CG Schemes April and May

Summary Notes
Schemes and initiatives by

Central Government
(April & May 2023)
Central Govt. Schemes in News April & May 2023
Central Government Schemes in News

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April 2023
 Leading energy-sector players like Reliance,
Tata Power Solar, and JSW Energy have been
allotted sums in different categories in the
second tranche of the solar PLI (production-
linked incentive) scheme totalling Rs 13,937
Production
Ministry of crore.
1 Linked Incentive
Scheme
Electronics & IT  The highest amount, Rs 3,300 crore, has gone
to Indosol Solar, a special purpose vehicle of
Shirdi Sai, which was one of the winners in the
first tranche of solar PLI also. Reliance
Industries Ltd (RIL), which has got Rs 3,098
crore, follows.
 A revamped credit guarantee scheme for
India’s micro and small enterprises will come
into effect April 1, 2023, with the annual
guarantee fee for loans up to Rs 1 crore
getting reduced from the peak 2 per cent to 0.37
percent, reducing the overall cost of credit for
Revamped credit small businesses.
Government of
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India  The limit on ceiling for guarantees has also enhanced
scheme from Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore as per the information
provided by the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro
& Small Enterprises (CGTMSE).
 Consequently, the corpus of Credit Guarantee
Fund Trust for Micro & Small Enterprises has
been infused with a sum of Rs 8,000 crore in
March, 2023.
 To create an integrated national-level
dashboard for monitoring of end-to-end
operations of public distribution system (PDS)
through the usage of cutting-edge technologies,
Minister of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and
National Food Consumer Public Distribution will launch a scheme for the
3 Security Act Affairs, Food, and modernization of PDS — Smart PDS — the
(NFSA) Public next fiscal year.
Distribution  Through the application of artificial intelligence
and other emerging technologies, information
communication technology (ICT) tools will be
used as part of Smart PDS to monitor functions
from procurement of grains from the farmers
across states till the distribution to the 800
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million beneficiaries under National Food
Security Act (NFSA).
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 Khadi and Village Industries Commission,
released margin money grant of Rs. 245.61
crore to 9966 beneficiaries under the Prime
Minister's Employment Generation Program
(PMEGP) scheme.
Prime Minister's Ministry of Micro,  It has also released margin money grant of Rs.
Employment Small and 26.45 crore in favour of 803 beneficiaries under
4 Generation Medium Prime Minister's Employment Generation
Program Enterprises Programme (PMEGP) Scheme in Kaithal,
(PMEGP) scheme. (MSME) Haryana.
 These beneficiaries have been sanctioned Rs.
86.57 crore by banks for setting up enterprises
under PMEGP. About 6424 people will get
additional employment through these units set
up by these beneficiaries.
 Banks and financial institutions have
sanctioned Rs 23.2 lakh crore to over 40.82
crore beneficiaries under the Mudra Yojana
5 Mudra Yojana Govt. of India since its launch in 2015.
 About 68 per cent of accounts under the
scheme belong to women entrepreneurs, and
51 per cent of accounts belong to entrepreneurs
of SC/ST and OBC categories.
 The total balance in the basic bank accounts
under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
(PMJDY) has registered a record surge of
₹50,000 crore in the financial year ended March
31, 2023.
 The total balance at the end of FY23 stood at
Pradhan Mantri Ministry of ₹1.99 lakh crore as against ₹ 1.49 lakh crore
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Jan Dhan Yojana Finance at the end of the previous financial year. There is
also an addition of 5 crore new accounts
under the scheme.
 The total number of beneficiaries reached 48.65
crore by the end of the last fiscal compared to
45 crore in the previous financial year. The
women beneficiaries were over 27 crore.
Pradhan Mantri  The government will implement a revamped
Ministry of
7 Fasal Bima
Agriculture
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
Yojana from Kharif 2023 season, where insurers’
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concerns about profitability will be addressed,
even as the subsidy burden on the government
will be capped.
 Thrust on the use of artificial intelligence (AI)
based technologies for timely assessment of
crop yield data and resultant quicker claim
settlement will be the other key features of the
renewed crop insurance scheme.
