIA)- Odisha
Each family will get Rs 5,000 separately in the kharif and rabi seasons irrespective of the amount of land.
 The Rythu Bandhu scheme- Telangana.
In this scheme the government will provide Rs.4000 per acre per farmer per season to cover the input
costs associated in farming like seeds, fertilizers, labour etc.
National Beekeeping & Honey Mission
National Beekeeping & Honey Mission(NBHM)

 National Beekeeping & Honey Mission(NBHM) was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and
Farmers Welfare as part of the AtmaNirbhar Bharat scheme.
 Aim: To promote & develop scientific beekeeping in the country to achieve the goal of ‘Sweet
Revolution’.
 Implementation: The mission is implemented through the National Bee Board (NBB). Further, It is a
Central Sector Scheme (100% funded by Central Govt.).
Minimum Support Price Scheme (MSP)
What is minimum support price?

Minimum Support Prices is the price at which government purchases crops from the farmers irrespective of the market
price. The objective of the scheme is to check fall of prices of farm produce below certain level and thus support the
farmers.
How the price are fixed?

Government fixes MSPs of various kharif and rabi crops every year on the recommendations of Commission for
Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), views of concerned State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments and
other relevant factors.
Who does the procurement under MSP?

Procurement under MSP is undertaken by the designated Central and State Government agencies and Cooperatives.
MSP is in the nature of minimum price offered by the Government. Producers have the option to sell their produce to
Government agencies or in the open market as is advantageous to them
What changed with the Union Budget for 2018-19?

 The Budget for 2018-19 announced that MSPs will be fixed at 1.5 times of the production costs for
crops as a predetermined principle.
 Simply put, the CACP’s job now is only to estimate production costs for a season and recommend the
MSPs by applying the 1.5-times formula.
How is this production cost arrived at?

 CACP considers both A2+FL and C2 costs while recommending MSP.
 However, C2 costs are used by CACP primarily as benchmark reference costs (opportunity costs) to see
if the MSPs recommended by them at least cover these costs in some of the major producing States.
 A2: It covers all paid-out costs directly incurred by the farmer — in cash and kind — on seeds, fertilisers,
pesticides, hired labour, leased-in land, fuel, irrigation, etc.
 ‘A2+FL’: It includes A2 plus an imputed value of unpaid family labour.
 ‘C2’: It is a more comprehensive cost that factors in rentals and interest forgone on owned land and fixed
capital assets on top of A2+FL.
What crops are covered in MSP:

The 22 mandated crops, for which MSP is being announced by the government for the last three years, include
 14 Kharif crops viz.
1. paddy (Common and Grade ‘A’),
2. jowar (Hybrid and Maldandi varieties),
3. bajra,
4. maize,
5. ragi,
6. arhar,
7. moong,
8. urad,
9. groundnut,
10. soyabean,
11. sunflower,
12. sesamum,
13. nigerseed,
14. cotton (medium staple and long staple variety)
 6 Rabi crops viz.
1. wheat,
2. barley,
3. gram,
4. masur (lentil),
5. rapeseed & mustard,
6. safflower
 Two commercial crops viz.
1. jute
2. copra (milling and ball copra).
In addition, MSP for toria and de-husked coconut are also fixed on the basis of MSPs of rapeseed & mustard and copra
respectively.
Factual Information:
 This scheme started in 1966-67 on advent of green revolution
 MSP is announced for 22 crops
 No MSP for Sugarcane. Instead government fixes FRP (Fair & Remunerative Price) for sugarcane. Each
state then fixes its own SAP(State Advised Price)
 For Oil seeds and Pulses, there is a Price Support Scheme by NAFED (nodal Agency). So, when the
prices of oilseeds, pulses and cotton fall below MSP, NAFED purchases them from the farmers.
 MSP is determined for the country as a whole and not region or state-specific.
Sahakar Pragya programme
Ministry : Ministry of Agriculture
Program:
 Purpose: To impart training to primary cooperative societies in rural areas of the country through
National Cooperative Development Corporation(NCDC).
 Features: The programme comprises 45 training modules for transferring knowledge, skills and
organizational capacities to equip the cooperative societies to run their affairs in terms of the market
economy.
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund

 It is a Central Sector Scheme meant for setting up storage and processing facilities, which will help
farmers, get higher prices for their crops.
 AIF aims to provide a medium – long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for
post-harvest management Infrastructure and community farming assets through interest subvention and
financial support.
 Under the scheme, Rs. One Lakh Crore will be provided by banks and financial institutions as loans.
 The beneficiaries will include Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS), Marketing Cooperative
Societies, Farmer Producers Organizations (FPOs), SHGs, Farmers etc among others.
 The moratorium for repayment under this financing facility may vary subject to a minimum of 6 months
and maximum of 2 years.
Management of AIF
 Agri Infra fund will be managed and monitored through an online Management Information System
(MIS) platform.
 The National, State and District level Monitoring Committees will be set up to ensure real-time
monitoring and effective feedback.
 The duration of the Scheme shall be from FY2020 to FY2029 (10 years).
Benefits of the scheme
 The Project by way of facilitating formal credit to farm and farm processing-based activities is expected
to create numerous job opportunities in rural areas.
 It will enable all the qualified entities to apply for a loan under the fund.
Ayushman Sahakar Scheme
The Agriculture Ministry has rolled out the Ayushman Sahakar Scheme to assist cooperatives in the creation of
healthcare infrastructure in the country.
Ayushman Sahakar Scheme
 The scheme is formulated by the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), the apex
autonomous development finance institution under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
 The scheme would give a boost to the provision of healthcare services by cooperatives.
 It specifically covers establishment, modernization, expansion, repairs, renovation of hospital and
healthcare and education infrastructure.
Why need such a scheme?

 There is a huge need for medical and nursing education in rural areas. But the problem is a lack of
infrastructure.
 Co-ops find it difficult to access credit for such projects as banks may not give them loans for non-
agricultural purposes.
Financing the scheme

 NCDC would extend term loans to prospective cooperatives to the tune of Rs 10000 Crore in the
coming years.
 Any Cooperative Society with a suitable provision in its byelaws to undertake healthcare-related activities
would be able to access the NCDC fund.
 NCDC assistance will flow either through the State Governments/ UT Administrations or directly to
the eligible cooperatives.
 Apart from working capital and margin money to meet operational requirements, the scheme will also
provide interest subvention of 1% to women majority cooperatives.
Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA)
Implemented by : ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Objective:
The objectives of ARYA project are
1. To attract and empower the Youth in Rural Areas to take up various Agriculture, allied and service sector
enterprises for sustainable income and gainful employment in selected districts,
2. To enable the Farm Youth to establish network groups to take up resource and capital intensive activities
like processing, value addition and marketing, and
3. To demonstrate functional linkage with different institutions and stakeholders for convergence of
opportunities available under various schemes/program for sustainable development of youth
 Implemented via Krishi Vigyan Kendras (One in each district)
 Training given in Apiary, Mushroom, Seed Processing, Soil testing, Poultry, Dairy, Goatry, Carp-
hatchery, Vermi-compost etc
Integrated Scheme for Agriculture and Marketing (ISAM)
Ministry/Department : Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Related to : Agricultural marketing
Objective:
 to promote creation of agricultural marketing infrastructure by providing backend subsidy support to
State, cooperative and private sector investments;
 to promote creation of scientific storage capacity and to promote pledge financing to increase farmers’
income;
 to promote Integrated Value Chains to provide vertical integration of farmers with primary processors;
 to use ICT as a vehicle of extension to sensitize and orient farmers to respond to new challenges in
agricultural marketing;
 to establish a nation-wide information network system for speedy collection and dissemination of market
information and data on arrivals and prices for its efficient and timely utilization by farmers and other
stake holders;
 to support framing of grade standards and quality certification of agricultural commodities to help
farmers get better and remunerative prices for their graded produce;
 to catalyze private investment in setting up of agribusiness projects and thereby provide assured market to
producers and strengthen backward linkages of agri-business projects with producers and their groups;
and
 to undertake and promote training, research, education, extension and consultancy in the agri marketing
sector.
Agri Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) is the most important sub-scheme of ISAM.
Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) Scheme
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Aim is to boost dairy sector.
Scheme:
 It is managed by NDDB and will be implemented from 2017-18 to 2028-29.
 Milk unions, multi-state milk cooperatives, state dairy federations, milk producer companies and NDDB
subsidiaries can avail loan under this scheme after meeting eligibility criteria.
 Under this scheme, eligible milk organisations will be provided financial assistance in the form of a loan
at 6.5% interest for building an efficient milk procurement system and other dairy processing
infrastructure.
 This loan will be reimbursed over period of 10 years.
 It also has provision of interest subsidy on loans.
 The loan proceeds will be provided for putting in place efficient milk procurement system by setting up
of chilling infrastructure and installation of electronic milk adulteration testing equipment.
 It will be also used for creation, modernisation and expansion of processing infrastructure and
manufacturing faculties for value-added dairy products.
Benefits:
 The scheme will benefit 95,00,000 farmers in about 50,000 villages.
 In addition to this, it will provide direct and indirect employment to many skilled, semi-skilled and
unskilled workers.
 It will also help in creating additional milk processing capacity of 126 lakh litre per day, milk drying
capacity of 210 MT per day, milk chilling capacity of 140 lakh litre per day.
KISAN (Crop Insurance)
ACRONYM : C(K)rop Insurance using Space technology And geoiNformatics
Objective:
The project envisages use of Space Technology and geoinformatics (GIS, GPS and Smartphone) technology along with
high resolution data from UAV/Drone based imaging for improvement in yield estimation and better planning of
Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs), needed for crop insurance programme
Why needed?
Currently, the crop insurance claim is calculated on the basis of crop cutting experiments. However, there has always
been a problem in getting timely and accurate data, due to which payment of claims to farmers were getting delayed and
the government is concerned over the delays in settlements. To address this issue Kisan programme is being launched on
pilot basis
Krishonnati Yojana
Scheme:
 It is an Umbrella scheme which comprises of 11 Schemes and Missions.
 The 11 schemes and missions were clubbed together under one umbrella scheme ‘Green Revolution –
Krishonnati Yojana in 2017-18.
 They aim to develop agriculture and allied sector in holistic and scientific manner to increase income of
farmers by enhancing production, productivity and better returns on produce.
 They primarily focus on creating and strengthening of infrastructure of production, reducing production
cost and marketing of agriculture and allied produce.
Schemes part of Green Revolution-Krishonnati Yojana

 Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH): It aims to promote holistic growth of
horticulture sector and also enhance horticulture production, improve nutritional security and income
support tofarm Households.
 National Food Security Mission (NFSM): It aims to increase production of rice, wheat, pulses, coarse
cereals and commercial crops, through area expansion and productivity enhancement in suitable manner
in identified districts of country. It will also restore soil fertility and productivity at individual farm level
and enhance farm level economy. It also includes National Mission on Oil Seeds and Oil Palm
(NMOOP) which aims to augment availability of vegetable oils and to reduce the import of edible oils.
 National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA): It aims at promoting sustainable agriculture
practices best suitable to specific agro-ecology focusing on integrated farming, appropriate soil health
management and synergizing resource conservation technology.
 Submission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE): It aims to strengthen ongoing extension mechanism of
State Governments, local bodies etc. in achieving food and nutritional security and socio-economic
empowerment of farmers. It also seeks to institutionalize programme planning and implementation
mechanism, forge effective linkages and synergy amongst various stake-holders, support HRD
interventions, promote pervasive and innovative use of electronic and print media, inter-personal
communication and ICT tools, etc.
 Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP): It aims to increase production of certified and
quality seed to increase SRR and upgrade the quality of farm saved seeds. Under it, seed multiplication
chain will be strengthen and also new technologies and methodologies in seed production, processing,
testing etc. will be promoted to strengthen and modernizing infrastructure for seed production, storage,
certification and quality etc.
 Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation (SMAM): It aims to increase reach of farm mechanization
to small and marginal farmers and to regions where availability of farm power is low. Under it, ustom
Hiring Centres to offset adverse economies of scale arising due to small landholding and high cost of
individual ownership will be promoted. Hubs for hi-tech and high value farm equipment, create
awareness among stakeholders through demonstration and capacity building activities will be also created
under it.
 Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plan Quarantine (SMPPQ): It aims to minimize loss to quality and
yield of agricultural crops from ravages of diseases, insect pests, nematodes, weeds, rodents, etc. and
shield agricultural bio-security from incursions and spread of alien species. It will also facilitate exports of
Indian agricultural commodities to global markets and promote good agricultural practices, particularly
with respect to plant protection strategies and strategies.
 Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics (ISACES): It aims to undertake
agriculture census, study of cost of cultivation of principal crops and undertake research studies on agro-
economic problems of the country.
 Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Cooperation (ISAC): It aims to provide financial assistance for
improving the economic conditions of cooperatives, remove regional imbalances and speed up
cooperative development in agricultural marketing, computerization, processing, storage and weaker
section programmes. It also will help cotton growers fetch remunerative price for their produce through
value addition besides ensuring supply of quality yarn at reasonable rates to decentralized weavers.
 Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Marketing (ISAM): It aims to develop agricultural marketing
infrastructure and promote innovative and latest technologies and competitive alternatives in agriculture
marketing infrastructure. It also seeks to provide infrastructure facilities for grading, standardization and
quality certification of agricultural produce. Under it nationwide marketing information network will be
established to integrate markets through common online market platform to facilitate pan-India trade in
agricultural commodities, etc.
 National e-Governance Plan (NeGP-A): It aims to bring farmer centricity and service orientation to
programmes. Under it reach & impact of extension services will be enhanced and access of farmers to
information &services throughout crop-cycle will be improved. It will also enhance and integrate existing
ICT initiatives of Centre and States and also enhance efficiency and effectiveness of programs through
making available timely and relevant information to farmers for increasing their agriculture productivity.
Krishi Vigyan Kendras
 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) are agricultural extension centers created by ICAR to provide various
types of farm support to the agricultural sector.
 It is created to serve as a single window mechanism for addressing the technology needs of farmers and
acts as a link among researchers, extension functionaries like NGOs and farmers.
 The farm support includes farm advisory service including climate resilient technologies, training
programme for NGOs and front line demonstration and on Farm testing.
 KVK operates under the administrative control of State Agricultural University(SAU) or central institute
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
Scheme:
 A Centrally Sponsored Scheme
 Launched during XII plan
 It integrates the ongoing schemes of
o National Horticulture Mission,
o Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States,
o National Bamboo Mission,
o National Horticulture Board,
o Coconut Development Board and
o Central Institute for Horticulture, Nagaland.
Objective:
 The Missions aims to promote holistic growth of horticulture sector, including bamboo and coconut
through area based regionally differentiated strategies, which includes research, technology promotion,
extension, post-harvest management, processing and marketing.
 It takes into consideration comparative advantage of each State/ region and its diverse agro-climatic
features;
 To encourage aggregation of farmers into farmer groups like FIGs/FPOs and FPCs to bring economy of
scale and scope;
 To enhance horticulture production, augment farmers income and strengthen nutritional security and
improve productivity by way of quality germplasm, planting material and water use efficiency through
Micro Irrigation.
 Started in 2014-15
Mission Fingerling
It is a programme to enable holistic development and management of fisheries sector in India. The mission aims to
achieve the target to enhance fisheries production from 10.79 mmt (2014-15) to 15 mmt by 2020-21 under the Blue
Revolution.
Program:
 Government has identified 20 States based on their potential and other relevant factors to strengthen the
Fish Fingerling production and Fish Seed infrastructure in the country.
 This program will facilitate the establishment of Fingerling rearing pond and hatcheries.
 This will converge in the production of 20 lakh tonnes of fish annually, which will in turn benefit about
4 million families.
 The implementation of this program will supplement the requirement of stocking materials in the
country up to a large extent, which is a much needed input to achieve the enhanced fish production.
National Agriculture Market (NAM)
Ministry/Department : Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
What is NAM?
The Department of Agriculture & Cooperation formulated a Central Sector scheme for Promotion of National
Agriculture Market through Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund (ATIF) through provision of the common e-platform.
Why do we need it?

Because APMC's have balkanized Indian agricultural marketing landscape and thus NAM is the step in direction of a
unified national agricultural market.
What are APMCs?

 An Agricultural Produce Market Committee is a marketing board established by state governments of
India
 One main function of which is basically to provide a platform for farmers to sell their produce
 In simple terms, the APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committees) is a relic of the past that forces
the farmers to sell their produce only to middlemen approved by the government in authorized Mandis
(markets). Thus, if you are a vegetable producer and I’m a supermarket, I cannot directly buy from you.
Both of us need to go through a broker. This increases prices for the end buyer and unnecessarily adds
redtape.
Cons of APMCs:
 Fragmentation of State into multiple market areas, each administered by separate APMC
 Separate licences for each mandi are required for trading in different market areas within a state. This
means that we have limited the first point of sale for the farmer. He has to come to the local mandi –
which could be both good and bad depending upon how it is governed
 Licensing barriers leading to conditions of monopoly
 Opaque process for price discovery
 Similar initiative Rashtriya electronics Market Scheme (ReMS) of Karnataka government has failed to
achieve desired results.
What will NAM do?

 National Agriculture Market is going to implemented by the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation
through Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC).
 NAM is not replacing the mandis. NAM is an online platform with a physical market or mandi at the
backend enabling buyers situated even outside the state to participate in trading at the local level.
 It seeks to leverage the physical infrastructure of mandis through an online trading portal, enabling buyers
situated even outside the state to participate in trading at the local level.
 This e-platform aims to provide more options to farmers to sell their produce and is part of
implementation of the roadmap for doubling income of the farmers by 2022
Benefits of NAM:
1. Transparency: electronic auction platform to be installed in earmarked APMCs can bring transparency in
the price discovery process, and unified market platform might lead to real time, broad-based price
dissemination
2. Reduce Price Anomaly: creation of NAM could reduce pricing anomaly at the wholesale and primary
rural markets through a network of electronic spot regulated markets
3. Financial literacy: of farmers will increase
Cons of NAM:
1. Fruits and vegetables, where there often are prices fluctuations, are yet to be included in the NAM
platform
2. Country’s two biggest mandis—Azadpur (Delhi) and Vashi (Mumbai)—have not yet agreed to come on
board
3. NAM does not say anything on interstate taxes and levies.
4. Commission agents fear unification will affect them adversely as farmers can enter details of commodities
in the e-platform and sell to the highest bidder without any mediation from the agents. This is a very
potent impediment against forward movement of reforms
What is eNAM?
 e-National Agriculture Market (NAM) is a pan-India e-trading platform. It is designed to create a
unified national market for agricultural commodities
 Farmers can showcase their produce online from their nearest market and traders can quote price from
anywhere
 It will result in increased numbers of traders and greater competition. It will also ensure open price
discovery and better returns to farmers.
National Bamboo Mission
 Now Subsumed in MIHD
National Food Security Mission
Objective:
 NFSM aims to increase the production of rice, wheat, pulses and Coarse Cereals through area expansion
and productivity enhancement;
 restoring soil fertility and productivity;
 creating employment opportunities; and
 enhancing farm level economy.
Scheme:
The basic strategy of the Mission is to promote and extend improved technologies, i.e., seed, micronutrients, soil
amendments, integrated pest management, farm machinery and resource conservation technologies along with capacity
building of farmers.
 Launched in 2007
 In the 12th Plan, NFSM aims at raising the food grain production by 25 million tones
 Besides rice, wheat and pulses, NFSM proposes to cover coarse cereals and commercial crops (sugarcane,
jute, cotton) during the 12th plan period (2012-17)
 Targets - Production of rice, wheat and pulses would be increased by 10, 8, 4 million tonnes respectively
and Coarse cereals by 3 million tonnes.
 Funding - 50:50 by Centre and State for food crops and 100% centre funding for cash crops.
National Horticulture Mission
Scheme:
A National Horticulture Mission was launched in 2005-06 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme to promote holistic
growth of the horticulture sector through an area based regionally differentiated strategies. The scheme has been
subsumed as a part of Mission for Integration Development of Horticulture (MIDH) during 2014-15.
What is National Horticulture Mission?

National Horticulture Mission is a government mission to support horticultural production in the country. NHM is a
Centrally Sponsored Scheme in which Government of India contributes 85%, and 15% is met by the State
Governments.
 India ranks second in the global production of fruits and vegetables next to China
 Now subsumed in MIDH
National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)
Objective:
The mega project has three major objectives of
 strategic research,
 technology demonstrations and
 capacity building
Its aims to make farmers self-reliant by use of climate resilient agricultural technologies and management of natural and
manmade resources for sustaining agriculture in the era of climate change.
Scheme:
It has four components:
1. Strategic research on adaptation and mitigation,
2. Technology demonstration to cope with current climate variability in 100 vulnerable districts,
3. Capacity Building
4. Sponsored competitive research to fill critical gaps.
 Launched by Indian Council of Agricultural Research
National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology (NMAET)
Objective: The aim of the Mission is to restructure and strengthen agricultural extension to enable delivery of
appropriate technology and improved agronomic practices to farmers.
How?
Objective is envisaged to be achieved by a judicious mix of extensive physical outreach and interactive methods of
information dissemination, use of ICT, popularisation of modern and appropriate technologies, capacity building and
institution strengthening to promote mechanisation, availability of quality seeds, plant protection etc. and encourage
aggregation of Farmers into Interest Groups (FIGs) to form Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs).
Framework:
The Mission has four components :
1. Sub Mission on Agriculture Extension, (SMAE)
2. Sub Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP),
3. Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) and
4. Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPP).
What is Agriculture Extension?

Agricultural extension refers to application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through
farmer education. This includes educating the farmers towards cost effective and remunerative mechanized farming for
improved productivity and sustainable farm growth.
 Started in 2014
National Mission on Bio Economy
 Launched in Shillong, Meghalaya

 Launched by Institute of Bio-resources and Sustainable Development (IBSD)
Key Facts:
 The purpose of the mission is to boost rural economy by utilizing bio-resources. Besides, it can create a
large number of jobs at village level.
 It also focuses on sustainable utilization of renewable biological resources for food, bio-energy and bio-
based products through knowledge-based approaches.
 It has potential to generate new solutions for the planet’s major challenges in the field of energy, food,
health, water, climate change and deliver social, economic and environmental benefits.
 Bioeconomy is a new concept and few countries like US, Canada, European Union (EU) and Australia
have started initiatives in this field.
 India is the fast-growing bioeconomy at US 35 billion dollars in 2015, which can even rise to USD 100
billion in future
National Mission on Bovine Productivity
Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture
Mission:
 It was launched in November 2016 with aim of enhancing milk production and productivity and thereby
making dairying more remunerative to farmers.
 It is being implemented with following components
1. Pashu Sanjivni: It includes identification of animals in milk using UID, issuing health cards
to all animals in milk and uploading data on INAPH data base.
2. Advance reproductive Technique: Under it, sex sorted semen production facility is being
created at 10 A graded semen stations and 50 EET Labs with IVF facilities.
3. Creation of E Pashu Haat Portal: It is for linking farmers and breeders of indigenous
breeds and
4. Establishment of National Bovine Genomic Centre for Indigenous Breeds (NBGC-IB): It
is established for enhancing milk production and productivity through genomic selection
among indigenous breeds.
National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil Palm (NMOOP)
Objective:
 to expand area under oilseeds,
 harness the potential in the area/ districts of low productivity,
 strengthening inputs delivery mechanism,
 strengthening of post-harvest services besides a focus on tribal areas for tree bourn oilseeds.
 Increasing irrigation coverage under oilseeds from 26% to 36%
 Expansion of cultivation of Oil Palm and tree borne oilseeds in watersheds and wasteland
Target:
NMOOP envisages bringing an additional 1.25 lakh hectares under oil palm cultivation through area expansion
approach in the States including utilisation of wastelands.
 The States currently engaged in oil palm cultivation are Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Mizoram, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,
Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal.
 India’s edible oil imports are rising steeply.
 The oilseed accounts for 13% of the Gross Cropped Area, 3% of the Gross National Product and 10%
value of all agricultural commodities.
National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture
Objective: National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) seeks to transform Indian agriculture into a climate
resilient production system through suitable adaptation and mitigation measures in domains of both crops and animal
husbandry.
What it does?
 Promotes location specific integrated/Composite Farming Systems;
 Conserve natural resources through appropriate soil and moisture conservation measures;
 Adopt comprehensive soil health management practices;
 Optimize utilization of water resources through efficient water management to expand coverage for
achieving ‘more crop per drop;
 Develop capacity of farmers & stakeholders
 Launched under NAPCC (National Action Plan for Climate Change)
 Started in 2010
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Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture (With back end support from Ministry of Earth Sciences i.e. IMD)
Objective: To provide timely alerts on extreme weather conditions to farmers
Project:
 IMD already gives weather forecasts but farmers in the affected areas could not get this information on
time hence nowcast launched
 Under this initiative, the extreme weather data originated from IMD is being moved to mKisan portal
using a web service.
 From mKisan Portal warnings regarding extreme weather conditions are automatically
and instantaneously transmitted by SMS to farmers located in affected district/blocks.
 This technological break-through is a collaborative effort between mKisan Portal developed by DAC,
weather technologies adopted by IMD and GIS Portal of NIC
 Started in 2015
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Scheme

Objective is to promote Agricultural Education in India
Scheme:
 Under the scheme 100 centres are opened with a fund of Rs.5.35 crore.
 “Attracting and retaining youth in Agriculture (ARYA)” is a project sanctioned by the Indian Council of
Agriculture (ICAR) and is being implemented at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs).
 Started in 2016
Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna
Scheme:
 Also called Traditional Farming Improvement Programme.
 Launched to promote organic farming.
 Objective is to improve soil health via organic farming.
 Scheme will encourage farmers to adopt eco-friendly concept of cultivation and reduce their dependence
on fertilizers and agricultural chemicals to improve yields
 It is a cluster based scheme. Fifty or more farmers will form a cluster having 50 acre land to take up the
organic farming under the scheme
 In this way during three years 10,000 clusters will be formed covering 5.0 lakh acre area under organic
farming.
 Every farmer will be provided Rs. 20,000 per acre in three years for seed to harvesting of crops and to
transport produce to the market
PM Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana
Ministry : Union Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Aims to provide old age pension cover to farmers.
Key Features of Scheme

 It is new Central Sector Scheme envisioned with an aim to improve life of small and marginal farmers of
the country
 Intended Beneficiaries: It is voluntary and contributory for small and marginal farmer in entry age group
of 18 to 40 years and whose cultivable land is 2 hectares or less.
 Benefits: Beneficiaries on attaining the age of 60 years will get monthly fixed pension of Rs. 3000.
 Contributions: Beneficiary farmers are required to make monthly contribution of Rs.55 to Rs.200,
depending on their age of entry, in Pension Fund till they reach the retirement date i.e. the age of 60
years. Central Government will also equal contribute as contributed by the eligible farmer to Pension
Fund. Farmers can opt to allow his/her monthly contribution to this scheme to be made from his
benefits drawn from PM-KISAN Scheme directly. Spouse of farmer is also eligible to get separate
pension of Rs.3000 upon making separate contributions to this pension fund.
 Implementing agency: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) will be Pension Fund Manager and also
responsible for Pension pay out to farmers.
 Transferability: In case of death of beneficiary farmer before retirement date, the spouse may continue in
scheme by paying remaining contributions till remaining age of the deceased farmer. If spouse does not
wish to continue, then total contribution made by farmer along with interest will be paid to spouse. If
there is no spouse, then total contribution along with interest will be paid to nominee. If the farmer dies
after retirement date, the spouse will receive 50% of fixed pension as Family Pension. After death of both
the farmer and the spouse, accumulated corpus will be credited back to Pension Fund.
 Exit: The beneficiary farmers may opt voluntarily to exit from this scheme after minimum period of 5
years of regular contributions. On exit, their entire contribution will be returned by LIC with interest
equivalent to prevailing saving bank rates.
Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)
Aimed at ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers for their produce.
Scheme:
 The Umbrella Scheme includes the mechanism of ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers and is
comprised of:
o Price Support Scheme (PSS),
o Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS)
o Pilot of Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme (PPPS).
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
Objective: To provide comprehensive insurance coverage against crop loss.
Scheme:
 It was formulated in line with One Nation–One Scheme theme by replacing earlier two schemes National
Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) and Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS)
by incorporating their best features and removing their inherent drawbacks (shortcomings).
 The scheme covers kharif, rabi crops as well as annual commercial and horticultural crops
 New scheme will cover post-harvest losses apart from yield loss.
 It will also provide farm level assessment for localised calamities including hailstorms, unseasonal rains,
landslides and inundation, pests and diseases.
 The scheme proposes mandatory use of remote sensing, smart phones and drones for quick estimation of
crop loss to speed up the claim process.
 The settlement of claims will be fastened for the full sum assured. About 25% of the likely claim will be
settled directly on farmers account. There will not be a cap on the premium and reduction of the sum
insured.
 It also provides insurance benefits to Landless labourers.
What is new in this scheme?

 It is open to all farmers
 It is mandatory for farmers availing crop loans for notified crops in notified areas
 It is optional for non-loanee farmers.
 There is no capping in premium and one premium rate on pan-India basis. It is 1.5%, 2% and 5% for all
Rabi, Kharif and annual horticultural/ commercial crops, respectively.
 The balance premium will be paid by the government to provide full insured amount to the farmers.
 There is no upper cap on government subsidy, even if the balance premium is 90 percent, the government
will bear it
 This scheme provides full coverage of insurance. While NAIS had full coverage, it was capped in the
modified-NAIS scheme.
 It also covers the localized risks such as hailstorm, landslide, inundation etc. Earlier schemes did not
cover inundation.
 It provides post-harvest coverage. The NAIS did not cover while the modified NAIS covered only
coastal regions.
 A cluster approach will be adopted under which a group of districts with variable risk profie will be
allotted to an insurance company.
 Union Government has decided to cover damages to crops in wild animal attacks under Pradhan Mantri
Fasal Bima Yojna in select districts on an experimental basis.
 It will replace the existing two crop insurance schemes National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS)
and Modified NAIS
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. State Agriculture Departments to be nodal agencies
(Why? Since Agriculture is a State subject Schedule VII of Constitution)
Objective:
 PMKSY is launched to provide convergence to existing schemes of water management and thus brining
efficiency to the use of water in irrigation.
 PMKSY is launched to become "end-to-end" solution in irrigation.
Scheme:
 PMKSY was launched in July 2015 with overarching vision to ensure access to some means of protective
irrigation for all agricultural farms in the country and to produce ‘per drop more crop’, thus bringing
much desired rural prosperity.
 It was formulated by amalgamating earlier schemes viz.
o Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) of Ministry of Water Resources, River
Development & Ganga Rejuvenation;
o Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of Department of Land
Resources; and
o On Farm Water Management (OFWM) component of National Mission on Sustainable
Agriculture (NMSA) of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation.
 It is implemented by Ministries of Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Development.
 It has outlay of Rs 50000 crore with implementation period of over five-year till April 2020.
Framework:
 Decentralised state-level planning and execution, in order to allow States to draw up a District Irrigation
Plan (DIP) and a State Irrigation Plan (SIP)
 Plans will integrate three components namely,
o water sources,
o distribution network and
o water use application of the district.
 All structures created under the schemes will be geotagged
 The state agriculture department would be the nodal agency for implementation of PMKSY projects
 PMKSY projects would be scrutinised by the State Level Project Screening Committee (SLPSC) and
sanctioned by the State Level Sanctioning Committee, which is already set under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas
Yojana.
 A state will become eligible to access PMKSY funds only if it has prepared the district irrigation plans
and state irrigation plans and sustained an increasing expenditure trend in irrigation sector in state plan
Funding Pattern:
PMKSY funds would be given to states as 75% grant by the central government and the remaining 25% share is to be
borne by the state government. For north-eastern region and hilly states, the funding pattern would be 90:10
Price Stabilization Fund
Objective: Objective of the PSF was to safeguard the interest of the growers and provide them financial relief when
prices fall below a specified level
Scheme:
 Central Sector Scheme
 To support market interventions for price control of perishable agri-horticultural commodities
 PSF will be used to advance interest free loan to State Governments and Central agencies to support their
working capital and other expenses on procurement and distribution interventions for such commodities
 Procurement of the commodities will be undertaken directly from farmers or farmers’ organizations at
farm gate/mandi and made available at a more reasonable price to the consumers.
 Initially the fund is proposed to be used for onion and potato only. Losses incurred, if any, in the
operations will be shared between the Centre and the States.
Framework and Funding:

 States will set up a revolving fund to which the Centre and State will contribute equally.
 The ratio of Centre-State contribution to the State-level corpus in respect of northeast States will,
however, be 75:25
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
Objective: To achieve 4% annual growth in agriculture.
Scheme:
 Launched to incentivize the states to increase their investment in Agriculture
 Scheme incentivize the States to provide additional resources in their State Plans over and above their
baseline expenditure to bridge critical gaps
 A state is eligible for funding under the RKVY if it maintains or increases the percentage of its
expenditure on Agriculture and its Allied Sectors with respect to the total State Plan Expenditure year on
year.
 It covers all sectors of agriculture like: (don't remember them)
o Animal Husbandry
o Agri-Finance
o Agriculture Marketing
o Agricultural Research and Education
o Crop Husbandry and Education etc.
 Sub Schemes of RSBY are:
o Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern Region : To improve rice based cropping system in
eastern India.
o Initiative on Vegetable Clusters : To increase production of vegetables
o National Mission for Protein Supplements
o Saffron Mission : Started in 2010-11; To improve saffron cultivation in JK
o Vidharbha Intensive Irrigation Development Programme
o Crop Diversification
Framework:
Under this scheme, the central government provides support to states on the basis of their own budget on Agriculture &
Allied Sectors. The states are mandatorily required to prepare the District and State Agriculture Plans that
comprehensively cover resources and indicate definite action plans
RKVY-RAFTAAR Scheme
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture
Aim: To make farming remunerative economic activity by strengthening farmer’s effort, risk mitigation and promoting
agribusiness entrepreneurship.
Scheme:
 Government has approved continuation of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) as Rashtriya Krishi
Vikas Yojana- Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation (RKVY-
RAFTAAR) for three years i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20.
 The scheme aims to fast-track agriculture development by emphasising on development of agriculture
infrastructure, specifically post-harvest infrastructure and assets, promotion of value addition linked agri-
business models.
 The financial allocation of scheme is Rs. 15,722 crore and it will be provided to states as 60:40 grants
between Centre and States (90:10 for North Eastern States and Himalayan States).
 Under it, 50% of annual outlay will be provided for setting up infrastructure and assets, 30% for value-
addition linked production projects and 20% of outlay will be flexi-funds for supporting any project as
per the local needs.
 Moreover, about 20% of the annual outlay will be provided for implementing special sub-schemes of
national priorities under RKVY-RAFTAAR.
 Also, 10% of annual outlay will be provided for innovation and agri-entrepreneur development through
creating end-to-end solution, skill development and financial support for setting up the agri-enterprise.
 Besides, funding of special sub-schemes of national priorities will get 20% of annual outlay.
 The sub-schemes includes national priorities such Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI),
Crop Diversification Program (CDP), Reclamation of Problem Soil (RPS), Foot & Mouth Disease –
Control Program (FMD-CP), Saffron Mission, Accelerated Fodder Development Programme (AFDP).
 The scheme will incentivize states to enhance more allocation to Agriculture and Allied Sectors.
 Its continuation will therefore keep momentum of agriculture and allied sector growth.
 It will strengthen farmer’s efforts through creation of agriculture infrastructure that will help in supply of
quality inputs, market facilities etc.
 It will further promote agri-entrepreneurship and support business models that will maximize returns to
farmers.
Small Farmer's Agriculture-Business Consortium (SFAC)
Objective:
 To support new ventures in agro-based industries
 To promote the farmer producer organisations ( FPOs) and their integration in agriculture value chain.
Scheme:
 SFAC gives Venture Capital Assistance and Project Development Facility to supports the new ventures in
agro-based industries.
 The beneficiaries are:
o Individuals,
o farmers,
o producer groups,
o partnership,
o Propriety firms,
o Self Help Groups,
o companies etc.)
 Started in 1994
Soil Health Card Scheme
Ministry/Department : Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare
Scheme :
 The Soil Health Card is a printed report that will be given to farmers once in three years for each of
his/her land holding.
 It will contain crucial information on:
o macro nutrients in the soil, secondary nutrients and micro nutrients
o Type of soil
o Fertilizer type to be used
o Crop suitability for the type of soil and climate
 The card will be accompanied by an advisory on the corrective measures that a farmer should take to
improve soil health and obtain a better yield.
 The Central Government provides assistance to State Governments for setting up Soil Testing
Laboratories for issuing Soil Health Cards to farmers.
 The state governments will prepare yearly action plan on the issue and the cost will be shared in the ratio
of 75:25 between the Centre and states
Why needed?
 Because soil has degraded due to mindless use of chemicals and wrong choices of crops
 Because of low usage of organic matter and non-replacement of depleted micro and macro nutrients in
the soil, soil is increasingly becoming infertile.
 For ex. After Green Revolution, fertilisers were mindlessly applied leading to distorted NPK (Nitrogen,
Phosphorous and Potassium) ratio of about 20:5:1 in place of advised 4:2:1
Factual information:
 The Soil Health Card scheme has been launched with this ideal on February 19, 2015 by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi from Suratgarh, Rajasthan.
 Under this scheme, 14 crore Soil Health Cards are envisaged to be issued over the next 3 years.
 The ‘Soil Health Card' would carry crop-wise recommendations of nutrients / fertilizers required for
farms in a particular village, so that the farmers can improve productivity by using inputs judiciously.
Ministry of Animal Husbandry
Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund
Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development (AHIDF) is a Central Sector Scheme. It was launched by the Ministry
of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, and Dairying.
Aim: To facilitate incentivization of investments for:

 Dairy processing and value addition infrastructure
 Meat processing and value addition infrastructure and
 Animal Feed Plant.
Objectives:
 To help increase milk and meat processing capacity and increase exports from these sectors
 To develop entrepreneurship and generate employment
 It would increase the price realization for the producer
 To make available quality concentrated animals feed to cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, pig to poultry.
Eligibility: The following entities will be eligible under AHIDF

 Farmer Producer Organization(FPO)
 Private companies
 Individual entrepreneurs
 Section 8 companies
 Micro Small and Medium Enterprises.
Benefits under the scheme:

