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1) National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)
The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Government of India that provides financial assistance to the elderly, widows and
persons with disabilities in the form of social pensions.
The National Assistance Program consists of five sub-schemes:
Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS)
Eligibility: Individuals aged 60 years and above living below the poverty line Amount: Rs. 200 per month for beneficiaries aged 60–79 and Rs. 500 per month
for those 80 years and above.
Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS)
Eligibility: Widows aged 40 years and above living below the poverty line. Amount: Rs. 300 per month (Rs. 500 for those 80 years and above).
Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS)
Eligibility: Individuals aged 18 years and above with more than 80% disability and living below the poverty line.
Amount: Rs. 300 per month (Rs. 500 for those 80 years and above).
National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS)
In the event of death of a bread-winner in a household, the bereaved family will receive lumpsum assistance of Rs. 20,000. The bread-winner should have been between 18–60 years of age. The assistance would be provided in every case of death of a bread-winner in a household.
Annapurna Scheme
This scheme aims to provide food security to meet the requirement of those senior citizens who, though eligible, have remained uncovered under the IGNOAPS. Under the Annapurna Scheme, 10 kg of free rice is provided every month to each beneficiary.
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2) HARIYALI
To involve village communities in the implementation of watershed projects under all the area development programmes namely, Integrated Wastelands Development Programme (IWDP), Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP) and Desert Development Programme (DDP), the Guidelines for Watershed
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Development were adopted w.e.f.1.4.1995, and subsequently revised in August 2001. To further simplify procedures and involve the Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs) more meaningfully in planning, implementation and management of economic development activities in rural areas, these new Guidelines called Guidelines for Hariyali are being issued.
Applicability
New projects under the area development programmes shall be implemented in accordance with the Guidelines for Hariyali with effect from 1.4.2003. Projects under DPAP and DDP will be taken up in the blocks identified under the respective programme and projects under IWDP shall generally be taken up in the remaining blocks. Projects sanctioned prior to this date shall continue to be implemented as per the Guidelines of 2001.
Objectives
The objectives of projects under HARIYALI will be: -
Harvesting every drop of rainwater for purposes of irrigation, plantations including horticulture and floriculture, pasture development, fisheries etc. to create sustainable sources of income for the village community as well as for drinking water supplies.
Ensuring overall development of rural areas through the Gram Panchayats and creating regular sources of income for the Panchayats from rainwater harvesting
and management. Employment generation, poverty alleviation, community empowerment and
development of human and other economic resources of the rural areas.
Mitigating the adverse effects of extreme climatic conditions such as drought and desertification on crops, human and livestock population for the overall improvement of rural areas.
Restoring ecological balance by harnessing, conserving and developing natural resources i.e. land, water, vegetative cover especially plantations.
Encouraging village community towards sustained community action for the operation and maintenance of assets created and further development of the potential of the natural resources in the watershed.
Promoting use of simple, easy and affordable technological solutions and institutional arrangements that make use of, and build upon, local technical knowledge and available materials.
Sanction of Projects
The projects will be sanctioned by the Department of Land Resources in the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India as per procedure in vogue. The Department
may amend or relax this procedure from time to time. For interpretation of any of theprovisions of these Guidelines, the Department of Land Resources will be the final authority. The Department may sanction special projects for treatment of wastelands in Special Problem Areas such as high altitude regions, land slide areas, slopes having more than 30 degree gradient or for any other specified technical reason. These projects need not necessarily be implemented through participatory mode and may be implemented on intensive treatment specific, departmental approach.
Criteria for Selection of Watersheds
The following criteria may broadly be used in selection of the watersheds:
Watersheds where People’s participation is assured through contribution of labour, cash, material etc. for its development as well as for the operation and maintenance of the assets created.
Watershed areas having acute shortage of drinking water.
Watersheds having large population of scheduled castes/scheduled tribes dependent on it.
Watershed having a preponderance of non-forest wastelands/degraded lands.
Watersheds having preponderance of common lands.
Watersheds where actual wages are significantly lower than the minimum wages.
Watershed which is contiguous to another watershed that has already been developed/ treated.
Watershed area may be of an average size of 500 hectares, preferably covering an entire village. However, if on actual survey, a watershed is found to have less or more area, the total area may be taken up for development as a project.
In case a watershed covers two or more villages, it should be divided into village-wise
sub-watersheds confined to the designated villages. Care should be taken to treat all the sub-watersheds simultaneously.
Development of Forest Lands in Watershed Areas
Some watersheds may encompass, in addition to arable land under private ownership, forest lands under the ownership of State Forest Department. Since nature does not recognize artificial boundaries of forest and non-forest lands in any watershed, the
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entire watershed is to be treated in an integrated manner. Though the criterion for selection of watersheds primarily remains predominance of non-forest lands, forest lands forming part of such watersheds may also be treated simultaneously as detailed below:
The Divisional Forest Officer concerned should give technical sanction for thetreatment plans.
The treatment plans should as far as possible be implemented by Village Forest Committees in close coordination with the Village Panchayat.
The Micro-watershed Development Plan for the forest areas should be in conformity with the Forest Conservation Act and the approved working plan of the area.
Where a large portion of the watershed is covered by forestlands, Forest Department at the districtlevel should be encouraged to take up the work of
development as Project Implementation Agency.
A forest official should invariably be included as a member of the Watershed Development Team wherever forestland falls within the watershed.
3) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY)
Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) is an initiative launched by the Government of India to provide sustainable income to poor people living in rural areas of the country. The scheme was launched on April 1, 1999.
The SGSY aims at providing self-employment to villagers through the establishment of self-help groups. Activity clusters are established based on the aptitude and skill of the people which are nurtured to their maximum potential. Funds are provided by NGOs, banks and financial institutions.
Since its inception, over 2.25 million Self-help groups have been established with an investment of Rs. 14,403 crores, profiting over 6.697 million people.
The Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) was launched as an integrated
programme for self-employment of the rural poor with effect from April 1, 1999.
The SGSY was somewhat intended to provide self-employment to millions of villagers. Poor families living below the poverty line were organised into Self- help groups (SHG)s established with a mixture of government subsidy and credit from investment banks.
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The main aim of these SHGs was to bring these poor families above the poverty line and concentrate on income generation through combined effort.[1][2][3] The scheme recommended theestablishment of activity clusters or clusters of villagers grouped together based on their skills and abilities. Each of these activity clusters worked on a specific activity chosen based on the aptitude
and skill of the people, availability of resources and market potentiality. The SHGs are aided, supported and trained by NGOs, CBOs, individuals, banks
and self-help promoting institutions. Government-run District Level Development Agencies (DRDA) and the respective State governments also provided training and financial aid. The programme focuses on establishing microenterprises in rural areas.
The SHGs created may have a varying number of members based on the terrain and physical abilities of the members. It goes through three stages of creation:
Group formation
Capital formation through the revolving fund and skill development and
Taking up of economic activity for skill generation.
The SHGs are usually created by selecting individuals from the Below poverty- line (BPL) list provided by the Gram sabha. The SHGs are divided into various blocks and each of these blocks concentrated on 4-5 key activities. The SGSY is mainly run through government-run DRDAs with support from local private institutions, banks and Panchayati raj institutions.
The Government also assists villagers in marketing their products by organizing melas or fairs, exhibitions, etc.
The Swarna Jayanti Swarozgar Yojna (SGSY) has been renamed as National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).With this the scheme will be made universal, more focussed and time bound for poverty alleviation by 2014:
Funding
Government subsidy allocated for SGSY per individual is 30% of the total capital
investment if the total investment is less than Rs. 7,500 and 50% of the investment for SC/STs if the investment is less than Rs.10,000. For self-help groups, the government offers a subsidy of 50% if the total investment is less than Rs. 1.25 lakhs. There are no monetary ceilings on subsidy in the case of irrigation projects.