 The states will now have the option to choose
between two ‘Cup and Cap’ models where the
insurance companies would have to pay claims
to farmers, within two bands – 60-130% and 80-
110% – of the gross premium collected.
 Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog,
and the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare (MoA&FW) have come together to
promote innovation in the agricultural sector
among school students across India. The two
government bodies have agreed to connect Atal
Tinkering Labs (ATLs) with Krishi Vigyan
Atal Innovation
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Mission (AIM)
NITI Aayog Kendra (KVKs) and Agricultural Technology
Management Agency (ATMAs) under the
initiative.
 This collaboration will provide numerous
stakeholders with necessary information,
training, and inputs. KVKs, in partnership with
ATMA, will collaborate with nearby ATLs to
support agricultural-related innovation.
 As of March 31, 2023, about 15.99 crore and
Pradhan Mantri 33.78 cr were enrolled under PMJJBY and
Jeevan Jyoti PMSBY, respectively.
Bima Yojana  Public sector banks (PSBs) in India have set
Ministry Ministry
9 (PMJJBY) and a target to sell flagship government insurance
of Finance
Pradhan Mantri schemes, including Pradhan Mantri Jeevan
Suraksha Bima Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan
Yojana (PMSBY) Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), by
FY24.
 The Ministry of Rural Development's Deendayal
Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural
Deendayal
Ministry of Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)
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Yojana
Development has launched “Sangathan Se Samridhhi–
Leaving no Rural Woman Behind”, a national
campaign under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
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Samaveshi Vikaas, aimed at mobilizing 10
crore women from eligible rural households.
 This special drive will go on till June 30th 2023
and aspires to bring all the vulnerable and
marginalized rural households under the Self-
Help Group (SHG) fold to enable them to draw
benefits provided under the programme.
 The Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched the
5th round of the Regional Connectivity
Scheme (RCS) – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik
(UDAN) to further enhance the connectivity to
remote and regional areas of the country and
Ministry of Civil achieve last mile connectivity.
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Aviation  This new & stronger version of the scheme will
raise the momentum, connecting new routes,
and bring us closer to the target of
operationalizing 1000 routes & 50 additional
airports, heliports, and water aerodromes in the
near future.
 The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has introduced a
new scheme Marketing and Logistics
Development for Promotion of Tribal
Products from North -Eastern Region (PTP-
NER) for the benefit of Scheduled Tribes of
Northeastern Region.
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(PTP-NER) Ministry of Tribal  The scheme has the vision to strengthen
scheme Affairs livelihood opportunities for tribal artisans through
increased efficiency in procurement, logistics
and marketing of tribal products from North
Eastern States. The scheme will apply to the
states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland,
Tripura and Sikkim.
 Railways will launch the Puri - Gangasagar
Divya Kashi Yatra by Bharat Gaurav Tourist
train from Pune under Dekho Apna Desh and
Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Scheme. The ten
Ek Bharat Ministry of days tour will cover the important religious
13 Shreshtha Bharat Education – destinations of Puri, Kolkata, Gaya, Varanasi
Scheme Nodal Ministry and Prayagraj.
 Railways Ministry has been operating Bharat
Gaurav Tourist Trains from different parts of the
country to showcase India as a destination in the
international as well as domestic arena.
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 The claims under the production-linked
incentive (PLI) scheme stood at Rs 3,420
crore in 2022-23 (FY23), of which the
Production-linked government paid incentives of Rs 2,874 crore to
Ministry of
14 incentive (PLI)
Electronics & IT
PLI beneficiaries until March across eight
scheme sectors — mobile manufacturing, information
technology hardware, pharmaceutical (pharma),
bulk drug, medical device, telecommunications
(telecom), food processing, and drone.
 Total enrolment under Atal Pension Yojana
crossed 5.20 crore mark as on 31 March 2023.
The scheme enrolled more than 1.19 crore new
subscribers in FY 2022-23 as compared to 99
lakh in the last financial year, depicting a growth
Atal Pension Government of
15 of more than 20%.
Yojana India
 As on date, the total assets under
management (AUM) in APY is more than Rs.
27,200 crore and the scheme has generated
investment return of 8.69% since inception of
the scheme.