 Loan Contribution: The beneficiaries are to contribute a minimum of 10% margin money as an
investment. The balance of 90% would be the loan component to be made available by scheduled banks.
 Interest Subvention: The Government of India will provide a 3% interest subvention to eligible
beneficiaries.
 Loan Moratorium: There will be a 2 years moratorium period for the principal loan amount and 6 years
repayment period thereafter.
 Credit Guarantee Fund: NABARD would maintain a Credit Guarantee Fund. It would provide a Credit
guarantee to those sanctioned projects which are covered under MSME defined ceilings. Guarantee
Coverage would be up to 25% of the Credit facility of the borrower.
National Animal Disease Control Program
Objective: The programme aims to-

1. Vaccinate more than 500 Million Livestock including cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats and pigs against Foot
and Mouth Disease (FMD).
2. Vaccinate 36 Million Female Bovine Calves annually in its fight against Brucellosis disease.
Two components of Programme–

1. Controlling of diseases by 2025
2. Eradication of by 2030
Funds: 100% funding from Central Government for a period of 5 years till 2024. Earlier, Centre and state governments
used to contribute funds in ratio of 60:40.
Coverage: Scheme envisages vaccination coverage to 30 crore bovines (cows-bulls and buffaloes) and 20 crore sheep or
goat and 10 million pigs.
Need: The disease of FMD and brucellosis are common among livestock such as- cow, buffaloes, bulls, pigs, sheep and
goats. Both the diseases have a direct negative impact on trade of milk and other livestock products.
As per government data if a cow or buffalo gets infected with FMD, the milk loss is up to 100% which could last for
4-6 months. In case of Brucellosis, the milk output reduces by 30% during entire life cycle of animal and also causes
infertility among animals. Also, the infection of brucellosis can also be transmitted to farm workers and livestock
owners.
PM Matsya Sampada Yojana
Ministry: Ministry of Fishing, Animal Husbandry and Dairies
Aims to enhance fish production to 220 LMT with an investment of over Rs.20,000 crores in next five years
Scheme:
 The PMMSY aims to bring about the Blue Revolution through sustainable and responsible development
of the fisheries sector in India.
 It has an estimated investment of Rs. 20,050 crores for its implementation during a period of 5 years
from FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25 in all States/UTs, as a part of AatmaNirbhar Bharat Package.
 PMMSY aims at enhancing fish production and this increasing fisheries export earnings to Rs.1,00,000
crore by 2024-25.
 Thus it aims doubling of incomes of fishers and fish farmers, reducing post-harvest losses from 20-25%
to about 10% and generation of gainful employment opportunities in the sector.
Implementation strategy:
The PMMSY will be implemented as an umbrella scheme with two separate components namely:
(a) Central Sector Scheme and
(b) Centrally Sponsored Scheme
 Majority of the activities under the Scheme would be implemented with the active participation of
States/UTs.
 A well-structured implementation framework would be established for the effective planning and
implementation of PMMSY.
 For optimal outcomes, ‘Cluster or area-based approach’ would be followed with requisite forward and
backward linkages and end to end solutions.
Pashudhan Sanjivani
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Animal Husbandry

Scheme:
 An animal wellness programme encompassing provision of Animal Health Cards - “Nakul Swasthya
Patra”.
 It also issues UID identification of animals in milk and establish a National Database for controlling the
spread of animal disease and keep tracking of trade in livestock and its products.
Rashtriya Gokul Mission
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Animal Husbandry
Aim is conservation and development of indigenous breeds in a focused and scientific manner.
Scheme:
 It is a project under National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development.
 The objectives of this mission includes Conservation of indigenous breeds and their development to
improve their genetic makeup, enhancing the milk productivity and distribution of disease free high
genetic merit bulls for natural service.
 Rashtriya Gokul Mission is being implemented through “State Implementing Agencies (SIA) viz
Livestock Development Boards.
 Scheme is implemented on 100% grant-in-aid basis and throughout the country.
 It includes:
o Establishment of Integrated Indigenous cattle centres “Gokul Gram”.
 Establishment of Breeder’s societies “Gopalan Sangh”.
 Award to Farmers “Gopal Ratna” and Breeders’ societies “Kamadhenu”.
 Assistance to institution which are repositories of best germplasm.
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Ministry of AYUSH
Mission Madhumeh
Ministry/Department : Ministry of AYUSH
Mission:
 The Mission Madhumeha will be implemented throughout the country through a specially designed
National Treatment Protocol for effective management of Diabetes through Ayurveda.
Facts:
 Launched on 28 October - National Ayurveda Day
 National Ayurveda Day is celebrated every year on the occasion of Dhanwantari Jayanti. This day marks
birth date of Lord Dhanvantari, which occurs before two days before Diwali on Dhanteras. Dhanvantari
is the form of Lord Vishnu. He is considered as the ideal doctor and manifestation of compassion,
representing the wisdom of ayurveda in practical application.
National Ayush Mission
AYUSH stands for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy. Sowa-Rigpa is also covered
under AYUSH.
Objective: To provide cost effective and equitable AYUSH health care throughout the country by improving access to
the services
Mission:
 Mission has 4 components:
o AYUSH Services : Give universal access
o AYUSH Educational Institutions : Strengthen them
o Quality Control of AYUSH Drugs : Set norms and regulate them
o Medicinal Plants : Ensure their supply
 The resource allocation by centre to the States/UTs is proposed on the basis of population,
backwardness and performance of the State/UT
 It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
 It aims to address gaps in health services through supporting efforts of State/UTs for providing
AYUSH health services and education in country, particularly in vulnerable and far-flung areas.
Swasthya Raksha Programme
Aims to promote health and health education in villages.
Programme:
 Organize Swasthya Parikshan Camps, Swasthya Rakshan OPDs and Health and Hygiene awareness
programme
 Create awareness about cleanliness of domestic surroundings and environment.
 Provide medical aid and incidental support in the adopted villages and colonies.
 Document demographic information, hygiene conditions, food habits, seasons, lifestyle etc., incidence
and prevalence of disease and their relation to the incidence of disease.
 Assess health status and propagation of Ayurvedic concept of pathya-apathya and extension of health care
services.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Jan Aushadhi Scheme
Ministry/Department : Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Objective : To make available quality generic medicines at affordable prices to all
Scheme:
 Medicines will be made available through outlets known as Jan Aushadhi Stores (JASs).
 State Governments are required to provide space in Government Hospital premises or any other suitable
locations for the running of JAS
 Less priced, but good quality, unbranded generic medicines will be made available through Jan Aushadhi
stores which inherently are less priced but are of same and equivalent quality, efficacy and safety as
compared to branded generic medicines
 NGOs, Charitable Organisations and public societies like Red Cross Society, Rogi Kalyan Samiti
typically constituted for the purpose can be operating agencies for the JAS
 The operating agency for JAS is nominated on the basis of the recommendations of the State government.
 Operational expenditure is met from trade margins admissible for the medicines
 The Jan Aushadhi Programme is a self-sustaining business model not dependent on government subsidies
or assistance. It is run on the principle of ‘Not for Profits but with Minimal Profits’
Nutrient Based Subsidy
Ministry/Department : Department of Fertilizers, under Ministry of Fertilizers.
Scheme:
 Under it fixed amount of subsidy is decided by Government on annual basis and is provided on each
grade of subsidized P&K fertilizers, except for Urea based on the nutrient content present in them.
 It was launched in 2010.
Objectives:
 Ensure sufficient quantity of P&K is available at farmer’s disposal at statutory controlled prices.
 Ensure balanced use of fertilizers for improving agricultural productivity, promoting growth of
indigenous fertilizers industry and also reducing burden of subsidy.
Features: It is largely meant for secondary nutrients like N, P, S and K and micronutrients which are very important for
crop growth and development.
Significance: In India, urea is the only controlled fertilizer and is sold at statutory notified uniform sale price. NBS
allows manufacturers, marketers, and importers to fix Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K)
fertilizers at reasonable levels. This MRP is decided considering domestic and international prices of P&K fertilizers,
inventory level in the country and the exchange rates.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
UDAN - Regional Connectivity Scheme
Ministry/Department: Ministry of Civil Aviation
UDAN stands for Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik
Objective: To develop a regional aviation market. It seeks to connect under-served and unserved airports in India
through the revival of existing airstrips and airports.
Scheme:
 It was launched in 2017 by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The scheme is a component of the National
Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP), 2016.
 Objectives:
o Create affordable yet economically viable and profitable flights on regional routes.
o Development of remote areas and enhancing trade and commerce and tourism expansion.
o Employment creation in the aviation sector.
 Duration: The scheme would be in operation for a period of 10 years.
 Under the scheme, airlines have to cap airfares for 50% of the total seats at Rs. 2,500 per hour of flight.
 This would be achieved through
o A financial stimulus in the form of concessions from Central and State governments and
airport operators and
o Viability Gap Funding– A government grant provided to the airlines to bridge the gap
between the cost of operations and expected revenue.
 The partner State Governments (other than North Eastern States and Union Territories where
contribution will be 10 %) would contribute a 20% share to this fund.
 Regional Connectivity Fund would be created to meet the viability gap funding requirements under the
scheme.
 The RCF levy per departure will be applied to certain domestic flights.
 Phases Under the Scheme:
o UDAN 1.0 and 2.0: During RCS-UDAN version 1.0 & 2.0, 66 airports were identified
and 31 heliports (28 unserved heliports and 3 unserved airports).
o UDAN 3.0: During UDAN version 3.0, to increase the tourism potential at the coastal
areas, Tourism routes in coordination with the Ministry of Tourism and Seaplanes for
connecting Water Aerodromes were included.
o UDAN 4.0: The focus of UDAN 4.0 is on priority areas like North East Region, Hilly
States, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Islands.
 Hisar airport has been inaugurated under this scheme.
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Market Access Initiative
Nodal Ministry: Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Objective: It is an Export Promotion Scheme. The scheme aims to act as a catalyst to promote India’s exports on a
sustained basis.
Product and Country Focus Approach: The scheme is formulated on the basis of the product and country focus
approach. It will evolve specific markets and specific products through market studies/surveys.
Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) Scheme
 RoDTEP scheme aims to reimburse the taxes and duties incurred by exporters (subject to specified
conditions and exclusions) for making Indian products cost-competitive and create a level playing field
for them in the global market.
 Government has decided to extend benefit of scheme to all export goods from 1st January, 2021.
 Scheme is meant for replacing Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS).
 Earlier, India lost a case against US on MEIS in WTO which considered MEIS as an exports subsidy.
Merchandise Exports from India Scheme
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Scheme:
 MEIS was launched under Foreign Trade Policy of India (FTP) 2015-20.
 It is one of the two schemes introduced in FP 2015-20, as a part of Exports from India Scheme. The
other scheme is Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS).
 Objective of MEIS is to offset infrastructural inefficiencies and associated costs involved in export of
goods and products, which are produced and manufactured in India.
 It seeks to enhance India’s export competitiveness of these goods and products having high export
intensity, employment potential.
 Under this scheme, Ministry of Commerce gives duty benefits to several products. It provides duty
benefits at 2%, 3% and 5% depending upon the product and country.
 It has three sub components:
o Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana
o Focus Market Scheme
o Focus Product Scheme
 It is being replaced by Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) Scheme
Make in India Initiative 2.0
Make in India Initiative:

 Launched Year: It was launched in 2014 by the Government of India.
 Aim: To make India a global hub for the manufacturing, research and innovation. Also, the integrations
of India in the global supply chain.
 Objectives:
o To increase the manufacturing sector’s growth rate to 12-14% per annum in order to
increase the sector’s share in the economy;
o To create 100 million additional manufacturing jobs in the economy by 2022; and
o To ensure that the manufacturing sector’s contribution to GDP is increased to 25% by
2022 (revised to 2025) from the current 16%.
Make in India 2.0:

 It presently focuses on 27 sectors with a special focus on ten champion sectors including;
1. Capital goods,
2. Auto,
3. Defence,
4. Pharma,
5. Renewable energy,
6. Biotechnology,
7. Chemicals,
8. Leather,
9. Textiles,
10. Food processing.
 These sectors have the potential to become global champions and drive double-digit growth in
manufacturing.
 In manufacturing, the action plans are coordinated by the Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade (DPIIT).
 In services, action plans are coordinated by the Department of Commerce.
Facts:
 Foreign Direct Investment(FDI):
o India has registered its highest-ever annual FDI Inflow of US $74.39 billion during the
last financial year 2019-20 as compared to US $ 45.15 billion in 2014-2015.
o Further, in the last six years (2014-20), India has received FDI inflow which is 53% of the
FDI reported in the last 20 years.
 Ease of Doing Business Ranking:
o India has jumped to 63rd place in World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking.
o This is due to reforms in the areas of Starting a Business, Paying Taxes, Trading Across
Borders, and Resolving Insolvency.
One District One Product Scheme
One District One Product Scheme(ODOP):

 Aim:
o To identify one product per district based on the potential and strength of a district and
national priorities.
o A cluster for that product will be developed in the district and market linkage will be
provided for that.
 Significance:
o This initiative is seen as a transformational step towards realizing the true potential of a
district.
o It will fuel economic growth and generate employment and rural entrepreneurship.
Merging of ODOP with Districts as Exports Hub initiative:

 The ODOP initiative has been operationally merged with the ‘Districts Export Hub’ initiative.
 District Export Hub scheme is implemented by the Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT),
Department of Commerce.
 Objective: To convert each District of the country into an Export Hub by identifying products with
export potential. It also aims to address bottlenecks in exporting products and support local
manufacturers.
 Under the initiative, the State Export Promotion Committee(SPEC) and District Export Promotion
Committee (DEPC) have been constituted in several districts.
Startup-India
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Objective: Aims at fostering entrepreneurship and promoting innovation by creating an ecosystem that is conducive for
growth of Start-ups. The objective is that India must become a nation of job creators instead of being a nation of job
seekers.
Scheme:
 It is focused to restrict role of States in policy domain and to get rid of "license raj" and hindrances like
in land permissions, foreign investment proposal, environmental clearances
 Managed by: The programs under the initiative are managed by a dedicated Startup India Team which
reports to the Department for Industrial Policy and Promotion (DPIIT).
 Key Pillars:
o Simplification and Handholding:
 Single Window Clearance even with the help of a mobile application
 Modified and more friendly Bankruptcy Code to ensure 90-day exit window
 Freedom from mystifying inspections for 3 years
 Eliminating red tape
 Self-certification compliance
 New schemes to provide IPR protection to start-ups and new firms
o Funding & Incentives:
 10,000 crore fund of funds
 Credit Guarantee funds for start up through SIDBI
 80% reduction in patent registration fee
 Freedom from Capital Gain Tax for 3 years
 Freedom from tax in profits for 3 years
o Incubation & Industry-Academia Partnerships:
 Innovation hub under Atal Innovation Mission
 Stand India across the world as a start-up hub
 Starting with 5 lakh schools to target 10 lakh children for innovation
programme
 The initiative is also aimed at promoting entrepreneurship among SCs/STs, women communities.
 Rural India’s version of Start up India was named the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Swaniyojan Yojana
What is an Start-Up under this scheme?
A startup is an entity that is headquartered in India which was opened less than seven years ago and have an annual
turnover less than ₹25 crore
Make in India Programme
Objective: Aims at promoting India as an important investment destination and a global hub for manufacturing, design
and innovation
Programme:
 It does not target manufacturing sector alone, but also aims at promoting entrepreneurship in the country
 The initiative is further aimed at creating a conducive environment for investment, modern and efficient
infrastructure, opening up new sectors for foreign investment and forging a partnership between
government and industry through positive mind set
 Following 25 sectors have been identified under it :
o Auto Components
 Automobiles
 Aviation
 Biotechnology
 Chemicals
 Construction
 Defence Manufacturing
 Electrical Machinery
 Electronic System Design and Manufacturing
 Food Processing
 IT and BPM
 Leather
 Media and Entertainment
 Mining
 Oil and Gas
 Pharmaceuticals
 Ports
 Railways
 Roads and Highways
 Renewable Energy
 Space
 Textiles
 Thermal Power
 Tourism and Hospitality
 Wellness
 Started in 2014
National Investment and Manufacturing Zones
What are NIMZs?
 These are integrated industrial townships that are established as special zones for investment and
manufacturing.
 It has minimum area requirement of 5000 Hectares.
 SPV would handle each NIMZ township.
 State Governments would notify NIMZ as Industrial Townships under article 243Q(c) of the
constitution of India.
 State acquires the land. Created SPV. Notifies land for NIMZ
 Centre gives approval and notifies NIMZ in gazette.
 Central Government will also improve/provide external physical infrastructure linkages to the NIMZs
including Rail, Road (National Highways), Ports, Airports, and Telecom, in a time bound manner
 The State Government may keep the ownership of NIMZ itself or transfer the ownership to a state
government undertaking.
Benefits for units in NIMZ?

 Relief from Capital Gains Tax on sale of plant and machinery of a unit located in a National Investment
and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) in case of re-investment of sale consideration within a period of three
years for purchase of new plant & machinery in any other unit located in the same NIMZ or another
NIMZ
 Rollover relief from long term Capital Gains tax to individuals on sale of a residential property (house or
plot of land) in case of re-investment of sale consideration in the equity of a new start-up SME company
in the manufacturing sector for the purchase of a new plant and machinery.
 Simple and expeditious exit mechanism for closure of sick units while protecting labour interest
 DIPP is the nodal agency
Niryat Bandhu Scheme
Ministry : Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Aim : The objective of the Niryat Bandhu Scheme is to reach out to the new and potential exporters and mentor them
through orientation programmes, counselling sessions, individual facilitation, etc., for being able to get into
international trade and boost exports from India.
Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops (RISPC)
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Objective : To protect plantation growers from the risks such as pest attacks, yield loss and income decline caused by
fall in prices.
Scheme:
 RISPC announced in September 2016 is improved form of the Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) Scheme,
2003 which was closed 2013.
 It was launched for protecting growers of plantation crops from twin risks of :
o Yield loss due to pest attacks, adverse weather parameters etc. and
o Income loss caused by fall in domestic and international prices.
 It shall be covering tea, coffee, rubber, cardamom and tobacco plantations and shall be implemented by
the commodity boards.
 It will be implemented on a pilot basis for two years i.e. till 2018 in eight districts in West Bengal, Kerala,
Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu.
 On the basis of performance of the scheme in pilot project, it will be considered for extension to other
districts.
Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS)
Ministry : Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Aim is to make our service export globally competitive.
Scheme:
 Service providers of notified services are incentivized in the form of Duty Credit Scrips at the rate of 3 or
5% on their net foreign exchange earnings.
 These SEIS scrips are transferrable and can also be used for payment of a number of Central duties/taxes
including the basic customs duty
Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES)
Aims to develop export linked infrastructure in states with a view to promoting outbound shipments.
Scheme:
 Objective: Enhance export competitiveness by bridging the gap in export infrastructure, which has not
been addressed by any other scheme.
 It would focus on projects like customs checkpoints, last mile connectivity, border haats and integrated
check posts.
 Beneficiaries: All central and state agencies including Commodities Boards, Export Promotion Councils,
SEZ authorities and Apex Trade Bodies recognised under EXIM policy of Central Government are
eligible for financial support.
 Funding: The cost of projects will be equally shared by the Centre and the states in form of grant-in-aid.
 In normal cases centre will borne 50% of the total equity in the project.
 For projects located in north-eastern and the Himalayan region states, Centre may bear 80% of the cost.
 Approval: An inter-ministerial empowered committee will sanction and monitor the projects. It will be
headed by the commerce secretary.
Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana

Aims to promote exports of Agricultural Produce, Minor Forest Produce, Gram Udyog Products
Scheme:
 Scheme compensates the high transport costs (from village to port / airport for export) and offset other
disadvantages to promote exports of the following products:
o Agricultural Produce and their value added products;
o Minor Forest Produce and their value added variants;
o Gram Udyog Products;
o Forest Based Products; and
o other such products notified.
 Under this scheme, Duty Credit Scrip benefits are granted on the basis of exported amount.
 The duty credit scrip is a pass that allows the holder to import commodities by not paying a specified
amount in import duties.
 As per the 2015-20 Foreign Trade Policy, VKGUY was merged with MEIS.
Special Economic Zones (SEZs)
Ministry/Department: Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Objective: This policy intended to make SEZs an engine for economic growth supported by quality infrastructure
complemented by an attractive fiscal package, both at the Centre and the State level, with the minimum possible
regulations
SEZs:
 SEZ are set up under Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 as duty free enclaves to be treated as foreign
territory for the purpose of trade operations and duties and tariffs.
 SEZ are allowed for manufacturing, trading and service activities.
 A single window SEZ approval mechanism by Board of Approval
 Application recommended by states/UTs are approved by BOA
What are the incentives for units in SEZs:

 Duty free import/domestic procurement of goods for development, operation and maintenance of SEZ
units
 100% Income Tax exemption on export income for SEZ units under Section 10AA of the Income Tax
Act for first 5 years, 50% for next 5 years thereafter and 50% of the ploughed back export profit for
next 5 years.
 Exemption from minimum alternate tax under section 115JB of the Income Tax Act.
 External commercial borrowing by SEZ units upto US $ 500 million in a year without any maturity
restriction through recognized banking channels.
 Exemption from Central Sales Tax.
 Exemption from Service Tax.
 Single window clearance for Central and State level approvals.
 Exemption from State sales tax and other levies as extended by the respective State Governments.
 Started in 2005
Ministry of Communications
Production-Linked Incentive(PLI) scheme for the telecom sector
 Aim of the scheme: It will make India a global hub for manufacturing telecom equipment. Moreover, it
will create jobs and reduce imports especially from China.
 Focus of the scheme: The scheme will offset the huge import of telecom equipment worth more than Rs
50,000 crore. By that, it will encourage the foreign manufacturers and domestic manufacturers to set up
production units in India.
 Coverage: The scheme will cover domestic manufacturing of equipment such as
o core transmission equipment,
o 4G/5G and next-generation radio access network and wireless equipment,
o Internet of Things (IoT) access devices,
o enterprise equipment such as switches and routers
 Duration of the Scheme: The scheme will be operational from April 1 and will run for the next five years.
 Eligibility: The eligibility for the scheme will be subject to:
o Achieving a minimum threshold of cumulative investment
o incremental sales of manufactured goods, with 2019-20 as the base year.
 Incentives: For the inclusion of MSMEs in the scheme, the minimum investment threshold has been kept
at ₹10 crores while for others it is ₹100 crore. Further, for MSMEs, It proposes a 1% higher incentive
in the first three years.
Significance of the scheme:

 The scheme may lead to an incremental production of about ₹2.4 lakh crore with exports of about ₹2
lakh crore over five years. Moreover, it may bring in investments of more than ₹3,000 crores.
 With the inclusion of telecom equipment manufacturing under the ambit of PLI schemes, the total
number of sectors under such programmes stands at 13.
Digital India
Ministry/Department : Coordinated by DeitY, Ministry of Communication. Implemented by entire government

machinery in their respective domains.
Objective:
 To ensure the government services are made available to citizens electronically.
 Transform so far agrarian Indian economy to a knowledge-centric economy
 Plug the widening digital divide in Indian society
 Give India equal footing with the developed world in terms of development with the aid of latest
technology.
Scheme:
 Digital India has three core components. These include-
a. The creation of digital infrastructure,
b. Delivering services digitally,
c. Digital literacy
 9 Key points of Digital India Programme are as follow
o Universal Access to Phones
o Broadband Highways
o Public Internet Access Programme
o e-Governance – Reforming government through Technology
o e-Kranti – Electronic delivery of services
o Information for All
o Electronics Manufacturing – Target NET ZERO Imports
o IT for Jobs
o Early Harvest Programmes
 Umbrella programme which includes the hitherto National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) to connect
2,50,000 gram Panchayats by providing internet connectivity to all citizens.
 To be monitored by a Digital India committee comprised of several ministers.
 Will also ensure public answerability via a unique ID, e-Pramaan based on standard government
applications and fully online delivery of services.
 If implemented well, will be a great boost for the electronics industry in India and expectedly will see a
fall in imports of electronics.
 Also includes development of an electronic development fund.
What is the difference between DI and NeGP?

Unlike predecessor National E-Governance Plan (NeGP), Digital India initiative looks much beyond public service
delivery system. It places equal stress on digital infrastructure, governance and service delivery and digital empowerment
of citizens. Without such comprehensive plan NEGP had very little relevance in rural and backward areas
Bharat Net Project
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Communications

Objective : The project seeks to provide affordable last mile high speed broadband connectivity to 2.5 lakh gram
panchayats across the country.
Project:
 BharatNet is Union Government’s ambitious rural internet connectivity programme which is
implemented by Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL).
 Earlier National Optical Fibre Network or NOFN failed due to slow implementation.
 NOFN is now rebranded as Bharat Net.
 At present, a special purpose vehicle, Bharat Broadband Network Ltd (BBNL), under the telecom
ministry is handling the roll out of optical fibre network.
 The project is being executed by BSNL, Railtel and Power Grid
 It is world’s largest rural broadband connectivity programme using Optical fibre
 The project is being funded by Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).
 The three-phase implementation under the BharatNet project is:
o Project’s Phase I was completed in December 2017 and 1 lakh gram panchayats were made
service ready.
o Phase II had the target of covering a total of 2 lakh gram panchayats by March 2020.
o In Phase III, state-of-the-art, future-proof network, including fibre between districts and
blocks would be created
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DARPAN Project
Ministry: Ministry of Communications
DARPAN stands for The Digital Advancement of Rural Post Office for A New India
DARPAN is Information Technology (IT) modernisation project aimed at realising financial inclusion of un-banked
rural population. It offers core banking services to the account holders.
Project:
 The project intends to provide low power technology solution to each branch postmaster (BPM).
 This will enable each of approximately 1.29 lakhs branch post offices (BOs) to improve service delivery.
 It aims to increase rural reach of Department of Posts (DoP) and enable BOs to increase traffic of all
financial remittances, savings accounts, Rural Postal Life Insurance and Cash Certificates.
 It also aims to improve mail operations processes by allowing for automated booking and delivery of
accountable article.
 It will also increase revenue using retail post business and provide third party applications and make
disbursements for social security schemes such as MGNREGS.
National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN)
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Communications
Objective: To provide broadband connectivity to over two lakh Gram Panchayats
Project:
 Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) is the special purpose vehicle created as a PSU for
execution of NOFN
 Connectivity gap between Gram Panchayats and Blocks will be filled
 The project provides internet access using existing optical fibre and extending it to the Gram panchayats
 The project was intended to enable the government of India to provide e-services and e-applications
nationally
 All the Service Providers like Telecom Service Providers (TSPs), ISPs, Cable TV operators etc. will be
given non-discriminatory access to the National Optic Fibre Network and can launch various services in
rural areas.
 Various categories of applications like e-health, e-education and e-governance etc. can also be provided
by these operators
 Its target was subsequently scaled down to less than half (1.10 lakh Panchayats) due to miserable
implementation and then the targets as well as the plan lost into oblivion.
 Started in 2011
 Funded by Universal Service Obligation Fund
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
National Food Security Act, 2013
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Aim is to provide subsidized food grains to approximately two thirds of India’s population i.e. 75% in rural areas and
50% in urban areas.
Scheme:
 It converts the various existing food security schemes into legal entitlements (i.e.) from welfare based
approach to rights based approach.
 It includes the Midday Meal Scheme, ICDS scheme and the PDS. It also recognizes maternity
entitlements.
 Under NFSA, each beneficiaries is entitled to 5 kilograms of food grains per month at Rs.3, Rs.2, Rs.1
per kg for rice, wheat and coarse grains respectively.
 However, the beneficiaries under Antyodaya Anna Yojana will keep receiving the 35 Kg per household
per month at same rates.
 It guarantees age appropriate meal, free of charge through local Anganwadi for children up to 6 months
and one free meal for children in age group 6-14 years in schools.
 Every pregnant and lactating mother is entitled to a free meal at the local Anganwadi as well as maternity
benefits of Rs. 6,000, in instalments.
 Maternal benefits does not extend to Government employees.
 The identification of eligible households is left to state governments.
 Coverage:
o 75% of the rural population and up to 50% of the urban population for receiving
subsidized food grains under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).
o Overall, NFSA caters to 67% of the total population.
 Eligibility:
o Priority Households to be covered under TPDS, according to guidelines by the State
government.
o Households covered under existing Antyodaya Anna Yojana.
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)
Aim is to make Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) more focused and targeted towards the poorest section of
population.
Scheme:
 Scheme was announced as part of the first relief package during COVID-19 pandemic.
 Under this scheme, 5 kg of free food grains (rice or wheat) to each member of a family, and 1 kg of
pulses (chana) to each family per month, will be provided free of cost.
 The scheme covers 80 crore ration card holders (2/3rd of India’s population).
 All expenses on the extended PMGKAY are to be borne by the Central Government.
Antyodaya Anna Yojana
Aim is to make Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) more focused and targeted towards the poorest section of
population.
Scheme:
 Beneficiary families under the scheme are distributed 35 kg of rice and wheat at the rates of Rs. 3 per kg
and Rs. 2 per kg respectively. Coarse grains, on the other hand, are distributed at the rate of Rs. 1 per kg.
 Under the scheme, subsidies are fully borne by the central government and States/UT bear the
distribution cost.
 The scheme has been expanded to cover 2.50 cr households and scale of issue has been increased to 35
kg per family per month.
Ministry of Culture
Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana
Ministry: Ministry of Culture
Facts:
 Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana (KSVY) is an umbrella scheme under Ministry of Culture for the
promotion of art and culture in the country.
 Sub-schemes: KSVY has the following sub-schemes through which financial assistance is provided to
cultural organizations:
o Scheme of Financial Assistance for Promotion of Art and Culture.
o Scheme of Financial Assistance for Creation of Cultural Infrastructure.
o Scheme for Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
National Mission on Cultural Mapping of India
Ministry: Ministry of Culture
The mission aims at

 converting the vast and widespread cultural canvas of India into an objective cultural map,
 designing a mechanism to fulfil the aspirations of the whole artist community of the nation and
 preserving the rich cultural heritage of this country in the form of a cultural repository of artists and art
form
Mission:
 This Mission is part of the ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ initiative.
 This Mission will bringing all the cultural activities under one web based umbrella for better results.
 The Mission also seeks to open a direct channel of communication of artists with the Government and
peer to peer communication among artists for talent honing and handholding of each other
Project Mausam
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Culture
Objective: To establish cross-cultural linkages and to revise historic maritime cultural and economic ties with 39 Indian
Ocean countries.
At the macro level, it aims to re-connect and re-establish communications between countries of the Indian Ocean world,
which would lead to an enhanced understanding of cultural values and concerns; while at the micro level, the focus is on
understanding national cultures in their regional maritime milieu.
Scheme:
 It is to be implemented by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as the nodal agency
 ASI will get research support of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and National
Museum as associate bodies.
 The Government has identified 39 countries to bring on board for trans-national nomination for World
Heritage
 This project aims to explore the multi-faceted Indian Ocean ‘world’ – collating archaeological and
historical research in order to document the diversity of cultural, commercial and religious interactions in
the Indian Ocean – extending from East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent and Sri
Lanka to the Southeast Asian archipelago.
 It also aims to promote research on themes related to the study of Maritime Routes through international
scientific seminars and meetings and by adopting a multidisciplinary approach.
Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region
North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP)
Ministry : Ministry for Development of North-Eastern Region
Aim is to improve livelihoods of the poor, especially that of women and the disadvantaged people in the NE area.
Scheme:
 It is a central Sector scheme externally aided by World Bank and implemented in four North Eastern
States namely Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.
 The identification of Districts for the project was done by the State Governments based on social and
economic backwardness.
 Aims to promote SHGs and make them sustainable
 Increasing the income level of the members of the SHGs (at least 60% of them) and disadvantaged
households by 30% in real term
 Providing jobs or self employment to the unemployed youths through various skill trainings,
entrepreneurship development trainings, vocational trainings and management development trainings.
North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme
Ministry: Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region
Scheme:
 It is a Central Sector Scheme
 It will be 100% funded by Central Government to fill up gaps in creation of infrastructure in specified
sectors in North east till March, 2020.
 The scheme will broadly cover creation of infrastructure under following sectors
1. Physical infrastructure relating to water supply, power, connectivity and specially the
projects promoting tourism.
2. Infrastructure of social sectors of education and health.
 The assets to be created under NESIDS will not only strengthen education and health care facilities in
northeast region but will also encourage tourism thereby employment opportunities for local youth.
 The scheme will act as catalyst in overall development of north east region in the years to come.
Ministry of Earth Sciences
National Monsoon Mission
Ministry : Ministry of Earth Sciences
Mission:
 Under the Monsoon Mission, Ministry has developed the state-of-the-art weather and climate prediction
models, which are now in operational use.
 These models include models for short range to medium range (1-10 days), extended range (10days to
30 days) and seasonal (up to one season).
 Following are the targets of Monsoon Mission:
o Development of a seamless prediction system using monsoon mission model, on different
time scales, like Seasonal (for whole Monsoon season), Extended range (up-to 4 weeks),
Short range prediction (up-to 5days).
o Initiate and coordinate working partnership between Indian and foreign institutes to
develop a system for prediction of extremes and climate applications
o Develop and implement system for climate applications having social impacts (such as
agriculture, flood forecast, extreme events forecast, wind energy, etc.)
o Advanced data assimilation system for preparing high quality data for model predictions.
Ocean Services, Modelling, Applications, Resources and Technology (O-SMART)

SCHEME

O-SMART Scheme
 The services rendered under the O-SMART will provide economic benefits to a number of user
communities in the coastal and ocean sectors, namely, fisheries, offshore industry, coastal states, Defence,
Shipping, Ports etc.
 It seeks to address issues relating to SDG-14, which aims to conserve the use of oceans, marine resources
for sustainable development.
 It also provides the necessary scientific and technological background required for the implementation of
various aspects of Blue Economy.
 The State of Art Early Warning Systems established Scheme will help in effectively dealing with ocean
disasters like Tsunami, storm surges.
 The technologies being developed will help in harnessing the vast ocean resources of both living and non-
living resources from the seas around India.
 A fleet of research vessels viz., Technology Demonstration vessel SagarNidhi, Oceanographic Research
Vessel SagarKanya, Fisheries and Oceanographic Research Vessel SagarSampada and Coastal Research
Vessel SagarPurvi have been acquired to provide required research support.
Some of the modified objective

The objectives of O-SMART are:
 To generate and regularly update information on Marine Living Resources and their relationship with
the physical environment in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ),
 To periodically monitor levels of seawater pollutants for health assessment of coastal waters of India, to
develop shoreline change maps for assessment of coastal erosion due to natural and anthropogenic
activities,
 To develop a wide range of state-of-the-art ocean observation systems for the acquisition of real-time
data from the seas around India,
 To generate and disseminate a suite of user-oriented ocean information, advisories, warnings, data and
data products for the benefit of society,
 To develop high-resolution models for ocean forecast and reanalysis system,
 To develop algorithms for validation of satellite data for coastal research and to monitor changes in the
coastal research,
 Acquisition of 2 Coastal Research Vessels (CRVs) as replacement of 2 old CRVs for coastal pollution
monitoring, testing of various underwater components and technology demonstration,
 To carry out exploration of Polymetallic Nodules (MPN) from a water depth of 5500 m in the site of
75000 sq.km allotted to India by United Nations in Central Indian Ocean Basin, to carry out
investigations of gas hydrates,
 Exploration of polymetallic sulphides near Rodrigues Triple junction in 10000 sq. km of the area
allotted to India in International waters by International Seabed Authority/UN and,
 Submission of India’s claim over continental shelf extending beyond the Exclusive Economic Zone
supported by scientific data, and Topographic survey of EEZ of India.
Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS)
Aim: The scheme aims at improving skill of weather and climate forecast through sustained observations, intensive
Research & Development.
Scheme:
 It consists of nine sub-programmes which are multi-disciplinary and multi institutional in nature and will
be implemented in integrated manner.
 It seeks to addresses different aspects of weather and climate services, which includes warnings for
cyclone, storm surges, heat waves, thunderstorms etc.
 Each of these aspects is incorporated as nine sub-schemes under umbrella scheme ACROSS and is
implemented in integrated manners.
Benefits of Scheme
 It will provide improved weather, climate and ocean forecast and services, thereby ensuring transfer of
commensurate benefits to the various services.
 It will also provide a sizable number of scientific and technical staff along with requisite administrative
support, thereby generating employment.
 It will generate employment opportunities to many people as large number of agencies like the Krishi
Vigyana Kendras of ICAR, Universities and local municipalities are roped to ensure last-mile
connectivity of the weather based services to the end–user.
Deep Ocean Mission (DOM)
Mission:
 The mission proposes to explore deep-ocean by emulating success of Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) in designing and launching satellites.
 For this mission, Centre has drawn up a five-year, Rs. 8,000 crore plan to explore deep recesses of the
ocean.
 The focus of DOM is on deep-sea mining, ocean climate change advisory services, underwater vehicles
and underwater robotics related technologies.
 Two key projects planned under it include desalination plant powered by tidal energy and submersible
vehicle that can explore depths of at least 6,000 metres.
Why it is important?
 India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) spreads over 2.2 million sq. km and in the deep sea, lies
unexplored and unutilised.
 Besides, India has been allotted site of 1,50,000 sq. km in Central Indian Ocean Basin (CIOB) by United
Nations International Sea Bed Authority (UN-ISBA) for exploitation of polymetallic nodules (PMN).
 These are rocks scattered on seabed containing iron, nickel, manganese and cobalt.
 It is envisaged that 10% of recovery of that large reserve can meet energy requirement of India for next
100 years.
 It has been estimated that 380 million metric tonnes of polymetallic nodules are available at the bottom
of the seas in CIOB.
Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva (GKMS)

Aim is to provide accurate crop specific advisories to the farmers
Scheme:
 The scheme is implemented by India Meteorological Department in collaboration with State Agricultural
Universities /Indian Council of Agricultural Research etc.
 It issues crop and location specific weather based agro advisories for the benefit of farming community.
 The Agro-meteorological Advisory Services (AAS) under the GKMS is operated to prepare biweekly
weather based bulletins.
 The information is transmitted through multimedia channels and SMS to help farmers plan farm
operations accordingly
Ministry of Education
STARS Project
 The project would be implemented as a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme.

