PIB Summary: September 2021

CONTENTS

AYUSH Ministry .................................................................................................................................................3

Y-Break ...........................................................................................................................................................3
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare......................................................................................................3
1. World Coconut Day....................................................................................................................................3
2. Amul Honey ...............................................................................................................................................3
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers ...............................................................................................................4
Medical Device park ......................................................................................................................................4
Ministry of Coal .................................................................................................................................................4
Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting ............................................................................................................4
Ministry of Commerce & Industry ....................................................................................................................4
Vanijya Saptah ...............................................................................................................................................4
Ministry of Communications ............................................................................................................................4
Partnership program for Home Loan ............................................................................................................4
Ministry of Cooperation ....................................................................................................................................4
National Cooperative Conference.................................................................................................................4
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution ..............................................................................5
Rice Fortification ............................................................................................................................................5
Ministry of Culture ............................................................................................................................................5
Science Museums ..........................................................................................................................................5
Ministry of Defence ...........................................................................................................................................5
SURYA KIRAN .................................................................................................................................................5
ZAPAD-2021 ...................................................................................................................................................5
Ministry of Education ........................................................................................................................................5
Ensuring Inclusive Governance .....................................................................................................................5
Ministry of Earth Science ..................................................................................................................................5
Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) & Indigenous GPS ......................................................................................5
NITI Aayog..........................................................................................................................................................6
Global Innovation Index 2021 .......................................................................................................................6
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports ................................................................................................................6
Rs 75 crores by Coal India Limited ...............................................................................................................6
Ministry of Women and Child Development ...................................................................................................6
NUTRI GARDEN ..............................................................................................................................................6
Ministry of Tribal Affairs ...................................................................................................................................6
National Tribal Talent Pool Conclave ............................................................................................................6

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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change .....................................................................................6

India–Japan High Level Policy Dialogue ........................................................................................................6
Ministry of External Affairs ...............................................................................................................................7
Recruitment of Indian citizens to work in the Portuguese Republic ...........................................................7
Ministry of Finance............................................................................................................................................7
India-United Kingdom Economic and Financial Dialogue ............................................................................7
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying .......................................................................................7
Rabies Elimination by 2030 ...........................................................................................................................7
Ministry of Food Processing Industries ............................................................................................................7
Food Processing Week...................................................................................................................................7
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare ............................................................................................................7
WHO-SEARO...................................................................................................................................................7
Ministry of Home Affairs...................................................................................................................................8
Karbi Agreement ............................................................................................................................................8
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs ................................................................................................................8
Main Bhi Digital 3.0 .......................................................................................................................................8
Ministry of Labour & Employment ...................................................................................................................8
E-Sharam portal .............................................................................................................................................8
Ministry of Law and Justice...............................................................................................................................8
Hindi Version of High court and Supreme court judgements ......................................................................8
Prime Minister Office ........................................................................................................................................8
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission .................................................................................................................8
100% vaccination in Goa ...............................................................................................................................9
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment .....................................................................................................9
Elder Line........................................................................................................................................................9
Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises .............................................................................................9
First Silk Yarn Production Centre ..................................................................................................................9
Ministry of Mines ..............................................................................................................................................9
NALCO NAMASYA App ..................................................................................................................................9
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy ..........................................................................................................9
Ambition to Impact........................................................................................................................................9
Ministry of Panchayati Raj ..............................................................................................................................10
National Meet on SVAMITVA Scheme ........................................................................................................10
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions ...................................................................................10
Jammu Haat .................................................................................................................................................10
Ministry of Railways ........................................................................................................................................10
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Eat Right Station ..........................................................................................................................................10

Ministry of Rural Development ......................................................................................................................10
Loans to train Entrepreneurs ......................................................................................................................10
Ministry of Science & Technology ..................................................................................................................10
DC Cooking System ......................................................................................................................................10
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways ..................................................................................................11
Green and Safe Port ....................................................................................................................................11
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship ...................................................................................11
Entrepreneurship Development Centre at Kohima ...................................................................................11

PIB SUMMARY: SEPTEMBER 2021

AYUSH MINISTRY

Y-BREAK

 Y-Break is an app designed to reduce stress and refresh and refocus at workplace.
 It is mainly designed for the working professionals to increase productivity.
 This app consists of Asanas, Pranayam and Dhyana.