 The Ministry of MSME has launched the
revamped CGTMSE Scheme. CGTMSE has
been provided with an additional corpus
support of ₹9,000 crore in the Union Budget for
FY 2023-24 to revamp its Scheme to provide a
guarantee for an additional ₹2 lakh crore to
16 CGTMSE Scheme Ministry of MSME Micro & Small Enterprises.
 Accordingly, the major revamp measures were
launched and disseminated to the lending
institutions. The modifications included a
reduction in guarantee fees for loans upto ₹1
crore by 50% bringing the minimum guarantee
fee to the level of 0.37% pa only.
May 2023
 The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of
Finance, has launched the scheme, “Vivad se
Vishwas I – Relief to MSMEs” for providing
relief to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Ministry of (MSMEs) for COVID-19 period.
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Finance  The scheme was announced in the Union
Budget 2023-24 by Union Finance Minister
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.
 Under the scheme, Ministries have been asked
to refund performance security, bid security
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and liquidated damages forfeited/ deducted
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 The project aims to enhance accessibility,
convenience for commuters, promote economic
Ministry of activities in the vicinity, and improve the
Housing & Urban institutional capacity of State Governments,
Affairs (MoHUA) Municipal Corporations, and Urban
and Ministry of Development Authorities to plan, develop and
2 Project-SMART Railways with the manage surrounding areas of MAHSR stations.
Japan
International  An MoU was signed for four stations –
Cooperation Sabarmati, Surat, Virar and Thane – out of 12
Agency (JICA) stations in the route. While Sabarmati is a
brownfield development, Surat, Virar, and Thane
are greenfield.
 Minister of State for Health Dr Bharati Pravin
Pawar launched the third phase of the
Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojana of the Health
Ministry in New Delhi.
Thalassemia Bal  The project is being supported by Coal India
3 Health Ministry
Sewa Yojana Limited as part of their Corporate Social
Responsibility initiative to commemorate World
Thalassemia Day.
 She also launched the Thalassemia Bal Sewa
Yojana Portal.
 Foreign currency payments such as digital
subscriptions to publications or goods
bought on foreign e-commerce sites through
international credit cards will count toward an
individual's Liberalised Remittance Scheme
(LRS) account and attract 20% tax collected at
source (TCS).
 However, if these purchases are made in Indian
rupees, they will not be counted against LRS
Liberalised and face any TCS.
4 Remittance Finance Ministry  Corporate cards given to employees for official
Scheme
expenditure overseas will also not attract
TCS, as these expenses are covered under
residual current account transactions outside the
LRS.
 To avoid any procedural ambiguity, the Ministry
of Finance has decided that any payments by
an individual using their international Debit
or Credit cards upto Rs 7 lakh per financial
year will be excluded from the LRS limits and
hence, will not attract any TCS.
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 The Kerala government has launched a welfare
fund for Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment
Mahatma Gandhi Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) workers in
Rural
Employment Ministry of Rural
the State.
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Guarantee Development  Under this initiative, the workers who have
Scheme completed the age of 60 will be entitled for
(MGNREGS) pension under the fund which will also provide
financial assistance for medical treatment,
education, marriage, among other benefits.
 Under the flagship Pradhan Mantri Matsya
Sampada Yojana(PMMSY) seven major field
studies are being carried out by the
autonomous body, National Productivity
Council (NPC).
Ministry of  The Govt. has provided financial assistance
Pradhan Mantri
Fisheries, Animal
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Husbandry &
under PMMSY to individual and groups engaged
Yojana (PMMSY) in fishing industry and to build critical
Dairying
infrastructure and supply chain to support the
industry and PMMSY has received
overwhelming responses from states/UTs and
projects of value Rs. 14659.12 Crores have
been approved by the Govt. till 31.03.2023.
 The Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched the
5.1 version of the Regional Connectivity
Scheme (RCS) - Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik
Ude Desh Ka Aam Ministry of Civil
(UDAN) to enhance the connectivity to remote
7 areas of the country and achieve last mile
Nagrik (UDAN) Aviation
connectivity through helicopters.
 The latest round of UDAN scheme is a
testament to two emerging phenomena in
Indian civil aviation.
