For updates on WhatsApp, share your name & city on WhatsApp No. 75972-40000 The Narendra Modi lexicon, updated list (Relevant for GS Prelims) In the past four years, the Narendra Modi government has come up with several slogans to create a buzz around government schemes and projects. Here is the list of relevant ones: A Year 1 AMRUT: Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation a programme to replace Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. — AIM: Atal Innovation Mission a programme to promote a network of world-class innovation hubs. — ASPIRE: A scheme for promotion of innovation, rural industry and entrepreneurship Year 2 Accessible India: To ensure universal accessibility for persons with disabilities. ARYA: Attracting and Retaining Rural Youths in Agriculture. Year 3 AMRIT: Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment Year 4 Asita (means Yamuna): Project to restore, revive and rejuvenate Yamuna river s floodplains. ’ B Year 1 Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Abhiyaan: Mission to save and educate girl children B2B: Bharat to Bhutan aimed at improving India-Bhutan ties Year 2 — BAPU: Biometrically Authenticated Physical Uptake aims to verify identity of beneficiaries of government schemes by scanning fingerprints — Year 3 BHIM: Bharat Interface for Money app for making digital transactions and payments Bharatmala: An umbrella programme— for National Highways to connect coastal/ border areas, pilgrimage sites and district headquarters C Year 1 Website: www.prepmate.in Telegram Channel: @upscprepmate Prepmate Cengage Books Preview: https://prepmate.in/books/ Youtube channel: PrepMate Edutech For updates on WhatsApp, share your name & city on WhatsApp No. 75972-40000 Cooperative and Competitive Federalism: Aims at improving centre-state relationship through teamwork Year 2 Climate Change to Climate Justice: Need for change in focus in environment debate. Year 4 CHAMAN: Coordinated Horticulture Assessment and Management using geoiNformatics D Year 1 Digital India: Aims to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy 3 Ds: Democracy, Demography and Demand a comment on India s advantage over other countries — ’ Year 2 DIPAM: Department of Investment and Public Asset Management a new name for the disinvestment department. — Divyang: People with extraordinary capabilities, instead of Viklang (handicapped). DigiLocker: Government of India s secure cloud-based platform for storage, sharing and verification of documents and certificates, for paperless governance. ’ Year 3 DEEP: Discovery of Efficient Electricity Price--e-bidding web portal for electricity Digidhan: an event to promote digital transactions DISHA: Digital Saksharta Abhiyan--Digital literacy mission Year 4 DIKSHA: Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing: for teacher-training and professional development DARPAN: Digital Advancement of Rural Post Office for A New India: Project to improve the quality of service, add value to services and achieve financial inclusion of un-banked rural population E Year 1 Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat: One India, Best India e-Kranti: Digitizing the delivery of government services. Website: www.prepmate.in Telegram Channel: @upscprepmate Prepmate Cengage Books Preview: https://prepmate.in/books/ Youtube channel: PrepMate Edutech For updates on WhatsApp, share your name & city on WhatsApp No. 75972-40000 Year 2 e-Boat: Solar-powered boats on river Ganga at Varanasi. eNAM: Electronic National Agricultural Market ePACE: Project Appraisals and Continuing Enhancements an online portal for monitoring progress of national highways across India. — eBASTA: To make school books accessible in digital form as e-books. 3E: Enterprises, Earning, Empowerment the motive behind Mudra Bank Year 3 — EPI: Every Person is Important The new VIP Evergreen Revolution: Sustained increase in agricultural production — F Year 1 FDI: First Develop India 5F: Farm to Fibre, Fibre to Fabric, Fabric to Fashion, Fabric to Foreign Year 2 FASTag: Electronic tolling system introduced on all national highways across the country Year 3 FUTURE: F: farmer, U: underprivileged, T: transparency, technology upgradation, U: urban rejuvenation, R: rural development and E: employment, entrepreneurship G Year 1 #GiveItUp: Programme to inspire consumers to give up the LPG subsidy GIAN: Global Initiative of Academic Networks aimed at American academicians and scientists to teach in India at their convenience — Year 2 GARV: Grameen Vidyutikaran Rural Electrification Gramodaya Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan: Aimed at increasing social harmony across villages and strengthen the Panchayati— Raj. Year 3 GEM: Government E-Marketplace Year 4 GOBAR (Galvanising Organic Bio Agro Resources)-Dhan: Scheme to focus on converting cattle dung and solid waste to compost and biogas Website: www.prepmate.in Telegram Channel: @upscprepmate Prepmate Cengage Books Preview: https://prepmate.in/books/ Youtube channel: PrepMate Edutech For updates on WhatsApp, share your name & city on WhatsApp No. 75972-40000 H Year 1 HRIDAY: Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana Hunar Hai to Kadar Hai: If you have skill, you have respect HIMMAT: A mobile application to ensure women s safety in Delhi HIT: Highways, Informationways, Transmissionways’ a mantra for Nepal s development. Year 2 — ’ HOPE: Harmony, Opportunity, People s participation, Equality aim of Indian constitution HELP: Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing’ Policy a uniform— licensing system to cover all hydrocarbons under a single licensing framework — I Year 1 IT + IT = Indian Talent + Information Technology = India Tomorrow part of the Digital India initiative — INCH towards MILES: Indo-China towards Millennium of Exceptional Synergy for the future of Indo-Sino relations — Indradhanush mission: Achieving universal immunization with special focus on 184 high- priority districts Year 2 Ishan Uday: Scholarship scheme for north-east students. Indradhanush: Yet another mission with same name to revamp public sector banks Year 3 Imprint: Impacting Research Innovation and Technology--Funding research in 10 socially relevant domains J Year 1 JAM trinity: Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile for direct cash transfer and subsidy rationalization. — K Year 2 Karein Prayas, Payein Vikash: Make Effort, Gain Progress the tagline for Standup India. — Website: www.prepmate.in Telegram Channel: @upscprepmate Prepmate Cengage Books Preview: https://prepmate.in/books/ Youtube channel: PrepMate Edutech For updates on WhatsApp, share your name & city on WhatsApp No. 75972-40000 Year 3 Kayakalp: An award to promote cleanliness, hygiene and infection control practices in public health facilities Year 4 KSHAMTA: Knowledge Systems and Homestead Agriculture Management in Tribal Areas L Year 1 Link West, Act East: Aimed at making India a part of the global value chain. Year 4 LaQshya: Labour Room Quality Improvement Initiative Guideline: aims at improving quality of care in labour room and maternity Operation Theatre. M Year 1 Mera Kya, Mujhe Kya: Modi s comment on the attitude what is in it for me; why should I bother that has ruined the nation. ’ — MUDRA— Bank: Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank Mann Ki Baat: A radio programme hosted on All India Radio where the prime minister addresses the nation Maximum Governance, Minimum Government: Simplification of official procedures and governance by leveraging technology Make in India: Creating the ecosystem to transform India into a manufacturing hub Year 3 MANAS: Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills to address skill development needs of minority communities — Year 4 MERIT: Merit Order Despatch of Electricity for Rejuvenation of Income and Transparency a web portal that displays the actual data of electricity generation by states MUSC: Madhyamik— and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh non-lapsable pool for Secondary and Higher Education Cess — N Year 1 Namami Gange Mission: A national mission for clean-up of the Ganga. Website: www.prepmate.in Telegram Channel: @upscprepmate Prepmate Cengage Books Preview: https://prepmate.in/books/ Youtube channel: PrepMate Edutech For updates on WhatsApp, share your name & city on WhatsApp No. 75972-40000 NITI Aayog: National Institution for Transforming India it replaced the Planning Commission. — Year 2 NAVIC: Navigation with Indian Constellation India s own navigation satellite 3 Ns for Indian Railways: Nav Arjan (new— revenues),’ Nav Manak (new norms), Nav Sanrachna (new structures) Year 3 NIDHI: National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations umbrella programme for nurturing ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into successful start-ups — Year 4 NARI: Nutri-sensitive Agricultural Resources and Innovations focus on gender empowerment and nutrition — O Year 1 Operation Rahat: Evacuation effort in Yemen Operation Maitri: Relief operation in Nepal after the April 2015 earthquake Year 4 Operation Greens: Aims to limit the erratic fluctuations in the prices of onions, potatoes and tomatoes P Year 1 PRASAD: Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive PAHAL: Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh direct benefit transfer of LPG subsidy Padhe Bharat, Badhe Bharat: India that is— educated is the India that will progress PRAGATI: Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation aimed at monitoring and reviewing of government programmes — Per Drop, More Crop: Promoting farming through optimum utilization of water P2G2: Pro-People Good Governance, which the government claims to be its focus P4: People Private Public Partnership