The Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme ‘DHRUV’ is an initiative of the Government of India, with the assistance of the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development. ‘DHRUV’ has been launched to enrich the skills and knowledge of a gifted child, and to encourage them to achieve excellence as per their potential and help in the…
India decided to launch this mission to provide critical aid to certain Indian Ocean countries and fulfil the aim of the SAGAR policy. Note that Mission Sagar and the SAGAR policy doctrine are essentially linked. Further, this mission came about as an offshoot of the SAGAR policy for maritime cooperation. Mission Sagar 2, 3, and…
The covid-19 outbreak has impacted a lot of people in India. Right from the individual families to the vast economy of the country, coronavirus has impacted the people and the economy. Amid the search for the right vaccination, the Government of India came up with a project to facilitate the discovery of the needed vaccination.…
The Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana was launched by the Government on 4th May 2017. This is a government pension scheme with an aim to provide social security to senior citizens and for the protection of the elderly against a fall in the interest income due to unfavourable market conditions in the future. This pension…
The centre’s flagship ‘Housing for All’ Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin (PMAY Gramin), has got an extension from the Union Cabinet from March 2021 to March 2024 to achieve the target of constructing 2.95 crore houses. With this continuation of the scheme, construction of the remaining 155.75 lakh houses will also get financial assistance to…
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U), a flagship Mission of Government of India being implemented by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), was launched on 25th June 2015. The Mission addresses urban housing shortage among the EWS/LIG and MIG categories including the slum dwellers by ensuring a pucca house to all eligible urban…
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution rolled out a pilot scheme titled, One Nation One Ration Card Scheme in four states on a pilot basis in 2019. 12 states were added on 1st January 2020. It was reported by the Central Government that about 86% beneficiaries under the NFSA were brought under…
The Nai Manzil scheme was launched in 2018, to bridge the educational gap of certain minorities in general and particularly Muslims. This will be achieved by distance learning and open schooling through bridge courses, with public education first followed by vocational training. The central government of India is providing a sum of 3,738 crores for…
The Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG) was devised in 2010 as a special intervention for adolescent girls of the age group 11 – 14 years to break the intergenerational life-cycle of nutritional and gender disadvantage and offer a supportive environment for the self-development of adolescent girls in the country. Overview of Scheme for Adolescent Girls…
Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare’s National Telemedicine Service eSanjeevani has rapidly shaped into the country’s most popular and the largest telemedicine service. eSanjeevani has been widely adopted by patients as well as doctors, and specialists across the country. In a record time the National Telemedicine Service has conducted more than 1 Crore (i.e.…
On the occasion of World Environment Day, 5 June 2021, Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released the report of the Expert Committee on Roadmap for Ethanol Blending in India by 2025. According to the report, 20% ethanol blending is within reach. The report further lays out an annual plan for the gradual rollout of…
In view of the significant impact of the first edition of PM-YUVA Scheme with large scale participation of young and budding authors in 22 Indian languages and English, PM-YUVA 2.0 is being launched on 2nd October 2022. Overview of PM YUVA Mentorship Scheme Name PM YUVA Mentorship Scheme Full name Young, Upcoming, and Versatile Authors…
With effect from June 2021, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities has made it mandatory for all states and UTs of the country to issue a disability certificate to eligible people only through the online mode via the UDID portal. The UDID Project was launched in 2016 by the Department of Empowerment of…
The exporters can get the refund of embedded central, state and local duties or taxes that were not getting refunded under any of the existing schemes under the RoDTEP Scheme. It is expected that the scheme will significantly impact India’s competitiveness in the international market in next 5 to 10 years and would work on…
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana is one of the cluster of initiatives of the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India that seeks to promote rural livelihoods. It is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) – the Mission for poverty reduction called Aajeevika. The scheme will benefit more than 55 million…
