October - 2023

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Government
Schemes
(1st to 7th October 2023)
(Part-1)

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Contents
FIRST SECTION ................................................................................................................................................... 4
MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS ............................................................................................. 4
1.1 Scheme for promotion of Research and Innovation in Pharma MedTech Sector (PRIP) ............ 4
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare............................................................................................................ 6
1.2 Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) ...................................... 6
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ................................................................................................................................ 7
1.3 National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS) ..................................................... 7
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE ................................................................................. 8
1.4 Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) ............................................................................................................ 8
1.5 Interest Subvention Scheme (ISS)................................................................................................. 10
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT ................................................................................. 11
1.6 Scholarships for Higher Education for Young Achievers Scheme (SHREYAS) .................. 11
1.7 Central sector sub- schemes of Scholarships for Higher Education for Young Achievers
Scheme (SHREYAS) ...................................................................................................................................... 11
SECOND SECTION ............................................................................................................................................ 14
1.8 Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE) .......................................................................... 14
1.9 Rainfed Area Development (RAD).................................................................................................. 14
1.10 National Food Security Mission (NFSM) ...................................................................................... 15
1.11 Sub-Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP) ................................................................ 15
REFERENCE SECTION...................................................................................................................................... 15
Government Schemes (1st – 7th October 2023, Part-2) ............................................................................ 18
Government Schemes (8th – 15th October 2023)........................................................................................ 33
Government Schemes (16th – 31st October 2023) ...................................................................................... 45

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 FIRST SECTION

MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

1.1 Scheme for promotion of Research and Innovation in Pharma

MedTech Sector (PRIP)
What’s in News?
• Launched recently.
• Indian pharmaceutical industry is 3rd largest pharmaceutical industry in world by
volume with current market size of around USD 50 Billions.
o Industry could potentially grow to USD 120-130 Billion over next decade.
• 3 bulk drug parks made in Himachal Pradesh, Vizag and Gujarat.
• 4 medical device parks made in Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and
Tamil Nadu.

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 Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
1.2 Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-
PMJAY)
What’s in News?
News 1:
• 2-day Arogya Manthan held to mark 5 years of AB-PMJAY.
• 24.58 crore Ayushman Cards created, and 27,353 Hospitals Empanelled under PM-JAY.
• Under PM-JAY around 5.6 crore hospitals admission (worth over Rs. 69,000 crore) have
undertaken.
• 177 Ayushman cards made Per Minute; 30 beneficiaries’ avail of services per minute; 48%
of Hospitalization availed by Women and 8 hospitals are being empanelled per day, on
an average under PM-JAY.
o over 141 medical procedures exclusively earmarked for women.
• Around 60% of amount has been used for tertiary care hospitalization.
• Awards given to states for effective implementation of PM-JAY and ABDM:
o Highest Ayushman Card Creation:
i. Assam, Nagaland, and Jammu & Kashmir
o Highest Percentage of Utilization in Public Hospitals:
i. Karnataka and Tripura
o For Highest number of treatments, won by
i. Kerala - large state, Meghalaya - small state, Puducherry - Union Territory
o Gender Equity in Service Delivery, won by:
i. Karnataka - large state, Meghalaya - small state, and Jammu and Kashmir-
Union Territory
o Award for facility that generated most number of ABHA Scan and Share tokens
went to AIIMS, Delhi.
• Delhi, Odisha and West Bengal – are not implementing PM-JAY.
News 2:
• Aapke Dwar Ayushman (ADA 3.0) launched by NHA and the ‘Ayushman Bhav’
campaign launched.
o designed to give a further push to increasing health coverage in country.
• First beneficiary of scheme in country, 5 years old Karishma felicitated at Arogya
Manthan.

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 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
1.3 National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS)
What’s in News?
• Online submission/registration of applications on National Scholarship Portal (NSP) for
scholarships for 2023-24 commenced on 01st October 2023.

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 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE
1.4 Per Drop More Crop (PDMC)
What’s in News?
• Updated guidelines of the scheme released.

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 1.5 Interest Subvention Scheme (ISS)
What’s in News?
• Scheme was in news.

