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GOVERNMENT SCHEMES PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

INDEX

1. Brief introduction about Government 4.10 NARI Portal Schemes 5. Ministry of Minority Affairs 2. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers 5.1 Nai Roshni Scheme Welfare Schemes 5.2 Seekho aur Kamao (Learn & Earn) 2.1 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PM- 5.3 Jiyo Parsi KMY) 5.4 Padho Pradesh 2.2 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) 5.5 Gharib Nawaz Employment Scheme for Minorities 2.3 E-NAM One Nation One Market 5.6 Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) 2.4 National Mission For Sustainable Agriculture 5.7 Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills (NMSA) (MANAS) Programme 2.5 Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) 5.8 Other initiatives for the welfare and upliftment of 2.6 Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) the minority communities 2.7 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) 2.8 Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana 6. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 2.9 Soil Health Card (SHC) Scheme 6.1 (NHM) 2.10 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana 6.2 Ayushman Bharat–PM Jan Arogya Yojana 2.11 Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan 6.3 Project Sunrise Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) 6.4 Mission Indhradhanush 2.12Yuva Sahakar-Cooperative Enterprise Support and 6.5 LaQshya‖ (Labour room Quality improvement Innovation Scheme Initiative) 2.13 Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha 6.6 Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) Scheme 6.7 Mission SAMPARK and National Strategic Plan 2.14 e-Rashtriya Kisan Agri Mandi (e-RaKAM) 2017-2024 2.15 Project CHAMAN (Coordinated programme on 6.8 Mission Parivar Vikas Horticulture Assessment and Management using 6.9 National Deworming Mission geo informatics) 6.10 Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for 2.16 Rashtriya Gokul Mission Treatment (AMRIT) programme 2.17 Pashudhan Sanjivani 6.11 Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme 2.18 Blue revolution 6.12 Nikshay Poshan Yojana (NPY) 2.19 National Livestock Mission 2.20 Initiative for controlling Foot and Mouth Disease 7. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (FMD) and Brucellosis 7.1 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana 7.2 Pharma Jan Samadhan Scheme 3. Ministry of Food Processing 3.1 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana 8. Ministry of Jal Shakti 3.2 Operation Greens 8.1 Ganga Aamantran Abhiyan 8.2 4. Ministry of Women and Child Development 8.3 Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project 4.1 Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme 8.4 Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 4.2 Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) 8.5 Jal Shakti Abhiyan 4.3 POSHAN Abhiyan Scheme 8.6 4.4 Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana 8.7 GOBAR-Dhan Yojana 4.5 Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) 8.8 Swajal Scheme Scheme 4.6 Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of 9. Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG)–‗SABLA‘ 9.1 4.7 Ujjawala 9.2 Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban 4.8 Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme Transformation –AMRUT 4.9 One Stop Centre Scheme

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9.3 Heritage City Development and Augmentation 15. Ministry of Earth Science Yojana (HRIDAY) 15.1 Services, Technology, Observations, 9.4 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Housing for All - Resources Modelling and Science (O-SMART) Urban) scheme 9.5 Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban 15.2 Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS) Scheme 9.6 Paisa-Portal for Affordable Credit & Interest 15.3 Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva project (GKMS) Subvention Access 15.4 ―Sagar Vani‖

10. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & 16. Ministry of Civil Aviation Public Distribution 16.1 NABH (Nextgen Airports For Bharat) Nirman 10.1 (AAY) initiative 10.2 The Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) Scheme 16.2 RCS-UDAN (Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) 11. Ministry of Commerce and Industry 16.3 Digi Yatra Platform 11.1 Niryat Bandhu Scheme 11.2 E-Biz Mission Mode Project 17. Ministry of Finance 11.3 Start Up Scheme 17.1 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana 11.4 17.2 (APY) 17.3 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana 12. Ministry of Science & Technology 17.4 Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana 12.1 MANAK scheme 17.5 Project Shaksham 12.2 National Biopharma Mission 17.6 Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme 12.3 Biotech KISAN 17.7 Gold Monetization Scheme 12.4 National Initiative for Development and 17.8 Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) 17.9 Stand Up India Scheme 12.5 VAJRA (Visiting Advanced Joint Research) 17.10 ―Tejaswini‖-―Socio-Economic Empowerment of Faculty Scheme Adolescent Girls and Young Women Project‖ 12.6 Cattle Genomics Programme 17.11 12.7 Nakshe Portal of Survey of India 17.12 Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana 17.13 Sabka Vishwas – Legacy Dispute Resolution 13. Ministry of Communication Scheme 13.1 BharatNet project 13.2 National Broadband Mission 18. Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public 13.3 Deen Dayal SPARSH (Scholarship for Promotion Enterprises of Aptitude & Research in Stamps as a Hobby) 18.1 Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Yojana Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme

14. Ministry of Electronics &IT 19. Ministry of Home Affairs 14.1 Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta 19.1 Crime and Criminal Tracking Networks and Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) Systems (CCTNS) 14.2 19.2 Cyber Crime prevention against Women and 14.3 Digital Locker System (DigiLocker): Children Scheme 14.4 e-Taal (Electronic Transaction Aggregation & Analysis Layer) 20. Ministry of Defence 14.5 Common Services Centres (CSCs) 20.1 Make-II Scheme 14.6 MyGov 20.2 ‗Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti‘ 14.7 14.8 National Supercomputing Mission 21. Ministry of AYUSH 21.1 Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) 21.2 National AYUSH Mission (NAM)

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21.3 Mission Madhumeha- ‗Prevention and Control of 22.33 Paramarsh Diabetes through Ayurveda‘ 21.4 Swasthya Raksha Programme 23. Ministry of Labour and Employment 21.5 Scheme for Promoting Pharmacovigilance of 23.1 Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan AYUSH Drugs 23.2 Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram 23.3 National Pension Scheme for Traders, 22. Ministry of Human Resource Development Shopkeepers and Self-Employed Persons 22.1 Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) 23.4 National Career Service Project-(NCS) 22.2 Samagra Shiksha 22.3 Mid-Day Meal Scheme 24. Ministry of Mines 22.4 Scheme to Provide Quality Education in Madrasas 24.1 Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (SPQEM) 22.5 Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme 25. Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium - 'DHRUV' Enterprises 22.6 UDAAN 25.1 Prime Minister's Employment Generation 22.7 PRAGATI (Providing Assistance for Girls‘ Programme (PMEGP) Advancement in Technical Education Initiative) 25.2 Revamped Scheme of Fund for Regeneration 22.8 SAKSHAM of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) 22.9 SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active –Learning for 25.3 A Scheme for promoting Innovation, Rural Young Aspiring Minds) PROGRAMME: Industry & Entrepreneurship (ASPIRE) 22.10 National E-Library 25.4 ZED Scheme 22.11 Impactful Policy Research in Social Science 25.5 Sweet Revolution (IMPRESS) Scheme 25.6 ―Sampark‖ 22.12 School Education Shagun (SE Shagun) 22.13 NISHTHA – National Initiative for School Heads 26. Ministry of Culture and Teachers‘ Holistic Advancement 26.1 Sanskriti Kumbh 22.14 Unified District Information System for 26.2 Bharat Rang Mahotsav Education Plus (UDISE+) 26.3 Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav 22.15 Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing 26.4 ‗SEVA BHOJ YOJNA‘ (DIKSHA) 2.0 26.5 Intangible Cultural Heritage of India Scheme 22.16 Performance Grading Index (PGI) 26.6 Project Mausam 22.17 Operation Digital Board (ODB) 22.18 Scheme for Financial Assistance for 27. Ministry for Development of NE Region Appointment of Language Teachers (ALT) 27.1 North East Special Infrastructure Development 22.19 School Nutrition Gardens (SNG) Scheme (NESIDS) 22.20 Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) 27.2 North Eastern Region Community Resource 22.21 Fit India Campaign Management Project (NERCORMP) 22.22 Kala Utsav 27.3 North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) 22.23 SHAALA DARPAN 22.24 e-Pathshala 28. Ministry of Environment, Forest and 22.25 National Testing Agency Climate Change 22.26 Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) 28.1 PARIVESH (Pro-Active and Responsive 22.27 Scheme for Promotion of Research Collaboration facilitation by Interactive, Virtuous and (SPARC) Environmental Single-window Hub) 22.28 STARS (Scheme for Transformational and 28.2 Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitat Advanced Research in Sciences) 22.29 Innovation Cell and Atal Ranking of Institutions 29.Ministry of Power on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 29.1 Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana 22.30 Unnat Bharat Abhiyan & Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (SAUBHAGYA) 2.0 29.2 Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana 22.31 Uchchtar Aavishkar Abhiyaan (DDUGJY) 22.32 Deeksharambh 29.3 Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY)

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29.4Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) 36.5 'Vikalp' Scheme or Alternate Train 29.5 PRAAPTI Accommodation Scheme (ATAS) 29.6 Ash Track 36.6 NIVARAN 29.7 TARANG (Transmission App for Real Time 36.7 AVATARAN Monitoring & Growth) 29.8 URJA (Urban Jyoti Abhiyaan) App 37.Ministry of Tribal affairs 37.1 Pradhan Manti Van Dhan Yojana 30. Ministry of New & Renewable Energy 37.2 Scheme for Eklavya Model Residential School 30.1 Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (EMRS) (PM-KUSUM) 37.3 Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce 30.2 Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar (RTS) Programme 37.4 Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY) 37.5 Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN (Jaiv Indhan- Vatavaran 31. Ministry of Panchayati Raj Anukool fasal awashesh Nivaran) Yojana 31.1 Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan 37.6 TRIFOOD Scheme 31.2 People‘s Plan Campaign (PPC)- Sabki Yojana 37.7 ―Friends of Tribes‖ initiative Sabka Vikas 31.3 Gram Manchitra 38. Ministry of Law and Justice 38.1 Tele Law Scheme 32. Ministry of Tourism 38.2 Nyaya Bandhu Scheme 32.1 Incredible India 2.0 campaign 32.2 Adopt a Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan 39.Ministry of Road Transport & Highways 32.3 Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual 39.1 Bidder Information Management System (BIMS) Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) Scheme 39.2 SukhadYatra 32.4 Swadesh Darshan Scheme 39.3 Pariyojana 39.4 33. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & 39.5 Chardham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojna Pensions 39.6 BhoomiRashi portal 33.1 Shillong Declaration 39.7 INAM PRO+ 33.2 Nagpur Resolution- A Holistic approach for 39.8 INFRACON empowering citizens 33.3 Sankalp portal 40.Ministry of Rural Development 33.4 Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on 40.1 Mission Antyodaya Induction Training (COMMIT) 40.2 Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin 40.3 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment 34. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) 34.1 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) 40.4Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana 34.2 Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga Project (Jagdishpur 40.5 Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural – Haldia & Bokaro – Dhamra Pipeline Project Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) (JHBDPL)) 40.6 SECURE (Software for Estimate Calculation 34.3 SATAT Initiative Using Rural Rates for Employment) 40.7 National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) 35. Ministry of Shipping 35.1 Biometric Seafarers Identity Document (BSID) 41.Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Initiative 41.1 National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) 35.2 Sagarmala Programme 41.2 Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram (RYSK) 35.3 Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) 41.3 (NSS)

36. Ministry of Railways 42. Ministry of Space 36.1 Project Swarn 42.1 Young Scientist Programme (Yuvika) 36.2 Project Utkrisht 42.2 RESPOND Projects 36.3 COMPTRAN 36.4‗SAMANVAY‘ Portal

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43. Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment 46.2 ‗SAMAVESH‘ 43.1 Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana 46.3 Transformation of Aspirational Districts‘ 43.2 Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan programme 43.3 Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana 46.4 Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) 43.4 Dr. Ambedkar Scheme for Social Integration through Inter-Caste Marriages 47. Ministry of Textiles 47.1 Integrated Scheme for Development of Silk 44. Ministry of Skill development and Industry Entrepreneurship 47.2 Samarth-integrated skill development scheme 44.1 National Skill Development Mission (NSDM) (ISDS) 44.2 Portal 47.3 BunkarMitra 44.3 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 47.4 Pehchan initiative 44.4 SANKALP 47.5 JUTE – ICARE (Improved Cultivation and 44.5 STRIVE Advanced Retting Exercise) 44.6 PM-YUVA Yojana (Pradhan Mantri Yuva 47.6 Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan) (PMRPY) 44.7 Skill Saathi Counseling Program 44.8 National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme 48. State Government Schemes (NAPS) 48.1 Nirman Kusuma Programme 48.2 Sambal Scheme 45. Ministry of Statistics and Programme 48.3 Rythu Bandhu Implementation 48.4 Kanyashree Scheme 45.1 Members of Parliament Local Area Development 48.5 Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Scheme (MPLADS) Augmentation (KALIA) scheme 48.6 Suryashakti Kisan Yojana (SKY) Scheme 46. Niti Aayog 48.7 ―One District One Product‖ Summit 46.1 Sustainable Action for Transforming Human 48.8 'One Family, One Job' scheme Capital (SATH)

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INTRODUCTION Indian Government announces Schemes for the welfare of the society. These schemes could be either Central, State specific or a joint collaboration between the Centre and the States. In this section, we have attempted to provide an easy and single point access to information about several welfare schemes of the Government and their various aspects including eligible beneficiaries, types of benefits, scheme details etc.

TYPES OF GOVERNMENT SCHEMES: Government schemes are broadly divided into two categories -- Central Sector Schemes and Centrally Sponsored Schemes.

Central Sector Schemes: o These are entirely and directly funded and executed by the Central Government. o The schemes are formulated by the Centre, based on subjects from the . o Some examples of Central Sector Schemes include Bharatnet, Namami Gange-National Ganga Plan etc.

Centrally Sponsored Schemes or CSS: o Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) are schemes that are implemented by State Governments of India but are largely funded by the Central Government with a defined State Government share. o Cost of these schemes is borne on a shared basis in the ratio of 50:50, 70:30, 75:25 or 90:10 and the larger portion is always borne by the Centre. pg. 6 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o Schemes under CSS are formulated on the areas covered under the . o CSS is divided into core of the core, core and optionalbased on financial involvement of the states. States Schemes: o These schemes are formulated, funded and implemented by respective States Government.

RE-STRUCTURING OF CSS: In 2016, on the recommendations of Chief Ministers Sub-Group; 66 Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs) were rationalized to ensure  Optimum utilization of resources with better outcomes through area specific interventions and  Wider reach of the benefits to the target groups. On the recommendations of the Sub-Group it was decided that  The total number of CSSs should not exceed 30.  Categorisation of Schemes: Existing CSSs divided into Core, Core of the Core and Optional Schemes.  Core schemes: Here Centre and States will work together in the spirit of Team India.  Funding pattern o For 8 North Eastern States and 3 Himalayan States: Centre: State: 90:10 o For other States: Centre: State: 60:40 o For Union Territories (without Legislature): Centre 100% and for UTs with legislature existing funding pattern would continue.  Core schemes includes: o Green Revolution (Krishi Unnati Schemes and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana) o White Revolution (Animal Husbandry and Dairying) o Blue Revolution (Integrated Development of Fisheries) o Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana o Har Khet ko Pani o Per Drop More Crop o Integrated Watershed Development Programme o Accelerated Irrigation Benefit and Flood Management Programme o Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) o Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) o National Rural Drinking Water Mission o Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) o National Health Mission (NHM) o Rashtriya Swasthya Suraksha Yojana o National Education Mission (NEM) o Mid Day Meal Programme o Mission for Protection and Empowerment for Women o National Livelihood Mission (NLM) o Jobs and Skill Development o Environment, Forestry and Wildlife (EFWL) o Urban Rejuvenation Mission (AMRUT and Smart Cities Mission) o Modernization of Police Forces (including Security Related Expenditure) o Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary (including Gram Nyayalayas & e-Courts  Core of the Core Schemes: Schemesfor social protection and social inclusion form the core of core.  Funding pattern: State pools in 25 percent of funds and rest is taken care of by the Centre.  Schemes included: o National Social Assistance Programme o Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme o Umbrella Scheme for Development of Scheduled Castes o Umbrella Scheme for Development of Scheduled Tribes o Umbrella Programme for Development of Minorities o Umbrella Scheme for Development of Backward Classes, Differently Abled and other Vulnerable Groups

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 Optional Schemes: Here States would be free to choose the schemes that they wish to implement.  Funding pattern: Funds for these schemes would be allocated to States by the Ministry of Finance as a lump sum. o For 8 North Eastern States and 3 Himalayan States: Centre: State: 80:20 o For other States: Centre: State: 50:50 o For Union Territories: (i) (without Legislature) - Centre 100% (ii) Union Territories with Legislature: Centre: UT:80:20  Schemes included: o Border Area Development Programme o Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE SCHEMES

2.1Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY)  Government has launched this Central Sector Scheme on 12th September, 2019  Aim: To provides social security net to eligible small and marginal farmers (a farmer who owns cultivable land up to 2 hectare as per land records of the concerned State/UT) by paying minimum old age pension of Rs.3000/- per month on attaining the age of 60 years.  Key Features: o It is voluntary and contributory pension scheme, with entry age of 18 to 40 years. o The monthly contribution by farmer ranges between Rs.55 to 200. Central Government will contribute an equal amount in the pension scheme. o The spouse is also eligible to get a separate pension of Rs.3000/- upon making separate contributions to the Fund. o The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) shall be the Manager and responsible for Pension pay out. o If the farmer dies after the retirement date, the spouse will receive 50% of the pension as Family Pension. After the death of both the farmer and the spouse, the accumulated corpus shall be credited back to the Pension Fund. o The beneficiaries may opt voluntarily to exit the Scheme after a minimum period of 5 years of regular contributions. On exit, their entire contribution shall be returned by LIC with an interest equivalent to prevailing saving bank rates.

2.2 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)  This Central Sector scheme with 100% funding from was launched on 24th February 2019.  Aims: o To provide income support to all land holding eligible farmer families (Landholder farmer‘s family is defined as ―a family comprising of husband, wife and minor children who own cultivable land as per land records of the concerned State/UT). o Supplement the financial needs of the farmers in procuring various inputs to ensure proper crop health and appropriate yields.  Key Features: o Under this Scheme an income support of Rs.6000/- per year is provided directly into the bank account of beneficiary farmer families in three equal installments of Rs.2000/- each every four months. o Identification: The States shall prepare database of eligible landholder farmer families in the villages capturing the Name, Age, Gender, Category(SC/ST), Number etc. o Exclusion: All Institutional Land holders and beneficiaries of higher economic status shall not be eligible for benefit under the scheme

2.3E-NAMOne Nation One Market  National Agriculture Market (eNAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal, where networks the existing APMC mandis come together to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.

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 Implementing Agency: Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) is managing this portal with the technology provider, NFCL‘s iKisan division. o SFAC is a registered society of the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers‘ Welfare (DAC&FW) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare.  Aim: o To promote uniformity in agriculture marketing by streamlining of procedures across the integrated markets o Removing information asymmetry between buyers and sellers and promoting real time price discovery based on actual demand and supply.

2.4National Mission For Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)  Aim: Formulated for enhancing agricultural productivity especially in rainfed areas focusing on integrated farming, water use efficiency, soil health management and synergizing resource conservation.  NMSA derives its mandate from Sustainable Agriculture Mission, which is one of the eight Missions outlined under National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).  Key dimensions are 'Water use efficiency', 'Nutrient Management' and 'Livelihood diversification' through adoption of sustainable development pathway by progressively shifting to environmental friendly technologies, adoption of energy efficient equipments, conservation of natural resources, integrated farming etc.  Schemes under NMSA: o Rainfed Area Development o Soil Health Management o Sub Mission on Agro Forestry o Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana o Soil and Land Use Survey of India o Mission Organic Value Chain Development in North Eastern Region

2.5Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY)  Aim: o To ensure access to some means of protective irrigation to all agricultural farms in the country o To produce ‗per drop more crop‘, thus bringing much desired rural prosperity.  Key Features:  It has been formulated amalgamating ongoing schemes viz. o Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation; o Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of Department of Land Resources; and o On Farm Water Management (OFWM) component of National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation  All the States and Union Territories including North Eastern States are covered under the programme.  Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF): Under this scheme, government has approved a dedicated Rs5, 000 crores fund with NABARD to bring more land area under micro-irrigation as part of its objective to boost agriculture production and farmers income.  Programme components: A. Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP): To focus on faster completion of ongoing Major and Medium Irrigation including National Projects. B. PMKSY (Har Khet ko Pani): Creation of new water sources through Minor Irrigation (both surface and ground water)Repair, restoration and renovation of water bodies; construction rain water harvesting structures (Jal Sanchay);Creating and rejuvenating traditional water storage systems like Jal Mandir (); Khatri, Kuhl (H.P.); Zabo (); Eri, Ooranis (T.N.); Dongs (); Katas, Bandhas ( and M.P.) etc. at feasible locations. C. PMKSY (Per Drop More Crop):Promoting efficient water conveyance and precision water application devices like drips, sprinklers, pivots, rain - guns in the farm (Jal Sinchan). Construction of micro irrigation structures to supplement source creation activities including tube wells and dug wells.

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D. PMKSY (Watershed Development): Effective management of runoff water and improved soil & moisture conservation activities such as ridge area treatment, drainage line treatment, rain water harvesting.

2.6Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)  This initiative for promotingorganic farming in the country was launched in 2015.According to the scheme, farmers will be encouraged to form groups or clusters and take to organic farming methods over large areas in the country.  Aim: To form 10,000 clusters to bring about five lakh acres of agricultural area under organic farming. The government also covers the certification costs and promote organic farming through the use of traditional resources.  Eligibility: Each cluster or group must have 50 farmers willing to take up organic farming under the PKVY and possess a total area of at least 50 acres. Each farmer enrolling in the scheme will be provided INR 20,000 per acre by the government spread over three years time.

2.7Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)  It is the centre sponsored crop insurance scheme that integrates multiple stakeholders on a single platform.  Objectives o To provide insurance coverage and financial support to the farmers in the event of failure of any of the notified crop as a result of natural calamities, pests & diseases. o To stabilize the income of farmers to ensure their continuance in farming. o To encourage farmers to adopt innovative and modern agricultural practices. o To ensure flow of credit to the agriculture sector.  Key features: o There will be a uniform premium of only 2% to be paid by farmers for all Kharif crops and 1.5% for all Rabi crops. In case of annual commercial and horticultural crops, the premium to be paid by farmers will be only 5%. Balance premium will be paid by the Government to provide full-insured amount to the farmers against crop loss on account of natural calamities. o Smart phones will be used to capture and upload data of crop cutting to reduce the delays in claim payment to farmers. Remote sensing will be used to reduce the number of crop cutting experiments. o It is a replacement scheme of National Agricultural Insurance Scheme as well as the Modified NAIS. o Eligibility: All farmers growing notified crops in a notified area during the season who have insurable interest in the crop are eligible.  Compulsory coverage: The enrolment under the scheme shall be compulsory for following categories of farmers:  Farmers in the notified area who possess a Crop Loan account/KCC account (called as Loanee Farmers) to whom credit limit is sanctioned/renewed for the notified crop during the crop season and other farmers whom the Government may decide to include from time to time. Voluntary coverage: Voluntary coverage may be obtained by all farmers not covered above, including Crop KCC/Crop Loan Account holders whose credit limit is not renewed.

