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Monthly Government Schemes Capsule| February 2019 India’s Largest Online Test Series1 Monthly Government Schemes Capsule| February 2019 GOVERNMENT SCHEMES MONTHLY CAPSULE FEBRUARY 2019 Punjab Government launches ‘Smart Village Campaign’. Various Development Projects in Leh inaugurated by Prime Minister. • The Punjab government approved a rural development scheme worth Rs 384.40 crore to supplement the ongoing • Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the works to build village infrastructure and provide essential foundation stone for various development projects, worth amenities. nearly 12,000 crore rupees, at Leh. He laid the foundation • Named 'Smart Village Campaign', the scheme would be stone for a 480 crore rupee Terminal Building at Leh financed with funds from the 14th Financial Commission Airport. Mr Modi inaugurated the 9-megawatt Dah and MGNREGA works. hydroelectric project. • The SVC is aimed at improving the condition of rural areas • The Prime Minister also dedicated to the nation the 220 by supplementing the ongoing government schemes for KiloVolt Srinagar-Alusteng-Drass-Kargil-Leh transmission building infrastructure and providing essential amenities. system. Mr Modi also launched the University of Ladakh, the first-ever in the state's region. Government Renames DIPP as Department for Promotion of • He also visited Jammu and Srinagar. He inaugurated and Industry and Internal Trade. laid the foundation stones of various projects, including two new All India Institute of Medical Sciences and 624 • The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) MW Kiru Hydroelectric project in Kishtwar. has been renamed as the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade with a mandate to deal with IEA’s 'The Future of Rail' Report launched by Railways matters related to start-ups, facilitating ease of doing Minister. business among others. • The newly-named department under the Ministry of • Minister of Railways, Piyush Goyal launched the “The Commerce and Industry will look into matters related to Future of Rail” report of the International Energy Agency promotion of internal trade, including retail trade, welfare (IEA). of traders and their employees, facilitating ease of doing • The Future of Rail is the first-of-a-kind report that analyses business and start-ups. the current and future importance of rail around the world through the perspective of its energy and environmental implications. • The report reviews the impact of existing plans and regulations on the future of rail and explores the policies that could help to realise an enhanced future of the railways. Sopan 2019’ Held At New Delhi. • The 6-day long music and dance festival 'Sopan 2019', to encourage young artists to take up traditional art took place in New Delhi. • It was Organised by Sahitya Kala Parishad and the New Kisan Suvidha Loan launched by Ujjivan Small Finance Bank. Delhi government, in partnership with New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). • ‘Kisan Suvidha loan’ for small and marginal farmers has Kerala Becomes 1st State To Set Up Price Monitoring And been launched by Ujjivan Small Finance Bank. Research Unit. • The scheme will attempt to reach the bottom of the pyramid with products and services. • Kisan Suvidha loan can be used by farmers for both • Kerala has become the first State to set up a Price agriculture and allied activities. Monitoring and Research Unit (PMRU) to track violation of • It provides loans to individuals with an amount ranging prices of essential drugs and medical devices under the from Rs. 60000 to Rs. 2 Lakh to fulfill the customized needs Drugs Price Control Order (DPCO). of the mass market segment. India’s Largest Online Test Series2 Monthly Government Schemes Capsule| February 2019 • The move comes more than five years after the National • Moving ahead to digitalisation this app is now available on Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) proposed such a Google Play store. system for the States and the Union Territories. • Indu Bhushan is the CEO of PM-JAY. • Kerala CM: Pinarayi Vijayan and Governor: Palaniswamy Sathasivam. Punjab Government Constitutes 5 Member Committee To Promote Dairy Farming. Shehri Samridhi Utsav Launched Across The Country. • Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh announced • Shehri Samridhi Utsav, an initiative of Ministry of Housing a high-powered 5-member committee to prepare a & Urban Affairs (MoHUA), aims to extend the outreach of comprehensive action plan to boost the dairy sector with Deendayal Antyodaya Mission – National Urban the aim of supplementing the income of farmers in a Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), to the most vulnerable, result-oriented manner. showcase its initiatives and facilitate access of Self-Help • The committee