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The SGSY concentrates on the marginalized sections of society. Accordingly, SC/STs comprise 50 percent, women 40% and the physically challenged make up 3% of the total beneficiaries from the scheme.
Government funding for the scheme is divided between the Center and State on a 75-25 basis.
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4) MULTI SECTORAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UNDER MINORITY CONCENTRATION DISTRICT
1. Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis) have been notified as minoritycommunities under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. As per Census 2001.
2. 90 minority concentration districts have been identified by government which are relatively backwardand falling behind the national average in terms of socio-economic and basic amenities indicators. Thesedistricts have a substantial minority population and are backward, with unacceptably low levels of socio-economic or basic amenities indicators, requiring focused attention and specific programme intervention.
3. An exercise has been carried out based on population figures and the following backwardness parameters of 2001 Census: (a) religion-specific socio-economic indicators at the district level –
(i) literacy rate;(ii) female literacy rate; (iii) work participation rate; and (iv) female work participation rate; and (b) basic amenities indicators at the district level – (i) percentage of households with pucca walls; (ii) percentage of households with safe drinking water; (iii) percentage of households with electricity; and (iv) percentage of households with water closet latrines.
4. Out of the 90 minority concentration districts, 53 districts have been
classified in category ‘A’. The remaining 37 districts fall under category ‘B’of which 20 districts fall behind in socio-economic parameters and 17 districts in basic amenities parameters. These have been further classified in sub-category ‘B1’ and ‘B2’ respectively. Lawngtlai and Mamit districts are among the identified districts in the country and classified in category B-2.
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5) HAMARI DHAROHAR (A scheme to Preserve Rich Heritage of Minority Communities of India)
A scheme to Preserve Rich Heritage of Minority Communities of India under the Overall Concept of Indian Culture
1. Introduction :
1.1 Government of India believes in Unity in Diversity which is the basic tenet of Indian Culture. The Constitution of India grants equal rights and opportunities to all communities including minority communities of India to profess their religion and culture. Following the spirit of the Constitution, the Government of India is of firm conviction that there is a strong need to curate the rich heritage and culture of Minorities particularly miniscule minorities and supporting calligraphy and related crafts.
1.2 There are 6 (six) notified minorities in India which have been notified under National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. They are Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains. Going by Census data of 2001, Buddhists and Jains have small population i.e. less than a Crore. The Parsis are even less than a lakh, hence may fall under miniscule minority category.
1.3 There is a general lack of information among people about the rich cultural heritage of minority communities of India, particularly of Parsis, Christians, Buddhists etc. Good knowledge about culture and rich heritage of communities develops better understanding among masses and strengthens toleranceand social knitting.
1.4 Ministry of Minority Affairs has been mandated to look after all issues relatedwith minoritiesexcept Law and Order as per Allocation of Business. Therefore going with the priority of the Government, Ministry of Minority Affairs intends to launch a new scheme “HamariDharohar” to preserve rich culture and heritage of minority communities of India.
2 2. Objectives:
2.1 To curate rich heritage of minorities under overall concept of Indian Culture.
2.2 Curating iconic exhibitions.
2.5 Research and Development.
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3.1 Selective intervention for preservation of heritage and may cover following kinds of projects:
Curating exhibitions including iconic exhibitions.
Support and promotion of calligraphy etc.
Preservation of literature, documents, manuscripts etc.
Documentation of oral traditions and art forms.
Support to ethnic museums (not supported under schemes of Ministry of Culture or its bodies) for showcasing and preserving heritage of minority communities.
Support for organizing heritage related seminars/ workshops.
Fellowship for research in preservation of heritage and development.
Any other support to individual/ organization in furtherance of cause of protection and promotion of rich heritage of minority communities.
6) JIYO PARSI
Jiyo Parsi, the Central Sector Scheme for containing population decline of Parsis in India launched on 23 September 2013 by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India.
Objective of the Jiyo Parsi scheme
The main objective of the Jiyo parsi scheme is to reverse the declining trend of Parsi population byadopting scientific protocol and structured interventions, stabilize the Parsi population and increase the population of Parsis in India.
Main features of the Jiyo Parsi scheme
• 100 percent funded by Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. • Medical interventions under Standard Medical protocols in empanelled hospitals/clincs. • Confidentiality of the patients to be given utmost importance.
Target groups
• The scheme is meant for only Parsis community. • Parsi married couples of child bearing age who seek assistance. • Adults/young men/women/adolescent boys/girls for detection of diseases resulting with consent of parents/legal guardians.
7 )Important Schemes to remember
5F - Farm to Fibre, Fibre to Fabric, Fabric to Fashion, Fabric to Foreign
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#GiveItUp (Program to inspire consumers to give up the LPG subsidy)
GIAN - Global Initiative of Academic Networks (Aimed at American academicians and scientists to teach in India at their convenience)
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HRIDAY - Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana
Hunar Hai to Kadar Hai - If you have skill, you have respect
Himmat (A mobile application to ensure women’s safety in Delhi)
HIT - Highways, Informationways, Transmissionways (A mantra for Nepal’s development)
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IT + IT= IT - Indian Talent + Information Technology = India Tomorrow (Part of Digital India Initiative)
INCH towards MILES - Indo-China towards Millennium of Exceptional Synergy (Futureof Indo-Sino relations)
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JAM trinity - Jan Dhan-Aadhar-Mobile trinity (For direct cash transfer and subsidy rationalization)
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Link West, Act East (Aimed at making India a part of the global value chain)
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MISIDICI - Make in India, Skill India, Digital India and Clean India
Mera Kya, Mujhe Kya - What is in it for me, why should I bother
MUDRA Bank - Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank
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Mann Ki Baat (A radio programme hosted on All India Radio where the PM addresses the nation)
Mission Indradhanush (Achieving universal immunization with special focus on 184 high
priority districts)
Maximum Governance, Minimum Government (Simplification of official procedures and governance by leveraging technology)
Make in India (To create the eco-system to transform India into a manufacturing hub)
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NITI Aayog - National Institution for Transforming India
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PAHAL - Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh (Direct benefit transfer of LPG subsidy)
Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat- India that is educated is the India that will progress
PRAGATI - Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation (Aimed at addressing common man’s grievances, monitoring and reviewing of government programmes)
PRAGATI - Providing Assistance for Girls’ Advancement in Technical Education Initiative (Providing scholarship for technical education to girls from poor families)
Per Drop, More Crop (Promoting farming through optimum utilisation of water)
P2G2 - Pro People Good Governance (Focus of NDA government)
P4 - People Private Public Partnership for good governance
Project Mausam (To revive ancient maritime routes and cultural linkages with countries in the Indian ocean)
ROAD - Responsibility, Ownership, Accountability, Discipline (Improving work culture among bureucrats)
Red Tape to Red Carpet (Facilitate the ease of doing business)
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Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas - All Together, Development of All
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan - Clean India Mission
Sagar Mala Project (Promote Port-led development of the coastal regions and communities)
SETU - Self Employment and Talent Utilisation (Provide support to all aspects of a start- ups from credit to incubation)
Swasth Dhara, Khet Hara - Healthy earth, green farm (Aimed at boosting farm productivity)
SMART policing - Strict but Sensitive; Modern and Mobile; Alert and Accountable; Reliable and Responsive; Tech-savvy and Trained policing
3S - Skill, Scale, Speed (What India needs to do to compete with China)
SWAYAM - Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (IITs, IIMs and central universities to offer free online courses)
SAMAVAY - Skill Assessment Matrix for Vocational Advancement of Youth (Allow multiple entry and exit options between vocational and formal education courses)
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Tax terrorism (Aggressive tax policies including retrospective amendment of tax laws)
5Ts - Talent, Tradition, Tourism, Trade and Technology (Aimed at building Brand India)
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USTTAD - Upgrading Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (IITs and NITs to provide technological resources to rural areas for sustainable development)
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Zero Effect, Zero Defect (Aimed at improving the standard of
7) Andhra Pradesh became first state to join discom revival scheme UDAY
Andhra Pradesh on 5 December 2015 became the first state of India to join the UnionGovernment’s Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY). The
scheme aims at reviving debt-stressed power distribution companies.
