Digital India BHASHINI

 Digital India BHASHINI is India’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) led language translation
platform.
 A Bhashini Platform will make Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language
Processing (NLP) resources available to MSME (Medium, Small and Micro
Enterprises), Startups and Individual Innovators in the public domain.
 Bhashini Platform is a part of the National Language Translation Mission.
 The mission aims to ensure that as more Indians connect to the internet, they are
able to access global content in their own languages.
Significance:

 It will empower Indian citizens by connecting them to the Digital Initiatives of the
country in their own language thereby leading to digital inclusion.
 It will also encourage participation of startups.
 Mission will create and nurture an ecosystem involving Central/State government
agencies and start-ups, working together to develop and deploy innovative products
and services in Indian languages.
 It is a giant step to realize the goal of Digital Government.
 It also aims to increase the content in Indian languages on the Internet
substantially in the domains of public interest, particularly, governance-and-policy,
science & technology, etc., thus will encourage citizens to use the Internet in their
own language.

“CHUNAUTI”- NEXT GENERATION STARTUP CHALLENGE

CONTEST

“Chunauti”- Next Generation Startup Challenge Contest is to boost startups

and software products with special focus on Tier-II towns of India.

AIM
The programme aims to identify around 300 startups working in identified areas
and provide them seed fund of upto Rs. 25 Lakh and other facilities.

 Foundation has been laid at IT Capacity Building Center of NIELIT

in Muzaffarpur in Bihar.
ORGANIZERS

PARTNERS

FUNDING AND TIMELINE

The government has earmarked a budget of Rs. 95.03 Crore over a period of three
years for this programme.

CATEGORIES
Under this challenge the Ministry of Electronics and IT will invite startups in
the following areas of work:

1. Edu-Tech, Agri-Tech & Fin-Tech Solutions for masses

2. Supply Chain, Logistics & Transportation Management
3. Infrastructure & Remote monitoring
4. Medical Healthcare, Diagnostic, Preventive & Psychological Care
5. Jobs & Skilling, Linguistic tools & technologies.

FACILITIES

 The startups selected through Chunauti will be provided various support

from the Government through Software Technology Parks of India centers
across India.

They will get incubation facilities, mentorship, security testing facilities.

 They will also get access to venture capitalist funding, industry connect as
well as advisories in legal,Human Resource (HR), IPR and Patent matters.
 Besides seed fund of upto Rs. 25 Lakh, the startups will also be
provided cloud credits from leading cloud service providers.
Each intern (start-up under pre-incubation) will be paid Rs. 10,000/- per
month upto a period of 6 months.

 Start-ups who are in the ideation stage may be selected under the pre-
incubation programme.
 They will also be mentored for up-to six months to evolve their business
plan & solution around the proposed idea.

ELIGIBILITY
(1) The challenge invites the proposals/applications from Indian Start-ups
who are working in domain related to software product development.
(2) Start-ups registered with DPIIT under start-up India programme are
encouraged to participate in this programme.
(3) Individual Academicians, Researchers, Educators, Entrepreneurs,
partnership firms, LLPs may also participate.

SIGNIFICANCE

 The government of Bihar has allocated one acre of land for this institution.
 This center will be developed by Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology, Government of India at a cost of Rs. 9.17 Crore.

This center will be equipped with the state of the art training facility with a digital
laboratory.

 Different courses such as O level, CCC, BCC, Programming and multimedia

training will be offered from this center

What is the Qualcomm Semiconductor Mentorship Program(QSMP)

2022?
Launched by: Qualcomm India in collaboration with C-DAC (Centre for Development of
Advanced Computing).
Aim: To support selected semiconductor startups by providing them mentorship,
technical training and industry outreach.
Under the program, Qualcomm India will shortlist up to 10 Indian semiconductor
startups for QSMP 2022.
Each shortlisted startup will be paired with a Qualcomm India leader for mentorship on
product planning and development. The startup and the mentor will meet on a periodic
basis either in person or through online meetings.
Qualcomm India will also facilitate “Masterclass” workshops for the shortlisted
startups on semiconductor design aspects such as design, testing, and verification
packaging, as well as on non-technical topics such as pitches, IPR, marketing,
government incentives/opportunities and scaling up teams
credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology Up-gradation Scheme

 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has

approved the continuation of the Credit Linked Capital Subsidy
and Technology Up-gradation Scheme (CLCS-TUS) for the
year 2017-18 to 2019-20. Minist of msme
About CLCS-TUS
The objective of the Scheme is to facilitate technology up-gradation
in MSMEs by providing an upfront capital subsidy of 15 per cent (on
institutional finance of up to Rs 1 crore availed by them) for
induction of well-established and improved technology in the
specified 51 sub-sectors/products approved

 This scheme aims at improving the competitiveness of

MSMEs by integrating various ongoing schematic interventions
aimed at up-grading technology through the Credit Linked Capital
Subsidy (CLCS),
 Special provisions have been made in this scheme to promote
entrepreneurship for SC/STs, women, North Eastern Region, Hill
States, Island Territories (Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep)
and the Aspirational Districts/ Left Wing Extremism (LWE)
Districts.
 The subsidy will be given for investment in
acquisition/replacement of plant & machinery/equipment &
technology up-gradation of any kind.
 In addition, the scheme through Zero Defect & Zero Effect,
component will promote the reduction in emission level of
greenhouse gases and improve the competitiveness through the
reduction in defect/wastage during the manufacturing process of
the products.
 It will also promote the innovation, digital empowerment of
MSMEs, design interventions and support the protection of
intellectual property of MSMEs.
 The scheme will facilitate technology up-gradation to MSEs,
improvement in Quality of products by MSMEs, enhancement in
productivity, reduction in waste and shall promote a culture of
continuous improvement.
 The Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) for
Technology Upgradation of SSI was launched by the Government
of India during 2000-01.
 Along with Small Industries Development Bank of India
(SIDBI) and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD), there are 12 Nodal Banks/Agencies
under CLCSS for the implementation of this scheme
Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization?

The Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) was launched in 2014-15 by the Ministry of
Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, GOI.

 It is aimed at enhancing the reach of farm mechanization to marginal and small farmers and also
to areas where power availability is low.

 Agricultural machines are important to increase productivity of agriculture. The demand for
agricultural products including food is ever increasing whereas the land available for agriculture is
limited. This entails having better tools and methods for carrying out agricultural activities. This is
where farm mechanization comes into the picture.

 This is especially true for India since with only 2.4% of the world’s geographical area and 4% of its
water resources, India has to support 17% of the human population of the world and 15% of the
livestock population.

 Farm power availability is skewed across the different regions of India with states like Punjab,
Haryana, Western UP and Western Rajasthan showing a greater than the national average of 2.02
kW/ha. Other regions like eastern and north-eastern regions are lacking in this direction.

 The scheme will be implemented in all the states, to promote the usage of farm mechanization
and increase the ratio of farm power to cultivable unit area up to 2.5 kW/ha.

 The SMAM scheme has both centrally sponsored and central sector scheme components.

 In the centrally sponsored scheme components, the Government of India funds 60% of the cost
and the states’ share is 40% in all states except northeastern and Himalayan states where the ratio is
90:10 wherein GOI funds 90%. In UTs, the central share is 100%.

 The SMAM scheme is overseen at the national level by the National Steering Committee (NSC)
under the Chairmanship of the Secretary, Agriculture Ministry. At the state and district levels, there
are executive committees to handle the scheme at those levels.

SMAM Scheme Objectives The stated objectives of the SMAM scheme are as follows.

1. Enhancing the reach of farm mechanization to small & marginal farmers and to the regions where
farm power availability is low.
2. Promoting ‘Custom Hiring Centres’ to mitigate the adverse economies of scale caused due to
small landholding and the high cost of individual ownership.

3. Generating awareness among stakeholders through demonstration and capacity building

activities.

4. Developing hubs for hi-tech & high value farm equipment.

5. Ensuring performance testing and certification at designated testing centres.

For important govt schemes related to agriculture, check the following table: National Mission for
Sustainable Agriculture Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichayee Yojana (PMKSY) Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
(RKVY) Micro-Irrigation Fund KUSUM Scheme PM-KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi)
Scheme Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABY) Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) SMAM
Scheme Strategy The SMAM scheme strives to achieve its objectives through the following strategies

.  Conducting performance testing for different farm machineries and equipment at the designated
State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), 4 Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institutes (FMTTIs) and
institutions under ICAR.

 Providing on-field and off-field training and demonstration for boosting farm mechanization.

 Giving financial assistance to farmers to procure farm machinery and implements.

 Setting up custom hiring centres of location and crop specific farm machinery and implements.
Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization Components

Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has launched

the ‘Start-up Accelerators of MeitY for pRoduct Innovation,
Development and growth (SAMRIDH)’ programme.

Key Points
 About the Scheme:
o To create a conducive platform to Indian Software
Product start-ups to enhance their products and secure
investments for scaling their business.
o Focuses on accelerating the 300 start-ups by providing
customer connect, investor connect, and international
immersion in the next three years.
o To provide investment of up to Rs 40 lakh to the start-
up based on current valuation and growth stage of the Start-
Up through selected accelerators.
o Being implemented by MeitY Start-up Hub (MSH).
  MSH acts as a national coordination, facilitation and
monitoring centre that will integrate all the incubation
centres, start-ups and innovation related activities of
MeitY.
o To further the Indian start-up growth which has seen the
emergence of 63 unicorns and is now the third largest
unicorn hub globally with a total valuation of USD 168 billion.
 "Unicorn" is a term used in the venture capital industry to
describe a privately held startup company with a value of
over $1 billion.
 Other Related Initiatives:
o Start Up India Fund
o Start-up Cells
o National Startup Advisory Council
o Atmanirbhar Bharat ARISE-Atal New India Challenge
o AIM-iCREST

E-Biz: Highlights
E-Biz comes under the aegis and guidance of the DIPP (Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.
Below are given some important points which are related to it:

 Help businessmen submit a single integrated application to obtain multiple licenses.

Thus, also make a consolidated payment for the purpose of getting the several
licenses required by them.
 From the incorporation of the above process, the number of procedures and also the
time and cost required for getting approved is greatly reduced. This proves to be very
helpful for beginning with a business and then running it.
 This also very significantly improves India's image on the World Bank. Thus,
improving the business ranking and thereby resulting in greater benefits from the
investors' interests. Investors begin to consider India as an investor-friendly
destination, which is certainly good for the progress and development of India.
 This improved the ranking of India in Starting a Business ranking to a jump of over 20
spots. Thus, ranking as 112.
 Development of the G2B portal that increases India's competitiveness at the
business level. Also, the provision of a single event-driven, service-oriented interface
for all G2B interactions.
 There is a making of an integrated G2B Services across Local, State and Central
Government and thus throughout all geographies across India.
Objectives and Benefits of E-Biz
The focus held strongly by eBiz is to improve in the area of the business
environment of India. And enabling a fast and efficient way. Also to access
Government -to-Business (G2B) services through an online portal.

Making easy the process of opening a new business or /and running the business in
India is the main objective. The benefits of easier procedures and processes are of
great importance in developing at a far faster pace in India. Plus, it is a good
expression for foreign investors interested in investing in India.