Subject: Schemes Context: States and Union Territories have adopted ‘net metering’ for Roof Top Solar projects Concept: Net Metering is a system that gives solar energy owners credits for the power that they add to the grid. When solar panels produce excess power, that power is sent to the grid. And this power can be […]
Subject: Schemes Context: The President of India Shri Ram NathKovind conferred National Service Scheme Awards 2017-18 in a ceremony held at RashtrapatiBhawan Concept: The National Service Scheme (NSS) is a Central Sector Scheme. It provides opportunity to the student youth of 11th & 12th Class of schools at +2 Board level and student youth of […]
Subject: Schemes Context: National Biopharma Mission is supporting small and medium enterprises for biopharmaceutical product development, enhancing industry academia inter linkages and providing opportunities to translate knowledge into products/technologies for vaccines, biotherapeutics, devices and diagnostics informed by minister in Loksabha. Concept: The National Biopharma Mission (NBM) is an industry-Academia Collaborative Mission for accelerating biopharmaceutical development […]
Subject: Schemes Context: 25th September, 2014 was declared the ‘AntyodayaDiwas’ in honour of PanditDeenDayalUpadhyaya’s 98th Birth Anniversary. It was the same day when the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) revamped it’s existing skill development program called Aajeevika Skills as DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY) Concept: The Ministry of Rural Development implements DDU-GKY to drive this national agenda for inclusive growth, […]
Subject: Schemes Context: As per Rural Health Statistics-2019, as on 31.03.2019, a total of 1,57,411 Sub-centres, 24,855 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and 5,335 Community Health Centres (CHCs) have been functional in the rural areas of the country. Concept: The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched on 12th April 2005, to provide accessible, affordable and […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports and United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) have signed a “Statement of Intent to establish YuWaah, Generation Unlimited (GenU), a global multi-stakeholder platform in India. Concept: As per the Statement of Intent, the objectives of this project are: Support young people by providing entrepreneurship classes (online and […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Kerala will soon house one of the first medical device parks in the country, focusing on the high-risk medical device sector to provide full range of services for the medical devices industry like R&D support, testing, and evaluation. Concept: MedSpark, the medical devices park envisaged as a joint initiative of SreeChitraTirunal Institute […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Pradhan MantriAnnadataAaySanraksHanAbhiyan’ (PM-AASHA) is an umbrella scheme to ensure Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers. This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha. Concept: The new Umbrella Scheme includes the mechanism of ensuring remunerative prices to […]
Subject: Schemes Context: The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has formulated and is implementing a National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) for 2018-2025. This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Rattan Lal Kataria in a written reply in Lok Sabha Concept: The Ministry of Social […]
Subject: Schemes Context: The Government is implementing various sector/group specific schemes for bridging the gap between demand and supply of skilled workers. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has been implementing the following schemes/programmes Concept: Pradhan MantriKaushalVikasYojana (PMKVY) imparts short term skill training to youth and recognition of prior learning of informally trained labour […]