Andhra Pradesh joined the scheme after the state gave in-principle nod to the Power Ministry for joining UDAY.
UDAY envisages reducing the interest burden, cost of power, and aggregate technical and commercial losses. Consequently, distribution companies would become sustainable to supply adequate and reliable power, enabling 24x7 power supplies.
The scheme is optional and operationalised through signing of MoU between state governments, state discoms and Union Government.
Other states to join UDAY scheme are Jharkhand (second state) and Rajasthan (third state).
Salient Features of UDAY • States will take over 75 percent of DISCOM debt as on 30 September 2015 over two years. • Union Government will not include the debt taken over by the states n the calculation of fiscal deficitof respective states in the financial years 2015-16 and
2016-17. • States will issue non-SLR including SDL bonds in the market or directly to the respective financial institutions holding the DISCOM debt to the appropriate extent. • States will take over the future losses of DISCOMs in a graded manner. • States accepting UDAY and performing as per operational milestones will be given additional/priority funding through schemes of Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
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• States not meeting operational milestones will be liable to forfeit their claim on IPDS and DDUGJY grants.
9)SEEKHO AUR KAMAO
Union Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India on 23 September 2013 launched a central sector scheme for Skill Development of Minorities.
Main Objectives of the scheme Learn and Earn
• To bring down unemployment rate of minorities during 12th Plan period (2012-17). • To conserve and update traditional skills of minorities and establish their linkages with the market. • To improve employability of existing workers, school dropouts etc. and ensure their placement.
• To generate means of better livelihood for marginalised minorities and bring them in the mainstream. • To enable minorities to avail opportunities in the growing market. • To develop potential human resource for the country.
Key features of Learn and Earn scheme
• Placement linked training programme for modern trades. • Skills Training Programme for Traditional Trades. • The training programme also includes soft skills training, basic Information and Technology (I.T) and English training.
• Project implementing agencies to ensure 75 percent employment and out of that 50 percent in organized sector. • Mechanism for placement and post placement support. • 100 percent assistance by Ministry of Minority affairs of Government of India.
The scheme will be implemented for the benefit of the 5 notified minority communities under National Commission for Minorities Act 1992(Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis). However, in the States/UTs where some other minority communities notified by respective State/UT Governments exist, they may also be considered for the programme but they will not occupy more than 5 percent of the total seats.
10) Knowledge, Involvement, Research, Advancement through Nurturing-KIRAN
Union Ministry of Science & Technology announces “KIRAN” scheme announced for Women Scientists
Indian's Union Ministry of Science and Technology has announced a very important scheme KIRAN (Knowledge, Involvement, Research, Advancement through Nurturing) for helping lady scientists to have a brighter future in the field.
This scheme aims at bring gender equality to the field of science and technology.
The objectives of the scheme are as follows. The first goal is to increase the number of lady researchers in the country. Another objective is to provide research grants, especially to those who are female researchers and technologists taking a break in their career due to household or domestic compulsions.
The scheme also aims to bring about as far as possible, gender parity in the field of science and technology.
Under the scheme, the Union Ministry of Science & Technology will build leadership positions for women.
11) MEGA FOOD PARK SCHEME
The Mega Food ParksScheme aims to provide a mechanism to bring together farmers, processors and retailers and link agriculture production to the market so as to ensure maximization of value addition, minimization of wastages and improving farmers’ income. The primary objective of the Scheme is to provide modern infrastructure facilities for the food processing along the value chain from the farm to the market with a cluster based approach based on a hub
and spokes model.
It includes creation of infrastructure for primary processing and storage near the farm in the form of Primary Processing Centres (PPCs) and Collection Centres (CCs) and common facilities and enabling infrastructure like roads, electricity, water, ETP facilities etc. at Central Processing Centre (CPC). These PPCs and CCs act as aggregation and storage points to feed raw material to the food processing units located in the CPC.
Food Processing being capital incentive activity, common facilities are created at CPC to be used by the processing units on hire basis. This helps in reducing the
cost of individual units significantly and makes them more viable. The minimumland required for a Central Processing Centre in Mega Food Park is 50 acre and implementation period is 30 months.
The scheme is demand-driven and would facilitate food processing units to meet environmental, safety and social standards. A cluster of 30-35 units is expected to come up in one Mega Food Park with an investment of about Rs. 250 Crore. It is likely to benefit about 6000 farmers/ producers directly and 25000- 30000 farmers indirectly.
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The financial assistance under the scheme is provided in the form of grant-in-aid @ 50% of eligible project cost in general areas and @ 75% of eligible project cost in NE Region and difficult areas (Hilly States and ITDP areas) subject to maximum of Rs. 50 crore per project.
Functioning of Mega Food Parks is closely monitored by the Ministry through a well-established mechanism as per the scheme guidelines. This includes detailed scrutiny of the periodical progress reports of the project by the Programme Management Agency (PMA) and the Ministry, verification of the bills by the Project Management Consultant (PMC) before release of the funds from the bank account maintained for the purpose, site visits of the projects by the PMA and Ministry officers, periodic review meetings of the progress of the projects at the level of the senior officers and Minister in the Ministry etc.Ministry monitors each project very closely and regularly.
12) Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)
An innovative programme sponsored and managed by the Department of Science & Technology forattraction of talent to Science.
The basic objective of INSPIRE is to communicate to the youth of the country the excitements of creative pursuit of science, attract talent to the study of science at an early age and thus build the required critical human resource pool for strengthening and expanding the Science & Technology system and R & D base.
A striking feature of the programme is that it does not believe in conducting competitive exams for identification of talent at any level. It believes in and relies on the efficacy of the existing educational structure for identification of talent.
13) Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)
The Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is an on-going National Program of Fellowship in Basic Sciences, initiated and funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to attract exceptionally highly motivated students for pursuing basic science courses and research career in science.
The objective of the program is to identify students with talent and aptitude for research; help them realize their academic potential; encourage them to take up research careers in Science, and ensure the growth of the best scientific minds for research and development in the country.
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The advertisement for the KVPY Fellowship appears in all the national dailies normally on the Technology Day (May 11) and the Second Sunday of July every year.
Selection of the students is made from those studying in XI standard to 1st year of any undergraduate Program in Basic Sciences namely B.Sc./B.S./B.Stat./B.Math./Int. M.Sc./M.S. in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology having aptitude for scientific research. Special groups / Committees are set up at IISc to screen the applications and conduct an aptitude test at various centres in the country. Based on the performance in the aptitude test, short-listed students are called for an interview which is the final stage of the selection procedure. For receiving a fellowship, both aptitude test and interview marks are considered.
The "Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana" (KVPY) is a program started in 1999 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India to encourage students who are studying Basic Sciences to take up research career
in Science. The aim of the program is to identify and encourage talented and motivated students to pursue career in research.
This program aims to assist the students to realize their potential and to ensure that the best scientific talent is groomed for research and development in the country. Generous fellowship and contingency grant are provided to the selected KVPY Fellows up to the pre Ph.D. level or 5 years whichever is earlier. In addition, summer camps for the KVPY Fellows are organized in prestigious research and educational institutions in the country.
The Department of Science and Technology, the nodal agency of the Government has entrusted the overall responsibility for organizing and running the KVPY Program to the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and set up a Management Committee and a National Advisory Committee (NAC) for overseeing its implementation. A core committee looks after both the day-to-day and academic aspects of the KVPY Program.
14) NATIONAL GOKUL MISSION
Union Minister for Agriculture, Shri Radha Mohan Singh briefed about the Rashtriya Gokul Mission here today. The Minister said that the potential to
enhance the productivity of the indigenous breedsof India through professional farm management and superior nutrition is immense, for this it is essential to promote conservation and development of indigenous breeds. The “Rashtriya Gokul Mission” aims to conserve and develop indigenous breeds in a focused and scientific manner, Minister added.
Shri Singh informed that the Rashtriya Gokul Mission is a focussed project under National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development, with an outlay
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of Rs 500 crore during the 12th Five Year Plan. During 2014-15 Rs 150.00 crores will be allocated for development,preservation and conservation of indigenous breeds.
The Minister said that, the Mission will be implemented with the objectives to: a) development andconservation of indigenous breeds b) undertake breed improvement programme for indigenous cattle breeds so as to improve the genetic makeup and increase the stock; c) enhance milk production and productivity; d) upgrade nondescript cattle using elite indigenous breeds like Gir, Sahiwal, Rathi, Deoni, Tharparkar, Red Sindhi and e) distribute disease free high genetic merit bulls for natural service.
Shri Singh also said that the Rashtriya Gokul Mission will be implemented through the “State Implementing Agency (SIA viz Livestock Development Boards). State Gauseva Ayogs will be given the mandate to sponsor proposals to the SIA’s (LDB’s) and monitor implementation of the sponsored proposal. All
Agencies having a role in indigenous cattle development will be the “Participating
Agencies” like CFSPTI, CCBFs, ICAR, Universities, Colleges, NGO’s, Cooperative Societies and Gaushalas with best germplasm .
Minister informed that the Funds under the scheme will be allocated for: a) establishment of Integrated Indigenous Cattle Centres viz “Gokul Gram”; b) strengthening of bull mother farms to conserve high genetic merit Indigenous Breeds; c) establishment of Field Performance Recording (FPR) in the breeding tract d) assistance to Institutions/Institutes which are repositories of best germplasm; e) implementation of Pedigree Selection Programme for the Indigenous Breeds with large population; f) Establishment of Breeder’s Societies: Gopalan Sangh g) distribution of disease free high genetic merit bulls for natural
service h) incentive to farmers maintaining elite animals of indigenous breeds; i)heifer rearing programme; award to Farmers (“Gopal Ratna” ) and Breeders’ Societies (“Kamadhenu” ); j) organization of Milk Yield Competitions for indigenous breeds and k) organization of Training Programme for technical and non technical personnel working at the Institute/Institutions engaged in indigenous cattle development.
Gokul Gram:
Under this component it is proposed to establish Integrated Indigenous Cattle Centres or Gokul Grams in the breeding tracts of indigenous breeds. Gokul Grams will be established in: i) the native breeding tracts and ii) near metropolitan cities for housing the urban cattle. Gokul Gram will act as Centres for development of Indigenous Breeds and a dependable source for supply of high geneticbreeding stock to the farmers in the breeding tract. The Gokul Gram will be self sustaining and will generate economic resources from sale of A2 milk, organic manure, vermi-composting, urine distillates, and production of electricity from bio gas for in house consumption and sale of animal products. The Gokul Gram will also function as state of the art in situ training centre for Farmers, Breeders and MAITRI’s.
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Each Gokul Gram will be set up by the EIA and function under the auspices of the SIA/ EIA or in a PPP mode. The Gokul Gram will maintain milch and unproductive animals in the ratio of 60:40 and will have the capacity to maintain about 1000 animals. Nutritional requirements of the animals will be provided in the Gokul Gram through in house fodder production. Disease free status of Gokul
Gram will be maintained through regular screening of animals for importantdiseases like brucellosis, TB and JD. An inbuilt dispensary and AI centre will be an integral part of the Gokul Gram. Gokul Gram will also be set up near to metropolitan cities for managing urban cattle. Metropolitan Gokul Gram will focus on genetic upgradation of urban cattle.
Cattle rearing has been a traditional livelihood in India and is closely linked to agricultural economy. India with 199 million cattle has 14.5% of the world cattle population. Of this, 83% i.e. 166 million are indigenous. Most of the indigenous cattle (about 80%) are nondescript and only 20% belong tobreeds recognised by National Bureau of Genetic Resources. The cattle genetic resource of India is represented by 37 well recognized indigenous breeds and there are 13
recognised buffalo breeds. Indigenous cattle, in India, are robust and resilient and are particularly suited to the climate and environment of their respective breeding tracts. They are endowed with qualities of heat tolerance, resistance to diseases and the ability to thrive under extreme climatic stress and less than optimal nutrition.
15) JEEVAN PRAMAAN
Jeevan Pramaan is Aadhar based Digital Life Certificate for Pensioners. It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 November 2014.
It is expected to benefit over a crore pensioners. Jeevan Pramaan will do away with the requirement of a pensioner having to submit a physical Life Certificate in November each year, in order to ensure continuity of pension being credited into their account.
Jeevan Praman has been developed by the Department of Electronics and IT, Government of India.
Jeevan Praman software can be downloaded
from http://jeevanpramaan.gov.in/ for both PC andAndroid Devices. Jeevan praman certificate can be obtained from software by putting beneficiaryfingerprint or iris authentication.
Eastern Railway launched Jeevan Pramaan Centre to facilitate the pensioners at Zonal Head Quarter at Fairlie Place, Kolkata on 6th August, 2015. The service will be extended to different divisions, workshops and other major establishments under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway.
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This website is down from around the beginning of 2015.Lot of people are struggling to find out how can they complete the process.
16) PHARMA JAN SAMADHAN SCHEME
The Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri Ananth Kumar launched ‘Pharma Jan Samadhan’ scheme here today. It is a web enabled system for redressal of consumers’ grievances relating to pricing and availability of medicines, created by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA). Shri
Ananth Kumar also released Compendium of Ceiling Prices of Essential Medicines 2015prepared by NPPA. Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers Sh. Hansraj Gangaram Ahir and the Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals Dr. V.K. Subburaj were also present during the launch ceremony.
The ‘Pharma Jan Samadhan’ scheme has put in place a speedy and effective complaint redressal system with respect to availability and pricing of medicines. It would serve as a robust e-governance tool for protection of consumers’ interests through effective implementation of the Drugs (Price Control) Order 2013. ‘Pharma Jan Samadhan’ will provide consumers and others with an on-line facility to redress their complaints relating to over-pricing of medicines, non-availability or shortage of medicines, sale of new medicines without prior price approval of NPPA, and refusal of supply for sale of any medicine without good and sufficient reason. NPPA will initiate action on any complaintwithin 48 hrs of its receipt.
Speaking on the occasion, the Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers Sh. Ananth Kumar said that the new initiative shows that the government or NPPA is not only regulator but more of a facilitator. He said that this phama-literacy initiative would create awareness among the people and would act as a deterrence against black-marketing, spurious medicines, and inflated cost of drugs. Shri Ananth Kumar said that the pharma industry stands on three pillars- quality, availability and affordability, and ‘Pharma Jan Samadhan’ is a step in this direction. The Minister said that pharma is the sun-rise sector of the country and considering the size, it seems to be a fit case to make a separate Ministry to handle issues relating to pharmaceutical industry. Lauding the NPPA initiatives the Minister said that this would help in making the Prime Minister’s vision of
‘Make in India’ a reality.
Earlier speaking on the occasion, the Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said that this is a step in empowering the common man. He said that the health is the prime issue for the people and making them aware about availability and pricing of medicine would help in improving the system. On the issue of Compendium he said that this would be helpful for both consumers as well as pharma industry.
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The Secretary, Department of Pharmaceutical Dr. V.K. Subburaj said that the web- based portal will de-mystify the pricing of essential medicines. He said the Government is working to make drugs available at affordable rates. He said that the drugs made in India are cost-effective and jan-aushidhi scheme is being re- designed to provide quality medicines at cheaper rate to the poor people.
17) Bhavishya – Pension Sanction and Payment Tracking System
1. The Bhavishya system will introduce transparency and establish accountability in the pension sanction and payment process.
2. It will help to eliminate delays and bring satisfaction to the retiring employees and pensioners.
3. The practice of submitting digital life certificates for continuation of pensions will soon be done away with.
4. The pensioners have assumed priority since there are more pensioners now than serving employees, due to rising life expectancy.
5. Govt. is considering various options on how best to utilize the experience of retired personnel, beyond 60 years of age.
18) MYGOV.IN
MyGov is a citizen engagement platform founded by the Government of India to promote the active participation of Indian citizens in their country's governance and development. It is also aimed at creating a common platform for Indian citizens to "crowdsource governance ideas from citizens".The users shall be allowed to discuss and to contribute on various government projects and plans. It also allows users to upload documents in various formats. It was announced that a mobile phone application on 'MyGov' is also under development.
The website is hosted and managed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that the aim was to reduce the long gap developed between the electorateand the Executive after being elected.
In the first week of August 2014, MyGov received 100,000 registered users, barely two weeks after its initiation. Google, the search giant became the first multinational firm to collaborate with MyGov. Shortly before his first address to
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the nation through All India Radio, it was announced that the thoughts, ideas or questions to the Prime Minister shall be submitted to MyGov and those worthy will be responded to by the Prime Minister in subsequent radio addresses.
19)Twitter Samvad
The Union government launched a new platform, in association with Twitter, on Tuesday for direct communication among leaders, government agencies and citizens through tweets and text messages, helping boost e-governance plans.
To start with, the service has 16 partners, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi; the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, Chandrababu Naidu, Anandiben Patel, Akhilesh Yadav and Mamata Banerjee, respectively; the Railway Ministry; and the Bengaluru City Police.
“Based on Indian technological innovation, Twitter Samvad is dedicated [to], and specially built, for the largest democracy of the world. As part of the Prime Minister’s Digital India initiative, this tweet-powered service enables citizens to be the first to know about the government’s actions by receiving political content in real-time on their mobile devices anywhere in the country,” said Dick Costolo, chief executive officer of Twitter, who met Mr. Modi on Tuesday.
Through Twitter Samvad, a set of curated Tweets will be delivered every day from the accounts of the government and the leaders to mobile-phone users across the country as text messages. The service can come in handy during emergencies as government agencies can share live updates, even time- sensitive information on law and order or rescue.
Twitter Samvad is based on a platform provided by ZipDial, an Indian company recently acquired by Twitter, making this its first Indian service launched using indigenous technology.
An official statement said that during the meeting with Mr. Costolo, the Prime Minister spoke aboutavenues through which Twitter could help in initiatives such as the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan and the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme, not
just by providing a platform but also by initiating a prolonged effort to support these initiatives.
“He urged Twitter to help promote India’s rich tourist potential across the world,”the statement said.
Mr. Modi said Twitter should tap into India’s linguistic diversity and offer services to draw peoplefrom various linguistic backgrounds to the platform.
20) GRAMEEN BHANDARAN YOJANA
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Under this Gramin Bhandaran Yojana or Rural Godown Scheme, government provides supports to an individual, a company, a farmer , local government, NGOs and various associations, if they build or renovate rural godowns.
Government will provide 25% of the capital investment made in such a venture. If the Godown is built or renovated by a woman farmer, the government support is 33.33% of the total capital investment (not the total cost which may include some other costs also) Who can get assistance onbuilding new godowns? Individuals, farmers, Group of farmers/growers, Partnership/ Proprietary firms, Non- Government Organizations (NGO’s), Self Help Groups (SHGs), Companies, Corporations, Co-operatives, Local Bodies other than Municipal Corporations, Federations, Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees, Marketing Boards and
Agro Processing Corporations in the entire country. Who can get assistance on renovation? Assistance for renovation of rural godowns will, however, be restricted to godowns constructed by cooperatives only. Such godowns should have a capacity to store at least 100 tonnes of grains and maximum 10000 Tonnes to availthe facility. However, if the godown belongs to such an area
which badly needs it, government will come forward for same support (25%) for even a 50 Tonne facility.
Then, there is also no upper ceiling on subsidy in the case of projects of rural godowns of Cooperatives assisted by NCDC.
Please note that in 2011, the Ministry of Agriculture had recommended an enhanced subsidy by proposing to increase the maximum size of godowns eligible for subsidy from 10,000 tonnes to 50,000 tonnes. However, as of now, the maximum limit remains 10000 tonnes. In the Union Budget 2013-14, the government has budgeted an expenditure of ` 313.09 Crore for this scheme.
We see that this is a novel scheme with the following objectives: Creation of scientific storage capacity and thus prevention of distress sale Reduction of loss in quantity and quality Creation of additional employment opportunities in rural areas Assistance in the easy procurement of food grains by FCI and other agencies Renovation and upgradation of existing storage capacity created by cooperatives with the assistance of NCDC Encouraging private and co-operative sector investment in the creation of storage infrastructure in the major producing zones and the major consumption zones in the country and reduction in pressure on existing storage facilities with public agencies and co-operatives and reduction in pressure on the transport system in the post harvestperiod
21)National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS)
The Government of India introduced the scheme from Rabi 1999-2000 season to protect thefarmers against losses suffered by them due to crop failure on account
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of natural calamities. The scheme is currently implemented by Agriculture Insurance Company of India (AICIL). The schemeis available to all the farmers, loanee and non-loanee, irrespective of size of their holding. The scheme covers all food crops (cereals, millets and pulses) and oil seeds and Annual commercial/ horticultural crops. At present, 10% subsidy on premium is available to small &
marginal farmers. NAIS is presently being implemented in 24 States and 2 Union Territories except
in States of Punjab & Arunachal Pradesh. Nagaland has given consent to implement the scheme and Rajasthan has decided to implement WBCIS in place of NAIS. Since the inception of the scheme and until up to 31.03.11 about 176 million farmers have been insured, covering an area of 269 million hectares for a sum insured value of Rs. 2,21,213 crore, against a premium of Rs. 6589 crore. Claims to the tune of about Rs. 22190 crore have been reported so far benefiting nearly 47.6 million farmersrepresenting a claim ratio of 1:3.37.
Claims are automatically calculated based on shortfall in the current season yield obtained from crop cutting experiments conducted by State Governments under General Crops Estimation Survey (GCES) as compared to threshold yield and settled through the rural banking network. The Company is making efforts to bring the remaining States/ UTs into the fold of NAIS.
22) JAL GRAM YOJANA
1. Jal Gram Yojana 1.1 Jal Gram
Two villages, in every district preferably being a part of dark block or facing acute water scarcity, shall be selected as “Jal Grams” An Integrated water security plan, water conservation, water management and allied activities shall be undertaken for the villages to ensure optimum and sustainable utilisation of water.
This is a convergence programme, therefore, there will no separate funds. Available funds from various other schemes should be used, e.g.. MNREGA, IWRMP, Watershed Schemes, etc. (for details see section 6.0 “Funding
Arrangement”)
1.2 Selection of Jal Gram
District level Committee shall identify two Jal Gram for every district. To select the Jal Gram, decision support tool uploaded by CWC on its website would be used. DistrictCommittee would keep State level Committee informed of the selected “Jal Gram”.
1.3 Structure for Implementation of Jal Gram Yojana
A Committee shall be formed at Village level & Block Level for implementation and monitoring of works under Jal Gram Yojana for every Jal Gram.
23)Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (Hindi: )(English:National Agriculture Development Scheme) is a State Plan Scheme of Additional Central Assistance launched in August 2007 as a part of the 11th Five Year Plan by the Government of India. Launched under the aegis
of the National Development Council, it seeks to achieve 4% annual growth inagriculture through development of Agriculture and its allied sectors (as defined by the Planning Commission (India)) during the period under the 11th Five Year Plan (2007–11).
Aims
The scheme is essentially a State Plan Scheme that seeks to provide the States and Territories of India with the autonomy to draw up plans for increased public investment in Agriculture by incorporating information on local requirements,geographical/climatic conditions, available natural resources/ technology and cropping patterns in their districts so as to significantly increase the productivity of Agriculture and its allied sectors and eventually maximize the returns of farmers in agriculture and its allied sectors.
Eligibility
A State is eligible for funding under the RKVY if it maintains or increases the percentage of its expenditure on Agriculture and its Allied Sectors with respect to the total State Plan Expenditure, where the Base Line (which will move every year) for this expenditure is the average of the percentage of expenditure
incurred by a State Government for the previous three years on Agriculture and its Allied Sectors minus any funds related to Agriculture and its allied sectors that it may already have received in that time under its State Plan.
24)Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY, literally "National Health Insurance
Programme", Hindi: ) is a government-run health insurance scheme for the Indian poor. It provides for cashless insurance for hospitalisation in public as well as private hospitals. The schemestarted enrolling on April 1, 2008 and has been implemented in 25 states of India. A total
of 36million families have been enrolled as of February 2014.[3] In the startingRSBY is a project under the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Now it is transferred to Ministry of Health and family welfare from April 1, 2015.
Every "below poverty line" (BPL) family holding a yellow ration card pays 30 (less than US$0.7)registration fee to get a biometric-enabled smart card containing their fingerprints and photographs. This enables them to receive inpatient medical care of up to 30,000 (approx US$670 as of March 2011) per family per year in any of the empanelled hospitals. Pre-existing illnesses are covered from day one, for head of household, spouse and up to three dependent children or parents.
In the Union Budget for 2012-13, the government made a total allocation of 1096.7 crore towards RSBY. Although meant to cover the entire BPL population,(about 37.2 per cent of the total Indian population according to the Tendulkar committee estimates) it had enrolled only around 10 per cent of the Indian population by March 31, 2011. Also, it is expected to cost the exchequer at least 3,350 crore a year to cover the entire BPL population.
The scheme has won plaudits from the World Bank, the UN and the ILO as one of the world's best health insurance schemes. Germany has shown interest in adopting the smart card based model for revamping its own social security system, the oldest in the world, by replacing its current, expensive, system of
voucher based benefits for 2.5 million children[citation needed]. The Indo- German Social Security Programme, created as part of a co-operation pact between the two countries is guiding this collaboration.
One of the big changes that this scheme entails is bringing investments to unserved areas. Most private investments in healthcare in India have been focused on tertiary or specialized care in urban areas. However, with RSBY coming in, the scenario is changing. New age companies like GlocalHealthcare Systems, a company based out of Kolkata and funded by Tier I Capital Funds like Sequoia Capital and Elevar Equity are setting up State of
Art Hospitals in Semi Urban - rural settings. This trend can create the infrastructure that India's healthcare system desperately needs.
As per report from Council for Social Development, it was found that this scheme has not been very effective. Increase in outpatient expenditure, hospitalization and medicines have compelled insurance companies to exclude several diseases out of their policies and thus making it not affordable for BPL families. Report also has found that most of the beneficiaries are from higher classes and not targeted beneficiaries.
25) JAN AUSHADHI SCHEME
Over the years India, has developed a strong capability in producing quality
branded and generic medicines in most of the therapeutic categories, evolvingfrom an mere Rs 1,500 crores industry in 1980 to a more than Rs 1,19,000 crores industry in 2012. However, although these medicines are reasonably priced, as compared to the prices of their equivalent medicines in most other countries, yet a large population of poor people in the country, find it difficult to afford the more expensive branded category of medicines. Accordingly, 'ensuring availability of quality medicines at affordableprices to all', has been a key objective of the Government. some of the important steps taken to enable this are:
A. Price control of Scheduled Drugs through the National Pharmaceutical pricing authority (NPPA): Under the Drug Price Control Order, 1995, NPPA): Under the Drug Price Control Order, 1995, NPPA has been given the mandate to control and fix the maximum retail prices of a number of scheduled/listed bulk drugs and their formulations, in accordance with well defined criteria and methods of accounting, relating to costs of production and marketing Notably therefore, the prices of these medicines have remained quite stable and affordable.
B. Price regulation of Non-Scheduled Drugs: Apart from the scheduled medicines under DPCO, 1995, the NPPA monitors the prices of other medicines not listed in the DPCO schedule, such that they do not have a price variation of more than 10% per annum. This has further helped in keeping the prices of most of the non- scheduled medicines stable and affordable.
C. Uniform VAT of 4% on medicines: Government has fixed a uniform and low rate of 4% VAT on medicines in the country. This policy has been adopted, in almost all the States in the country, and has reduced the incidence of sales tax on medicines and thereby assisted in keeping their prices low.
D. Reduction in Excise duty from 16% to 4% Further and in addition to above low, VAT rates, the [present government had, as part of the Budget for the year 2008-09 reduced the excise duty on medicines from 16% to 8%. This has been further reduced to 4 percent as from 8th December, 2008. This has again, played a crucial role in keeping the prices of most of the medicines at reasonable levels. Not satisfied with the above regulatory and financial steps for ensuring greateravailability of medicines at affordable prices to all, specially the poorer masses, the government has decided to launch a country wide Jan Aushadhi Campaign.
26) BAL SWACCHATA ABHIYAN
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part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the mega cleanliness drive in India, and also as a part of the Children’s Day celebrations, the Government of India has launched yet another campaign “Bal Swachhata Abhiyan”. This campaign will be carried out together by the education and health departments from November 14, Children’s Day, to November 19, the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, in all
schools across the country. The Central Government has issued directives so that the campaign is
implemented efficiently. The idea is to spread cleanliness awareness among the children. Through this campaign, the school students will play the role as cleanup ambassadors in the school’s nearby and surrounding areas and also display an encouraging way for the locals to keep their surroundings clean.
Highlights of Bal Swachhata Mission
Considering the importance of cleanliness and inculcating cleanliness from a very young age, it’s necessary that every citizen of the country, including the children, should come forward to be a part of the mega cleanliness drive.
The Directorate of Education has addressed all Heads of Government and Government-aided schools and private schools to carry out the cleanliness mission and sensitise children and make them aware of the different aspects of hygiene.
Bal Swachhata Abhiyan includes clean schools, clean surroundings and play area, pure drinking water facilities, proper toilets, safe and clean food and personal hygiene.
All students must be aware of the need of cleanliness and various aspects of health and sanitation.
Each student can spread cleanliness awareness among his family members effectively and thereby pave the way for a clean society as a whole.
All health centres associated with the schools should be well-prepared with information on balanceddiet and health and senior officials should make sure that the students are given information about nutrition, food grains and vegetables through video clips, posters and Powerpoint presentations.
Children will also be given training on washing hands properly and how to
maintain their personal hygiene and cleanliness. How to use toilets and keep them clean would be discussed during the
campaign.
Officials would also spread awareness about water-borne diseases, the use of clean water, proper cleaning of water tanks in schools and so on.
Bal Swachhata Abhiyan five-day programme
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The themes of this campaign has been planned out in the following way:
14th November: Clean Schools/Surroundings/Play areas
15th November: Clean Food
18th November: Clean Drinking Water
19th November: Clean Toilet
As part of the first-day programme, during the morning assembly, the students will take a vow that they will not use plastic bags, will not waste any paper and use the dustbins for throwing garbage in the school. Also, all students and teachers must clean the classrooms, library, labs, kitchen and other areas.
Express Yourself Through: CBSE Expression Series
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has launched on its website (http://cbseacademic.in/) CBSE Expression Series on ‘Bal Swachhata Mission’ 14th to 19th November 2014. This is an interesting way for school children to express themselves through essay, poem, poster, drawing and painting. Each day a new topic will be assigned for the children in three categories (classes 1 to 5, classes 6 to 8, classes 9 to 12). Topics based on themes for each day will be announced on CBSE’s official website one day in advance. Thirty best entries on each day will be rewarded with a cash prize of Rs 2,500.