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 MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT
1.6 Scholarships for Higher Education for Young Achievers
Scheme (SHREYAS)
What’s in News?
• Over ₹2300 crore rupees allocated for education of SC and OBC students since 2014.
• SHREYAS National Fellowship Scheme benefits more than 21,000 SC students for
Higher Education.
Note: As Phase I of NABARD Grade – A 2023 is on 16th October 2023, we are covering the sub-
schemes of the SHREYAS in tabular format, same will be covered in mind map format after
examination.

1.7 Central sector sub- schemes of Scholarships for Higher

Education for Young Achievers Scheme (SHREYAS)

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 SECOND SECTION
1.8 Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE)
What’s in News?

• Scheme was in news.

▪ Nodal Ministry - Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

▪ Aim - making extension system farmer driven and farmer accountable
Sub-Mission on by disseminating technology to farmers through new institutional
Agriculture arrangements.
Extension (SMAE) o viz. Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) at
district level to operationalize extension reforms in a
participatory mode.

1.9 Rainfed Area Development (RAD)

What’s in News?

• Scheme was in news.

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 ▪ Nodal Ministry - Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
▪ Aim - to promote integrated farming systems by focusing on multi-
cropping, crop rotation and allied activities like livestock, apiculture etc
Rainfed Area
▪ Helps in minimizing adverse impact of crop failure through diversified
Development
systems thereby enhancing production and productivity of rainfed
(RAD)
area.
o helping in sustaining the income of small and marginal
farmers even in climatic variability.

1.10 National Food Security Mission (NFSM)

What’s in News?

• Scheme was in news.

▪ Nodal Ministry - Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

▪ Aim - increasing production of rice, wheat, pulses coarse cereals
National Food
(maize & barley), nutri-cereals (jowar, bajra, ragi& other small millets)
Security Mission
and commercial crops (jute, cotton & sugarcane) and oilseeds
(NFSM)
o through area expansion and productivity enhancement in a
sustainable manner in the identified districts of country.

1.11 Sub-Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP)

What’s in News?

• Scheme was in news.

▪ Nodal Ministry - Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

▪ Objectives –
o To provide support for creation of infrastructure conducive
for development of the seed sector.
Sub-Mission on
o Support to public seed producing organisations for improving
Seed and Planting
their capacity and quality of seed production.
Material (SMSP)
o Create dedicated seed bank to meet unforeseen
circumstances of natural calamities.
▪ Covers entire gamut of seed production chain, from production of
nucleus seed to supply of certified seeds to farmers.

REFERENCE SECTION

Covered in
Scheme Name Current Development
which month

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 • 50 lakh Street Vendors covered under Scheme.
o disbursement of 65.75 lakh loans, exceeding ₹
8600 crore.
• Over past 3 months, states onboarded more than 12
lakh new vendors, highest ever.
• Ministry allocated targets to all states and union
territories for identification of beneficiaries and loan
Pradhan Mantri disbursement. SchemesTap
Street Vendor's o States, in turn, have assigned targets to their
– September
Atmanirbhar Nidhi respective cities, with aim of achieving them by
2023
(PM-SVANIDHI) December 31, 2023.
• Currently, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, and Gujarat are
among the top-performing states, while Ahmedabad,
Lucknow, Kanpur, Indore, and Mumbai are leading
cities in program's implementation.
• SVANidhi se Samriddhi - over 51 lakh sanctions under 8
Schemes granted for upliftment of beneficiary street
vendors' families.
• In case subscriber exits Scheme within period of less
than 10 years from date of joining
o share of contribution by him only will be returned
to him with savings bank rate of interest.
• In case subscriber exits Scheme after 10 years from date
Pradhan Mantri of joining and before 60 years SchemesTap
o then his share of contribution only shall be
Kisan Maan Dhan – September
returned to him along with accumulated interest
Yojana (PMKMY) 2023
thereon
✓ as actually earned by Pension Fund or
interest at savings bank interest rate
thereon, whichever is higher.
• Spouse is also eligible to get a separate pension of Rs.
3000/- upon making separate contributions.
News 1:
• Swachhata Special Campaign 3.0 Portal launched.
o from 2nd October, 2023 to 31st October, 2023
with focus on Swachhata and Reducing
Pendency in Government Offices with a
saturation approach.
• Special Campaign 3.0 to focus on field/outstation
offices responsible for service delivery or having
public interface, in addition to Ministries/Departments
Swachh Bharat and their attached/subordinate offices. SchemesTap
Mission - Urban • Department of Administrative Reforms and Public – August
2.0 (SBM-U 2.0) Grievances (DARPG) is Nodal Department for 2023
implementation of Special Campaign 3.0
• Swachhata campaign, first mass awareness campaign
launched on August 15, achieved four primary objectives
including:
o change in work culture, eOffice (Over 90% file
work), use of Open Spaces and Archive culture
• Compendium of 300 Best Practices launched by
DARPG which will be implemented by all Government
Ministries and Departments and published widely

