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Contents Star(*) marked schemes are important as they were in news after May 2017. Basic of Schemes : Recent Rece nt Changes ........................... ........................................ .......................... ........................... .......................... .............. .. 7 Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare ............................. ......................................... .......................... ........................ ..........8 Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) ................................................................ 8 KISAN (Crop Insurance) ................................................................................................................. 9 Krishi Vigyan Kendras ..................................................................................................................... 9 Mission Fingerling ......................................................................................................................... 10 10 National Agriculture Market Mar ket (NAM) * .......................................................................................... 11 National Bamboo Mission ............................................................................................................. 12 National Crop Insurance Programme Pr ogramme .......................................................................................... 12 12 National Dairy Plan ....................................................................................................................... 13 National Food Security Mission ................................................................................................... 13 National Horticulture Missi on ...................................................................................................... 14 National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) ................................................... 14 National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology (NMAET) ................................... 14 National Mission on BioEconomy B ioEconomy ................................................................................................ 15 National Mission on Bovine Productivity Pro ductivity * .................................................................................. 15 National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil Palm (NMOOP) (N MOOP) .................................................................. 15 National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture .............................................................................. 16 Nowcast .......................................................................................................................................... 16 Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Scheme ...................................................... 17 Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna ................................................................................................. 17 Pashudhan Sanjivani ..................................................................................................................... 17 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana ............................................................................................. 17 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana ......................................................................................... 18 18 Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana * ...................................................................................... 18 Price Stabilization Fund ................................................................................................................ 19 Rashtriya Gokul Mission * ............................................................................................................ 19 19 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana * ................................................................................................... 20 RKVY-RAFTAAR Scheme * ......................................................................................................... 20 Small Farmer's Agriculture-Business A griculture-Business Consortium (SFAC) ......................................................... 21 Soil Health Card Scheme ............................................................................................................... 22 Ministry of AYUSH ......................... ...................................... ........................... ........................... ........................... .......................... ......................... ............. 22 Mission Madhumeh ....................................................................................................................... 22 National Ayush Mission *.............................................................................................................. 22 Swasthya Raksha Ra ksha Programme....................................................................................................... 23 Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers........................... ....................................... .......................... ........................... ....................... .......... 23 Jan Aushadhi Scheme ................................................................................................................... 23 Ministry of Civil Aviation ....................... .................................... ........................... .......................... .......................... ........................... ................... ...... 24 UDAN - Regional Connectivity Scheme * .................................................................................... 24 Ministry of Commerce and Industry ........................... ......................................... .......................... .......................... ........................ .......... 24 Focus Market Scheme ................................................................................................................... 24 Focus Product Scheme .................................................................................................................. 25 Make in India Programme ............................................................................................................ 25 Merchandise Exports from India Scheme * ................................................................................. 26 National Investment and Manufacturing Zones ..........................................................................26 Niryat Bandhu Scheme.................................................................................................................. 26 Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops (RISPC)......................................................... 27 Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) ................................................................................. 27 Startup-India ................................................................................................................................. 28 Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES) * ....................................................................... 28 Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana ...................................................................................... 28 This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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Contents Star(*) marked schemes are important as they were in news after May 2017. Basic of Schemes : Recent Rece nt Changes ........................... ........................................ .......................... ........................... .......................... .............. .. 7 Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare ............................. ......................................... .......................... ........................ ..........8 Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) ................................................................ 8 KISAN (Crop Insurance) ................................................................................................................. 9 Krishi Vigyan Kendras ..................................................................................................................... 9 Mission Fingerling ......................................................................................................................... 10 10 National Agriculture Market Mar ket (NAM) * .......................................................................................... 11 National Bamboo Mission ............................................................................................................. 12 National Crop Insurance Programme Pr ogramme .......................................................................................... 12 12 National Dairy Plan ....................................................................................................................... 13 National Food Security Mission ................................................................................................... 13 National Horticulture Missi on ...................................................................................................... 14 National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) ................................................... 14 National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology (NMAET) ................................... 14 National Mission on BioEconomy B ioEconomy ................................................................................................ 15 National Mission on Bovine Productivity Pro ductivity * .................................................................................. 15 National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil Palm (NMOOP) (N MOOP) .................................................................. 15 National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture .............................................................................. 16 Nowcast .......................................................................................................................................... 16 Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Scheme ...................................................... 17 Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna ................................................................................................. 17 Pashudhan Sanjivani ..................................................................................................................... 17 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana ............................................................................................. 17 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana ......................................................................................... 18 18 Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana * ...................................................................................... 18 Price Stabilization Fund ................................................................................................................ 19 Rashtriya Gokul Mission * ............................................................................................................ 19 19 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana * ................................................................................................... 20 RKVY-RAFTAAR Scheme * ......................................................................................................... 20 Small Farmer's Agriculture-Business A griculture-Business Consortium (SFAC) ......................................................... 21 Soil Health Card Scheme ............................................................................................................... 22 Ministry of AYUSH ......................... ...................................... ........................... ........................... ........................... .......................... ......................... ............. 22 Mission Madhumeh ....................................................................................................................... 22 National Ayush Mission *.............................................................................................................. 22 Swasthya Raksha Ra ksha Programme....................................................................................................... 23 Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers........................... ....................................... .......................... ........................... ....................... .......... 23 Jan Aushadhi Scheme ................................................................................................................... 23 Ministry of Civil Aviation ....................... .................................... ........................... .......................... .......................... ........................... ................... ...... 24 UDAN - Regional Connectivity Scheme * .................................................................................... 24 Ministry of Commerce and Industry ........................... ......................................... .......................... .......................... ........................ .......... 24 Focus Market Scheme ................................................................................................................... 24 Focus Product Scheme .................................................................................................................. 25 Make in India Programme ............................................................................................................ 25 Merchandise Exports from India Scheme * ................................................................................. 26 National Investment and Manufacturing Zones ..........................................................................26 Niryat Bandhu Scheme.................................................................................................................. 26 Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops (RISPC)......................................................... 27 Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) ................................................................................. 27 Startup-India ................................................................................................................................. 28 Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES) * ....................................................................... 28 Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana ...................................................................................... 28 This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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____________________________________________ ______________________ _________________________________________ ___________________ Ministry of Communications .......................... ....................................... ........................... ........................... .......................... ....................... .......... 29 Bharat Net Project * ...................................................................................................................... 29 DARPAN Project P roject * ......................................................................................................................... 29 Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana * ......................................................................................................30 Digital India ...................................................................................................................................30 National Optical Fibre Network N etwork (NOFN) * .................................................................................. 31 Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya U padhyaya Sanchar Kaushal Vikas Pratisthan Scheme .............................. 31 Sampoorna Bima Gram (SBG) Yojana * ...................................................................................... 31 Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution ........................... ....................................... ............ 32 Antyodaya Anna Yojana ................................................................................................................ 32 Minimum Support Price Scheme * ............................................................................................... 32 National Food Security Act, 2013 ................................................................................................. 32 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) ................................................................................................... 33 Ministry of Culture ......................... ...................................... ........................... ........................... ........................... .......................... ......................... .............34 Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat * ....................................................................................................... 34 National Mission on Cultural Mapping of India .......................................................................... 34 Project Mausam * .......................................................................................................................... 35 Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region ................... ................................ ........................... ...................... ........ 35 North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) ( NERLP) ............................................................................ 35 North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme * ......................................................... 35 Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation .......................... ....................................... ........................... ........................... ............... 36 Ganga Gram Yojana * .................................................................................................................... 36 Jalmani Programme ...................................................................................................................... 36 National Rural Drinking Water Wat er Scheme * .................................................................................... 36 Swachhta Hi Seva campaign c ampaign * ...................................................................................................... 37 Ministry of Earth Sciences ......................... ...................................... ........................... ........................... ........................... .......................... .............. .. 37 Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva (GKMS) ......................................................................................... 37 Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ........................... ........................................ ....................... .......... 37 Climate Resilience Building among Farmers t hrough Crop Residue Management * ............... 37 National Action Ac tion Plan on Climate Change ..................................................................................... 38 National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) * ........................................................38 National Mission of Green India .................................................................................................. 38 SECURE Himalaya Hi malaya Project * ......................................................................................................... 39 Ministry of External Affairs ........................ ..................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ........................... ................ 39 Know India Programme * ............................................................................................................. 39 SAMEEP * ...................................................................................................................................... 39 Ministry of Finance ........................... ........................................ .......................... ........................... .......................... .......................... ........................ ..........40 Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana ............................................................................................................. 40 Atal Pension Yojana * ................................................................................................................... 40 Gold Monetization Scheme ........................................................................................................... 41 Mudra Bank and Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana ........................................................................ 41 National Health Protection Scheme ............................................................................................. 42 Nirbhaya Fund * ............................................................................................................................ 42 Pradhan Mantri Mantr i Jan Dhan Yojana ................................................................................................ 42 Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) ............................................................... 43 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) ...................................................................... 43 Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) * .................................................................... 43 Savings (Taxable) Bonds, 2018 * .................................................................................................. 44 Sovereign Gold Bonds * ................................................................................................................. 44 Stand-up India ............................................................................................................................... 45 Ministry of Food Processing Industries ................ .............................. ........................... .......................... ........................... ................. ... 46 Mega Food Park Scheme * ............................................................................................................ 46 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana * ................................................................................... 46 Scheme for Agro-Marine Produce Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters Clusters (SAMPADA) 47 Ministry of Health and Family Welfare ........................... ......................................... .......................... .......................... .................... ...... 47 ASHA, ANM and AWW ................................................................................................................. 47 This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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_______________________________________________________________ Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK). ............................................................................... 47 Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) ......................................................................................................48 Kayakalp Awards ...........................................................................................................................48 Laqshya- A Labour Room Quality Improvement Initiative ........................................................48 Mission Indradhanush ..................................................................................................................48 Mission Parivar Vikas .................................................................................................................... 49 Mothers’ Absolute Affection (MAA) Program .............................................................................. 49 National Deworming Mission * .................................................................................................... 50 National Health Assurance Mission ............................................................................................. 50 National Health Mission (NHM) .................................................................................................. 50 National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) ................................................................................... 51 National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) * .................................................................................................................................... 51 Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) * .......................................................... 51 Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) ................................................................ 52 Project Sunrise ............................................................................................................................... 52 Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) ................................................................................ 52 Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) .......................................................................... 53 Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) .................................................................................... 53 Swachh Swasth Sarvatra ............................................................................................................... 54 Universal Immunization Programme........................................................................................... 