Subject: Schemes Context: Prime Minister has launched a new financing scheme under the ₹1 lakh crore Agriculture Infrastructure Fund. Concept: Government has launched Central Sector Schemeof financing facility under “Agriculture Infrastructure Fund” of Rs. 1 Lakh Crore. The Fund will catalyze the creation of post-harvest management infrastructure and community farming assets such as cold storage, collection centres, […]
Subject: Schemes Context: India’s first ‘Kisan Rail’ will run between Maharashtra and Bihar Concept: The announcement regarding the “Kisan Rail” was made in the current year’s Budget Setting up of a ‘Kisan Rail’ through the public-private-partnership (PPP) mode for a cold supply chain to transport perishable goods. This train will help in bringing perishable agricultural products […]
Subject: Schemes Context: In addition to 112 startups already funded, 234 startups in the agriculture and allied sectors will be funded under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana Concept: Concerned by the slow growth in the Agriculture and allied sectors, the National Development Council (NDC), in its meeting held on 29th May, 2007 resolved that a […]
Subject: Schemes/ Acts Context: Industrial disasters shed light on Industrial Development and Regulation Act, 1951. Concept: It was passed by the Parliament on October 1951 to control and regulate the process of Industrial development in the country. The objectives of the Act were: Regulation of Industrial Investment and Production according to Five Year Plans. Protection […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Union Minister of State for Communication has inaugurated “Bharat Air Fibre Services” at Akola in Maharashtra. Concept: The Bharat Air Fibre services are introduced by BSNL as part of digital India initiates by the Government of India and it aims of providing Wireless Connectivity in the range of 20 KMs from the […]
Subject: Government policy/ schemes Context: The Supreme Court reserved its order on a plea that seeks money collected under the PM CARES Fund for the COVID-19 pandemic should be transferred to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). Concept: NDRF The National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), constituted under Section 46 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, supplements SDRF of a […]
Subject: Schemes Context: TRIFED has entered into a partnership with IIT Delhi for the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) by which forest dwellers will get an exposure to newer processing technologies, product innovation, mentorship, transformational digital systems and handholding. Concept: Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) is a flagship national programme of the Ministry of Human Resource Development […]
Subject:Schemes Concept: Status: Fisheries and aquaculture are an important source of food, nutrition, employment and income in India. The sector provides livelihood to more than 20 million fishers and fish farmers at the primary level and twice the number along the value chain. The Gross Value Added (GVA) of fisheries sector in the national economy […]
Subject: Schemes Context: After Facebook, Google partners with CBSE to promote online education in India. It will provide a $1 million grant to the Kaivalya Education Foundation through the Global Distance Learning Fund Concept: It is part of Google.org, aimed at helping teachers deliver virtual education to students in the country. The initiative empowers 700,000 […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Ministry of Tribal Affairs hosted a Webinar along with Facebook India for sensitization of Members of Parliament (MPs) from Scheduled Tribe (ST) Constituencies of India on “Going Online As Leaders (GOAL) Project” Concept: GOAL (Going Online as Leaders) is an initiative launched by Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) in partnership with Facebook India […]