 Aim: To improve the overall monitoring and measurement activities in the Indian school education
system through interventions in selected states.
 Coverage: The project covers 6 States: Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh,
Kerala, and Odisha.
 Implementation:
o At National level, Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of
Education(MOE) will be the main implementing agency.
o At the State level, the project will be implemented through the integrated State
Implementation Society(SIS) for Samagra Shiksha.
 World Bank Funding: The World Bank’s support is primarily in the form of a results-based financing
instrument called Program for Results(PforR). This will ensure major reforms at the State level through
a set of disbursement-linked indicators(DLIs).
 A State Incentive Grant(SIG) will also be used to encourage States to meet desired project outcomes.
 Verification: An independent Verification agency(IVA) will verify each result before disbursement of
funds.
 Impact: The STARS project will be instrumental in the implementation of various recommendations of
National Education Policy 2020 namely:
o Strengthening Early Childhood Education and Foundational Learning
o Improving Learning Assessment System
o ICT-enabled approaches in education,
o Teachers Development and Vocational education etc.
Mid-Day Meal Scheme
Ministry/Department : Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education
Objective: To enhance, retention and attendance and simultaneously improving nutritional levels among children.
Scheme:
 Scheme covers all children studying in class I to VIII
 The programme supplies free lunches on working days for children in primary and upper primary classes
in government, government aided, local body, Education Guarantee Scheme, and alternate innovative
education centres, Madarsa and Maqtabs supported under SSA and National Child Labour Project
schools run by the ministry of labour
 MDM is covered by National Food Security Act, 2013
 Started in 1995 as National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education
 To achieve the above objectives, a cooked mid-day meal with the following nutritional content is
provided to all eligible children.
o For Primary students:
 Calories 450
 Protein 12 gms
o For Upper Primary students:
 Calories 700
 Protein 20 gms
o Adequate quantities of micro-nutrients like Iron, Folic Acid and Vitamin-A.
Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Education
Aim: It aims at providing strategic funding to higher education institutions throughout the country.
Scheme:
 The scheme is being operated in mission mode for funding state universities and colleges to achieve the
aims of equity, access and excellence.
 Funding: It is a centrally sponsored scheme launched in October 2013.
 Since 2016-17, the government has spent an average of Rs. 1,500 crore every year on RUSA.
 Objectives:
o Improve the overall quality of state institutions by conforming to the prescribed norms
and standards.
o Adoption of accreditation (certification of competency) as a mandatory quality assurance
framework.
o Promoting autonomy in state universities and improving governance in institutions.
o Ensure reforms in the affiliation, academic and examination system.
o Ensure adequate availability of quality faculty in all higher educational institutions and
ensure capacity building at all levels of employment.
o Create an enabling atmosphere for research in the higher education system.
o Correct regional imbalances in access to higher education by setting up institutions in
unserved and underserved areas.
o Improve equity in higher education by providing adequate opportunities to the
disadvantaged.
Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP)
About TEQIP project:

 It was launched in 2002 by the Ministry of Education. World Banks is assisting in its implementation.
 Aim: The TEQIP project aims to upscale the quality of technical education and enhance the capacities of
technical institutions.
Phases under the TEQIP project:

Phase I:
 TEQIP project was first launched in 2003. It was implemented in 13 States and covered 127 Institutions
including 18 Centrally Funded Institutions.
 It focussed on
 Promotion of Academic Excellence
 Networking of Institutions for quality enhancement and resource sharing
 Enhancing quality and reach of services to Community and Economy.
Phase II:
 Phase II of the TEQIP project was launched in 2010. The coverage was widened to cover 23
States/Union Territories (UTs) and 191 Institutes.
 It focussed on
 Scaling up Post – Graduate education and demand-driven Research and Development innovation
 Establishing Centres of Excellence for focussed applicable research
 Training of faculty for effective teaching.
Phase III:
 It was started in 2017 and will be completed by 2021. It focussed on improving quality and equity in
engineering institutions in seven low income, eight northeastern and three hilly States.
 Under this phase, graduates from elite institutions such as NIT and IIT were recruited to teach in some
of the poorest and most remote areas. They were paid salaries in accordance with the Seventh Pay
Commission.
What is the next step?

 The Central Government is planning to replace the TEQIP project with a new programme called
MERITE Project.
 The MERITE project will have similar objectives to improve technical education.
 However, the MERITE Project is still in the conceptual stage and has not yet received Cabinet approval.
KAPILA campaign
 KAPILA stands for Kalam Program for Intellectual Property Literacy and Awareness campaign.
 Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Education
 Objectives: The objectives of the campaign include
o To create awareness regarding Intellectual Property Rights(IPR) in Higher Education
Institutions(HEIs),
o To develop training program on IPR for faculty and students of HEIs
o To sensitise and develop a vibrant Intellectual Property(IP) filing system.
o To enable IPR protection on the inventions originating from the faculty and students of
HEIs

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Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
Ministry : Ministry of Education
Aims to link higher education institutions with set of at least five villages, so that they can contribute to economic and
social betterment of these village communities using their knowledge base. Under this scheme, higher education
institutions will participate in development activities, particularly in rural areas.
Launched in 2014
Objective of the scheme are

 To engage faculty and students of higher educational institutions in understanding rural realities.
 Identify and select existing innovative technologies, enable customization of technologies or devise
implementation methods for innovative solutions as required by people.
 To allow higher educational institutions to contribute to devising systems for smooth implementation of
various Government Programs.
Analysis:
 The scheme is inspired by vision of transformational change in rural development processes by leveraging
knowledge base and resources of premier Institutions of the country to help build the architecture of
Inclusive India.
 It also aims to create virtuous cycle between society and inclusive university system, with latter providing
knowledge base, best practices for emerging livelihoods and upgrade capabilities of both public and
private sectors.
 Under it, institutes through their faculty and students, will carry out studies of living conditions in
adopted villages, assess local problems and needs, workout possibilities of leveraging technological
interventions and need to improve processes in implementation of various government schemes, prepare
workable action plans for the selected villages.
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0:

 It is the upgraded version of UBA 1.0. It was launched in 2018.
 UBA 1.0 or UBA Phase-1 was the Invitation Mode in which Participating Institutions were invited to be
a part of UBA.
 Whereas UBA 2.0 is the Challenge Mode of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan programme where all HEIs are
required to willingly adopt at least 5 villages. Currently, UBA 2.0 Mode is going on.
Manodarpan Initiative
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Human Resource Development
Objective: To psychological support to students/teachers/parents during COVID
Scheme:
 ‘Manodarpan’ covers a wide range of activities to provide psychosocial support to students, teachers and
families for Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing during the COVID outbreak and beyond.
 It contains advisory, practical tips, posters, videos, do’s and don’ts for psychosocial support, FAQs and
online query system.
 It aims to provide psychosocial support to students for their mental health and well-being.
 It has been included in the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, as a part of strengthening human capital and
increasing productivity and efficient reform and initiatives for the education sector.
 A toll-free helpline will also be launched as part of the initiative for a country-wide outreach to students
from schools, colleges and universities.
 Through this helpline, tele-counselling will be provided to the students to address their mental health and
psychosocial issues.
NISHTHA Programme
NISHTHA : It stands for National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement
NISHTHA Programme
 It is the largest teachers’ training programme of its kind in the world.
 The basic objective of this massive training programme ‘NISHTHA’ is to motivate and equip teachers to
encourage and foster critical thinking in students.
 The initiative is first of its kind wherein standardized training modules are developed at national level for
all States and UTs.
 The States and UTs can also contextualize the training modules and use their own material and resource
persons also, keeping in view the core topics and expected outcomes of NISHTHA.
 Progress till date
o Around 23,000 Key Resource Persons and 17.5 lakh teachers and school heads have been
covered under this NISHTHA face to face mode till date.
o It has been customized for online mode to be conducted through DIKSHA and
NISHTHA portals by the NCERT.
Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme (PMILP)- ‘DHRUV’
Aims at identifying and encouraging talented children to enrich their skills and knowledge.
Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme- ‘DHRUV’:

 The programme is named DHRUV after the Pole Star with the same name.
 Every student selected under this programme will be called as ‘Dhruv Tara’.
 The programme aims at identifying and encouraging talented children to enrich their skills and
knowledge.
 Under this programme, the identified children will be mentored and nurtured by renowned experts in
centers of excellence across the country in different areas so that they can reach their full potential.
Features of the programme:

 The program will cover two areas namely (a)Science and (b)Performing Arts.
 There will be 60 students selected under this programme.
 The students will be broadly from classes 9 to 12 from all schools including government and private.
 This is only the first phase of the programme which will be expanded gradually to other fields like
creative writing among others.
ASMITA
ASMITA is acronym for All School Monitoring Individual Tracing Analysis.
Key facts
 SAY aims to track the educational journey of school students from Class I to Class XII across the 15
lakhs private and government schools in the country.
 ASMITA will be an online database which will carry information of student attendance and enrolment,
learning outcomes, mid-day meal service and infrastructural facilities among others.
 Students will be tracked through their Aadhaar numbers and incase those not having unique number will
be provided with it.
What are the benefits?
 Drop outs can be traced better now
 Education outcomes can be better traced
 Better policy decisions
Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)
ARIIA aims to promote culture of innovation and research in higher education.
Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)

 It measures some parameters which are India-specific considering current scenario and status of higher
education in India.
 ARIIA parameters are primarily organised in five broad heads which are further elaborated into suitable
sub-heads.
 Each of five main parameters has certain weightage assigned to it and sub-heads also have appropriate
weight distribution.
 The institutions will be rank-ordered based on scores.
 The overall score can take a maximum value of 100.
 Five main focus parameters of ARIIA are
o budget expenses and revenue generated through Innovation and entrepreneurship
development (weightage: 20),
o facilitate access to advance centres and facilities and entrepreneurial support system (10),
o idea to entrepreneurship (54),
o development of innovation ecosystems supported through teaching & learning (10) and
o best innovative solutions developed in-house for improving governance of institution (6).
Significance
 ARIIA will inspire Indian institutions to reorient their mind-set and build ecosystems to encourage high
quality research, innovation and entrepreneurship.
 It will focus on quality of innovations rather than quantity and measure the real impact created by these
innovations nationally and internationally.
 It will set tone and direction for institutions for future development for making them globally
competitive and in forefront of innovation.
Central Sector Interest Subsidy (CSIS) Scheme
Scheme:
 Under it, full interest subsidy is provided for education loan taken from Scheduled Banks under Model
Education Loan Scheme of Indian Banks’ Association. It is covering a period of course duration + 1 year.
 The educational loan under CSIS is made available for all professional and technical courses in India and
students with annual gross parental income up to Rs. 4.5 lakhs.
 The loans are disbursed without any collateral security and third-party guarantee.
 Launched in April, 2009.
Credit Guarantee Fund for Education Loans (CGFEL) Scheme
 CGFEL Scheme provides guarantee for education loan under Model Education Loan Scheme of Indian
Banks’ Association.
 It is disbursed by banks without seeking any collateral security and third-party guarantee for maximum
loan amount of Rs.7.5 Lakhs.
Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN)
GIAN stands for Global Initiative of Academic Networks
Scheme:
 Programme in Higher Education
 Aimed at tapping the talent pool of scientists and entrepreneurs, internationally to encourage their
engagement with the institutes of Higher Education in India so as to augment the country’s existing
academic resources, accelerate the pace of quality reform, and elevate India’s scientific and technological
capacity to global excellence.
 It enables interaction of students and faculty with the best academic and industry experts from all over
the world and also share their experiences and expertise to motivate people to work on Indian problems
 It is a system of Guest Lectures by internationally and nationally renowned experts targeted towards a
comprehensive Faculty Development Programme not only for new IITs, IIMs, IISERs but also other
institutions in the country.
 Started in 2014
Impactful Policy Research in Social Sciences (IMPRESS) Scheme
The objective of this scheme is to identify and fund research proposals in social sciences with maximum impact on the
governance and society.
Scheme:
 The government support would include a total funding of Rs.414 crore on 1500 projects for policy
themes in the social sciences at the cost of Rs. 20-25 Lakh per project.
 Thematic Areas : Under the scheme, support is to be provided for projects on 11 broad thematic areas as
follows:
1. State and Democracy
2. Urban transformation,
3. Media, Culture and Society
4. Employment, Skills and Rural transformation
5. Governance, Innovation and Public Policy
6. Growth, Macro-trade and Economic Policy
7. Agriculture and Rural Development
8. Health and Environment
9. Science and Education
10. Social Media and Technology
11. Politics, Law and Economics.
 The Sub-Theme areas will be decided on the basis of Expert Groups’ advice before notifying the scheme
and calling for applications.
 To ensure selection of projects through a transparent, competitive process on online mode.
 To provide opportunity for social science researchers in any institution in the country, including all
Universities (Central and State), private institutions.
 ICSSR funded/recognised research institutes will also be eligible to submit research proposals on the
given themes and sub-themes.
 Nodal Agency : The Indian Council of Social Science and Research (ICSSR) will be the project
implementing agency.
Institutions of Eminence (IoE)
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Human Resource Development
Aims to help 20 higher education (10 public and 10 private) institutions from country break into top 500 global
rankings in 10 years, and then eventually break into top 100 over time.
Scheme:
 The scheme of IoE was rolled out by University Grants Commission (UGC).
 These selected institutions will have greater autonomy compared to other higher education institutions.
 They will be free to decide their fee for domestic and foreign students and have flexible course duration
and structure.
 They will be exempted from approvals of government or UGC for academic collaborations with foreign
institutions, except institutions in MEA and MHA’s list of negative countries.
 10 government institutions selected will also get Rs 1,000 crore each from HRD Ministry to achieve
world-class status.
 There will be no financial assistance to the private institutions.
 Once identified, IoE must target to break into top 100 bracket in one internationally reputed ranking
framework in 10 years.
 Eligibility:
o Only higher education institutions, currently placed in the top 500 of global rankings or
top 50 of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), are eligible to apply for
eminence tag.
o The private IoE can also come up as greenfield ventures provided sponsoring organisation
submits convincing perspective plan for 15 years.
Ishan Uday
 Scholarships for undergraduates from northeast;

 Instituted after Bezbaruah committee recommendations
 Under the scheme ten thousand fresh scholarships are to be provided for general degree course, technical
and professional courses including medical and para-medical courses
 An amount of Rs.3500/- p.m. for General Degree courses and Rs. 5000/- p.m. for Technical &
Professional courses (including Medical & Para medical courses) will be given through Direct Benefit
Transfer (DBT) to the beneficiary student
Ishan Vikas
 Select students from northeast to be taken to IITs, NITs etc.

 For internships/ exposure
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya
Objective: To provide educational facilities for girls belonging to SC, ST, OBC, minority communities and families
below the poverty line in Educationally Backward Blocks
Scheme:
 To setup residential upper primary schools for girls from SC,ST, OBC, Minority and BPL girls in the
educationally backward blocks.
 Free boarding / lodging, books, stationary and uniforms are being provided to the children in these
schools.
 Started in 2004
 Now merged in SSA
Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh (MUSK)
Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh (MUSK)

 It is a single corpus fund non-lapsable fund approved by cabinet
 Under it, all proceeds of secondary and higher education cess will be credited and utilised for the
government’s schemes in education sector.
 The funds arising from MUSK will be utilised for schemes in education sector, which will be available
for benefit of students of secondary and higher education all over the country.
 It will be administered and maintained by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development.
 The MUSK will be maintained as a Reserve Fund in the non-interest bearing section of the Public
Accounts of India.
 It will be operationalised as per the present arrangements under Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh (PSK) wherein
the proceeds of cess are used for Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Mid-Day Meal (MDM) Schemes.
 The expenditure on ongoing schemes of the HRD Ministry will be initially incurred from the gross
budgetary support (GBS) in any financial year and the expenditure will be financed from MUSK only
after the GBS is exhausted.
Various Cess for Education
 During the 10th Plan, an education cess of 2% was levied on all central taxes from 2004 to make
available additional resources for basic education/elementary education to augment the existing
budgetary resources.
 Later in 2007, additional cess of 1% on central taxes (called Secondary and Higher Education Cess) was
levied through Finance Act, 2007 to give fillip for universalizing access to secondary education and
expanding the reach of the higher education sector.
National Initiative for School Head’s and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement (NISHTHA)
Objective: It aims to build capacities by training around 42 lakh teachers across country.
Key Features of NISHTHA

 Purpose: In a bid to boost education and employment, HRD Ministry is focusing on reskilling teaching
workforce. Integrated training will motivate and equip teachers to encourage and foster critical thinking
in students, handle diverse situations and act as 1st level counsellors.
 Participants: It covers all teachers and Heads of school at elementary level in all government school,
faculty members of State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), District Institutes of
Education and Training (DIETs), Block Resource Coordinators and Cluster Resource Coordinators as
well as other educational departments of all States and Union Territories (UTs).
 NISHTHA is world’s largest teachers’ training programme of its kind. It is first of its kind initiative
wherein standardized training modules are developed at national level for all states and UTs.
Operation Digital Board (ODB)
Operation Digital Board (ODB) is a revolutionary step which will make both learning as well as the teaching process
interactive and popularize flipped learning as a pedagogical approach.
The features of the programme are:

 Operation Digital Board has been launched on the lines of Operation Blackboard to provide better digital
education in schools.
 Under Operation Digital Board seven lakh classrooms of 9th, 10th and 11th standards and two lakh
classrooms of colleges and Universities will be equipped with digital boards in the next three years.
 The initiative is aimed at improving the quality of education and offer new opportunities and new ways
of teaching and learning.
 Together with converting classrooms into digital classrooms and providing e-resources to students, the
Operation Digital Board will aid in the provisioning of personalised adaptive learning as well as
Intelligent Tutoring by exploiting emerging technologies like Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence &
Data Analytics.
UGC will be the implementing agency for ODB in Higher Education institutions. The central government will
implement the scheme in the schools in association with state government.
Prime Minister’s Research Fellows (PMRF) Scheme
Ministry: Ministry of Education
Aims to realize importance of innovation and technology for progress and development of the nation.
Scheme :
 The fellowship scheme was announced in the Budget Speech 2018-19.
 It will be implemented for period of seven years beginning 2018-19 at total cost of Rs. 1650 crore.
 Under it, best students who have completed or are in final year of B. Tech/Integrated M.Tech/M.Sc
courses in Science and Technology streams will be offered direct admission in PhD programme in
IITs/IISc. Change : Earlier only students from IISc/IITs/IISERs/ NITs/IIITs are allowed in this
scheme. Now students from all institutes are eligible.
 Maximum of 3000 Fellows would be selected in three year period, beginning 2018-19.
 Monthly fellowship: Selected students through selection process laid down in PMRF Guidelines will be
offered monthly fellowship of Rs.70,000 for first two years, Rs.75,000 for 3rd year and Rs.80,000 in
4th and 5th years.
 Research grant: Each selected fellow students will be also provided research grant of Rs.2.00 lakh for
period of 5 years to cover their foreign travel expenses for presenting research papers in international
conferences and seminars.
 Significance: The scheme will help tapping talent pool of country for carrying out research indigenously
in cutting edge science and technology domains. The research undertaken by fellows under this scheme
will address national priorities at one hand and shortage of quality faculty in premier educational
institutions of country on the other.
Rashtriya Madhyamaik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)
Objective: To enhance access to secondary education and to improve its quality
Scheme:
 The scheme envisaged to enhance the enrolment at secondary stage by providing a secondary school
within a reasonable distance of any habitation, with an aim to ensure GER of 100% by 2017, i.e., by the
end of 12th Five Year Plan and
 Achieving universal retention by 2020.
 The scheme provides financial support for additional class rooms, labs, art rooms, toilet blocks, drinking
water facilities, residential hostels, appointment of additional teachers, teacher's training etc.
Framework:
 The scheme is being implemented by the State government societies established for implementation of
the scheme.
 The central share is released to the implementing agency directly.
 The applicable State share is also released to the implementing agency by the respective State
Governments.
 Targeted Teacher : Student ratio = 1:30
RTE
 Enacted in 2009
 Came into force in 1 April, 2010
 It implies that every child in the age group of 6 to 14 years has Right to elementary education
 They are entitled for free and compulsory education
 It describes the modalities of the importance of free and compulsory education for children between 6
and 14 in India under Article 21A of the Constitution.
 SSA is the main implementing scheme under this act.
Samagra Shiksha scheme
Aims at unifying learning from pre-school to class 12 levels by treating education holistically as continuum from pre-
school to class 12.
Scheme:
 The scheme subsumes three existing schemes: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik
Shikskha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE) to treat school education holistically, from pre-
school to Class XII.
 It encapsulates elements of previous scheme and focuses on digital education by giving emphasis on
integration of two Ts – Teacher and Technology.
 Objectives of scheme
o Provision of quality education
o Enhancing learning outcomes of students
o Bridging social and gender gaps in school education
o Promoting vocationalisation of education
o Strengthening teacher education institutions like SCERTs and Diets to improve quality of
teachers
o Providing annual grant of Rs 5,000 to Rs 20,000 per school for strengthening of libraries
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA)
Objective: Achievement of Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE) in a time bound manner, as mandated by
86th amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory Education to the Children of 6-14 years age
group, a Fundamental Right
Scheme:
 It is a centrally sponsored scheme
 It covers all districts in the country
 It is the main vehicle to implement RTE.
 It is being run with the support of World Bank.
 Opens new schools in places which don't have school
 Strengthen existing schools
 SSA has a special focus on girl's education and children with special needs
 Free textbooks are being provided to all children in government and government aided schools.
Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills (SHREYAS)
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Education, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and the Ministry
of Labour and Employment.
Program:
 SHREYAS will primarily focus towards students from non-technical courses.
 It will introduce employable skills into their learning.
 It will provide a platform wherein educational institutions and industry would log in and provide their
respective demand and supply of apprenticeship.
 The programme promotes apprenticeship as an important part of education and integrates the
government’s employment building efforts into the education system.
 These apprenticeship courses will be available to them from academic year April-May, 2019.
 SHREYAS is a major effort in the direction to make degree students more skilled, capable, employable
and aligned to the needs of our economy so that they contribute to country’s progress and also obtain
gainful employment.
STRIDE Scheme
 Launched by University Grants Commission (UGC).

 To boost research culture and innovation in colleges and universities.
 Bhushan Patwardhan committee will oversee entire scheme.
 STRIDE has 3 components :
1. To identify motivated young talents with research and innovation aptitude in colleges.
2. Encouraging collaborations between universities, government, and voluntary organizations.
3. Funding high impact research projects in humanities and Social Sciences.
 STRIDE web portal will be there to receive applications.
Study in India programme
Ministry: Ministry of Education and Ministry of External Affairs
Aims at boosting country’s share of international students and subsequently, improve global reputation and rankings of
Indian educational institutions.
Program:
 The programme will provide meritorious foreign students fee waiver and scholarship.
 It will target students from 30 countries, primarily in Asia and Africa, including Nepal, Vietnam, Saudi
Arabia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Malaysia, Thailand, Egypt, Iran, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan
and Rwanda, among others.
 Government will offer complete fee waiver to top 25% meritorious applicants, 50% fee waiver to the
next 25% applicants and 25% waiver to the next 25% foreign students.
 The proposed fee waiver and scholarship will be decided by institute concerned based on predefined
structure.
 The institutes concerned will bear expenditure on fee waiver based on cross-subsidisation or through its
existing funding.
 The seats for foreign students will not affect number of seats which are meant for Indian students in any
educational institute.
 Objectives
o Encourage more foreign students to choose India as destination for higher education.
o Double India’s market share of global education exports from less than 1% to 2%.
o Improve global ranking of Indian educational institutes.
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SWAYAM
SWAYAM: It stands for Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds.
Objective: To provide the best quality education to more than three crore students across the country
Scheme:
 SWAYAM is an online platform of the Ministry of HRD through which online programmes/courses
will be offered to students in India
 US government is cooperating in this project
 It is the Indian electronic e-education platform which proposes to offer courses from the high school
stage to Post-Graduate stage in an interactive electronic platform.
 SWAYAM-MOOCs project is intended to address the needs of school level 9-12 to Under Graduate
and Post Graduate students, covering all disciplines
 Project launched in 2014
 Operational in 2017
Swayam Prabha
Scheme:
 It will provide high quality educational contents, developed by experts, through 32 DTH (direct to home)
Television Channels with an aim to bring uniformity in standards of education.
 It will cover diverse disciplines of all levels of education in various languages.
 It will be available to all and will be having new content of 4 hours to be telecasted 6 times a day.
 The SWAYAM Prabha channels are available for free for anyone who has a set top box to receive either
DD Free Dish or DishTV.
Uchchtar Aavishkar Abhiyan

Scheme:
 It aims to promote industry-specific need-based research in the educational institutions to keep up the
competitiveness of the Indian industry in the global market.
 All the IITs have been encouraged to work with the industry to identify areas where innovation is
required.
 The main aim of launching the UAY scheme is to make students more accustomed with the outer world
and give them a market oriented mindset.
 Implemented by Department of Higher Education.
Udaan - Giving Wings to Girl Students
Objective : This project aims at addressing the lower enrolment of girls in engineering colleges/IITs and technological
institutions
Scheme:
 It is a mentoring and scholarship scheme to enable meritorious girl students to transit from schools to
technical education without much difficulty and also aims to enrich and enhance teaching and learning of
mathematics and science at senior secondary school level by providing free online resources for all.
 It involves training 1000 selected girl students to compete for admission at premier Engineering colleges
in India by providing course in an online and offline format.
 The girl students enrolled in classes XI of KVs/NVs/other Government run Schools affiliated to any
Board in India are eligible for the Scheme.
Vishwajeet Scheme
Scheme:
 The scheme entailed the provision of Rs. 1,250 crore to each of the top seven IITs over a period of five
years to upgrade infrastructure, hire foreign faculty, and collaborate with foreign institutions to break
into the top league in global rankings.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Climate Resilience Building among Farmers through Crop Residue Management
Ministry: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Aims to tackle menace of Stubble Burning.
Project:
 It is a regional project approved under NAFCC
 The project aims to mitigate climate change impacts and enhance adaptive capacity and counter adverse
environmental impacts arising from stubble burning.
 It will be implemented following a phased approach.
 Based upon performance in first phase, its scope will be enhanced and more activities will be supported
subsequently.
 The first phase of the project was approved for Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan at cost of
approximately Rs. 100 crore.
 It will leverage approximately three times the approved amount with contribution from States as well as
farmers.
 Initially, awareness generation and capacity building activities will be undertaken to encourage farmers to
adopt alternate practices which will help them to diversify livelihood options and enhance income.
 Moreover, slew of technological interventions will be also undertaken for timely management of crop
residue in addition to effective utilisation of existing machineries.
 Under this project, implementable and sustainable entrepreneurship models will be created in rural areas
through upscaling successful initiatives and innovative ideas.
Stubble Burning:
 The straw burning is age-old agricultural practice followed by farmers biannually by setting fire to their
fields to clear the land of residue (straw) of one harvest and sow the next.
 The problem has intensifying over the years, with Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh being the major
burning hotspots.
 The problem of open burning of agriculture has resulted in serious issues contributing towards global
warming and environmental pollution.
 It also has an adverse impact on air quality, soil health and human health.
 The open field burning emits Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Carbon monoxide (CO) and Nitrous Oxide (NO)
along with particulate matter.
Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP)
Ministry : Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Aims to train over 5.5 lakh workers in environment and forest sectors in the country through 30 courses by 2021 for
sustainable conservation and management of natural resources.
Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP)
 GSDP was launched as pilot project in 2017 by MoEFCC in partnership with National Skill
Development Agency (NSDA) to develop green skilled workers having technical knowledge and
commitment to sustainable development.
 Under it, skilling of youth (especially 10th and 12th dropouts) will be undertaken for increasing
availability of skilled workforce in environment and forest sector to provide them gainful employment or
self-employment.
 The green skills under it will be imparted in more than 30 programmes in diverse fields identified, which
will be conducted in 84 institutions across country.
 Moreover, vast network and expertise of Environmental Information System (ENVIS) hubs and
Resource Partners (RPs) will be utilized for implementation of this programme.
 In the first stage, pool of master trainers and specialists is being created, who can further train youth
across the country.
 All skilling courses under this programme will be National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF)
compliant.
 The MoEFCC will give certificates indicating skilling levels to all successful candidates.
Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (IDWH)
Centre provides financial and technical assistance to the State/UT Governments for activities aimed at wildlife
conservation .
Scheme:
 The scheme has following three components:
1. Support to Protected Areas (National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Conservation Reserves
and Community Reserves)
2. Protection of Wildlife Outside Protected Areas
3. Recovery programmes for saving critically endangered species and habitats
National Action Plan on Climate Change

Action Plan:
 National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) is a comprehensive action plan which outlines
measures on climate change related adaptation and mitigation while simultaneously advancing
development.
 It effectively pulls together a number of the government’s existing national plans on water, renewable
energy, energy efficiency agriculture and others and bundled with additional ones into a set of eight
missions.
 The Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change is in charge of the overall implementation of the plan.
Eight core Missions of NAPCC
 National Solar Mission – It has a goal of increasing production of photo-voltaic to 1000 MW/year; and
a goal of deploying at least 1000 MW of solar thermal power generation.
 National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
 National Mission on Sustainable Habitat
 National Water Mission - the plan sets a goal of a 20% improvement in water use efficiency through
pricing and other measures.
 National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem
 National Mission for a “Green India”: Goals include the afforestation of 6 million hectares of degraded
forest lands and expanding forest cover from 23% to 33% of India’s territory.
 National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
 National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change
National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC)
 Under NAFCC 100% central grant is provided to the State Governments for implementing climate
change adaptation projects.
 The Scheme has been designed to fulfill the objectives of National Action Plan on Climate Change
(NAPCC) and operationalize the State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCCs).
 The objective of the fund is to assist states/UTs that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of
climate change in meeting the cost of adaptation.
 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is the National Implementing
Entity (NIE) responsible for implementation of adaptation projects under the NAFCC.
 Under this scheme, Union Government encourages States to come up with innovative and scalable
projects to develop resilience against climate change and mainstream it in the planning processes.
Facts:
National Mission of Green India
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
Objective: It aims at protecting, restoring and enhancing India's diminishing forest cover and responding to climate
change by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures
Scheme:
 It is one of the eight Missions outlined under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)
 Mission Goals:
o To increase forest/tree cover to the extent of 5 million hectares (mha) and improve quality
of forest/tree cover on another 5 mha of forest/non-forest lands
o To improve/enhance eco-system services like carbon sequestration and storage (in forests
and other ecosystems), hydrological services and biodiversity; along with provisioning
services like fuel, fodder, and timber and non-timber forest produces (NTFPs)
o To increase forest based livelihood income of about 3 million households
 It will be implemented on both public as well as private lands with a key role of the local communities in
planning, decision making, implementation and monitoring
 Launched in 2011-12
Ministry of External Affairs
Know India Programme
Ministry: Ministry of External Affairs
Programme:
 For NRI and PIO youth
 KIP aims to provide them with an exposure to the country of their origin so that they can understand
India better and more closely
 It is for NRI and PIO youth of age group of 18 to 30 years.
 It was a 3 week orientation program. In 2016, KIP scheme was revamped to extend number of days from
21 to 25 days including 10-day visit to one or two states.
 The KIP offers a platform for the young PIOs to visit India share their views, expectations and
experiences and forge closer bonds with the India of present times
 The participants are selected on basis of nominations received and recommendations of heads of Indian
Missions and posts.
SAMEEP
Ministry: Ministry of External Affairs
SAMEEP stands for Students and MEA Engagement Program
Program:
 It is an outreach mission that aims to take Indian foreign policy and its global engagements to students
across country and also to look at diplomacy as a career option.
 The objective of outreach program is to familiarise school and college students in India about
functioning of the MEA
 It also seeks to introduce them to key elements of India’s foreign policy and its success stories.
 It is a voluntary programme for MEA officials, undersecretary and above with option of going back to
any school or college in their hometown or to their alma mater.
 The officers will convey how MEA works, India’s foreign policy, how they do diplomacy so that student
consider about this as a career option.
Ministry of Finance
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS)
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS):

 Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme(ECLGS) launched as part of the Covid-19 relief package
called the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.
 Aim: To provide Rs 3 lakh crore worth of collateral-free, government guaranteed loans to micro, small
and medium enterprises(MSMEs) across India. It aimed to mitigate the distress caused by the
coronavirus-induced lockdown.
 National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company(NCGTC) is the guarantee provider under the ECLGS
scheme.
ECLGS 1.0:
 Purpose: It aims to provide fully guaranteed and collateral free additional credit to MSMEs, business
enterprises, MUDRA borrowers and individual loans for business purposes. The credit provided to the
extent of 20% of their credit outstanding as of 29th February, 2020.
 Eligibility: MSMEs with up to Rs 25 crore outstanding and Rs.100 crore turnover were eligible.
 Duration: It had a 1-year moratorium period and a 4-year repayment period.
ECLGS 2.0:
 Purpose: It aims to extend the ECLGS Scheme to the 26 stressed sectors identified by the Kamath
Committee and the healthcare sector.
 Eligibility: Companies with dues of Rs 50-500 crore as of February 29, 2020 were eligible.
 Duration: The tenor of the credit under the ECLGS 2.0 was five years including a one-year moratorium.
ECLGS 3.0:
 Under ECLGS 3.0, business enterprises in the hospitality, travel and tourism, leisure and sporting sectors
would be able to avail credit.
 Extension of Credit: It involves the extension of credit of up to 40% of the total credit outstanding from
20% earlier.
 Duration: The tenor of loans granted under ECLGS 3.0 is six years, including a moratorium period of
two years.
 Eligibility: The scheme will only consider loans less than 60 days overdue as on February 29, 2020, with
total credit outstanding not exceeding Rs 500 crore.
Note: The validity of ECLGS that is ECLGS 1.0, ECLGS 2.0 & ECLGS 3.0 has been extended upto 30 June 2021 or
till guarantees for an amount of Rs. 3 lakh crore are issued.
About National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company(NCGTC):

 NCGTC was set up in 2014 as a private limited company. The Department of Financial Services,
Ministry of Finance established it under the Indian Companies Act,1956.
 Purpose: To act as a common trustee company to manage and operate various credit guarantee trust
funds.
Stand-up India
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Finance
Objective: To promote entrepreneurship among Scheduled Caste/Schedule Tribe and Women.
Scheme:
 The schemes provides for composite loans by banks between Rs. 10 lakh and upto Rs. 100 lakh for
setting up a new enterprise in the manufacturing, services, agri-allied activities, or the trading sector
 These loans would be eligible for refinance and credit guarantee cover.
 Debit Card (RuPay) for withdrawal of working capital
 Handholding of borrowers
 Eligibility condition for Stand Up India Scheme:
o SC/ST and/or woman entrepreneurs above 18 years of age.
o Loans under the scheme are available only for greenfield projects. Greenfield signifies the
first time venture of the beneficiary in the manufacturing, services, agri-allied activities or
the trading sector.
o In the case of non-individual enterprises, 51% of the shareholding and controlling stake
should be held by either SC/ST and/or Women Entrepreneur.
o Borrowers should not be in default to any bank/financial institution.
 The process would be led by SIDBI with involvement of Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (DICCI) and various sector – specific institutions all over the country.
 The offices of SIDBI and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) shall be
designated Stand Up Connect Centres (SUCC).
 Till now more than 81% of the accounts under the Stand Up India Scheme belong to women
entrepreneurs.
Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana
Aim: To incentivise the creation of new employment opportunities during the Covid-19 economic recovery phase.
Scheme:
 Beneficiaries (new employees) under Scheme: Any new employee joining employment in EPF registered
establishments on monthly wages less than Rs 15,000.
 EPF members drawing a monthly wage of less than Rs 15,000 who made exit from employment during
covid-19 pandemic from March 1, 2020, to September 30, 2020 and are employed on or after October
1, 2020.
 Government Contribution: Central Government will provide subsidy for two years in respect of new
eligible employees engaged on or after 01.10.2020 at following scale:
 Establishments employing up to 1000 employees: Employee’s contributions (12% of Wages) &
Employer’s contributions (12% of wages) totalling 24% of wages
 Establishments employing more than 1000 employees: Only Employee’s EPF contributions (12% of
EPF wages)
 Duration of the Scheme: The scheme will be operational till June 30, 2021.
Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana
 Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana is a Social Security Scheme

 For 48 identified vocational/ occupational groups / rural landless household.
 Provides Death and Disability cover to persons between the age group of 18 yrs to 59 yrs
 The AABY provides insurance cover for a sum of
o Rs 30,000/- on natural death,
o Rs. 75,000/- on death due to accident,
o Rs. 37,500/- for partial permanent disability (loss of one eye or one limb) due to accident
and
o Rs. 75,000/- for total permanent disability (loss of two eyes or two limbs or loss of one
eye and one limb) due to accident.
 The Scheme also provides an add-on-benefit, wherein Scholarship of Rs 100 per month per child is paid
on half-yearly basis to a maximum of two children per member, studying in 9th to 12th Standard.
 The total annual premium under the scheme is Rs. 200/- per beneficiary of which 50% is contributed
from the Social Security Fund created by the Central Government and maintained by LIC. The balance
50% of the premium is contributed by the State Government / Nodal Agency / Individual, as the case
may be
 Started in 2007
 Administered through LIC
 Now, replaced by PMJJBY and PMSBY
Atal Pension Yojana
Objective: To address the longevity risks among the workers in unorganised sector and to encourage the workers in
unorganised sector to voluntarily save for their retirement
Scheme:
 Atal Pension Yojana (APY) is open to all bank account holders who are not members of any statutory
social security scheme
 The APY will be focussed on all citizens in the unorganised sector, who join the National Pension
System (NPS) administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) and
who are not members of any statutory social security scheme.
 Now small finance banks and payment banks can also offer APY (Changed in January 2018)
 Contribution of subscribers would vary based on their age
 Subscribers would receive the fixed pension of Rs. 1K/2K/3K/4K/5K per month, at the age of 60
years, depending on their contributions.
 The Central Government would also co-contribute 50% of the subscriber’s contribution or Rs. 1000 per
annum, whichever is lower, to each eligible subscriber account, for a period of 5 years, i.e., from 2015-16
to 2019-20, who join the NPS before 31st December, 2015 and who are not income tax payers
 There is no exit to the scheme before the age of 60. In case of death of subscriber, the spouse of the
subscriber shall be entitled for the same amount of pension till his or her death.
 New Changes:
o All accounts opened after August 2018 will have accident insurance limit of Rs 2 lakh,
double than earlier Rs 1 lakh limit.
 The overdraft facility of the scheme was also increased from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000.
 Earlier, people of age 18 to 60 years were entitled to enrol in this scheme. But now it has
been relaxed further to 65 years, taking into consideration rise in average age-expectancy.
 The minimum age of joining APY is 18 years and maximum age is 65 years.
 Minimum period of contribution by the subscriber under APY would be 20 years or more.
 The existing subscribers of Swavalamban Scheme would be automatically migrated to APY, unless they
opt out
 Administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
 Aadhar has been made mandatory to get benefits of APY
Concessional Financing Scheme (CFS)
Aim is to provide concessional finance for investment in strategic important projects abroad.
Scheme:
 CFS was launched in 2015-16.
 Under CFS, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) selects specific projects keeping in view strategic interest
of India and sends same to Department of Economic Affairs (DEA).
 The strategic importance of project to deserve financing is decided on case to case basis, by Committee :
o Chaired by Secretary, DEA and with members from
o Department of Expenditure and Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance;
o MEA;
o Department of Industrial Promotion and Policy (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and
o Ministry of Home Affairs.
o Deputy National Security Adviser (Dy NSA)
 Once project is approved by Committee, DEA issues formal letter to Export-Import (EXIM) Bank
conveying approval for financing of project.
 The Scheme is presently being operated through EXIM Bank, which raises resources from market to
provide concessional finance.
 Union Government provides counter guarantee and interest equalization support of 2% to EXIM Bank
to offer concessional finance to any foreign Government or its owned or controlled entity, if any Indian
entity, succeeds in getting contract for execution of project.
 EXIM Bank can extend credit at rate not exceeding LIBOR (avg. of six months) + 100 bps.
 The repayment of loan is guaranteed by foreign government.
 Government has approved first extension of Concessional Financing Scheme (CFS) for another five years
from 2018 to 2023 to support Indian Entities bidding for strategically important infrastructure projects
abroad.
 The scheme also has been liberalized, allowing any Indian company, irrespective of ownership eligible to
benefits of it.
Why such scheme is needed?