Conclusion: Again another encouraging initiative by the Government. But mere launching of a campaign is not enough. Proper implementation is more
necessary. Yes, it’s high time now that we teach our children to be clean and maintain hygiene. Not only in schools, but also in home and outside, a child should be well aware of cleanliness, safety and personal hygiene which will make them stronger and healthy and responsible c
27) Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana
Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana is a special social security scheme
which includes Pension and Life Insurance, introduced by Ministryof Overseas Indian Affairs for the overseasIndian workers in possession of Emigration Check Required (ECR) passports.
It is a voluntary scheme designed to help workers to meet their three financial needs: saving for retirement, saving for their return and resettlement, and providing free life insurance offering coverage for death from natural causes
The Union Ministry of Tourism provides Central Financial Assistance (CFA) to State Governments/Union Territory Administrations, including the places of religious importance, for various tourism projects in consultation with them
subject to availability of funds, inter-se priority, liquidation of pending utilization certificates and adherence to the scheme guidelines.
For development of tourism infrastructure in the country, the Ministry of Tourism has introduced two new schemes in 2014-15 i.e. PRASAD- Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive and Swadesh Darshan - Integrated Development of Theme-Based Tourist Circuits. Under PRASADtwelve cities have been identified for development initially, namely:
Amritsar, Ajmer, Dwaraka, Mathura, Varanasi, Gaya, Puri, Amaravati, Kanchipuram, Vellankanni, Kedarnath and Guwahati. Under Swadesh Darshan scheme, Spiritual Circuit has been identified as theme circuit for development.
During the year 2015-16 under Budget Estimates Rs.100.00 crore and Rs.600.00 crore have been allocated for PRASAD and Swadesh Darshan schemes respectively to develop tourist destinations of global standards. The details of projects sanctioned during the year 2014-15 and 2015-16 under both the schemes are annexed
29) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shrameva Jayate Karyakram
Key elements
A dedicated Shram Suvidha Portal: That would allot Labour Identification
Number (LIN) to nearly 6 lakhs units and allow them to file online compliance for 16 out of 44 labour laws
An all-new Random Inspection Scheme: Utilizing technology to eliminate human discretion in selection of units for Inspection, and uploading of Inspection Reports within 72 hours of inspection mandatory
Universal Account Number: Enables 4.17 crore employees to have their Provident Fund account portable, hassle-free and universally accessible
Apprentice Protsahan Yojana: Will support manufacturing units mainly and other establishments by reimbursing 50% of the stipend paid to apprentices during first
two years of their training
Revamped Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana: Introducing a Smart Card for the workers in the unorganized sector seeded with details of two more social security schemes
Shram Suvidha Portal
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The objective of the unified web portal is to consolidate information of Labour Inspection and its enforcement, which will lead to transparency and accountability in inspections. The compliances would be reportable in Single Harmonized Form which will make it simple and easy for those filing such forms. The performance will be monitored using key indicators thus making the
evaluation process objective. The portal also has an effective grievanceredressal System. It promotes the use of a common Labour Identification Number (LIN) by all implementing agencies.
The 4 main features of the portal are:
Unique labour identification number (LIN) will be allotted to Units to facilitate online registration.
Filing of self-certified and simplified Single Online Return by the industry. Now Units will only file a single consolidated Return online instead of filing 16 separate Returns.
Mandatory uploading of inspection Reports within 72 hours by the Labour inspectors.
Timely redressal of grievances will be ensured with the help of the portal.
The above will bring in the necessary ease in compliance of provisions related to labour and will be a step forward in promoting the ease of doing business. The complete database available centrally at unified portal will also add to the informed policy process. The portal will be operative in 4 central organizations namely Chief Labour Commissioner, Directorate General of Mines Safety, Employee Provident Fund and Employees’ State insurance Corporation. In this endeavour of the Ministry,complete information of all 11 lakh units for these organizations has been collected, digitized and de-duplicated reducing the total number to 6-7 lakh. It is proposed to allot LIN to all these 6-7 lakh units.
For more information, visit http://efilelabourreturn.gov.in/uwp/home#
Labour Inspection Scheme
So far the units for inspection were selected locally without any objective criteria. To bring in transparency in labour inspection, a transparent Labour Inspection scheme has been developed. The four features of the inspection scheme are:
Serious matters are to be covered under the mandatory inspection list.
A computerized list of inspections will be generated randomly based on pre- determined objective criteria.
Complaints based inspections will also be determined centrally after examination based on data and evidence.
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There will be provision of Emergency List for inspection of serious cases in specific circumstances.
A transparent Inspection Scheme will provide a check on the arbitrariness in compliance mechanism.
Portability through Universal Account Number (UAN) for Employees Provident Fund
Under the scheme, complete information for approximately 4 crore subscribers of EPF has been centrally compiled and digitized and a UAN has been allotted to all. The UAN is being seeded with Bank account and Aadhar Card and other KYC details for financial inclusion of vulnerable section of society and their unique identification. This will ensure portability of the Social Security Benefits to the labour of organised sector across the jobs and geographic areas. The EPF account of employee will be now be updated monthly and at the same time s/he will be informed through SMS. Finally it will ensure that each of the 4 crore or
more EPF account holders have direct access to their EPF accounts and will alsoenable them to consolidate all their previous accounts (approximately Rs 27000 Crore are currently lying with EPFO in inoperative accounts). Theminimum pension for employees has been introduced first time so that employees’ pension is not less than Rs. 1000 per month. The wage ceiling has been raised from Rs. 6500 to Rs. 15000 per month to ensure that vulnerable groups are covered under EPF Scheme.
Recognition of Brand Ambassadors of ITIs
The Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in the country are the backbone of the vocational training system, the only source of supply of skilled manpower to
manufacturing industry. There are 11,500 ITIs having about 16 lakh seats. But this is grossly inadequate for supplying skilled manpower to Indian industry. Only 10% of the workforce has got formal or informal technical training. Only one fourth of this is formally trained. There is also another big imbalance. The intake capacity of undergraduate engineering colleges was more than 16 lakh in India which was almost same as seating capacity of ITIs.
As a general trend, pass outs from education system do not take admission in the ITIs as their first choice. Mostly students end up in ITI after exhausting all other options for higher education. This is because, blue collar work is not respected and regarded in the society. For meeting the skill needs of the industry
and for enhancing employability of the youth, it is needed to attract more youth toit is by enhancing dignity of vocational training.
Over 60 years of existence, ITIs have given excellent technicians, mechanics, entrepreneurs and professional leaders. Manufacturing sector is reservoir of this success. They have brought name and fame in the country and abroad. It is proposed to compile these success stories and publish inprint and electronic form. These success stories shall be used for motivating youngsters and their
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parents. The successful ITI graduates are also to be projected as National Brand Ambassadors of Vocational Training. This will be taken as communicator and catalyst, taking the message of ITI vocational training to every section of society.
All India Skill Competition
The Ministry of labour conducts competitions to foster the healthy spirit of competitiveness among the trainee Craftsmen/ Apprentices. Winning spirit brings pride to world of skills, improves changing work habits to be more organized, goal setting to achieve goals, and simply performing higher quality work. They are:
All India Skill Competition for Craftsmen among trainees admitted under Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS). It is conducted once in a year. On the basis of marks obtained in skill competition by trainees, the award is given to BEST CRAFTSMAN-cash prize and merit certificate, BEST INSTITUTE – a merit certificate and the BEST STATE –a shield.
All India Competition for Apprentices among trainees admitted under Apprenticeship Training Scheme (ATS). It is conducted twice every year. The award is given to the BEST Apprentice- cash prize of Rs 50,000 and a merit certificate and Runner Up Apprentice- cash prize of Rs 25000 andmerit certificate in each Trade, and the BEST ESTABLISHMENT on all India basis- a trophy and certificate by President of India.
Trade covered in Competition: Both the competitions are conducted in 15 trades i.e. Fitter, Turner, Machinist, Welder (G&E), Mechanic (Motor Vehicle), Mechanic (Diesel), Instrument Mechanic, Draughtsman (Mechanical), Draughtsman (Civil),
Electrician, Electronic Mechanic, Cutting & Sewing, Foundry Man, ComputerOperator & Programming Assistant (COPA), and Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Mechanic.
Launch of Apprenticeship Protsahan Yojna
The Apprentices Act 1961 was enacted for regulating the Apprenticeship Training Scheme in the industry for imparting on-the-job training to apprentices. Presently, there are only 2.82 lakh apprentices undergoing training against 4.9 lakh seats.
Apprenticeship Scheme has huge potential for training the large number of young person’s to make them employable. Similar schemes have been highly
successful in countries like Germany, China and Japan where the number ofapprentices are stated to be 3 million, 20 million and 10 million respectively.
Present framework tightly regulates the number of apprentices trade-wise, and is not attractive to youth because of low rate of stipend. Further the industry is averse to participate because the scheme is not viable for the small industries. There are a large number of establishments including MSMEs where training facilities are available but could not be utilized so far.
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A major initiative has been undertaken to revamp the apprenticeship Scheme in India after extensive consultation with industry, states and other stakeholders with the vision of increasing apprenticeship seats to more than 20 lakhs in next few years. There are four components of this initiative, which are given below:
Making the legal framework friendly to both, industry and youth. The necessary Bill amending the Act was placed and passed in Lok Sabha on 14.8.2014.
Enhancing the rate of stipend and indexing it to minimum wages of semi-skilled workers.
Apprentice Protsahan Yojana which will support manufacturing units mainly and other establishments by reimbursing 50% of the stipend paid to apprentices during first two years of their training.
Basic training component (mainly class room training part) of the curricula is being restructured on scientific principles to make it more effective, and MSMEs will be supported financially by permitting this component in government funded SDI scheme.
30) UDAAN
Udaan, the Special Industry Initiative (SII) for J&K is funded by Ministry of Home Affairs and implemented by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). The programme is a part of the overall initiative for addressing economic issues in J&K. While steps are being taken by the State and Central Government to revive economic activity in J&K, Udaan programme is a special initiative to
address the needs of the educated unemployed in J&K. Udaan program is focused on youth of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) who are graduate, post graduate and three year diploma engineers.
The aim is to provide skills and job opportunities to the youth. Simultaneously, the aim is also to provide exposure to corporate India towards the rich talent pool available in J&K.
The target was to reach out to 40,000 youth in J&K over a period of 5 years. It was observed that youth from J&K were unable to find employment in many companies as either they were unaware of the opportunity in the companies or
the companies were unaware of the talent pool that existed in J&K. The principal focus of the Udaan programme is to create an ecosystem that
would bridge this gap.
The Udaan programme is designed to encourage corporates to travel to J&K meet with the youth and hire aspiring youth in J&K who wish to explore the opportunity to work with corporates. Udaan provides a framework of support
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to the youth to travel, undergo training in firms and transit to work.Udaan has two objectives :
To provide exposure to the graduates and post graduates of Jammu and Kashmir to the best of corporate India and
To provide corporate India with exposure to the rich talent pool available in the state
31) Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency (MUDRA)
Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY; Hindi: ) under the Micro UnitsDevelopment and Refinance Agency (MUDRA) Bank is a new institution being set up by Government of India for development and refinancing
activities relating to micro units. It was announced by the Hon’ble Finance Minister while presenting the Union Budget for FY 2016. The purpose of MUDRA is to provide funding to the non corporate small business sector
Objectives
Under the scheme, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana three categories of interventions has been named which includes
Shishu :- Loan upto 50000 (US$750)
Kishore :- Loan ranging from 50000 (US$750) to 5 lakh (US$7,500)
Tarun :- Loan above 5 lakh (US$7,500) and below 10 lakh (US$15,000)
These three categories will signify the growth, development and funding needs of the beneficiariesas well as it will assure the loan amount to be allotted by Micro Units Development and RefinanceAgency Bank.
Performance
Under this scheme, according to MoneyControl.com, nearly 1,65,000 people avail the over-drafting facility where the government mobilised USD $157,400,000[citation needed] for this scheme by 1 September 2015.[3] As of 26th of Sep 2015, Banks have already disbursed 24000 crore (US$3.6 billion) to 27 lakh small entrepreneurs under this scheme
32) UJJAWALA
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'Ujjawala - External website that opens in a new window' is a comprehensive scheme for the prevention of trafficking, rescue and rehabilitation of women and child victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation in India. It was
launched in 2007 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development - Externalwebsite that opens in a new window. It consists of certain mechanisms for the reintegration and repatriation of victims including cross border victims.
The Target Group or main beneficiaries of this scheme are women and child victims who have been trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation as well as those women and children who are vulnerable to becoming victims of this crime. These vulnerable sections include slum dwellers, children of sex workers, refugees, homeless victims of natural disasters and so on.
This scheme is being implemented by various Non Governmental Organizations to provide direct aid and benefit to victims of trafficking. Immediate relief to
victims includes the provision of food, shelter, trauma care and counselling to the rescued victims. Later on, victims are provided skill training, capacity building, job placement and guidance in income generating activities to empower them and help them live independently.
The Ujjawala Scheme has five components -
Prevention - This part consists of the formation of community vigilance groups and adolescent groups called Balika and Balala Sanghs. It also includes the carrying out of sensitization workshops, seminars and awareness generation campaigns through street
plays, puppetry, posters and leaflets. The main aim is to make functionaries such as thepolice and community sensitive towards the needs of victims of trafficking. Rescue - This component includes creation of a network of contacts that include police, NGO's, women's groups, youth groups, panchayats, hotels, tour operators and so on. These contacts will be used to collect information on traffickers, suspicious people and vulnerable families. It also includes the cost of transportation, food, shelter, toiletries, clothing, trauma care/counselling and medical aid given to a rescued victim and the payment of incentives to decoy customers and informants. Rehabilitation - This step offers refuge to victims in safe shelter homes with the provision of basic necessities such as food, clothing and medical care. It also includes specialized counselling, legal aid, formal or open school education for children and
vocational training for an alternative livelihood.Reintegration - This component involves restoring the victim to their family and community, if they desire. It includes the setting up of Half Way Homes, where gainfully employed groups of victims who wish to be reintegrated with the community, work and live semi independently. It also includes the cost of travel for the victim and an escort to her hometown. Repatriation - This is applicable to cross border victims of commercial sexual exploitation. It includes the setting up of transit points at border checkpoints to provide
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food and other incidentals to the victim. It also includes documentation and cost of travel of the victim and an escort to her country of origin or border. This scheme can be availed by contacting -
Social Welfare/Women and Child Welfare Departments of State Governments
Women's Development Corporations
Women's Development Centres
Urban Local Bodies
Reputed Public/Private Trusts
Voluntary Organizations.
33)SWADHAR GREH
The Ministry of Women and Child Development implements two shelter based schemes, namely, Swadhar and Short Stay Home for providing emergency outreach services to women in difficult circumstances who do not have societal/family support or independent means of income. Under these schemes free shelter, food, medical care, counseling etc. are being provided to thebeneficiaries. Vocational training is imparted to the beneficiaries with a view to rehabilitate them.
The schemes seek to improve the life of women who are in difficult
circumstances thereby making them self reliant by providing vocational training. The scheme could benefit 35959 women in 2009-10 and 38241 and 40270 women during 2010-11 & 2011-12 respectively. Considering the positive impact of the schemes on the target group, the Ministry has decided to merge both the schemes into “Swadhar Greh” scheme with better financial norms and extend the coverage to all the districts in the country during the 12th Five Year Plan.
34)ONE STOP CENTRE SCHEME
The scheme for O

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