 The fourth meeting of the National Level
Steering Committee (NLSC) of the Atal Bhujal
Yojana was held in New Delhi under the
Chairmanship of Secretary, Department of
Water Resources, RD & GR, Ministry of Jal
Atal Bhujal Ministry of Jal Shakti.
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Yojana Shakti  The Committee reviewed the overall progress
of the scheme and directed the States to
expedite all the activities including
procurement as well as convergence for the
implementation of the interventions proposed
under Water Security Plans (WSPs).
Prime Minister Ministry of  Since the launch of Prime Minister Jan Dhan
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Jan Dhan Yojana Finance Yojana, Telangana State has achieved 100
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percent household coverage of banking
services extending them to all sections of
people.
 As per the Social Security Administration survey,
the state has achieved 100 percent coverage
and the benefits of 135 welfare schemes and
programmes under 20 departments are
credited to these zero-balance bank accounts of
the beneficiaries.
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 The Government e-Marketplace (GeM)
portal has almost doubled its gross
merchandise value (GMV) to Rs 2 trillion in
FY23, achieving its target on the last day of
the financial year. In FY22, the GMV of GeM
Government e- Ministry of
1 Marketplace (GeM) Commerce and was Rs 1.06 trillion and has completed five
portal Industry million transactions in a single financial
year for the first time ever.
 Cumulatively, GeM has surpassed GMV
worth Rs 3.9 trillion since inception in 2016
and the number of transactions has exceeded
14 million.
 PhonePe has entered into e-commerce with the
launch of a shopping app, Pincode, on the
government-backed Open Network for Digital
Open Network for
Ministry of Commerce (ONDC) platform. The app will focus
2 Digital Commerce on hyperlocal commerce. The Pincode app will
Commerce
(ONDC) platform promote local shopkeepers and sellers. It aims
to digitally connect each city’s consumers with all
their neighbourhood stores that they usually
buy from offline
 Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and
Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal
launched the App Version of National
National Logistics Ministry for Ports,
3 Portal (Marine) Shipping and
Logistics Portal (Marine) ‘Sagar-Setu’.
‘Sagar-Setu’ Waterways  The app has been envisaged with
deliverables covering features like Login
Module, Service Catalogue, Common
Application Format, Letter of Credit, Bank
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Guarantee, Certification, and Track & Trace
etc.
 It will provide real-time information of
activities that are generally not in reach of
the importer, exporter, and customs broker
including vessel-related information, gate,
container freight stations and transactions on
fingertips.
 The Education Ministry under the New
Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has fixed a
target of 50 per cent Gross Enrolment
Ratio in Higher Education by 2035.
 To achieve this significant target various
steps are being taken like new regulations for
Ministry of open and distance learning programmes and
4 SWAYAM portal
Education online learning programmes to augment the
accessibility of Higher Education.
 The Information Communication and
Technology (ICT) based SWAYAM portal
has been launched to reach out to people
and allow them to secure good quality
education.
 Reserve Bank of India will launch a secured
web-based centralised portal named
‘PRAVAAH’ (Platform for Regulatory
Application, Validation And
AutHorisation) to simplify and streamline
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application processes.
 The portal will show time limits for
deciding on the applications/approvals
sought. This measure will bring greater
efficiencies into regulatory processes and
facilitate ease of doing business for the
regulated entities of RBI.
 A total of 2,838 complaints against
companies and market intermediaries
were disposed of through SEBI‘s SCORES
6 SCORES platform SEBI platform in March.
 At the beginning of March, as many as 2,241
complaints were pending and 2,643 fresh
complaints were received during the month.
Ministry of
Animal Pandemic  Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry &
Fisheries, Animal
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Husbandry &
Dairying has launched the Animal
Initiative Pandemic Preparedness Initiative and
Dairying
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World Bank-funded Animal Health System
Support for One Health to enhance India's
preparedness and response to potential
animal pandemics, in line with the One
Health approach.
 This initiative aims to enhance India's
preparedness and response to animal
pandemics, with a focus on zoonotic
diseases that pose a threat to both animal
and human health. This initiative will help to
improve veterinary services and
infrastructure, disease surveillance
capabilities, early detection and response,
build the capacity of animal health
professionals, and awareness among
farmers through community outreach.