 Prior to introduction of CFS, Indian entities were not able to bid for large projects abroad since cost of
financing was very high for them and bidders from other countries such as China, Japan, Europe and US
were able to provide credit at superior terms (i.e. lower interest rate and longer tenures giving advantage
to bidders from those countries).
 Union Government is executing CFS since 2015-16 to support Indian entities bidding for strategically
important infrastructure projects abroad.
 CFS has enabled India to generate substantial backward linkage induced jobs, demand for material and
machinery in India and also created lot of goodwill for India.
Gold Monetization Scheme
Objective: To reduce the country's reliance on the import of gold to meet domestic demand
Scheme:
 Gold in any form can be deposited with banks for a period of one to 15 years.
 This gold will earn interest and redemption will be at the prevailing market value at the end of the tenure
of deposit.
 No tax on interest earned.
 The mobilized gold will also supplement RBI’s gold reserves and will help in reducing the government's
borrowing cost
 The risk of gold price changes will be borne by the Gold Reserve Fund that is being created
 The scheme will help in mobilizing the large amount of gold lying as an idle asset with households, trusts
and various institutions in India and will provide a fillip to the gems and jewellery sector.
 Deposit can be made for short-term period of 1-3 years (with a roll out in multiples of one year); a
medium-term period of 5-7 years and a long-term period, of 12-15 years (as decided from time to time).
 Like a fixed deposit, breaking of lock-in period will be allowed in either of the options and there would
be a penalty on premature redemption (including part withdrawal).
 Started in 2015
Mudra Bank and Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana
MUDRA stands for Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency
Objective:
The core objective of the bank is to fund the unfunded. It will finance to "Last Mile Financiers" of small/micro
businesses. The lending priority will be given to SC/ST enterprises
MUDRA Bank
 MUDRA Bank will be set up as a statutory body
 It will regulate and refinance all MFI who lend to MSME engaged in small manufacturing, trade or
services.
 It will partner all state/regional level coordinators to provide easy finance
to even the remote investors.
 MUDRA Bank has rightly classified the borrowers into three segments:
o the starters,
o the mid-stage finance seekers and
o the next level growth seekers.
 To address the three segments, MUDRA Bank has launched three loan instruments:
o Shishu: covers loans upto Rs 50,000/-
o Kishor: covers loans above Rs 50,000/- and upto Rs. 5 lakh
o Tarun: covers loans above Rs 5 lakh and upto Rs 10 lakh
 It provides a loan at low rates to small entrepreneurs
 The bank has been allotted a Refinance Fund of Rs. 20,000 Crores from the shortfalls of Priority Sector
Lending.
Primary functions of MUDRA Bank are:

 Frame policy guidelines for micro/small enterprise MFIs
 Registration of MFIs
 Regulation of MFIs
 Promoting and regulating responsible finance in favour of client welfare, remove indebtedness and
provide proper protection principles and recovery methods
 Accreditation and rating of MFIs
 Promoting right technology solutions for problems faced by MFIs and borrowers.
 Framing a robust architecture for Last Mile Credit Delivery to MSMEs under the umbrella of Pradhan
Mantri Mudra Yojana.
 Details reveals the reality that only 1 crore 25 lakh people find employment in large industries, whereas
small enterprises employ 12 crore people in the country. So MSME are very imprtant
 Mudra Bank is the vehicle to implement PM Mudra Yojana

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National Health Protection Scheme
Objective: To provide insurance in case of serious illness of family members
Scheme:
 Under the scheme, health insurance cover of up to Rs.1 lakh per family will be given in case of serious
illness of family members.
 An additional insurance cover of Rs. 30,000 will be provided for each senior citizen (60 year + ) in the
family.
National Pension System (NPS)
 It is easily accessible, low cost, tax-efficient, flexible and portable retirement savings account.
 It was launched in 2004 and was initially introduced for new Government recruits (except armed forces).
 It aims to institute pension reforms in country and to inculcate habit of saving for retirement amongst the
citizens.
 Its objective is to provide retirement income to all the citizens.
 Under it, individual contributes to his retirement account.
 Employer can also co-contribute for social security/welfare of individual.
 It was extended for all citizens of country from May 2009 including the unorganised sector workers on
voluntary basis.
 NPS is governed and administered by Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).
 Currently, any Indian between age of 18 to 65 years may voluntarily join the NPS.
 NRI can open an NPS account, however contributions made by NRI are subject to regulatory
requirements as prescribed by RBI and FEMA from time to time.
Nirbhaya Fund
 The fund is created by Ministry of Finance in 2013 with a corpus of Rs 1000 crore.
 It is aimed at enhancing the safety and security for women in the country.
 It is a non-lapsable corpus fund.
 It is being monitored by Empowered Committee of Officers under Secretary of Women and Child
Development Ministry.
 It is an inter-ministerial committee which appraises and recommends various projects (schemes) proposed
by different ministries to be funded from Nirbhaya Fund.
 The Fund is administered by Department of Economic Affairs of the finance ministry.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
Objective: Its objective is to eradicate financial exclusion by covering all households in the country with banking
facilities and having a bank account for each household.
Scheme:
 3 Pillars:
o Universal access to banking facilities
o Financial Literacy Programme
o Bank account with additional benefits
 Provides Basic Banking Accounts with overdraft facility of Rs.5000 after six months and RuPay Debit
card
 Account holders is entitled to Rs. 1 lakh accidental death cover and Rs. 30,000 life insurance cover
 All Indian citizens can now avail of a bank account despite the lack of KYC documentation.
 These bank accounts are valid for a year within which account holders must furnish proof of having
applied for valid documents required to comply with KYC norms.
 The objective of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is to ensure access to financial services
viz. Banking, Savings & Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pension in an affordable
manner.
 No minimum balance required in account
 Beneficiaries of Government Schemes would get Direct Benefit Transfer in these accounts
 RuPay Debit Card must be used at least once in 45 days
 Overdraft facility upto Rs.5000/- is available in only one account per household, preferably lady of the
household
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)
Provides: Life Insurance
Eligibility: Available to people in the age group of 18 to 50 and having a bank account. People who join the scheme
before completing 50 years can, however, continue to have the risk of life cover up to the age of 55 years subject to
payment of premium.
Premium: Rs.330 per annum. It will be auto-debited in one instalment.
Payment Mode: The payment of premium will be directly auto-debited by the bank from the subscribers account.
Risk Coverage: Rs.2 Lakh in case of death for any reason.
Terms of Risk Coverage: A person has to opt for the scheme every year. He can also prefer to give a long-term option
of continuing, in which case his account will be auto-debited every year by the bank.
Who will implement this Scheme?: The scheme will be offered by Life Insurance Corporation and all other life insurers
who are willing to join the scheme and tie-up with banks for this purpose.
Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan Scheme

About the Scheme
The features of the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan scheme are:
 Under the scheme, an assured monthly pension of Rs 3,000 per month will be provided to workers in
the unorganised sector after 60 years of age.
 To avail of the scheme, workers will have to contribute a minimal Rs 100 month per month.
 The scheme is expected to benefit 10 crore workers.
 This new pension scheme will run alongside the existing Atal Pension Yojana, which guarantees returns
post-retirement.
 The scheme is designed as a tribute to the workers in the unorganised sector who contribute around 50
per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
Provides: Accidental Death Insurance
Eligibility: Available to people in age group 18 to 70 years with bank account.
Premium: Rs.12 per annum.
Payment Mode: The premium will be directly auto-debited by the bank from the subscribers account. This is the only
mode available.
Risk Coverage: For accidental death and full disability - Rs.2 Lakh and for partial disability – Rs.1 Lakh.
Eligibility: Any person having a bank account and Aadhaar number linked to the bank account can give a simple form
to the bank every year before 1st of June in order to join the scheme. Name of nominee to be given in the form.
Terms of Risk Coverage: A person has to opt for the scheme every year. He can also prefer to give a long-term option
of continuing in which case his account will be auto-debited every year by the bank.
Who will implement this Scheme?: The scheme will be offered by all Public Sector General Insurance Companies and
all other insurers who are willing to join the scheme and tie-up with banks for this purpose.
Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY)
Ministry: Ministry of Finance
It is a pension scheme exclusively for senior citizens aged 60 years and above
Scheme:
 Under this scheme, senior citizens will get a guaranteed interest of 8% for 10 years depending upon the
investment made by them
 This PMVVY scheme will be available from May 4, 2017 to May 3, 2018. Change: Time limit
extended until March, 2018
 Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has been given the sole privilege to operate the scheme.
 It can be purchased offline as well as online through LIC
 This scheme provides an assured return of 8% per annum payable monthly for 10 years on single
lumpsum premium ranging from Rs. 150000 (minimum) to Rs.750000 (maximum). Change : Max limit
has been increased to Rs 15 Lakh.
 Pension (minimum: Rs.1000/ month; maximum: Rs.5000) will be payable at the end of each period,
during the policy term of 10 years, as per the frequency of monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, yearly as
chosen by the pensioner at the time of purchase.
 It is exempted from goods and services (GST) tax.
 It will offer senior citizens more avenues to earn steady regular income at a time of falling interest rates.
 On survival of the pensioner to the end of the policy term of 10 years, the purchase price of the scheme
along with the final pension instalment will be payable.
 The scheme also offers loan up to 75% of the purchase price after 3 policy years (to meet the liquidity
needs).
 Loan interest will be recovered from the pension instalments and loan will be recovered from claim
proceeds.
 The scheme allows for premature exit for the treatment of any critical terminal illness of self or spouse.
 On such premature exit, 98% of the purchase price would be refunded.
 On death of the pensioner during the policy term of 10 years, the purchase price should be paid to the
beneficiary.
Sovereign Gold Bonds
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Finance in association with RBI
Objective: To reduce the demand for physical gold by shifting a part of the demand for physical gold into investment in
Gold Bonds
Scheme:
 Bonds will be issued by RBI on behalf of govt.
 To be sold through bank, post offices and Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited
 The risk of gold price changes will be borne by the Gold Reserve Fund that is being created
 Sovereign Gold Bonds will be issued on payment of rupees and denominated in grams of gold
 Customers can buy gold bonds which will be relatable to the weight of gold.
 The bonds will be issued in various denominations for 5-7 years with a rate of interest to calculated on
the value of the metal at the time of investment.
 The minimum permissible investment will be 1 gram of gold.
 Max 500 gms gold equivalent bond can be purchased in a year by one person. (This has been changed.
See below)
 These bonds are restricted for sale to resident entities including individuals, Hindu Undivided Families
(HUFs), Trusts, Universities, and Charitable Institutions.
 Strict KYC norms.
 Interest taxable as per IT Act,
 Capital gains tax treatment will be the same as for physical gold for an 'individual' investor.
 Rate of interest will be decided by government
 The bonds will be issued in denominations of 5,10,50,100 grams of gold or other denominations
 Bonds can be used as collateral for loans
 On maturity, the redemption will be in rupee amount only.
 The rate of interest on the bonds will be calculated on the value of the gold at the time of investment.
 Bonds will be tradable on stock exchanges within a fortnight of the issuance on a date as notified by the
RBI.
 Started in 2015
Changes in scheme:
 The investment limit under the scheme per fiscal year has been increased to 4 kg for individuals, 4 Kg for
Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) and 20 Kg for Trusts and similar entities notified by the Government.
The ceiling will be counted on financial year basis and will include the SGBs purchased during the
trading in the secondary market.
 Ministry of Finance (the issuer) has been given flexibility to design and introduce variants of SGBs with
different interest rates and risk protection that will offer investment alternatives to different category of
investors.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
PLI(Production Linked Incentive) Scheme for Food Processing Industry
PLI scheme for Food Processing Industry

 The scheme will be implemented over a six-year period from 2021-22 to 2026-27.
 Aim: The scheme aims to support the creation of global food manufacturing champions according to the
natural resources of India.
Objectives of the Scheme

 PLI scheme will support food manufacturing org with stipulated minimum Sales.
 Furthermore, It will support Indian brands of food products in the international markets with an outlay
of Rs. 10900 crore.
 Moreover, it will increase employment opportunities for nearly 2.5 lakh persons by the year 2026-27.
 The scheme will ensure good prices for farm produce and higher income to farmers.
Salient features of the PLI scheme for Food Processing Industry

 First component of the scheme
o It will incentivize the manufacturing of four major food product segments:
 Marine Products,
 Mozzarella Cheese
 Processed Fruits & Vegetables
 Ready to Cook/ Ready to Eat (RTC/ RTE) foods
o Selected applicants will require investing in Plant & Machinery in the first two years i.e. in
2021-22 & 2022-23.
The amount of Investment during 2020-21 will be counted for meeting investment
o
requirements.
o The entities selected for making innovative/ organic products will be exempt from the
Minimum Sales and mandated investment requirements.
 2nd component of the scheme
o Under this component, support will be provided for branding and marketing abroad.
o The entity will receive grants for in-store Branding, shelf space renting, and marketing.
PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises(PM FME) Scheme

Ministry/Department : Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Aims :
 To modernize and enhance the competitiveness of the existing individual micro enterprises and ensure
their transition to formal sector
 To provide support to Farmer Producer Organizations, Self Help Groups, and Producers Cooperatives
along their entire value chain.
Scheme:
 PM-FME Scheme: It is a centrally sponsored scheme launched by the Ministry of Food Processing
Industries(MOFPI).
 Duration: The scheme will be implemented over a period of five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25 with an
outlay of Rs 10,000 crore.
 Funding: The expenditure under the scheme would be shared in 60:40 ratio between Central and State
Governments, in 90:10 ratio with North Eastern and Himalayan States, 60:40 ratio with UTs
with legislature and 100% by Centre for other UTs.
 Coverage: Under the scheme, 2,00,000 micro food processing units will be directly assisted with credit
linked subsidy. Adequate supportive common infrastructure and institutional architecture will be
supported to accelerate growth of the sector.
Key Features:
 One District One Product (ODOP) Approach: The States would identify food products for districts
keeping in view the existing clusters and availability of raw material.
 Other Focus Areas: The scheme would also focus on Waste to wealth products, minor forest products
and Aspirational Districts.
 Financial Support:
o Existing micro food processing units can avail credit-linked capital subsidy at 35% of the
eligible project cost with a maximum ceiling of Rs.10 lakh per unit.
o Seed capital at Rs.40,000/- per SHG member would be provided for working capital and
purchase of small tools.
Operation Greens
Aims to promote farmer producers organisations, processing facilities, agri-logistics and professional management.
Scheme:
 It also aims to aid farmers and help control and limit erratic fluctuations in the prices of all Perishable
Fruits & Vegetables.
 Earlier scheme was limited to tomatoes, onions and potatoes (TOP). Extended to all.
 It is essentially price fixation scheme that aims to ensure farmers are given the right price for their
produce.
 The idea behind it is to double the income of farmers by the end of 2022.
 Its major objectives are:
o Price stabilisation for producers and consumers by proper production planning in clusters.
o Reduction in post-harvest losses by creation of farm gate infrastructure, development of
suitable agro-logistics, and creation of appropriate storage capacity linking consumption
centres.
o Enhance value realisation of farmers by targeted interventions to strengthen production
clusters and their FPOs,
o Increase in food processing capacities and value addition in value chain.
o Set up of market intelligence network to collect and collate real time data on demand and
supply and price of TOP crops.
 National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) will be nodal agency to
implement price stabilisation measures.
 Pattern of Assistance: Ministry will provide subsidy 50 % of the cost of the following two components
subject to the cost norms:
 Transportation of eligible crops from surplus production cluster to consumption centre
and/or
 Hiring of appropriate storage facilities for eligible crops (for a maximum period of 3
months).
Scheme for Creation of Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Cluster
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Food Processing
Aims to incentivise setting up of Agro-Processing Clusters.
Scheme:
 Started in 2017 under PMKSY
 It aims to develop modern infrastructure and common facilities to encourage a group of entrepreneurs to
set up food processing units based on cluster approach by linking groups of producers/farmers to the
processors and markets.
 These clusters will help in reducing the wastage of the surplus produce and add value to
the horticultural/agricultural produce which will result in an increase of income of the farmers and create
employment at the local level.
 Under the scheme, each APC has two basic components:
o Basic Enabling Infrastructure like roads, water supply, power supply, drainage, etc.
o Core Infrastructure/Common Facilities like warehouses, cold storages, tetra pack, sorting,
grading, etc.
 Requirements for Setup:
o At least 5 food processing units with a minimum investment of Rs. 25 crore and at least
10 acres of land is required for at least 50 years.
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana
Ministry: Ministry of Food Processing
Aim : The objective of the scheme is to supplement agriculture, modernize processing and decrease agricultural-waste.
Scheme:
 Earlier it was called SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-
Processing Clusters) which was launched in May 2017.
 PMKSY is an umbrella scheme which incorporates all ongoing schemes of the Union Ministry of Food
Processing Industries (MoFPI).
 It is a central sector scheme.
 It includes MoFPI’s schemes such as
o Mega Food Parks,
o Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure,
o Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, etc.
 It also includes new schemes like
o Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages,
o Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters,
o Creation/Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities.
 Under PMKSY, capital subsidy in the form of grants-in-aid ranging from 35% to 75% of the eligible
project cost subject to a maximum specified limit is provided to investors under the various schemes
for undertaking infrastructure, logistic projects and setting up of food processing units in the country.
Analysis:
 The implementation of PMKSY will result in creation of modern infrastructure with efficient supply
chain management from farm gate to retail outlet.
 It will provide a big boost to the growth of food processing sector in the country which is important
segment of the Indian economy in terms of its contribution to GDP, employment and investment.
 It will help in providing better prices to farmers and is a big step towards doubling of farmers’ income.
 It will create huge employment opportunities especially in the rural areas and also help in reducing
wastage of agricultural produce, increasing availability of safe and convenient processed foods at
affordable price to consumers and enhancing the export of the processed foods.
Creation and Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities
Ministry : Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Objective of the scheme: To create processing and preservation capacities and modernisation/ expansion of existing
food processing units with a view to increasing the level of processing, value addition leading to reduction of wastage.
Implementation: Scheme is implemented through organizations such as Central & State PSUs/ Joint Ventures/ Farmer
Producers Organization (FPOs)/ NGOs/ Cooperatives/ SHGs/ Pvt. Ltd companies engaged in establishment/
upgradation/ modernization of food processing units.
Mega Food Park Scheme
Objective: Aims to provide a mechanism to bring together farmers, processors and retailers and link agriculture
production to the market so as to ensure maximization of value addition, minimization of wastages and improving
farmers’ income
Scheme:
 Government provides financial support to establish the mega food parks in the country.
 The Scheme has a cluster based approach based on a hub and spokes model.
 It aims to give major fillip to food processing sector by adding value and reducing food wastage at each
stage of supply chain with particular focus on perishables.
 It includes creation of infrastructure for primary processing and storage near the farm in the form of
Primary Processing Centres (PPCs) and Collection Centres (CCs) and common facilities and enabling
infrastructure like roads, electricity, water, ETP facilities etc. at Central Processing Centre (CPC)
 Mega Food Park project is implemented by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) which is a Body Corporate
registered under the Companies Act. State Government/State Government entities/Cooperatives
applying for setting up a project under the scheme are not required to form a separate SPV.
 The financial assistance for Mega Food Park is provided in the form of grant-in-aid at 50% of eligible
project cost in general areas and at 75% of eligible project cost in NE Region and difficult areas (Hilly
States and ITDP areas) subject to maximum of Rs. 50 crore per project.
 Projects under this scheme have been merged under Ministry of Food Processing’s comprehensive
flagship scheme-‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana.
 Started in 2008
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
PM Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana
Type: It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme
Aim: The scheme aims to

 Improve primary, secondary, and tertiary care health systems,
 Strengthen existing national institutions in Health sector
 Create new institutions, to cater to detection and cure of new and emerging diseases.
Duration of the Scheme: Six Years
Features of the Scheme: The scheme will support in the setting up of

 Rural, Urban Health and Wellness Centres
 Integrated Public Health Labs
 Critical health care hospital blocks
 National institution for One Health
 Regional research platform for WHO South-East Asia Region,
 9 Biosafety Level III laboratories and 4 regional centres of National Institutes for Virology.
Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY)
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Objective: To reduce maternal and infant mortality by promoting institutional delivery among pregnant women
Scheme:
 It is a centrally sponsored scheme.
 Eligible pregnant women are entitled for cash assistance irrespective of the age of mother and number of
children for giving birth in a government or accredited private health facility.
 It comes under National Health Mission.
 Financial assistance under JSY is available to all pregnant women in states that have low institutional
delivery rates, namely, UP, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, MP, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Rajasthan, Odisha,
and J&K. They are categorized as Low Performing States (LPS)
 In other states, JSY benefits are available to BPL women only.
 Started in 2005
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)
Ministry : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Aims to reduce the financial burden on poor and vulnerable groups arising out of catastrophic hospital episodes and
ensure their access to quality health services.
Scheme :
 PM-JAY is a scheme of the government under Ayushman Bharat.
 PMJAY is government-sponsored health insurance scheme, that will provide free coverage of up to Rs 5
lakh per family per year in any government or empanelled private hospitals all over India.
 It will cover beneficiaries families identified on the basis of Socio Economic Caste Survey (SECC) 2011
in 444 districts of 30 states/Union Territories.
 National Health Agency (NHA) is the apex body for implementing this scheme.
 States will be required to form State Health Agency (SHA) to implement scheme and at the district level
also structure for its implementation will be set up.
 Around 13000 hospitals both public and private in the country have been coordinated for
implementation of the scheme.
 PMJAY will be funded with 60% contribution from Centre and remaining from the states.
 NITI Aayog will be working as partner for this scheme for operationalizing robust, modular and
interoperable IT platform which will involve a paperless and cashless transaction.
 PMJAY is entitlement based scheme with entitlement decided on basis of deprivation criteria in the
SECC database.
 There will be no cap on family size and age under this scheme.
 The benefit cover under it also includes pre and post-hospitalisation expenses.
 It also takes into consideration all pre-existing medical conditions.
 It will provide reimbursement for bed charges and drugs and diagnostics two days before, during and 15
days after hospitalisation. Beneficiary will be also paid transport allowance for hospitalisation defined
under it.
 The payment for treatment will be done on package rate which will be defined by Government in
advance basis.
 The package rates will include all costs associated with treatment.
 States and UTs have flexibility to modify these rates within limited bandwidth.
 PMJAY allows national portability i.e. resident of any part of country is entitled for free hospitalization
at empanelled hospital anywhere in the country.
 It will strengthen healthcare services in India by targeting poor and vulnerable population of the country.
 The scheme allows beneficiary to take cashless benefits from any public or private empanelled hospitals
across the country.
 ID documentation required for verifying beneficiary under this scheme may be Aadhaar card or election
ID card or ration card.
 Aadhaar is not mandatory.
 Beneficiaries will QR codes having letters for verification through scanning.
 Scheme also seeks to accelerate India’s progress towards the achievement of Universal Health Coverage
(UHC) and Sustainable Development Goal – 3 (SDG3).
National Health Agency converted to National Health Authority:

“National Health Agency” has been dissolved and it is now restructured as an Authority to effectively the implement
Pradhan Mantri – Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY).
The National Health Authority would be empowered with full autonomy, accountability and the mandate to
implement PM-JAY through an efficient, effective and transparent decision-making process by aligning the
accountability with responsibility.
Why the Authority has been constituted?

The reasons for restructuring as an authority are:
 To enable faster decision-making.
 Replacing the multi-layered structure with a simplified structure.
 Authority will be able to specify treatment protocols and enforce their compliance.
 The Authority with a stronger mandate would be able to prevent, detect and control frauds, abuse and
redress grievances, thus resulting in the reduction of leakages.
The National Health Authority would be chaired by Union Health Minister and have representation from the
Government and domain experts.
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)
Aims to provide free health check-ups to pregnant women at government health centres and hospitals
Program:
 The national programme aims to provide pregnant ladies free ante-natal services (ANC) and required
treatment for free on 9th of every month.
 Objectives of the scheme are
o Provide healthy life to the pregnant women.
o Lowering the maternity mortality rate.
o Making pregnant women aware of their health issues and diseases.
o Making sure safe delivery and healthy life of the baby.
 The scheme is applicable only for the pregnant women in their pregnancy period of 3 to 6 months.
 It will provide all kinds of medical check-ups completely free to pregnant women.
 These check-ups will take place at the medical centres, government and private hospitals and private
clinics across the country.
 These free of cost tests will include blood pressure, sugar level, weight, haemoglobin test, blood test and
screening.
 Women will be marked differently using different colour stickers based on their health problems so that
doctors can easily detect the problem.
 Different colour stickers will be Red Sticker for Serious patients, Blue Sticker for High blood pressure
and Yellow Sticker for Other diseases.
Facts:
 In India, one pregnant woman dies every 12 minutes, with 45,000 dying each year. Of them, less than
one in five (19.7%) undergo pre-natal health checks.
 India’s MMR of 167 (167 maternal deaths per 100,000 births) failed to meet its Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) target of bringing down maternal deaths to under 140 by 2015.
 India’s IMR stands at 40 deaths per 1,000 live births, against an MDG target of 29.
 Scheme was launched in 2016.
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Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) Program
Aims to reduce the expenditure incurred by patients on treatment of cancer and heart diseases
Program:
 To open AMRIT outlets which would sell medicines and equipment at affordable prices
 To open in all central government hospitals
 Its intended beneficiaries are patients suffering from cancer and heart diseases (non-communicable
diseases).
 The project is implemented by government-owned HLL Lifecare Ltd (HLL) which is deputed to
establish and run AMRIT chain of pharmacies across the country.
 These drugs and implants under the scheme will be sold based upon authentic prescriptions from doctors.
 At the AMRIT outlets, 202 cancer and 186 cardio-vascular drugs will be available at reduced rate of 60
to 90% compared to market rates.
ASHA, ANM and AWW
ASHA, ANM and AWW

 Accrediated Social Health Activist (ASHA) is a trained female community health activist who acts as a
interface between the community and the public health system.
 ASHA must be women resident of the village who is liter ate with formal education upto class ei ght and
preferably in the age group of 25-45 years.
 Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) is a resource person for ASHA and provides on-job training and
guidance and ensures that ASHA gets the compensation for performance.
 Anganwadi Worker (AWW) guides ASHA in performing activities such as organising Health Day at
Anganwadi Centre and AWW is a depot holder for drug kits and will be issuing it to ASHA.
Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM)
Scheme:
 It is Centrally Sponsored health insurance scheme.
 The scheme will integrate two on-going centrally sponsored schemes viz. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima
Yojana (RSBY) and Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme (SCHIS).
 AB-NHPM aims to target over 10 crore families belonging to poor and vulnerable population based on
Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 (SECC) database.
 It will provide cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year, taking care of almost all secondary care and tertiary
care procedures.
 There will be no cap on family size and age in the scheme.
 Benefit cover:
o It includes pre and post-hospitalisation expenses.
o It will cover all pre-existing conditions from beginning of the policy.
o It will also pay defined transport allowance per hospitalization to the beneficiary.
 Cashless benefits:
o The scheme allows the beneficiary to take cashless benefits from any public or private
empanelled hospitals across the country.
o The payment for treatment will be done on package rate which will be defined by
Government in advance basis.
o The package rates will include all the costs associated with treatment.
 Role of state governments:
o They will be allowed to expand the scheme both horizontally and vertically.
o They will be free to choose modalities for implementation.
They can implement through insurance company or directly through Trust/ Society or a
o
mixed model.
 Implementation:
o States/UTs will have also flexibility to modify these rates within limited bandwidth.
o For beneficiaries, it will be cashless and paper less transaction.
o States will be required to form State Health Agency (SHA) to implement scheme and at
district level also, a structure for implementation of the scheme will be set up
 Council:
o For giving policy directions and fostering coordination between Centre and States,
Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission Council (AB-NHPMC) will be set
up at apex level.
o It will be chaired by Union Health and Family Welfare Minister.
 Entitlement:
o It is entitlement based scheme with entitlement decided on basis of deprivation criteria in
SECC database.
o Different categories of families covered under scheme are
 Families having only one room with kucha walls and kucha roof,
 families having no adult member between age 16 to 59,
 female headed households with no adult male member between age 16 to 59,
 disabled member and no able bodied adult member in family,
 SC/ST households,
 landless households deriving major part of their income from manual casual
labour.
o It will also automatically include families in rural areas having any one of the following-
 households without shelter, destitute, living on alms, manual scavenger families,
primitive tribal groups or legally released bonded labour.
o For urban areas, 11 defined occupational categories will be entitled under scheme.
Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK)
Objective: to provide better health facilities for pregnant women and sick neonates and eliminating "out-of-pocket"
expenses.
Scheme:
 Under this scheme, pregnant women are entitled for free drugs and consumables, free diagnostics, free
blood whenever required, and free diet up to 3 days for normal delivery and 7 days for C-section
 This initiative also provides for free transport from home to institution, between facilities in case of a
referral and drop back home
 Similar entitlements have been put in place for all sick new borns accessing public health institutions for
treatment till 30 days after birth
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Kayakalp Awards
 Under Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan.

 Focuses on promoting cleanliness in public health facilities
Mission Indradhanush
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Objective:
The Mission Indradhanush, depicting seven colours of the rainbow, aims to cover all those children by 2020 who are
either unvaccinated, or are partially vaccinated against seven vaccine preventable diseases which include:
1. diphtheria,
2. whooping cough,
3. tetanus,
4. polio,
5. tuberculosis,
6. measles and
7. hepatitis B
4 vaccines are given in selected areas:

1. Japanese Encephalitis (JE) (in endemic districts)
2. Rotavirus
3. Rubella
4. Polio (injectable)
5. Haemophilus influenzae type B
Scheme:
 The Mission is being implemented in 201 high focus districts in the country in the first phase which
have nearly 50% of all unvaccinated or partially vaccinated children
 The campaign is part of the Universal Immunisation Programme by 2020 and is being implemented
under the National Health Mission across the country
 The Ministry will be technically supported by WHO, UNICEF, Rotary International and other donor
partners.
 Started on 25 December, 2014 i.e. Good Governance Day
Mission Parivar Vikas
Aim : To accelerate access to high quality family planning choices based on information, reliable services and supplies
within a rights-based framework
Mission:
 To deliver improved family planning services in 145 High Focus districts in seven states
 These districts are located in the seven high focus states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Assam
 The target of the government is to reach the replacement level fertility goals of 2.1 by the year 2025
Mothers’ Absolute Affection (MAA) Program
Aims to enhance optimal breastfeeding practices in the country.
Program:
 It seeks to create an enabling environment to ensure that mothers, husbands and families receive adequate
information and support for promotion of breastfeeding.
 The programme has been named ‘MAA’ to signify the support a lactating mother requires from family
members and at health facilities to breastfeed successfully
 The chief components of the Programme are
1. Community awareness generation,
2. Strengthening inter personal communication through ASHA,
3. Skilled support for breastfeeding at Delivery points in Public health facilities, and
4. Monitoring and Award/recognition
Facts about breast-feeding:

 It enhances immunity level in child
 Helps to reduce under-five deaths
 Around 20% new born deaths and 13% under-five deaths can be prevented by breastfeeding.
 Breastfed infant also have higher intelligence quotient.
National Deworming Mission
Objective: Get rid of intestinal worms (large multicellular organisms, which when mature can generally be seen with the
naked eye. They are also known as Helminths).
Mission:
 Albendazole tablets given as part of scheme
 Aimed at children in age group of 1-19 years
 It aims to reach more than 32.2 crore children aged between 1 to 19 years to combat parasitic worm
infections.
National Health Assurance Mission
Objective: to reduce the out of pocket spending on health care by the common man.
Mission:
 Provide free drugs, diagnostic services and insurance for serious ailments for India's 1.2 billion people.
 The NHAM plans to cover all aspects of health care including primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare.
 Announced in 2014
 Public Health is a State subject
National Health Mission (NHM)
The National Health Mission (NHM) has two Sub-Missions :

1. National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) covering urban areas
2. National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) covering rural areas
The broad objectives of this mission are as follows:

 Reduce MMR to 1/1000 live births
 Reduce IMR to 25/1000 live births
 Reduce TFR (Total Fertility Rate ) to 2.1
 Prevention and reduction of anaemia in women aged 15–49 years
 Prevent and reduce mortality & morbidity from communicable, non-communicable; injuries and
emerging diseases
 Reduce household out-of-pocket expenditure on total health care expenditure
 Reduce annual incidence and mortality from Tuberculosis by half
 Reduce prevalence of Leprosy to <1/10000 population and incidence to zero in all districts
 Annual Malaria Incidence to be <1/1000
 Less than 1 per cent microfilaria prevalence in all districts
 Kala-azar Elimination by 2015, <1 case per 10000 population in all blocks
 Started in 2013
 Initially, NRHM was launched in 2005 to strengthen public health care system in the rural areas
 Public health being a state subject, support is being provided under NHM to the States/UTs for
strengthening their health care delivery systems.
National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular
Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS)
Program:
 The central government is implementing a “Strengthening of Tertiary Care Cancer facilities” Scheme
under NPCDCS to assist states in establishing State Cancer Institutes (SCI)
 And Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCC) in different parts of the country
 NPCDCS is being implemented under NHM for interventions up to district level
 The objectives of NPCDCS include awareness generation for cancer prevention, screening, early
detection and referral to an appropriate level institution for treatment
 The focus is on three types of cancer namely breast, cervical and oral cancer
National Urban Health Mission (NUHM)
Objective: NUHM envisages to meet health care needs of the urban population with the focus on urban poor, by
making available to them essential primary health care services and reducing their out of pocket expenses for treatment
Mission:
 It seeks to strengthen the existing health care service delivery system, targeting the people living in slums
and converging with various schemes relating to wider determinants of health like drinking water,
sanitation, school education, etc. implemented by the Ministries of Urban Development, Housing &
Urban Poverty Alleviation, Human Resource Development and Women & Child Development
 NUHM would cover all State capitals, district headquarters and cities/towns with a population of more
than 50000
 It would primarily focus on slum dwellers and other marginalized groups like rickshaw pullers, street
vendors, railway and bus station coolies, homeless people, street children, construction site workers.
 Started in 2013
 Funding pattern is typical (75:25 for normal and 90:10 for NE and hilly states)
National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme
Aims to control viral hepatitis C
Program:
 The programme aims at both prevention and treatment of hepatitis which is among leading causes of
liver cancer, cirrhosis of liver and acute liver failure.
 It aims to treat minimum of 3 lakh hepatitis C cases over a period of three years for eliminating deadly
condition by 2030.
 The programme is part of National Health Mission.
 Under it, expensive antiviral for hepatitis B and C infections will be made available free of cost at all
government hospitals.
 It will set up and upgrade facilities for diagnosis and treatment primarily of hepatitis B and C.
 These designated treatment centres will provide free anti-viral to hepatitis C patients.
 They will also provide hepatitis B vaccine to babies born to mothers carrying the virus within 24 hours of
birth.
Pradhan Mantri - Assured and Safe Motherhood Initiative (PM-ASMI)
Pradhan Mantri - Assured and Safe Motherhood Initiative (PM-ASMI)

 It aims to bring down maternal and newborn deaths to zero.
 It will focus on providing quality medical services to pregnant women and infants at a public facility.
 The scheme will integrate all ongoing schemes to ensure safe maternal and child health. The integration
would ensure better access to free, quality medical services.
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)
Objective: To correct regional imbalances in the availability of affordable/ reliable tertiary healthcare services and also
to augment facilities for quality medical education in the country.
Scheme:
 Started in 2003
 It has two components
o setting up of AIIMS like institutions and
o upgradation of Government medical college institutions.
 It is funded from different centrally sponsored schemes relating to creating infrastructure on health.
Project Sunrise
Aims prevention of AIDS specially among people injecting drugs in the 8 North-Eastern states.
Project:
 Project Sunrise aims at bringing the people living with HIV/AIDS into the national mainstream and
create more awareness about the disease in these N-E states
 It will be implemented in addition to the existing projects of the National AIDS Control Organization
(NACO).
 The project has been sponsored by US based Centre for Disease Control and would be implemented by
Family Health International 360.
Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)
Aim is early identification and early intervention for children from birth to 18 years to cover 4 ‘D’s viz. Defects at birth,
Deficiencies, Diseases, Development delays including disability.
Scheme:
 RBSY envisages Child Health Screening and Early Intervention Services and subsumes the existing school
health programme.
 The 0 - 6 years age group will be specifically managed at District Early Intervention Center (DEIC) level
while for 6 -18 years age group, managed at existing public health facilities.
 DEIC will act as referral linkages for both the age groups.
 Children under 6 years will be screened by Mobile Block Health teamsat the Anganwadi centre and those
between 6-18 years will be screened at the local schools at least once a year in government and
government aided schools
Facutal Information:
Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK)
Aim is to cater and address health and development needs of the country’s adolescents.
Scheme:
 It introduces community-based interventions through peer educators (Saathiyas), and is underpinned by
collaborations with other ministries and state governments.
 RKSK identifies six strategic priorities for adolescents:
1. nutrition,
2. sexual and reproductive health (SRH),
3. non-communicable diseases (NCDs),
4. substance misuse,
5. injuries and violence (including gender-based violence) and
6. mental health.
 To guide the implementation of this programme, the ministry in collaboration with UNFPA has
developed a National Adolescent Health Strategy.
 Target Groups: The strategy focuses on age groups 10-14 years and 15-19 years with universal coverage.
It covers males and females in school and out of school, in urban and rural, married and unmarried and
vulnerable and under-served.
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (Earlier it was under Ministry of Labour and
Employment)
Objective:
1. To provide financial protection against catastrophic health costs
2. To improve access to quality health care for below poverty line households and other vulnerable groups
in the unorganized sector
Scheme:
 A centrally sponsored health insurance scheme
 The premium cost for enrolled beneficiaries under the scheme is shared by Government of India and the
State Governments
 It was initially designed to target only the Below Poverty Line (BPL) households, but has been expanded
to cover other defined categories of unorganised workers, covering construction workers, street vendors
etc.
 The beneficiaries under RSBY are entitled to hospitalization coverage up to Rs. 30,000/- per annum on
family floater basis, for most of the diseases that require hospitalization.
 The coverage extends to maximum five members of the family which includes the head of household,
spouse and up to three dependents.
 Provision to pay transport expense is also there subject to limits
 The beneficiaries need to pay only Rs. 30/- as registration fee for a year
 Beneficiaries get a biometric-enabled smart card containing their fingerprints and photographs
What is the difference between RSBY and older schemes?