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 through media, highlighting ‘Whole of Government’ and
‘Whole of Science’ approach.
News 2:
• Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) fortnight organised jointly by
Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and Grameen between
15th Sept to 2nd Oct ’23.
o Theme for SHS 2023 is “Garbage Free India”.
• Key activities organized under SHS- 2023:
o Swachhata Hi Seva – Fortnight long Cleanliness
Drives
o Indian Swachhata League 2.0: mobilize youth
groups at scale to take sustained ownership for
swachhata
o SafaiMitra Suraksha Shivir: aimed at saturating
welfare schemes for sanitation workers and their
dependents and to improve their well-being and
quality of life.
✓ To target all sanitation workers in Solid
Waste Management (SWM) & Used
Water Management (UWM).
• All 4,884 ULBs (100%) in India are now Open Defecation
Free (ODF).
• 73.62 lakh toilets (67. 1 lakh individual household toilets
and 6.52 lakh community and public toilets) built.
• 95% wards in India have 100% door-to-door collection
of waste.
• 12 crore toilets have been built in last 9 years under
SBM.
• Solid waste management - almost non-existent at
mission’s inception, now stands at 76%.

• 2-day Arogya Manthan held to mark 2 years Scheme.

• More than 45 crore ABHA IDs have been created,
2,19,546 Health Facilities have been registered, and
Ayushman Bharat around 2,28,794 Healthcare Professionals have been on SchemesTap
Digital Mission boarded under ABDM. – August
(ABDM) • For ABDM, Andhra Pradesh was awarded as the “Top 2023
State in Linking Health Records with ABHA,” while
Uttar Pradesh emerged as “Top State in Generation of
ABHA Scan and Share Tokens”

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Government
Schemes
(1st to 7th October 2023)
(Part-2)

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Contents
FIRST SECTION ................................................................................................................................................. 20
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ..................................................................................................... 20
1.12 Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) ......................................... 20
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS................................................................................................................ 21
1.13 Scheme for Recognition of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ................................................ 21
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE ............................................................................... 22
1.14 Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) .................................................. 22
1.15 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana – Remunerative Approach for Agriculture and Allied
Sector Rejuvenation (RKVY – RAFTAAR) ................................................................................................. 23
1.16 National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Scheme ........................................................................... 24
MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS................................................................................................................. 25
1.17 Nai Manzil Scheme ............................................................................................................................ 25
OTHERS ................................................................................................................................................................ 26
1.18 Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) .......................................................................... 26
SECOND SECTION ............................................................................................................................................ 28
1.19 School Health and Wellness Programme (SHWP) ..................................................................... 28
1.20 Incentive Scheme for Customer Service Points (CSPs)/Business Correspondents (BCs)
of Banks operating in North Eastern (NE) States .................................................................................. 28
1.21 Insurance cover to gig workers ...................................................................................................... 29
1.22 Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam ................................................................................................... 29
1.23 Make in India ....................................................................................................................................... 29
1.24 Mission Indradhanush (MI) .............................................................................................................. 29
1.25 Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) ............................................................. 30
1.26 Innovation and Agri-Entrepreneurship Development ............................................................... 30
1.27 Sub-Mission on Agro forestry (SMAF) ......................................................................................... 31
1.28 Digital Health Incentives Scheme (DHIS)..................................................................................... 31
1.29 National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) ................................................ 32
REFERENCE SECTION...................................................................................................................................... 32

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 FIRST SECTION

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

1.12 Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP)
What’s in News?
• Government extends support under Scheme for Remission of Duties and Taxes on
Exported Products (RoDTEP) till 30th June 2024.
o at same rates to existing export items.
• In line with Scheme framework, RoDTEP Committee has again been constituted in
Department of Revenue to review and recommend ceiling rates under RoDTEP Scheme
for different export sectors.
• Under Scheme, support of ₹27,018 crores has been extended for 27 month period till
31.03.2023.
• RoDTEP scheme operates under budgetary framework and for FY 23-24, budget of ₹
15,070 crores is available to support 10610 HS lines at 8 digit level.

