Subject: Govt Schemes Context: Jammu and Kashmir administration decided to annul all actions taken under the Roshni land scheme and announced that it will cancel mutations and retrieve all land sanctioned under the scheme within six months. This was so because it failed to realize the desired objectives and there were also reports of misuse […]
Subject: Govt Schemes Context: The cabinet committee on economic affairs on Thursday approved a Rs 10,211-crore project to improve the safety and performance of select dams across India. Concept: The dam rehabilitation and improvement project (DRIP)–phase II and phase III–is financially supported by the World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. DRIP will be implemented […]
Subject: Govt Schemes Context: Government extends deadline to make payment under Vivad se Vishwas scheme till March 31, 2021. Concept: The amnesty scheme, at present, covers disputes pending at the level of commissioner (appeals), Income Tax Appellate Tribunals (ITAT), high courts, the Supreme Court and those in international arbitration. It offers a complete waiver on […]
Subject: Govt Schemes Context: IRDAI has come out with guidelines for Saral Jeevan Bima and has laid that all life insurers must offer this product from January 1 ,2021. Concept: Key features It will be a non-linked, non-participating individual pure risk premium life insurance plan providing for payment of the sum assured in lump sum […]
Subject :Govt Schemes Context : Government plans to extend the deadline for Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme for MSME’s. Banks have sanctioned 62.52 percent of the targeted Rs. 3 lakh crore under this scheme till now. Concept : ECLGS was rolled out as part of the Centre’s Aatmanirbhar package in response to the Covid-19 crisis. […]
Subject : Govt Schemes Context : The production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for manufacturing investments will soon be extended to eight more sectors, Economic Affairs Secretary said. Concept : Earlier this scheme was launched for Large scale electronic manufacturing(Mobile phones and specified electronic components) .Now extended to eight other sectors. Unlike other schemes, this is an […]
Subject: Govt Schemes Context: The SVAMITVA scheme was launched by PM on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day and the distribution of property cards began later. Concept: SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) scheme is a collaborative effort of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, State Panchayati Raj Departments, […]
Subject: Govt Schemes Context : Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has recently extended the Operation Greens Scheme from Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) to all fruits & vegetables (TOTAL) for a period of six months on pilot basis as part of Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. Concept : The objective of intervention is to protect the […]
Subject : Govt Schemes Context : Railways Ministry and Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) have joined hands to extend 50 per cent subsidy on rail freight for transportation of notified fruits and vegetables through ‘ Kisan Rail’. Concept : Kisan Rails are the first ever multi commodity trains. Earlier, Indian Railways had run single […]
Subject: Govt Schemes Context: Union Cabinet approves STARS programme for school eduaction reform. It is partially funded by World Bank. Concept: STARS Project The STARS project will be implemented through the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, the flagship central scheme. The six states include- Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Rajasthan. It will help improve […]