 Empowering the beneficiary : RSBY provides the participating BPL household with freedom of choice
between public and private hospitals and makes him a potential client worth attracting on account of the
significant revenues that hospitals stand to earn through the scheme.
 Business Model for all Stakeholders : The scheme has been designed as a business model for a social
sector scheme with incentives built for each stakeholder.
 Hospitals : A hospital has the incentive to provide treatment to large number of beneficiaries as it is paid
per beneficiary treated.
 Intermediaries – The inclusion of intermediaries such as NGOs and MFIs which have a greater stake in
assisting BPL households.
 Cash less and Paperless transactions – A beneficiary of RSBY gets cashless benefit in any of the
empanelled hospitals. He/ she only needs to carry his/ her smart card and provide
 Became operational in 2008
Unique Methods of Management and treatment of Inherited Disorders (UMMID)

initiative
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of
Science and Technology.
UMMID:
 The objective of UMMID initiative is to make treatment of expensive genetic diseases in new born
within reach of all people.
 The NIDAN kendras are to be established under the UMMID initiative.
 These centres will provide counselling, prenatal testing / diagnosis and management in government
hospitals of the country.
 Another objective is to produce skilled technicians in Human genetics to screen pregnant women and
new born babies for inherited genetic diseases.
 The initiative has been launched and five NIDAN kendras have been already established.
Universal Immunization Programme
It is a free vaccination program launched by the Union Government in 1985 against vaccine preventable diseases
Under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) 7 vaccines are administered. These vaccines are:
1. Diptheria,
2. Pertusis,
3. Tetanus (DPT),
4. Polio,
5. Measles,
6. Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) (TB),
7. Hepatitis B
4 new vaccines are added later:

1. Japanese Encephalitis (JE) (in endemic districts)
2. Rotavirus (Diarrhoea)
3. Rubella
4. Polio (injectable)
Mission Indradhanush is the main programme under this.
Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
FAME India Scheme
Ministry : Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Aims to provide fiscal and monetary incentives for adoption and market creation of both hybrid and electric
technologies vehicles in the country.
Scheme:
 FAME stands for Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles
 The scheme has 4 focus areas i.e.
o Technology development,
o Demand Creation,
o Pilot Projects and
o Charging Infrastructure.
 The FAME India Scheme is aimed at incentivizing all vehicle segments i.e. 2 Wheeler, 3 Wheeler Auto,
Passenger 4 Wheeler Vehicle, Light Commercial Vehicles and Buses.
 Launched in 2015 under National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP)
Updates:
 Government has withdrawn subsidy given to mild hybrid vehicles
 Earlier, subsidy was given to mild hybrid, strong hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure electric vehicles
 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved Rs 10,000 crore package over three
years till 2022 for the second phase of FAME Scheme.
 FAME II emphasizes on electrification of the public transportation that includes shared transport.
 The Scheme would provide incentives on operational expenditure model for electric buses which will be
delivered through State/city transport corporation (STUs).
 In the 3-wheeler and 4-wheeler segment incentives will be applicable mainly to vehicles used for public
transport or registered for commercial purposes.
What is mild hybrid vehicle?

 A mild hybrid vehicle has an electric motor, which on its own cannot run a vehicle but assists normal
engine by using recovered energy stored in a battery and helps save fuel.
 It uses the energy generated while applying the brakes and turns it into electric energy which is then
stored in a battery. This energy can then be used to turn the starter motor when the car’s start stop
system needs it.
 Mild-hybrids are 7-15% more fuel efficient as compared to conventional hybrid systems that can run on
pure electric power for short distances too.

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National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020
Ministry : Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020

 It was unveiled in 2013.
 This Mission Plan has been designed mainly considering the Fuel Security and Environmental Pollution
in the country.
Aim
 To promote electric mobility in the country.
 NMEM aims for a cumulative fuel saving of about 9500 million litres.
 This results in reduction of pollution and greenhouse gas emission of 2 million tonnes with targeted
market penetration of 6-7 million vehicles by 2020.
FAME
 FAME stands for Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles
 Aims to support hybrid/electric vehicles market development and manufacturing ecosystem.
 Launched in 2015 under National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP)
 The overall scheme is proposed to be implemented over a period of 6 years, till 2020.
 It is intended to support the hybrid/electric vehicles market development and its manufacturing eco-
system to achieve self-sustenance at the end of the stipulated period.
 The scheme is one of the green initiatives of the Government of India
 It will be one of the biggest contributors in reducing pollution from road transport sector in near future.
 The scheme has 4 focus areas i.e.
o Technology development,
o Demand Creation,
o Pilot Projects and
oCharging Infrastructure.
 The FAME India Scheme is aimed at incentivizing all vehicle segments i.e. 2 Wheeler, 3 Wheeler Auto,
Passenger 4 Wheeler Vehicle, Light Commercial Vehicles and Buses.
Updates:
 Government has withdrawn subsidy given to mild hybrid vehicles
 Earlier, subsidy was given to mild hybrid, strong hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure electric vehicles
What is mild hybrid vehicle?

 A mild hybrid vehicle has an electric motor, which on its own cannot run a vehicle but assists normal
engine by using recovered energy stored in a battery and helps save fuel.
 It uses the energy generated while applying the brakes and turns it into electric energy which is then
stored in a battery. This energy can then be used to turn the starter motor when the car’s start stop
system needs it.
 Mild-hybrids are 7-15% more fuel efficient as compared to conventional hybrid systems that can run on
pure electric power for short distances too.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Border Area Development Programme (BADP)
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Home Affairs
Aims to meet special developmental needs and well-being of people living in remote and inaccessible areas situated near
international border areas.
Scheme:
 Scheme plans to ameliorate the problems of people living in isolated locations.
 The umbrella BADP scheme is being implemented by Union Home Ministry in 367 border blocks of
104 border districts in 17 states.
 It is a centrally sponsored scheme. Funds are provided to the states as a non-lapsable special central
assistance for the execution of projects relating to infrastructure, livelihood, education, health, agriculture
and allied sectors.
 It also seeks to saturate border areas with entire essential infrastructure through convergence of Union,
state, BADP, local schemes and participatory approach.
 Sub-schemes under it include construction of primary health centres (PHCs), connectivity, schools,
supply of drinking water, community centres, drainage to enable sustainable living in border areas.
 It also covers schemes or activities relating to skill development programmes, promotion of sports
activities in border areas, promotion of rural tourism, border tourism, protection of heritage sites,
Swachhta Abhiyan, construction of helipads in remote and inaccessible hilly areas, which do not have
road connectivity.
 Skill development training to farmers for use of modern and scientific techniques in agriculture, organic
farming is also part of BADP now.
 As many as 61 model villages are being developed under BADP to improve the quality of life for people
living near border areas.
 BADP programme was initiated in 1986-87.
Note:
India shares land border with seven neighbouring countries viz. Bangladesh (4,096 km), China (3,488 km), Pakistan
(3,323 km), Nepal (1,751 km), Myanmar (1,643 km), Bhutan (699 km) and Afghanistan (106km in Pakistan
Occupied Kashmir).
Anti-Narcotics Scheme
Aims to combat illicit trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substances by assisting states and Union Territories
financially which are contributing in controlling inter-state and cross-border drug trafficking.
Scheme:
 The scheme was first launched in October 2004 for period of five years.
 It was later extended twice in subsequent years.
 It aims to assist states and Union Territories financially which are contributing in controlling inter-state
and cross-border drug trafficking.
 The main strategy under the scheme includes reduction of both supply and demand of drugs and
psychotropic substances.
 The supply reduction will include enforcement activities and demand reduction will involve rehabilitation
and de-addiction measures.
Related Facts:
 There are approximately 40 lakh drug addicts in the country.
 The most common drugs of abuse are ganja, hashish, opium and heroin.
 Moreover there is serious abuse of pharmaceutical preparations like ‘buprenorphine’, codeine based cough
syrups and painkillers like ‘proxivon’.
 In certain regions of country, drug abuse already has become severe social-economic problem affecting
vulnerable age groups.
Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS)
Objective:
 To create a comprehensive and integrated system for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of Police
 To create a nationwide networked infrastructure for evolution of IT-enabled state-of-the-art tracking
system around “investigation of crime and detection of criminals”.
Scheme:
 It is a Mission Mode Project (MMP) under the National e-Governance Plan of Govt. of India.
 It will automate Police functions at Police Station and higher levels
 It will also create facilities and mechanism to provide public services like registration of online complaints,
ascertaining the status of case registered at the police station, verification of persons etc.
 Started in 2009
 Under the CCTNS Project, approx. 14,000 Police Stations throughout the country has been proposed to
be automated beside 6000 higher offices in police hierarchy e.g. Circles, Sub-Divisions, Districts, Range,
Zones, Police Headquarters, SCRBx including scientific and technical organizations having databases
required for providing assistance and information for investigation and other purposes e.g. Finger Print
Bureaux, Forensic Labs etc.
UDAAN
Ministry / Department : Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), State Government (Jammu & Kashmir), Corporates and
National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)
Scheme:
 The programme aims to provide skills training and enhance the employability of unemployed youth of
J&K.
 The scheme covers graduates, post graduates and three year engineering diploma holders.
 Udaan Scheme provides exposure to youth of J&K to best of corporate India and corporate India to rich
talent pool available in State.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
PM Svanidhi
Launched in: It was launched in 2014 by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
PM SVANidhi stands for Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi. It is a central sector scheme launched
in June 2020. It aims to provide micro-credit facilities to street vendors affected due to COVID-19 pandemic. It is one
of the important government schemes for the UPSC 2021 preparation. Read about facts about PM SVANidhi for
both prelims and mains exams.
Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0
Swachh Bharat Mission Urban

 Launched in: It was launched in 2014 by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
 Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 1.0: The focus of the mission was to make urban India open defecation
free (ODF). As well as, 100% scientific solid waste management.
Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0:

 The mission would be implemented over five years — from 2021 to 2026
 Focus: Following are focus areas of Mission:
o Faecal sludge management and waste water treatment,
o Source segregation of garbage,
o Reduction in single-use plastic,
o Reduction in air pollution by effectively managing waste from construction and demolition
activities and
o Bioremediation of all legacy dump sites.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Housing for All (Urban)
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
It is the vehicle to achieve objective of "Housing for All" Mission in Urban areas
Scheme:
 The aim of this scheme is to construct more than two crore houses across the length and breadth of the
nation.
 The target beneficiaries of the scheme would be poor and people living under EWS and LIG categories
in urban establishments of the country.
 It also targets people living under MIG (middle income Group).
 Government will provide subsidy ranging between 1 lakh to 2.30 lakh to people from above categories in
order to make them secure.
 The government would provide an interest subsidy of 6.5% on housing loans availed by the beneficiaries
for a period of 15 years from the start of loan.
 The houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana would be allotted to preferably the female member of
the family.
 All details of "Housing for All by 2022" Mission are also applicable here.
 It covers the entire urban area consisting of 4041 statutory towns with initial focus on 500 Class I cities.
 The programme has 4 components:
 Credit Link Subsidy Scheme (CLSS).
 In-situ rehabilitation of existing slum dwellers using land as a resource through private
participation.
 Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP).
 Subsidy for beneficiary led individual house construction/enhancement.
Status:
 Jan 2021: According to Government data, a total of 1.1 crore houses has been approved under Pradhan
Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), of which more than 70 lakh houses are under various stages of
construction and more than 41 lakh houses have been completed.
Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Aim: To ensure that no life of any sewer or septic tank cleaner is ever lost again owing to the issue of ‘hazardous
cleaning and to promote mechanized cleaning of septic tanks.
Facts:
 Challenge launched in 243 cities across the country.
 Focus of the challenge: The Challenge will focus extensively on creating citizen awareness on this critical
issue along with infrastructure creation for mechanized cleaning and capacity building of the workforce.
 Features:
 Under this challenge, actual on-ground assessment of participating cities will be conducted in May 2021
by an independent agency and results of the same will be declared on 15 August 2021.
 Cities will be awarded in three sub-categories – with a population of more than 10 lakhs, 3-10 lakhs and
upto 3 lakhs.
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation

Objective is to uplift urban poor folks by enhancing sustainable livelihood opportunities through skill development.
Scheme:
 It is Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
 Its intended beneficiaries are urban poor (street vendors, slum dwellers, homeless, rag pickers);
unemployed and differently abled.
 It provides for employment through Skill Training and Placement through City Livelihood Centres to
reduce poverty and vulnerability of the urban poor households.
 It also provides social mobilization and institution development through formation of Self-Help Groups
(SHG) for training members and hand holding, an initial support of 10, 000 is given for each group.
 It also provides subsidy to urban poor i.e. interest subsidy of 5% – 7% for setting up individual micro-
enterprises with loan of up to 2 lakhs and for group enterprises with loan limit of up to Rs.10 lakhs.
 It fully funds cost of construction of shelters for urban homeless.
 It also provides for development of vendor markets and also promotion of skills for vendors through
setting up infrastructure and special projects for rag picker and differently abled etc.
 Funding will be shared between the Centre and the States in the ratio of 75:25. For North Eastern and
Special Category - the ratio will be 90:10.
"Housing for All by 2022" Mission
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
Components:
1. Slum rehabilitation of Slum Dwellers with participation of private developers using land as a resource;
2. Promotion of affordable housing for weaker section through credit linked subsidy;
3. Affordable housing in partnership with Public & Private sectors and
4. Subsidy for beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement.
Mission:
 Centrally Sponsored Scheme, except the credit linked subsidy component, which will be implemented as
a Central Sector Scheme
 Flexibility to States for choosing best options to meet the demand of housing in their states
 Central grant of Rs. one lakh per house, on an average, will be available under the slum rehabilitation
programme
 Technology Sub-Mission (environment, disaster management)
 Ownership of houses will be in the name of woman or jointly with husband
 The scheme will cover the entire urban area consisting of 4041 statutory towns with initial focus on 500
Class I cities and it will be implemented in three phases as follows, viz.
a. Phase-I (April 2015 - March 2017) to cover 100 Cities to be selected from States/UTs as
per their willingness;
b. Phase - II (April 2017 - March 2019) to cover additional 200 Cities and
c. Phase-III (April 2019 - March 2022) to cover all other remaining Cities.
 Two schemes have been launched to achieve the aim of the mission :
a. PM Awas Yojana
b. PM Aws Yojana - Gramin
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
National Film Heritage Mission
 Film condition assessment project by I&B Ministry.

 It seeks to preserve, conserve, digitize and restore India’s cinematic heritage.
 Nodal Agency : NFAI (National Film Archives of India)
 NFHM will undertake :
1. Film condition assessment and preventive conservation of around 150,000 film reels.
2. Digitization of around 3500 films, picture & sound.
3. Restoration of around 2000 landmark films of Indian cinema.
4. Construction of Preservation and Conservation facilities (vaults), training and workshops.
5. Creating a comprehensive Web-based End to End IT solutions.
Ministry of IT and Electronics
BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money)
BHIM stands for Bharat Interface for Money
Key Facts:
 BHIM is Aadhaar-based payments app developed by the National Payment Corporation of India
(NPCI).
 The app allows easily transferring money or making a payment from your bank account using only phone
number.
 It can work even on basic phones as it supports USSD payments.
 It has mobile wallet facility in which money can be loaded.
 Using it anyone can directly connect their phone to bank account like a debit card.
 The app also allows user to scan a QR code.
 The merchant can also generate his QR code through the app.
 Payment can be done through scanning QR code.
 Merchants can also use the BHIM app to receive money from a smartphone or Aadhaar Pay if customer
has linked a bank account and Aadhaar ID.
 Payments through this app are happening directly from and to bank accounts, so merchants don’t have to
worry about transferring wallet earnings to the bank account.
 All major UPI connected Indian banks accepts money through BHIM app.
 Even banks not connected to UPI can receive money through BHIM through IFSC assigned to banks.
Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme
Ghar Tak Fibre scheme

 The Scheme will be implemented by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
 It aims to connect all 45,945 villages of Bihar with high-speed optical fibre internet by 31st March 2021.
 Under the scheme, Bihar has to provide at least five fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections per village
and at least one WiFi hotspot per village.
What is FTTH?
 Fiber to the home (FTTH), also called fibre to the premises (FTTP), is the installation and use of
optical fibre from a central point directly to individual buildings such as residences, apartment buildings
and businesses to provide high-speed internet access.
 FTTH dramatically increases connection speeds available to computer users compared with technologies
now used in most places.
 FTTH promises connection speeds of up to 100 megabits per second (Mbps).
Common Service Centres (CSC)
 CSC is an initiative of Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY).

 It is strategic cornerstone of the Digital India programme.
 It is pan-India network catering to regional, geographic, linguistic and cultural diversity of country, thus
enabling Government’s mandate of a socially, financially and digitally inclusive society.
 There are as many as 2.91 lakh CSCs operate in the country today.
 They are mostly ICT enabled front end service delivery points at village level for delivery of government
and private services.
 These CSCs serve as access points for delivery of essential public utility services, social welfare schemes,
financial, healthcare, education and agriculture services, apart from host of B2C services to citizens in
rural and remote areas of the country.
Cyber Surakshit Bharat
Ministry/Department : Ministry of IT and Electronics
Objective: Spread awareness about cybercrime and building capacity for safety measures for Chief Information Security
Officers (CISOs) and frontline IT staff across all government departments.
Scheme:
 Cyber Surakshit Bharat is first public-private partnership of its kind.
 It will leverage the expertise of the IT industry in cybersecurity.
 The founding partners include leading IT companies such as Microsoft, Intel, WIPRO, Redhat and
Dimension Data.
 Its knowledge partners include Cert-In, NIC, NASSCOM and FIDO Alliance and premier consultancy
firms Deloitte and EY.
Operations:
 It will be operated on three principles of awareness, education and enablement.
 It will include an awareness program on importance of cybersecurity.
 It will also include a series of workshops on the best practices and enablement of the officials with
cybersecurity health tool kits to manage and mitigate cyber threats.
Training programmes:
 It will conduct series of training programmes across country in the next six months.
 It will be attended by CISOs and technical officials from central government, state governments and UTs,
PSBs, PSUs and defence forces, defence PSUs and technical arms of Air Force, Army and Navy.
DigiLocker
Ministry/Department : Ministry of IT
Objective: To provide citizens a shareable private space on a public cloud and making all documents / certificates
available on this cloud.
Scheme:
 Targeted at the idea of paperless governance, DigiLocker is a platform for issuance and verification of
documents & certificates in a digital way, thus eliminating the use of physical documents
 A secure dedicated personal electronic space for storing the documents of resident Indian citizens.
 The storage space (maximum 1GB) is linked to the Aadhar number of the user.
 The space can be utilized for storing personal documents like University certificates, PAN cards, voter id
cards, etc., and the URI's of the e-documents issued by various issuer departments.
 There is also an associated facility for e-signing documents
 An initiative under Digital India
India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS)
Ministry/Department : Ministry of IT and Electronics
Aims to incentivize BPO/IT- ITES operations sector in the country.
Scheme:
 The scheme was approved under Digital India Programme to incentivize BPO/IT- ITES operations
sector in the country.
 The scheme aims to incentivize establishment of BPO firms and their extension to Tier II and Tier III
cities (as per census 2011) to provide employment, distributed across various states in proportion to
population of state with financial support in form of Viability Gap Funding (VGF).
 The Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), an autonomous society of MeitY is nodal
implementing agency of the scheme.
 It will be implemented to incentivize setting up of BPO/ITES operations across the country (excluding
certain cities and north eastern states which are covered separately under North-East BPO Promotion
Scheme).
 Objectives of IBPS
o Create employment opportunities for the youth, by promoting IT/ITES industry
particularly by setting up BPO/ITES operations.
 Promotion of investment in IT/ITES sector in order to expand base of IT Industry and
secure balanced regional growth.
 Incentives:
 Under this scheme, financial support up to 50% of expenditure towards Capital
Expenditure (Capex) and/or Operational Expenditure (Opex) is provided subject to upper
limit of Rs. 1 Lakh/seat.
 Moreover, special incentives is given for employing women and persons with disability
(PwDs), employment generation beyond target and wider dispersal within state.
 It also gives special consideration for hilly areas and rural areas and also to local
entrepreneurs.
National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN)
Ministry/Department : Department of Electronics and IT, Ministry of IT
Objective: To provide broadband connectivity to over two lakh Gram Panchayats
Project:
 Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) is the special purpose vehicle created as a PSU for
execution of NOFN
 Connectivity gap between Gram Panchayats and Blocks will be filled
 The project provides internet access using existing optical fibre and extending it to the Gram panchayats
 The project was intended to enable the government of India to provide e-services and e-applications
nationally
 All the Service Providers like Telecom Service Providers (TSPs), ISPs, Cable TV operators etc. will be
given non-discriminatory access to the National Optic Fibre Network and can launch various services in
rural areas.
 Various categories of applications like e-health, e-education and e-governance etc. can also be provided
by these operators
 Its target was subsequently scaled down to less than half (1.10 lakh Panchayats) due to miserable
implementation and then the targets as well as the plan lost into oblivion.
 Started in 2011
 Funded by Universal Service Obligation Fund
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Namami Gange Project
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Jal Shakti
Objective: Aims to achieve effective abatement of pollution, conservation and rejuvenation of the National
River(Ganga).
Project:
 It is an Integrated Conservation Mission.
 Launched in: The Programme was launched in 2014.
 Main Pillars of the Programme:
o Sewerage Treatment Infrastructure,
o River-Surface Cleaning,
o Afforestation,
o Industrial Effluent Monitoring,
o River-Front Development,
o Biodiversity
o Public Awareness among others.
 Implementation: National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is the implementing agency of the
Namami Gange Programme at the national level.
 National Mission for Clean Ganga(NMCG):
o It is a statutory authority.
o It is established under the National Council for River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection
and Management) Act, 2016.
 Projects under the programme: Presently, sewerage infrastructure works for pollution abatement is under
execution on 13 tributaries of river Ganga. These include Yamuna, Kosi, Saryu, Ramganga, Kali(West),
Kali (East), Gomti, Kharkari, Burhi Gandak, Banka, Damodar, Rispana-Bindal and Chambal.
Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban)
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Objective: To provide universal coverage of water supply to all households in all 4,378 statutory towns, through
functional taps.
Duration: The duration of the mission is over five years.
Features of the Mission:

 It will rejuvenate the water bodies to facilitate sustainable freshwater supply and the creation of green
spaces.
 It will promote a circular economy of water through the development of city water balance plan in each
city. The plan will focus on recycling/reuse of treated sewage water and water conservation. 20% of
water demand is to be met by reused water.
 Awareness Campaign: Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) campaign is proposed. It will
spread awareness among the masses about the conservation of water.
 Pey Jal Survekshan will be conducted in cities. It will ascertain the equitable distribution of water, reuse
of wastewater, and mapping of water bodies
 Technology Submission For water: It is proposed to leverage the latest global technologies in the field of
water.
 PPP Model: The mission has mandated that cities having a million plus population will take up PPP
projects. These projects shall constitute a minimum of 10% of their total project fund allocation.
Funding:
 For Union Territories, there will be 100% central funding.
 For North Eastern and Hill States, central funding for projects will be 90%.
 Central funding will be 50% for cities with less than 1 lakh population, one-third for cities with 1 lakh
to 10 lakh population, and 25% for cities with million plus population.
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Jal Jeevan Mission (Rural)
Ministry : Ministry of Jal Shakti
Aim : To achieve universal coverage of provision of tap water connection to every rural home by 2024.
Jal Jeevan Mission :

 It was launched in 2019 with an aim to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual
household tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India.
 The 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.
 Provisions have been made under Jal Jeevan Mission for ensuring safe water through tap water connection
in schools, anganwadi centres, health care centres, etc.
Status:
Nearly 30 million tap water connections have been provided under this so far.
Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Jal Shakti
Scheme:
Under this scheme, Centre gives loan assistance to the States to help them complete some of the incomplete
major/medium irrigation projects which are at an advanced stage of completion.
Objective:
To expedite completion of ongoing irrigation projects.
 This scheme is now a component of PM Krishi Sinchai Yojana
Related Information:
Irrigation is a state subject and irrigation projects are formulated, executed and funded by the State Governments
themselves from their own resources.
Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABY)
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Aims to tackle ever-deepening crisis of depleting groundwater level
Scheme:
 The objective of scheme is to recharge ground water and create sufficient water storage for agricultural
purposes.
 It also focuses on revival of surface water bodies so that ground water level can be increased, especially in
the rural areas.
 It will give emphasis to recharging ground water sources and ensure efficient use of water by involving
people at local level.
 The scheme after Cabinet’s clearance will soon be launched in water-stressed states: Gujarat, Haryana,
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
 It will cover 78 districts, 193 blocks and more than 8,300 gram panchayats across these states.
 Centre will support half of the total project cost and rest of the budgetary cost will be shared by the
World Bank.
 The scheme is to be implemented over a period of five years from 2018-19 to 2022-23
Significance:
 This scheme will help those who are in need for constant ground water supply especially farmers who
have been hard impacted by acute shortage of ground water for past several years.
 Its focus is primarily on involvement of communities and convergence with different water schemes.
 Its major component is making society responsible and bringing about behaviour change to manage
groundwater resource.
 It will help improve overall outlook towards water resource.
Dam Rehabilitation & Improvement Project (DRIP)
Aims to improve safety and operational performance of dams.
Scheme:
 DRIP is a state sector scheme with central component to improve safety and operational performance of
selected dams, along with institutional strengthening with system wide management approach.
 The project was launched in 2012 by Central Water Commission (CWC) under Ministry of Water
Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation with assistance from World Bank.
 Originally the scheme was scheduled for six years with closure in June 2018 with total original cost of Rs.
2100 crore.
 Scheme has now been extended till June 2020 with total cost of Rs 3466 crore.
Objectives of DRIP:
 Rehabilitation of old dams in country experiencing distress and are in need of attention for ensuring their
structural safety and operational efficiency.
 Strengthening institutional capacity and project management in this area.
 Bring greater awareness on dam safety issues and finding novel solutions to address them by pooling best
knowledge, technologies and experience available around world.
Ganga Gram Yojana
Ministry/Department: Ministry of Water Resources
Objective: To develop the villages located along the main stem of river Ganga which have historic, cultural, and
religious and/or tourist importance
Scheme:
 Under the “Namami Gange” Programme
 Encompass comprehensive rural sanitation, development of water bodies and river ghats, construction/
modernization of crematoria etc
 Make the village open defecation free
 Abate direct discharge of untreated liquid wastewater from such villages into river Ganga
 Facilitate adequate infrastructure for crematoria
 Develop proper solid waste disposal facilities in order to avoid any pollution to river Ganga
 Promote better sanitation practices in the villages through IEC activities.
 Started in 2016
National Rural Drinking Water Scheme
Ministry/Department: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Aim of NRDWP is to provide every rural person with adequate safe water for drinking, cooking and other basic
domestic needs on sustainable basis.
Scheme:
 The NRDWP is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with major emphasis on ensuring sustainability (source)
of water availability in terms of potability, adequacy, convenience, affordability and equity.
 It has provision of 50: 50 fund sharing between Centre and the States.
 The programme will cover all the Rural Population across the country.
 NRDWP will be continued co-terminus with 14th Finance Commission cycle till March 2020.
 It will enable the country to reach the goal of increasing coverage of sustainable Piped Water Supply.
 Its focus will be on piped water supply, increase level of service delivery, thrust on coverage of water
quality affected habitations, coverage of Open Defecation Free (ODF) declared villages, Integrated
Action Plan (IAP) districts, Border Out Posts (BOP) with piped water supply and Institutional set up for
proper O&M of water supply assets etc.
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Employee Provident Fund(EPF) Scheme
Ministry: Ministry of Labour
Scheme:
 EPF is a social security scheme under the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions
Act,1952
 Managed by: The scheme is managed under the aegis of Employees’ Provident Fund Organization
(EPFO).
 Coverage: EPF accounts are mandatory for employees earning up to ₹15,000 a month in firms with over
20 workers.
 Contribution:
o Under the scheme, an employee has to pay a 12% contribution towards the scheme. An
equal contribution is paid by the employer.
o The employee gets a lump sum amount including self and employer’s contribution with
interest on both on retirement.
 Limit on Employer’s Contribution: In Budget 2020, the government had capped the contributions by
employers into funds EPF or the National Pension Scheme at ₹7.5 lakh a year.
 However, government, as well as private-sector employees, are allowed to make voluntary contributions
over and above the statutory deductions into the general provident fund(GPF) or EPF respectively.
Changes in 2021 Budget:

The government has proposed to make the interest earned on EPF contributions beyond ₹2.5 lakh Taxable.
Why has this proposal been made?
 The government has found instances where High Net Worth Individuals(HNIs) are contributing huge
amounts to EPF. They are getting the benefit of tax exemption at all stages — contribution, interest
accumulation, and withdrawal.
 Example: In 2018-19, ₹62,500 crores were deposited into EPF accounts by HNIs. The largest EPF
account has a ₹103 crore balance.
 Hence, this proposal is aimed to exclude high net-worth individuals(HNIs) from the benefit of high tax-
free interest income on their large contributions.
Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana
Ministry : Ministry of Labour and Employment
Aims to create formal jobs.
Scheme:
 The scheme would entail the government paying Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributions of both
the employee and employer for two years for new workers hired from October 1 to June 30, 2021.
 For companies that employ up to 1,000 workers, the government would pay the entire contribution –
12% of wages paid by the employee and the employer each.
 For establishments with over 1,000 workers, it would pay the 12% share of the employee alone.
 The scheme will apply to those earning less than ₹15,000 a month.
 The Employees Provident Fund Organisation would credit the amount into the Aadhaar-seeded accounts
of the members.
National Child Labour Project (NCLP)
Scheme:
 It is central sector scheme launched in 1988 for rehabilitation of child labour.
 Under it, special schools/rehabilitation centres for rehabilitation of child labourers are opened so that
they can be mainstreamed into formal schooling system.
 These centres provide non formal education, vocational training, supplementary nutrition and stipend to
children withdrawn from employment.
 Funds are provided directly to District Project Societies headed by District
Magistrate/Collector/Deputy Commissioner who in turn allocates funds to Non-Governmental
Organisation (NGOs)/Voluntary Agencies or others for running of Special Training Centres.
 Why in news?
o Government has launched a Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour
(PENCIL) Portal
o The PENCIL portal is an electronic platform that aims at involving Centre, State, District,
Governments, civil society and general public in achieving the target of child labour free
society.
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Labour and Employment
Objective: To provide conducive environment for industrial development and doing business with ease through
introduction of several labour reforms.
Details:
 This program was launched to support the ‘Make in India’ campaign of India for encouragement of
manufacturing sector, thus felt need to bring labour reforms.
 Several initiatives were taken by the Government under the scheme :
o Shram Suvidha Portal :
 Allocation of Unique labour identification number (LIN) to labour to
facilitate online registration.
 The compliances would be reportable in Single Harmonized Form which will
make it simple and easy for those filing such forms.
 Filing of self-certified and simplified Single Online Return by the industry.
 Labour inspector can upload inspection report within 72 hours.
 This portal will help timely redressal of grievances.
 Under this it is proposed to allot LIN to all these 6- 7 lakh units
o Labour Inspection scheme:
 A computerized list of inspections will be generated randomly to reduce
inspector raj
 Inspector has to upload report within 72 hours
o Universal Account Number (UAN) for Employee Provident Fund (EPF):
 An UAN is allotted to 4 crore EPF subscribers after centrally compiling &
digitizing their information.
 Aadhar card is being seeded with the UAN for financial inclusion of labours.
 The portability of the Social Security Benefits to the labour of organised
sector across the jobs and geographic areas will be ensured.
o Apprenticeship Protsahan Yojana:
 Apprenticeship Protsahan Yojana envisages on imparting on-the-job training
to apprentices.
 Total numbers of seats are increased to 20 lakh from current 4.9 lakh in
revamped scheme.
 Government will reimburse 50 percent of stipend paid by employers to
increase employability of youth by giving them skills.
 Started in 2014
Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana

Objective is to promote employment generation
Scheme:
 Central Government will be paying the 8.33% EPS contribution of the employer for the new
employment. New Changes: The Central Government will now contribute Employer’s full admissible
contribution for first 3 years from date of registration of new employee for all sectors including existing
beneficiaries for their remaining period of 3 years.
 All industries registered with Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) can apply for availing
benefits under the scheme.
 It is for new employees (joined on or after 1st April 2016) having new Universal Account Number
(UAN).
 It is targeted for employees earning wages less than Rs. 15,000/- per month.
 All beneficiaries registered till 31 March 2019 are given benefit of this scheme.
Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM)

Scheme:
 PM-SYM is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme on a 50:50 basis where prescribed age-specific
contribution shall be made by the beneficiary and the matching contribution by the Central Government.
 Each subscriber under the PM-SYM, shall receive minimum assured pension of Rs 3000/- per month
after attaining the age of 60 years.
 If the subscriber dies during the period of receipt of the pension, the spouse of the beneficiary shall be
entitled to receive 50% of the pension received by the beneficiary as a family pension.
 If the beneficiary had died due to any cause (before age of 60 years), his/her spouse will be entitled to
join and continue the scheme subsequently by payment of regular contribution or exit the scheme as per
provisions of exit and withdrawal.
 The subscriber must not be a taxpayer.
 The scheme is expected to benefit as many as 42 crore workers estimated to be engaged in the
unorganized sector of the country whose monthly income is Rs 15,000/ per month or less and belong
to the entry age group of 18-40 years who are not be covered under New Pension Scheme (NPS),
Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) scheme or Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation
(EPFO).
Shram Awards
Awards:
 They were instituted in 1985.
 These awards are given to workers in PSUs, Departmental Undertakings of Central/State Governments
and Private Sector units employing 500 or more workers.
Objective:
 It recognises workers for their distinguished performance, innovative ability, outstanding contribution in
the field of productivity and exhibition of exceptional courage and presence of mind.
 It also recognises outstanding contributions made by workmen as defined in Industrial Dispute Act,
1947 in organizations both in public and private sector
 There are four types of Shram awards viz.
o Shram Ratna (monetary award of Rs. 2 lakhs and Sanad),
o Shram Bhushan (Rs. 1 lakh and Sanad),
o Shram Vir / Shram Veerangana (Rs. 60000 and Sanad),
o Shram Devi / Shram Shree (Rs. 40000 and Sanad).
Ministry of Law and Justice
e-Courts Mission Mode Project
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Law and Justice
Aim: To provide designated services to litigants, lawyers and the judiciary by universal computerization of district and
subordinate courts in the country by leveraging Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for improved
justice delivery.
eCourts Project:
 It is an Integrated Mission Mode Project under implementation since 2007 as part of National e-
Governance Plan.
 The project is based on the National Policy and Action Plan for Implementation of Information and
Communication Technology in Judiciary-2005.
 The project is being implemented by National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of IT
 Started in 2007
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology Up-gradation Scheme (CLCS-TUS)
What is the CLCS-TUS Scheme?