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 MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
1.13 Scheme for Recognition of Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
What’s in News?
• Launched recently.
• First recognition would be for period 1st April 2023 to 31st March, 2024.

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 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

1.14 Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)

What’s in News?
• Outlay of Plan component of MIDH has been fixed at ₹1965.98 crore for 2023-24 (BE).

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 1.15 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana – Remunerative Approach for
Agriculture and Allied Sector Rejuvenation (RKVY – RAFTAAR)
What’s in News?
• Scheme was in news.

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 1.16 National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Scheme
What’s in News?
• 28 new mandis are approved recently for integration to take the total count of APMCs to
1389 on e-NAM.
o encompassing 23 States and 4 UTs, where in 209 commodities are being traded.

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1.17 Nai Manzil Scheme
What’s in News?
• Out of the total target of 1,00,000, the Ministry allocated 99,980 beneficiaries, out of which
98,712 beneficiaries have been trained, involving a total expenditure of Rs. 456.19 crores.

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 OTHERS
1.18 Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)
What’s in News?

News 1:

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• State governments have availed ₹4.07 lakh crore from RIDF in projects involving rural
connectivity, social sector, agriculture and related sectors.
News 2:
• NABARD sanctioned ₹1,974.07 crore to Rajasthan under Rural Infrastructure Development
Fund (RIDF) for 2023-24.

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1.19 School Health and Wellness Programme (SHWP)
What’s in News?

• Comic Book Developed by NCERT and UNESCO “Let’s Move Forward” launched.
o Focused on good health and wellness, this book will motivate students to prioritise
holistic well-being while entertaining them through storytelling.
o Books will be accessible in 11 languages - pertaining to the 11 thematic components

▪ Initiated under Ayushman Bharat campaign in April ,2018

School Health and ▪ Undertaken by Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health and
Wellness Family Welfare.
Programme ▪ Objective - to impart health education, prevent diseases, and enhance
(SHWP) access to health services through wellness centres within educational
institutions.

1.20 Incentive Scheme for Customer Service Points

(CSPs)/Business Correspondents (BCs) of Banks operating in
North Eastern (NE) States
What’s in News?

• Scheme was in news.

▪ Nodal Agency - National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

(NABARD)
▪ Operative Period - 3 years, from 01 April 2023 to 31 March 2026
▪ Eligible Institutions - all Banks operating in Northeastern States
▪ Eligible Individuals – individual providing service eligible for incentive
and not agency which engage them.
o eligible for 1 incentive irrespective of number of villages
served by him/her.
▪ Eligible Locations - Operators working in rural centres, i.e., Tier 5 &
Incentive Scheme
Tier 6 Centres (population up to 9,999) as per population Census 2011
▪ Financial Incentive of ₹1,000/- per month to be paid to Operators of
for performing 50 and above financial transactions per month on an
average,
o subject to maximum of 2 top performing Operators per
village
▪ All Operators under scheme may be covered under Pradhan Mantri
Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima
Yojana (PMSBY) & Atal Pension Yojana (APY).

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 1.21 Insurance cover to gig workers
What’s in News?

• Launched recently.

▪ Launched by – Karnataka
▪ Insurance cover worth ₹4 lakh to each gig worker in Karnataka.
Insurance cover to
o life insurance of ₹2 lakh and accidental insurance of ₹2 lakh
gig workers
▪ To cover about 2.3 lakh gig workers.
▪ Entire insurance premium to be borne by government.

1.22 Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam

What’s in News?

• Launched recently.

▪ Launched by - Tamil Nadu

Kalaignar Magalir
▪ ₹1,000 to be given as rights grant every month, to 1.06 crore women
Urimai Thittam
heads of families in Tamil Nadu

1.23 Make in India

What’s in News?

