PM-Daksh Yojana is a National Action Plan that aims to improve the all-around competency and adeptness of marginalized sections. Furthermore, PM-Daksh stands for Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi . Launched by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSJ&E), the scheme is implemented by the 3 corporations under the ...
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Use of Fortified Rice in all government schemes: solving the malnutrition with nutritious rice
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 ...
Read More »Tour of Duty (ToD): An opportunity to serve your nation
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 ...
Read More »Stand Up India Scheme: A life-saver for budding enterprises
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: ...
Read More »SVAMITVA: providing financial stability with ‘record of rights’
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 ...
Read More »Vidhwa Pension Yojana 2022: Objectivies and Benefits
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 ...
Read More »SAUBHAGAYA scheme covers around 2.82 crore households on its 4-year completion
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 ...
Read More »Govt’s scheme to permit coal block owners to surrender undeveloped mines
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 ...
Read More »Integrated Industrial Township Greater Noida Industrial Plot Scheme
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 ...
Read More »e-Biz Portal: One-stop shop for Investors to avail all services of Central Government for doing business
e-Biz is an online service portal launched by the Government of India in 2013 as a part of its 27 Mission Mode Projects. The launched e-Biz portal aims to improve the business environment of the country by enabling efficient, fast, and transparent access to Government – to – Business (G2B) ...
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