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

1. WORLD COCONUT DAY

 Theme of world Coconut day “Building a safe, inclusive resilient and sustainable coconut
community amid Covid-19 pandemic and beyond”.
 It is to create awareness on the importance of coconut.
 It is to create more employment opportunities in coconut sector.

2. AMUL HONEY

 Amul Honey is launched by the Agri Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar.
 It is the product of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.
 It is to increase the income of small farmers using beekeeping.

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MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

MEDICAL DEVICE PARK

 This scheme is launched under the outlay of Rs. 400 crores.

 It is to reduce the manufacturing cost of medical devices.
 Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh Given principal approval for this
scheme.

MINISTRY OF COAL

JOINT WORKING GROUP (JWG) MEETING

 It is a joint meeting between India and Australia held virtually.

 Its title is “Coal and Mines”.

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

VANIJYA SAPTAH

 It is a a training session for budding exporters.

 Its main motive is “from farm to Foreign lands” and organised by APEC.

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS

PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR HOME LOAN

 It is a joint partnership program by India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) under Department of Posts,
Ministry of Communications and LIC Housing Finance Ltd.
 It is a program to make home loan accessible to all citizens through IPPB.

MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

NATIONAL COOPERATIVE CONFERENCE

 This conference is to address 2100 cooperative workers from pan-India and 6 crore people virtually
at Delhi.
 It is to help crores of farmers, poor, the neglected and women.

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MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

RICE FORTIFICATION

 This is a webinar named “Rice Fortification”

 This webinar is to address Nutritional Anaemia.
 It is to support World Food programme.

MINISTRY OF CULTURE

SCIENCE MUSEUMS

 Indian Government is going to setting up Science Museums across the country.

 It is to promote scientific curiosity and awareness among the common people particularly among
the children and younger generation.

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

SURYA KIRAN

 Surya Kiran is the India-Nepal combined military training exercise.

 It is the 15th combined India-Nepal combined military exercise and it is started in Pithoragarh,
Uttarkhand.

ZAPAD-2021

 It is a “Joint Strategic Exercise” started in Novgorod, Russia.

 Seven countries participated in this exercise.

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

ENSURING INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE

 It is a webinar to make every person matter.

 It is to provide quality education to all sector people.

MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCE

DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR (DWR) & INDIGENOUS GPS

 It is setup in Meteorological Office in Jammu.

 It will help in providing real-time monitoring and reporting of weather events affecting Jammu
region.
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 It also provides weather forecasts for the pilgrims of Mata Vaishno Devi.

NITI AAYOG

GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX 2021

 Global Innovation Index 2021 has released the rank for India 2021.
 India ranks 46th by the World Intellectual Property Organization.
 India has improved 2 spots from last year.

MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

RS 75 CRORES BY COAL INDIA LIMITED

 SAI and Coal India jointly set up a sports academy with the outlay of Rs. 75 crores.
 CIL has contributed this amount to the National Sports Development Funds under the Ministry of
Youth Affairs and Sports.

MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

NUTRI GARDEN

 NUTRI GARDEN is implemented at All Indian Institute of Ayurveda.

 This is to create awareness about how our ancient system of Ayurveda helps to overcome Nutrition
problem in our country.

MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

NATIONAL TRIBAL TALENT POOL CONCLAVE

 This is a two days conclave interacted with more than 250 research scholars of Adivasi community.
 Adivasi Community has more talent in sports, art and crafts and need to identify them.

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

INDIA–JAPAN HIGH LEVEL POLICY DIALOGUE

 This talk is to discuss about issues on Air Pollution and Climate Change, COP 26, etc.
 Minister of Environment appreciated efforts made by Japan in bringing new technologies in India to
tackle climate changes.

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MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

RECRUITMENT OF INDIAN CITIZENS TO WORK IN THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC

 Agreement that includes the sending and accepting Indian workers in Portugal.
 Hiring of skill worker in one more nation of European Union.
 Portugal and India will have a formal arrangement for recruitment of Indian workers.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

INDIA-UNITED KINGDOM ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DIALOGUE

 It aims to work with financial institutions, corporates, and existing sustainable finance on both side.
 Efforts taken to move more capital into India.
 It also includes UK’s upcoming sovereign green bond issuance.

MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING

RABIES ELIMINATION BY 2030

 This is to eliminate Rabies mediated by dog by 2030.

 This disease claims the lives of many Indian citizens.
 This disease also cause terror in rural areas of losing their earning family member.

MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

FOOD PROCESSING WEEK

 Ministry of Food Processing Industries celebrated “Food Processing Week” from 6th to 12th
September, 2021.
 Inaugurated food processing unit at Solan, Himachal Pradesh for Vegetables.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

WHO-SEARO

 India at the World Health Organization- South East Asia Regional Office (WHO-SEARO).
 Innovative approach to create COVID dedicated infrastructure and skill updation of healthcare
workers.

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MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

KARBI AGREEMENT

 This Agreement ended the Karbi Anglong dispute.

 Government also allocated Rs. 1000 crores to undertake measures to improve Karbi areas in Assam.
 Agreement is signed by Union Home Affairs minister Amit Shah.

MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS

MAIN BHI DIGITAL 3.0

 A special Campaign for Digital Onboarding and Training for street vendors
 Out of 22.41 lakh digitally on-boarded street vendors, 7.24 lakh street vendors are digitally active
and have recorded 5.92 Cr number of digital transactions.
 Rs.2,444 Cr disbursed to street vendors.

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

E-SHARAM PORTAL

 Over 1.7 crore registrations in a month at E-sharam portal.

 50% of the worker registered are women.
 Registered employ will able to get all the benefits from the government schemes.

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE

HINDI VERSION OF HIGH COURT AND SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENTS

 A search engine will be developed to search hindi version of High court and Supreme court
judgements.

PRIME MINISTER OFFICE

AYUSHMAN BHARAT DIGITAL MISSION

 PM launches Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission through Video conferencing.

 This digital mission will connect the digital health solutions of hospitals across the country with
each other.

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100% VACCINATION IN GOA

 PM Congratulates the efforts of Goa government in vaccinating 100% first dose of COVID-19
Vaccine across the state.

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT

ELDER LINE

 Pan-India toll-free helpline – 14567 is launched.

 This is to address the pension issues, legal issues, extends emotional support and to rescue
homeless elderly.
 Helps all the elderly people under one platform.

MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

FIRST SILK YARN PRODUCTION CENTRE

 This centre is setup in Odisha to provide livelihood to thousands of tribal people.

 This is done under Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
 Odisha mainly produce Tussar silk and particularly helps more women to get employment.

MINISTRY OF MINES

NALCO NAMASYA APP

 It is mobile app to provide innovative platform for supporting NALCO Micro and small Enterprise
Yogayog application.
 It is a bilingual app developed exclusively for the benefit of the company’s MSE Vendors.

MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

AMBITION TO IMPACT

 A special event on ‘Ambition to Impact: Opportunities for Global Collaboration in India’s Clean
Energy Economy’
 It is held at the United Nations High-Level Dialogue on Energy 2021.
 It tells about how India is speeding up in the production of clean energy by the global collaboration.

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MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

NATIONAL MEET ON SVAMITVA SCHEME

 This conference will provide a cross learning platform to learn the SVAMITVA Scheme.
 This is to develop the rural economy.
 This is to enable economic progress of Rural India by providing “Record of Rights” to every rural
household owner.

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS

JAMMU HAAT

 Jammu Haat, a hub of export promotion at Jammu.

 This is a place for entrepreneurs, buyers, sellers and exports to meet.
 It will increase the investment of the Jammu.
 More than 50 thousand crore investment is expected.

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

EAT RIGHT STATION

 Chandigarh Railway station is awarded with “Eat Right Station” certification.

 This is to appreciate the efforts of this railway station to provide safe and wholesome food to the
passengers.
 Chandigarh Railway station becomes the fifth railway station to get this certification.

MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

LOANS TO TRAIN ENTREPRENEURS

 This loans are given to Self Help Group Entrepreneurs.

 Rs. 8.60 crore is given as a Community Enterprise Fund (CEF) loans for more than 2000 SHG
entrerpreneurs.

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

DC COOKING SYSTEM

 This is a step towards clean and pollution free India.

 This is to curb carbon dioxide emission during cooking.
 Even LPG release Carbon dioxide and need to replace with Solar power.

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MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAY S

GREEN AND SAFE PORT

 This is a webinar on “Green and Safe Port” to increase green cover inside ports prohibited area as
well as in the township.
 This is done by Paradip Port Trust (PPT).

MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTRE AT KOHIMA

 This centre is to address the entrepreneurial skill gap among the youth.
 It is a collaboration between the Department of Employment Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship, Government of Nagaland and IIE, Guwahati.
 It is done under SANKALP scheme.

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