 World Bank-funded project on “Animal
Health System Support for One Health
(AHSSOH)” that aims at creating an
ecosystem for a better animal health
management system using the One Health
approach covering five (05) states in India
was also launched.
 G20 MACS Meeting is going to be held on
17-19 April in Varanasi. The Meeting of
Agricultural Chief Scientists (MACS) will
pursue discussion on food and nutrition
security, resilience to climate change, One
Health approaches, digital agriculture, and
public–private partnerships for research,
education and extension.
 The 12th MACS meeting under India’s
Presidency has identified the theme of
Sustainable Agriculture and Food
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Systems for Healthy People and Planet. In
this theme, there are four priority areas on
which focused discussion will take place.
 The meeting will feature the MAHARISHI
Initiative i.e., Millets And OtHer Ancient
Grains International ReSearcH Initiative.
This International Initiative will focus on
Research and Awareness with agro-
biodiversity, food security, and nutrition
aligning with the International Year of Millets
2023.
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 A conservation programme called ‘Project
Tiger’ completed 50 years of its launch
and Prime Minister Narendra Modi also
released a commemorative coin marking 50
years of ‘Project Tiger’, and the
government’s vision for tiger conservation
during the ‘Amrit Kaal’.
9 Project Tiger Govt of India  Apart from the tiger census report, titled
the ‘Status of Tigers 2022’, Modi also
released the fifth cycle of Management
Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE), an annual
assessment that accompanies the tiger
census in India.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi revealed the
2022 tiger count which makes up to
3,167.
 Union Home Minister and Minister of
Cooperation Amit Shah on a two-day visit
to Arunachal Pradesh will launch the
‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ in
Kibithoo, a border village in the Anjaw
district of Arunachal Pradesh.
Vibrant Villages Ministry of Home
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Programme and Cooperation  Union Home Minister will also inaugurate
nine Micro Hydel Projects of the
Arunachal Pradesh government
constructed under the “Golden Jubilee
Border Illumination Programme” in Kibithoo.
These electricity projects will empower
people living in border villages.
 In a push for green mobility, the Centre
sanctioned Rs 800 crore under Faster
Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid
&) Electric Vehicles (FAME II) to three
public sector oil-marketing companies
(OMCs) for setting up 7,432 public fast-
Ministry of Heavy charging stations across the country.
11 FAME II Industries and  In the first instalment, the Ministry of Heavy
Public Enterprises Industries has released 70 per cent (Rs 560
crore) of the dedicated Rs 800 crore to
Indian Oil Corporation (Indian Oil),
Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL),
and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
(HPCL) for installation and commissioning
of upstream infrastructure and charging
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equipment of electric vehicle (EV) public
charging stations at respective retail outlets.
 The installation is expected to be
completed by March 2024.
 Under Phase II of FAME India, Rs 1,000
crore is allocated for the development of
charging infrastructure.
 With electric two-wheeler (E2W)
manufacturers agreeing to reimburse
consumers for the off-board chargers, the
government is planning to release the
halted subsidy under the Faster Adoption
and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric
Vehicles in India (FAME) II to them.
 Of the Rs 1,110 crore under suspension
since the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI),
Rs 823 crore will be released to four
defaulters — Ather Energy, Ola Electric,
TVS, and Hero MotoCorp’s Vida.
 Ola, which will receive Rs 367 crore, is in
line to get the highest payout from the MHI.
It will be followed by around Rs 275 crore
for Ather. TVS is likely to get Rs 153 crore,
while the subsidy bill to be settled for Hero
MotoCorp will be Rs 28 crore.
 The Centre has slashed the Faster
Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid
&) Electric Vehicles (FAME-II) subsidy of
electric two-wheeler to Rs 10,000 per Kwh
from the existing Rs 15,000 per Kwh. The
existing maximum subsidy cap of 40
percent of the ex-factory price of the
vehicle has also been pruned to 15
percent.
 Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI
Aayog, and the United Nations Capital
Development Fund (UNCDF) jointly
launched a whitepaper aimed at making
Atal Innovation India a global leader in Agri-Tech
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Mission innovation and expanding these
innovations to the least developed countries
in Asia and Africa.
