Telangana Dalit Bandhu scheme Subject: Government Schemes Context: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) recently said his government is ready to spend Rs 80,000 crore to Rs 1 lakh crore for Dalit Bandhu, touted as the country’s biggest direct benefit transfer scheme, to empower Dalits across the state. Concept: What is the […]
Project BOLD Subject: Government Schemes Context: Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on Tuesday planted 1000 bamboo saplings at Tanot village in Jaisalmer, in collaboration with the Border Security Force (BSF). Concept: Project BOLD was launched on 4thJuly from a tribal village Nichla Mandwa in Udaipur district in Rajasthan with plantation of 5000 […]
No landless farmers in new database Subject: Government Schemes Context: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar’s statement in Lok Sabha on the Centre’s new National Farmers Database. Concept: Agristack initiative: The Central government had proposed an Agristack initiative to create a digital ecosystem for agricultural sector in India. As part of the first step […]
Over 35% of government schools and anganwadis do not have tap water Subject : Government Schemes Context : Over a third of government schools and anganwadis still do not have tap water access even ten months after the Jal Jeevan Mission launched a 100-day campaign to provide the facility Concept : About the […]
Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme Subject: Government Schemes Context: The Food Processing Ministry on Friday said that it is implementing a Centrally-sponsored scheme with an outlay of ₹10,000 crore to encourage setting up or upgradation of two lakh micro-food processing enterprises Concept: Ministry of Food Processing Industry (MoFPI) […]
Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Specialty Steel Subject: Government Schemes Context: Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for specialty steel. Concept: Specialty Steel It is value added steel wherein normal finished steel is worked upon by way of coating, plating, heat treatment, etc to convert it […]
PM eVIDYA Subject: Government Schemes Context: On Sunday Nirmala Sitharaman the finance minister has announced the PM eVIDYA program for students. This program is announced for the top 100 universities of the country and for schools also. Concept: PM eVidya is a unique and innovative venture by the Ministry of Education, Government of India to […]
Midday meals leave a long-lasting impact: study Subject :Govt Schemes Context: A study on the inter-generational benefits of the midday meal scheme published in Nature Communications. Concept : Midday meals scheme: The scheme guarantees one meal to all children in government and aided schools and madrasas supported under Samagra Shiksha. It was launched […]
Kisan Sarathi Subject: Government Schemes Context: In order to facilitate farmers to get ‘right information at right time’ in their desired language, a digital platform namely ‘KisanSarathi’ was launched jointly by Shri Narendra Singh Tomar,Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare with Shri AshwiniVaishnaw, Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, through video conference on […]
IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMME Subject: Government Schemes Context: Global and regional estimates of Covid-19’s impact on routine childhood immunisation indicates unparalleled disruptions in delivery of vaccines against measles (MCV1) and diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough) (DTP3) — with, according to a new modelling study published in The Lancet. Concept: 2020’s coverage likely falling in some regions to […]