would consist of Chairman State Farmers Group (SHG) members to the other government schemes. Commission, Director Animal Husbandry, Director of Dairy • A major highlight of Shehri Samridhi Utsav is the National Development, a representative of Guru Angad Dev Exhibition cum sale of SHG products and National Street Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU). Food Festival being organized in New Delhi. • V.P. Singh Badnore is the present Governor of Punjab. • Hardeep Singh Puri is the Minister of State (I/C) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Darwaza Band Part 2’ Campaign Launched by Swatch Bharat Mission Grameen. Maharashtra Sets Up Panel To Review Welfare Schemes For Tribals. • 'Darwaza Band- Part 2' campaign launched by Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen focuses on sustaining the open • The Maharashtra government has set up a committee to defecation free status of villages across the country. Earlier review various schemes being implemented for the Darwaza Band campaign was launched in 2017. welfare of tribals in the state. • The campaign launched by the Ministry of Drinking Water • The 17-member committee, headed by former MLA and and Sanitation in Mumbai in the presence of actor Shramjeevi Sanghatna president Vivek Pandit, will Amitabh Bachchan. undertake the study of various works done for providing employment opportunities, minimum wages and proper CCI and GeM Sign MoU For Fair Environment In e- livelihood to tribals. Marketplace. Highway Projects launched in Odisha by Transport Minister. • Government e Marketplace (GeM) and Competition Commission of India (CCI) entered into an MoU to enable a • The Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari laid the fair and competitive environment in the e-Marketplace. foundation stone of three major highway projects with an Chairman CCI, A.K. Gupta, CEO GeM, S. Radha Chauhan investment worth Rs 2,345 crores in Odisha. were present on the occasion. • The projects are aimed at ensuring speedy development in • GeM is a state-of-the-art national public procurement the state. platform of Ministry of Commerce and Industries, that has • The three highway projects are expected to considerably used technology to remove entry barriers for bonafide improve connectivity of mineral-rich Angul and Dhenkanal sellers and has created a vibrant e-marketplace with a wide districts with the rest of Odisha. range of goods and services. • The three national highway projects will have a total • Competition Commission of India is a statutory body of the length of 132 km. Government of India, responsible for enforcing the Competition Act, 2002 throughout India and to prevent Government launched Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana activities that have an adverse effect on competition. (PM-JAY) App. Government launches Digicop app. • Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) App has been launched on Google play store. Ayushman Bharat Yojana • Actor Vijay Sethupathi launched the mobile App ‘DigiCop’ or Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) is a of the Chennai police department at the Commissioner’s centrally sponsored scheme; which was launched in the office. year 2018, under the Ayushman Bharat Mission of MoHFW • Using the App, people can track the status of stolen two- in the country. wheelers and cell phones. • This scheme aims at making interventions in primary, • The details of 18,000 stolen mobile phones are stored in secondary and tertiary care systems, covering both the App. Using DigiCop App, people can verify IMEI, report preventive and promotive health, to address healthcare lost two-wheelers and phones, know the nearest police holistically. station, police news, and traffic alerts. India’s Largest Online Test Series3 Monthly Government Schemes Capsule| February 2019 India Size Project launched in Mumbai by Smriti Irani. • Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal laid the foundation stone of a Mega Food Park • Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani launched the India at Chhata-Barsana road in Mathura. Size project in Mumbai. • The Park will provide direct and indirect employment to • A first-of-its-kind project in the history of the country, five thousand persons and benefit about 25,000 farmers. India Size aims to arrive at a standard Indian Size for the • The Mega Food Park is being set up in over 57 acre of land ready-to-wear clothing industry, on the lines of the at a cost of around 121 crore rupees. standardized sizes available in countries such as the USA • The Centre has also approved financial assistance of 50 and the UK. crore rupees to the project. • India size project will benefit manufacturers, consumers and generate data which will help tap into the potential of India and Norway Launched Initiative To Combat Marine the sector. Pollution. PM Modi