54 Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises .................................................... 55 FAME India Scheme * ................................................................................................................... 55 National Electric Mobility Mission Plan ( NEMMP) 2020 * ....................................................... 55 Ministry of Home Affairs ............................................................................................... 56 Anti-Narcotics Scheme * ............................................................................................................... 56 Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) * ............................................... 56 UDAAN * ........................................................................................................................................ 57 Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Allevation ....................................................... 57 Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY) - Urban .............................................................................. 57 "Housing for All by 2022" Mission ............................................................................................... 57 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Housing for All (Urban) * .......................................................... 58 Ministry of Human Resource Development .................................................................. 58 ASMITA .......................................................................................................................................... 58 Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN) * ....................................................................... 59 Ishan Uday ..................................................................................................................................... 59 Ishan Vikas ..................................................................................................................................... 59 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya ............................................................................................. 59 Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh (MUSK) * .................................................................. 60 Mid-Day Meal Scheme ................................................................................................................. 60 Prime Minister’s Research Fellows (PMRF) Scheme * .............................................................. 60 Rashtriya Madhyamaik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) ...................................................................... 61 Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) ........................................................................... 61 RTE ................................................................................................................................................. 61 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA) ........................................................................................................ 62 Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat * ................................................................................................ 62 SWAYAM * ..................................................................................................................................... 62 Swayam Prabha * ........................................................................................................................... 63 Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) ............................................. 63 Uchchtar Aavishkar Abhiyan * ..................................................................................................... 63 Udaan - Giving Wings to Girl Students ........................................................................................ 63 Vishwajeet Scheme * ..................................................................................................................... 64 Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan (VISAKA) *....................................................................................... 64 Ministry of IT and Electronics ....................................................................................... 64 BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) ............................................................................................ 64 Cyber Surakshit Bharat *............................................................................................................... 65 This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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_______________________________________________________________ DigiLocker ...................................................................................................................................... 65 Jeevan Pramaan............................................................................................................................. 65 Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (M-SIPS) .............................................................. 66 National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) .....................................................................................66 Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan * ................................................................ 66 Stree Swabhiman Initiative * ........................................................................................................ 67 Ministry of Labour and Employment ............................................................................ 67 National Child Labour Project (NCLP) * ...................................................................................... 67 Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram .......................................................... 67 Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana ...................................................................................68 Shram Awards * .............................................................................................................................68 Ministry of Law and Justice ........................................................................................... 69 e-Courts Mission Mode Project .................................................................................................... 69 Tele-Law * ...................................................................................................................................... 69 Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ....................................................... 70 ASPIRE ........................................................................................................................................... 70 PMEGP ........................................................................................................................................... 70 SFURTI........................................................................................................................................... 70 Zero Defect, Zero Effect................................................................................................................. 71 Ministry of Mines ...........................................................................................................71 Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) * .................................................... 71 Sudoor Drishti ............................................................................................................................... 72 Ministry of Minority Affairs .......................................................................................... 72 Jiyo Parsi scheme * ........................................................................................................................ 72 USTTAD Scheme *......................................................................................................................... 72 Nai Manzil Scheme ........................................................................................................................ 72 Nai Roshni Scheme........................................................................................................................ 73 Padho Pardesh ............................................................................................................................... 73 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy ........................................................................ 73 Green Corridor Project .................................................................................................................. 73 Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission ................................................................................... 73 National Offshore Wind Energy Policy ........................................................................................ 74 Solar Cities scheme * ..................................................................................................................... 74 Suryamitra initiative ...................................................................................................................... 74 Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas ......................................................................... 75 PAHAL (DBT) ................................................................................................................................ 75 Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat scheme * ................................................................................... 75 Pradhan Mantri UJJWALA Yojana *............................................................................................ 75 Ministry of Power .......................................................................................................... 76 Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana ................................................................................... 76 Integrated Power Development Scheme ...................................................................................... 76 LED based Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) ........................................................... 76 Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahaabhiyan (KUSUM) * ................................................. 77 Power for All Scheme .................................................................................................................... 77 Saubhagya - Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana * ...................................................... 77 UDAY * ........................................................................................................................................... 78 UJALA - National LED Programme * .......................................................................................... 78 Ministry of Railways...................................................................................................... 79 Avataran ......................................................................................................................................... 79 Yatri Mitra Scheme ........................................................................................................................ 79 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways .................................................................... 79 Bharat Mala Project * .................................................................................................................... 79 Char Dham Highway Project ....................................................................................................... 80 Green Highway Policy .................................................................................................................. 80 Logistic Efficiency Enhancement Programme (LEEP) .............................................................. 80 Setu Bharatam .............................................................................................................................. 80 This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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_______________________________________________________________ Ministry of Rural Development ..................................................................................... 81 Annapurna Scheme ....................................................................................................................... 81 Ajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY) *............................................................................... 81 Ajeevika - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) * .......................................................... 81 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) ............................................. 81 MGNREGA * .................................................................................................................................. 82 National Social Assistance Program (NSAP) ............................................................................... 82 Neeranchal National Watershed Project ...................................................................................... 82 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Gramin ....................................................................................... 83 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) * ........................................................................83 RURBAN ........................................................................................................................................84 Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana ........................................................................................................84 Startup Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) ............................................................... 85 Ministry of Science and Technology .............................................................................. 85 AWSAR (Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research) Scheme * ............................... 85 Biotech-KISAN .............................................................................................................................. 85 Cattle Genomics Scheme ...............................................................................................................86 Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) programme ..................................................................................86 Distinguished Investigator Award (DIA) * ...................................................................................86 INSPIRE Scheme * ........................................................................................................................86 MANAK .......................................................................................................................................... 87 National Biopharma Mission * ..................................................................................................... 87 National Initiative for Development and Harnessing Innovation (NIDHI) .............................. 87 Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship * ...................................................................................... 87 Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana * ........................................... 88 Prime Minister’s Fellowship Scheme for Doctoral Research ..................................................... 88 TARE Scheme * ............................................................................................................................. 88 VAJRA Faculty Scheme * ..............................................................................................................89 Ministry of Shipping ......................................................................................................89 Sagarmala scheme * ......................................................................................................................89 The Logistics Data Bank (LDB) project * .....................................................................................89 Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship ...................................................90 National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme ............................................................................. 90 National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015 ......................................... 90 National Skill Development Mission ........................................................................................... 90 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana * ...................................................................................... 91 Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana ........................................................................................................ 91 SANKALP scheme * .......................................................................................................................92 Skill India Campaign ..................................................................................................................... 92 STRIVE scheme * .......................................................................................................................... 92 Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment ............................................................... 93 Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) ..................................................................93 Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) ................................................................................................. 93 Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan .............................................................................................................. 93 Ministry of Statisitcs and Programme Implementation ................................................ 94 MPLAD Scheme * .......................................................................................................................... 94 Ministry of Textiles........................................................................................................ 94 Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme ...................................................................... 94 PowerTex India scheme ................................................................................................................ 95 Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS) * ......................................................... 95 Ministry of Tourism ...................................................................................................... 96 Apni Dharohar Apni Pehchan Project * ....................................................................................... 96 PRASAD - Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive ............................... 96 Swadesh Darshan Scheme ............................................................................................................ 96 Ministry of Tribal Affairs ............................................................................................... 97 Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojna.............................................................................................................. 97 This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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_______________________________________________________________ Ministry of Urban Development .................................................................................... 97 AMRUT .......................................................................................................................................... 97 HRIDAY - National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana .............................98 Smart City Mission * .....................................................................................................................98 Swacchh Bharat Abhiyan * ............................................................................................................ 99 Smart City Ganga Program ........................................................................................................... 99 Swacchh Sathi Program ................................................................................................................ 99 Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation ............... 100 Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme ................................................................................ 100 Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABY) * ......................................................................................................... 100 Ganga Gram Yojana ..................................................................................................................... 100 Jal Kranti Abhiyan ....................................................................................................................... 101 Namami Gange Project * ............................................................................................................. 101 Ministry of Women and Child Development ................................................................ 102 Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Scheme * ............................................................................................ 102 Dhanalakshmi Scheme ................................................................................................................ 102 Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahayog Yojana .................................................................................... 102 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) *...................................................................... 103 ICDS Sub Schemes * .................................................................................................................... 103 Kishori Shakti Yojana .................................................................................................................. 104 Mahila Samridhi Yojana .............................................................................................................. 104 National Mission For Empowerment of Women (NMEW) / Mission Poorna Shakti ............. 104 National Nutrition Mission * ...................................................................................................... 104 Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme * ..................................................................... 105 Sakhi One Stop Centres * ............................................................................................................ 105 Scheme for Adolescent Girls * .................................................................................................... 105 SABLA - Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls ................................... 105 SAKSHAM .................................................................................................................................... 106 Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme ....................................................................................................... 106 Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women ............................................... 106 Ujjawala Scheme .......................................................................................................................... 107 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports ........................................................................... 108 Khelo India * ................................................................................................................................ 108 Mission XI Million ....................................................................................................................... 108 Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram ................................................................................ 108 Target Olympic Podium Scheme ................................................................................................ 108 Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion ......................................................... 109 Creative India; Innovative India * .............................................................................................. 109 e-Biz .............................................................................................................................................. 109 Department of Space ................................................................................................... 109 Sakaar ........................................................................................................................................... 109 NITI Ayog .....................................................................................................................110 ATAL Innovation Mission * ........................................................................................................ 110 Mentor India Campaign * ........................................................................................................... 110 Sustainable Action for Transforming Human c apital (SATH) * ............................................... 110 Self-Employment & Talent Utilisation (SETU) .......................................................................... 111 PMO.............................................................................................................................. 111 PRAGATI (ProActive Governance and Timely Implementation) .............................................. 111 Practice MCQs .............................................................................................................. 112

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Basic of Schemes : Recent Changes There are three types of schemes: 1. Central schemes / Central Sector Schemes: a. These schemes are funded and implemented by the union government. b. Usually they are schemes related to the subjects over which union government has jurisdiction as per Schedule VII 2. Centrally Sponsored Schemes: a. These schemes are funded by the Union Government or Union as well as State government but implemented by State governments. b. Funding pattern may be 50:50,75:25 etc. c. North Eastern and Hilly states generally have patter of 90:10 3. State schemes: These schemes are funded and implemented by the state governments. Changes in Centrally Sponsored Schemes in recent past? (Facts given for better understanding only) Announced in 2016 Budget : Each scheme will have a sunset date i.e. in the beginning it will be decided till when the scheme will run. Midterm reviews will further decide whether the scheme is to be extended or not. Earlier there were too many schemes, which did not yielded desired result because of: o Bureaucratic mindset (Budget maximisation tendency) o Duplication of efforts (No coordination among various schemes) Number of schemes are being reduced : UPA : There were 147 Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) In 2013, UPA reduced CSS to 66 In 2014, NDA added 6 more CSS leading to total 72 CSS In 2015, NITI Ayog constituted a P anel under Chairmanship of Shiv Raj Singh Chauhan, which recommended to reduce CSS to 27 only. Based on the recommendation of Shiv Raj Singh Chauhan Panel, government is restructuring CSSs. 

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How restructuring is being done? Schemes are now classified into three types : a. Core of the Core (Total 6 schemes) b. Core (Total 18 schemes) c. Optional (Total 3 schemes) Special Category states are : 11 total ( 8 North Eastern states + 3 Himalayan states i.e. Uttarakhand, HP & JK) Funding pattern for these type of schemes would be: a. For Core of the Core For General Category states : Existing pattern For Special Category states : Existing pattern b. For Core For General Category states : 60 : 40 (i.e. 60% by centre, 40% by state) For Special Category states : 90 : 10 (i.e. 90% by centre, 10% by state) c. For Optional For General Category states : 50 : 50 (i.e. 50% by centre, 50% by state) For Special Category states : 80 : 20 (i.e. 80% by centre, 20% by state) Core of the Core Schemes: a. MGNREGA b. National Social Assistance Program (For Senior citizens, widows etc.) c. Umbrella Scheme for SC (All schemes for SC in one) d. Umbrella Scheme for ST (All schemes for ST in one) e. Umbrella Scheme for OBC (All schemes for OBC in one) f. Umbrella Scheme for Minorities (All schemes for Minorities in one) Core Schemes: a. Green Revolution Krishi Unnati Yojana Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana b. White Revolution - Rashtriya Pashudhan Vikas Yojana (Livestock Mission, Veternary Services and Dairy Development) c. Blue Revolution d. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana 

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Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) Implemented by : ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Objective: The objectives of ARYA project are 1. To attract and empower the Youth in Rural Areas to take up various Agriculture, allied and service sector enterprises for sustainable income and gainful employment in selected districts, 2. To enable the Farm Youth to establish network groups to take up resource and capital intensive act ivities like processing, value addition and marketing, and 3. To demonstrate functional linkage with different institutions and stakeholders for convergence of opportunities available under various schemes/program for sustainable development of youth Factual Information: Implemented via Krishi Vigyan Kendras (One in each district) 


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Training given in Apiary, Mushroom, Seed Processing, Soil testing, Poultry, Dairy, Goatry, Carp-hatchery, Vermi-compost etc

Integrated Scheme for Agriculture and Marketing (ISAM) Ministry/Department : Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Related to : Agricultural marketing Objective: to promote creation of agricultural marketing infrastruct ure by providing backend subsidy support to State, cooperative and private sector investments; to promote creation of scientific storage c apacity and to promote pledge financing to increase farmers’ income; to promote Integrated Value Chains to provide vertical integration of far mers with primary processors; to use ICT as a vehicle of extension to sensitize and orient farmers to respond to n ew challenges in agricultural marketing; to establish a nation-wide information network system for speedy c ollection and dissemination of market information and data on arrivals and prices for its efficient and timely utilization by farmers and other stake holders; to support framing of grade standards and quality certification of agricultural commodities to help farmers get better and remunerative prices for their graded produce; to catalyze private investment in setting up of agribusiness projects and thereby provide assured market to producers and strengthen backward linkages of agri-business projects with producers and the ir groups; and to undertake and promote training, research, education, extension and c onsultancy in the agri marketing sector. 

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KISAN (Crop Insurance) Ministry/Department : Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare ACRONYM : C(K )rop Insurance using Space technology A nd geoiNformatics Objective: The project envisages use of Space Technology and geoinformatics ( GIS, GPS and Smartphone) technology along with high resolution data from UAV/Drone based imaging for improvement in yield estimation and better planning of Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs), needed for crop insurance programme Why needed? Currently, the crop insurance claim i s calculated on the basis of crop cutting experiments. However, there has always been a problem in getting timely and accurate data, due to which payment of claims to farmers were getting delayed and the government is concerned over the delays in settlements. To address thi s issue Kisan programme is being launched on pilot basis

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Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) are agricultural extension centers created by ICAR to provide various types of farm support to the agricultural sector. It is created to serve as a single window mechanism for addressing the technology needs of farmers and acts as a link among researchers, extension functionaries like NGOs and farmers. The farm support includes farm advisory service including climate resilient technologies, training programme for NGOs and front line demonstration and on Farm testing. KVK operates under the administrative control of State Agricultural Uni versity(SAU) or central institute

Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture Ministry/Department : Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Scheme: This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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A Centrally Sponsored Scheme Launched during XII plan It integrates the ongoing schemes of o National Horticulture Mission, o Horticulture Mission for North East & Hi malayan States, o National Bamboo Mission, o National Horticulture Board, o Coconut Development Board and o Central Institute for Horticulture, Nagaland.

Objective: The Missions aims to promote holistic g rowth of horticulture sector, including bamboo and coconut through area based regionally differentiated strategies, which includes research, technology p romotion, extension, postharvest management, processing and marketing. It takes into consideration comparative advantage of each State/ region and its diverse agro-climatic features; To encourage aggregation of farmers into farmer groups like FIGs/FPOs and FPCs to bring economy of scale and scope; To enhance horticulture production, augment farmers income and strengthen nutritional security a nd improve productivity by way of quality germplasm, planting material and water use efficiency through Micro Irrigation. 

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Mission Fingerling Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare It is a programme to enable holistic development and management of fisheries sector in India. The mission a ims to achieve the target to enhance fisheries production f rom 10.79 mmt (2014-15) to 15 mmt by 2020-21 under the Blue Revolution. Program: This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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Government has identified 20 States based on their potential and other relevant factors to strengthen the Fish Fingerling production and Fish Seed infrastructure in the country. This program will facilitate the establishment of Fingerling rearing pond and hatcheries. This will converge in the production of 2 0 lakh tonnes of fish annually, which will in turn benefit about 4 million families. The implementation of this program will supplement the requirement of stocking materials in the country up to a large extent, which is a much needed input to achieve the enhanced fish production.

National Agriculture Market (NAM) * Ministry/Department : Ministry/Department : Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare What is NAM? The Department of Agriculture & Cooperation formulated a Central Sector scheme for scheme for Promotion of National Agriculture Market through Market through Agri-Tech Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund (ATIF) through (ATIF) through provision of the common eplatform. Why do we need it? Because APMC's have balkanized Indian agricultural marketing landscape and thus NAM is the step in direction of a unified national agricultural market. What are APMCs? An Agricultural Produce Market Committee is a marketing board established by state governments of India One main function of which is basically to provide a platform for farmers to sell their the ir produce In simple terms, the APMC (Agricultural Produce Mar ket Committees) is a relic of the past that forces the farmers to sell their produce only to middlemen approved by the government in authorized Mandis (markets). Thus, if you are a vegetable producer and I’m a supermarket, I cannot directly buy from you. Both of us need to go through a broker. This increases prices for the end buyer and unnecessarily adds redtape. 

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Cons of APMCs: Fragmentation of State into State into multiple market areas, each administered by separate APMC Separate licences for licences for each mandi are required r equired for trading in different market areas within a state. This means that we have limited the first point of sale for the farmer. He has to come to the local mandi – which could be both good and bad depending upon how it is governed governed Licensing barriers leading to conditions of monopoly Opaque process for price discovery Similar initiative Rashtriya electronics Mar ket Scheme (ReMS) of Karnataka government has failed to ac hieve desired results.  

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What will NAM do? National Agriculture Market is Market is going to implemented by the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation through Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC). NAM is not replacing the mandis. NAM mandis. NAM is an online platform with a physical market or mandi at the backend enabling buyers situated even even outside the state to participate in trading at the local level. It seeks to leverage the physical infrastructure of mandis through an online trading portal, enabling buyers situated even outside the state to participate in trading at the local level. This e-platform aims to provide more options to farmers to sell their produce and is part of implementation of the roadmap for doubling income of the farmers by 2 022 

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Transparency: electronic auction platform to be installed in earmarked APMCs can bring transparency in the price discovery process, and unified market platform might lead to real time, broad-based price dissemination 2. Reduce Price Anomaly: creation of NAM could reduce pricing anomaly at the wholesale and primary rural markets through a network of electronic spot regulated markets 3. Financial literacy: of farmers will increase

Cons of NAM: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Fruits and vegetables, where there often are prices fluctuations, are yet to be included in the NAM platform platfor m Country’s two biggest mandis—Azadpur (Delhi) and Vashi (Mumbai)—have not yet agreed to come on board NAM does not say anything on interstate taxes and levies. Commission agents fear unification will affect them adversely as farmers can enter details of commodities in the e-platform and sell to the highest bidder without any mediation from the agents. This is a very potent impediment against forward movement of reforms

What is eNAM? e-National Agriculture Market (NAM) is a pan-India e-trading platform. It is designed to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities Farmers can showcase their produce online from their nearest market and traders can quote price from anywhere It will result in increased numbers of traders and greater competition. It will also ensure open price discovery and better returns to farmers. 

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National Crop Insurance Programme Ministry/Department : Ministry/Department : Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Objective: The Scheme aims to provide insurance coverage and fi nancial support to the farmers in the event of crops failure as a result of natural calamities, pests and diseases as also to encourage farmers to adopt progressive farming p ractices, high value inputs and higher technology in agriculture. Scheme: It was started by merging three schemes which are now its component : a. Modified National Agricultural insurance Scheme (MNAIS), b. Weather Based Crop insurance Scheme (WBCIS) and c. Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme (CPIS). 

What is MNAIS? It is a component of National Nat ional Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP) and it pro vides insurance coverage and financial support to the farmers in the th e event of failure of crops and subsequent low crop yield. Which crops are covered in MNAIS? This scheme covers food crops including cereals, millets and pulses; oil seeds and horticulture crops. Individual State Governments notify the crops to be covered. Department of Agriculture & Cooperation (DAC) empanels the compan ies that provide insurance under this scheme   

What is WBCIS? It is also a component of NCIP It provides insurance coverage and financial support to the farmers in the event of failure of cro ps due to Adverse Weather Incidence. WBCIS claims is also available to farmers who do not insure their crops under under MNAIS but whose crops are damaged due to Adverse Weather Incidence.  

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Under WBCIS, "Area Approach" is followed i.e. a ‘Reference Unit Area (RUA)’ is defined by state government as a homogeneous unit of Insurance. Such RUA can be a Village Panchayat / Revenue Circle / Mandal / Hobli / Block / Tehsil etc. as defined by t he state government

Adverse Weather Incidences : Under WBCIS, they are defined as: 1. Rainfall – Deficit Rainfall, Unseasonal Rainfall, Excess rainfall, Rainy days, Dry-spell, Dry days 2. Relative Humidity 3. Temperature – High temperature (heat), Low temperature ( frost) 4. Wind Speed 5. A combination of the above 6. Hailstorms and cloudburst Which crops are covered under WBCIS? The scheme covers major food crops such as cereals, millets & pulses, Oilseeds and commercial / horticultural crops. State Governments notifies the crops covered under this. What are the major differences between MNAIS and WBCIS ? WBCIS insures loss due to weather incidents while while MNAIS insures drop in crop yield to any reason. MNAIS benefits is given to only farmers who has i nsured their crops while WBCIS is based on area a pproach and its benefit is available to all farmers.  

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National Dairy Plan Ministry/Department : Ministry/Department : Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Scheme: Central Sector Scheme Phase I is from 2011-12 to 2018-19 2 018-19  

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National Food Security Mission Ministry/Department : Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Objective: NFSM aims to increase the production of rice, wheat, pulses and Coarse Cereals through area expansion and productivity enhancement; restoring soil fertility and productivity; creating employment opportunities; and enhancing farm level economy. 

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_______________________________________________________________ The basic strategy of the Mission is to promote and extend improved t echnologies, i.e., seed, micronutrients, soil amendments, integrated pest management, farm machinery and resource conservation technologies along with capacity building of farmers. Factual Information: Launched in 2007 In the 12th Plan, NFSM aims at raising the food grain production by 25 million tones Besides rice, wheat and pulses, NFSM proposes to co ver coarse cereals and commercial crops (sugarcane, jute, cotton) during the 12th plan period (2012-17) Targets - Production of rice, wheat and pulses would be increased by 10, 8, 4 million tonnes respectively and Coarse cereals by 3 million tonnes. Funding - 50:50 by Centre and State for food crops an d 100% centre funding for cash crops.   

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National Horticulture Mission Ministry/Department : Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Scheme: A National Horticulture Mission was launched in 2005-06 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme to promote holistic growth of the horticulture sector through a n area based regionally differentiated strategies. The scheme has been subsumed as a part of Mission for Integration Development of Horticulture (MIDH) during 2014-15. What is National Horticulture Mission? National Horticulture Mission is a government mission to support horticultural production in the country. NHM is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme in which Government of India contributes 85%, and 15% is met by the State Governments. Factual Information: India ranks second in the global production of fruits and vegetables next to China Started in 2005-06 Now subsumed in MIDH   

National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Objective: The mega project has three major objectives of strategic research, technology demonstrations and capacity building Its aims to make farmers self-reliant by use of cli mate resilient agricultural technologies and management of natural and manmade resources for sustaining agriculture in the era of climate change.   

Scheme: It has four components: 1. Strategic research on adaptation and mitigation, 2. Technology demonstration to cope with current climat e variability in 100 vulnerable districts, 3. Capacity Building 4. Sponsored competitive research to fill critical gaps. Factual Information: Launched in 2011 Launched by Indian Council of Agricultural Research  

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Objective: The aim of the Mission is to restructure and strengthen agricultural extension to enable delivery of appropriate technology and improved agronomic practices to farmers. How? Objective is envisaged to be achieved by a judicious mix of extensive physical outreach and interactive methods of information dissemination, use of ICT, popularisation of modern and a ppropriate technologies, capacity building and institution strengthening to promote mechanisation, availability of quality seeds, plant protection etc . and encourage aggregation of Farmers into Interest Groups (FIGs) to form Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs). Framework: The Mission has four components : 1. Sub Mission on Agriculture Extension, (SMAE) 2. Sub Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP), 3. Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) a nd 4. Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPP). What is Agriculture Extension? Agricultural extension refers to application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education. This includes educating the farmers towards c ost effective and remunerative mechanized farming for improved productivity and sustainable farm growth. Factual Information: Started in 2014 

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Key Facts: The purpose of the mission is to boost rural economy by utilizing bio-resources. Besides, it can create a large number of jobs at village level. It also focuses on sustainable utilization of renewable biological resources for food, bio-energy and bio-based products through knowledge-based approaches. It has potential to generate new solutions for the planet’s major challenges in the field of energy, food, health, water, climate change and deliver social, economic and environmental benefits. Bioeconomy is a new concept and few countries like US, Canada, European Union (EU) and Australia have started initiatives in this field. India is the fast-growing bioeconomy at US 35 billion dollars in 2015, which can even rise to USD 100 billion in future 

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National Mission on Bovine Productivity * Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture Mission: It was launched in November 2016 with aim o f enhancing milk production and productivity and ther eby making dairying more remunerative to farmers. It is being implemented with following components 1. Pashu Sanjivni: It includes identification of animals i n milk using UID, issuing health cards to all animals in milk and uploading data on INAPH data base. 2. Advance reproductive Technique: Under it, sex sorted semen production facility is being created at 10 A graded semen stations and 50 EET Labs with IVF facilities. 3. Creation of E Pashu Haat Portal: It is for linking farmers and breeders of indigenous breeds and 4. Establishment of National Bovine Genomic Centre for Indigenous Breeds (NBGC-IB): It is established for enhancing milk production and productivity through genomic selection among indigenous breeds. 

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_______________________________________________________________ Ministry/Department : Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Objective: to expand area under oilseeds, harness the potential in the area/ districts of low productivity, strengthening inputs delivery mechanism, strengthening of post-harvest services besides a focus on tribal areas for t ree bourn oilseeds. Increasing irrigation coverage under oilseeds from 26% to 36% Expansion of cultivation of Oil Palm and tree borne oilseeds in watersheds and wasteland      

Target: NMOOP envisages bringing an additional 1.25 lakh hectares under oil palm cultivation through area expansion approach in the States including utilisation of wastelands. Factual Information: The States currently engaged in oil palm cultivation are Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal. India’s edible oil imports are rising steeply. In the past 13 years, import of crude and refined oil was reported to have quadrupled and the import bill in this regard is expected to touch $ 15 billion in 2016-17. The oilseed accounts for 13% of the Gross Cropped Are a, 3% of the Gross National Product and 10% value of all agricultural commodities. Started in 2014-15 

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Nowcast Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture (With back end support from Ministry of Earth Sciences i.e. IMD) Objective: To provide timely alerts on extreme weather conditions to farmers Project: IMD already gives weather forecasts but farmers in the affected areas could not get this information on t ime hence nowcast launched Under this initiative, the extreme weather data originated from IMD is being moved to mKisan portal using a web service. From mKisan Portal warnings regarding extreme weather conditions are automati cally and instantaneously transmitted by SMS to farmers located in affected distri ct/blocks. This technological break-through is a collaborative effort between mKisan Portal d eveloped by DAC, weather technologies adopted by IMD and GIS Portal of NIC 

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Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Scheme Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Objective is to promote Agricultural Education in India Scheme: Under the scheme 100 centres are opened with a fund of Rs.5.35 crore. “Attracting and retaining youth in Agriculture ( ARYA)” is a project sanctioned by the Indian Council of Agriculture (ICAR) and is being implemented at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs).  


Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Scheme: Also called Traditional Farming Improvement Programme. Launched to promote organic farming. Objective is to improve soil health via organic farming. Scheme will encourage farmers to adopt eco-friendly concept of c ultivation and reduce their dependence on fertilizers and agricultural chemicals to improve yields It is a cluster based scheme. Fifty or more farmers will form a cluster having 50 acre land to take up the organic farming under the scheme In this way during three years 10,000 clusters will be formed covering 5.0 lakh acre area under organic farming. Every farmer will be provided Rs. 20,000 per acre in three years for seed to harvesting of crops and to transport produce to the market    

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Pashudhan Sanjivani Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Scheme: An animal wellness programme encompassing provision of Animal Health Cards - “Nakul Swasthya Patra”. It also issues UID identification of animals in milk and establish a National Database for controlling the spread of animal disease and keep tracking of trade in livestock and its products.  