Comparison with previous scheme Sl.No Feature NAIS MNAIS PM Crop [1999] [2010] Insurance Scheme 1 Premium rate Low High Lower than even NAIS (Govt. to contribute 5 times that of farmer) 2 One Season – One Yes No Yes Premium

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3 Insurance Amount cover Full Capped Full 4 On Account Payment No Yes Yes 5 Localized Risk coverage No Hail , Hail storm, Land Land slide slide, Inundation 6 Post Harvest Losses No Coastal areas - All India – for coverage for cyclonic cyclonic + rain unseasonal rain 7 Prevented Sowing No Yes Yes coverage 8 Use of Technology (for No Intended Mandatory quicker settlement of claims) 9 Awareness No No Yes (target to double coverage to 50

2.8Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana  Aim: To develop the agriculture and allied sector in a holistic and scientific manner to increase the income of farmers by enhancing production, productivity and better returns on produce.  The Schemes will be continued for three financial years, i.e., 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20.  It is an Umbrella Scheme in agriculture sector that has been implemented since 2016-17.Schemes covered are: o Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH): Aims to promote holistic growth of horticulture sector o National Food Security Mission (NFSM) including National Mission on Oil Seeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP):Aims to increase production of rice, wheat, pulses, coarse cereals and commercial crops, through area expansion and productivity enhancement in a suitable manner in the identified districts of the country. o Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE): Aims to strengthen the ongoing extension mechanism of State Governments, local bodies etc., achieving food and nutritional security and socio-economic empowerment of farmers. o National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA): Aims at promoting sustainable agriculture practices best suitable to the specific agro-ecology focusing on integrated farming, appropriate soil health management and synergizing resource conservation technology. o Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP): Aims to increase production of certified / quality seed, to increase SRR, to upgrade the quality of farm saved seeds. o Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM): Aims to increase the reach of farm mechanization to small and marginal farmers and to the regions where availability of farm power is low. o Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plan Quarantine (SMPPQ): Aims to minimize loss to quality and yield of agricultural crops from the insect, pests, diseases, weeds, nematodes, rodents, and etc. attack and to shield our agricultural bio-security from the incursions and spread of alien species. o Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics (ISACES): Aims to undertake the agriculture census, study of the cost of cultivation of principal crops and to undertake research studies on agro- economic problems of the country. o Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Cooperation (ISAC): Aims to provide financial assistance for improving the economic conditions of cooperatives, remove regional imbalances and to speed up cooperative development in agricultural marketing. o Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Marketing (ISAM): Aims to develop agricultural marketing infrastructure and to promote innovative and latest technologies in agriculture marketing infrastructure.

pg. 11 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o National e-Governance Plan (NeGP-A):Aims to bring farmer centricity & service orientation to the programmes in order to enhance reach & impact of extension services.

2.9Soil Health Card (SHC) Scheme  Implementing Agency: It is promoted by the Department of Agriculture & Co-operation and is being implemented through the Department of Agriculture of all the State and Union Territory Governments.  Aim: It is meant to give each farmer soil nutrient status of his/her holding and advice him/her on the dosage of fertilizers and also the needed soil amendments, that s/he should apply to maintain soil health in the long run.  SHC is a printed report that contains the status of soil 12 parameters, namely N,P,K (Macro-nutrients) ; S (Secondary- nutrient) ; Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn, Bo (Micro - nutrients) ; and pH, EC, OC (Physical parameters).  It will be made available once in a cycle of 3 years.

2.10Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana  Aim: To provide considerable flexibility and autonomy to states in planning and executing programmes for incentivizing investment in agriculture and allied sectors.  Objectives of the programme: o To incentivize the states that increase their investment in Agriculture and allied sectors o To provide flexibility and autonomy to the States in planning and executing programmes for agriculture o To ensure the preparation of Agriculture Plans for the districts and states o To achieve the goal of reducing the yield gaps in important crops o To maximize returns to the farmers o To address the agriculture and allied sectors in an integrated manner  Key features of RKVY: o It is a State Plan scheme o The preparation of the district and State Agriculture Plans is mandatory o The scheme encourages convergence with other programmes such as NREGS. o The pattern of funding is 100% Central Government Grant. o It is an incentive scheme, hence allocations are not automatic o It will integrate agriculture and allied sectors comprehensively

 RKVY-RAFTAAR o To keep the momentum of agriculture and allied sector growth Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) continued as Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana- Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR) for three years i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20. o Funding: RKVY-RAFTAAR funds would be provided to the States as 60:40 grants between Centre and States (90:10 for North Eastern States and Himalayan States) o The scheme will incentivize States in enhancing more allocation to Agriculture and Allied Sectors. o It will also strengthen farmer‘s efforts through creation of agriculture infrastructure that help in supply of quality inputs, market facilities etc. o It will further promote agri-entrepreneurship and support business models that maximize returns to farmers.

2.11 Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanraks Han Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)  It is an umbrella scheme aimed at ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers for their produce.  Components: o Price Support Scheme (PSS)-In PSS physical procurement of pulses, oilseeds and Copra will be done by Central Nodal Agencies with proactive role of State governments. The procurement expenditure and losses due to procurement will be borne by Central Government o Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS)-Under PDPS, it is proposed to cover all oilseeds for which MSP is notified. In this direct payment of the difference between the MSP and the selling/modal price will be made to pre-registered farmers selling his produce in the notified market yard through a transparent auction process. All payment will be done directly into registered bank account of the farmer.

pg. 12 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o Pilot of Private Procurement &Stockiest Scheme (PPPS)- It facilitate participation of private sector in procurement operation,as selected private agency shall procure the commodity at MSP in the notified markets during the notified period from the registered farmers in consonance with the PPSS Guidelines.

2.12Yuva Sahakar-Cooperative Enterprise Support and Innovation Scheme  Aim: To cater the needs and aspirations of the youth, the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) has come up with ‗Yuva Sahakar‘ for attracting them to cooperative business ventures. o NCDC has the unique distinction of being the sole statutory organisation functioning as an apex financial and developmental institution exclusively devoted to cooperative sector. It supports cooperatives in diverse fields apart from agriculture and allied sectors. It is an ISO 9001:2015 compliant organization.  Funding: The scheme will be linked to Rs 1000 crores ‗Cooperative Start-up and Innovation Fund (CSIF)‘ created by the NCDC.  It would have more incentives for cooperatives of North Eastern region, Aspirational Districts and cooperatives with women, SC, ST, or PwD members. The funding for the project will be up to 80% of the project cost for these special categories as against 70% for others.  Sahakar 22: A mission for Doubling Farmers‘ Income by 2022.

2.13 Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Scheme  Implementing agency: Education Division of ICAR. o The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous body responsible for co-ordinating agricultural education and research in India. It reports to the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture. The Union Minister of Agriculture serves as its president.  Objectives: o To build skilled Human Resource at village level relevant to national needs towards organic farming and sustainable agriculture. o Provide rural India with professional support in the field of Organic Farming/Natural Farming/Rural Economy/Sustainable Agriculture. o To extend other activities of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Yojana at village level through these established centers.

2.14e-Rashtriya Kisan Agri Mandi (e-RaKAM)  It is an exclusive e-auction platform for Agri Products with its objective for transparent sale transactions and price discovery. It unshackles the potential of Indian farmers who have been trapped in a vicious cycle of the intermediary and low margin, providing integrated logistics services like warehousing, pest control, first mile and last-mile connectivity, even facilitating exports.  It is robust e-Market for purchase, sale, price discovery, MSP booking etc. through internet.  It is developed by MSTC and Central Warehousing Corporation arm CRWC. o MSTC Limited (formerly known as Metal Scrap Trade Corporation Limited) is an Indian state-owned e- commerce company based in , . It is a Miniratna Category-I public sector undertaking, owned and operated by the Government of India. o Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) is a Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under the administrative control of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India.

2.15Project CHAMAN(Coordinated programme on Horticulture Assessment and Management using geo informatics)  Implementing Agency: Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare.  It uses geo-spatial applications for the assessment and management of horticultural crops such as onion, potato and mango.  Under this project, the remote sensing technology and sample survey techniques will be used for production forecasting of major horticultural crops in select districts.

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 Other components include geospatial applications for horticultural development and management planning (site suitability, post-harvest infrastructure, crop intensification, GIS database creation, orchard rejuvenation, and aqua-horticulture).

2.16Rashtriya Gokul Mission  Implementing Agency: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying launched it in December 2014.  Aim: To conserve and develop indigenous breeds in a focused and scientific manner.  Key features: o Development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds for enhancing milk production and productivity through the introduction of higher genetic merit bulls for semen production, field performance recording, strengthening of bulls mother farms, setting up of Gokul Grams etc o It is a focused project under National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development, with an outlay of Rs 500 crores during the 12th Five Year Plan. o It is implemented through ―State Implementing Agencies (SIA) viz. Livestock Development Boardson 100% grant- in-aid basis and throughout the country in order to o Establish Integrated Indigenous cattle centres ―Gokul Gram‖. o Establish Breeder‘s societies ―Gopalan Sangh‖. o Award to Farmers ―Gopal Ratna‖ and Breeders‘ societies ―Kamadhenu‖. o Provide assistance to institution, which are repositories of best germplasm.

2.15 Pashudhan Sanjivani  It is an Animal Wellness Programme encompassing setting up of Emergency Help Lines, provision of Animal Health cards (‗Nakul Swasthya Patra‘) along with UID identification and a National Data Base.  E- Pashudhan Haat is an e- market portal for bovine germplasm for connecting breeders and farmers of indigenous bovine breeds.

2.16 Blue revolution  Implementing Agency: Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries; Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare  This restructured centrally sponsored scheme provides focused development and management of fisheries, covering inland fisheries, aquaculture, and marine fisheries including deep-sea fishing, mariculture and all activities undertaken by the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB).  Objectives: o To increase the overall fish production in a responsible and sustainable manner for economic prosperity o To modernize the fisheries with special focus on new technologies o To ensure food and nutritional security o To generate employment and export earnings o To ensure inclusive development and empower fishers and aquaculture farmers

2.17 National Livestock Mission  Launched in 2015 seeks to ensure quantitative and qualitative improvement in livestock production systems and capacity building of all stakeholders.  Since April 2019, it is being implemented as a sub scheme of White Revolution - Rashtriya Pashudhan Vikas Yojana.  Objectives: o Sustainable growth and development of livestock sector, including poultry o Increasing availability of fodder and feed to substantially reduce the demand –supply gap. o Accelerating production of quality fodder and fodder seeds through effective seed production chain (Nucleus – Breeder –Foundation - Certified-Truthfully labeled etc.) with active involvement of farmers. o Establishing convergence and synergy among ongoing Plan programmes and stakeholders for sustainable livestock development. o Promotingapplied research in prioritized areas of concern in animal nutrition and livestock production.

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 It is organized into four Sub - Missions: o Sub -Mission on Livestock Development - to address the concerns for overall development of livestock species including poultry, other than cattle and buffalo, with a holistic approach. o Sub - Mission on Pig Development in North-Eastern Region -to forge synergies of research and development organizations through appropriate interventions, as may be required for holistic development of pigs in the North Eastern Region including genetic improvement, health cover and post-harvest operations. o Sub - Mission on Feed and Fodder Development- to address the problems of scarcity of animal feed and fodder resources, to give a push to the livestock sector making it a competitive enterprise for India, and also to harness its export potential. o Sub -Mission on Skill Development, Technology Transfer and Extension – to provide a platform to develop, adopt or adapt the technologies including frontline field demonstrations in collaboration with farmers, researchers and extension workers, etc. wherever it is not possible to achieve this through existing arrangements.

2.18 Initiative for controlling Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis o This initiative was launched in 2019 for controlling Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis to support livestock rearing farmers. o A total outlay of Rs 13,343 crores is passed to fully control these diseases amongst the livestock in the country in the next five years and subsequently eradicate these diseases. o In case of FMD, the scheme envisages vaccination coverage to 30 crores bovines (cows-bulls and buffaloes) and 20 crores sheep/goat and 1 crores pigs at six months' interval along with primary vaccination in bovine calves. o The Brucellosis control programme shall extend to cover 100 per cent vaccination coverage of 3.6 crores female calves. o Funding Pattern: The central government will bear the entire cost of the programme to ensure complete eradication of these diseases and better livelihood opportunities for all the livestock rearing farmers in the country. o If a cow/buffalo gets infected with FMD, the milk loss is up to 100 per cent, which could last for four to six months. Whereas in case of Brucellosis the milk output reduces by 30 per cent, during the entire life cycle of animal. Brucellosis also causes infertility amongst the animals. The infection of brucellosis can also be transmitted to the farm workers and livestock owners. Both the diseases have a direct negative impact on the trade of milk and other livestock products.

MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING

3.1Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana  Central Sector Scheme - SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro- Processing Clusters) was approved by the cabinet in May 2017 for the period of 2016-20 and now has been renamed as the "Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)".  Objective: To supplement agriculture, modernize processing and decrease Agri-Waste  It is an umbrella scheme incorporating ongoing schemes of the Ministry like o Mega Food Parks: aims at providing a mechanism to link agricultural production to the market by bringing together farmers, processors and retailers to ensure maximizing value addition, minimizing wastage, increasing farmers income and creating employment opportunities particularly in rural sector. The Mega Food Park Scheme is based on ―Cluster‖ approach and is implemented by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV),which is a Body Corporate registered under the Companies Act. o Integrated Cold Chain, Value Addition and Preservation Infrastructure: To provide integrated cold chain and preservation infrastructure facilities, without any break, from the farm gate to the consumer. It covers creation of infrastructure facility along the entire supply chain o Creation/Expansion of Food Processing/Preservation Capacities: The main objective of the Scheme is creation of processing and preservation capacities and modernization/ expansion of existing food processing units with a view to increasing the level of processing, value addition leading to reduction of wastage. Scheme is

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implemented through organizations such as Central & State PSUs/ Joint Ventures/ Farmer Producers Organization (FPOs) etc. o Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters: The scheme aims at development of modern infrastructure and common facilities to encourage group of entrepreneurs to set up food processing units based on cluster approach by linking groups of producers/ farmers to the processors and markets through well-equipped supply chain with modern infrastructure. o Scheme for Creation of Backward and ForwardLinkages: The objective of the scheme is to provide effective and seamless backward and forward integration for processed food industry by plugging the gaps in supply chain in terms of availability of raw material and linkages with the market. o Food Safety & Quality Assurance Infrastructure: To ensure that the quality food products manufactured and sold in the market meet the stringent parameters prescribed by the food safety regulator. o Human Resources and Institutions

3.2 Operation Greens  It was announced In the budget of 2018-19 on the line of ―‖, with an outlay of Rs.500 crores to promote Farmer Producers Organizations, agri-logistics, processing facilities and professional managementto stabilize the supply of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) crops and to ensure availability of TOP crops throughout the country round the year without price volatility.  NAFED will be the Nodal Agency to implement price stabilization measures. o National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd is an apex organization of marketing cooperatives for agricultural produce in India, under Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.

MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

4.1 Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme  Government launched the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) on 22nd January 2015.  It is a tri-ministerial effort of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Human Resource Development.  The Ministry of Women and Child Development would be responsible for budgetary control and administration of the scheme from the Centre.  Objectives of the Scheme are : o To prevent gender biased sex selective elimination o To ensure survival and protection of the girl child o To ensure education and participation of the girl child  Components: o Advocacy and Media Campaign o Multi-Sect oral intervention in selected Gender Critical Districts worse on CSR

4.2 Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)  Target group: Pregnant women and lactating mothers.  It is a (DBT) scheme under which cash benefits Rs. 5,000 in three installments are provided to pregnant women in their bank account directly to meet enhanced nutritional needs and partially compensate for wage loss.

4.3 POSHAN Abhiyan Scheme  Earlier known as National Nutrition Mission  Aims:To reduce malnutrition in the country in a phased manner, through a life cycle approach, by adopting a synergized and result oriented approach.  Vision: To ensure attainment of malnutrition free India by 2022.  Target: To reduce stunting, under-nutrition, anaemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and reduce low birth weight by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% per annum respectively. Although the target to reduce

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Stunting is at least 2% p.a., Mission would strive to achieve reduction in Stunting from 38.4% (NFHS-4) to 25% by 2022 (Mission 25 by 2022).  Its large component involves gradual scaling-up of interventions supported by on-going World Bank assisted Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project (ISSNIP) to all districts in the country by 2022.  Goals of POSHAN Abhiyaan are to achieve improvement in nutritional status of children from 0-6 years, adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers in a time bound manner during the three years with fixed targets as under.

4.4Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana  It is a small deposit scheme for girl child, launched as a part of the ‗Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' campaign, which would fetch an attractive interest rate and provide income tax rebate.  Eligibility: 'Sukanya Samriddhi Account' can be opened at any time from the birth of a girl child till she attains the age of 10 years, with a minimum deposit of Rs 250. A maximum of Rs 1.5 lakh can be deposited during a financial year.  The account can be opened in any post office or authorized branches of commercial banks.  Aim:The scheme primarily ensures equitable share to a girl child in resources and savings of a family in which she is generally discriminated as against a male child.  The account will remain operative for 21 years from the date of opening of the account or marriage of the girl child after attaining 18 years of age.  To meet the requirement of higher education expenses, partial withdrawal of 50 per cent of the balance would be allowed after the girl child has attended 18 years of age.

4.5 Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) Scheme  It is a centrally sponsored scheme implemented by state governments and union territories. The scheme is universal covering all the districts of the country. It has been renamed as Services.  Objectives: o To improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group 0-6 years; o To lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the child; o To reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout; o To achieve effective co-ordination of policy and implementation amongst the various departments to promote child development o To enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal health and nutritional needs of the child through proper nutrition and health education.  Target group: o Children in the age group of 0-6 years o Pregnant women and o Lactating mothers  The ICDS Scheme offers a package of six services, viz. o Supplementary Nutrition o Pre-school non-formal education o Nutrition & health education o Immunization o Health check-up and o Referral services  Funding: All components of ICDS except Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) are financed through a 60:40 ratio (central: state). The Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) component was funded through a 50:50 ratio. The North East states have a 90:10 ratio.

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4.6Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG)– ‗SABLA‘  It is a Centrally sponsored scheme.  Aims at empowering Adolescent Girls (AGs) (11-18 years) through nutrition, health care and life skills education.  It has two major components viz. Nutrition and Non Nutrition. o Under the Nutrition component, the out of school AGs in the age group of 11-14 years attending AWCs and all girls in the age group of 14-18 years are provided Supplementary Nutrition containing 600 calories, 18-20 grams of protein and micronutrients, per day for 300 days in a year. o The non-nutrition component addresses the developmental needs of adolescent girls.  Under this component out of school adolescent girls of 11-18 years are being provided IFA supplementation, health check-up & referral services, nutrition & health education, ARSH counseling/guidance on family welfare, life skill education, guidance on accessing public services and vocational training (only 16-18 year old adolescent girls).  It also aims towards mainstreaming out of school AGs into formal/non formal education. Nearly 100 lakh adolescent girls per annum are expected to be benefitted under the scheme.

4.7Ujjawala  A Comprehensive Scheme for Prevention of Trafficking and Rescue, Rehabilitation and Re-integration ofVictims of Trafficking for Commercial Sexual Exploitation.  Objectives: o To prevent trafficking of women and children for commercial sexual exploitation through social mobilization. o To facilitate rescue of victims from the place of their exploitation and place them in safe custody. o To provide rehabilitation services both immediate and long-term to the victims by providing basic amenities/needs such as shelter, food, clothing, medical treatment including counseling, legal aid, guidance, and vocational training. o To facilitate reintegration of the victims into the family and society at large o To facilitate repatriation of cross-border victims to their country of origin.  Target group/beneficiaries: o Women and children who are vulnerable to trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation. o Women and children who are victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation.  Components of scheme : o Prevention o Rescue o Rehabilitation o Re-integration o Repatriation

4.8 Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme  Implementation during 2017-18 up to 2019-20 to empower rural women through community participation and to create an environment in which they realize their full potential.  Aim: To Provide an interface for rural women to approach the government for availing their entitlements also empowering them through training and capacity building.

4.9 One Stop Centre Scheme  This Centrally Sponsored Scheme is a sub - scheme of Umbrella Scheme for National Mission for Empowerment of women including Indira Gandhi Mattritav Sahyaog Yojana. Popularly known as Sakhi, the scheme is being implemented since 1st April 2015.  Aim: To provide integrated support and assistance under one roof to women affected by violence, both in private and public spaces in phased manner.  Objectives:

pg. 18 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o To provide integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence, both in private and public spaces under one roof. o To facilitate immediate, emergency and non - emergency access to a range of services including medical, legal, psychological and counseling support under one roof to fight against any forms of violence against women.  Target group: o All women including girls below 18 years of age affected by violence, irrespective of caste, class, religion, region, sexual orientation or marital status.  Funding: o The Scheme will be funded through Nirbhaya Fund. The Central Government will provide 100% financial assistance to the State Government /UT Administrations under the Scheme.  Services offered: o Emergency Response and Rescue Services o Medical assistance o Assistance to women in lodging FIR /NCR/DIR o Psycho - social support/ counseling o Legal aid and counseling o Shelter o Video Conferencing Facility

4.10 NARI Portal  It is an online portal for women empowerment.  It will provide women citizens with easy access to information on government schemes and initiatives for women.  It will summarize over 350 Central and State schemes & legislations for women to provide them equal rights, economic opportunities, social support, legal aid, housing etc.

MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

5.1 Nai Roshni Scheme  This scheme was launched in 2012-13 for Leadership Development of Minority Women.  Aims: To empower and instill confidence among minority women by providing knowledge, tools and techniques for interacting with Government systems, Banks and other institutions at all levels.  Implementing Agency: The scheme is implemented through Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).  NGOs will be provided with financial support for conducting leadership development trainings so that women are empowered and emboldened to move out of the confines of home and community and assume leadership roles and assert their rights collectively or individually. 5.2 Seekho aur Kamao (Learn & Earn)  It is a central sector scheme for Skill Development of Minorities.  Objectives: o To bring unemployment rate of minorities during 12th Plan period (2012-17) o To conserve and update traditional skills of minorities and establish their linkages with the market o To improve employability of existing workers, school dropouts etc and ensure their placement o To generate means of better livelihood for marginalized minorities and bring them in the mainstream o To enable minorities to avail opportunities in the growing market o To develop potential human resource for the country

5.3 Jiyo Parsi  This Central Sector Scheme was launched on 23 September 2013 by the Ministry of Minority Affairs for containing population decline of Parsis in India.  Objectives: o To reverse the declining trend of Parsi population by adopting scientific protocol and structured interventions, stabilize the Parsi population and increase the population of Parsis in India.

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 Key features: o 100 percent funded by Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. o Medical interventions under Standard Medical protocols in empanelled hospitals/clinics. o Confidentiality of the patients to be given utmost importance.  Target groups: o The scheme is meant for only Parsis community. o Parsi married couples of childbearing age who seek assistance. o Adults/young men/women/adolescent boys/girls for detection of diseases resulting with consent of parents/legal guardians.

5.4 Padho Pradesh  Objective: o To award interest subsidy to meritorious students belonging to economically weaker sections of notified minority communities to provide them better opportunities for higher education abroad and enhance their employability.  Eligibility: o The student should have secured admission in the approved courses at Masters, M.Phil or Ph.D levels. o He/ She should have availed loan from a scheduled bank under the Education Loan Scheme of the Indian Banks Association (IBA) for the purpose. o Income ceiling: Total income from all sources of the employed candidate or his/her parents/guardians in case of unemployed candidate shall not exceed Rs. 6.00 lakh per annum.

5.5 Gharib Nawaz Employment Scheme for Minorities  Maulana Azad Education Foundation under Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt. of India launched this scheme in 2017-18 to provide short-term job oriented skill development courses to minorities‘ youth in order to enable them for skill-based employment.  It will be implemented as per common norms of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSD&E) through the empanelled Program Implementation Agencies (PIAs).

5.6 Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK)  The erstwhile Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) has been restructured and renamed as Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram for effective implementation.  Beneficiaries: Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains Communities.  Aims: To address development deficits in the identified minority concentration areas. The identification of minority concentration areas has been done on the basis of presence of substantial population of notified Minority Communities based on Census, 2011.  It has been identified as one of the Core of the Core Schemes under National Development Agenda in the Report of the Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Rationalization of Centrally Sponsored Schemes.  80% of the resources under the PMJVK would be earmarked for projects related to education, health and skill development. 33 to 40% of resources under the PMJVK would be specifically allocated for women centric projects.

5.7 Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills (MANAS) Programme  It is an innovative entrepreneurship and skill development programme  It works towards meeting all skill up-gradation/development needs of Minority Communities.  It provides an all India level training framework based upon tie-ups with Local/National/International training organizations on PPP model, for imparting training to the Minority population in skill sets that are in line with emerging market demands.  Aim:The training programme is aimed at providing meaningful and sustainable livelihood options in terms of self-employment/wage employment opportunities to all its trainees, with primary focus on self- employment.  It also provides concessional credit for minority community after meeting their Skilling Needs for expanding their existing businesses and setting up new businesses.

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5.8 Other initiatives for the welfare and upliftment of the minority communities  USTAAD: The Scheme aims at upgrading Skills and Training in preservation of traditional Ancestral Arts/Crafts of minorities.  Hamari Darohar: The Scheme aims to preserve rich heritage of minority communities in context of Indian culture.  Nai Manzil: A bridge course to bridge the academic and skill development gaps of the deeni Madrasa pass outs with their mainstream counterparts.  Strengthening of State Wakf Boards: The scheme envisages providing assistance for meeting the training and administrative cost of State Wakf Boards, removal of encroachment from Waif Properties and also strengthening of Zonal/Regional offices of Waqf Boards.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

6.1 National Health Mission (NHM)  Objectives: o Reduce Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) to 1/1000 live births o Reduce Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) to 25/1000 live births o Reduce Total Fertility Rate (TFR) to 2.1 o Prevention and reduction of anemia in women aged 15–49 years o Reduce household out-of-pocket expenditure on total health care expenditure o Reduce annual incidence and mortality from Tuberculosis by half o Reduce prevalence of Leprosy to <1/10000 population and incidence to zero in all districts o Annual Malaria Incidence to be <1/1000 o Kala-azar Elimination by 2015, <1 case per 10000 population in all blocks  It encompasses two Sub-Missions, o The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and o The National Urban Health Mission (NUHM).  NRHM o Seeks to provide equitable, affordable and quality health care to the rural population, especially the vulnerable groups. o Focuses on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Adolescent (RMNCH+A) Services. o Key features: . Making the public health delivery system fully functional and accountable to the community . Human resources management, community involvement, decentralization, rigorous monitoring & evaluation against standards . Convergence of health and related programmes form village level upwards, innovations and flexible financing and . Interventions for improving the health indicators.  NUHM o It envisages to meet health care needs of the urban population with the focus on urban poor, by making available to them essential primary health care services and reducing their out of pocket expenses for treatment. o Focus on strengthening the existing health care service delivery system, targeting the people living in slums and converging with various schemes relating to wider determinants of health like drinking water, sanitation, school education, etc. o Funding: The centre-state funding pattern will be 75:25 for all the States except Northeastern states including and other special category states of Jammu & Kashmir, and , for whom the centre-state funding pattern will be 90:10. o Key features: . Need based city specific urban health care system to meet the diverse health care needs of the urban poor and other vulnerable sections.

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. Institutional mechanism and management systems to meet the health-related challenges of a rapidly growing urban population . Partnership with community and local bodies for a more proactive involvement in planning, implementation, and monitoring of health activities.

6.2 Ayushman Bharat–PM Jan Arogya Yojana  It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme having central sector component.  It is an umbrella of two major health initiatives  Health and wellness Centres and  National Health Protection Scheme.  Health and wellness Centres o Under this 1.5 lakh, existing sub centers will bring primaryhealth care system closer to the homes of people in the form of Health and wellness centers. o These centers will provide comprehensive health care, including for non-communicable diseases and maternal and child health services.  National Health Protection Scheme (AB-PMJAY):  Benefits: . It provides a defined benefit cover of Rs. 5 lakh per family per year. . This cover will take care of almost all-secondarycare and most of tertiary care procedures. . There will be no cap on family size and age in the scheme. . The benefit cover will also include pre and post-hospitalization expenses. . All pre-existing conditions will be covered from day one of the policy. A defined transport allowance per hospitalization will also be paid to the beneficiary. . Benefits of the scheme are portable across the country and a beneficiary covered under the scheme will be allowed to take cashless benefits from any public/private empanelled hospitals across the country. . The beneficiaries can avail benefits in both public and empanelled private facilities. . To control costs, the payments for treatment will be done on package rate (to be defined by the Government in advance) that will include all the costs associated with treatment. . For beneficiaries, it will be a cashless, paper less transaction. . States/ UTs will have the flexibility to modify these rates within a limited bandwidth.  Eligibility criteria . It is an entitlement-based scheme with entitlement decided on the basis of deprivation criteria in the SECC 2011 database. . The different categories in rural and urban areas includeSC/ST households; landless households, destitute, living on alms, manual scavenger families, primitive tribal groups, legally released bonded labour etc. . At the national level,National Health Agency has been set up to manage and implement the scheme.  Expenditure . The expenditure incurred in premium payment will be shared between Central and State Governments in specified ratio as per Ministry of Finance guidelines.

6.3 Project Sunrise  Aim: To create awareness about the disease in the northeast states.  It is expected to cover one lakh people living with HIV/AIDS by giving them treatment and care facilities free of cost.

6.4 Mission Indhradhanush  Aims: To cover all those children by 2020 who are either unvaccinated, or are partially vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases.  The Universal Immunization Programme provides life-saving vaccines to all children across the country free of cost to protect them against Tuberculosis, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, Hepatitis B, Pneumonia and Meningitis due to Haemophilus Influenzae type b (Hib), Measles, Rubella, Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Rotavirus diarrhoea. (Rubella, JE and Rotavirus vaccine in select states and districts).

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 The Ministry is being technically supported by WHO, UNICEF, Rotary International and other donor partners. Mass media, interpersonal communication, and sturdy mechanisms of monitoring and evaluating the scheme are crucial components of . Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI)  Aims: To reach each and every child under two years of age and all those pregnant women who have been left uncovered under the routine immunisation programme.  It would be closely monitored at the district, state and central level under a special initiative ‗Proactive Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI)‘.

6.5LaQshya‖ (Labour room Quality improvement Initiative)  Aim: To reduce preventable maternal and newborn mortality, morbidity and stillbirths associated with the care around delivery in Labour room and Maternity Operation Theatre and ensure respectful maternity care  Objectives: o To reduce maternal and newborn mortality & morbidity due to hemorrhage, retained placenta, preterm, preeclampsia and eclampsia, obstructed labour, puerperal sepsis, newborn asphyxia, and newborn sepsis, etc. o To improve Quality of care during the delivery and immediate post-partum care, stabilization of complications and ensure timely referrals, and enable an effective two-way follow-up system. o To enhance satisfaction of beneficiaries visiting the health facilities and provide Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) to all pregnant women attending the public health facilities.

6.6 Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN)  The Scheme provides for financial assistance to patients, living below poverty line and who is suffering from major life threatening diseases, to receive medical treatment at any of the super specialty Government hospitals / institutes.  Funding: Budgetary provisions are made to fund the RAN Scheme.

6.7 Mission SAMPARK and National Strategic Plan 2017-2024  Mission "Sampark‖ aims to bring back People Living with HIV, who has left treatment after starting Anti Retro Viral Treatment (ART).  National Strategic Plan 2017-24 will pave a roadmap for achieving the target of 90:90:90 and strive towards fast track strategy of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. Further, by 2024, the target is to ensure that 90% of those who are HIV positive in the country know their status, 90% of those who know their status are on treatment and 90% of those who are on treatment experience effective viral load suppression.  One of the major focus area is the prevention of dual infection i.e. Mother to Child transmission of HIV and Mother to Child transmission of Syphilis as well as elimination of HIV/AIDS related stigma and discrimination by 2020.  On prevention of new infections, National AIDS Control Programme(NACP) aims to achieve 80% reduction in new HIV infections by 2024 from baseline value of 2010.

6.8 Mission Parivar Vikas  Targeted states: Focus on 7 States (, , , , , and Assam) with highest Total Fertility Rate (TFR), to reach the replacement level fertility goals of 2.1 by 2025.  It will accelerate access to high quality family planning choices based on information, reliable services and supplies within a rights-based framework.  The key strategic focus of this initiative will be on improving access to contraceptives through delivering assured services, dovetailing with new promotional schemes, ensuring commodity security, building capacity (service providers), creating an enabling environment along with close monitoring and implementation.

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 Aim: To control Soil Transmitted Helminth (STH) infections by creating mass awareness about the most effective and low-cost STH treatment— administering Albendazole tablets. Along with Albendazole administration, behavior change practices in terms of cleanliness, hygiene, use of toilets, wearing shoes/chappals, washing hands etc. is also important to reduce incidents of re-infection‖.  Deworming has been shown to reduce absenteeism in schools; improve health, nutritional, and learning outcomes; and increase the likelihood of higher-wage jobs later in life.

6.10 Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) programme  Aim: To reduce the expenditure incurred by patients on treatment of cancer and heart diseases, AMRIT pharmacy will sell drugs for the cancerand heart diseases at highly discounted rates.  Implementing Agency: The project has been floated in a tie-up with government-owned HLL Life care Ltd (HLL), which is deputed to establish and run the AMRIT chain of pharmacies across the country.

6.11 Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme  It was rolled out in 2016 as part of the National Health Mission (NHM) for provision of free dialysis services to the poor.  Dialysis services under NHM is provided in PPP (Public Private Partnership) mode; As per the guidelines, the private partner is to provide medical human resource, dialysis machine along with Reverse Osmosis (RO) water plant infrastructure, dialyzer and consumables, while the space, power, and water supply within District Hospitals is to be provided by the State Government.  Funding: Currently, under NHM 100 % of the service procedure fees for patients from below poverty line (BPL) economic group is covered. However, non-BPL patients would have the benefit of accessing the services close to the community at the district hospitals at same rates as paid by the Government for the BPL patient.

6.12 Nikshay Poshan Yojana (NPY)  It is a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for nutritional support to tuberculosis patients.  Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) has provided detailed guidance to the State/Union Territories (UTs) to give different payment options as per their convenience for either making payment directly through Public Financial Management System (PFMS) or through the Nikshay PFMS interface.

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MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

7.1 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana  Objectives: o Making quality medicines available at affordable prices forall, particularly the poor and disadvantaged, through exclusive outlets ―Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras‖, so as to reduce out of pocket expenses in healthcare.  Vision: o To bring down the healthcare budget of every citizen of India through providing Quality generic Medicines at Affordable Prices.  Mission: o Create awareness among public regarding generic medicines. o Create demand for generic medicines through medical practioners. o Create awareness through education and awareness program that high price need not be synonymous with high quality. o Provide all the commonly used generic medicines covering all the therapeutic groups. o Provide all the related health care products too under the scheme.  Implementation Agency: o BPPI (Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India), under the administrative control of the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals& Fertilizers . BPPI has been established with the support of all the Pharma CPSUs for coordinating procurement, supply and marketing of generic drugs through the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras. It is registered as an independent society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 as a separate legal entity.  Funding of PMBJP o Government of providing full financial support to BPPI during the initial years.  Strategy and Approach: o All State Governments shall be directed to open Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras in Government run hospitals and medical colleges.

7.2 Pharma Jan Samadhan Scheme  It is a web-enabled system for redressal of consumers‘ grievances relating to pricing and availability of medicines.  It is developed by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA). o The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority is a government regulatory agency that controls the prices of pharmaceutical drugs in India.  It would serve as a robust e-governance tool for protection of consumers‘ interests through effective implementation of the Drugs (Price Control) Order 2013.  It will provide consumers and others with an on-line facility to redress their complaints relating to over-pricing of medicines, non-availability or shortage of medicines, sale of new medicines without prior price approval of NPPA, and refusal of supply for sale of any medicine without good and sufficient reason. NPPA will initiate action on any complaint within 48 hrs of its receipt.  This phama-literacy initiative would create awareness among the people and would act as a deterrence against black-marketing, spurious medicines, and inflated cost of drugs.

MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

8.1 Ganga Aamantran Abhiyan  It is a pioneering and historic exploratory open-water rafting and kayaking expedition on the Ganga River. Starting at Devprayag and culminating at Ganga Sagar, the expedition covered the entire stretch of over 2500 kms of the Ganga River. pg. 25 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

 Namami Gange organizes this unique initiative to connect with Ganga‘s Stakeholders and create social awareness among people.  This is the first ever effort by National Mission for Clean Ganga to raft across the entire stretch of the river and also the longest ever social campaign undertaken through an adventure sporting activity to spread the message of River Rejuvenation and Water Conservation on a massive scale. The expedition will draw attention to the ecological challenges being faced by Ganga.  The expedition will encompass the five Ganga basin states including Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal.

8.2 Atal Bhujal Yojana  It is a Central Sector Scheme to improve ground water management through community participation.  Funding Pattern: The scheme has a total outlay of Rs.6000 crores and is to be implemented over a period of 5 years (2020-21 to 2024-25), 50% shall be in the form of World Bank loan, and be repaid by the Central Government. The remaining 50% shall be through Central Assistance from regular budgetary support. The entire World Bank's loan component and Central Assistance shall be passed on to the States as Grants.  Aim:The scheme aims to improve ground water management through community participation in identified priority areas in seven States, viz. Gujarat, , , Madhya Pradesh, , Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.  Major components: o Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building Component for strengthening institutional arrangements for sustainable ground water management in the States including improving monitoring networks, capacity building, strengthening of Water User Associations, etc. o Incentive Component for incentivising the States for achievements in improved groundwater management practices namely, data dissemination, preparation of water security plans, implementation of management interventions through convergence of ongoing schemes, adopting demand side management practices etc.

8.3 Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project  Govt. of India has taken up DRIP project with the financial assistance of the World Bank for the repair and rehabilitation of about 225 dam projects across the seven states of India, namely Jharkhand (DVC), Karnataka, , Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, , and Uttarakhand (UJVNL).  Objective: To improve the safety and operational performance of selected existing dams and associated appurtenances in a sustainable manner, and to strengthen the dam safety institutional setup of participating States / Implementing Agencies.  Funding Pattern: It is an externally aided project. 80% of the total project is provided by the World Bank as loan/credit and remaining 20% is borne by the States / Central Government (for CWC). Govt. of India has not sought funding from any internal agency for this project.

8.4 Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)  Aim: To provide Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household by 2024. Apart from supplying the tap water, the government plans to find ways to reuse the grey water, or discharged water.  Government of India has restructured and subsumed the ongoing National Rural Drinking Water  Programme (NRDWP) into Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) to provide Har Ghar Nal Se Jal (HGNSJ) by 2024.  Funding Pattern: The fund sharing pattern between Centre and State is 90:10 for Himalayan (Uttarakhand,Himachal Pradesh) and North-Eastern States, 100:0 for UTs and 50:50 for rest of the States.

8.5 Jal Shakti Abhiyan  A campaign for water conservation and water security.  Will run through citizen participation during the monsoon season, Phase Ifrom 1st July 2019 to 15th September 2019. An additional Phase 2 will be run from 1st October 2019 to 30th November 2019 for States receiving the North East retreating monsoons.

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 Five important water conservation interventions will be o Water conservation and rainwater harvesting o Renovation of traditional and other water bodies/tanks, o Reuse, bore well recharge structures, watershed development and o Intensive afforestation.

8.6 Swachh Bharat Mission  It is a massive mass movement that seeks to create a Clean India by 2019.  The mission will cover all rural and urban areas. o The urban component of the mission will be implemented by the Ministry of Urban Development, and o Rural component by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti.  Swacch Bharat Mission – Urban o Includes elimination of open defecation, conversion of unsanitary toilets to pour flush toilets, eradication of manual scavenging, municipal solid waste management and bringing about a behavioral change in people regarding healthy sanitation practices.  Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) o The Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan has been restructured into the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin). o The mission aims to make India an open defecation free country by improving the levels of cleanliness in rural areas through Solid and Liquid Waste Management activities and making Gram Panchayats Open Defecation Free (ODF), clean and sanitized.

8.7 GOBAR-Dhan Yojana  Implementing Agency: Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation has launched the GOBAR (Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources) - DHAN scheme as part of the SwachhBharat Mission (Gramin) i.e. managing solid and liquid waste in villages.  Aims: o To positively impact village cleanliness and generate wealth and energy from cattle and organic waste. o To create new rural livelihood opportunities and enhancing income for farmers and other rural people.

8.8 Swajal Scheme  Aim: o To provide every rural person with adequate safe water for drinking, cooking and other domestic basic needs on a sustainable basis. o To meet minimum water quality standards and be readily and conveniently accessible at all times and in all situations.  Vision: o Providing sustainable and adequate drinking water in an integrated manner to the rural masses.

MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS

9.1 Smart Cities Mission  Launched on 25 June 2015  Objective: o To promote sustainable and inclusive cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and application of ‗Smart‘ Solutions.  Core infrastructure elements in a Smart City o Adequate water supply, assured electricity supply, sanitation, including solid waste management, efficient urban mobility and public transport, affordable housing, especially for the poor, robust IT connectivity and digitalization, good governance, especially e-Governance and citizen participation, sustainable environment, safety and security of citizens, particularly women, children and the elderly and health and education.  Strategic componentsof the Smart Cities Mission

pg. 27 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o City improvement (retrofitting), city renewal (redevelopment) and city extension (Greenfield development) plus a Pan-city initiative in which Smart Solutions are applied covering larger parts of the city. o Area-based development will transform existing areas (retrofit and redevelop); including slums, into better planned human settlements, thereby, improving liveability of the whole cities.  Implementation of the Smart Cities Mission is done by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to be set up at city level in the form of a limited company under the Companies Act, 2013 and will be promoted by the State/UT and the Urban Local Body (ULB) jointly both having 50:50 equity shareholding.

9.2 Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation –AMRUT  Aim: Providing basic civic amenities like water supply, sewerage, urban transport, parks as to improve the quality of life for all especially the poor and the disadvantaged.  Focus of the Mission is on infrastructure creation that has a direct link to provision of better services to the citizens.  Purpose of mission is to (i) Ensure that every household has access to a tap with assured supply of water and a sewerage connection (ii) Increase the amenity value of cities by developing greenery and well maintained open spaces e.g. parks and (iii) Reduce pollution by switching to public transport or constructing facilities for non-motorized transport e.g. walking and cycling.  Mission Coverage: The Mission covers covering 500 cities that includes all cities and towns with a population of over one lakh with notified Municipalities.  Funding Pattern: o Total outlay for AMRUT is Rs. 50,000 crores for five years from FY 2015-16 to FY 2019-20 and the Mission and is being operated as Central Sponsored Scheme. The project fund is divided among States/UTs in an equitable formula in which 50:50 weightage is being given to the urban population of each State/UT and number of statutory towns.

9.3 Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY)  This central sector scheme was launched on 21st January 2015, however mission period of HRIDAY scheme ended on 31st March 2019.  Aim: Bringing together urban planning, economic growth and heritage conservation in an inclusive manner  Objective: Preserving the heritage character of the City.  Identified cities: Under the Scheme, twelve cities namely, Ajmer, Amritsar, Amaravati, Badami, Dwarka, Gaya, Kanchipuram, Mathura, Puri, Varanasi Velankanni, Warangal have been identified for development.  The Scheme has supported development of core heritage linked civic infrastructure projects which includes revitalization of urban infrastructure for areas around heritage, religious, cultural and tourism assets of the cities.

9.4 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Housing for All - Urban)  It is a Mission to provide housing for all by 2022 and is being implemented from June 2015.  Aim:It seeks to address the housing requirement of urban poor including slum dwellers through following programme verticals: o Slum rehabilitation of Slum Dwellers with participation of private developers using land as a resource o Promotion of Affordable Housing for weaker section through credit linked subsidy o Affordable Housing in Partnership with Public & Private sectors o Subsidy for beneficiary-led individual house construction /enhancement.  Beneficiaries include: Economically weaker section (EWS), low-income groups (LIGs) and Middle Income Groups (MIGs). The annual income cap is up to Rs 3 lakh for EWS, Rs 3-6 lakh for LIG and Rs 6 + -18 lakhs for MIG. EWS category of beneficiaries is eligible for assistance in all four verticals of the Missions whereas LIG and MIG categories are eligible under only Credit linked subsidy scheme (CLSS) component of the Mission.  Mission will be implemented as Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) except for the component of credit- linkedsubsidy, which will be implemented as a Central Sector Scheme.

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 Funding: o Central assistance is provided to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and other implementing agencies through States/UTs for in-situ Rehabilitation of existing slum dwellers using land as a resource with private participation; Credit Linked Subsidy; Affordable Housing in Partnership and Subsidy for beneficiary-led individual house construction/enhancement. o A National Urban Housing Fund for Rs. 60,000 crores has been set up for raising Extra Budgetary Resources (EBR) in phases for the rapid implementation of PMAY (U). o The Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) was established in National Housing Bank (NHB) as announced in the General Budget for 2018-19 to improve the affordability of the target group to own their homes. The corpus of the Fund will be 10,000 crores and will be contributed by Scheduled Commercial Banks as allocated by the (RBI).

9.5 Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY- NULM)  Aim: To uplift the urban poor folks by enhancing sustainable livelihood opportunities through skill development.  The scheme is integration of the National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) and National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM).  National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) is renamed as Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-(DAY-NULM) and in Hindi as - Rashtriya Shahri Aajeevika Mission.  Mission o To reduce poverty and vulnerability of the urban poor households by enabling them to access gainful self employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, resulting in an appreciable improvement in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis, through building strong grassroots level. o It also aims to provide the shelter equipped with essential services to the urban homeless in a phased manner.  Components: o The scheme has two component one for urban India and other for rural India. o The urban component named as Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana will be implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. o The rural component named as Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana will be implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development.

9.6 Paisa-Portal for Affordable Credit & Interest Subvention Access  It is a centralized electronic platform for processing interest subvention on bank loans to beneficiaries under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM).  The web platform has been designed and developed by Allahabad Bank, which is the Nodal bank.  It is an effort by the government to connect directly with the beneficiaries, ensuring that there is greater transparency and efficiency in delivery of services.  All 35 states / UTs & all scheduled commercial banks, RRBs and Cooperative Banks are expected to be on board the PAiSA portal.

MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

10.1 Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)  It is one of the public distribution system schemes under which wheat will be provided for Rs.3 per Kg and Rice will be given for Rs.2 per Kg. Eligible family will get 35 Kg of rice per month.AAY families can buy 1 kg of sugar at a rate for Rs.18.50 per Kg via ration shop.  Objective: o To ensure food security and to create hunger-free India.

pg. 29 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o To covers the poorest of the poor in India by supply of food and other important commodities for their daily needs on subsidized rates.  Eligibility criteria: o Family members falling under Below Poverty line can apply for this scheme o Annual income of Rs.15000 below families are eligible o Disabled persons can apply for this scheme o Widows and senior citizen of 60 years who heading a family can apply o Tribal Families in the rural and mountain areas is eligible for this scheme  Identification of AAY families is carried out by the State Government or UT administrations. Beneficiaries are identified from amongst the number of BPL families within the state.

10.2 The Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) Scheme  It was set up in 2014-15 under the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Famers Welfare (DAC&FW) to help regulate the price volatility of important agri-horticultural commodities like onion, potatoes and pulses were also added subsequently.  The PSF scheme was transferred to the Department of Consumer Affairs (DOCA) w.e.f. 1st April, 2016.  Aim: It provides for maintaining a strategic buffer of aforementioned commodities for subsequent calibrated release to moderate price volatility and discourage hoarding and unscrupulous speculation.  For building such stock, the scheme promotes direct purchase from farmers/farmers‘ association at farm gate/Mandi.  The PSF is utilized for granting interest free advance of working capital to Central Agencies, State/UT Governments/Agencies to undertake market intervention operations. Apart from domestic procurement from farmers/wholesale mandis, import may also be undertaken with support from the Fund.

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

11.1 Niryat Bandhu Scheme  Aim: To mentor first generation entrepreneurs and growing exporters on the intricacies of foreign trade using counseling, training and outreach programmes.  Components of the Scheme o Training of new entrepreneurs o Training/ meetings/ seminars at towns of export excellence on a specific topic. o Seminars at Industry associations, universities, management schools, etc. o Capacity building of selected entrepreneurs in institutions imparting training in export-import that are related to specialized issues.

11.2 E-Biz Mission Mode Project  Aim: To improve the business environment and the ease of doing business in the country.  Department/Ministry: Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce & Industry  It will allow business users to obtain a customized list of licenses, permits, and regulations that they require or need to comply with across all levels of government i.e., Central, State and Local governments.  eBiz platform also provides ‗Issuance of Industrial License‘ and ‗Issue of Industrial Entrepreneur Memoranda‘ services.  It will serve as 24X7 online single-window system for providing efficient and convenient Government to Business (G2B) services to the business community in India.  Business users will get services from single contact point it will result in savings of time, effort and cost. The benefits will accrue across all sectors, including, Manufacturing, Information Technology, construction services among others.

11.3 Start Up India Scheme  Launched on 16thJanuary 2016.

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 Objectives: o Promotion of startups, generation of employment, and wealth creation. o Building a robust startup ecosystem and transforming India into a country of job creators instead of job seekers.  Implementing Agency: Department for Industrial Policy and Promotion (DPIIT).  Key features: o New-entrants are granted a tax-holiday for three years. o The government has provided a fund of Rs.2500 crores for startups, as well as a credit guarantee fund of Rs.500 crores rupees.  Eligibility For Startup Registration: o The company to be formed must be a private limited company or a limited liability partnership. o It should be a new firm or not older than five years, and the total turnover of the company should be not exceeding 25 crores. o The firms should have obtained the approval from the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).  Funding: o Government of India has established Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) with corpus of Rs. 10,000 crores, to meet the funding needs of startups. o DPIIT is the monitoring agency and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) is the operating agency for FFS.

11.4 Make in India  It was launched on 25 September 2014.  Implementing Agency:It is being led by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.  Major objectives: (a) to increase the manufacturing sector‘s growth rate to 12-14% per annum in order to increase the sector‘s share in the economy; (b) to create 100 million additional manufacturing jobs in the economy by 2022; and (c) to ensure that the manufacturing sector‘s contribution to GDP is increased to 25% by 2022 (later revised to 2025)  The policy approach was to create a conducive environment for investments, develop modern and efficient infrastructure, and open up new sectors for foreign capital.  The programme also aims at improving India‘s rank on the Ease of Doing Business index by eliminating the unnecessary laws and regulations, making bureaucratic processes easier, making the government more transparent, responsive and accountable.  It targeted 25 economic sectors for job creation and skill enhancement and aimed "to transform India into a global design and manufacturing hub.

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

12.1 MANAK scheme  The INSPIRE (Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research) scheme is rechristened MANAK (Million Minds Augmenting National Aspirations and Knowledge).  Implementing agency: It is executed by Department of Science & Technology (DST) with National Innovation Foundation – India o NIF is an autonomous body of DST works to motivate students in the age group of 10-15 years and studying in classes 6 to 10.  Objective: o To target one million original ideas/innovations rooted in science and societal applications to foster a culture of creativity and innovative thinking among schoolchildren. Under this scheme, schools can nominate 2-3 best innovative ideas online through this website.  INSPIRE has three components:

pg. 31 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o Scheme for Early Attraction of Talent (SEATS): aims at attracting talented youth to study science by providing INSPIRE Award, to experience the joy of innovations, of Rs.5,000/- to one million young learners in the age group 10-15 years. o Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE): aims at attracting talented youth into undertaking higher education in science intensive programmes, by providing scholarships and mentoring through 'summer attachment' to performing researchers. o Assured Opportunity for Research Careers (AORC): aims at attracting, attaching, retaining and nourishing talented young scientific Human Resource to strengthened the R&D foundation and base by offering doctoral INSPIRE Fellowship in the age group 22-27 years, in both Basic and Applied sciences (including engineering and medicine).

12.2 National Biopharma Mission  The program named Innovate in India (I3) is an industry- academia collaborative mission of Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in collaboration with World Bank for accelerating discovery research to early development of Biopharmaceuticals.  Implemented by:Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)a Public Sector Undertaking of Department of Biotechnology.  Aim: To enable and nurture an ecosystem for preparing India's technological and product development capabilities in biopharmaceutical to a level that will be globally competitive over the next decade, and transform the health standards of India's population through affordable product development.  It will specifically focus on the development of new vaccines, bio-therapeutics, diagnostics and medical devices to address the rising burden of diseases in the country.

12.3 Biotech KISAN  It is a Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology initiative.  Aims: To empower farmers, especially women farmers by understanding the problems of water, soil, seed and market faced by the farmers and provide simple solutions to them.  This programme aims to work with small and marginal farmers for better agriculture productivitythrough scientific intervention and evolving best farming practices in the Indian context.

12.4 National Initiative for Development and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI)  It is an umbrella program pioneered by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), for nurturing ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into successful startups.  Objectives o To take forward student innovations in IEDC / NewGen IEDC programme to commercialization stage. o To promote student startups. o To accelerate the journey of idea to prototype by providing initial funding assistance.

12.5 VAJRA (Visiting Advanced Joint Research) Faculty Scheme  It is a dedicated program exclusively for overseas scientistsand academicians with emphasis on Non- resident Indians (NRI) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) / Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) to work as adjunct / visiting faculty for a specific period of time in Indian Public funded academic and research institutions.  Implementing agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a Statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST).

12.6 Cattle Genomics Programme  Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology has initiated this project for generating phenotypic data offive high milk yielding indigenous cattle breeds (Sahiwal, Gir, Red Singhi, Kankrej and Tharparkar), their genomic analysis, identification of SNPs and development of chips for evaluation and selection of quality animals.

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 Aim: The main aim of the proposal is to predict breeding value of an animal using genomic information with performance record, genetic worth at an early age. The ability to select an elite animal at an early age will help enhancing the productivity.

12.7 Nakshe Portal of Survey of India  Survey of India, the National Mapping Agency to Government of India under Department of Science & Technology bears a special responsibility to ensure that the country's domain is explored and mapped suitably.  This portal provide base maps for expeditious and integrated development and ensure that all resources contribute with their full measure to the progress, prosperity and security of our country now and for the generations to come.  Topographic maps or Open Series Maps (OSM) containing natural and man-made geographical features including terrain or topography have been made available for free download from Nakshe web portal in pdf format on 1:50,000 scale through Aaadhar enabled user authentication process.

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION

13.1 BharatNet project  National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) is renamed as BharatNet project.  It is an ambitious initiative to trigger a broadband revolution in rural areas.  Aims: To connect all the 2, 50,000 Gram Panchayats in the country and provide 100 Mbps connectivity to all gram Panchayats (GPs).  Funding: Project is funded by the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).  It seeks to provide on demand, affordable broadband connectivity of 2 Mbps to 20 Mbps for all households and on demand capacity to all institutions, to realise the vision of Digital India, in partnership with States and the private sector.  The objective is to facilitate the delivery of e-governance, e-health, e-education, e-banking, Internet and other services to the rural India.

13.2 National Broadband Mission  Aim: To fast track growth of digital communications infrastructure, bridge the digital divide, facilitate digital empowerment and inclusion and provide affordable and universal access of broadband for all.  Objectives of the Mission which is structured with strong emphasis on the three principles of universality, affordability and quality are: o Broadband access to all villages by 2022 o Facilitate universal and equitable access to broadband services for across the country and especially in rural and remote areas o Laying of incremental 30 lakhs route km of Optical Fiber Cable and increase in tower density from 0.42 to 1.0 tower per thousand of population by 2024 o Significantly improve quality of services for mobile and internet o Develop innovative implementation models for Right of Way (RoW) and to work with States/UTs for having consistent policies pertaining to expansion of digital infrastructure including for RoW approvals required for laying of OFC o Develop a Broadband Readiness Index (BRI) to measure the availability of digital communications infrastructure and conducive policy ecosystem within a State/UT. o Creation of a digital fiber map of the Digital Communications network and infrastructure, including Optical Fiber Cables and Towers, across the country.

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13.3 Deen Dayal SPARSH (Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude & Research in Stamps as a Hobby) Yojana  Aimed towards increasing the reach of Philately, the Department of Posts is launched this Scholarship Scheme to award children in the class category of Standard VI to IX.  It is proposed to award annual scholarships to those students who have good academic record and also pursue Philately as a hobby.  The objective of the scholarship is to "Promote Philately among children at a young age in a sustainable manner that can reinforce and supplement the academic curriculum in addition to providing a hobby that can help them relax and de-stress".

MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS &IT

14.1 Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)  It is being initiated under Digital India Programme to cover 6 crores households in rural areas to make them digitally literate.  Eligibility: o The Scheme is applicable only for rural areas of the country. o Only one person per eligible household would be considered for training o Age Group: 14 - 60 years

14.2 Jeevan Pramaan  It is an Aadhaar based platform for biometric authentication of the pensioners and senior citizens.  Launch on 10 November 2014.

14.3 Digital Locker System (DigiLocker)  Launched in July 2016 by Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY)  Serves as a platform to enable citizens to securely store and share their documents with service providers electronically after giving due permission.  Aimed at minimizing the usage of physical documents and enable sharing of e-documents across agencies through registered repositories thereby ensuring the authenticity of the documents online. Residents can also upload their own electronic documents and digitally sign them using the e-sign facility.

14.4 e-Taal (Electronic Transaction Aggregation & Analysis Layer)  It registers e-Transactions in various e-Governance services thus integrating over 3506 e-Services.  It automatically pulls the e-Transaction data from applications integrated with it using Web Service technology and facilitates quick analysis of transaction data for the user.

14.5 Common Services Centres (CSCs)  CSCs are the world‘s largest digital service delivery network.  These information and communication technology enabled kiosks with broadband connectivity has been providing various governments, private and social services at the doorsteps of citizen.  They are offering digital services like Aadhaar enrolment, Ticket booking, of utilities and other eGovernance services to citizens from 1.68 Lakh Gram Panchayats.

14.6 MyGov  It is a citizen-centric digital collaboration platform that empowers people to connect with the Government & contribute towards good governance.

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14.7 Digital India  Aim: To ensure the Government's services are made available to citizens electronically by improved online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity or making the country digitally empowered in the field of technology  The vision of Digital India programme is to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.  Three core components: o The development of secure and stable digital infrastructure, o Delivering government services digitally, and o Universal digital literacy.  Nine pillars: o Broadband Highways o Universal Access to Mobile Connectivity o Public Internet Access Programme o e-Governance: Reforming Government through Technology o e-Kranti - Electronic Delivery of Services o Information for All o Electronics Manufacturing o IT for Jobs o Early Harvest Programmes

14.8National Supercomputing Mission  Implementing Agency:Department of Science & Technology and Department of Electronics and Information Technology will be implementing the mission jointly through two leading organizations; Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.  Vision: o To enable India to leapfrog to the league of world class computing power nations. o To empower national academic and R&D institutions spread over the country by installing a vast supercomputing grid comprising of more than 70 high-performance computing facilities.  Key features: o These supercomputers will also be networked on the National Supercomputing grid over the National Knowledge Network (NKN). . The NKN is another programme of the government, which connects academic institutions and R&D labs over a high speed network. o The Mission also includes development of highly professional High Performance Computing (HPC) aware human resource for meeting challenges of development of these applications. o It would bring supercomputing within the reach of the large Scientific & Technology community in the country o It will provide significant qualitative and quantitative improvement in R&D and higher education in the disciplines of Science & Technology and enable the country with a capacity of solving multi-disciplinary grand challenge problems. o It supports the government‘s vision of ―Digital India‖ and ―Make in India‖ initiatives.

MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCE

15.1 Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resources Modelling and Science (O-SMART) scheme  Implementation period: From 2017-18 to 2019-20 at an overall cost of Rs.1623 crores.  Key features: o This umbrella scheme encompasses a total of 16 sub-projects addressing ocean development activities such as Services, Technology, Resources, Observations and Science.

pg. 35 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o It will provide economic benefits to a number of user communities in the coastal and ocean sectors, namely, fisheries, offshore industry, coastal states, Defence, Shipping, and Ports etc. It will help in reducing the search time for fishermen resulting savings in the fuel cost. o It will help in addressing issues relating to Sustainable Development Goal-14, which aims to conserve use of oceans, marine resources for sustainable development. o It provides necessary scientific and technological background required for implementation of various aspects of Blue Economy. o The State of Art Early Warning Systems established under the O-SMART Scheme will help in effectively dealing with ocean disasters like Tsunami, storm surges. o It will help in harnessing the vast ocean resources of both living and non-living resources from the seas around India.

15.2 Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS) Scheme  Implementing Agency: Ministry of Earth Sciences implement this scheme through its institutes namely India Meteorological Department (IMD), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), and Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Service(INCOIS).  Objectives: o To provide improved weather, climate and ocean forecast and services, thereby ensuring transfer of commensurate benefits to the various services like Public weather service, disaster management, Agro- meteorological Services, Aviation services, Environmental monitoring services, Hydro-meteorological services, climate services, tourism, pilgrimage, power generation, water management, Sports & adventure etc. o Generating employment opportunities o To ensure last-mile connectivity of the weather based services to the end –user.  Other Details: o This scheme addresses different aspects of weather and climate services, which includes warnings for cyclone, storm surges, heat waves, thunderstorms etc. o It consists of nine sub-programmes which are multi disciplinary and multi institutional in nature and will be implemented in an integrated manner through IMD, HIM, NCMRWF and INCOIS. o It aim at improving skill of weather and climate forecast through sustained observations, intensive R & D, and by adopting effective dissemination and communication strategies to ensure its timely reach to the end-user of all services like Agro-meteorological Services, Aviation service, Environmental monitoring services, Hydro-meteorological services, climate services, tourism, pilgrimage, mountaineering etc.,

15.3 Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva project (GKMS)  Under GKMS, Earth System Science Organization (ESSO)-India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ministry of Earth Science in collaboration with State Agricultural Universities /Indian Council of Agricultural Research etc. is issuing crop and location specific weather based agro advisories for the benefit of farming community on every Tuesday and Friday and occurrence of extreme weather. Farmers can register through the website of Agrimet Division (www.imdagrimet.gov.in).

15.4 ―Sagar Vani‖  It is an Integrated Information Dissemination System that provides ocean information services for the benefit of various user communities in the country.  Developed by: ESSO-Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) under Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)  At this software platform, various dissemination modes will be integrated on a single central server. The ‗Sagar Vani‘ includes Multi Lingual SMS, Voice Call / Audio Advisory, Mobile Apps (User / Admin modules), Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), Email, GTS, Fax, Digital Display Boards, Radio / Television broadcast units, IVRS, Cloud Channels, etc.

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MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

16.1 NABH (Nextgen Airports For Bharat) Nirman initiatives  Aim: To "expand our airport capacity more than five times to handle a billion trips a year‖.  Three key aspects of NABH Nirman are (1) Fair and equitable land acquisition, (2) Long-term master plan for airport and regional development and (3) Balanced economics for all stakeholders.

16.2 RCS-UDAN (Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik)  It is a regional airport development and "Regional Connectivity Scheme" (RCS).  Objective:"letting the common citizen of the country fly"  Aim: Making air travel affordable and widespread, to boost inclusive national economic development, job growth and air transport infrastructure development of all regions and states of India.  Two components of the scheme are: o To develop new airports and enhance the existing regional airports to increase the number of operational airports for scheduled civilian flights from 70 to at least 150 airports with regular scheduled flights o To add several hundred financially-viable, capped-airfare, new regional flight routes to connect more than 100 underserved and unserved airports in smaller towns with each other as well as with well served airports in bigger cities by using "Viability Gap Funding" (VGF).  Funding: This scheme will be jointly funded by the central government and state governments.  Timeline: Launched on 27 April 2017 will run for 10 years and can be extended thereafter.

16.3 Digi Yatra Platform  It is an industry-led initiative that will allow Digital processing of passengers at the airports.  Aim: To facilitate paperless travel and avoid identity check at multiple points.  Passengers will be automatically processed based on facial recognition system at check points like; Entry point check, Entry in to Security Check, Aircraft Boarding, Additionally this will also facilitate self-Bag Drop and Check- in, using facial recognition to identify pax and data recall.  Key pillars o Connected Passengers o Connected Airports o Connected Flying and o Connected Systems

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

17.1 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana  This financial inclusion program is applicable to 10 to 65 years age group.  Aims: To expand and make affordable access to financial services such as bank accounts, remittances, credit, insurance and pensions.  To ensure access to a range of financial services like availability of basic savings bank account, access to need based credit, remittances facility, insurance and pension.  Implementing agency: Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.  It covers both urban and rural areas and those who open account would get indigenous Debit Card (RuPay card). Account can be opened in any bank branch or Business Correspondent (Bank Mitr) outlet at zero balance.  Key features: o Rs. 5,000 overdraft facility for Aadhar-linked accounts and a RuPay debit card with inbuilt Rs. 1 lakh accident insurance cover. o After remaining active for 6 months, the account holder will become eligible for an overdraft of up to Rs 5,000. pg. 37 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

17.2 Atal Pension Yojana (APY)  Previously known as Swavalamban Yojana, APY is a guaranteed pension scheme and is administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA). o The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority, a statutory body, is the pension regulator of India and is authorized by Ministry of Finance.  Targeted group: Unorganized sector  Eligibility: o The minimum eligible age for a person joining APY is 18 years and the maximum is 40 years.  Features: o Subscribing workers are eligible for Guaranteed monthly pension from Rs. 1,000 to ₹5,000 per month on attainment of 60 years of age. o Government of India (GoI) will also co-contribute 50% of the subscriber‘s contribution or Rs. 1,000 per annum, whichever is lower. The Government co-contribution is available for those who are not covered by any Statutory Social Security Schemes and is not an Income Tax payer o GoI will co-contribute to each eligible subscriber, for a period of 5 years who joins the scheme in the period June 1 to December 31, 2015. The benefit of five years of Government co-contribution under APY would not exceed 5 years for all subscribers including migrated Swavalamban beneficiaries.

17.3 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana  It is a government-backed accident insurance scheme.  Subscriber has to pay an annual premium of ₹12 exclusive of taxes.  GST is exempted.  Eligibility: o Indian Resident or NRI between 18 and 70 years of age with bank accounts.  In case of accidental death or full disability, the payment to the nominee will be ₹2 lakh and in case of partial Permanent disability ₹1 lakh. Full disability has been defined as loss of use in eyes, hands or feet. Partial Permanent disability has been defined as loss of use in one eye, hand or foot.  Further, deaths due to suicide, alcohol, drug abuse, etc. arenot covered.

17.4 Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana  It is a government-backed Lifeinsurance scheme in India.  Eligibility: People between 18 and 50 years of age with bank accounts  Key features: o Subscriber has to pay an annual premium of ₹330. o The GST is exempted on Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana. o In case of death due to any cause, the payment to the nominee will be ₹2 lakh. o Aadhar would be the primary KYC for the bank account. o The scheme is being offered by Life Insurance Corporation and all other life insurers who are willing to offer the product on similar terms with necessary approvals and tie up with banks for this purpose.

17.5 Project Shaksham  It is a New Indirect Tax Network (Systems Integration) of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC).  It will help in: o Implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) o Extension of the Indian Customs Single Window Interface for Facilitating Trade (SWIFT) and o Other taxpayer-friendly initiatives under Digital India and Ease of Doing Business of Central Board of Excise and Customs.

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17.6 Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme  Aim: o It will help in reducing the demand for physical gold by shifting a part of the estimated 300 tons of physical bars and coins purchased every year for Investment into gold bonds. Since most of the demand for gold in India is met through imports, this scheme will, ultimately help in maintaining the country's Current Account Deficit within sustainable limits.  Salient features of the scheme are:- o It will be issued on payment of rupees and denominated in grams of gold. o Bonds will be issued on behalf of the Government of India by the RBI. Thus, the Bonds will have a sovereign guarantee. o The bond would be restricted for sale to resident Indian entities. The cap on bonds that may be bought by an entity would be at a suitable level, not more than 500 grams per person per year. o The Government will issue bonds with a rate of interest to be decided by the Government. The rate of interest will take into account the domestic and international market conditions. o The bonds will be available both in demat and paper form. o The bonds will be issued in denominations of 5, 10, 50,100 grams of gold or other denominations. o Banks/NBFCs/Post Offices/ National Saving Certificate (NSC) agents and others, as specified, may collect money / redeem bonds on behalf of the government (for a fee, the amount would be as decided). o The tenor of the bond could be for a minimum of 5 to 7 years, so that it would protect investors from medium term volatility in gold prices. o Bonds can be used as collateral for loans. o Bonds to be easily sold and traded on exchanges to allow early exits for investors who may so desire. o KYC norms will be the same as that for gold.  Capital gains tax treatment will be the same as for physical gold for an 'individual' investor.  Gold Reserve Fund take care of the risk of increase in gold price that will be borne by the government.  On maturity, the redemption will be in rupee amount only.

17.7 Gold Monetization Scheme  Objective: To reduce the country's reliance on the import of gold to meet domestic demand.  Eligibility: Resident Indians (Individuals, HUF, Trusts including Mutual Funds/Exchange Traded Funds registered under SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations and Companies) can deposit gold under Gold Monetization Scheme.  The deposit will be denominated in grams of gold with purity 995. The deposit will help the depositor earn interest at the rate of interest decided by Central Government and notified by Reserve Bank of India from time to time.  Key features: o The mobilized gold will also supplement RBI‘s gold reserves and will help in reducing the government's borrowing cost.is intended to mobilize gold held by households and institutions of the country and facilitate its use for productive purposes, and in the long run, to reduce country's reliance on the import of gold. o The risk of gold price changes will be borne by the Gold Reserve Fund that is being created. The benefit to the Government is in terms of reduction in the cost of borrowing, which will be transferred to the Gold Reserve Fund.

17.8 Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana  Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency Ltd. (MUDRA) is a new institution set up by Government of India to provide funding to the non-corporate; non-farm sector income generating activities of micro and small enterprises whose credit needs are below `10 Lakh.  Aims of MUDRA loans was to bring the target audience into the formal financial fold.  Under the aegis of Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY), MUDRA has created three products i.e. o Shishu: covering loans up to `50,000 o Kishore: covering loans above `50,000 and up to `5,00,000 o Tarun: covering loans above `5,00,000 and up to `10,00,000

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 Eligibility: o All Non-Corporate Small Business Segment (NCSBS) comprising of proprietorship or partnership firms running as small manufacturing units, service sector units, shopkeepers, fruits/vegetable vendors, truck operators, food- service units, repair shops, machine operators, small industries, food processors and others in rural and urban areas, are eligible for assistance under Mudra.  Key benefits of MUDRA loan: o The borrowers are not required to provide any collateral or security to avail of Mudra Loan. o There are no processing charges for availing of the loan. o The loans are provided for the funded and non-funded category, inducing an element of flexibility in the usage of funds. o The loans can be in the form of term loans, overdraft facility, letters of credit or bank guarantees, thus catering to a wide array of requirements. o The Mudra loan scheme does not prescribe any minimum amount.

17.9 Stand Up India Scheme  Aim: Promoting entrepreneurship among women and scheduled castes and tribes.  Implemented by: Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance  Key features: o It facilitates bank loans between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 Crores to at least one Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) borrower and at least one woman borrower per bank branch for setting up a Greenfield enterprise.  Eligibility: o SC/ST and/or woman entrepreneurs, above 18 years of age. o Loans under the scheme is available for only green field project. Green field signifies, in this context, the first time venture of the beneficiary in the manufacturing or services or trading sector. o In case of non-individual enterprises, 51% of the shareholding and controlling stake should be held by either SC/ST and/or Women Entrepreneur. o Borrower should not be in default to any bank/financial institution.

17.10 ―Tejaswini‖-―Socio-Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women Project‖  The project seeks to empower the adolescent girls with basic life skills and thereafter provide further opportunities to acquire market driven skill training or completion of secondary education, depending on the inclination of the beneficiary.  The project will be delivered in 17 Districts of Jharkhand.  The project has three main components: (i) Expanding social, educational and economic opportunities (ii) Intensive service delivery (iii) State capacity-building and implementation support. About 680,000 adolescent girls and young women in the project Districts are expected to benefit from the program.  It is financed by World Bank.

17.11 National Pension System  It is a voluntary, defined contribution retirement savings scheme designed to enable the subscribers to make optimum decisions regarding their future through systematic savings during their working life.  National Pension System, like PPF and EPF is an EEE (Exempt-Exempt-Exempt) instrument in India where entire corpus escapes tax at maturity and entire pension withdrawal amount is tax-free.  Targeted Group: It was initially designed for government employees only; it was opened up for all citizens of India between the age of 18 and 60.  Implementing Agency: Administered and regulated by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA). o PFRDA is a statutory body and pension regulator of India, which was established by Government of India and was authorized by Department of Financial Services.

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 Eligibility: o A citizen of India, whether resident or non-resident can join NPS. o The subscriber should be between 18 and 60 years old o The subscribers should comply with the Know Your Customer (KYC) norms as detailed in the subscriber registration form. o Should not be Un-discharged insolvent and individuals of unsound mind.

17.12 Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana  It is a Pension Scheme announced by the Government of India exclusively for the senior citizens aged 60 years and above which is available from 4th May 2017 to 31st March 2020.  Major benefits: o Provides an assured return of 8% p.a. payable monthly (equivalent to 8.30% p.a. effective) for 10 years. o Pension is payable at the end of each period, during the policy term of 10 years, as per the frequency of monthly/ quarterly/ half-yearly/ yearly as chosen by the pensioner at the time of purchase. o The scheme is exempted from Service Tax/ GST. o Loan up to 75% of Purchase Price shall be allowed after 3 policy years o The scheme also allows for premature exit for the treatment of any critical/ terminal illness of self or spouse.  Eligibility Conditions: o Minimum Entry Age: 60 years (completed) o Maximum Entry Age: No limit o Policy Term : 10 years o Investment limit : Rs 15 lakh per senior citizen o Minimum Pension: Rs. 1,000/- per month  Implementing Agency: The Scheme can be purchased offline as well as online through Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India, which has been given the sole privilege to operate this Scheme.

17.13 Sabka Vishwas – Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme  Aim: To help taxpayers, including small taxpayers, in clearing the baggage of disputes under legacy taxes (Service Tax and Central Excise), which are subsumed in Goods and Service Tax.  The main components of the Scheme are dispute resolution and amnesty.

MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

18.1 Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme  National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020 is a National Mission document providing the vision and the roadmap for the faster adoption of electric vehicles and their manufacturing in the country.  As part of the NEMMP 2020, Department of Heavy Industry formulated FAME India Scheme in the year 2015.  Aim: To promote manufacturing of electric and hybrid vehicle technology and to ensure sustainable growth of the same.  The 1st Phase of FAME India Scheme was implemented from 1st April 2015 up to 31st March 2019 and was focused on o Demand Creation, o Technology Platform, o Pilot Project and Charging Infrastructure o Market creation through demand incentivizing all vehicle segments i.e. 2-Wheelers, 3-Wheelers Auto, Passenger 4-Wheeler vehicles, Light Commercial Vehicles and Buses.  FAME India Phase II(2019-20 to 2021-22) o The scheme with total outlay of Rs 10000 Crores over the period of three years will be implemented with effect from 1st April 2019.

pg. 41 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o Objective: To encourage Faster adoption of Electric and hybrid vehicle by way of offering upfront Incentive on purchase of Electric vehicles and also by way of establishing a necessary charging Infrastructure for electric vehicles. o To address the issue of environmental pollution and fuel security.  Key features: o Emphasis is on electrification of the public transportation that includes shared transport. o In 3W and 4W, segment incentives will be applicable mainly to vehicles used for public transport or registered for commercial purposes. o In the e-2Ws segment, the focus will be on the private vehicles. o To encourage advance technologies, the benefits of incentives, will be extended to only those vehicles, which are fitted with advance battery like a Lithium Ion battery and other new technology batteries. o The scheme proposes for establishment of charging infrastructure, whereby about 2700 charging stations will be established in metros, other million plus cities, smart cities and cities of Hilly states across the country so that there will be availability of at least one charging station in a grid of 3 km x 3 km. o Establishment of Charging stations are also proposed on major highways connecting major city clustersat an interval of about 25 km each.

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

19.1 Crime and Criminal Tracking Networks and Systems (CCTNS)  It is a project under Indian government for creating a comprehensive and integrated system for effective policing through e-Governance.  It is implemented by National Crime Records Bureau. o NCRB is an Indian government agency responsible for collecting and analysing crime data as defined by the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special and Local Laws (SLL). NCRB is part of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),  It will interconnect about 15000 Police Stations and additional 5000 offices of supervisory police officers across the country  It will digitize data related to FIR registration, investigation and charge sheets in all police stations.  It would help in developing a nationaldatabase of crime and criminals  The full implementation of the project with all the new components would lead to a Central citizen portal having linkages with State level citizen portals that will provide a number of citizen friendly services.  The total outlay for the project is 2000 crores rupees, and also includes Operation and Maintenance phase for additional five years up to March 2022.

19.2 Cyber Crime prevention against Women and Children Scheme  Objective: o To have an effective mechanism to handle cybercrimes against women and children in the country. The scheme has a total estimated outlay of Rs. 223.198 crores.  Key features of the scheme: o Online cybercrime reporting platform o One national level cyber forensic laboratory o Training of Police officers, judges & prosecutors o Cybercrime awareness activities o Research & Development

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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

20.1 Make-II Scheme  It was launched to give a major boost to ‗Make in India‘ in Defence.  ‗Make‘ Categories: o Make –I ( 90% Govt. Funded) o Make – II (Industry Funded)  Make-II features  Impetus for MSME/Start-ups  Prototype Development  Focus on Import Substitution  Procurement is through Buy (Indian IDDM)

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 Benefits of ‗Make-II‘ o Will enable greater participation of industry in acquisition of defence equipment o Promote innovative solutions o The industry that develops the product will retain the title and ownership and all other rights in intellectual property.

20.2 ‗Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti‘  Objective: o To foster innovations as well as inventions in the IPR Regime. o To inculcate and strengthen Intellectual Properties into defence manufacturing.  Aim: o To boost the IPR culture in the sector of indigenous defence.  Implementing agency: o The DGQA (Directorate Generalof Quality Assurance) has been conferred the power to coordinate as well as implement this programme. . Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) is an Inter-Service Organisation functioning under the Department of Defence Production.

MINISTRY OF AYUSH

21.1 Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL)  It is an Indian digital knowledge repository of the traditional knowledge, especially about medicinal plants and formulations used in Indian systems of medicine.  Developed by: It is set up in 2001, as collaboration between the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Ministry of AYUSH.  It had transcribed 148 books on Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Yoga in public domain [citation needed], into 34 million pages of information, translated into five languages — English, German, French, Spanish and Japanese.  Objectives: o To protect the ancient and traditional knowledge of the country from exploitation through bio-piracy and unethical patents, by documenting it electronically and classifying it as per international patent classification systems. o To foster modern research based on traditional knowledge, as it simplifies access to this vast knowledge of remedies or practices.

21.2 National AYUSH Mission (NAM)  Objective: o To promote AYUSH medical systems through cost effective AYUSH services, strengthening of educational systems, facilitate the enforcement of quality control of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani & Homoeopathy (ASU &H) drugs and sustainable availability of ASU & H raw-materials.  Vision: o To provide cost effective and equitable AYUSH health care throughout the country by improving access to the services. o To revitalize and strengthen the AYUSH systems making them as prominent medical streams in addressing the health care of the society. o To improve educational institutions capable of imparting quality AYUSH education o To promote the adoption of Quality standards of AYUSH drugs and making available the sustained supply of AYUSH raw-materials.  Components of the Mission o AYUSH Services o AYUSH Educational Institutions o Quality Control of ASU &H Drugs

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21.3 Mission Madhumeha- ‗Prevention and Control of Diabetes through Ayurveda‘  It is initiated by the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS),which is an autonomous body of the Ministry of AYUSH  Under this mission, targeted beneficiaries are being given ayurveda treatment, dietary regimen and yoga classes.  The Anti-diabetic Herbal Composition for Type-2 diabetes mellitus i.e. ―BGR34‖ developed by CSIR and AYUSH-82 an anti-diabetic formulation developed by CCRAS are used for treatment.

21.4 Swasthya Raksha Programme  Implementing Agencies: Initiated by Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) and Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS).  Objectives:- o To organize Swasthya Rakshan OPDs, Swasthya Parikshan Camps and Health/Hygiene awareness programme o Awareness about cleanliness of domestic surroundings and environment. o Provide medical aid/incidental support in the adopted Colonies/villages. o Documentation of demographic information, food habits, hygiene conditions, seasons, lifestyle etc., incidence/prevalence of disease and their relation to the incidence of disease. o Assessment of health status and propagation of Ayurvedic concept of pathya-apathya and extension of health care services.

21.5 Scheme for Promoting Pharmacovigilance of AYUSH Drugs  It is a Central Sector scheme for promoting pharmacovigilance of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU&H) Drugs.  Objective: o To develop the culture of documenting adverse effects and undertake safety monitoring of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy drugs and surveillance of misleading advertisements appearing in the print and electronic media.  It intends to facilitate the establishment of three-tier network o National Pharmacovigilance Centre (NPvCC), o Intermediary Pharmacovigilance Centres (IPvCCs) and o Peripheral Pharmacovigilance Centres (PPvCC).  Representatives of Central Drug Standards Control Organisation as the national drug regulatory authority and the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission being the WHO Collaborating Centre for Pharmaco vigilance in the country are associated in the initiative as mentor and guide.

MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

22.1 Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)  It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), launched in 2013.  Aims: Providing strategic funding to eligible state higher educational institutions.  Funding: The central funding (in the ratio of 60:40 for general category States, 90:10 for special category states and 100% for union territories) would be norm based and outcome dependent. The funding would flow from the central ministry through the state governments/union territories to the State Higher Education Councils before reaching the identified institutions.  Objectives: o Improve the overall quality of state institutions by ensuring conformity to prescribed norms and standards and adopt accreditation as a mandatory quality assurance framework. o Ensure reforms in the affiliation, academic and examination systems.

pg. 45 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o Ensure adequate availability of quality faculty in all higher educational institutions and ensure capacity building at all levels of employment. o Create an enabling atmosphere in the higher educational institutions to devote themselves to research and innovations. o Expand the institutional base by creating additional capacity in existing institutions and establishing new institutions, in order to achieve enrolment targets. o Correct regional imbalances in access to higher education by setting up institutions in unserved & underserved areas. o Improve equity in higher education by providing adequate opportunities of higher education to SC/STs and socially and educationally backward classes; promote inclusion of women, minorities, and differently abled persons.

22.2 Samagra Shiksha  Targeted Group:It is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class 12.  It is prepared with the broader goal of improving school effectiveness measured in terms of equal opportunities for schooling and equitable learning outcomes.  The main emphasis of the Scheme is on improving quality of school education by focusing on the two T‘s – Teacher and Technology.  It subsumes the three erstwhile Schemes of (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE).  Vision of the Scheme: To ensure inclusive and equitable quality education from pre-school to senior secondary stage in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for Education  Objectives: o Provision of quality education and enhancing learning outcomes of students; o Bridging Social and Gender Gaps in School Education; o Ensuring equity and inclusion at all levels of school education; o Ensuring minimum standards in schooling provisions; o Promoting Vocationalisation of education; o Support States in implementation of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009; and o Strengthening and up-gradation of SCERTs/State Institutes of Education and DIET as a nodal agencies for teacher training.  Funding: The fund sharing pattern for the scheme between Centre and States is o 90:10 for the 8 North-Eastern States viz. , Assam, , , , Nagaland, Sikkim and and 3 Himalayan States viz. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and o 60:40 for all other States and Union Territories with Legislature. o 100% centrally sponsored for Union Territories without Legislature.

22.3 Mid-Day Meal Scheme  Aim: o To enhancing enrolment, retention and attendance and simultaneously improving nutritional levels among children  It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme under which every child in every Government and Government aided primary school was to be served a prepared Mid Day Meal with a minimum content of 300 calories of energy and 8-12 gram protein per day for a minimum of 200 days. The nutritional norm for upper primary stage was fixed at 700 Calories and 20 grams of protein  There is provision of serving mid day meal during summer vacation in drought affected areas.  The Scheme was revised to extend the benefits to recognized as well as unrecognized Madarsas / Maqtabs supported under Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan.

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22.4 Scheme to Provide Quality Education in Madrasas (SPQEM)  Aim: To bring about qualitative improvement in Madrasas to enable Muslim children attain standards of the national education system in formal education subjects.  Key features: o To strengthen capacities in Madrasas for teaching of the formal curriculum subjects like Science, Mathematics, Language, Social Studies etc. through enhanced payment of teacher honorarium. o Training of such teachers every two years in new pedagogical practices. o Providing Science labs, Computer labs with annual maintenance costs in the secondary and higher secondary stage madrasas. o Provision of Science/Mathematics kits in primary/upper primary level madrassas. o Strengthening of libraries/book banks and providing teaching learning materials at all levels of madrasas. o It encourages linkage of Madrasas with National Institute for Open Schooling (NIOS), as accredited centers for providing formal education, which will enable children studying in such Madrasas to get certification for class 5, 8, 10 and 12. This will enable them to transit to higher studies and also ensure that quality standards akin to the national education system. Registration & examination fees to the NIOS will be covered under this scheme was also the teaching learning materials to be used. o The NIOS linkage will be extended under this scheme for Vocational Education at the secondary and higher secondary stage of Madrasas.

22.5 Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme - 'DHRUV'  Aim: To identify and encourage talented children to enrich their skills and knowledge. In centers of excellence across the country, gifted children will be mentored and nurtured by renowned experts in different areas, so that they can reach their full potential.  Objective of the program is to allow students to realize their complete potential and contribute to the society.  Salient features: o It is named after a pole star called DHRUV TARA. o The program aims to cover two areas namely Science and Arts. o Around 60 students are selected broadly from Class 9 to Class 12 all over the country, from all schools including government and private.

22.6 UDAAN  It is an initiative of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).  Aim: o To enable disadvantaged girlstudents and other students from SC/ST & minorities to transit from school to post-school professional education specially in Science and Math. o To reduce the quality gap between school education and engineering education entrance systems by focusing on the three dimensions-curriculum design, transaction and assessment. o The CBSE will provide free and online resources to the entire student population with special incentives and support to a thousand selected is advantaged girls per year.

22.7 PRAGATI (Providing Assistance for Girls‘ Advancement in Technical Education Initiative)  This AICTE scheme envisages selection of one girl per family where family income is less than 6 lakhs / annum on merit at the qualifying examination to pursue technical education.  The scheme is to be implemented by the authorized admission centre of respective State Governments. 4000 girls are expected to benefit of scholarships available per annum.  The scholarship amount is Rs. 30,000 or tuition fees or actual whichever is less and Rs. 2000/ month for ten months as contingency allowance.

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 AICTE awards 1000 scholarships per annum to differently abled students to pursue technical education based on merit in the qualifying examination to pursue technical education.  The scholarship amount would be Rs. 30000 or tuition fees or actual whichever is less and Rs. 2000 / month for ten months as contingency allowance.

22.9 SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active –Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) PROGRAMME  Under this programme, Professors of centrally funded institutions like IITs, IIMs, Centrally universities will offer online courses to citizens of our country.  All courses will be made available free of cost for learning. In case the learner requires a Verified Certificate, a small fee will be applicable.

22.10 National E-Library  The E-Library has been envisaged as an online portal that will democratize access to knowledge by ensuring that quality content from central universities and premier educational institutions are available in a digital format that can be easily accessed by students, working professionals and researchers across the country through laptops, smartphones, tablets, PC‘s.  International collaboration has been offered by Israel, Norway, UK, and UNESCO.

22.11 Impactful Policy Research in Social Science (IMPRESS) Scheme  Aims o To encourage social science research in policy relevant areas so as to provide vital inputs in policy- formulation, implementation and evaluation.  Implemented by: The Indian Council of Social Science Research.  The scheme was sanctioned in August 2018 at a total cost of Rs.414 Cr for implementation up to 31.3.2021.  Objectives: o To identify and fund research proposals in social sciences with maximum impact on the governance and society. o To focus research on (11) broad thematic areas such as : State and Democracy, Urban transformation, Media, Culture and Society, Employment, Skills and Rural transformation, Governance, Innovation and Public Policy, Growth, Macro-trade and Economic Policy, Agriculture and Rural Development, Health and Environment, Science and Education, Social Media and Technology, Politics, Law and Economics. o To ensure selection of projects through a transparent, competitive process on online mode. o To provide opportunity for social science researchers in any institution in the country, including all Universities (Central and State), private institutions with 12(B) status conferred by UGC.  Eligibility: o All Government funded institutions including Universities (central and state), private institutions with UGC 12(b) status and ICSSR Research Institutes are eligible to apply.

22.12 School Education Shagun (SE Shagun)  It is an over-reaching initiative to improve the school education system.  It involves creating a junction in the form of a platform for all portals and websites of the Department of School Education in the Government of India and all States and Union Territories (UTs).  The word 'Shagun' is coined from two different words – 'Shala', meaning Schools and 'Gunvatta' meaning Quality.  Aim: To capture and showcase innovations in the elementary sector of school education and continuously monitoring of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).  Features: o It provides single point access to all portals and websites of more than 1.5 million schools, 9 million teachers and 250 million students. o Browsing through this platform, one can also learn about the schemes and their comprehensive monitoring, go through how the outcomes are measured with the help of an objective evaluation process

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22.13 NISHTHA – National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers‘ Holistic Advancement  Initiative by Department of School Education to improve learning outcomes at the elementary level through an Integrated Teacher Training Programme.  Aim: To build the capacities of around 42 lakh teachers and Heads of Schools, faculty members of SCERTs and DIETs and Block Resource Coordinators and Cluster Resource Coordinators.

22.14 Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+)  Aim: To ensure quality, credibility and timely availability of information from all the schools in the country.  ThisGIS based mapping portal gives information about location of more than 15 lakh schools in the country along with some salient highlights. The Data Analytics portal gives percent information about the aggregate position of the school.

22.15 Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) 2.0  Diksha Portal was launched in 2017 for providing digital platform to teachers giving them an opportunity to learn and train themselves and connect with teacher community.  This initiative has been taken forward to enhance coverage and improve the quality of e-content for teachers.  All States and UTs and also Kendriya Vidhyalayas and NavodyaVidhalayas have been asked to involve proactively in creating contents for DIKSHA.  NCERT, CBSE are also actively involved in taking the DIKSHA initiative forward.

22.16 Performance Grading Index (PGI)  To objectively evaluate the performance of the school education system in the States/UTs, MHRD has designed a 70 indicators based matrix called Performance Grading Index (PGI) to grade the States and UTs.

22.17 Operation Digital Board (ODB)  Aim: To provide by March 2023, two smart classrooms for every Secondary/Senior Secondary schools in 1,01,967 Government and 42,917 Aided schools in all States/UTs and 1704 KVs and NVs making a total of 1,46,588 schools.  Out of the total budgetary requirement of Rs. 8782.55 crores, Rs. 5671.50 crores provided by MHRD and rest Rs. 3111.05 crores by States. 22.18 Scheme for Financial Assistance for Appointment of Language Teachers (ALT)  This Centrally Sponsored restructured scheme of ‗Appointment of Language Teachers (ALT) Scheme‘ has been launched for appointment and training of Hindi teachers in North Eastern States, Urdu and other language teachers in States/UTs.

22.19 School Nutrition Gardens (SNG)  Guideline to set up School Nutrition Gardens has been issued to all states and UTs. It is a place where herbs, fruits and vegetables are grown in the school premises for use in preparation of Mid-Day Meal.

22.20 Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB)  HRD Ministry is the nodal ministry for this flagship campaign of Government of India.  Department of School Education & Literacy prepared a detailed guidelines including calendar of activities with all the States and UTs and concerned organizations for carrying out all the activities in all the schools.  These activities include Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Utsav, Talking Hour in morning assembly for news and information on partnering State, Student‘s State Project Notebook, learning of alphabets and of folk songs etc.  The schools are to organize these activities as per the calendar shared by the Department or in coordination with partnering States/UTs, keeping in view the academic calendar.  The schools are required to maintain a report on activities conducted under ―Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat‖ in the form of quarterly and annual school report.

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 The State/UTs have been requested to upload/send action taken report, videos and photographs of the activities at [email protected].

22.21 Fit India Campaign  Fit India Movement aims at behavioral changes- from sedentary lifestyle to physically active way of day-to-day living.  It is a movement to take the nation on a path of fitness and wellness. It provides a unique and exciting opportunity to work towards a healthier India.  Department of School Education and Literacy in co-ordination with Department of Sports, organized the Fitness Pledge on 29th August, 2019 in States and UTs, KendriyaVidyalayaSangathan (KVS), NavodayaVidyalayas Samiti (NVS), Central Board of Secondary Education. Nearly, thirteen lakh schools and eleven crores students all over the country took the fitness pledge.  Further, guidelines on Fit India Plogging Run prepared by Department of Sports were issued by Department of School Education and Literacy to States, UTs, KVS, NVS and CBSE to organize Fit India Plogging Run on 2nd October, 2019.

22.22 Kala Utsav  It is an initiative of the Department of School Education & Literacy to recognize the importance of aesthetics and artistic experiences for school students, which play a major role in creating awareness of India‘s rich cultural heritage and its vibrant diversity.  The Students of Classes IX to XII of any Government, Government –aided and Private schools may participate in Kala Utsav.

22.23 SHAALA DARPAN  Portal of Navodya Vidhalaya Samiti to eliminates the prevailing manual system of service processes followed in the organization & to improve access to real-time data for decision support and to enhance efficiency and transparency of school operations.  It is has been developed with the help of C-DAC, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

22.24 e-Pathshala  NCERT books are available free in digital version. 22.25 National Testing Agency  It has been established as an autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organization to conduct all entrance examinations for higher education institutions in the country.

22.26 Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA)  This is implemented under the initiative of ―Revitalising Infrastructure & Systems in Education (RISE)" by 2022  HEFA will provide Rs 1, 00,000crores in next 4 years.

22.27 Scheme for Promotion of Research Collaboration (SPARC)  Aim: Facilitate research and academic collaboration with top academic institutions in the world,  Government will fund such collaboration between Indian institutions, which are in top 100 of either subject specific NIRF ranking, or aggregate NIRF ranking on one hand and with foreign institutions figuring in top 500 QS world ranking.

22.28 STARS (Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Sciences)  Aim: Accelerating inter-disciplinary and transformative research in the field of science by allowing educational institutions in the hinterland to collaborate with established research centers in science.  Coordinated by IISc Bangalore, STARS aims at making available high end research funding in the field of science to researchers in small educational institutions.

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22.29 Innovation Cell and Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)  Purpose: To systematically foster the culture of Innovation in all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across the country.  It will encourage healthy competiveness among Higher Educational Institutions.

22.30 Unnat Bharat Abhiyan & Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0  It is a flagship program of MHRD,  Reputed Higher Educational Institutes (both public and private) of the country, adopt villages for their development.  Technical institutions Use of knowledge for social, economic growth and design technical solutions for local issues

22.31 Uchchtar Aavishkar Abhiyaan  Aim: To promote industry-specific need-based research so as to keep up the competitiveness of the Indian industry in the global market. All the IITs have been encouraged to work with the industry to identify areas where innovation is required and come up with solutions that could be brought up to the commercialization level.  IIT Madras is the National Coordinator of the scheme.

22.32 Deeksharambh  Student Induction Programme (SIP) in Higher Education Institutions and its stakeholders, UGC has decided to conduct Awareness Programmes and training programme for teachers in different regions of the country.  A guide to Student Induction Programme is to help new students adjust and feel comfortable in the new environment, inculcate in them the ethos and culture of the institution, help them build bonds with other students and faculty members, and expose them to a sense of larger purpose and self-exploration.  It is intended to empower the aspirant learners to face the Competitive world with confidence, open new horizons of life leading to character building based on Universal Human Values such as Truth, Righteous conduct, Love, Non-violence, Peace and assist in developing self awareness , compassion and oneness.

22.33 Paramarsh  It is a University Grants Commission (UGC) scheme for Mentoring National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) Accreditation Aspirant Institutions to promote Quality Assurance in Higher Education.  It seeks to mentor institution by another well performing institution to upgrade their academic performance and enable them to get accredited by focusing in the area of curricular aspects, teaching-learning & evaluation, research, innovation, institutional values & practices etc.  Aim: Addressing a national challenge of improving the quality of Higher .  Scheme will be operationalized through a ―Hub & Spoke‖ model wherein the Mentor Institution, called the ―Hub‖ is centralized and will have the responsibility of guiding the Mentee institution through the secondary branches the ―Spoke‖ through the services provided to the mentee for self improvement. This allows a centralized control over operational efficiency, resource utilization to attain overall development of the mentee institution.  It will also facilitate sharing of knowledge, information and opportunities for research collaboration and faculty development in Mentee Institutions.  It will target 1000 Higher Education Institutions for mentoring with a specific focus on quality as enumerated in the UGC ―Quality Mandate‖.

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MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

23.1 Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan  It is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme, under which the subscriber would receive a minimum assured pension of ₹3000/- per month after attaining the age of 60 years.  If the subscriber dies, the spouse of the beneficiary shall be entitled to receive 50% of the pension as family pension. Family pension is applicable only to spouse.  Target group: The scheme is meant for old age protection and social security of Unorganized Workers (UW) who are mostly engaged as rickshaw pullers, street vendors or in similar other occupations.  Eligibility Criteria o Should be an unorganized worker (UW) o Entry age between 18 and 40 years o Monthly Income ₹15000 or below o Should not be engaged in Organized Sector (membership of EPF/NPS/ESIC) or an income tax payer o He/ She should possess Aadhar card and Savings Bank Account / Jan Dhan account number with IFSC

23.2 Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram  Aim: To provide conducive environment for industrial development  Key elements of the scheme: o A dedicated Shram Suvidha Portal: That would allot Labour Identification Number (LIN) to nearly 6 lakhs units and allow them to file online compliance for 16 out of 44 labour laws o An all-new Random Inspection Scheme: Utilizing technology to eliminate human discretion in selection of units for Inspection, and uploading of Inspection Reports within 72 hours of inspection mandatory o Universal Account Number: Enables 4.17 crores employees to have their Provident Fund account portable, hassle-free and universally accessible o Apprentice Protsahan Yojana: Will support manufacturing units mainly and other establishments by reimbursing 50% of the stipend paid to apprentices during first two years of their training o Revamped Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana: Introducing a Smart Card for the workers in the unorganized sector seeded with details of two more social security schemes.

23.3 National Pension Scheme for Traders, Shopkeepers and Self-Employed Persons  It has been launched on 12.09.2019.  It is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme.  Enrolment to the Scheme is done through the Common Service Centres or self-enroll through visiting the portal www.maandhan.in.  Eligibility: The traders in the age group of 18-40 years with an annual turnover, not exceeding Rs.1.5 crores and who are not a member of EPFO/ESIC/NPS/PM-SYM or an income tax payer can join the scheme.  Under the scheme, 50% monthly contribution is payable by the beneficiary and equal matching contribution is paid by the Central Government. Subscribers, after attaining the age of 60 years, are eligible for a monthly minimum assured pension of Rs.3,000/-.

23.4 National Career Service Project-(NCS)  It is a Mission Mode Project for transformation of the National Employment Service to provide a variety of employment related services like career counseling, vocational guidance, information on skill development courses, apprenticeship, internships etc.  The services under NCS are available online and can be accessed directly, through Career Centres, Common Service Centres, post offices, mobile devices, cyber cafes etc. The various stakeholders on the NCS platform include job-seekers, industries, employers, employment exchanges (career centers), training providers, educational institutions and placement organizations.

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 It also envisaged setting up of Model Career Centres (MCCs) to be established in collaboration with States and other institutions to deliver employment services.

MINISTRY OF MINES

24.1 Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana  Aim: To provide for the welfare of areas and people affected by mining related operations. The PMKKKY is focused on safeguarding the health, environment and economic conditions of the tribals and providing them with opportunities to benefit from the vast mineral resources that are extracted from the areas where they live.  Objectives: o To implement various developmental and welfare projects/programs in mining affected areas, and these projects/ programs will be complementing the existing ongoing schemes/projects of State and Central Government; o To minimize/mitigate the adverse impacts, during and after mining, on the environment, health and socio- economics of people in mining districts; and o To ensure long-term sustainable livelihoods for the affected people in mining areas.  Implementation: o The Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) will be implemented by the District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) of the respective districts using the funds accruing to the DMF.  The Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015, mandated the setting up of District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) in all districts in the country affected by mining related operations.

MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

25.1 Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)  It is a major credit-linked subsidy programme being implemented by the Ministry of MSME since 2008-09.  Aim: The Scheme is aimed at generating self-employment opportunities through establishment of micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector by helping traditional artisans and unemployed youth in rural as well as urban areas.  Implementing Agency: The scheme is implemented by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) functioning as the nodal agency at the national level.  Eligibility: Any individual, above 18 years of age. At least VIII standard pass for projects costing above Rs.10 lakh in the manufacturing sector and above Rs. 5 lakh in the business / service sector. Only new projects are considered for sanction under PMEGP. Self Help Groups (including those belonging to BPL provided that they have not availed benefits under any other Scheme), Institutions registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860; Production Co-operative Societies, and Charitable Trusts are also eligible. 25.2 Revamped Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI)  Objectives: o To organize the traditional industries and artisans into clusters in order to make them, competitive and provide support for their long term sustainability; o To provide sustained employment for traditional industry artisans and rural entrepreneurs; o To enhance marketability of products of such clusters by providing support for new products, design intervention and improved packaging and also the improvement of marketing Infrastructure; o To equip traditional artisans of the associated clusters with the improved skills and capabilities through training and exposure visits; o To make provision for common facilities and improved tools and equipments for artisans; o To strengthen the cluster governance systems with the active participation of the stakeholders, so that they are able to gauge the emerging challenges and opportunities and respond to them in a coherent manner; o To build up innovative and traditional skills, improved technologies, advanced processes, market intelligence and new models of public-private partnerships, so as to gradually replicate similar models of cluster- based regenerated traditional industries. pg. 53 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

 Nature of Assistance: Three types of interventions are made o Thematic Interventions o Soft Interventions: A maximum ceiling of ₹ 25.00 lakhs (100% scheme funding) o Hard Interventions: As per project requirement (75% scheme funding)  Eligibility: o Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), Institutions of the Central and State Governments and, Semi- Government institutions, field functionaries of State and Central Govt., Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs), and similar agencies, with suitable expertise to undertake cluster development can apply for scheme.

25.3 A Scheme for promoting Innovation, Rural Industry & Entrepreneurship (ASPIRE)  Aim: Promote Rural Entrepreneurship.  Objectives: o Create new jobs and reduce unemployment o Promote entrepreneurship culture in India o Boost Grassroots economic development at district level o Facilitate innovative business solution for un-met social needs, and o Promote innovation to further strengthen the competitiveness of the MSME sector.  The Scheme seeks to implement the Incubation and Commercialization of Business Ideas Programme through technical / research institutes, including those in the field of agro based industry. These would be designated as Knowledge Partners and would incubate new/existing technologies for their commercialization.  The scheme also provides funds for the incubator/incubation and creates necessary synergy between this scheme and the Livelihood Business Incubators/Technology Business Incubators and Incubation schemes of MSME / NSIC / KVIC / Coir Board / Other Ministries/Departments as well as Private incubators.

25.4 ZED Scheme  The Government has launched a new scheme namely ―Financial Support to MSMEs in ZED Certification Scheme‖.  Objective of Zero Defect and Zero Effect (ZED) manufacturing amongst MSMEs and ZED Assessment for their certification: • Develop an Ecosystem for Zero Defect Manufacturing in MSMEs. • Promote adaptation of Quality tools/systems and Energy Efficient manufacturing. • Enable MSMEs for manufacturing of quality products. • Encourage MSMEs to constantly upgrade their quality standards in products and processes. • Drive manufacturing with adoption of Zero Defect production processes and without impacting the environment. • Support ‗Make in India‘ campaign. • Develop professionals in the area of ZED manufacturing and certification.  Key features: o There are 50 parameters for ZED rating and additional 25 parameters for ZED Defence rating under ZED Maturity Assessment Model. o The MSMEs are provided financial assistance for the activities to be carried out for ZED certification i.e., Assessment / Rating, Additional rating for Defence angle, Gap Analysis, Handholding, Consultancy for improving the rating of MSMEs by Consultants and Re-Assessment / Re-Rating.  Implementing agency: Quality Council of India (QCI) has been appointed as the National Monitoring & Implementing Unit (NMIU) for implementation of ZED.

25.5Sweet Revolution  Aim: To increase the production of honey KVIC has launched the honey mission.  It helped rural people to earn a livelihood

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25.6 ―Sampark‖  A portal of the Ministry of MSME that will act as a bridge between the talent pool and those enterprises seeking trained man power.

MINISTRY OF CULTURE

26.1 Sanskriti Kumbh  A 29 days cultural extravaganza was organized at Kumbh Mela Area, Prayagraj with an intent to showcase the rich Cultural Heritage of India in all its rich and varied dimensions viz. Performing Arts- Folk, Tribal and Classical art forms, Handicrafts, Cuisines, Exhibitions etc. all in one place.

26.2 Bharat Rang Mahotsav  The 20th edition of Bharat Rang Mahotsav (BRM), the international theatre festival of India, was organized by National School of Drama.  The 20th BRM showcased national and international acts that includes folk and other traditional theatre forms, invitee plays, and productions by the students of the National School of Drama.

26.3 Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav  Under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Matrix, 10th edition of Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav was organised by the Ministry of Culture in Madhya Pradesh.  It has covered a profusion of art forms practiced and performed by artists from all Zonal Cultural Centres of India, from Classical dance, viz. Classical dance, Loknritya, folk music, to visual and culinary arts.

26.4 ‗SEVA BHOJ YOJNA‘  The Scheme shall be applicable within the territorial jurisdiction of India. The Scheme will remain open from 1st to 15th of every month.  Objective: o Under this,Central Sector Scheme Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) and Central Government‘s share of Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) paid on purchase of specific raw food items by Charitable/Religious Institutions for distributing free food to public shall be reimbursed as Financial Assistance by the Government of India.

26.5 Intangible Cultural Heritage of India Scheme  Implemented through the Sangeet Natak Academy.  Funding: Under the scheme, a grant up to Rs.10 lakhs is given to the eligible individuals/ cultural organizations to accomplish their programmes/ events.  Aim: To reinvigorate and revitalize various institutions, groups, individuals, non-government organizations, researchers and scholars so that they may engage in activities/projects for strengthening, protecting, preserving and promoting the rich intangible cultural heritage of India.

26.6 Project Mausam  Implementing agency: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New as the nodal coordinating agency with support of Archeological Survey of India and National Museum as associate bodies.  Focusing on monsoon patterns, cultural routes and maritime landscapes, Project ‗Mausam‘ is examining key processes and phenomena that link different parts of the Indian Ocean littoral as well as those that connect the coastal centers to their hinterlands.  Aims: To understand how the knowledge and manipulation of the monsoon winds has shaped interactions across the Indian Ocean and led to the spread of shared knowledge systems, traditions, technologies and ideas along maritime routes. o At the macro level, it aims to re-connect and re-establish communications between countries of the Indian Ocean world, which would lead to an enhanced understanding of cultural values and concerns;

pg. 55 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o At the micro level, the focus is on understanding national cultures in their regional maritime milieu.  The Project scope falls under several themes to be explored through various UNESCO Culture Conventions to which the Government of India is a signatory with the Ministry of Culture and ASI as nodal agency.

MINISTRY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NE REGION

27.1 North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS)  Aim: To meet the gaps in social & physical infrastructure in NER  Funding:Under this Central Sector Scheme, 100% center funding is provided to the State Governments of North Eastern Region for the projects of physical infrastructure relating to water supply, power and connectivity enhancing tourism and Social infrastructure relating to primary and secondary sectors of education and health. The funds are released in two installments of 40% and 60%. Initially a token amount of Rs. 10 lakh are released and balance amount of first installment are released after receipt of letter of award of the work.  Implementation Period: The period of Scheme is 2017-18 to 2019-20.

27.2North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project (NERCORMP)  It is a livelihood project funded by Government of India.  The third phase of the Project implementation started in June, 2014 for a period of 6 years i.e. up to 31st March, 2020.

27.3North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP)  It is a World Bank aided project launched in 2012 and implemented by Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER).  Aim: To improve rural livelihoods, especially that of women, unemployed youth and the most disadvantaged, in four North Eastern States of Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The project covered 1,645 villages under 58 development blocks across 11 districts of 4 states of Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.  The Project has concluded on 30.09.2019 and is running on an extended time up to 31.12.2019 for completion of closure related activities, mainly audit of the scheme.  Project has released a Community Investment Fund (CIF) of Rs.319.15 crores to 28,154 SHGs.  Objectives: o Create sustainable community institutions around women Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Youth Groups of men and women (YG) and Community Development Groups (CDG). o Build capacity of community institutions for self governance, bottom up planning, democratic functioning with transparency and accountability. o Increase economic and livelihood opportunities.

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

28.1 PARIVESH (Pro-Active and Responsive facilitation by Interactive, Virtuous and Environmental Single-window Hub)  It is an environmental single window hub for Environment, Forest, Wildlife and CRZ clearances.  This Single-Window Integrated Environmental Management System is developed in pursuance of the spirit of ‗Digital India‘ to capture the essence of Minimum Government and Maximum Governance.  It has been designed, developed and hosted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, with technical support from National Informatics Centre, (NIC).  It offers a framework to generate economic growth and strengthens Sustainable Development through E- Governance.

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 It enables project proponents, citizens to view, track and interact with scrutiny officers, generates online clearance letters, online mailers and alerts to state functionaries in case of delays beyond stipulated time for processing of applications

28.2Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitat  It is an on-going Centrally Sponsored Scheme.  Under IDWH, the financial assistance is provided to State/UT Governments for protection and conservation of wildlife and its habitats in Protected Areas (PAs) as well as outside PAs and also for the recovery programmes of the critically endangered species.  Components: o Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger (CSS-PT) o Development of Wildlife Habitats (CSS-DWH) o Project Elephant (CSS-PE)  The implementation of the schemes would be done through the respective States in designated Tiger Reserves, Protected Areas and Elephant Reserves.  It address the human wildlife conflict.  It generate employment opportunities resulting in economic upliftment of people in and around tiger reserves/ Protected Areas besides leading to reduction in natural resource dependency with substitution by clean energy use.

MINISTRY OF POWER

29.1 Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA)  Objective: To achieve universal household electrification by providing last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all remaining un-electrified households in rural and urban areas by 31st March, 2019.  Identification of beneficiaries: The beneficiaries for free electricity connections would be identified using Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 data. However, un-electrified households not covered under the SECC data would also be provided electricity connections under the scheme on payment of Rs. 500, which shall be recovered by DISCOMs in 10 installments through electricity bill.  Implementing Agency: The Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC) will remain the nodal agency for the operationalisation of the scheme throughout the country. o REC is a Navratna company under the administrative control of the Ministry of Power.

29.2 Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)  Objectives: o To provide electrification to all villages o Feeder separation to ensure sufficient power to farmers and regular supply to other consumers o Improvement of Sub-transmission and distribution network to improve the quality and reliability of the supply o Metering to reduce the losses.  Scheme components: o Separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders facilitating judicious rostering of supply to agricultural & non-agricultural consumers in the rural areas; o Strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission & distribution (ST&D) infrastructure in rural areas, including metering at distribution transformers, feeders and consumers end; o Rural electrification  Implementation Agency: Rural Electrification Corporation is the Nodal Agency for implementation of DDUGJY.

29.3 Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY)  UDAY or Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana was launched in November 2015 to help loss-making discoms turn around financially, with support from their State governments.

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 It aims at reforming the power sector.  It includes four initiatives o Improving operational efficiencies of DISCOMs; o Reduction of cost of power; o Reduction in interest cost of DISCOMs; o Enforcing financial discipline on DISCOMs through alignment with State finances  Under the scheme, States will take over three-fourths of the debt of their respective discoms. The governments will then issue ‗UDAY bonds‘ to banks and other financial institutions to raise money to pay off the banks. The remaining 25 per cent of the discom debt will be dealt within one of the two ways — conversion into lower interest rate loans by the lending banks or be funded by money raised through discom bonds backed by State guarantee. Backing from the State will help bring down the interest rate for the discoms.

29.4Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA)  Objective: To promote efficient lighting, enhance awareness on using efficient equipment, which reduce electricity bills and help preserve environment.  Under the scheme, 20W LED tube lights and BEE 5-star rated energy efficient fans are distributed to the consumers.  Implementing Agency:The Electricity Distribution Company and Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) a public sector body of Government of India are implementing the programme.

29.5 PRAAPTI  A Web portal and an App namely PRAAPTI (Payment Ratification And Analysis in Power procurement) is launched for bringing Transparencyin Invoicing of generators.

29.6 Ash Track  Aims at linking fly ash users and power plants for better ash utilization.  This Web based monitoring System and a Fly Ash mobile application named ASH TRACK, will enable better management of the ash produced by thermal power plants by providing an interface between fly ash producers (Thermal Power Plants) and potential ash users such as – road contractors, cement plants etc.

29.7 TARANG‘ (Transmission App for Real Time Monitoring & Growth)  With the perspective of good governance, and keeping in line with the ―Digital India‖ initiative of Government of India, ‗TARANG‘ Mobile App & Web Portal has been developed byRural Electrification Corporation (REC) Ltd., under the guidance of Ministry of Power.  It is a powerful monitoring tool that tracks upcoming transmission projects and monitor the progress of Inter-State & Intra-State transmission systems in the country, being developed through Regulated tariff mechanism as well as Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) route.

 Key Features of Tarang: o Details of upcoming Inter State/Intra State transmission systems o Status of transmission systems under bidding for selection of developer for ISTS through TBCB route o Updated construction progress (cumulative and monthly) as well as details of completed transmission systems during the year and in a particular month o Details of Transmission System completed in ongoing financial year o Details of delayed/stalled projects o Detail of Green energy corridor o All stakeholders have separate login access to Tarang portal through which they can generate various MIS reports of under bidding, under construction, completed and delayed projects

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29.8 "URJA" (Urban Jyoti Abhiyaan) App  It is a digital initiative to place before the people, the performance of Distribution Utilities (Discoms) in IT enabled towns.  Vision: To generate a sense of positive competition amongst the stakeholders and urge all concerned for better performance in all consumer centric parameters.  URJA App provides information on the monthly performance on o Consumer complaints redressal o Release of New service connection o Average number of interruptions faced by consumer o Average duration of interruptions faced by consumer o Number of consumers making e-payments. o Energy lost / power theft i.e. AT&C loss

MINISTRY OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

30.1 Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM)  Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has launched the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evem Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM KUSUM) Scheme for farmers for installation of solar pumps and grid connected solar and other renewable power plants in the country.  The scheme aims to add solar and other renewable capacity of 25,750 MW by 2022 with total central financial support of Rs. 34,422 Crores including service charges to the implementing agencies.  The Scheme consists of three components: o Component A: 10,000 MW of Decentralized Ground Mounted Grid Connected Renewable Power Plants of individual plant size up to 2 MW. o Component B: Installation of 17.50 lakh standalone Solar Powered Agriculture Pumps of individual pump capacity up to 7.5 HP. o Component C: Solarisation of 10 Lakh Grid-connected Agriculture Pumps of individual pump capacity up to 7.5 HP.  Scheme benefits o It will provide a stable and continuous source of income to the rural land owners for a period of 25 years by utilization of their dry/uncultivable land. o It would ensure that sufficient local solar/ other renewable energy based power is available for feeding rural load centers and agriculture pump-set loads, which require power mostly during the day time. o The solar pumps will save the expenditure incurred on diesel for running diesel pump and provide the farmers a reliable source of irrigation through solar pump apart from preventing harmful pollution from running diesel pump.

30.2 Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar (RTS) Programme  Aim: Having 40 GW of installed rooftop solar capacity in India by 2022.  The programme will be implemented with total central financial support of Rs.11, 814crores.  Its implementation is expected to reduce CO2 emission of about 45.6 tonnes per year.  Central financial support will be available for residential users, group housing societies (GHS) and residential welfare associations (RWA)not for other category i.e., institutional, educational, social, government, commercial, industrial, etc.

MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

31.1 Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan  It is a restructured Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) for implementation from 01.04.2018 to 31.03.2022.

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 Aim: Strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with main thrust on convergence with Mission Antyodaya and emphasis on strengthening PRIs in the 117 Aspirational districts.  The scheme consists of Central and State Components.  The Central component comprises  National level activities  Mission Mode Project (MMP) on e-Panchayats and  Incentivization of Panchayats.  The State component relates to activities for strengthening of Panchayats viz. Capacity Building &Training, training infrastructure and HR support for training,  Funding pattern: The sharing pattern for the State component is in the ratio of 60:40 except NE and Hilly States where Central and State sharing is in the ratio of 90:10. For all UTs, Central share is 100%.

31.2People‘s Plan Campaign (PPC) - Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas  It is an intensive and structured exercise for planning at Gram Sabha level through convergence between Panchayati Raj institutions and concerned departments of the State.  The campaign is being undertaken on a large scale, to ensure maximum participation of vulnerable sections of society like SC/ST/Women etc.  It aims to strengthen the role of 31 lakh elected Panchayats leaders and 2.5 crores SHG Women under DAY-NRLM in effective Gram Sabha.  It is an intensive and structured exercise for planning at Gram Sabha level through convergence between Panchayati Raj institutions and concerned departments of the State.

31.3Gram Manchitra  It is a Spatial Planning Application for facilitating and supporting Gram Panchayats users to perform planning at Gram Panchayats level with the use of geo-spatial technology.  It provides a single/ unified Geo Spatial platform to better visualize the various developmental works to be taken up across the 29 sectors and provide a decision support system for Gram Panchayats Development Plan (GPDP).

MINISTRY OF TOURISM

32.1 Incredible India 2.0 campaign  Launched to promote various destinations and tourism products of the country including spiritual, medical and wellness tourism in important and potential source markets overseas.  The Incredible India 2.0 campaign aims at a shift from generic promotions undertaken across the world to market specific promotional plans and content creation with thematic creatives on different niche products.  The campaign focuses on digital and social media and the promotion of Niche tourism products, including yoga, wellness, luxury, cuisine, wildlife etc.

32.2―Adopt a Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan‖  It is a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and State/UTs Governments.  Aim: To develop synergy among all partners to effectively promote ―responsible tourism‖.  Key features: o It seeks to involve public sector companies, private sector companies and corporate citizens/individuals to take up the responsibility for making our heritage and tourism more sustainable through development, operation and maintenance of world-class tourist infrastructure and amenities at ASI/ State heritage sites and other important tourist sites in India. o They would become ‗Monument Mitras‘ through the innovative concept of ―Vision Bidding‖, where the agency with best vision for the heritage site will be given an opportunity to associate pride with their CSR activities.

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 The aim is enhancement of tourist experience and promotion of the incredible heritage sites to bring them on tourism map.  The project primarily focuses on providing basic amenities that includes cleanliness, public conveniences, drinking water, ease of access for differently abled and senior citizens etc.  Priority areas: o Developing basic tourism infrastructure; o Promoting cultural and heritage value of the country to generate livelihoods in the identified regions; o Enhancing the tourist attractiveness in a sustainable manner by developing world-class infrastructure at the heritage monument sites; o Creating employment through active involvement of local communities; o Harnessing tourism potential for its effects in employment generation and economic development; o Developing sustainable tourism infrastructure and ensuring proper Operations and Maintenance therein. o It is essentially a non-revenue generating project. It is part of responsible tourism where the ‗Monument Mitra‘ essentially spends his CSR funds for upkeep and maintenance etc., and gets limited visibility.

32.3 Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) Scheme  Under this scheme, Ministry of Tourism provides Central Financial Assistance (CFA) to State Governments/Union Territory Administrations for development and beautification of the identified pilgrimage destinations.  Thirteen sites have been identified for development, namely: Amritsar, Ajmer, Dwarka, Mathura, Varanasi, Gaya, Puri, Amaravati, Kanchipuram, Vellankanni, Kedarnath, Kamakhya and Patna.

32.4 Swadesh Darshan Scheme  Objectives: o To position tourism as a major engine of economic growth and job creation; o Develop circuits having tourist potential in a planned and prioritized manner; o Promote cultural and heritage value of the country to generate livelihoods in the identified regions; o Enhancing the tourist attractiveness in a sustainable manner by developing world class infrastructure in the circuit/destinations; o Follow community based development and pro-poor tourism approach;  Key Features: o The duration of Swadesh Darshan Scheme is till the 14th Finance Commission Period i.e. March 2020. o The scheme completely funded by the central government. There are 13 cities that are under consideration of development. These 13 cities are all pilgrimage sites. o There are 13 tourist circuits that are proposed and started under the scheme. Under these 13 circuits, there are many cities and sites are added for the visitors to get down there and enjoy their holiday. o Projects under the scheme shall be under the following identified themes; Eco-tourism, Wildlife, Buddhist, Desert, Spiritual, Ramayana, Krishna, Coastal, Northeast, Rural, Himalayan, Tribal and Heritage. o The scheme is a joint venture by the Central Government and Ministry of Tourism. By launching, the scheme both the ministry will be able to develop the heritage cities of the nation and conserve them for the tourists from across the globe.

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS

33.1‗Shillong Declaration‘  Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions;in association with Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India and the State Government of Meghalaya organized the 22nd National Conference on e-Governance (NCeG) 2019 on 8-9thAugust, 2019 at Shillong,Meghalaya.  The theme of this Conference was ―Digital India: Success to Excellence‖.

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 At the valedictory session, ‗Shillong Declaration‘ outlining the roadmap on e-Governance of the Nation was adopted.

33.2 ‗Nagpur Resolution- A Holistic approach for empowering citizens‘  It was adopted during the Valedictory session of the two-day Regional Conference on ‗Improving Public Service Delivery – Role of Governments‘, in Nagpur on 22nd December, 2019.  The Conference resolved that Government of India, the Government of Maharashtra, the Maharashtra State Commission for Right to Public Services and the participating State Governments shall collaborate to empower the citizens by policy interventions for better service delivery through timely updation of citizen‘s charters, implementation of enactments and benchmarking standards for continuous improvement, among others.

33.3 Sankalp portal  It is an initiative from Department of Pension & Pensioner‘s Welfare, Government of India, to provide a platform for the pensioners to access opportunities available for useful interventions in the society.  It also facilitates the Organizations working in these areas to select appropriate skill and expertise from the available pool of volunteers.

33.4 Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on Induction Training (COMMIT)  It is a training programme for State Government officials.  Objective of this training programme is to improve the public service delivery mechanism and provide citizen centric administration through capacity building of officials who interact with the citizens on day-to-day basis.  It is developed by DoPT in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS

34.1 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)  Aims: To safeguard the health of women & children by providing them with a clean cooking fuel – LPG, so that they don‘t have to compromise their health in smoky kitchens or wander in unsafe areas collecting firewood.  LPG connections are provided to BPL families witha support of Rs.1600 per connection.  Ensuring women‘s empowerment, especially in rural India, the connections will be issued in the name of women of the households.  Rs. 8000 Cr. has been allocated towards the implementation of the scheme.  Identification of the BPL families will be done through Socio Economic Caste Census Data.  It provided a great boost to the ‗Make in India‘ campaign as all the manufacturers of cylinders, gas stoves, regulators, and gas hose are domestic.

34.2 Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga Project (Jagdishpur – Haldia & Bokaro – Dhamra Pipeline Project (JHBDPL))  Launched on 24th October 2016, with a plan to lay gas pipeline of length 2540-km across the states from Uttar Pradesh to Odisha over the period of five years. It would provide piped natural gas (PNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG).  Objectives: o The Urga-Ganga-Gas-Pipeline scheme is to provide cooking gas through the pipeline to the households of Varanasi within next two years; the pipelines will be extended to the neighboring states after one more year. There is a plan to create 25 industrial clusters in these states, which can utilize the gas as fuel. This will help towards generating employment in these states.

pg. 62 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o CNG Gas Stations created under the project would provide CNG gas to the vehicles; which will also help towards reducing pollution.  Key Features: o A household in the states covered under the scheme will get safe and clean fuel through pipelines. o The project will provide the indirect benefit to fertilizer industries and power and automotive sectors. o Under the project, about 5 lakh LPG gas cylinders will be made available to the rural population within next 5 years. o 20 CNG Gas stations are will be constructed as part of the project. o This project is a major move from the Government of India towards collective growth and development of the Eastern region of India. o It will provide clean fuel to families and for vehicles and contribute significantly to reducing pollution and improving public health.

34.3 SATAT Initiative  This initiative is aimed at providing a Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) that would benefit both vehicle-users as well as farmers and entrepreneurs.  It has the potential to boost availability of more affordable transport fuels, better use of agricultural residue, cattle dung and municipal solid waste, as well as to provide an additional revenue source to farmers.

MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

35.1 Biometric Seafarers Identity Document (BSID) Initiative  India has become the first country in the world to issue Biometric Seafarers Identity Document (BSID) capturing the facial biometric dataof seafarers.  It will give a foolproof identification to our seafarers, which will facilitate their movement across countries, providing ease of getting jobs and also helping in identification at any location in the world.

35.2 Sagarmala Programme  Vision: o To reduce logistics cost for EXIM and domestic trade with minimal infrastructure investment. o To promote port-led development in the country through harnessing India's 7,500 km long coastline, 14500 km of potentially navigable waterways and strategic location on key international maritime trade routes.  Mission: o Reducing cost of transporting domestic cargo through optimizing modal mix o Lowering logistics cost of bulk commodities by locating future industrial capacities near the coast o Improving export competitiveness by developing port proximate discrete manufacturing clusters o Optimizing time/cost of EXIM container movement

 Components of SagarmalaProgramme are: o Port Modernization & New Port Development o Port Connectivity Enhancement o Port-linked Industrialization o Coastal Community Development o Coastal Shipping & Inland Waterways Transport

35.3 Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP)  It was launched for capacity augmentation of navigation on National Waterway-1 (NW-1) at a cost of Rs 5369.18 crores with the technical assistance and investment support of the World Bank.  The Project is expected to be completed by March, 2023.  Major Benefits: o Alternative mode of transport that will be environment friendly and cost effective.

pg. 63 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o Mammoth Infrastructure development like multi-modal and inter-modal terminals, Roll on - Roll off (Ro-Ro) facilities, ferry services, navigation aids. o Socio-economic impetus; huge employment generation.  States/districts covered o States: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal o Major Districts: Varanasi, Ghazipur, Ballia, Buxar, Chhapra, Vaishali, Patna, Begusarai, Khagaria, Munger, Bhagalpur, Sahibganj, Musrhidabad, Pakur, Hoogly, Kolkata.  Funding pattern: o IBRD loan component: Rs. 2, 512 crores o Government of India counterpart funds: Rs. 2,556 crores to be sourced from budgetary allocation and proceeds from bond issue. o Private sector participation under PPP mode: Rs. 301 crores

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

36.1 Project Swarn  It was started to upgrade the condition of Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express Trains, with the objective of significantly improving the passenger experience across 9 dimensions, which include coach interiors, toilets, onboard cleanliness, staff behavior, catering, linen, punctuality, security, on-board entertainment.  Real time feedback is also a part of Project Swarn. Under this scheme, total 29 trains as targeted have been covered@ Rs. 50 lakh per rake.  To achieve the objectives under this Project, ‗staff behavior‘ was identified as an important parameter. The frontline staff of these premier trains was trained in various aspects such as catering, linen management and cleanliness.

36.2 Project Utkrisht  It has been launched to improve condition of 66 important Mail/ Express trains, @Rs. 60 lakhs per rake, consisting of 140 rakes.  As a part of this project improvement in coach interior, coach exterior, toilets, lighting and passenger amenity items will be carried out.  Phase II of Project Utkrisht has also been sanctioned in which 500 rakes of mail express trains will be upgraded targeted for completion in 2019-20.

36.3 COMPTRAN  A portal named as COMPTRAN (Common Portal for Mutual transfer) for employees desiring mutual transfer to their place of residence has been developed.  It will helps in online search for mutual partners for employees‘ inter Zonal transfers.  This is a welfare scheme for employees of Indian Railways. 36.4‗SAMANVAY‘ Portal  It was launched for co-ordination with State Governments.  It has been developed for online reporting of issues pending with State Governments pertaining to infrastructural developmental projects, which are being undertaken by different Railway agencies. Concerned State Governments were requested to go through the pending issues of Railways in States, which are uploaded on SAMANVAY portal and take needful action to help Railway expedite its developmental/expansion projects.

36.5 'Vikalp' Scheme or Alternate Train Accommodation Scheme (ATAS)  Under this new reservation scheme, passengers who have booked tickets in other mail or express trains can avail the option of travelling in premium trains to their booked destinations with no extra cost.  Aim: o To utilize vacant berths in premier trains.

pg. 64 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o To achieve the twin objectives of providing confirmed accommodation to waitlisted passengers o To ensure optimal utilization of available accommodation by this scheme

36.6 NIVARAN  It is an initiative to bring the benefits of technology directly to aid of railway employees by creating an online system for resolving their work related grievances.  Aim: To bring all authorities concerned with addressing staff matters on a common platform so that avoidable delays are cut down substantially.

36.7 AVATARAN  It is a project to transform Indian Railways through seven Mission activities – Avataran. These missions are:  Mission 25 Tonne – Aims to increase revenue by augmenting carrying capacity.  Mission Zero Accident: It comprises of two sub missions o Elimination of unmanned level crossings o TCAS (Train Collision Avoidance System)  Mission PACE (Procurement and Consumption Efficiency)-Aims to improve our procurement and consumption practices to improve the quality of goods and services.  Mission Raftaar: It targets doubling of average speeds of freights trains and increasing the average speed of superfast mail/express trains by 25 kmph in the next 5 years.  Mission Hundred: This mission will commission at least a hundred sidings in the next 2 years.  Mission beyond book-keeping: It will establish an accounting system where outcomes can be tracked to inputs.  Mission Capacity Utilisation: It proposes to prepare a blueprint for making full use of the huge new capacity that will be created through two Dedicated Freight Corridors between Delhi- and Delhi-Kolkata scheduled to be commissioned by 2019.

MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

37.1 Pradhan Manti Van Dhan Yojana  It is an initiative of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED. o The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) came into existence in 1987. It is a national-level apex organization functioning under the administrative control of Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India.  It was launched on 14th April, 2018 and seeks to improve tribal incomes through value addition of tribal products.  The main objective behind this scheme is to help increase tribal income through Value Addition. Putting stress on the important role of value addition inescalating tribal incomes.  The Van Dhan Vikas Kendra will be established for providing capacity building training and skill up gradation and value addition facility and setting up of primaryprocessing. The Van Dhan Vikas Kendras will be a significant milestone in financial development of tribals involved in the collection of MFPs by helping them in the best use of natural resources and provide sustainable MFP-based living in MFP-rich districts.

37.2 Scheme for Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS)  EMRS started in the year 1997-98 to impart quality education to ST children in remote areas in order to enable them to avail of opportunities in high and professional educational courses and get employment in various sectors.  The schools focus not only on academic education but also on the all-round development of the students.  Grants were given for construction of schools and recurring expenses to the State Governments under Grants under Article 275 (1) of the Constitution.  In order to give further impetus to EMRS, it has been decided that by the year 2022, every block with more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons, will have an EMRS.

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 Eklavya schools will be on par with Navodaya Vidyalaya and will have special facilities for preserving local art and culture besides providing training in sports and skill development.

37.3 Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce  This scheme for ‗Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and development of Value Chain for MFP‖ (known as MSP for MFPin short) was launched in the year 2013- 14.  Earlier, it then covered only ten MFP items and was applicable to the Schedule V States only. However, from October 2016 the extent and coverage of the scheme was increased by adding more MFP items and also rendering the scheme applicable country wide.

37.4 Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY)  It is a Central Sector Scheme.  Aim:It is aiming at overall development of tribal people with an outcome-base approach, which would ensure that all the intended benefits goods and services to the tribal people through various programmes/schemes of Central and State Governments covered under the respective Tribal Sub-Plans actually reach them by way of appropriate convergence.  It is envisaged to develop the backward blocks in the Schedule V States as model Blocks with visible infrastructural facilities to further the mission development while ensuring: o Quality education & higher education o Health for all o Housing for all o Safe drinking water for all at doorsteps

37.5 Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN (Jaiv Indhan- Vatavaran Anukool fasal awashesh Nivaran) Yojana  Aims: To provide financial support to Integrated Bioethanol Projects using lignocellulosic biomass and other renewable feedstock.  Implementation Agency: Centre for High Technology (CHT), a technical body under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoP&NG), will be the implementation Agency for the scheme.  It will be supported with total financial outlay of Rs 1969.50 crores for the period from 2018-19 to 2023-24.  The scheme focuses to incentivize 2G Ethanol sector and support this nascent industry by creating a suitable ecosystem for setting up commercial projects and increasing Research & Development in this area.  Benefits: o Meeting Government of India vision of reducing import dependence by way of substituting fossil fuels with Biofuels. o Achieving the GHG emissions reduction targets through progressive blending/ substitution of fossil fuels. o Addressing environment concerns caused due to burning of biomass/ crop residues &improves health of citizens. o Improving farmer income by providing them remunerative income for their otherwise waste agriculture residues. o Creating rural & urban employment opportunities in 2G Ethanol projects and Biomass supply chain. o Contributing to Swacch Bharat Mission by supporting the aggregation of nonfood biofuels feeds tock‘s such as waste biomass and urban waste. o Indigenizing of Second Generation Biomass to Ethanol technologies.

37.6 TRIFOOD Scheme  A joint initiative of Ministry of Food Processing Industry, Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED.  Under this scheme, a tertiary value addition center will be set up in Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh and Raigad in Maharashtra at a cost of approximately Rs.11.00 crores.  Highlight of this is the production of ―Heritage Mahua‖ drink. The traditional Mahua tribal drink will be mainstreamed and marketed all over the Country under this project.

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37.7 ―Friends of Tribes‖ initiative  TRIFED has tied up CSR funds to promote tribal livelihoods.  Socially oriented Public Sector Organizations like BPCL, IOCL and SPMCL have sanctioned approximately Rs. 10.00 crores for promoting Van Dhan operations

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE

38.1 Tele Law Scheme o It is an effort to make legal aid easily accessible to the marginalized communities and citizens living in rural areas. o It is a Legal Aid and Empowerment Initiatives by Department of Justice. o It will enable people to seek legal advice from lawyers through video conferencing available at the Common Service Centres (CSC).

38.2 Nyaya Bandhu Scheme  It is a Department of Justice's Pro bono legal services programme.  It is aimed at enhancing 'access to justice' for marginalized sections of the society and the State's constitutional obligation of providing 'free legal aid' for all.  It seeks to put in place an institutional structure, which will promote pro bono culture in India.  It would facilitate delivery of quality legal assistance to the marginalized communities and would ensure that lawyers, who volunteer their valuable time and service, towards this public service, are duly recognized for their contribution.

39. MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

39.1 Bidder Information Management System (BIMS)  It was developed to streamline the process of pre-qualification of bidders for contracts on EPC mode and bringing in more efficiency and transparency in the process for all NH works and centrally sponsored works.  BIMS acts as a data base for all basic details of bidders like civil works experience, cash accruals and network, annual turnover etc,.  This allows quick pre-qualification assessment of bidders based on evaluation parameters like threshold capacity and bid capacity from already stored data.

39.2 SukhadYatra  This mobile application provides information on tollgates.  The key feature of the app includes a provision for the user to enter road quality-related information or to report any accident or pothole on the highway.  It also provides users with real-time data related to waiting time expected at toll plazas and various facilities like points of interest, highway nest/ nest mini, etc.  The app can also be used to purchase FASTags.

39.3 Bharatmala Pariyojana  This is the umbrella program for the highways sector unrolled in 2017-18, that aims to optimize the efficiency of road traffic movement across the country by bridging critical infrastructure gaps.  34,800 km of National Highways are to be constructed under the Phase-I of the programme between 2017-18 to 2021-22 in a phased manner at a cost of Rs. 5, 35,000crores.

39.4 Setu Bharatam

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 To ensure safe and smooth flow of traffic, Ministry has envisaged a plan for replacement of Level Crossings on National Highways by ROBs/ RUBs  Under this programme, out of 174 ROBs/RUBs, which are to be constructed, 91 have been sanctioned with an estimated cost of Rs.7, 104.72crores.

39.5 Chardham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojna  The project envisages development of easy access to the four prominent Dhams, namely, Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedranath and Badrinath, situated in the state of Uttrakhand, which are prominent pilgrimage centers.  The project entails development of 889 km of roads with configuration of two-lane with paved shoulders at an estimated cost of about Rs. 12,000 crores.  The projects are being taken up on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode and the programme is targeted for completion by March, 2020.

39.6 BhoomiRashi portal  It is a single point platform for online processing of land acquisition notifications to accelerate highway infrastructure development projects in India.  BhoomiRashi portals have further been linked with Public Financial Management System(PFMS) to facilitate real time payment to beneficiaries.

39.7 INAM PRO+  It is an e-commerce platform for construction and infrastructure raw material for government and private procurement.  It is launched by the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL), a road ministry public sector undertaking, will act as a repository of all raw materials suppliers and manufacturers in the country from where people and construction companies, along with public sector companies, can buy construction material at competitive rates.  INAM PRO+ is an updated version of the INAM portal, which was launched by the ministry of road transport and highways in 2015, to procure cement.  The portal has several features like the ability to track orders, adds more products (grade/type), and a payment gateway is incorporated for security purposes and swift cashless transfer of payments.  ―The platform also helps to fight cartelisation," as procurement for government projects from the open market helps to lower project costs.

39.8 INFRACON  It has been developed by NHIDCL as a comprehensive National Portal for Infrastructure Consultancy firms & Key Personnel.  The Portal has the facility to host Firms, and Personnel CVs and Credentials online.  It enable firms to apply for a tender, generate a Team IDs, enable Key Personnel to accept request for any tender, and authorize the clients to make changes to a tender.

MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

40.1 Mission Antyodaya  Adopted in Union Budget 2017-18, it is a convergence and accountability framework aiming to bring optimum use and management of resources allocated by 27 Ministries/ Department of the Government of India under various programmes for the development of rural areas.  Aim:Mission Antyodaya strives to realise the vision of Poverty-free India by 2022.  Objectives: o Ensuring effective use of resources through convergence of various Government Schemes with Gram Panchayats as the basic unit of planning. o It is envisaged as state-led initiative with Gram Panchayats as focal points of convergence efforts.

pg. 68 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o Work with a focused micro plan for sustainable livelihood for every deprived household. o Conduct an annual survey on measurable outcomes at Gram Panchayats level to monitor the progress in the development process across rural areas. o Supporting the process of participatory planning for Gram Panchayats Development Plan (GPDP), which will improve service delivery, enhance citizenship, create pace for an alliance of people‘s institutions and groups and improve governance at the local level. o Encourages partnerships with network of professionals, institutions and enterprises to further accelerate the transformation of rural livelihoods. o It encourages addressing all identified deprivations in a time-bound manner through intensifying coverage of government schemes to address individual, household and community-level deprivations in saturation mode. o It is an accountability and convergence framework for transforming lives and livelihoods on measurable outcomes.

40.2 Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin  The rural housing scheme Indira Awas Yojana has been revamped to Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin and approved during March 2016.  Objective: To provide pucca house to all who are houseless and living in dilapidated houses in rural areas by 2022.  Funding Pattern: o Under PMAY, financial assistance is provided for construction of pucca house to all houseless and households living in dilapidated houses. o The cost of unit assistance is to be shared between Central and State Governments in the ratio 60:40 in plain areas and 90:10 for North Eastern and hilly states.  Key features: o It is proposed that one crores households would be provided assistance for construction of pucca house under the project during the period from 2016-17 to 2018-19. The scheme would be implemented in rural areas throughout India except Delhi and Chandigarh. o Identification of beneficiaries eligible for assistance is to be done using information from Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) ensuring total transparency and objectivity. The list will be presented to Gram Sabha to identify beneficiaries who have been assisted before or who have become ineligible due to other reasons.

40.3 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA)  It is also known as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS).  It provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage.  The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), Govt. of India is monitoring the entire implementation of this scheme in association with state governments  Objective of the Act: To enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.  MGNREGA Goals o Strong social safety net for the vulnerable groups by providing a fallback employment source. o Growth engine for sustainable development of an agricultural economy. o It seeks to strengthen the natural resource base of rural livelihood and create durable assets in rural areas.  Aim: Empowerment of rural poor through the processes of a rights-based Law  Key Features: o Adult members of a rural household, willing to do unskilled manual work, may apply for registration in writing or orally to the local Gram Panchayats o Employment will be given within 15 days of application for work, if it is not then daily unemployment allowance as per the Act, has to be paid liability of payment of unemployment allowance is of the States.

pg. 69 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o Work should ordinarily be provided within 5 km radius of the village. In case work is provided beyond 5 km, extra wages of 10% are payable to meet additional transportation and living expenses o At least one-third beneficiaries shall be women who have registered and requested work under the scheme. o Work site facilities such as crèche, drinking water, shade have to be provided. o The shelf of projects for a village will be recommended by the Gram Sabha and approved by the Zilla Panchayats. o At least 50% of works will be allotted to Gram Panchayats for execution o The Central Government bears the 100 percent wage cost of unskilled manual labour and 75 percent of the material cost including the wages of skilled and semi-skilled workers o Social Audit has to be done by the Gram Sabha

40.4 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana  PMGSY - Phase I was launched in December, 2000 as a 100 % centrally sponsored scheme with an objective to provide single all-weather road connectivity to eligible unconnected habitation of designated population size (500+ in plain areas and 250+ in North-East, hill, tribal and desert areas, 00 - 249 population in LWE districts as per Census, 2001) for overall socio-economic development of the areas.  Implementation Agency: The Ministry of Rural Development along with state governments is responsible for the implementation of PMGSY.  Under Phase II of PMGSY, the roads already built for village connectivity was to be upgraded to enhance rural infrastructure. 75 per cent of the cost of the up gradation was by the Centre and 25 per cent by the state. For hill states, desert areas, Schedule V areas and Naxal-affected districts, 90 per cent of cost was borne by the Centre  The Phase III was approved by the Cabinet during July 2019. It involves consolidation of Through Routes and Major Rural Links connecting habitations to Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs), Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals. The duration of the scheme is 2019-20 to 2024-25.  Funding Pattern: The funds would be shared in the ratio of 60:40 between the Centre and State for all States except for 8 North Eastern and 3 Himalayan States (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand) for which it is 90:10.

40.5 Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)  Aim: Mobilizing about 9 crores rural poor households into Self Help Groups (SHGs) in a phased manner and provide them long-term support such that they diversify their livelihoods, improve their incomes and quality of life.  Target group: All ―automatically included‖ households and all households with ―at least one deprivation‖ as per the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 data constitute the target group of DAY-NRLM.  Major components are: o Promotion of sustainable institutions of the poor o Ensuring access to financial services o Promote diversified livelihoods opportunities for the poor, in farm and non- farm sectors. o Promotion of skill development and access to jobs o Promotion of social inclusion, social development and human development  Ministry of Rural Development is undertaking two initiatives in skill development under the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) which are as follows: o Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen KaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY): . It is a placement linked skill development program, which allows skilling in a PPP mode and assured placements in regular jobs in an organization not owned by the skilled person. . Guidelines of the scheme mandate State Governments to take up skill training projects with Corporate Social Responsibility funding o Skill development through Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETI), enabling the trainee to take Bank credit and start his/her own Micro-enterprise. Some of such trainees may also seek regular salaried jobs.

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 DDU-GKY and RSETI schemes cover rural parts of all the States of the country.

40.6 SECURE (Software for Estimate Calculation Using Rural Rates for Employment)  Created a transparent system for according administrative approval and technical sanction.  Using these system field functionaries can track, remove obstacles and speed up whole process of workflow.

40.7 National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)  It comprises of five sub-schemes namely o Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS), o Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS), o Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS), o National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) and o Annapurna Scheme.  The schemes of NSAP are implemented both in urban and rural areas, by the Social Welfare Department in the States.  NSAP has been included under DirectBenefit Transfer (DBT) scheme.  For preventing leakages of funds to unintended beneficiaries 100% records have been digitize.  There is proposal to revamp the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) as Pradhan Mantri Samajik Suraksha Yojana (PMSaSY) admissible to 5.07 crores beneficiaries.

MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

41.1 National Sports Development Fund (NSDF)  It was established with the objective of promotion of excellence in sports through support to top-level sportspersons who are medal prospects in Olympics and other major international competitions and creation of sports infrastructure in priority disciplines etc.  The Fund accepts contributions from private/public corporate sectors, other legal bodies like Trusts/Societies, individuals etc.

41.2 Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram (RYSK)  The Department of Youth Affairs has merged 8 schemesunder one umbrella scheme for the development of adolescents and youth of the country.  Following existing Schemes/ Programmes get subsumed in the Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram (RYSK): o Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) o National Youth Corps (NYC) o National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development (NPYAD) o International Cooperation (IC) o Youth Hostels (YH) o Assistance to Scouting and Guiding Organizations o National Discipline Scheme (NDS) o National Young Leaders Programme (NYLP)

41.3 National Service Scheme (NSS)  It is a Central Sector Scheme of Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.  It provides opportunity to the student youth of 11th & 12th Class of schools at +2 Board level and student youth of Technical Institution, Graduate & Post Graduate at colleges and University level of India to take part in various government led community service activities & programmes.  Aim: To provide hands on experience to young students in delivering community service.

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MINISTRY OF SPACE

42.1 Young Scientist Programme (Yuvika)  Indian Space Research Organisation has launched a special programme for School Children in tune with the Government's vision "Jai Vigyan, Jai Anusandhan".  Aim:The Program is primarily aimed at imparting basic knowledge on Space Technology, Space Science and Space Applications to the younger ones with the intent of arousing their interest in the emerging areas of Space activities and thus creating awareness amongst the youngsters who are the future building blocks of our Nation.  ISRO has chalked out this programme to "Catch them young".  It is proposed to select 3 students each from each State/ Union Territory to participate in this programme covering CBSE, ICSE and State syllabus.  Those who have just completed 9th standard (in the academic year 2018-19) and waiting to join 10th Std (or just joined 10th Std) are eligible for the online registration.The selection is based on the 8th Standard academic performance and extracurricular activities.

42.2 RESPOND Projects  Objective: To establish strong links with premiere academic institutions in the country to carry out research and developmental projects, which are of relevance to Space and derive useful outputs of such R&D to support ISRO programmes.  Aims: To enhance academic base, generate human resources and infrastructure at the academic institutes to support the Indian Space programme.  Under RESPOND, projects in the advanced areas of relevance to Space programme are encouraged to be taken up by premiere universities/academic institutions.  ISRO helps these institutions to establish the necessary technical facilities and provide fellowships to researchers to work on cutting edge research topics.  The research studies conducted by the STC/ Academia are expected to be directed towards some of the future Space activities, which would be a good supplement to various missions undertaken by ISRO.

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT

43.1 Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana  It is an initiative for the empowerment of deprived sections, aims to achieve integrated development of selected villages through convergent implementation of all relevant Central and State schemes.  It was launched for the integrated development of 1000 villages each with more than 50% SC population into ―model villages‖ with o All requisite physical and social infrastructure for their socio-economic development o Untouchability, discrimination, segregation, and atrocities against SCs are eliminated o All BPL families, especially those belonging to SCs, have food and livelihood security  Presently the scheme is being implemented in five States of the country viz. Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.

43.2Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan  Aim: To make India a friendlier country for differently abled persons. Under this scheme, the government takes necessary actions to make all the public places accessible for physically challenged individuals.  Objectives: o To allow equal opportunity to PwDs so that they can live independently and make their lives dignified, safe and productive. o To instill a countrywide awareness for creating better accessibility solutions for the differently abled.

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 The scheme is being launched with active participation from Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD).  Mission will be directed at three major verticals – built-up environment, transportation eco-system and information and communication eco-system.

43.3 Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana  It is a scheme for providing Physical Aids and Assisted-living Devices for Senior citizens belonging to BPL category.  This is a Central Sector Scheme, fully funded by the Central Government. The expenditure for implementation of the scheme will be met from the "Senior Citizens' Welfare Fund".  Implementing Agency:The Scheme will be implemented through the sole implementing agency - Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO), a PSU under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.  Eligibility: Senior Citizens, belonging to BPL category and suffering from any of the age related disability/infirmity viz. Low vision, Hearing impairment, Loss of teeth and Locomotor disability will be provided with such assisted-living devices which can restore near normalcy in their bodily functions, overcoming the disability/infirmity manifested.  Features: o In case of multiple disabilities/infirmities manifested in the same person, the assistive devices will be given in respect of each disability/impairment. o Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO) will undertake one-year free maintenance of the aids & assisted living devices. o Beneficiaries in each district will be identified by the State Governments/UT Administrations through a Committee chaired by the Deputy Commissioner/District Collector.  As far as possible, 30% of the beneficiaries in each district shall be women.

43.4 Dr. Ambedkar Scheme for Social Integration through Inter-Caste Marriages  Objective: To appreciate the socially bold step, of an Inter-caste marriage, taken by the newly married couple and to extend financial incentive to the couple to enable them to settle down in the initial phase of their married life. It should not be construed as a supplementary scheme to an employment generation or poverty alleviation scheme.  Eligibility: o An Inter-caste marriage, for the purpose of this Scheme means a marriage in which one of the spouses belongs to Scheduled Caste and the other belongs to a Non-Scheduled Caste. o The marriage should be valid as per the law and duly registered under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. An affidavit of their being legally married and in matrimonial alliance would be submitted by the couple. o No incentive is available on second or subsequent marriage. o Proposal would be treated as valid if submitted within one year of marriage. o It shall be the discretion of the Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment & Chairman of Dr. Ambedkar Foundation to sanction the incentive to the Couple.

 Extent of Incentive: o The incentive for a legal inter-caste marriage shall be Rs.2.50 lakh per marriage, the eligible couples would receive 1.50 lakh of the incentive amount though RTGS / NEFT to the joint bank account. The balance would be kept as Fixed Deposit for three years.

MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

44.1 National Skill Development Mission (NSDM)  Aim: To create convergence across sectors and States in terms of skill training activities.  To consolidate and coordinate skilling efforts

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 Expedite decision making across sectors to achieve skilling at scale with speed and standards.  Implementation Agency: It will be implemented through a streamlined institutional mechanism driven by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).  Seven sub-missions have been proposed initially to act as building blocks for achieving overall objectives of the Mission. They are: o Institutional Training, (ii) Infrastructure, (iii) Convergence, (iv) Trainers, (v) Overseas Employment, (vi) Sustainable Livelihoods, (vii) Leveraging Public Infrastructure.

44.2 Skill India Portal  This strong IT Platform was launched to converge the skilling data of various Central Ministries, State Governments, Private Training Providers and Corporate on a single platform.  Aim: To enable data driven decision making by the policymakers and help remove information asymmetry in the skilling ecosystem.  This will be single touch point for the citizens of India to access skilling opportunities and seeking related services.

44.3 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)  Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (1.0) was launched in 2015 to provide free skill training avenues to youths of India.  PMKVY 2.0 Approved for another four years (2016-2020) to benefit 10 million youth Allocated Budget 12,000 Crores  Implementing agency: It is implemented by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) o NSDC is a not-for-profit public limited company incorporated under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (corresponding to section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013). Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) holds 49% of the share capital of NSDC, while the private sector has the balance 51% of the share capital. o NSDC aims to promote skill development by catalyzing creation of large, quality and for-profit vocational institutions. o The National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) is a competency-based framework that organizes all qualifications according to a series of levels of knowledge, skills and aptitude.  Objective of this Skill Certification Scheme is to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up industry-relevant skill training that will help them in securing a better livelihood.  Individuals with prior learning experience or skills will also be assessed and certified under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

44.4 SANKALP  Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) project aims to implement the mandate of the National Skill Development Mission (NSDM), through World Bank support.  The project was made effective in January 2018 with 28 States and 7 UTs across the country having submitted their consent for participating in SANKALP.  To promote decentralized planning, ―Award for excellence in District Skill Development Planning (DSDP)‖ has been launched under SANKALP.  To provide support to aspirational districts in skill development, Aspirational Skilling Abhiyaan has been launched by the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.

44.5 STRIVE  ―Skills Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE)‖ is anRs 2,200 crores – central sector project, with half of the project outlay as World Bank assistance.  It is an outcome-based project, marking a shift in government‘s implementation strategy in vocational education and training from inputs to results building in a strong shift to an outcome-based skill ecosystem.  Aims o Creating awareness through industry clusters/ geographical chambers that would address the challenge of involvement of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs). o Integrating and enhancing delivery quality of ITIs.

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44.6 PM-YUVA Yojana (Pradhan Mantri Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan)  A pilot project in 300 institutes (200 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs)/National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs), 50 Polytechnics, 25 PMKKs/ PMKVY and 25 Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS)), across 12 States and Union Territories.  The project aims to promote entrepreneurship as an alternative career choice and enable sustained long-term mentoring support through the journey to potential and early stage entrepreneurs, by imparting entrepreneurship education and mentoring support to trainees/ beneficiaries from skilling ecosystem.

44.7 Skill Saathi Counseling Program  Aim: To sensitize the youth of the country on various avenues under Skill India Mission and increase the aspiration for skill development.

44.8 National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS)  Aim: To increase the involvement of industries and employers in engaging youth as apprentices and providing on- the-job skill training to create a ready workforce. The government reimburses part of stipend paid by the employer.

MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

45.1 Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)  Aim: To provide a mechanism for the Members of Parliament to recommend works of developmental nature for creation of durable community assets and for provision of basic facilities including community infrastructure, based on locally felt needs.  Key features: o It is a centrally sponsored plan scheme fully funded by the government of India under which funds are released in the form of grants in-aid directly to the district authorities. o Preference under the scheme is given to works relating to national priorities, such as provision of drinking water, public health, education, sanitation, roads, etc. o The funds released under the scheme are non-lapsable. o The MPs have a recommendatory role under the scheme. They recommend their choice of works to the concerned district authorities who implement these works by following the established procedures of the concerned State Government. o Lok Sabha Members can recommend works in their respective constituencies. o Elected members of the can recommend works anywhere in the state from which they are elected. o Nominated members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha may select works for implementation anywhere in the country.

NITI AAYOG

46.1Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital (SATH)  SATH is aimed at initiating transformation in two key social sectors—education and health, by handholding States towards improving their social sector indicators and providing technical support over three years.  It was launched with selection of states through a unique challenge method. Roadmaps for State transformation have been finalized with quarterly milestones for each initiative.  A major school consolidation and integration programme has been initiated with over 26,000 schools merged for better efficiencies and utilization of resources. Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Karnataka were selected to improve their healthcare delivery and key health indicators. In education, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Jharkhand were selected.

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46.2‗SAMAVESH‘  This initiative aimed at networking and partnership with knowledge and research institutions using a hub and spoke model to share knowledge and link policy with practice.

46.3Transformation of Aspirational Districts‘ programme  Aim: To quickly and effectively transformthese districts.  With States as the main drivers, this program will focus on the strength of each district, identify low-hanging fruits for immediate improvement, measure progress, and rank districts.  Components of the programme are o Convergence (of Central & State Schemes), o Collaboration (of Central, State level ‗Prabhari‘ Officers & District Collectors), and o Competition among districts driven by a mass Movement.  Core focus area of this programme is Health & Nutrition, Education, Agriculture & Water Resources, Financial Inclusion & Skill Development, and Basic Infrastructure.  Districts are prodded and encouraged to first catch-up with the best district within their state, and subsequently aspire to become one of the best in the country, by competing with, and learning from others in the spirit of competitive & cooperative federalism.

46.4 Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)  Aim: It is an initiative to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country.  Objective: o To develop new programmes and policies for fostering innovation in different sectors of the economy. o To provide platform and collaboration opportunities for different stakeholders o Create awareness and an umbrella structure to oversee innovation ecosystem of the country.  Initiatives undertaken: o Atal Tinkering Labs-Creating problem solving mindset across schools in India o Atal Incubation Centers- Fostering world-class startups and adding a new dimension to the incubator model. o Atal New India Challenges-Fostering product innovations and aligning them to the needs of various sectors/ministries o Mentor India Campaign- A national Mentor network in collaboration with public sector, corporate and institutions, to support all the initiatives of the mission o Atal Community Innovation Center- To stimulate community centric innovation and ideas in the unserved /underserved regions of the country including Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. o ARISE-To stimulate innovation and research in the MSME industry

MINISTRY OF TEXTILES

47.1 "Integrated Scheme for Development of Silk Industry"  It is launched for three years from 2017-18 to 2019-20.  The Scheme has four components: o Research & Development (R&D), training, transfer of technology and IT initiatives o Seed organizations and farmers‘ extension centers o Coordination and market development for seed, yarn and silk products and o Quality Certification System (QCS) by creating amongst others a chain of silk testing facilities, farm based & post- cocoon technology up-gradation, and export brand promotion.  The scheme will promote women empowerment and livelihood opportunities for SC and ST and other weaker sections of the society.  The scheme aims to achieve self-sufficiency in silk production by 2022.

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47.2 Samarth-integrated skill development scheme (ISDS)  ‗Samarth‘ is a Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector under the Skill India Mission. The broad objective of the new scheme is to skill the youth for gainful and sustainable employment in the textiles sector covering the entire value chain of textiles, excluding spinning and weaving.  It is intended to provide demand driven, placement oriented National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) compliant skilling programmes to incentivize and supplement the efforts of the industry in creating jobs in the textiles sector.  The scheme targets to train 10 lakh persons (9 lakh in organized and 1 lakh in traditional sector) over a period of 3 years (2017-20).  The Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) introduced by the Ministry of Textiles to addresses the critical gap of skilled labor in textile industry through industry-oriented training programmes.  It is implemented through three components where major thrust is given to PPP mode where a partnership has been developed with the industry in establishing a demand-driven skilling ecosystem.

47.3 BunkarMitra  It is a toll frees helpline no. 18002089988 to deal with queries of handloom weavers concerning issues like technical, supply of raw material, quality control, credit facility, access to market linkages etc.  Through this single point, contact weavers across the country can address their professional queries 7 days a week.  Services are available through toll-free number in seven languages: Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese and Kannada.

47.4 Pehchan initiative  This initiative was launched to register and provide Aadhar based Identity Cards to the Handicrafts Artisans for better access to the benefits of the schemes.

47.5 JUTE – ICARE (Improved Cultivation and Advanced Retting Exercise)  For the welfare of jute farmers the JUTE – ICARE (Improved Cultivation and Advanced Retting Exercise) has been launched to promote scientific practices related to Jute Cultivation for Quality & Quantity improvements and double the income of Jute Farmers  Central Research Institute for Research in Jute and Allied Fibres (CRIJAF) developed a microbial consortium called SONA, to enhance the quantity of fibre yield by 20% as well as its quality in terms of grade by at least 1 ½ grades.  Under the project, regular SMSes are sent in regional languages on improved practices in jute cultivation, to registered farmers.

47.6 Pradhan MantriRojgarProtsahanYojana (PMRPY)  PMRPY has been in operation since August, 2016.  Aim: The informal sector workers would get social safety net and there would be more job creation.  In this scheme, Government is paying the 8.33% contribution of Employers to the Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS) in respect of new employees (who have joined on or after 1st April 2016) having a new Universal Account Number (UAN), with salary up to Rs. 15,000/- per month.  The scheme has a dual benefit i.e. on the one hand the employers are incentivized for increasing the employment base of workers in the establishments, and on the other hand, a large number of workers will find jobs in such establishments. A direct benefit is that these workers will have access to social security benefits of the organized sector.

STATE GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

46.1 Nirman Kusuma Programme  Odisha Government launched 'Nirman Kusuma' programme on October 6, 2018.

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 Aim: To provide financial assistance to the children of the construction workers for their technical education in the state.  Key Highlights: o It would provide financial assistance to the children of construction workers for their education in Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and polytechnics, an ITI student will be entitled to get financial assistance worth Rs. 23,600 and a diploma student will get assistance worth Rs. 26,300 per annum. o The government has doubled the compensation given in case of an accident of a construction worker from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs. 4 lakh.

46.2 Sambal Scheme  Madhya Pradesh Government has launched this outstanding power bill waiver scheme and subsidized power scheme for labourers and poor families.  Under this scheme, Below Poverty Line (BPL) families and registered labourers of unorganised sector from the state will be provided electricity at cost of Rs. 200 per month.

46.3 Rythu Bandhu  Telangana‘s governmentsupports its farmers with Rs. 4,000 for every acre through this scheme.  In this support scheme for farmers government provides cheque payments to farmers based on their landholdings  Objective: To help the farmer meet a major part of his expenses on seed, fertilizer, pesticide, and field preparation.  Key Features: o Every farmer owning land is eligible for this Scheme. o Government will issue cheques rather than make direct benefit transfer (DBT) because banks might use the DBT money to adjust against farmers‟ previous dues.

46.4 Kanyashree Scheme  It is conditional cash transfer scheme aimed at improving status and well-being of girl child by incentivising schooling of teenage girls and delaying their marriages until the age of 18.  It was launched by West Bengal Government (Women Development and Social Welfare department) in October 2013.  It was aimed at increasing educational attainment of girls, prevention of child marriage and financial inclusion.  Objectives: o Improve lives and status of the adolescent girls in State. o Provide financial help to girls from disadvantaged families to pursue higher studies (now it will cover every girl from state). o Prevent child marriage. o Improved outcomes in terms of their health (especially facilitate the prevention of infant and maternal mortality). o Contribute towards empowerment of girls in the state. o Bring immeasurable benefits for the larger society as a whole.  Targeted beneficiaries: All girl children within age of 13 to 19 in the state. Girls regularly attending institutions for education or vocational or sports training. Girls of Child Care Institutes registered under Juvenile Justice Act (JJ), 2000 within age of 18-19 years.

46.5Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme  It is a support scheme of Odisha whose primary targets are small farmers, cultivators and landless agricultural labourers.  The scheme involves payments to encourage cultivation andassociated activities.  Key features: o Under the Scheme, Odisha would spend Rs. 10,180 crores over three years until 2020-21 in providing financial assistance to cultivators and landless agricultural labourers benefitting 92% of the cultivators in the state and including every category from big farmers to landless cultivators.

pg. 78 PRELIMS XPRESS 2020: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES o The government would provide Rs. 10,000 per family as assistance for cultivation, Rs.5,000 each in the Kharif and Rabi seasons, for five cropping seasons between 2018-19 and 2021-22. o It also targets landless households, specifically SC and ST families. o It also provides a life insurance cover of Rs. 2 lakh and addition additional personal accident coverage of the same amount for 57 lakh households.

46.6Suryashakti Kisan Yojana (SKY) Scheme  Aim: o To generate additional income for farmers. o Empowering farmers of state to generate their own electricity using solar energy and help doubling their income.  Gujarat Government launched SKY, under which grid-connected solar panels will be provided to over 12,000 cultivators who have already taken regular electricity connections for irrigation purpose.  Under it, farmers of state having existing electricity connection will be given solar panels as per their load requirements. It envisages setting up of separate feeders for agricultural solar energy consumption.  Cost Sharing: The State and Central governments will give 60% subsidy on cost of project. The farmer is required to take 5% costs, while 35% will be provided to him as affordable loan with interest rates of 4.5 to 6%.

46.7 ―One District One Product‖ Summit  ‗One District One Product‘ scheme launched by Uttar Pradesh government to enhance skills of local people as well as increase the reach of products that will result in economic progress of artisans of Uttar Pradesh.  The state government has set a goal of providing employment to 25 lakh people in five years through the financial assistance of Rs. 25,000 crores.

46.8 'One Family, One Job' scheme  Sikkim government launched this scheme to provide employment to a member of every family, which does not have a government job in the state.  Under this scheme, all loan debts in the farming and agriculture sector would be revoked.  At present recruitments are being made for Group C and Group D posts in 12 government departments.

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