 Under this scheme, an upfront capital subsidy of 15 per cent will be provided to the MSMEs on
institutional finance of up to Rs 1 crore availed by them.
 This will be done to help the MSMEs in employing well-established and improved technology in the
specified 51 sub-sectors/products approved.
 The scheme aims to improve the competitiveness of MSMEs by integrating various current schemes
aimed at up-grading technology through Credit Linked Capital Subsidy, hand holding for zero defect
zero effect manufacturing, increasing productivity through waste reduction, design intervention, cloud
computing, facilitation of intellectual property and nurturing new ideas.
 It will also focus on improving the quality of products and enhancement in productivity. This will
promote a culture of continuous development.
 The scheme also incorporates special provisions to increase entrepreneurship for SC/STs, women, hill
states, island territories and the aspirational districts/ LWE (Left-wing extremism) districts.
Solar Charkha Mission
Ministry : Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Mission:
 Under this mission, Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) will cover 50 clusters
across the country including in the Northeast and each cluster will employ 400 to 2,000 artisans.
 Its ultimate aim is to generate employment in rural areas and contribute to the green economy.
 It also aims at linking five crore women across the country to the initiative.
 The mission is expected to create one lakh jobs during the first two years.
ASPIRE
Objective is to set up a network of technology centers, incubation centers to accelerate entrepreneurship and also to
promote start-ups for innovation and entrepreneurship in rural and agriculture based industry.
Scheme:
 ASPIRE stands for A Scheme for Promotion of Innovation, Rural Industry & Entrepreneurship
 The planned outcomes of ASPIRE are setting up Technology Business Incubators (TBI), Livelihood
Business Incubators (LBI) and creation of a Fund of Funds for such initiatives with SIDBI.
PMEGP
Objective is to promote entrepreneurship and generate sustainable employment
Scheme:
 PMEGP stands Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme
 PMEGP is the flagship programme of the government offering credit linked subsidy to establish new
enterprises for generating continuous and sustainable employment opportunities in Rural and Urban
areas of the country.
 There is no income ceiling for setting up the project.
 It is aimed at generating self-employment opportunities through establishment of micro-enterprises in
non-farm sector by helping traditional artisans and unemployed youth in rural as well as urban areas.
 Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is nodal implementation agency at national level.
 At State and district level, State offices of KVIC, Khadi and Village Industries Boards (KVIBs) and
District Industry Centres (DIC) are the implementing agencies.
 Scheme is being implemented from 2008-2009
SFURTI
Objective of SFURTI is to organize the traditional industries and artisans into clusters to make them competitive
Scheme:
 SFURTI stands for Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries
 It follows a cluster based approach and tries to organize artisans in clusters
 It provide support for their long term sustainability by way of enhancing the marketability of products,
improving the skills of artisans, making provision for common facilities and strengthening the cluster
governance systems.
Zero Defect, Zero Effect
 ZED Scheme aims to rate and handhold all MSMEs to deliver top quality products using clean
technology.
 It will have sector-specific parameters for each industry.
 MSME sector is crucial for the economic progress of India and this scheme will help to match global
quality control standards.
 The slogan of Zero Defect, Zero Effect (ZED) was first mentioned by PM Narendra Modi in his
Independence Day speech in 2014.
 It was given for producing high quality manufacturing products with a minimal negative impact on
environment.
 ZED Scheme is meant to raise quality levels in unregulated MSME sector which is engine of growth for
Indian economy.
 MSME sector drives almost 38% of nation’s GDP and around employs 110 million employees.
 The scheme will be cornerstone of the Central Government’s flagship Make in India programme, which
is aimed at turning India into a global manufacturing hub, generating jobs, boosting growth and increase
incomes
Ministry of Mines
Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY)
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Mines
Objective: To provide for the welfare of areas and people affected by mining related operations, using the funds
generated by District Mineral Foundations (DMFs)
Scheme:
 To implement various developmental and welfare projects/programs in mining affected areas that
complement the existing ongoing schemes/projects of State and Central Government
 To minimize/mitigate the adverse impacts, during and after mining, on the environment, health and
socio-economics of people in mining districts
 To ensure long-term sustainable livelihoods for the affected people in mining areas
Focus:
 At least 60% the fund will be utilized for "High Priority Areas" like Drinking water supply,
Environment preservation & pollution control measure, Health care, Education, etc.
 Rest of the fund will be utilized for "Other Priority Areas", such as Physical infrastructure, Irrigation,
Energy & watershed development and Measures for enhancing environmental quality.
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Nai Roshni Scheme
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Minority Affairs
Objective:
1. Leadership Development of Minority Women
2. To empower and instil confidence among minority women by providing knowledge, tools and techniques
for interacting with Government systems, Banks and other institutions at all levels.
Scheme:
 The scheme is implemented through Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).
 The scheme is implemented with the involvement of the Gram Panchayat at village level and Local Urban
bodies at the District level.
Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) Scheme
MANF Scheme
 The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements MANF Scheme for educational empowerment of students
belonging to six notified minority communities i.e. Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Muslim, Sikh, Zoroastrian
(Parsi).
 The Scheme is implemented through the University Grants Commission (UGC) and no waiting list is
prepared under the Scheme by UGC.
 Candidates belonging to the Six centrally notified minority are considered for award of fellowship under
the MANF Scheme.
 The selection of candidates is done through JRF-NET (Junior Research Fellow- National Eligibility
Test) examination conducted by the National Testing Agency.
 Prior to 2019-20, the merit list was prepared on the basis of marks obtained by the candidates in their
Post Graduate examination.
 However, in 2018-19, only the candidates who had qualified CBSE-UGC-NET/JRF or CSIR-
NET/JRF were eligible to apply.
USTTAD Scheme
USTTAD stands for Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development Scheme.
Objective : Aims at upgrading Skills and Training of minority communities by preservation of traditional ancestral Arts
and Crafts.
Scheme :
 It envisages boosting the skill of craftsmen, weavers and artisans who are already engaged in the
traditional ancestral work.
 Under the scheme, assistance will be provided to traditional artisans to sell their products in order to
make them more compatible with modern markets.
 It is fully funded by Union Government
 Applicable for all areas in India
 Started in 2015
Jiyo Parsi scheme
Ministry: Ministry of Minority Affairs
Scheme:
 Jiyo Parsi scheme is a Central Sector Scheme for containing population decline of Parsis in India.
 Its main objective is to reverse the declining trend of Parsi population by adopting a scientific protocol
and structured interventions.
 It aims to stabilize and increase the population of Parsis in India.
 It has two components:
o Medical Assistance and
o Advocacy (Counselling).
 The first phase of the scheme was launched initiated in 2013.
 Second phase has started in 2017.

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Nai Manzil Scheme
Objective: To equip minority youth with employable skills
Scheme:
 Minority youths in the age group of 17 to 35 years who are school-dropouts or educated in the
community education institutions like Madarsas, are provided an integrated input of formal education
(up till Class VIII or X) and skill training along with certification
 It is done with a view of enabling them to seek better employment in the organized sector and equipping
them with better lives.
 Minimum 30% seats are earmarked for minority girls.
 It includes a Non-residential programme of 9-12 months duration involving a Basic Bridge Programme
(For Class VIII or Class X) for their education, along with training in trade based skills for sustained
livelihood/gainful employment.
 The scheme covers the entire country.
Padho Pardesh

 It is the Scheme for providing interest subsidy on educational loans for overseas studies for the students
belonging to the minority communities.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK)
Scheme:
 PMJVK aims to address development deficits in identified minority concentration areas.
 Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) has been renamed and restructured as Pradhan Mantri
Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK).
 The identification of these areas will be done on the basis of presence of substantial population of
notified Minority Communities based on Census, 2011.
 It will also provide better socio economic infrastructure facilities to minority communities particularly in
field of education, health and skill development as compared to present situation.
 This will lead to lessening of gap between national average and minority communities with regard to
backwardness parameters.
 PMJVK will be implemented in Minority Concentration District Headquarters, Minority Concentration
Block(MCBs), Minority Concentration Towns(MCTs) falling in 308 districts of 32 States/UTs.
 It will also be implemented in Backward Clusters of Minority Concentration Villages (CoMCV) which
will be identified on proposal of States/UTs as per criteria of the scheme.
Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP)

 MsDP was launched in 2008-09 in 90 identified Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs) having at
least 25% minority population and below national average with objective of developing assets for socio-
economic and basic amenities.
 It was designed primarily to address developmental gaps and deficits in identified backward minority
concentration areas by topping up of existing Centrally Sponsored Schemes of various Central ministries
and departments without any change in norms, guidelines and funding pattern.
 It was one of Core of Core Schemes under National Development Agenda in Report of Sub-Group of
Chief Ministers on Rationalization of Centrally Sponsored Schemes constituted by NITI Aayog.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Rooftop Solar Scheme
Ministry: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Aims to achieve the cumulative capacity of 40,000 MW from Rooftop Solar(RTS) Projects by the year 2022.
Scheme:
 Subsidy: Under this scheme, the Ministry is providing 40% subsidy for the first 3 kW and 20% subsidy
beyond 3 kW and up to 10 kW.
 Implementation:
o The scheme is being implemented in the state only by DISCOMs.
o The DISCOMs have empanelled vendors through the bidding process and have decided
rates for setting up a rooftop solar plant.
 Condition: Subsidy will be available for the residential sector only and for availing the benefit of subsidy,
indigenously manufactured PV Modules and Cells are to be used.
 Incentives to Discoms: Performance-based incentives are provided to DISCOMs based on Rooftop Solar
capacity achieved in a financial year over and above the base capacity i.e. cumulative capacity achieved at
the end of previous financial year.
Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahaabhiyan (KUSUM)
Ministry: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Aims for promoting solar farming i.e. decentralised solar power production of up to 30,800 MW to help farmers by
2022
Scheme:
 Components of scheme
o Component-A : 10,000 megawatt (MW) of decentralised ground mounted grid-connected
renewable power plants.
o Component-B : Installation of 17.50 lakh standalone solar powered agriculture pumps
o Component-C : Solarization of 15 lakh (up from 10 lakh) grid-connected solar powered
agriculture pumps.
 It will provide extra income to farmers, by giving them an option to sell additional power to grid through
solar power projects set up on their barren lands.
 It will help in de-dieselising the agriculture sector as India had about 30 million farm pumps that include
10 million pumps running on diesel.
 The surplus electricity generated by farmers will be bought by state electricity distribution companies
(discoms).
 Thus it will help boost the country’s emerging green economy.
 Government will provide 60% subsidy on solar pumps to farmers.
 It will be shared between Centre and States while 30% will be provided through bank loans.
 The balance cost will be borne by farmers.
 New Changes in Scheme:
o Besides barren, fallow and agricultural lands, solar power plants can also be installed on
pasture land and marshy land of farmers.
o To support small farmers, solar projects smaller than 500 kW may be allowed (earlier not
allowed) by states based on techno-commercial feasibility.
Positive outcomes
 It will promote decentralised solar power production, reduce transmission losses of discoms as well as
provide support to improve financial health of DISCOMs by reducing subsidy burden to agriculture
sector.
 It will also promote energy efficiency and water conservation and provide water security to farmers.
 The scheme will have a substantial environmental impact in terms of savings of CO2 emissions. It is
estimated that three components of the scheme combined together would result in savings of about 27
million tonnes of CO2 emission per annum.
Green Corridor Project
Ministry/Department : Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Objective: Evacuation of renewable energy from generation points to the load centres by creating intra-state and inter-
state transmission infrastructure
Project:
 The intra-state transmission component of the project is being implemented by the respective states
 Power Grid Corporation of India is implementing inter-state transmission component
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
Ministry : Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Mission:
 The mission is also known as National Solar Mission and is also one of the eight National Missions
under National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).
 The Mission has set the ambitious target of deploying 20,000MW of grid connected solar power by
2022, which was later revised to 1,00,000 MW by 2022.
 The target will principally comprise of 40GW Rooftop and 60GW through large and medium scale grid
connected solar power projects.
 There is also 30% capital subsidy for installation of SPV applications like solar lighting systems, solar
PV power plants and solar pumps under solar off-grid application scheme of JNNSM in rural as well as
urban areas throughout India.
National Offshore Wind Energy Policy
Ministry/Department : Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
Objective : Development of wind energy farms in offshore areas
Policy:
 Use of offshore areas within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the country for development of
wind energy i.e up to the seaward distance of 200 Nautical Miles (EEZ of the country) from the base
line
 National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) is the Nodal Agency
 No land acquisition hurdles
 Cost will be almost double
 Plant Load Factor for offshore plants will be greater
 Announced in 2015
 India's coastline = ~7600km. Hence great potential in offshore.
 India has achieved significant success in the onshore wind power development, with over 23 GW of wind
energy capacity already installed and generating power
Solar Cities scheme
Scheme:
 The Scheme aims at reducing minimum 10% in projected demand of conventional energy at end of five
years, through combination of enhancing supply from renewable energy sources in city and energy
efficiency measures.
 Under it, local Governments are motivated for adopting renewable energy technologies and energy
efficiency measures.
 Solar City developed under this scheme will have all types of renewable energy based projects like solar,
wind, biomass, small hydro, waste to energy etc.
 It may be installed along with possible energy efficiency measures depending on the need and resource
availability in the city.
Objectives of Solar City Scheme

 Enable and empower Urban Local Governments (ULBs) to address energy challenges at City-level.
 Provide framework and support to prepare Master Plan including assessment of current energy situation,
future demand and action plans.
 Oversee the implementation of sustainable energy options through public-private partnerships (PPPs).
 Build capacity in ULBs and create awareness among all sections of civil society.
 Involve various stakeholders in the planning process.
Suryamitra initiative
Ministry/Department : Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Objective: To provide skill training to rural youth in handling solar installations

Scheme:
 It is Union Government’s skill development program
 Aims to create skilled manpower in commissioning, installation, O&M of solar power plants and
equipment.
 It primary objective is to provide entrepreneurship and employability opportunities to rural and urban
youth & women.
 The scheme is aimed at creating 50,000 trained solar photovoltaic technicians by March 2020.
 Special emphasis is given to skill youth from SC/ST/OBC categories.
 The qualification required to participate in the program is ITI (Electrical & Wireman) / Diploma in
Engineering (Electrical, Electronics & Mechanical).
 Higher qualified participants such as B.Tech etc are not eligible for this programme.
 The programme is 100% funded by GOI and implemented by National Institute for Solar Energy
(NISE) across the country.
 In addition, short term training programmes for small hydro, entrepreneurship development, operation &
maintenance of solar energy devices and boiler operations in co-generation plants have been organized.
 National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) is an autonomous institution of Ministry of New &
Renewable Energy (MNRE)).
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Svamitva Scheme
About SVAMITVA
 SVAMITVA stands for Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas.
 Under the scheme, the latest surveying technology such as drones will be used for measuring the
inhabited land in villages and rural areas.
 The mapping and survey will be conducted in collaboration with the Survey of India, State Revenue
Department and State Panchayati Raj Department under the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
 The drones will draw the digital map of every property falling in the geographical limit of each Indian
village.
 Property Cards will be prepared and given to the respective owners.
Significance of the scheme

 The scheme paves the way for using the property as a financial asset by villagers for taking loans and
other financial benefits.
 Also, this is the first time ever that such a large-scale exercise involving the most modern means of
technology is being carried out to benefit millions of rural property owners.
Various benefits
 The scheme will create records of land ownership in villages and these records will further facilitate tax
collection, new building plan and issuance of permits.
 It will enable the government to effectively plan for the infrastructural programs in villages.
 It would help in reducing the disputes over property.
Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA)
Ministry : Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Scheme:
 It is central government scheme that aims at making rural local bodies self-sustainable, financially stable
and more efficient.
 It seeks to address critical gaps that hinder success of Panchayats by enhancing their capacities and
effectiveness, and promote devolution of powers and responsibilities.
 Its intended objective is to train and build capacity of elected representatives of Panchayati Raj
Institutions (PRIs).
 It seeks to shift the participative planning, prepared from the grassroots level upwards and strengthen
panchayat level governance with more appropriate capacity building.
 Restructured RGSA to focus on training, building infrastructure, stepping up initiatives for e-governance
under e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP) to deliver Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
 It will be implemented during period from April 2018 to March 2022 with outlay of Rs. 7255 crore.
 The scheme will extend to all states/UTs of country and will also include institutions of rural local
government in non-Part IX areas, where Panchayats do not exist.
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Pradhan Mantri UJJWALA Yojana
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Objective: To reduce health hazards of indoor pollution by providing free LPG connections to Women from BPL
Households
Tagline : Swachh Indhan, Behtar Jeevan
Scheme:
 8 Crore (Earlier target was 5 Crore) LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) connections to poor households will
be provided
 The scheme provides free LPG connection with financial assistance of Rs. 1600/- per connection to an
adult woman member of all poor families. (Earlier only BPL family identified through Socio-Economic
Caste Census (SECC) data were eligible)
 With the expansion of the PMUY scheme, all the poor households can avail the benefit from PMUY
and it will not be mandatory to be part of the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) list or the seven
identified categories under the programme to be eligible for the scheme.
 Eligible households will be identified in consultation with state governments and Union territories.
 The scheme will be implemented by 2020. (Older target was to be achieved by 2019).
 Consumers will have the option to purchase gas stove and refills on EMI.
 It seeks to empower women and protect their health by shifting them from traditional cooking based on
unclean cooking fuels or fossil fuels to clean cooking gas.
New Changes:
 Target increased from 5 Cr to 8 Cr
 Time period extended from 2019 to 2020
 Cabinet also approved proposal to expand scheme to cover all SC/ST households, beneficiaries of
Antyoday Anna Yojana (AAY), PMAY (Gramin), forest dwellers, most backward classes (MBC), Tea
and Ex-Tea Garden Tribes, people residing in Islands and rivers etc. in addition to SECC identified
households.
 This move will address practical difficulty faced in implementation of PMUY, namely, targeting
genuinely poor households
left out of Socio Economic Caste Survey (SECC) list
Why launched?
 Because burning wood/coal is leading to rising pulmonary, cataract and heart diseases
 According to health experts, the smoke released in the burning process contains hazardous gases like
carbon monoxide, particulate matter, etc. Unclean cooking fuels are the main source of indoor air
pollution that causes non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease and lung cancer
 Generally, poor women are victims of these toxic gases. They have no alternative and thus they are forced
to use them
Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana
Ministry: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Aims to provide financial support to Integrated Bioethanol Projects using lignocellulosic biomass and other renewable
feedstock.
Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN

 The scheme aims to incentivise 2G Ethanol sector and support this nascent industry by creating a
suitable ecosystem for setting up commercial projects and increasing Research & Development in this
area.
 Under the scheme 12 Commercial Scale and 10 demonstration scale Second Generation (2G) ethanol
Projects will be provided with a Viability Gap Funding (VGF) support in two phases:
o Phase-I (2018-19 to 2022-23): Six commercial projects and five demonstration projects
will be supported.
o Phase-II (2020-21 to 2023-24): Six commercial projects and five demonstration projects
will be supported.
 The ethanol produced by the scheme beneficiaries will be mandatorily supplied to Oil Marketing
Companies (OMCs) to further enhance the blending percentage under the ethanol blending programme.
PAHAL (DBT)
 Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG

 ‘Pratyaksha Hastantarit Labh’
 Direct transfer of LPG subsidy into beneficiaries account for which account must be seeded with
AADHAR.
Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT)
Aims at providing sustainable alternative towards affordable transportation.
Initiative:
 The SATAT initiative has potential to boost availability of more affordable transport fuels, better use of
agricultural residue, cattle dung and municipal solid waste, as well as provide additional revenue source to
farmers.
 It will also benefit vehicle-users as well as farmers and entrepreneurs.
 Under it, Expression of Interest (EoI) have been invited from potential entrepreneurs to set up
Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) production plants and make available biogas in market for use in automotive
fuels.
 Benefits
o It will pave way for efficient municipal solid waste management and help in tackling
problem of polluted urban air due to farm stubble-burning and carbon emissions.
o It will boost entrepreneurship, rural economy and employment and provide additional
source of revenue to farmers.
o It will also help achieve nation’s climate change goals and bring down dependency on
natural gas and crude oil imports and act as a buffer against crude oil and gas price
fluctuations.
o It will also help to integrated CBS networks with city gas distribution (CGD) networks to
boost supplies to domestic and retail users in existing and upcoming markets.
o Besides retailing from OMC fuel stations, CBS can at later date be injected into CGD
pipelines too for efficient distribution and optimised access of cleaner and more affordable
fuel.
Ministry of Power
RAISE Initiative
Ministry/Department : A joint initiative of EESL and USAID under Ministry of Power
RAISE Initiative:
 It aims to ensure cleaner and greener office spaces in the country.
 This is a part of the larger initiative developed for healthy and energy-efficient buildings, in partnership
with US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) MAITREE programme.
 Why RAISE?
o Poor air quality has been a concern in India for quite some time and has become more
important in light of COVID pandemic.
o As people return to their offices and public spaces, maintaining good indoor air quality is
essential for occupant comfort, well-being, productivity and overall public health, the
statement noted.
About MAITREE programme

 The Market Integration and Transformation Program for Energy Efficiency (MAITREE) is a part of the
US-India bilateral Partnership between the Ministry of Power and USAID.
 It is aimed at accelerating the adoption of cost-effective energy efficiency as a standard practice within
buildings and specifically focuses on cooling.
Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Power
Objective:
1. To augment power supply to the rural areas
2. To strengthen sub-transmission and distribution systems
Scheme:
 It focuses on feeder separation (rural households & agricultural) and strengthening of sub-transmission &
distribution infrastructure including metering at all levels in rural areas
 This will help in providing round the clock power to rural households and adequate power to agricultural
consumers
 The earlier scheme for rural electrification viz. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)
has been subsumed in the new scheme as its rural electrification component.
Integrated Power Development Scheme
Objective: To ensure 24x7 power supply
Scheme:
 It envisages strengthening of sub-transmission network, Metering, IT application, Customer Care
Services, provisioning of solar panels and the completion of the ongoing works of Restructured
Accelerated Power Development and completion of the Reforms Programme (RAPDRP).
 The scheme will help in reduction in AT&C losses, establishment of IT enabled energy accounting /
auditing system, improvement in billed energy based on metered consumption and improvement in
collection efficiency
 All Discoms including private Discoms and State Power Departments will be eligible for financial
assistance under this scheme
LED based Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP)
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Power, Energy Efficiency Services Limited
Programme:
 The programme aims to install LED bulbs street-lighting across different cities in the country.
 The LED lights will replace inefficient lamps.
 The initiative is part of the Government’s efforts to spread the message of energy efficiency in the
country.
 It will result in energy savings and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
 The programme aims to replace 3.5 crore conventional street lights with energy efficient LED lights.
 This replacement is expected to result in an annual energy saving of 900 crore units and a financial saving
of Rs 5,500 crore.
 Energy Efficiency Services Limited is the implementing agency for the programme.
Note:
 LED bulbs have a very long life, almost 50 times more than ordinary bulbs, and 8-10 times that of CFLs,
and provide both energy and cost savings in the medium term.
Saubhagya - Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana
Ministry: Ministry of Power
Aims at providing last mile electricity connectivity to all rural and urban households.
Scheme:
 Under the scheme, government provides free electricity to all households identified poor under Socio-
Economic and Caste Census (SECC) data 2011.
 Electricity connection given to APL families for Rs 500, which will be payable in 10 equal monthly
instalments.
 The BPL cardholders will get free electricity connections.
 The Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC) will be nodal agency for operationalisation of
scheme throughout country.
 Gram Panchayat/Public institutions in rural areas will be authorised to collect application forms along
with complete documentation, distribute bills and collect revenue in consultation with Panchayat Raj
Institutions (PRIs) and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).
UJALA - National LED Programme
UJALA stands for Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All
Objective: To save energy consumption by distributing LED bulbs which are energy efficient
Scheme:
 It is zero-subsidy scheme that aims to promote efficient lighting, enhance awareness on using efficient
equipment which reduce electricity bills and preserve environment.
 The scheme is being implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of
PSUs under the Union Ministry of Power.
 It is LED based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP).
 Under it, LED Bulbs are distributed.
 It wants every home in India to use LED bulbs so that the net power or energy consumption rate comes
down and the carbon emission rates can also be checked
 The scheme will not only help reduce consumers their electricity bills but also contribute to the energy
security of India.
 LED bulbs have a very long life, almost 50 times more than ordinary bulbs, and 8-10 times that of CFLs,
and therefore provide both energy and cost savings.
 Started in March 2015
Analysis:
 The implementation of scheme has increased penetration of LED in domestic market to 10% from mere
0.4% earlier.
 It has also increased India’s share in global LED market to 12% from a mere 0.1%.
 It has increased annual LED domestic production from 30 lakh bulbs to over 6 crore bulbs,
simultaneously creating 60,000 jobs.
Ministry of Railways
Meri Saheli Initiative
Indian Railways has launched “Meri Saheli” initiative for focused action on the security of women across all zones with
an objective to provide safety and security to lady passengers.
Such a feedback-based initiative can be replicated in unsafe cities while addressing distress situation.
Meri Saheli Initiative
 The initiative was started as a pilot project in South Eastern Railway in September 2020 and after getting
encouraging response from lady passengers.
 An initiative of RPF, the strategy entails interaction with lady passengers especially those travelling alone
by a team of lady RPF personnel at the originating station.
 These lady passengers are briefed about all precautions to be taken during the journey and told to dial
182 in case they face or see any problem in the coach.
 The RPF team collects only the seat numbers of the ladies and conveys them to stoppages en-route.
 RPF/RPSF escort onboard also covers all the coaches/identified berths during its duty period.
Based on feedbacks
 RPF teams at the destination collect the feedback from the identified lady passengers.
 The feedback is then analysed and corrective action, if any, is taken.
 If some distress call comes from a train covered under “Meri Saheli” initiative, the disposal of the call is
monitored at the level of senior officers.
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Avataran
Ministry : Ministry of Railways

Avataran is an umbrella program consists of 7 missions such as:
 Mission 25 Tonne - It aims to increase revenue by augmenting carrying capacity.

 Mission Zero Accident - It comprises of two sub missions such as Elimination of unmanned level
crossings on broad Gauge in the next 3-4 years and Equipping 100% of the High Density Network with
Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS).
 Mission PACE (Procurement and Consumption Efficiency) - It aims to improve procurement and
consumption practices to improve the quality of goods and services.
 Mission Raftaar - It targets doubling of average speeds of freights trains and increasing the average speed
of super fast mail/express trains by 25 kmph in the next 5 years. It will complement Mission 25 Tonne
to increase throughput of the railway system.
 Mission Hundred - Under this mission, at least a hundred sidings will be commissioned in the next 2
years. Siding refers to low-speed track section / track branch distinct from a running line.
 Mission beyond book-keeping - It will establish an accounting system where outcomes can be tracked to
inputs.
 Mission Capacity Utilisation - It proposes to prepare a blueprint for making full use of the huge new
capacity that will be created through two Dedicated Freight Corridors between Delhi-Mumbai and
Delhi-Kolkata.
Yatri Mitra Scheme
Ministry/Department: Ministry of Railways
Aims to provide comfort to old and ill passengers while travelling in trains
Scheme
 Elderly people, differently abled and ill people will get an assistant to assist them while travelling in trains
 One can avail wheelchair or porter
 These provisions needs to be booked at time of ticket booking
 This sewa can be chargeable or free of cost. As of now, free of cost service is not available as NGOs are
coming forward in the initiative.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Char Dham Highway Project
Ministry/Department: Ministry of Road, Transport and Highway
Project:
 Char-Dham Road Project is a prestigious two-lane expressway project.
 The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is executing this program in Uttarakhand.
 Purpose: The project proposes widening roads up to 10 meters to improve the accessibility to Char-
Dham (shrines); Yamunotri, Gangotri, Badrinath, and Kedarnath.
 Implementing Agencies: Uttarakhand State Public Works Department (PWD), Border Roads
Organisation (BRO), and the National Highway & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited
(NHIDCL).
 Project Mode: The work under the program is being implemented in Engineering, Procurement, and
Construction (EPC) mode.
 Under the EPC model, the project cost is completely borne by the government. But the contractor is
legally responsible to complete the project under some fixed predetermined timeline. It may also involve
scope for a penalty in case of time overrun.
 Chamba Tunnel: It is a 440-meter-long tunnel built by BRO on the Rishikesh-Dharasu road
Highway(NH94) in Uttarakhand. The construction of the tunnel is a part of the Chardham project.
Bharat Mala Project
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Road, Transport and Highway
Aims to improve the efficiency of freight and passenger movement across the country by bridging critical infrastructure
gaps.
Project:
 It is an ambitious road and highways project.
 It envisages construction of 34,800 km of roads along India's borders, coastal areas, ports, religious and
tourist places as well as over 100 district headquarters.
 The BharatMala project will include economic corridors (9,000 km), inter-corridor and feeder route
(6,000 km), national corridors efficiency improvement (5,000 km), border roads and international
connectivity (2,000 km), coastal roads and port connectivity (2,000 km) and greenfield expressway (800
km).
 Under programme, roads will be built along borders with Bhutan and Nepal, bottlenecks on existing
Golden Quadrilateral highway network will be removed.
 Moreover, road connectivity to small industries will be ensured and manufacturing centres will be
connected with national highways.
Green Highway Policy
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Road Transport and Highway
Objective: Aims to turn national highways into green corridors by planting trees, landscaping, and laying grass turfs and
ornamental shrubs alongside them
Policy:
 Funding: A Green Highways Fund would be set apart utilising 1% of the civil work cost while arriving at
total road project cost.
 The funds to be transferred to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) which would be used
exclusively for plantation and maintenance on all NH stretches being developed on the Engineering
Procurement Construction (EPC) and Build Operate Transfer (BOT) mode.
 The NHAI will act as Fund Manager
 Monitoring agency is Indian Highways Management Company Ltd (IHMCL).
 Initially, at least one NH corridor in each State would be taken up for model plantation, which would be
replicated in other stretches subsequently.
 First year target to cover 6000Km
 Aims to provide dignified employment to local people and communities
Logistic Efficiency Enhancement Programme (LEEP)
 The programme is aimed at enhancing the freight transportation in India through improving cost, time,
tracking and transferability of consignments through infrastructure, procedural and Information
Technology (IT) interventions.
 The parks are expected to serve four key functions - freight aggregation and distribution, multimodal
freight movement, storage and warehousing, and value-added services such as custom clearances.
Setu Bharatam
Objectives: Development of bridges for safe and seamless travel on National Highways
Project:
 Aims to make all National Highways free of railway level crossings by 2019
 This is being done to prevent the frequent accidents and loss of lives at level crossings
 The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has also established an Indian Bridge Management System
(IBMS) at the Indian Academy for Highway Engineer in Noida, U.P.
 The aim is to carry out conditions survey and inventorization of all bridges on National Highways in
India by using Mobile Inspection Units
 Started in 2016
Ministry of Rural Development
Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) Scheme
Unique Land Parcel Identification Number(ULPIN) Scheme:

 The Unique Land Parcel Identification Number(ULPIN) scheme was launched in 10 States in 2021. It
will roll out across the country by March 2022.
 Key Features of the Scheme:
o Under the scheme, authorities issue a 14-digit identification number to every plot of land
in the country.
o Also known as “the Aadhaar for land”, It is a unique number to identify every surveyed
parcel of land. It will prevent land fraud, especially in rural India where proper land records
are not available.
o The longitude and latitude of a land parcel will be the basis for its identification. It will
depend on detailed surveys and geo-referenced cadastral maps.
o The land records database will gradually integrate with the records of revenue courts and
bank on a voluntary basis.
o Significance: The scheme might also be the next step in the Digital India Land Records
Modernisation Programme(DILRMP). It began in 2008.
 Benefits of the Scheme:
o The single source of information can authenticate the ownership and in turn, it can end the
dubious ownership.
o The scheme will also help to identify the government lands easily and protect the land
from dubious land transactions.
MGNREGA
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Rural Development
Objective: To enhance the livelihood security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing 100 days of wage-employment in
a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work
Program:
 It is a social security measure that aims to guarantee the 'right to work'
 All willing rural citizens are eligible
 Focuses on durable assets as per local needs
 Act provides for social audit of performance at least once in every six months
 Wages are linked to Consumer Price Index (Agriculture Labour)
 Employment is to be provided within 5 km of an applicant's residence, and minimum wages are to be
paid.
 If work is not provided within 15 days of applying, applicants are entitled to an unemployment
allowance.
 MGNREGA is to be implemented mainly by gram panchayats.
 Labour-intensive tasks like creating infrastructure for water harvesting, drought relief and flood control
are preferred
 The central government bears the full cost of unskilled labour, and 75% of the cost of material (the rest
is borne by the states).
 Started in 2006
 Has legal backing of MGNREGA Act
 Scheduled Caste workers has consistently been about 20%
 Scheduled Tribe workers has been about 17%
 Statutory minimum limit for women share of work is 33%. This limit has been crossed all along.
 More than 65% of the works taken up under the programme are linked to agriculture and allied activities
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Gramin
Aim:
 To provide a pucca house with basic amenities to all rural families by end of March 2022. People who
are homeless or living in kutcha or dilapidated houses are eligible for benefits.
Scheme:
 It will be implemented in rural areas across the country except Delhi and Chandigarh
 Beneficiaries: Beneficiaries are identified as per the housing deprivation parameters and exclusion criteria
prescribed under Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011. Gram Sabha verifies the eligible
beneficiaries.
 Target: The scheme had a target of construction of 2.95 crore pucca houses for eligible rural households
by March, 2022.
 Fund sharing pattern -The grants under the scheme are shared between the Centre and States in the ratio
of:
o 90:10 in case of NE States, Himalayan States & Himalayan UTs.
o For all other States, funds are shared in the ratio of 60:40 by the Centre and the States.
o In cases of other UTs, entire funds are provided by the Centre.
 Monitoring: The programme implementation is monitored not only electronically but also through
community participation (Social Audit), Member of Parliament (DISHA Committee), Central and State
Government officials, National Level Monitors, etc.
 Under it, financial assistance will be provided for construction of dwelling units and upgradations of
existing unserviceable kutcha houses
 The beneficiary would be facilitated to avail loan of up to 70000 rupees for construction of the house
which is optional
 The programme provides for skilling 5 lakh Rural Masons by 2019 and allows over 200 different
housing designs across the country based on a detailed study of housing typologies, environmental
hazards and the households’ requirements.
 There is a provision for orientation of beneficiaries. A 45 days on site hands-on skill training of Rural
Masons helps poor households to move up the skilling ladder
 It replaces Indira Awas Yojana
National Social Assistance Program (NSAP)
Ministry : Ministry of Rural Development

Program:
 It is a social security and welfare programme to provide support to aged persons, widows, disabled
persons and bereaved families on death of primary bread winner, belonging to below poverty line
households.
 It 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) and
5. Annapurna.
 Under NSAP 100% Central Assistance is extended to the States/UTs to provide the benefits in
accordance with the norms, guidelines and conditions laid down by the Central Government.
 Various Benefits:
o Rs200-500 a month pension for senior citizens in BPL households
o Rs300-500 a month pension for widows above 40 years in BPL households
o Rs 300 a month to disabled person between 17-89 years in BPL households
o Rs 20000 upon the death of a breadwinner aged 18-59 in BPL households
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana -National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)
 Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme

 Launched in: It was launched by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) in 2011 as a restructured
version of Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna(SGSY).
 In 2015, the program was renamed as Deendayal Antayodaya Yojana(DAY-NRLM).
 Objective: It looks to create efficient and effective institutional platforms for the rural poor. It will enable
SHGs to increase household income through sustainable livelihood enhancements and improved access to
financial services.
 World Bank Support: The mission is aided in part through investment support by the World Bank.
 Target: The mission has set out an agenda to cover 7 Crore rural poor households through self-managed
Self Help Groups(SHGs) and federated institutions. It will support them for livelihoods collectives in a
period of 8-10 years.
Features of DAY-NRLM:
 Social Mobilization: It will bring at least one woman member from each identified rural poor household,
under the Self Help Group (SHG) network in a time-bound manner. Special emphasis is, particularly on
vulnerable communities.
 Community Institutions: The Mission involves working with the community institutions through
community professionals to promote self-help.
 Financial Inclusion – The mission works on both the demand and supply sides of financial inclusion. On
the demand side, it promotes financial literacy among the poor and provides capital to the SHGs. On the
supply side, it coordinates with the financial sector to encourage the use of financial technologies.
 Convergence: The mission places a high emphasis on convergence with other programs of the MoRD
and other Central Ministries. Convergence is also sought with programs of state governments for
developing synergies directly or indirectly with institutions of the poor.
Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan
Aims to provide work to migrant workers in 116 selected districts.
Scheme:
 The Ministry of Rural Development is the nodal Ministry for this scheme.
 The scheme is primarily meant for migrant workers in those districts where their numbers are 25,000 or
more.
 It is a rural public works scheme to empower and provide livelihood opportunities to the returnee
migrant workers and rural citizens.
 Under this scheme, within 125 days, for 116 districts, nearly 25 schemes of the government will be
brought together.
 The scheme entails creating infrastructure in the rural areas, apart from providing employment
opportunities.
 Funds to the tune of Rs.50000 crore has been allocated for this scheme.
 The central and state governments have mapped the skill sets of migrant workers who have returned to
the 116 districts.
 Some of the works included under this are provision of gas pipelines, works under District Mineral Fund,
waste management works, rural roads, Anganwadi centres, rural housing, railway works, RURBAN
mission in rural areas, solar pump sets, laying of fibre optic cables, Jal Jeeven, etc.
Annapurna Scheme
Ministry : Ministry of Rural Development
 The scheme is under the Ministry of Rural development and Department of Food and Public
Distribution allocates food grains as per the requirements of Ministry of Rural Development.
 Senior citizens of 65 years of age or above who are not getting pension under the National Old Age
Pension Scheme (NOAPS) are provided 10 kg of food grains per person per month free of cost.
Ajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY)
Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development
AGEY aims to provide an alternative source of livelihood to members of Self Help Groups (SHGs) by facilitating them
to operate public transport services in backward rural areas.
Scheme:
 It is a sub-scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-
NRLM)
 It will provide safe, affordable and community monitored rural transport services like e-rickshaws, 3 and
4 wheeler motorised transport vehicles to connect remote villages.
 These transport vehicles will connect villages with key services and amenities including access to markets,
education and health for the overall economic development of the area.
 The scheme will be implemented in 250 blocks in the country on a pilot basis for a period of 3 years
from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
 Under it, Community Based Organisation (CBO) is proposed to provide interest free loan from its own
corpus to SHG member for purchase of the vehicle.
Ajeevika - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)
Objective: To reduce poverty by enabling the poor households to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage
employment opportunities, resulting in appreciable improvement in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis, through
building strong grassroots institutions of the poor
Mission:
 It is also called Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana - NRLM
 Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) was restructured as National Rural Livelihoods Mission in
2011
 NRLM has now been renamed as Aajeevika.
 World Bank supported program
 Organise rural BPL people in SHGs and make them capable for self-employment by providing capacities
such as information, knowledge, skills, tools, finance and collectivization.
 It has a special focus on women empowerment including a dedicated component for promoting farm and
non-farm based livelihoods for women farmers in rural areas
 It is implemented across the country in all States and Union Territories (except Delhi and Chandigarh).
 Works on three pillars:
o Enhancing and expanding existing livelihoods options of the poor
o Building skills for the job market outside; and
o Nurturing self-employed and entrepreneurs.
 It was launched as NRLM in 2011 but was succeeded by Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana in 2016
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)
 DDU-GKY is tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families
and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth.
 It aims at transforming rural poor youth into an economically independent and globally relevant
workforce.
 It focused on rural youth between the ages of 15 and 35 years from poor families.
 Special initiatives under DDU-GKY:
a. Himayat : A special scheme for the youth (rural & urban) of Jammu & Kashmir.
b. Roshni: A special initiative for the rural youth of poor families in 27 Left-wing Extremist
(LWE) districts across 9 states.
Neeranchal National Watershed Project
Objective: The project aims to fulfil the watershed component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMSKY)
to reduce surface runoff of rainwater, increase groundwater levels and better water availability in rain-fed areas
Framework:
 The cost of the project is estimated at Rs. 2,142.30 crore of which the Centre will be pitching in with Rs.
889 crore while Rs. 182 crore will be provided by the respective State Governments. The remaining 50%
of the project cost will be financed by a World Bank loan.
Scheme:
Neeranchal is primarily designed to address the following concerns:
 bring about institutional changes in watershed and rainfed agricultural management practices in India,
 build systems that ensure watershed programmes and rainfed irrigation management practices are better
focussed, and more coordinated, and have quantifiable results,
 devise strategies for the sustainability of improved watershed. management practices in
programme areas, even after the withdrawal of project support,
 through the watershed plus approach, support improved equity, livelihoods, and incomes through
forward linkages, on a platform of inclusiveness and local participation.
 World Bank assisted project
 It will be implemented across nine States – Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Gujarat, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Rajasthan.
 It can be considered as a new version of Integrated Watershed Management Programme
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)
Objective: To provide all-weather road connectivity to all eligible unconnected habitations.
Scheme:
 It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme
 The programme envisages connecting all eligible unconnected habitations with :
o A population of 500 persons and above in plain areas
o 250 persons and above in Hill States, Tribal (Schedule-V) areas, the Desert Areas (as
identified in Desert Development Programme) and 82 Selected Tribal and Backward
Districts under Integrated Action Plan (IAP) as identified by the Ministry of Home
Affairs/Planning Commission.
 The programme also has an Upgradation component in order to ensure full farm to market connectivity.
 The Rural Roads is one of the six components of Bharat Nirman
 World Bank has supported PMGSY since its inception.
 For this scheme, 75 paise per litre has been earmarked out of cess levied on high speed diesel.
 It considers habitation as unit for providing connectivity and not a revenue village.
 The scheme encourages use of “Green Technologies” and non-conventional materials (like waste plastic,
geo-textiles, fly-ash, iron and copper slag etc) for constructing rural roads.
 Funding pattern : In ratio of 60:40 between Centre and State for all States except for 8 North Eastern
and 3 Himalayan States (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir) for which it is 90:10.
RURBAN
Objective: To transform rural areas to economically, socially and physically sustainable spaces
Scheme:
 Also called Shyama Prasad Mukharjee Rurban mission
 It is a cluster based approach
 State Governments would identify ‘clusters’ (geographically contiguous Gram Panchayats with a
population of about 25000 to 50000 in plain and coastal areas and a population of 5000 to 15000 in
desert, hilly or tribal areas).
 These clusters would be developed by provisioning of economic activities, developing skills & local
entrepreneurship and providing infrastructure amenities. The Rurban Mission will thus develop a cluster
of Smart Villages.
 The scheme will function with 14 mandatory components to ensure an optimum level of development of
a cluster, which include skill development training linked to economic activities, digital literacy, fully
equipped mobile health unit and inter-village road connectivity
 The other components of the scheme in clusters will be providing citizen service centres- for electronic
delivery of citizen centric services and e-gram connectivity, public transport, LPG gas connections, agro
processing, agri services including storage and warehousing, sanitation, provision of piped water supply,
solid and liquid waste management and upgrading education facilities.
 The mission also aims to set up these clusters by 2019-20 across the country.
Funding:
 The funding will be through various schemes of the government converged into the cluster.
 The mission will provide an additional funding support of up to 30% of the project cost per cluster as
critical gap funding as central share to enable development of such ‘rurban clusters’.
 The cost of developing a cluster might vary between Rs 50 crore and Rs 52 crore.
 The preferred mode of delivery would be through public-private-partnerships while using various scheme
funds.
Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
Objective: To ensure integrated development of the selected village across multiple areas such as agriculture, health,
education, sanitation, environment, livelihoods etc.
Scheme:
 Launched on birth anniversary of Jayprakash Narayan
 MPs are required to pick one village with a population of 3000-4000 in plains and 1000-3000 in hills
within a month of the launch.
 MPs cannot pick villages which belong to themselves or their spouses.
 The scheme requires them to draft a village development plan, motivate inhabitants to participate in
growth via different activities, identify gaps in funding and mobilising MPLAD funds to create
additional resources specifically from CSR initiatives of various corporate houses, in areas of sanitation
and water supply.
 The outcomes will cover a wide spectrum of indicators like health, nutrition and education through
organising and monitoring immunization drives, improving standard and quality of mid-day meal
schemes, improving Aadhaar enrolment, setting up “smart schools” with IT-enabled classrooms and e-
libraries, Panchayat infrastructure improvement under schemes such as MGNREGA and Backward
Regions Grants Fund etc.
 Social development and harmony should be encouraged through activities like identifying and celebrating
a village day, a village song and also laying stress on alternate modes of dispute resolution.
 District Collectors will carry ground-level surveys along with monthly review meetings to monitor
progress .
 At the State-level, Chief Secretaries will head empowered committee on the same and the Minister for
Rural Development and Secretary, Rural Development, will chair two national-level committees to track
the scheme
Startup Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)

About SVEP
 The SVEP is implemented by Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana –National Rural Livelihoods Mission
(DAY-NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development, as a sub-scheme since 2016.
 Its aims are to support the rural poor come out of poverty, supporting them set up enterprises and
provide support till the enterprises stabilize.
 SVEP focuses on providing self-employment opportunities with financial assistance and training in
business management and soft skills while creating local community cadres for promotion of enterprises.
 It addresses three major pillars of rural start-ups namely – finances, incubation and skill ecosystems.
Ministry of Science and Technology
IMPRINT India
Ministry/Department : Department of Science & Technology and HRD Ministry
Aims to boost research and innovation in India.
Scheme:
 IMPRINT India Programme is joint initiative of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian
Institute of Science (IISc).
 It seeks to develop road map for research to solve major engineering and technology challenges in 10
technology domains relevant for country.
 These domains include health care, information and communication technology, energy, sustainable
habitat, nano‐technology hardware, water resources and river systems, advanced materials, manufacturing,
security and defence, and environment and climate.
 These domains are distributed among IITs Kharagpur, Kanpur, Bombay, Roorkee, Madras and IISC,
Bengaluru.
 The Ministry of Human Resource Development has sanctioned Rs. 1000 crore for phase II of Impacting
Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) India programme to boost research and innovation in
the country.
 Under the IMPRINT-II, a fund is being created by Department of Science and Technology (DST) and
HRD Ministry together, in which participation will come from industry and other interested Ministries.
Objectives of IMPRINT
 Identify areas of immediate relevance that requires innovation in the society.
 Ensure support and higher funding for research for identified areas.
 Measure outcomes of innovation and research efforts and its impact on people’s standard of living.
Significance
 It will motivate technical institutions to conduct research in areas where the country is heavily dependent
on foreign technology.
 Under IMPRINT-I Programme, 142 projects at cost of Rs. 318.71 crore are already under
implementation.
 These projects cover 10 crucial technology domains mentioned above.
Promoting Innovations in Individuals, Startups, and MSMEs (PRISM)
Nodal Ministry: PRISM is an initiative of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research(DSIR), Ministry of
Aim: To help an individual innovator to become a successful technopreneur. It promotes, supports, and funds
implementable and commercially viable innovations created for society.
Who is eligible? Under the initiative, an innovator of Indian nationality – student, professional and common citizen is
eligible.
Features: Eligible candidates are provided with technical, strategic, and financial assistance by DSIR-PRISM.
Assistance is provided on the stages like idea development, prototype development, and pilot scaling and patenting.
Sectors Covered: The proposals under the scheme will be accepted for the following sectors:
 Green technology
 Clean energy
 Industrially utilizable smart materials
 Waste to Wealth
 Affordable Healthcare
 Water & Sewage Management and
 Any other technology or knowledge-intensive area.
Financial Assistance: The grant under the scheme is given in two phases:
 Phase I:
o Category-I: For proof of concept/prototype/models, a grant amount of around Rs. 2
lakhs to Rs. 20 lakhs.
o Category-II: For fabrication of working model/ process know-how/ testing, a grant
amount of around Rs. 2 lakhs to Rs. 20 lakhs.
 Phase II: For Enterprise incubation, a grant amount of a maximum of around Rs.50 lakhs.

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POWER Initiative
The Union Minister for Science & Technology has launched a Scheme titled SERB-POWER (Promoting
Opportunities for Women in Exploratory Research).
POWER Initiative
 It is a scheme to mitigate gender disparity in science and engineering research funding in various S&T
programs in Indian academic institutions and R&D laboratories.
 The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a statutory body of the DST has been
contemplating to institute a scheme to mitigate gender disparity in science and engineering.
 SERB – POWER Scheme will have two components namely (i) SERB-POWER Fellowship (ii) SERB-
POWER Research Grants.
A. Salient features of the SERB-POWER Fellowship

1. Target: Women researchers in 35-55 years of age. Up-to 25 Fellowships per year and not more than 75
at any point in time.
2. Components of support: Fellowship of Rs. 15,000/- per month in addition to regular income; Research
grant of Rs. 10 lakh per annum; and Overhead of Rs. 90,000/- per annum.
3. Duration: Three years, without the possibility of extension. Once in a career.
B. Salient features of the SERB – POWER Research Grants

POWER Grants will empower women researchers by funding them under the following two categories:
1. Level I (Applicants from IITs, IISERs, IISc, NITs, Central Universities, and National Labs of Central
Government Institutions): The scale of funding is up to 60 lakhs for three years.
2. Level II (Applicants from State Universities / Colleges and Private Academic Institutions): The scale of
funding is up to 30 lakhs for three years.
Why need such a scheme?

 Integration of the gender dimension in research design has gained considerable attention in the global
scenario.
 Enhancement of participation and promotion of women in the research workforce has to be one of the
prime priorities.
National Mission on Quantum Technologies & Applications (NM-QTA)
National Mission on Quantum Technologies & Applications (NM-QTA)

 The NM-QTA, also called the National Quantum Mission, was announced with an outlay of Rs.8000
crore for five years in the Budget 2020.
 The scheme is implemented by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the Ministry of
 The focus areas for the mission will be addressing national priorities through:
o Fundamental science
o Translation
o Technology development
 The mission is expected to address the ever-increasing technological demands of society and also take
into account the international achievements and trends in this domain.
 It is also expected to benefit in preparing the next generation skilled manpower, encourage translational
research, and promote entrepreneurship and develop an ecosystem for start-ups.
 Quantum principles will be used to engineer solutions to problems in the field of communications,
computing, chemistry, sensing, cryptography, mechanics, imaging among others.
National Initiative for Development and Harnessing Innovation (NIDHI)
Ministry/Department : Department of Science and Technology
Objective: To nurture ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into successful startups.
Program:
 NIDHI focuses on building a seamless and innovation driven entrepreneurial ecosystem especially by
channelizing youth towards it and thereby bringing in the positive impact on the socio-economic
development of the country.
 The program aims to provide technological solutions not only to the pressing needs of the society but
also targets to create new avenues for wealth and job creation.
 NIDHI, by design connects and strengthens all the links of the innovation chain from scouting to
sustaining to securing to scaling to showcasing, because a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
 The key stakeholders of NIDHI includes various departments and ministries of the central government,
state governments, academic and R & D institutions, mentors, financial institutions, angel investors,
venture capitalists, industry champions and private sectors.
 NIDHI strongly addresses the new national aspirations by massively scaling up DST’s experience of
three decades in promoting innovative startups.
Swarna Jayanti fellowship
 The Swarna Jayanti Fellowships scheme was instituted by the Government of India to commemorate
India's fiftieth year of Independence.
 It provides special assistance and support to a selected number of young scientists with a proven track
record to enable them to pursue basic research in frontier areas of science and technology.
 The award consists of a Fellowship of Rs. 25000 per month in addition to the salary drawn from the
parent Institute along with a Research Grant of Rs. 5 lakh per annum by Department of Science and
Technology (DST) for a period of 5 years.
 In addition to fellowship, grants for equipment, computational facilities, consumables, contingencies,
national and international travel, and other special requirements, if any, is covered based on merit.
 The fellowships are scientist specific and not institution-specific, very selective, and have close academic
monitoring.
 Scientists selected for the award are allowed to pursue unfettered research with a freedom and flexibility
in terms of expenditure as approved in the research plan.
 The project should contain innovative research ideas and it should have a potential of making impact on
R&D in the discipline.
 The project submitted by the selected Fellows are considered for funding by the Science & Engineering
Research Board (SERB) as per SERB norms.
 SERB is a statutory body under the Department of Science and Technology, established by an Act of the
Parliament of India in 2009.
AWSAR (Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research) Scheme
Ministry: Ministry of Science and Technology
Scheme:
 The scheme aims to encourage, empower and endow popular science writing through newspapers,
magazines, blogs, social media, etc. by young PhD Scholars and Post-Doctoral Fellows during course of
their studies and research pursuits.
 It also seeks to tap tremendous potential of young scientists to popularize & communicate science and
also to inculcate scientific temperament in the masses.
 The scheme also carries monetary incentive to each of 100 best entries from PhD scholars in year along
with Certificate of Appreciation besides getting the story published/projected in mass media.
 In addition, three leading stories from selected hundred will be also awarded cash prize.
 Further, twenty entries will be selected from articles submitted exclusively by Post-Doctoral Fellows
relating to their line of Research for monetary incentive and most outstanding story to be given a cash
prize of Rs.1,00,000/-.
Biotech-KISAN
Ministry/Department : Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology
KISAN stands for Krishi Innovation Science Application Network
Scheme:
 Its purpose is to connect farmers, scientist and science institution across country.
 Under it, fellowship will be given to women farmers for training and education in farm practice.
 Under it scientists will spend time on farms and link communication tools to soil, water seed and market.
 The main aim of the scheme is to understand individual problems of the small holding farmers and
provide ready solutions.
 It will be implemented in 15 agro-climatic zones of India in phased manner with objective of linking new
technology to farm by understanding problem of local farmer
 Biotech-KISAN will connect farmers to best global practices; training workshops will be held in India
and other countries. Farmers and Scientists will partner across the globe.
Cattle Genomics Scheme
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Science and Technology
Scheme:
 The scheme aims at boosting selective breeding of the native livestock more accurately to ensure high-
yielding, disease-resistant, resilient livestock.
 Under it, government will undertake an ambitious project of genome sequencing of 40
registered indigenous cattle breeds of India.
 Besides, a high-density DNA chips will be developed under this scheme to reduce the cost and time
interval of breeding of the native livestock.
 Genome selection will use information on variations in DNA sequences between animals to predict the
breeding value more accurately. Thus, help to transform livestock breeding.
Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) programme
Ministry/ Department : Department of Science and Technology
Program:
 It will promote self-driven cars, autonomous unmanned vehicles and aircraft navigation systems
 It aims to break silos in academia and encourage greater synergy between the university scientists and
industry.
 Under it, centres of excellence would be developed at the IITs and universities. Moreover, there will be
dedicated courses on the subject
Need for such a program:

 CPS is an important technological evolutionary area that needed to be addressed as it has potential to
pose unprecedented challenges and also stresses to India’s demographic dividend.
 It can be turned into a huge opportunity by ensuring that India’s future workforce is skilled in robotics,
artificial intelligence, digital manufacturing, big data analysis, quantum communication and IoTs.
 The National Science Foundation of the United States already has identified CPS as a key area of inter-
disciplinary research back in 2003.
 It means that India is late entrant in this technology which has huge potential.
INSPIRE Scheme
Ministry/Department : Department of Science & Technology
INSPIRE stands for Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research
Objective: To attract talent to Science.
Scheme:
 Communicate to the youth of the country the excitements of creative pursuit of science
 Attract talent towards science at an early age
 build the required critical human resource pool for strengthening and expanding the Science &
Technology system and R&D base
 It does not believe in conducting competitive exams for identification of talent at any level. It believes in
and relies on the efficacy of the existing educational structure for identification of talent.
 INSPIRE has three components:
a. Scheme for Early Attraction of Talent (SEATS) -> Awards and internships
b. Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) and
c. Assured Opportunity for Research Careers (AORC) -> Fellowship and Faculty Scheme
 Started in 2008
MANAK
 MANAK stands for Million Minds Augmenting National Aspirations and Knowledge
 It is the new name for INSPIRE Awards
 What is new in this remodified scheme?
 Best ideas would be worked upon by professional engineers and designers and taken up for
potential commercial development with intellectual property rights for the children
 The top 60 ideas will also get incubation support. Professionals will work on these and the
children will share the intellectual property
National Biopharma Mission
Aims to make capabilities in biopharmaceuticals to be globally competitive level over the next decade.
Mission:
 It is an Industry-Academia mission to accelerate biopharmaceutical development in India.
 The mission will be implemented by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), a
PSU of Department of Biotechnology.
 Under it, ministry launched Innovate in India (i3) program to create an enabling ecosystem to promote
entrepreneurship and indigenous manufacturing in the sector.
 i3 is a flagship program of the Government of India in collaboration with World Bank.
 It is committed to make India a hub for design and development of novel, affordable and effective
biopharmaceutical products and solutions.
Facts:
 Launched in 2017 at total cost of US $250 million for five years with 50% funding through World
Bank Loan.
Significance of Mission:
 It will provide a holistic and integrated approach to strengthen and support entire product development
value chain for accelerating research leads to product development.
 This will help not only in immediate product development for addressing public health needs, but also
help to create ecosystem which will facilitate development of continuous pipeline of products.
 The mission will concentrate on development of specific products such as vaccines, medical devices,
biotherapeutics and diagnostics etc.
 Besides, it will also work on establishment of shared infrastructure and facilities.
 It will help in building and strengthening domain specific knowledge and management skills at the same
time creating and enhancing technology transfer capabilities in public and private sector.
National Initiative for Development and Harnessing Innovation (NIDHI)
Ministry/Department : Department of Science and Technology
Objective: To nurture ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into successful startups.
Program:
 NIDHI focuses on building a seamless and innovation driven entrepreneurial ecosystem especially by
channelizing youth towards it and thereby bringing in the positive impact on the socio-economic
development of the country.
 The program aims to provide technological solutions not only to the pressing needs of the society but
also targets to create new avenues for wealth and job creation.
 NIDHI, by design connects and strengthens all the links of the innovation chain from scouting to
sustaining to securing to scaling to showcasing, because a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
 The key stakeholders of NIDHI includes various departments and ministries of the central government,
state governments, academic and R & D institutions, mentors, financial institutions, angel investors,
venture capitalists, industry champions and private sectors.
 NIDHI strongly addresses the new national aspirations by massively scaling up DST’s experience of three
decades in promoting innovative startups.
VAJRA Faculty Scheme
VAJRA stands for Visiting Advanced Joint Research
Scheme enables NRIs and overseas scientific community to participate and contribute to research and development in
India.
Scheme:
 The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a Statutory body of the Department of Science
and Technology will implement the Scheme.
 Foreign researchers of Indian origin or otherwise can collaborate with faculties in public funded Indian
institutions.
 The researchers would receive endowments at par with those in their own countries. They would be
given USD 15,000 in the first month of residency and USD 10,000, for the remaining months.
 The scheme would promote broad areas of research like energy, health, advance material among others.
 Public funded academic institutions and national laboratories will be eligible for hosting the VAJRA
Faculty.
 The VAJRA faculty can reside in India for a minimum of 1 month and a maximum of 3 months a year.
 The applications received from the interested foreign researchers would be evaluated by a Selection
Committee of eminent scientists.
 The Committee will meet twice a year in January and July and make recommendations.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
SANKALP scheme
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
SANKALP = Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion
Aims to implement the mandate of the National Skill Development Mission(NSDM).
Scheme:
 SANKALP is an outcome-oriented programme of Ministry of Skills Development &
Entrepreneurship(MSDE) with a special focus on decentralised planning and quality improvement.
 SANKALP is Rs 4455 crore centrally sponsored scheme including Rs 3300 crore loan support from
World Bank.
 The main objectives of SANKALP include
o Institutional Strengthening (at National, State & District level)
o Quality Assurance of skill development programs
o Inclusion of marginalized population in skill development and
o Expanding Skills through Public Private Partnerships(PPPs).
 SANKALP scheme envisages setting up of Trainers and Assessors academies with self-sustainable models.
 Over 50 such academies are to be set up in priority sectors.
 It will leverage institutions for training trainers in both long and short term VET thereby bringing about
convergence.
 Additional trainer academies will also be set up.
 It will focus on greater decentralization in skill planning by institutional strengthening at State level
which includes setting up of SSDMs and allow states to come up with State and District level Skill
Development Plans (SSDPDSDP).
 It also aims at enhancement of inclusion of underprivileged and marginalized communities including
women, Scheduled Castes (SCs)/Schedule Tribes (STs) and Persons with Disabilities (PWD).
 It will also develop a skilling ecosystem that will support the country’s rise in Ease of Doing Business
index.
Significance:
 The scheme will provide the required impetus to National Skill Development Mission, 2015 and its
various sub missions.
 It is aligned to flagship programs of Government such as Make in India and Swachhta Abhiyan and aim
at developing globally competitive workforce for domestic and overseas requirements.
 Moreover, it converges skilling efforts of various central, state and private sector institutions thus, avoids
duplication of activities and bringing about uniformity in vocational training for creating better impact.
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
Objective : To impart skill training to youth, focussing on improved curricula, better pedagogy and trained instructors
Scheme :
 It is a skill certification and monetary reward scheme.
 National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is the implementing agency
 The training includes soft skills, personal grooming, behavioural change et al.
 The Skill training would be based on the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) and industry
led standards
 Under the scheme, a monetary reward is given to trainees on assessment and certification by third party
assessment bodies. The average monetary reward is around Rs.8,000 per trainee.
 Focus on improved curricula, better pedagogy and better trained instructors
 Besides catering to domestic skill needs, the scheme will also focus on skill training aligned to
international standards for overseas employment in European and Gulf countries etc
 We have 605 million people below the age of 25
 Scheme started in 2015
 It will cover 24 lakh youths.
PMKVY 2.0
 2016-20
 Greater alignment with other missions of the government of India like Make in India, Digital India,
Swachh Bharat.
 To benefit 10 million youth over a period of four years (2016- 2020).
PMKVY 3.0
 Objective: It envisages to train around 8 lakh candidates over the scheme period of 2020-2021.
 Key Features:
o This phase is designed towards making skill development more demand-driven and
decentralised in its approach with a focus on digital technology, Industry 4.0 skills and
COVID-related skills.
o It will encourage healthy competition between states. This is achieved by increasing the
allocation to those states that perform better.
Skill India Campaign
Aim : The chief objective of the Skill India Mission is to provide market-relevant skills training to more than 40 crore
young people in the country by the year 2022.
It is the umbrella campaign under which following was unveiled :

 National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015
 National Skill Development Mission
 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
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 Launched on World Youth Skills Day on 15 July 2015
ASEEM Portal
ASEEM = Aatmanirbhar Skilled Employee-Employer Mapping
Aims portal to help skilled people find sustainable livelihood opportunities.
ASEEM Portal:
 ASEEM refers to all the data, trends and analytics which describe the workforce market and map demand
of skilled workforce to supply.
 It is developed and managed by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) in collaboration with
Bengaluru-based Company named Betterplace.
 It is an AI-based portal which will map details of workers based on regions and local industry demands
and will bridge the demand-supply gap of skilled workforce across sectors.
 It will provide employers with a platform to assess the availability of a skilled workforce and formulate
their hiring plans.
 It will also provide real-time granular information by identifying relevant skilling requirements and
employment prospects.
National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme
Objective to provide apprenticeship training to over 50 lakh youngsters by 2019-20 in order to create more jobs
Scheme:
 Scheme will be implemented by Director General of Training (DGT)
 Union Government will provide financial incentives to the employers to engage apprentices
 Union Government will directly share 25% of the total stipend payable to an apprentice with employers
 In addition, Union Government will also support basic training which is considered an essential
component of apprenticeship training
 Union Government will bear the 50% of the total expenditure incurred on providing basic training to an
apprentice.
 The NAPS has been framed to meet objective of National Policy of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship, 2015 which focuses on apprenticeship as one of the key components for creating
skilled manpower in India.
National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015
Objective: To provide an umbrella framework to all skilling activities
Policy:
 The national policy will provide clarity and coherence on how skill development efforts across the
country can be aligned within the existing institutional arrangements.
 This policy will link skills development to improved employability and productivity.
 Bridging existing skill gaps, promoting industry engagement, operationalising a quality assurance
framework, leverage technology and promoting greater opportunities for apprenticeship training
 Equity is also a focus of the Policy, which targets skilling opportunities for socially/geographically
marginalised and disadvantaged groups
 Skill development and entrepreneurship programmes for women are a specific focus
 In the entrepreneurship domain, the Policy seeks to educate and equip potential entrepreneurs, both
within and outside the formal education system
 It also seeks to connect entrepreneurs to mentors, incubators and credit markets, foster innovation and
entrepreneurial culture, improve ease of doing business and promote a focus on social entrepreneurship
National Skill Development Mission
Objective:
 To provide a strong institutional framework at the Centre and States for implementation of skilling
activities in the country.
 To train 40.2 crore people by 2022
Mission:
 The Mission has been developed to create convergence across sectors and States in terms of skill training
activities.
 National Skill Development Mission would not only consolidate and coordinate skilling efforts, but also
expedite decision making across sectors to achieve skilling at scale with speed and standards
 It will be implemented through a streamlined institutional mechanism driven by Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE)
 Institutional mechanisms is three tiered:
o Governing Council for policy guidance at apex level,
o Steering Committee and
o Mission Directorate (along with an Executive Committee) as the executive arm of the
Mission.
 Mission Directorate will be supported by three other institutions:
o National Skill Development Agency (NSDA),
o National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), and
o Directorate General of Training (DGT).
 Seven sub-missions have been proposed initially to act as building blocks for achieving overall objectives
of the Mission. They are:
o Institutional Training,
o Infrastructure,
o Convergence,
o Trainers,
o Overseas Employment,
o Sustainable Livelihoods,
o Leveraging Public Infrastructure.
 Approved and started in 2015
Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana
Objective: To build an ecosystem of entrepreneurship for youngsters
Scheme:
 PMYY is MSDE’s flagship scheme on entrepreneurship education and training.
 The scheme spans over five years (2016-17 to 2020-21) with a project cost of 499.94 crore rupees.
 It will provide entrepreneurship education and training to over 7 lakh students in 5 years through 3,050
institutes.
 It will provide easy access to information and mentor network, incubator, credit and accelerator and
advocacy to create a pathway for the youth.
 The institutes under the PMYY include 2,200 institutes of higher learning (colleges, universities, and
premier institutes), 500 ITIs, 300 schools and 50 entrepreneurship development centres through Massive
Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
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Ministry of Shipping
Sagarmala scheme
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Shipping
Objective: To promote port-led direct and indirect development and to provide infrastructure to transport goods to
and from ports quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively
Scheme :
 Three pillars:
o Supporting and enabling Port-led Development
o Port Infrastructure Enhancement, including modernization and setting up of new ports,
and
o Efficient Evacuation to and from hinterland.
 The programme aims to promote port-led development in the country by harnessing India's 7,500-km
long coastline, 14,500-km of potentially navigable waterways and strategic location on key international
maritime trade routes.
 It envisages transforming existing ports into modern world class ports as well as developing new ones.
 It also aims to develop efficient evacuation systems through road, rail, inland and coastal waterways.
 Approved in 2015
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission
Aims at promoting innovation and enterprise among SC students studying in higher educational institutions.
What is ASIIM ?
 Under Ambedkar Social Innovation Incubation Mission initiative, one thousand SC youth will be
identified in the next four years with start-up ideas through the Technology Business Incubators in
various higher educational institutions.
 They will be funded 30 lakh rupees in three years as equity funding to translate their start-up ideas into
commercial ventures.
 Successful ventures would further qualify for venture funding of up to five Crore rupees from the
Venture Capital Fund for SCs.
Venture Capital Fund for SCs:

 The Social Justice Ministry had launched the Venture Capital Fund for SCs in 2014-15 with a view to
developing entrepreneurship amongst the SC and Divyang youth and to enable them to become job-
givers.
 The objective of this fund is to provide concessional finance to the entities of the SC entrepreneurs.
Under this fund, 117 companies promoted by SC entrepreneurs have been sanctioned financial assistance
to set up business ventures.
Dr. Ambedkar Scheme for Social Integration through Inter-Caste Marriages
 The scheme was launched in 2013 by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
 Objective: This scheme was launched to extend the financial incentive to the intermarriage couples. It will
enable them to settle down in the initial phase of their married life.
 Incentives: Every such couple that involves a Schedule Caste is eligible to get a one-time incentive of Rs
2.5 lakh from the Centre. It is irrespective of their total annual income.
Post Matric Scholarship for Schedule Caste Students (PMS-SC)
Ministry : Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Aims to provide financial assistance to SC students studying at post-matriculation or post-secondary stage to enable
them to complete their education.
Scheme:
 It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with a funding pattern of 60-40 for the Centre and States.
 These scholarships are available for studies in India only and are awarded by the government of the
State/Union Territory to which the applicant actually belongs i.e. permanently settled.
 Some revision has been made in scheme recently.
 The revision in PMS-SC scheme aims to ensure effective implementation and better monitoring of the
schemes.
 It will cover larger numbers of eligible and deserving poor SC students who will be able to pursue higher
studies.
 It will also ensure effective implementation, achieve de-duplication and enhanced monitoring.
 Under revised PMS-SC, annual parental income ceiling has been increased to Rs. 2.5 lakh.
 Disbursement of scholarships will be now through Aadhaar seeded bank accounts.
Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS)

Scheme:
 It is to create an enabling environment to ensure equal opportunities, equity, social justice and
empowerment of persons with disabilities.
 It encourage voluntary action for ensuring effective implementation of the people with disabilities (equal
opportunities and protection of rights) act of 1995.
 The definition of disability includes Blindness, Low vision, Leprosy-cured, Hearing impairment, Loco
motor disability, Mental retardation and Mental illness.
 Parents/guardians and voluntary organizations are encouraged to provide rehabilitation services.
 To provide financial assistance to facilitate delivery of various services to voluntary organizations’ grants-
in-aid to NGOS.
Post Matric Scholarship for Other Backward Classes Students (PMS-OBC)
Aims to provide financial assistance to OBC students studying at post-matriculation or post-secondary stage to enable
them to complete their education.
Scheme:
 It is in operation since 1998-99.
 Some revision has been made in scheme recently.
 The revision in PMS-OBC scheme aims to ensure effective implementation and better monitoring of the
schemes.
 It will cover larger numbers of eligible and deserving poor OBC students who will be able to pursue
higher studies.
 It will also ensure effective implementation, achieve de-duplication and enhanced monitoring.
 Under revised PMS-OBC, annual parental income ceiling has been increased from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 1.5
lakh.
 Now onwards, 30% of funds will be earmarked for girl students and 5% for students with disabilities.
 Disbursement of scholarships will be now through Aadhaar seeded bank accounts.
Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY)
Objective is to provide physical aids and assisted-living devices for senior citizens belonging to BPL category.
Scheme:
 It will be fully funded by the Central Government.
 The scheme will be distribute free of cost physical aids and assisted-living devices for senior citizens
belonging to BPL category.
 It will be implemented through the sole implementing agency ‘Artificial Limbs Manufacturing
Corporation (ALIMCO), a PSU under Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
 The eligible elderly beneficiary will get devices such as walking sticks, elbow crutches, walkers/crutches,
tripods/qadpods, hearing aids, wheelchair, aificial Dentures and Spectacles.
 The devices will help the Senior Citizens to overcome their age related physical impairment and to lead a
dignified and productive life with minimal dependence on care givers or other members of the family.
 Beneficiaries will be identified by the State Governments/UTs through a Committee chaired by the
Deputy Commissioner/District Collector.
 The Committee can utilize the data of BPL beneficiaries receiving Old Age Pension under the NSAP or
any other Scheme of the State/UTs for identification of senior citizens belonging to BPL category.
Facts:
 As per the Census of 2011, there are 10.38 crore senior citizens in the country and 5.2% of them suffer
from some sort of old age-related disability.
 It is projected that the number of senior citizens will increase to around 173 million by 2026.
Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan
Aims to enable persons with disabilities to gain universal access, equal opportunity for development, independent living
and participation in an inclusive society in all aspects of life.
Scheme:
 It is in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) to which
India is a signatory.
 The campaign targets three separate verticals for achieving universal accessibility namely the built up
environment, transportation eco-system and information & communication eco-system.
 Targets under the campaign
o Envisages making all railway stations of A1, A & B categories and the international airports
fully accessible to the disabled.
o Conducts accessibility audit of all the international airports, domestic airports, major
railway stations.
o Seeks to convert at least 10% of government owned public transport carriers in the
country fully accessible carriers for disabled persons by March 2018.
o At least 50% of all public documents by the Central and State Governments to meet
accessibility standards for persons with disabilities by March 2018.
Ministry of Statisitcs and Programme Implementation
MPLAD Scheme
Ministry: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
About MPLAD scheme:

 Launched in December, 1993
 It provides a mechanism for the Members of Parliament to recommend works of developmental nature
for creation of durable community assets and for provision of basic facilities including community
infrastructure, based on locally felt needs
Salient features:
 MPLADS is a centrally-sponsored plan scheme fully funded by the government of India under which
funds are released in the form of grants in-aid directly to the district authorities.
 Works, developmental in nature, based on locally felt needs and always available for the use of the public
at large, are eligible under the scheme.
 Preference under the scheme is given to works relating to national priorities, such as provision of drinking
water, public health, education, sanitation, roads, etc.
 The funds released under the scheme are non-lapsable. Funds not released in a particular year is carried
forward to the subsequent years, subject to eligibility.
 The MPs have a recommendatory role under the scheme. They recommend their choice of works to the
concerned district authorities who implement these works by following the established procedures of the
concerned state government.
 The district authority is empowered to examine the eligibility of works sanction funds and select the
implementing agencies, prioritise works, supervise overall execution, and monitor the scheme at the
ground level.
 The district authorities get the works executed through the line departments, local self-governments or
other government agencies. In some cases, the district authorities get the works executed through reputed
non-government organisations.
 The Lok Sabha Members can recommend works in their respective constituencies.
 The elected members of the Rajya Sabha can recommend works anywhere in the state from which they
are elected.
 Nominated members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha may select works for implementation anywhere
in the country.
 The MPs get ₹5 crore annually under the scheme. The money is released only after the Centre receives
completion certificates from districts.
 A two-year suspension of the MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme was announced so that
the amount saved can go to the Consolidated Fund of India to fight COVID-19.
Ministry of Textiles
Samarth Scheme
Ministry : Ministry of Textiles
Aim is to skill the youth for gainful and sustainable employment in textile sector covering entire value chain of
textiles, excluding spinning and weaving.
Scheme:
 The scheme is intended to provide demand driven, placement oriented National Skills Qualifications
Framework (NSQF) compliant skilling programmes to incentivize and supplement efforts of industry in
creating jobs in textiles sectors.
 Biometric process are used under this scheme for selection of candidates for training purpose.
 Moreover, government is also creating attendance system integrated with centralized Management
Information System (MIS) to ensure real time attendance.
Facts:
 Started in December 2017
Mega Investment Textiles Parks (MITRA) Scheme
Ministry: Ministry of Textile
Aim: The scheme aims to enable the textile industry to become globally competitive and boost exports. The scheme also
aims to boost employment generation within the textile sector and also attract large investment.
Main Features of the Scheme:

 Under the scheme, there is a plan to establish Seven textile parks over three years.
 These textile parks will have a world-class infrastructure.
 They will also have plug-and-play facilities (business facilities will be available ready-made) to help create
global champions in exports in the textile sector.
 Significance:
o The scheme will create a level-playing field for domestic manufacturers in the international
textiles market.
o It will also pave the way for India to become a global champion of textiles exports across
all segments.
Facts:
 Indian textile sector is the sixth-largest exporter of textiles and apparel in the world.
 The industry is also among the top employers in the country providing direct employment to 45 million
people and 60 million people in allied industries.
 Launched in 2021 budget.
National Technical Textiles Mission
Aim to position the country as a global leader in technical textiles and increase the use of technical textiles in
the domestic market.
Mission:
 Launched in 2020.
 Aims at take domestic market size to USD 40 billion - USD 50 billion by 2024.
 It will be implemented for four years starting from 2020-2021 and has four components:
1. R&D : The research will be at both fibre level and application-based in geo, agro, medical,
sports and mobile textiles and development of biodegradable technical textiles. Research
activities will also focus on the development of indigenous machinery and process
equipment.
2. Market : It is for the promotion and development of the market for technical textiles.
3. Export Promotion : It focuses on export promotion so that technical textile exports from
the country reach from Rs.14,000 crores to Rs. 20,000 crores by 2021-2022 and will
ensure 10% average growth every year till the Mission ends.
4. Skill Development : It focuses on education, training and skill development.
Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Textile
Objectives:
1. Employment generation and export by encouraging apparel and garment industry, which will provide
employment to women in particular and increase India’s share in global exports.
2. Promotion of Technical Textiles, a sunrise sector, for export and employment
3. Promoting conversion of existing looms to better technology looms for improvement in quality and
productivity
4. Encouraging better quality in processing industry and checking need for import of fabrics by the garment
sector.
The amended scheme would give a boost to “Make in India” in the textiles sector; it is expected to attract investment to
the tune of one lakh crore rupees, and create over 30 lakh jobs.
 Old TUFS started in 1999
 ATUFS in 2015
PowerTex India scheme
Aims to boost common infrastructure and modernisation of the powerloom sector in the country.
Scheme:
 PowerTex India scheme comprises new research and development in power loom textiles, new markets,
branding, subsidies and welfare schemes for the workers.
 It has two schemes:
o Pradhan Mantri Credit Scheme (PMCS) for powerloom weavers and
o Solar energy scheme (SEC) for powerlooms.
 PMCS for power looms: Under it, financial assistance, including margin money subsidy and interest
reimbursement, will be given as against the credit facility under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana to the
decentralised power loom units.
 SEC for power looms: Under it, financial subsidy for the installation of the Solar Photo Voltaic Plants
will be provided to alleviate the problems of power cuts.
 Government will provide subsidy of 50% to power loom units having maximum eight looms for
adopting solar energy for captive use either in grid or off grid system
Ministry of Tourism
Swadesh Darshan Scheme
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Tourism
Objective : To develop theme based tourist circuits in the country
Scheme:
 Tourist circuits will be developed on the principles of high tourist value, competitiveness and
sustainability in an integrated manner
 They will be developed by synergizing efforts to focus on concerns and needs of all stakeholders to
enrich tourist experience and enhance employment opportunities
 Under this scheme, 13 thematic circuits have been identified for development
 They are Buddhist Circuit, North-East India Circuit, Coastal Circuit, Himalayan Circuit, Krishna Circuit,
Desert Circuit, Eco Circuit, Wildlife Circuit, Tribal Circuit, Rural Circuit, Spiritual Circuit, Ramayana
Circuit and Heritage Circuit
 The scheme is 100% centrally funded for the project components undertaken for public funding
 It also leverages Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives of Central Public Sector Undertakings
and corporate sector
Recent Development:
 Centre has approved the Sabarimala spiritual circuit under the scheme.
 Government has expanded Krishna Circuit and Buddhist Circuit.
 Direct bus between Ayodhya (India) and Janakpur (Nepal) was launched under Ramayan Circuit.
PRASAD - Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Tourism
Aims at integrated development of pilgrimage destinations in planned, prioritised and sustainable manner to provide
complete religious tourism experience.
Scheme:
 It was launched in 2014-15 by Union Ministry of Tourism.
 It focuses on the development and beautification of the identified pilgrimage destinations.
 Objectives
o Harness pilgrimage tourism for its direct and multiplier effect upon employment
generation and economic development.
o Enhance tourist attractiveness in sustainable manner by developing world class
infrastructure in the religious destinations.
o It also seeks to promote local art, culture, handicraft, cuisine, etc.
 Infrastructure development under this scheme includes
o Development of entry points (road, rail and water transport), last mile connectivity, basic
tourism facilities like Information/interpretation centres, ATM/ money exchange.
o Development of eco-friendly modes of transport, lighting and illumination with renewable
energy sources, drinking water, parking, toilets, waiting rooms, first aid centres, craft
bazars/haats/souvenir shops/cafeteria, rain shelters, telecom facilities, internet
connectivity etc.
 Funding
o Under it, Ministry of Tourism provides Central Financial Assistance (CFA) to State
Governments for promoting tourism at identified destinations.
o For components within public funding under this scheme, Central Government will
provide 100% fund. For improved sustainability of project, it also seeks to involve Public
Private Partnership (PPP) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as well.
Apni Dharohar Apni Pehchan Project
Ministry : Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and the Archaeological Survey of India.
Aim: To ensure quality & inclusive provision of amenities and facilities across heritage, natural, & tourist sites through
active participation of private and public sector organizations and individuals.
Project:
 Under it, Private, Public Sector Companies and Corporate individuals were invited to adopt heritage sites
and to take up responsibility for making them and promote sustainable tourism through conservation and
development under their CSR activities.
 They are being called as ‘Monument Mitra’.
 It envisages developing monuments, heritage and tourist sites across India and making them tourist
friendly and enhance their tourism potential and cultural importance in planned and phased manner.
 The project primarily focuses on development and maintenance of world-class tourist infrastructure and
amenities including basic civic amenities and advanced amenities like cleanliness, public conveniences,
secure environment, ease of access, illumination and night viewing facilities for inclusive tourist
experience to increase both domestic and foreign tourists footfall.
Facts:
List of Iconic Tourist Site Project
Nodal Agency: for project will be Tourism Ministry while Railways Ministry and Civil Aviation Ministry will be
involved.
Aim : To develop 17 Iconic Tourist Sites in country into world class tourist destinations, to serve as a model for other
tourism sites.
Project:
 It is aimed at enhancing India’s soft power.
 The Names of these 17 sites were:-
o Humayun’s Tomb, Red Fort and Qutub Minar (Delhi),
o Taj Mahal and Fatehpur Sikri (Uttar Pradesh),
o Ajanta and Ellora caves (Maharashtra),
o Amer Fort (Rajasthan)
o Somnath and Dholavira (Gujarat),
o Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh),
o Hampi (Karnataka),
o Colva Beach (Goa),
o Mahabalipuram (Tamil Nadu),
o Kaziranga (Assam),
o Kumarakom (Kerala) and
o Mahabodhi (Bihar)
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Van Dhan Scheme
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Aims at economic development of tribals involved in collection of Minor Food Produces (MFPs) by helping them in
optimum utilization of natural resources and provide them sustainable livelihood.
Scheme:
 Under it, 10 Self Help Groups (SHGs) of 30 Tribal gatherers will be constituted.
 The SHGs will then be trained and provided with working capital to add value to products they collect
from forest.
 They will be able to market their products, by working under leadership of collector, not only within
states but also outside states.
 TRIFED will provide all required training and technical support to SHGs.
 They will be trained on sustainable harvesting, collection, primary processing and value addition.
 They will be formed into clusters to aggregate their stock in tradable quantity and link them with facility
of primary processing in Van Dhan Vikas Kendra.
 Van Dhan Vikas Kendra will be established under scheme which will provide skill upgradation and
capacity building training and setting up of primary processing and value addition facility.
 It will be used for training of beneficiaries by providing them equipment and tools for primary level
processing and infrastructure and building for housing.
 The SHGs will supply their stock after primary processing to State Implementing Agencies or can
directly tie up with corporate secondary processor.
 Big corporates will create secondary level value addition facility at district level and tertiary level value
addition facility at state level under the PPP model.
 The PPP model will be based on utilising Private entrepreneur skills in undertaking processing as well as
marketing of the produce.
 The central and state governments will provide necessary support by creating infrastructure and providing
enabling environment for undertaking value addition of systematic scientific lines.
Eklavya Model Residential Schools
 Ekalavya Model Residential School (EMRS) is a central government scheme for setting up of model
residential schools for Scheduled Tribes all over India.
 The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs runs the EMRS scheme in the country.
 The EMRS scheme has an objective to increase the literacy level among the Tribals of India by imparting
quality education to children of Scheduled Tribes.
 Under this, Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) will be set up in every block where Scheduled
Tribes population is more than 50% and has at least 20,000 tribal persons.
 The EMRSs will be run by an Autonomous Society, on the lines of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. This
society will be under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
MSP for MFP
MSP for MFP
 Minimum Support Price Scheme (MSP) for Minor Forest Produce (MFP) is a centrally-sponsored
scheme aimed to ensure fair and remunerative price to MFP gatherers.
 The scheme is officially known as ‘Mechanism for marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through
Minimum Support Price (MSP) and development of value chain for MFP’ was planned as a social safety
initiative for MFP gatherers.
 The MSP for MFP scheme was first launched in 2013 but the severe gaps in its implementation led to
the programme remaining dormant.
 To revitalize the programme the revised guidelines have been issued. The revised guidelines:
o Provide for a revised MSP in the range of 30-40% on average.
o The procurement of these MFPs will commence in haat bazars, where tribals bring their
produce with the facilitation provided by state government agencies and district collectors.
o Lay down a decentralised implementation framework.
 The implementing agency TRIFED has asked the states to submit within 45 days their roadmap for
procurement and marketing of produce from the village level to the state level
Van Dhan Scheme:

 For the value addition of MFPs, better marketing opportunities under the Van Dhan Scheme was
launched last year.
 The Tribal Affairs Ministry is now planning to scale up this scheme to all tribal districts.
 The Ministry has asked the state government to prepare and share plan to set up the Van Dhan centres
meant to value add to forest produce to boost the market for products made from MFPs.
Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojna
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Objective: Develop tribal people by streamlining and ensuring all benefits reach them.
Scheme:
 Central Sector Scheme
 Aims at overall development of tribal people with an outcome-based approach, which would ensure that
all the intended benefits, goods and services to the tribal people through various programmes/schemes of
Central and State Governments covered under the respective Tribal Sub-Plans actually reach them by way
of appropriate convergence
 Through VKY, it is envisaged to develop the backward blocks in the Schedule V States as model Blocks
with visible infrastructural facilities to further the mission development
Ministry of Urban Development
AMRUT
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Urban Development
AMRUT stands for Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
Scheme:
 This scheme is a new avatar of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)
 But, unlike in JNNRUM, Centre will not appraise individual projects in AMRUT
 AMRUT adopts a project approach to ensure basic infrastructure services relating to water supply,
sewerage, storm-water drains, transportation and development of green spaces and parks with special
provision for meeting the needs of children.
 Under this mission, 10% of the budget allocation will be given to states and union territories as incentive
based on the achievement of reforms during the previous year
 AMRUT will be implemented in 500 locations with a population of one lakh and above.
 It would cover some cities situated on stems of main rivers, a few state capitals and important cities
located in hilly areas, islands and tourist areas.
 Under this mission, states get the flexibility of designing schemes based on the needs of identified cities
and in their execution and monitoring.
 States will only submit state annual action Plans to the centre for broad concurrence based on which
funds will be released.
 Central assistance will be to the extent of 50% of project cost for cities and towns with a population of
up to 10 lakhs and one-third of the project cost for those with a population of above 10 lakhs.
 Under the mission, states will transfer funds to urban local bodies within 7 days of transfer by central
government and no diversion of funds to be made failing which penal interest would be charged besides
taking other adverse action by the centre.
HRIDAY - National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Urban Development
Objective: To preserve and revitalize the soul and unique character of the heritage cities in India
Scheme:
 It aims to bring urban planning, economic growth and heritage conservation together for heritage cities.
 It seeks beautification in an inclusive and integrated manner with focus on cleanliness, livelihoods, skills,
safety, security, accessibility and faster service delivery of heritage cities.
 The scheme will be completely funded by the Central Government to create infrastructure and provide
facilities around the heritage sites to attract more tourists.
 The development initiatives covered it includes improvement of water supply, sanitation, drainage, waste
management, footpaths, approach roads, street lights, electricity wiring, tourist conveniences, landscaping
and such citizen services.
 The projects can be funded directly or through support from other stakeholders including private sector.
Twelve cities under this scheme are :

 Amaravati(Andhra Pradesh);
 Gaya (Bihar);
 Dwarka (Gujarat),
 Badami(Karnataka);
 Puri (Odisha),
 Amritsar (Punjab);
 Ajmer(Rajasthan);
 Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu);
 Vellankani(Tamil Nadu);
 Warangal (Telangana);
 Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh); and
 Mathura (Uttar Pradesh)
The criterion for selection of these cities is their rich heritage and cultural history.
 Started in 2015
Smart City Mission
Ministry/Department: Ministry of Urban Development ( in collaboration of states)
Objective: To develop 100 cities all over the country making them citizen friendly and sustainable
Scheme:
 Smart cities to be selected through City Challenge Competition
 These cities to be developed as satellite towns of larger cities and by modernizing the existing mid-sized
cities.
 Eight critical pillars of India’s Smart City Program are:
a. Smart Governance
b. Smart Energy
c. Smart Environment
d. Smart Transportation
e. Smart IT & Communications
f. Smart Buildings
g. Smart Health Hospitals
h. Smart Education
 The 100 potential smart cities were nominated by all the states
 4 approaches are adopted for development of Smart Cities:
a. Retrofitting i.e. city improvement: Introduce planning in an existing built-up area to
achieve smart city objectives, along with other objectives, to make the existing area more
efficient and liveable. In retrofitting, an area consisting of more than 500 acres will be
identified by the city in consultation with citizens.
b. Redevelopment i.e. city renewal: Replacement of the existing built-up environment and
enable co-creation of a new layout with enhanced infrastructure using mixed land use and
increased density. Redevelopment envisages an area of more than 50 acres, identified by
Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in consultation with citizens.
c. Greenfield development : Introduce most of the Smart Solutions in a previously vacant
area (more than 250 acres) using innovative planning, plan financing and plan
implementation tools (e.g. land pooling/ land reconstitution) with provision for affordable
housing, especially for the poor. Ex. GIFT City
d. Pan-city development envisages application of selected Smart Solutions to the existing city-
wide infrastructure.
Swacchh Bharat Abhiyan
Ministry/Department: Ministry of Jal Shakti (Dept of Drinking Water and Sanitation for Gramin) and Ministry of
Housing and Urban Affairs (for Urban)
Objective: To ensure hygiene, waste management and sanitation across the nation. It sought to achieve a Clean India by
2019, as a tribute to the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Mission:
 Objectives:
o Eliminate open defecation
o Conversion of insanitary toilets to pour flush toilets,
o Eradication of manual scavenging,
o 100% collection and scientific processing/disposal reuse/recycle of Municipal Solid
Waste,
o To bring about a behavioural change in people regarding healthy sanitation practices,
o Generate awareness among the citizens about sanitation and its linkages with public health.
o Strengthening of urban local bodies to design, execute and operate systems,
o To create enabling environment for private sector participation in Capital Expenditure and
Operation & Maintenance (O&M) costs.
 Components:
o Construction of Household Toilets,
o Community and Public Toilets
o Solid Waste Management
o Information, Education & Communication (IEC) and Public Awareness,
o Capacity Building and Administrative & Office Expenses (A&OE).
 Sub-Missions:
o Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin): It aims to improve the levels of cleanliness in rural areas
through Solid and Liquid Waste Management activities and making villages Open
Defecation Free (ODF) and clean. It is implemented by Department of Drinking Water
and Sanitation, Jal Shakti Ministry
o Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban): It aims at elimination of open defecation, conversion of
unsanitary toilets to pour flush toilets, eradication of manual scavenging, municipal solid
waste management and bringing about a behavioural change in people regarding healthy
sanitation practices. It is implemented by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
 Started in 2014
 Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) is restructured Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan
Smart City Ganga Program
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of Jal Shakti
Program:
 Under this programme, Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) and improved drainage network will be set up
on hybrid annuity mode on public private partnership basis.
 In phase 1 10 cities are selected
 10 Cities/Towns are Haridwar, Rishikesh, Mathura, Varanasi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Patna,
Sahibganj and Barrackpore.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Women and Child Development
Earlier it was known as the Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana

Aim:
 To provide partial wage compensation to women for wage-loss during childbirth and childcare.
 To provide conditions for safe delivery and good nutrition and feeding practices.
 To breastfeed the child during the first six months of the birth. As it is very vital the development of the
child.
Scheme:
 Launched in the year 2017 to provide a direct cash benefit to pregnant and lactating mothers above the
age of 19 or above for the first live birth.
 PMMVY is a direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme under which cash benefits are provided to pregnant
women in their bank account directly to meet enhanced nutritional needs and partially compensate for
wage loss.
 Implementation of the scheme started with effect from 01.01.2017.
 Under the ‘Scheme’, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers (PW&LM) receive a cash benefit of Rs.
5,000 in three installments on fulfilling the respective conditionality, viz.
o early registration of pregnancy,
o ante-natal check-up and registration of the birth of the child and
o completion of first cycle of vaccination for the first living child of the family.
 The eligible beneficiaries also receive cash incentive under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY).
 Thus, on an average, a woman gets Rs. 6,000.

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POSHAN Abhiyaan
Ministry : Ministry of Women and Child Development
POSHAN stands for Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition.
Aims to ensure holistic development and adequate nutrition for pregnant women, mothers and children.
Scheme:
 POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan in March
2018.
 It targets to reduce level of under-nutrition and other related problems by ensuring convergence of
various nutrition related schemes.
 It also targets stunting, under-nutrition, anaemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls)
and low birth rate.
 It will monitor and review implementation of all such schemes and utilize existing structural
arrangements of line ministries wherever available.
 Its large component involves gradual scaling-up of interventions supported by ongoing World Bank
assisted Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Systems Strengthening and Nutrition
Improvement Project (ISSNIP) to all districts in the country by 2022.
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
Objectives:
 To improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group 0-6 years;
 To lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the child;
 To reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout;
 To achieve effective co-ordination of policy and implementation amongst the various departments to
promote child development; and
 To enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal health and nutritional needs of the
child through proper nutrition and health education.
Scheme:
 It is a Centrally sponsored Scheme implemented by States/UTs across the country.
 Following six services are provided under ICDS:
a. Supplementary nutrition (SNP),
b. Immunization,
c. Health check-up,
d. Referral services,
e. Pre-school non-formal education and
f. Nutrition & health education are provided.
 WB and UNICEF supports it
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Scheme
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Objective: Survival, protection & education of the girl child
Scheme:
 It is also called "Save girl child, educate girl child"
 It aims to address the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) through a mass campaign across the
country targeted at changing societal mind sets & creating awareness about the criticality of the issue
 It will cover all the 640 districts (as per census 2011) of the country to have a deeper positive impact on
Child Sex Ratio (CSR).
 Implemented under the overall guidance and supervision of concerned District Magistrate/Deputy
Commissioners.
 The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) is nodal ministry for programme at the
central level.
 The focus of BBBP is on awareness and advocacy campaign, multi-sectoral action enabling girls’
education and effective enforcement of Pre-Conception & Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques
(PC&PNDT) Act.
 The specific objectives of the scheme are preventing gender biased sex selective elimination, ensuring
survival and protection of the girl child and ensuring education and participation of the girl child.
 Launched in 2015 from Panipat
 Madhuri Dixit is the brand ambassador of this scheme.
 Child sex Ratio (0–6 years) in India was 927 girls per 1,000 boys in 2001, which dropped drastically to
918 girls for every 1,000 boys in 2011
Dhanalakshmi Scheme
Dhanalakshmi Scheme
 The objective of the scheme is to provide a set of financial incentives for families to encourage them to
retain a girl child, educate her and prevent child marriage.
 The scheme provides for cash transfers to the family of the girl child on fulfilling certain specific
conditions like immunization, enrolment and retention in school, insurance cover etc.
National Nutrition Mission
About NNM:
 NNM is an apex body under Ministry of Women and Child Development
 It will monitor, supervise, fix targets and guide nutrition related interventions across the Ministries.
 It will monitor various schemes contributing towards addressing malnutrition.
Why needed?
 There are number of schemes directly and indirectly affecting nutritional status of children (0-6 years age)
and pregnant women and lactating mothers.
 Inspite of these, level of malnutrition and related problems in country is high.
 There are number of schemes but there is lack in creating synergy and linking between schemes to achieve
common goal.
 NNM through robust convergence mechanism and other components will strive to create synergy.
Function of NNM
 Introducing a very robust convergence mechanism including ICT based Real Time Monitoring system.
 It will incentivize states/UTs for meeting the targets.
 It will also incentivize Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) for using IT based tools. It will eliminate registers
used by AWWs.
 It will introduce measurement of height of children at the Anganwadi Centres (AWCs).
 It will aid to conduct Social Audits.
 It will set-up Nutrition Resource Centres, involving masses through Jan Andolan for their participation
on nutrition through various activities, among others.
Implementation strategy and targets

 It will be rolled out in three phases from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
 It will set targets to reduce stunting, under-nutrition, anaemia among young children, women and
adolescent girls and reduce low birth weight by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% per annum respectively.
 Its implementation strategy will be based on intense monitoring and Convergence Action Plan right upto
grass root level.
 Though NMM has set target to reduce stunting is atleast 2% per annum, but it will strive to achieve
reduction in stunting to 25% by 2022 (Mission 25 by 2022) from 38.4% (NFHS-4).
Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme
Objective: Aims to ensure equitable share to a girl child in resources and savings of a family
Scheme:
 It is small deposit scheme for girl child launched under "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" Scheme
 The scheme offers higher interest rate than PPF.
 But it is only for girls below age of 10 years with longer lock in period.
 Deposits can be made in this account up to 14 years from date of opening of account. After this period,
the account will only earn interest according to applicable rates.
 Started in 2015
 Investment type: small deposit account
 Where: post office and selected banks
 Max number of account: 1 account per girl
 Max number of accounts per family: max. 2 girl child
 Age: from birth till 10 years of girl child
 Min. deposit: Rs. 250/ per year (Earlier it was Rs 1000, further multiple of Rs. 100
 Max. deposit: 1.5 lakh/year
 Interest rate: 9.1% of financial year 2014-15. It will change every year
 Partial withdrawal: 50% allowed at the age of 18 years of girl
 Maturity : 21 years from the date of account open or marriage, whichever is earlier
Ujjawala Scheme
Aims at prevention of trafficking and at providing support for rescue, rehabilitation, reintegration and repatriation of
victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation
The Scheme is being implemented mainly through NGOs.
 Started in 2007
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Khelo India
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Objective: Aims at mainstreaming sport as tool for individual development, community development, economic
development and national development.
Program:
 A program of central government for development of sports.
Khelo India is a merger of following schemes:

o Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan(RGKA)
o Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme (USIS)
o National Sports Talent Search Scheme (NSTSS)
 The revamped programme for period 2017-18 to 2019-20 aims to impact entire sports ecosystem,
including infrastructure, talent identification,
community sports, coaching, competition structure and sports economy.
 It includes :
o Pan Indian Sports Scholarship Scheme
o Sports Universities
o National Physical Fitness Drive
 It aims to help scout young talent from schools in various disciplines and groom them as future sports
champions.
 Under it, talented players are identified in priority sports disciplines at various levels by High-Powered
Committed and each selected player is provided annual financial assistance of Rs. 5 lakh for 8 years.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan(RGKA):

 The RGKA was a centrally sponsored scheme l
 Launched in2014.
 It was launched in place of erstwhile Panchayat Yuva Krida aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA).
o RGKA aimed at constructing sports complexes in each block and exclusively both for indoor and
outdoor in different sports discipline for 5 years.
PYKKA:
It was a rural sports initiative introduced by the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to promote youth and
social development through sports.
Target Olympic Podium Scheme
Ministry/Department : Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Its objective is to identify and support potential medal prospects for Olympic Games.
Scheme:
 Under the scheme the selected athletes are provided financial assistance for their customized training at
Institutes.
 These sports institutes will have world class facilities and other necessary support to improve
performance and higher position in medals tally for the country.
 Under it benchmark for selection of athletes is in relation to international standards.
 Abhinav Bindra Committee is setup with objective of identifying and supporting potential medal
prospects for 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.
 TOPS was launched under the ambit of National Sports Development Fund (NSDF).
 Under it, Sports Authority of India (SAI) and federations, which are members of Mission Olympic Cell
(MOC), will be nodal agencies for disbursal for funds.
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
Creative India; Innovative India
Taking forward the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy 2016, a ‘Scheme for IPR Awareness - Creative
India; Innovative India’ has been launched by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
Key facts:
 The Scheme aims at raising IPR awareness amongst students, youth, authors, artists, budding inventors
and professionals to inspire them to create, innovate and protect their creations and inventions across
India including Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 cities as well as rural areas in the next 3 years.
 The Scheme will conduct over 4000 IPR awareness workshops/seminars in academic institutions
(schools and colleges) and the industry ,including MSMEs and Startups, as also IP training and
sensitization programmes for enforcement agencies and the judiciary.
 Workshops will cover all vital IP topics including international filing procedures, promotion of
Geographical Indications and highlighting the ill effects of piracy and counterfeiting.
Department of Space
Sakaar
Ministry/Department : Department of Space (ISRO)
Objective: To highlight the achievements of Department of Space
Application:
 It is an Augmented Reality(AR) application designed for Android devices.
 This application superimposes live camera view (physical world) and virtual objects/video clips such that
physical world and virtual objects looks tightly coupled.
 The virtual objects can consist of 3D models, videos and anaglyph images.
NITI Ayog
AIM PRIME
Atal Innovation Mission(AIM), NITI Aayog in association with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation(BMGF) launch
AIM-PRIME (Program for Researchers on Innovations, Market-Readiness & Entrepreneurship).
AIM-PRIME:
 AIM-PRIME Program aims at promoting science-based, deep technology. For that, it will provide
training and guidance over a period of 12 months.
 Implementation by: Venture Center – a non-profit technology business incubator.
 Eligibility: The program is open to:
o Technology developers (early-stage deep tech start-ups, and scientists/ engineers/
clinicians) with strong science-based deep tech business ideas.
o CEOs and Senior incubation managers of AIM Funded Atal Incubation Centers that are
supporting deep tech entrepreneurs.
 Benefits of the programme:
o The candidates selected for the program will get access to in-depth learning resources via a
comprehensive lecture series, live team projects, exercises, and project-specific mentoring.
 They will also have access to a deep tech startup playbook, curated video library, and plenty of peer-to-
peer learning opportunities.
About Deep Technology:

 Deep techs are very high cutting-edge and disruptive technologies. These technologies base on scientific
discoveries, engineering, mathematics, physics, and medicine.
 Examples: A new medical device or technique fighting cancer, data analytics to help farmers grow more
food, or a clean energy solution trying to lessen the human impact on climate change.
ATAL Innovation Mission
Ministry/ Department: NITI Ayog
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) including Self-Employment and Talent Utilization (SETU) is Government of India’s
endeavour to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. Its objective is to serve as a platform for promotion
of world-class Innovation Hubs, Grand Challenges, Start-up businesses and other self-employment activities,
particularly in technology driven areas.
The Atal Innovation Mission shall have two core functions:

 Entrepreneurship promotion through Self-Employment and Talent Utilization, wherein innovators
would be supported and mentored to become successful entrepreneurs
 Innovation promotion: to provide a platform where innovative ideas are generated
Scheme:
 It aims to create high-class incubation facilities with necessary infrastructure in terms of capital
equipment and operating facilities, coupled with the availability of sectoral experts for mentoring the
start-ups.
 The scheme is known as Atal Incubation Centre scheme.
 The scheme focuses on the establishment of incubation centres in underserved and unserved areas to
support inclusive growth.
 Under the scheme, Atal Incubation Centre can be established either in Publicly funded institutions or
Private sector funded institutions or in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
 The sub-schemes of AIM include
o Establishing Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) and
o Atal Incubation Centers (AICs), for providing scaling up support to Established
Incubation Centres.
 It also includes finding ultra-low cost solution to India’s most intractable problems through Atal Grand
Challenges and Atal Vikas Challenges.
Atal Tinkering Labs:

 ATLs will function as innovation hubs for student innovators to explore solutions to unique local
problems which they come across in their everyday lives.
 These hubs will allow students to explore solutions to unique local problems and provide access to
technologies like 3D Printing, robotics, Internet of Things (IoT) and microprocessors.
 NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) has selected 3,000 additional schools for establishment of
Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs).
 The new additions take number of such ATLs to 5,441 representing all states and five out of seven
union territories. It will facilitate the creation of over one million neoteric child innovators by 2020.
 These additional schools will expand reach of ATL program and increase number of children exposed to
tinkering and innovation.
 The selected schools will receive grant of Rs. 20 lakh spread over next 5 years to establish labs for
nurturing innovation and entrepreneurial spirit among secondary school children across India.
Atal Community Innovation Centres:

 The Atal Community Innovation Centre initiative has been launched under Atal Innovation Mission
(AIM), a flagship initiative of NITI Aayog.
 NITI Aayog is tasked upon to open innovation Centers in all Gram Panchayats of country to promote
local innovation.
 It has been launched to focus on 484 backward districts where innovation infrastructure is very weak.
 It has been specifically designed for underserved, unserved regions of Tier 1 cities, Tier 2 cities and Tier
3 cities, North-East, Jammu and Kashmir, Smart Cities, Aspirational districts as well as rural and tribal
regions of India.
 Under NITI Ayog
 AIM started with initial sum of Rs. 500 crore
 Started in 2015
ARISE-ANIC Initiative
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, has launched Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE-Atal New India Challenges,
to spur applied research and innovation in Indian MSMEs and startups.
ARISE ANIC Initiative
 The program is a national initiative to promote research & innovation and increase the competitiveness of
Indian startups and MSMEs.
 Its objective is to proactively collaborate with esteemed Ministries and the associated industries to
catalyse research, innovation and facilitate innovative solutions to sectoral problems.
 It also aims to provide a steady stream of innovative products & solutions where the Central Government
Ministries / Departments will become the potential first buyers.
 It is in line with the PM’s mandate of “Make in India”, “Startup India”, and “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” to
fast track the growth of the Indian MSME sector.
Its implementation
 The programme will be driven by ISRO, four ministries—Ministry of Defence; Ministry of Food
Processing Industries; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs.
 It will support deserving applied research-based innovations by providing funding support of up to Rs
50 lakh for speedy development of the proposed technology solution and/or product.
AIM-iCREST
NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), has launched AIM iCREST – an Incubator Capabilities enhancement
program for a Robust Ecosystem, focused on creating high performing Startups.
AIM-iCREST
 AIM iCREST, as the name suggests, has been designed to enable the incubation ecosystem and act as a
growth hack for AIM’s Atal and Established incubators across the country.
 Under the initiative, the AIM’s incubators are set to be upscaled and provided requisite support to foster
the incubation enterprise economy that will help them to significantly enhance their performance.
 This will be complemented by providing training to entrepreneurs, through technology-driven processes
and platforms.
 The program aims at going beyond incubator capacity building. This is a first of its kind initiative for
advancing innovation at scale in India.
Various partners
 AIM has joined hands with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wadhwani Foundation –
organizations that can lend credible support and expertise in the entrepreneurship and innovation space.
 These partnerships will provide global expertise and showcase proven best practices to the AIM’s
incubator network.
An initiative for incubators

 India needs world-class incubators fostering world-class startups leveraging the tremendous innovation
talent of our country.
 For the first time in the Government, the Incubator capacity development program is being extended to
the entire portfolio of supported Atal incubators.
 This programme is unique also in its design – it is a combination of interactive practices in the field of
incubation; enabling the incubators to support sustainable and successful startups.
AIM–Sirius Innovation Programme 3.0’.
Facts:
 AIM–Sirius programme: It is the first Indo-Russian bilateral youth innovation initiative that seeks
to develop technological solutions (both web- and mobile-based) for the two countries through a
14-day virtual programme for Indian and Russian schoolchildren.
About Atal innovation mission(AIM):

 It was set up by NITI Aayog in 2016 to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship by
creating institutions and programs that enhance innovation in schools, colleges, and entrepreneurs
in general.
Mentor India Campaign
Program:
 NITI Aayog has launched Mentor India Campaign, a strategic nation building initiative to engage leaders
for guiding and mentoring students at Atal Tinkering Labs.
 The Mentor India Campaign aims at maximising the impact of Atal Tinkering Labs by engaging leaders
who will nurture and guide students in the Atal Tinkering Labs.
 Under this initiative, NITI Aayog is looking for leaders who can spend one to two hours every week in
one or more such labs to enable students learn, experience and practice future skills such as design and
computational thinking.
Atal Tinkering Labs

 More than 900 Atal Tinkering Labs have been established across the country as a part of the Atal
Innovation Mission.
 These labs are meant to be non-prescriptive by nature, and mentors are expected to be enablers rather
than instructors.
 They are dedicated works spaces where students from Class 6th to Class 12th learn innovation skills and
develop ideas that will go on to transform India.
Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital (SATH)
NITI Aayog under the SATH initiative plans to identify and build three future ‘role model’ states for health systems.
The vision of the program is to initiate transformation in the education and health sectors. The program addresses the
need expressed by many states for technical support from NITI.
Program:
 NITI Ayog will identify three states and will work with them
 It will help in designing a robust roadmap, develop a program governance structure, establish monitoring
and tracking mechanisms, and provide support to the state institutions to achieve the end objectives.
 SATH program will be implemented by NITI Aayog along with McKinsey & Company and IPE Global
consortium.
Self-Employment & Talent Utilisation (SETU)
SETU or Self Employment and Talent Utilization Scheme is a techno-financial, incubation and facilitation programme
to give support and encouragement to young start-ups and other self-employment technology-intensive ideas.
 It will involve setting up of incubation centres and enhance skill development.

 It aims to create around 100,000 jobs through start-ups
 Under NITI Aayog
 SETU started with initial sum of Rs. 1000 Crore
 Started in 2015
PMO
PRAGATI (ProActive Governance and Timely Implementation)
Ministry/Department : PMO
PRAGATI stands for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation.
Objective: The platform is aimed at addressing common man’s grievances, and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing
important programmes and projects of the Government of India as well as projects flagged by State Governments.
Project:
 An ICT-based, multi-modal platform for interaction between state and central governments (PMO,
Union Government Secretaries, Chief Secretaries)
 Objective:
o Grievance Redressal
o Programme Implementation
o Project Monitoring
 The PRAGATI platform uniquely bundles three latest technologies:
o digital data management,
o video-conferencing and
o geo-spatial technology
 It also offers a unique combination in the direction of cooperative federalism since it brings on one stage
the Secretaries of Government of India and the Chief Secretaries of the States
 With this, the Prime Minister is able to discuss the issues with the concerned Central and State officials
with full information and latest visuals of the ground level situation. It is also an innovative project in e-
governance and good governance
 It is a three-tier system (PMO, Union Government Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries of the States).
 Issues to be flagged before the PM are picked up from the available database regarding Public Grievances,
on-going Programmes and pending Projects
 Systems uses data from CPGRAMS for grievances, Project Monitoring Group (PMG) and the Ministry
of Statistics and Programme Implementation. PRAGATI provides an interface and platform for all these
three aspects.
 Launched in 2015.
Other Programs and Initiatives
Production-Linked Incentive Scheme for 10 key sectors.
 Aim: To help encourage domestic manufacturing, reduce imports and generate employment.
 Features: Under the Scheme, companies will get incentives on incremental sales from products
manufactured in domestic units.
 Implementation: The scheme will be implemented by the concerned ministries/departments.
 10 Key Sectors (and Implementing Ministry/Department):
o Advance Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery: NITI Aayog and Department of Heavy Industries.
o Electronic/Technology Products: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
o Automobiles & Auto Components: Department of Heavy Industries.
o Pharmaceuticals drugs: Department of Pharmaceuticals
o Telecom & Networking Products: Department of Telecom
o Textile Products (MMF segment and technical textiles): Ministry of Textiles
o Food Products: Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
o High Efficiency Solar PV Modules: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
o White Goods (ACs & LED): Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.
o Speciality Steel: Ministry of Steel.
 Note: The above sectors will be in addition to the already notified PLI schemes in the following sectors:
o Mobile Manufacturing and Specified Electronic Components: Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology (MeiTY).
o Critical Drug Intermediaries, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Manufacturing of
Medical Devices: Department of Pharmaceuticals.
Reserve Bank of India
Payment Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme
Department: Reserve Bank of India
Objective: Develop payment acceptance infrastructure in tier-3 to tier-6 cities (centres), with a special focus on
the north-eastern states of the country.
Scheme:
 Implementation:
o The focus shall be to target those merchants who are yet to be terminalized (merchants
who do not have any payment acceptance device).
o Merchants engaged in services such as transport and hospitality, government payments, fuel
pumps, public distribution system (PDS) shops, healthcare and kirana shops may be
included, especially in the targeted geographies.
o The fund will be used to subsidize banks and non-banks for deploying payment
infrastructure, which will be contingent upon specific targets being achieved.
 Time Period: The fund will be operational for three years effective from 1st January, 2021 and may be
extended for two more years.
 Management: An Advisory Council (AC) under the chairmanship of RBI deputy governor BP
Kanungo has been constituted for managing the PIDF.
 Fund Allocated:
o The PIDF presently has a corpus of Rs. 345 crore, with Rs. 250 crore contributed by the
RBI and Rs. 95 crore by the major authorised card networks in the
country. The authorised card networks shall contribute in all Rs. 100 crore.
oBesides the initial corpus, PIDF shall also receive annual contributions from card networks
and card issuing banks.
o For example, Card networks will have to chip in 0.01 paisa per rupee of transaction.
o The role of a card network is to facilitate transactions between merchants and card issuers.
E.g. Mastercard, Visa.
 The implementation of targets shall be monitored by the RBI with assistance from card networks, the
Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) and the Payments Council of India (PCI).
Other Initiatives
Mission Karmayogi
Mission Karmayogi:
 Mission Karmayogi is the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB).
 It is a reform in Indian Bureaucracy.
 The mission intends to lay down the foundations for the Indian civil servants’ capacity building and aims to
enhance governance.
Important Facts about Mission Karmayogi
 It is launched by Union Cabinet

 It aims to establish the new national architecture for civil services capacity building at individual, institutional
and process levels
 It will cover around 46 lakh central employees between 2020-2025.
 A special purpose vehicle (SPV) (non-profit company) is set up under the Companies Act 2013 to run this
mission.
 This SPV will manage i-GOT Karmayogi which is the online training digital platform
Apex Body:
The Public Human Resource Council under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister of India will be the apex body of
the Mission Karmayogi. The other members of this council will include:
1. Union Ministers
2. Chief Ministers
3. Eminent public HR practitioners
4. Thinkers
5. Global thought leaders and
6. Public Service functionaries
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Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare...............................................................................9

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

PM Kisan Samman Nidhi

Aim: To augment the income of the farmers by providing income support.

Other Similar programmes by States:

National Beekeeping & Honey Mission

National Beekeeping & Honey Mission(NBHM)

Minimum Support Price Scheme (MSP)

What is minimum support price?

How the price are fixed?

Who does the procurement under MSP?

What changed with the Union Budget for 2018-19?

How is this production cost arrived at?

What crops are covered in MSP:

Sahakar Pragya programme

Ministry : Ministry of Agriculture

Agriculture Infrastructure Fund

Agriculture Infrastructure Fund

Ayushman Sahakar Scheme

Why need such a scheme?

Financing the scheme

Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA)

Integrated Scheme for Agriculture and Marketing (ISAM)

Related to : Agricultural marketing

Agri Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) is the most important sub-scheme of ISAM.

Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) Scheme

Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Aim is to boost dairy sector.

KISAN (Crop Insurance)

ACRONYM : C(K)rop Insurance using Space technology And geoiNformatics

Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Schemes part of Green Revolution-Krishonnati Yojana

Krishi Vigyan Kendras

Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture

Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

National Agriculture Market (NAM)

Why do we need it?

What are APMCs?

What will NAM do?

National Bamboo Mission

National Food Security Mission

Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

National Horticulture Mission

What is National Horticulture Mission?

National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)

Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology (NMAET)

What is Agriculture Extension?

National Mission on Bio Economy

 Launched in Shillong, Meghalaya

National Mission on Bovine Productivity

Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture

National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil Palm (NMOOP)

National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture

Objective: To provide timely alerts on extreme weather conditions to farmers

Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Scheme

Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna

Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

PM Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana