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Daily Current Capsules - 3rd JUNE
2019
Government Schemes
Modi government 2.0
First Cabinet meet - govt extends PM-KISAN, announces new farm pension scheme
Relevance IN -prelims about the new decisions taken by the cabinet +
Mains ( GS III issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidy)
Highlights
The newly-sworn in NDA government at the Centre has taken four
major decisions related to farmers' and traders welfare in the first
meeting of the Union Cabinet.
Modi government 2.0 ( key decisions taken in the first cabinet meeting )
What’s the NEWS
In the first Cabinet meeting, the government decided to extend PM-
KISAN scheme to all 14.5 crore farmers in the country costing Rs
87,000 crore a year and also announced over Rs 10,000 crore pension
scheme for 5 crore farmers
The Union Cabinet has approved to extend the ambit of the scheme by
including all land holding eligible farmer families under the scheme,
subject to the prevalent exclusion criteria
Know! about PM-KISAN
The Rs 75,000-crore Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Niddhi (PM-
KISAN) was announced in the interim Budget under which the
government decided to provide Rs 6,000 per year (in three equal
instalments) to an estimated 12.5 crore small and marginal farmers
holding land up to 2 hectares.
What’s added in PM-KISAN
Now, the revised scheme envisages to cover around 2 crore more farmers
increasing the coverage of the PM- KISAN to around 14.5 crore
beneficiaries
The new Scheme - Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojana
The Cabinet also approved the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojana
under which small and marginal farmers will get a minimum fixed
pension of Rs 3,000 per month on attaining the age of 60 years.
Know! the details of the new pension scheme
A voluntary and contributory pension scheme for all Small and Marginal
Farmers (SMF) across Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN the country.
Entry age of 18 to 40 years with a provision of minimum fixed pension
of Rs.3,000/- on attaining the age of 60 years.
For example, a beneficiary farmer is required to contribute Rs 100/ - per
month at median entry age of 29 years. The Central Government shall
also contribute to the Pension Fund an equal amount as contributed by
the eligible farmer.
After the subscriber’s death, while receiving pension, the spouse of the
SMF beneficiary shall be entitled to receive 50% of the pension received
by the beneficiary as family pension, provided he/she is not already an
SMF beneficiary of the Scheme. If, the death of the subscriber happens
during the period of contribution, the spouse shall have the option of
continuing the Scheme by paying regular contribution.
The Cabinet cleared a pension scheme for small traders
Cabinet approved a new Central Sector Scheme, it is a voluntary and
contributory pension scheme for all Small and Marginal Farmers (SMF)
across the country.
The scheme is meant to provide universal social security to all
shopkeepers, retail traders and self-employed persons.
They will be given a minimum monthly pension of 3 thousand
rupees on attaining the age of 60 years.
Altogether 3 crore retail traders and shopkeepers will be benefited
under this scheme.
Know! more about the scheme
All small shopkeepers and self-employed persons as well as the retail
traders with GST turnover below Rs. 1.5 crore and age between 18-40
years, can enrol for this scheme. The scheme would benefit more than 3
crore small shopkeepers and traders.
The scheme is based on self-declaration as no documents are required
except Aadhaar and bank account. Interested persons can enrol
themselves through more than 3,25,000 Common Service Centres spread
across the country.
The Government of India will make matching contribution in the
subscribers’ account. For example if a person with age of 29 years
contributes Rs. 100/- month, then the Central Government also
contributes the equal amount as subsidy into subscriber’s pension
account every month.
Entry age of 18 to 40 years with a provision of minimum fixed pension
of Rs.3,000/- on attaining the age of 60 years.
Other important decision taken
The government approved a special scheme for controlling foot and
mouth diseases of animals.
Amount of scholarship have been increased from Rs. 2,000 per month to
Rs. 2,500 per month for boys and from Rs. 2,250 per month to Rs. 3,000
per month for girls.
Under National Defence scheme, Scholorships have been raised for
children of police personnel.
Add on facts
The Prime Minister also in-charge of: Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of
Space; and All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not
allocated to any Minister
Know! the newly elected cabinet ministers
Amit Shah, the Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha MP from
Gandhinagar in Gujarat, is the new Home minister of India in the
Narendra Modi government while Rajnath Singh becomes the Defence
Minister.
India's new Finance Minister is Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar
new External Affairs Minister. Additionally, Ravi Shankar Prasad
becomes Law Minister.
The 58-member Union Council of Ministers includes those holding
the 25 Cabinet ranks, nine Ministers of State (Independent charge) and
24 Ministers of state.
Know! the difference between council of ministers and cabinet minister
Jal Shakti, Nal Se Jal for all
Relevance IN – Prelims ( about this new Jal Shakti ministry) + GS II (
government policies and interventions for the development of various sectors)
What’s the NEWS
The scheme ‘Nal se Jal’ to provide piped drinking water to every
household will be a component of the government’s Jal Jivan Mission.
This was among the primary promises made in the BJP’s vision
document released in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Know! more about it
The new Ministry of Jal Shakti will led by Rajasthan MP Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat, the new ministry has set the ball rolling for the government’s
ambitious plans to provide piped water connections to every household in
India by 2024
The Jal Shakti ministry merges the ministries of Water Resources, River
Development & Ganga Rejuvenation along with Drinking Water and
Sanitation to bring all aspects of water management and regulation under
one department.
The scheme ‘Nal se Jal’ to provide piped drinking water to every
household will be a component of the government’s Jal Jivan Mission.
This was among the primary promises made in the BJP’s vision
document released in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Drinking water accounts for only 4 per cent of the water used in the
country while agriculture accounts for 80 per cent of all water including
groundwater.
The present approach to water conservation is pushed through the
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) and driven
by the provision of work and not geared at addressing the issue of water
management itself.
Know! the benefits of setting up this new ministry
The setting up of a separate ministry will give water conservation
measures the much-needed impetus it deserves.
It will also address international and inter-states water disputes and the
Namami Gange project which is the flagship initiative to clean the River
Ganga, its tributaries and sub-tributaries. The Jal Ministry’s priority will
be to provide clean drinking water to everyone
Know! about the last year report of NITI Ayog
According to a 2018 NITI Aayog report, “600 million Indians face high
to extreme water stress and about two lakh people die every year due to
inadequate access to safe water.
By 2030, the country’s water demand is projected to be twice the
available supply, implying severe water scarcity for hundreds of millions
of people and an eventual ~6% loss in the country’s GDP.
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