• FDI equity inflow in manufacturing sector between 2014-2022 increases by 57% over
previous 8 years, 2006-2014, due to Make in India.

▪ Nodal Ministry - Ministry of Commerce & Industry

▪ Launch – 2014
▪ Aim - to facilitate investment, foster innovation, building best in class
Make in India
infrastructure, and making India a hub for manufacturing, design and
innovation
▪ Presently focuses on 27 sectors under Make in India 2.0.

1.24 Mission Indradhanush (MI)

What’s in News?

• As per Health Management Information System 2022-23, 6 States/UTs have achieved 100%
full immunization Coverage (FIC) whereas 17 States have achieved FIC of more than 90%.

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 ▪ Nodal Ministry - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
▪ Special catch-up campaign under Universal Immunization Program
(UIP), conducted in areas of low immunization coverage
Mission
o to vaccinate all children and pregnant women left out or
Indradhanush (MI)
dropped out from Routine Immunization
▪ Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0 was conducted in 416 high-
focus districts across India in 2022.

1.25 Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM)

What’s in News?

• Scheme was in news.

▪ Nodal Ministry - Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

▪ Objective - To promote creation of agricultural marketing
infrastructure and creation of scientific storage capacity and to
promote pledge financing to increase farmers’ income.
▪ Supports state governments in governing agricultural produce
marketing through creation and improvement of market structures,
capacity building and generating access to market information.
Integrated Scheme ▪ During 2017-18 e-NAM scheme has also been made part of it.
for Agricultural ▪ 5 components:
Marketing (ISAM) o Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)
o Marketing Research and Information Network (MRIN)
o Strengthening of Agmark Grading Facilities (SAGF)
o Agri-Business Development (ABD) through Venture
Capital Assistance (VCA) and Project Development Facility
(PDF)
o Choudhary Charan Singh National Institute of Agriculture
Marketing (NIAM)

Agricultural ▪ Extended till March 2026 with Outlay of ₹148 cr/year – Total 444 Cr
Marketing ▪ New Tenure: 2023-24 to 2025-26
Infrastructure ▪ Storage infrastructure projects above 1000 MT to be registered with
(AMI) Warehouse Development Authority (WDRA) to avail benefits of e-NWR

1.26 Innovation and Agri-Entrepreneurship Development

What’s in News?

• Scheme was in news.

Innovation and
Agri- ▪ Nodal Ministry - Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Entrepreneurship ▪ Launched under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY-RAFTAAR) in
Development 2018-19.

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 ▪ Objective - promoting innovation and agri-entrepreneurship by
providing financial support and nurturing incubation ecosystem.
▪ Start-ups are encouraged to use innovative technologies to resolve
challenges faced in agriculture and allied sectors.
▪ 5 Knowledge Partners (KPs) and 24 Agribusiness Incubators (R-ABIs)
appointed.

1.27 Sub-Mission on Agro forestry (SMAF)

What’s in News?

• Scheme was in news.

▪ Nodal Ministry - Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

▪ Centrally Sponsored Scheme
▪ Restructured with focus on Quality Planting Material as an Agroforestry
component to be implemented as one of components of Rashtriya
Sub-Mission on Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY).
Agro forestry ▪ Indicative outlay of ₹271.65 crore (GoI Share) for 15th Finance
(SMAF) Commission period i.e., 2021-22 to 2025-26.
▪ Special focus on production of certified Quality Planting Material
(QPM).
▪ ICAR-Central Agro forestry Research Institute (CAFRI) is nodal agency
for providing technical support , capacity building etc.

1.28 Digital Health Incentives Scheme (DHIS)

What’s in News?

• Scheme extended till 31st December 2023.

▪ Nodal Ministry - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

▪ Launch - 1st January 2023 as part of the Ayushman Bharat Digital
Mission
▪ Incentives provided to hospitals and diagnostic labs and to providers
of digital health solutions.
Digital Health o for adopting and enabling transformative digitization
Incentives Scheme under ABDM
(DHIS) ▪ Eligible health facilities and digital solutions companies registered with
ABDM’s Health Facility Registry (HFR) shall be able to earn financial
incentives of up to ₹4 crores
o based on number of digital health records created and
linked to ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) numbers
of patients.

