Welfare Schemes

On 19 August 2022, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Yogi Adityanath has announced the launch of the UP Free Tablet/ Smartphone scheme. Free smartphones and laptops will be distributed to the meritorious students of the state. In addition, a budget of Rs 3000 crore has been set by the government to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Department of Heavy Industry had launched a scheme, Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India), for the promotion of electric and hybrid vehicles with an outlay of Rs.795 Crore. Phase I of the FAME India Scheme was initially approved for a period of 2 ...

Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) is a savings scheme available at India Post Offices in the form of certificates. It is a fixed rate small savings scheme to double your investment after a predetermined period of time (124 months in the currently available issue). As per current rules, KVP certificates can ...

The ONORC is a central government flagship scheme that allows ration cardholders to avail themselves of food grains from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) across the country. The scheme is aimed at ensuring that the beneficiaries get their ration from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) across the country. Under the ...

ASPIRE scheme was launched to set up a network of technology and centres to set up incubators to accelerate entrepreneurship and also to promote startups for innovation in the agro-industry. Significance of the scheme Despite introducing many schemes, taking innovative initiatives, and taking much-needed measures, problems like poverty and unemployment ...

The Kerela government has come up with a New Minority Allocation Scheme (NMAS) for the students of Kerela. This scheme aims to provide financial aid to these students so that they can pursue their education or undergo vocational/technical training without any financial obstacles. The larger goal is to uplift the ...

Hon’ble Prime Minister launched the National Digital Health Mission on 15th August 2020 to bring a new revolution in India’s health sector and help reduce problems in getting treatment with the help of technology. In line with the above mission, Ayushman Sahakar Yojana was launched by the National Cooperative Development ...

Atal Pension Yojana (APY) is a National Pension Scheme which was passed in 2015 by the then finance minister Mr. Arun Jaitley. APY is a social security pension scheme focusing on workers in the unorganized sector. APY is a periodic contribution-based pension plan which guarantees a minimum pension of Rs ...