 The whitepaper offers actionable steps to
overcome challenges faced by Agri-Tech
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start-ups and facilitate their growth at
national and international levels.
 The whitepaper outlines the significant
observations and recommendations
required to tackle challenges in the
agriculture sector and promote
sustainable practices that support
smallholder farmers across developing
economies. Agri-Tech innovations will help
address food security, supply chain
inefficiencies, and climate change concerns.
 Ministry of Science and Technology has
launched - YUVA PORTAL in New Delhi,
which will help in connecting and identifying
potential young Start-Ups. Dr Singh also
Ministry of Science launched the One Week -One Lab
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and Technology programme.
 The One Week - One Lab programme will
offer the opportunity to the CSIR labs to
showcase the work being done by them so
that others can avail of it.
 The 48th meeting of the Executive
Committee of the National Mission for
Clean Ganga (NMCG) was held under the
chairmanship of Director General, National
Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) G. Asok
Kumar. Eight projects worth around Rs.
Ministry of Jal 638 crore were approved in the meeting.
14 Namami Gange Shakti  In an attempt to clean River Hindon, which
is a tributary of River Yamuna, four
projects worth Rs. 407.39 crore were
approved for ending pollution in the Shamli
district. These projects are part of the
comprehensive Hindon Rejuvenation
Plan.
 The Union Cabinet has approved the
National Quantum Mission (NQM) at a
total cost of Rs.6003.65 crore from 2023-
National Quantum Ministry of Science
24 to 2030-31, aiming to seed, nurture and
15 scale up scientific and industrial R&D and
Mission & Technology
create a vibrant & innovative ecosystem
in Quantum Technology (QT).
 This will accelerate QT led economic
growth, nurture the ecosystem in the
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country and make India one of the leading
nations in the development of Quantum
Technologies & Applications (QTA).
 The new mission targets developing
intermediate scale quantum computers with
50-1000 physical qubits in 8 years in
various platforms like superconducting and
photonic technology.
 Satellite based secure quantum
communications between ground stations
over a range of 2000 kilometres within India,
long distance secure quantum
communications with other countries,
inter-city quantum key distribution over
2000 km as well as multi-node Quantum
network with quantum memories are also
some of the deliverables of the Mission.
 Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare has launched the SATHI (Seed
Traceability, Authentication and Holistic
Inventory) Portal and Mobile App, a
Centralized Online System for seed
Ministry of traceability, authentication and
16 SATHI Agriculture and inventory designed to deal with the
Farmers Welfare challenges of seed production, quality
seed identification and seed certification.
 It has been developed by the NIC in
collaboration with the Union Ministry of
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on the
theme of ‘Uttam Beej – Samriddh Kisan.
 Prime Minister will launch nine campaigns
under Inclusive Development
(Samaveshi Vikaas) theme on the 24th of
April during the National Panchayati Raj
Day in Madhya Pradesh.
 He will also launch the Website and Mobile
Prime Minister
17 Samaveshi Vikaas Narendra Modi App “Samaveshi Vikaas” at the event. The
mobile app is designed with the objective
to ensure the documentation of public
participation and the website is expected to
provide real-time progress of various
activities under Samaveshi Vikaas
campaigns.
Ministry of labour &  The new features in the e-shram portal
18 e-Sharm portal
Employment enabling registered workers to b
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opportunities, skilling and apprenticeship
opportunities, uploading family details
and pension schemes were launched by the
Ministry of labour & Employment.
 Migrant workers will now be able to add
their family details which will help them in
accessing child education and women
centric schemes during their period of
migration.
 Further, a new feature on sharing of data
of construction workers registering on
eShram with the concerned Building and
Other Construction Workers’ (BOCW)
Welfare Board, has been added to ensure
registration of e-Shram construction
workers with the respective BOCW board
and access to the schemes meant for them.
 For artisans and weavers to sell their
handloom and handicraft products
directly to customers without any
middlemen, the government has launched
an e-commerce portal
Indiahandmade.com.
e-commerce portal
19 Govt. of India  The portal will provide products from more
Indiahandmade.com than 35 lakh handloom weavers and 27
lakh handicraft artisans directly to the
consumers. The portal currently offers
clothing, home decor, jewellery,
accessories, and other products handmade
by skilled artisans.
