Govt. Initative

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry inaugurated an electronic platform known as e-SANTA. With the aim to connect aqua farmers and buyers, the portal works as an electronic marketplace. Although coined for the web portal, e-SANTA refers to Electronic Solution for Augmenting NaCSA farmers’ Trade-in Aquaculture. What is NaCSA? NaCSA ...

PM-SVANidhi Scheme stands for Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s Atmanirbhar Nidhi Scheme. Launched in June 2020, the nodal ministry for PM-SVANidhi is the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. In order to empower street vendors, the Government of India aims to reach more than 50 lakh street vendors across the country. PM-SVANidhi ...

Recently, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs accorded its approval for the supply of fortified rice across government schemes. Let’s have an in-depth understanding of the entire step: What is fortified rice? Rice fortification is a process of adding micronutrients keeping in mind dietary requirements to regular rice. Generally, the ...

Tour of Duty or ToD scheme has proposed to arrange a tour of duty for youths of the nations. Under this scheme, the youths will be hired in the armed forces for a short span of 3-5 years. Firstly floated as an idea in 2020, the Department of Military Affairs ...

Recently, India celebrated the 6th anniversary of the Stand Up India Scheme. Launched on 5th April 2016, the scheme proved to be pivotal in nurturing entrepreneurship amongst marginalized sections. Anchored by the Department of Financial Services (DFS), undoubtedly Stand Up India focused on the SCs, STs, and women population. Objectives: ...

A central sector scheme under the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Svamitva scheme aims to provide the ‘record of rights’ to village household owners. Thus, SVAMITVA stands for Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas.  In addition, the property owners will get property cards for their houses ...

According to the census of 2011, India with a population of 121 crores has 5.6 crores widows. Vrindavan- the “city of widows”, alone has an estimated 20,000 widows who are mostly children. Consequently, the government has been running the Widow Pension Scheme since long. Widowhood comes with a pandora’s box ...

The Saubhagya Scheme, also known as Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana was launched by PM Narendra Modi on September 25, 2017, to achieve Universal Household Electrification through last-mile connectivity and provide access to electricity to all un-electrified households in both rural and urban areas. The primary aim of ...

The Coal Ministry is reportedly planning to come up with a scheme to allow coal block allottees to surrender mines that are not in a position to develop due to technical reasons. This move is likely to boost coal supply at a time when domestic power producers are grappling to secure coal ...

The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority has launched a scheme offering industrial plots of sizes greater than 2,100 square meters. The scheme is open for applicants from September 24 to October 16 this year. The well-planned, zero-waste discharge township is located in Greater Noida, along the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor Additional ...