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 1.29 National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR)
What’s in News?

• Scheme was in news.

▪ Nodal Ministry - Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

▪ Launch – 2018
Objectives –
▪ To focus on preventive education, awareness generation,
identification, counselling, treatment and rehabilitation of individuals
with substance dependence.
▪ Training and capacity building of service providers through
collaborative efforts of the Central and State Governments and Non-
Governmental Organizations.
National Action
▪ To create awareness and educate people about ill-effects of
Plan for Drug
substance dependence on individual, family, workplace and the society
Demand Reduction
at large.
(NAPDDR)
▪ Reduce stigmatization of and discrimination against, groups and
individuals dependent on substances in order to integrate them back
into society.
Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan:
▪ Launched on 15th August 2020
▪ Being implemented in 372 identified most vulnerable districts
▪ Intends to reach out to masses and spread awareness about substance
use with focus on higher educational Institutions, university
campuses & schools.

REFERENCE SECTION

Covered in
Scheme Name Current Development
which month

Pradhan Mantri • Government raised subsidy amount for Pradhan Mantri SchemesTap
Ujjwala Yojana Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries from ₹200 to ₹300 per LPG – September
(PMUY) cylinder. 2023
• Group Accident Insurance scheme (GAIS):
Pradhan Mantri o Rs.5.00 lakh against death or permanent total SchemesTap
Matsya Sampada disability – September
Yojana (PMMSY) o Rs. 2.50 lakh against permanent partial disability 2023
o Rs. 25,000 against accidental hospitalization

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Government
Schemes
(8th to 15th October 2023)

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Contents
FIRST SECTION ................................................................................................................................................. 35
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT ................................................................................. 35
1.30 Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas
(SHRESHTA) .................................................................................................................................................... 35
MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS ............................................................................................ 36
1.31 Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) ................................ 36
MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY (MNRE) ......................................................................... 37
1.32 National Bioenergy Programme ..................................................................................................... 37
1.33 Waste to Energy Programme ...................................................................................................... 38
1.34 Biogas Programme ........................................................................................................................ 39
MINISTRY OF TEXTILES ................................................................................................................................... 41
1.35 National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) .............................................................................. 41
1.36 PEHCHAN scheme ......................................................................................................................... 42
SECOND SECTION ............................................................................................................................................ 43
1.37 Education Scheme for Medical Devices Sector ......................................................................... 43
1.38 State Government schemes............................................................................................................ 43
REFERENCE SECTION...................................................................................................................................... 44

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 FIRST SECTION

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT

1.30 Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools
in Targeted Areas (SHRESHTA)
What’s in News?
• Scheme was in news.

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 MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS
1.31 Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation
(SATAT)
What’s in News?
• Scheme was in news.

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 MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY (MNRE)
1.32 National Bioenergy Programme
What’s in News?
• 6 Bio-CNG plants commissioned.

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 1.33 Waste to Energy Programme
What’s in News?
• Scheme was in news.

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 1.34 Biogas Programme
What’s in News?
• Scheme was in news.

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 MINISTRY OF TEXTILES
1.35 National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM)
What’s in News?
• 26 institutes (15 – public, 11- private) given nod for upgrading their laboratory
infrastructure and training of trainers in application areas of technical textiles.

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 1.36 PEHCHAN scheme
What’s in News?
• 31.14 lakhs handicraft artisans across country registered under PEHCHAN.

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1.37 Education Scheme for Medical Devices Sector
What’s in News?

• Launched recently.
• India is 80% dependent on imported medical devices.

▪ Financial Outlay - ₹480 crore

▪ Tenure – 3 years
▪ To provide financial assistance to government institutions for running
courses on medical devices
Education Scheme
o upgrading such institutions to global standards
for Medical
▪ To support dedicated multidisciplinary courses for medical devices in
Devices Sector
existing institutions to ensure availability of skilled manpower for
futuristic medical technologies, high-end manufacturing and research.
▪ To leverage partnerships with foreign academia or industry
organizations to develop medical technologies.

1.38 State Government schemes

What’s in News?

• Scheme were in news.

▪ Launched by - Odisha
Mukhyamantri
▪ Aim - To cater to nutritional needs of pregnant women, girls of 15 to
Sampoorna Pusti
19 years of age and malnourished children.
Yojana
▪ Odisha first state in country to bring nutrition budget since 2020-21.