 As part of Aazadi Ka Amrit Mahostav, the
Department of Animal Husbandry and
Dairying organized awareness Programme
“Pashudhan Jagruty Abhiyaan” under the
campaign on Inclusive Development on
24th April 2023.
Department of
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Pashudhan Jagruty
Animal Husbandry
 Information on various Schemes and
Abhiyaan and Dairying Programms of the Department especially on
Entrepreneurship, Vaccination and other
beneficiary-oriented schemes of the
Department were explained through the
Common Service Centres network by
holding 2000 village level camps across
the Aspirational Districts.
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 Razorpay, a fintech payments and banking
platform for businesses, will join the Open
Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC),
as an alternative for internet shopping.
Open Network for
21 Digital Commerce
Ministry of  With this, the Tiger Global-backed firm has
Commerce become the first payment gateway to
(ONDC)
launch a Payment Reconciliation Service
for Network Participants (NPs) like
buyers, sellers, and logistic partners on
ONDC.
May 2023
 Ministry of MSME has launched a new
platform India Health Dialogue (IHD) to
enhance MSMEs in healthcare with
advanced manufacturing capabilities
and boost exports in order to promote self-
reliance and reduce healthcare or medical
imports in the country.
1 India Health Dialogue Ministry of MSME  IHD is a global collaborative and
stakeholders platform by the India
Chamber of Business and Commerce in
partnership with the Indian Council of
Medical Research, and Indian Medical
Association; and supported by the ministry
to build a robust ecosystem to
revolutionize health and health care
sector for the future.
 The government has announced a portal called
CU-Chayan (Chayan is Hindi for selection) for
unified recruitment at central universities so as
to ease the process of recruitment in all central
universities. The portal will act as a common
platform to list all vacancies, advertisements,
2 CU-Chayan UGC and jobs across all central universities. The portal
makes the recruitment process completely online.
The portal will simplify the recruitment process for
not just applicants but also recruiters. It will
provide the facility of real-time tracking of
applications.
 As part of AazadiKaAmritMahostav,
Ministry of Ministry of Fisheries, Animal husbandry
Nationwide AHDF Fisheries, Animal and Dairying, will launch the Nationwide
3
KCC Campaign husbandry and AHDF KCC Campaign for 2023-24 .
Dairying  This step will further help in extending KCC
facility to all small landless farmers
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engaged in animal husbandry and fisheries
activities.
 The Reserve Bank of India has launched a
‘100 Days 100 Pays’ campaign for banks to
trace and settle the top ‘100 unclaimed
deposits’ of every bank in every district of
the country within ‘100 days.
 This measure is expected to complement the
ongoing efforts and initiatives by the Reserve
Bank to reduce the quantum of unclaimed
4 100 Days 100 Pays RBI
deposits in the banking system and return
such deposits to their rightful
owners/claimants.
 The banks will commence the campaign
from June 01, 2023.The balances in savings
or current accounts which are not been
operated for 10 years, or term deposits not
claimed within 10 years from the date of
maturity are classified as ‘Unclaimed
Deposits’.
 The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA)
has moved a step forward by centralising
the strike off process of companies with the
establishment of the Centre for Processing
Accelerated Corporate Exit (C-
PACE). The establishment of the C-PACE
will help to reduce the stress on the
Centre for Processing Registry along with keeping the registry
Accelerated Ministry of clean besides the availability of more
5
Corporate Exit (C- Corporate Affairs meaningful data to the stakeholders.
PACE)  The C-PACE will also benefit the
stakeholders by providing a hassle-free
filing, timely and process-bound striking off
their company’s names from the Register.
 The setting up of the C-PACE is part of the
several measures taken by MCA in the recent
past towards Ease of Doing Business and
ease of exit for the Companies.
 With an aim to promote Indian music at the
grassroots level on a national scale by
MyGov, in identifying and recognising the new and
6 YUVA PRATIBHA collaboration with young talent in various singing genres,
Ministry of Culture MyGov in collaboration with Ministry of
Culture is launching a YUVA PRATIBHA –
Singing Talent Hunt on May 10, 2023.