Pada Pusti yojana ▪ Launched by - Odisha

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 ▪ Tribal children of inaccessible villages to be provided cooked food in
their homes.

▪ Launched by – Assam
Atmanirbharshil
▪ Financial assistance of ₹2 lakh each to 2 lakh youth to make them self-
Asom Abhiyan
reliant.
Industrial
▪ Additional financial outlay of ₹1164 crore approved.
Development
o to meet committed liabilities up to 2028-2029
Scheme, 2017 for
▪ Under this scheme, total financial outlay was ₹131.90 crore.This
Himachal Pradesh
allocated fund has been exhausted during 2021-22.
and Uttarakhand

REFERENCE SECTION

Covered in
Scheme Name Current Development
which month
• 1 crore Out-Patient Department (OPD) tokens
generated using ABHA-based Scan and Share service
within 1 year of implementation.
o paperless service launched in October 2022.
o currently active in more than 2,600 health
facilities across 419 districts in 33 States and
Ayushman Bharat Union Territories. SchemesTap
Digital Mission • Uttar Pradesh (9 out of top 15 hospitals), Karnataka and – August
(ABDM) Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi emerge as top performing 2023
states in implementation of this digital OPD registration
service to patients.
• Government hospitals including AIIMS, New Delhi, SRN
Hospital, Prayagraj and AIIMS, Raipur & Bhopal have
emerged as top performing health facilities for scan and
share service.
• Compendium of PM GatiShakti released to mark
PM Gati Shakti completion of 2 Years. SchemesTap
Scheme • Compendium highlights 8 exemplary use cases on – July 2023
adoption and benefits of PM GatiShakti.

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Schemes
(16th to 31st October 2023)

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Contents
FIRST SECTION ................................................................................................................................................. 47
MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI ............................................................................................................................... 47
1.39 GOBARdhan (Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan).......................................... 47
MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS ................................................................................................. 48
1.40 Market Development Assistance (MDA) for promoting Organic Fertilizers from
Gobardhan Plants .......................................................................................................................................... 48
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT ................................................................................. 49
1.41 Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhuyday Yojana (PM- AJAY) ............................................ 49
1.42 Grants-in-aid for District/State-level Projects for Socio-Economic betterment of SCs . 51
1.43 Pre-Matric Scholarships Scheme for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Others ................... 52
1.44 Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC Students (PMS-SC) ............................................ 54
MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY ........................................................................................ 55
1.45 National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) ................................................................................ 55
MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS................................................................................................................. 56
1.46 Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS)............................................................ 56
MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING............................................................... 57
1.47 Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) ................................... 57
MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS ...................................................................................................................... 59
1.48 Pradhan Mantri Aadi Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAAGY) ......................................................... 59
MINISTRY OF FINANCE .................................................................................................................................... 60
1.49 Vivad se Vishwas I – Relief for MSMEs..................................................................................... 60
REFERENCE SECTION...................................................................................................................................... 61

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MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

1.39 GOBARdhan (Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan)
What’s in News?
• Scheme was in news.

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 MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS
1.40 Market Development Assistance (MDA) for promoting Organic
Fertilizers from Gobardhan Plants
What’s in News?
• Scheme was in news.

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 MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT
1.41 Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhuyday Yojana (PM- AJAY)
What’s in News?
• Achievements during 2023-24:
o Under Adarsh Gram Component, total 1260 villages declared as Adarsh Gram.
o 9 new hostels sanctioned under Hostel component.
o Perspective plan for 7 States approved under Grant-in-aid component.

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1.42 Grants-in-aid for District/State-level Projects for Socio-
Economic betterment of SCs

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 1.43 Pre-Matric Scholarships Scheme for Scheduled Castes (SCs)
and Others
What’s in News?
• During FY2023-24, Central share amounting to ₹141.01 Cr released to 6.25 lakh
beneficiaries in their Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts through DBT.

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 1.44 Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC Students (PMS-SC)
What’s in News?
• Central share amounting to ₹1516.84 Cr released to 12.70 lakh beneficiaries (FY2023-24).

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 MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
1.45 National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM)
What’s in News?
• Scheme was in news.