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 Singing Talent Hunt is a unique opportunity
for citizens across India to display their
singing talent and skills and to gain national
recognition.
 one can participate in the YUVA PRATIBHA
– Singing Talent Hunt and lend the melodic
voice in the various genres:
 Folk Songs
 Patriotic Songs
 Contemporary Songs
 Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health
Secretary launched the SAKSHAM
(Stimulating Advanced Knowledge for
Sustainable Health Management), a
Learning Management Information System
(LMIS) of MoHFW.
7 SAKSHAM
Union Health o This digital learning platform has been
Ministry developed by the National Institute of
Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW), New
Delhi.
 SAKSHAM is a dedicated and unified
platform for providing online training and
medical education to all health
professionals in the country.
 According to the data provided by the
government, Uttar Pradesh emerged as the
largest buyer of goods and services
among all states and Union Territories from
government portal GeM in 2022-23.
 The Uttar Pradesh government and its
agencies procured goods and services
worth Rs 12,152 crore from the commerce
ministry’s platform Government e-
Ministry of marketplace (GeM) during last fiscal year.
8 GeM portal Commerce and  It was followed by Gujarat (Rs 7,964 crore) ,
Industry
Maharashtra (Rs 4,130 crore), Jammu and
Kashmir (Rs 1,999 crore) and Madhya
Pradesh (Rs 1,983 crore).
 Among central government ministries, the
power ministry was the top buyer in 2022-
23 from the platform. The ministry procured
goods and services worth Rs 30,572.9 crore.
 Canara Bank emerged as the largest buyer
among state-owned lenders in 2022-23,
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making total purchases of ₹592.82 crore
from the portal.
 The personnel from the government
ministries, departments, agencies and
public sector units will be able to book taxis
for official purposes from cab aggregator
Uber as the company has partnered with
public procurement portal GeM to provide
the service.
 UGC has developed a portal named UTSAH
(Undertaking Transformative Strategies and
Actions in Higher Education) to motivate,
implement, and monitor this progress.
 This Portal aims to effectively track and
9 UTSAH UGC support the implementation of the
National Education Policy 2020 and its
strategic initiatives across Higher
 The University Grants Commission (UGC)
has introduced a new teaching post titled
'Professor of Practice' for Higher
Educational Institutions (HEls) in India.
 The Union Health Ministry launched an
ambitious initiative of screening and
putting 75 million people with
hypertension and diabetes on Standard
Care by 2025, to mark the World
Hypertension Day.
 This was announced at the G20 co-branded
event “Accelerating the Prevention and
Management of Hypertension and
Diabetes”, organized by Union Health
10 “75/25” initiative Health Ministry Ministry and WHO by Dr. V K Paul, Member
(Health), NITI Aayog.
 This will be the largest expansion of NCDs
in primary health care programme in the
world with a community-based approach
starting at the primary healthcare level.
 In addition to the 75/25 initiative, the
Shashakt Portal was launched for training
of 40,000 Primary Health Care Medical
Officers on Standard Treatment Workflow for
NCDs initiated to realize health care services
closer to the community.
Ministry of
School-to-Work  The workshop was co-chaired by Shri
11 Education and
Transition Sanjay Kumar, Secretary, School Education
World Bank
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and Shri Atul Kumar Tiwari, Secretary Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship.
 The workshop was also attended by the
Secretaries of Education and Skill
Department of the six STARS states i.e.
Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha,
Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
and Uttar Pradesh along with the State
Project Directors of Samagra Shiksha,
respective officers, and representatives from
the World Bank.
 One of the key components of STARS
program is strengthening of Vocational
Education and School-to-Work
Transition.
 The Union Minister for Rural Development
and Panchayati Raj, Shri Giriraj Singh
launched ‘SAMARTH’ Campaign on
Promoting Digital Transactions in 50000
Gram Panchayats' under the
Ministry for Rural AmritMahotsav in Lucknow.
12 SAMARTH campaign Development and  The Ministry of Rural Development,
Panchayati Raj Government of India is running a “Samarth
Campaign on Promoting Digital
Transactions in 50,000 Gram Panchayats”
which started from 1st February 2023 and will
continue till 15th August 2023 under the
AzadiKaAmritMahotsav.
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