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 MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS
1.46 Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS)
What’s in News?
• Scheme was in news.

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 MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING
1.47 Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund
(FIDF)
What’s in News?
• Scheme was in news.

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1.48 Pradhan Mantri Aadi Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAAGY)
What’s in News?
• ₹119509.87 crore has been allocated as Scheduled Tribe Component (STC) funds in Union
Budget 2023-24.

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 MINISTRY OF FINANCE
1.49 Vivad se Vishwas I – Relief for MSMEs
What’s in News?
• Claims of more than 10,000 MSMEs accepted under Vivad se Vishwas-I scheme since
launch.
• ₹256 crore relief grant to MSMEs ensures bank credit flow and freeing up guarantees.
• Highest relief of ₹116.47 crore granted by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
(MoPNG).
• TOP 5 Ministries in terms of claims settled:
o Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas>Ministry of Railways>Ministry of Defence>
Ministry of Steel> Ministry of Power

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 REFERENCE SECTION

Covered in
Scheme Name Current Development
which month
• Scheme crossed milestone of 26 crore Ayushman
cards across country.
Ayushman Bharat • In order to reach out to last mile, NHA has launched
‘Ayushman App’ for Ayushman Card creation. SchemesTap
Pradhan Mantri Jan
o Has feature of self-verification. – October
Arogya Yojana
o In 4 steps, users can create Ayushman Card 2023
(AB-PMJAY)
without visiting any card creation centre.
o any person can help beneficiaries to create
Ayushman card.

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 • With 4 crore Ayushman Cards, Uttar Pradesh tops list
of States with highest number of Ayushman Card.
o Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh stand at 2nd
and 3rd positions with 3.69 cr and 2.04 cr
Ayushman cards respectively.
• 49% Ayushman Cards are held by female beneficiaries.
• Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY has successfully catered to
5.7 cr hospital admissions worth more than ₹70,000 cr.
Pradhan Mantri • 124 PM-Shri schools dedicated to Haryana. SchemesTap
Schools for Rising • Accreditation of Schools app and Mobile Application – September
India (PM SHRI) (NIPUN) launched. 2023
• Total balance in basic bank accounts of grew by about
₹30,000 crore in first half of current FY to reach ₹2.05
lakh crore as of October 4, 2023, as against ₹1.75 lakh
crore in comparable period of FY23.
• Total number of beneficiaries increased by over 3.5
Pradhan Mantri Jan crore in last 1 year, from 47 crore to 50.63 crore.
o Out of a total of 50.63 crore account holders, SchemesTap
Dhan Yojana
RuPay ATM debit cards have been issued only to – July 2023
(PMJDY)
35 crores.
• Public sector banks operate 40 crores of total number
of accounts with balance of ₹1.60-lakh crore, while rest
is pooled in by regional rural banks, co-operative banks,
and private sector banks.

• In-depth research by Soumya Kanti Ghosh of The State

Bank of India conducted to provide a very clear picture
Pradhan Mantri
of transformative impact of PM SVANidhi. SchemesTap
Street Vendor's
• Note: Research work by SBI titled PM SVANidhi: – August
Atmanirbhar Nidhi
Strengthening Country’s Social Fabric through 2023
(PM-SVANIDHI)
empowering grassroot market mavericks will be
covered in ReportsTap – 16th to 31st October.
• RCS- UDAN Completes 6 Successful Years.
• First RCS-UDAN flight was initiated on April 27, 2017,
connecting Shimla to Delhi.
• RCS-UDAN has so far facilitated travel of more than 1.3
crore passengers.
• RCS is one of key elements of NCAP 2016, which
UDAN-RCS (Ude envisions domestic ticketing of 50 crores by 2027.
Desh ka Aam • 499 UDAN routes operationalized. SchemesTap
Nagrik – Regional • From Mundra (Gujarat) to Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh – August
Connectivity to Hubli in Karnataka, RCS-UDAN is connecting 30 2023
Scheme) States/ UTs across country.
• Total 75 airports have been operationalized under
UDAN.
• 8 airports have been operationalized in Northeast
region.
• UDAN 2.0: for first time, helipads were also
connected.

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Sagarmala
Programme
• Scheme was in news. – August
2023

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