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Objective: To provide comprehensive insurance coverage against crop loss. Scheme: The scheme covers kharif, rabi crops as well as annual commercial and horticultural crops New scheme will cover post-harvest losses apart from yield loss. It will also provide farm level assessment for localised calamities including hailstorms, unseasonal rains, landslides and inundation. The scheme proposes mandatory use of remote sensing, smart p hones and drones for quick estimation of crop loss to speed up the claim process. The settlement of claims will be fastened for the full sum assured. About 25% of the likely claim will be settled directly on farmers account. There will not be a cap on the premium and reduction of the sum insured.   

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It is open to all farmers It is mandatory for farmers availing crop loans for notified crops in notified areas It is optional non-loanee farmers. There is no capping in premium and one premium rate on pan-India basis. It is 1.5%, 2% and 5% for all Rabi, Kharif and annual horticultural/ commercial crops, respectively. The balance premium will be paid by the government to provide full insured amount to the farmers. There is no upper cap on government subsidy, even if the balance premium is 90 p ercent, the government will bear it This scheme provides full coverage of insurance. While NAIS had full coverage, it was capped in the modifiedNAIS scheme. It also covers the localized risks such as ha ilstorm, landslide, inundation etc. Earlier schemes did not cover inundation. It provides post-harvest coverage. The NAIS did not cover while the modified NAIS covered only coastal regions. A cluster approach will be adopted under which a group of districts with variable risk profie will be allotted to an insurance company

Factual Information: Launched in 2016 It will replace the existing two crop insurance schemes National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) and Modified NAIS  

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Scheme: The Pradhanmantri Gram Sinchai Yojana is aimed at irrigating the field of every farmer and improving water use efficiency to provide `Per Drop More Crop’  

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Funding Pattern: PMKSY funds would be given to states as 75% grant by the central government and the remaining 25% share is to be borne by the state government. For north-eastern region and hilly states, the funding pattern would be 90:10

Price Stabilization Fund Ministry/Department : Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Objective: Objective of the PSF was to safeguard the interest of the growers and provide them financial relief when prices fall below a specified level Scheme: Central Sector Scheme To support market interventions for price control of perishable agri-horticultural commodities PSF will be used to advance interest free loan to State Governments and Central agencies to support their working capital and other expenses on procurement and distribution interventions for such commodities Procurement of the commodities will be undertaken directly from farmers or farmers’ organizations a t farm gate/mandi and made available at a more reasonable price to the consumers. Initially the fund is proposed to be used for onion and potato only. Losses incurred, if any, in the operations will be shared between the Centre and the States.   

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Rashtriya Gokul Mission * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Aim is conservation and development of indigenous breeds in a focused and scientific manner. Scheme: It is a project under National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development. The objectives of this mission includes Conservation of indigenous breeds and their development to improve their genetic makeup, enhancing the milk productivity and distribution of disease free high genetic merit bulls for natural service. Rashtriya Gokul Mission is being implemented through “State Implementing Agencies (SIA) viz Livestock Development Boards. Scheme is implemented on 100% grant-in-aid basis and throughout the country. It includes: o Establishment of Integrated Indigenous cattle centres “Gokul Gram”. Establishment of Breeder’s societies “Gopalan Sangh”. Award to Farmers “Gopal Ratna” and Breeders’ societies “Kamadhenu”. Assistance to institution which are repositories of best germplasm.  

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Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana * Ministry/Department : Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Objective: To achieve 4% annual growth in agriculture. Scheme: Launched to incentivize the states to increase their investment in Agriculture Scheme incentivize the States to provide additional resources in their State Plans over and above their baseline expenditure to bridge critic al gaps A state is eligible for funding under the RKVY if it maintains or increases the percentage of its expenditure on Agriculture and its Allied Sectors with respect to the total State Plan Expenditure year on year. It covers all sectors of agriculture like: (don't remember them) o Animal Husbandry o Agri-Finance o Agriculture Marketing o Agricultural Research and Education o Crop Husbandry and Education etc. Sub Schemes of RSBY are: o Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern Region : To improve rice based cropping system in eastern India. o Initiative on Vegetable Clusters : To increase production of vegetables o National Mission for Protein Supplements o Saffron Mission : Started in 2010-11; To improve saffron cultivation i n JK o Vidharbha Intensive Irrigation Development Programme o Crop Diversification Government has decided to continue Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) as Rashtriya Krishi Vikas YojanaRemunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR) for three y ears i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20.  

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RKVY-RAFTAAR Scheme * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Agriculture Aim: To make farming remunerative economic activity by strengthening farmer’s effort, risk mitigation and promoting agribusiness entrepreneurship. Scheme: Government has approved continuation of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) 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. The scheme aims to fast-track agriculture development by emphasising on development of agriculture infrastructure, specifically post-harvest infrastructure and assets, promotion of value addition linked agri business models. The financial allocation of scheme is Rs. 15,722 crore and it will be provided to states as 60:40 grants between Centre and States (90:10 for North Eastern States and Himalayan States). Under it, 50% of annual outlay will be provided for setting up infrastructure and assets, 30% for value-addition linked production projects and 20% of outlay will be flexi-funds for supporting any project as per the local needs. Moreover, about 20% of the annual outlay will be provided for implementing special sub-schemes of national priorities under RKVY-RAFTAAR. 

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Soil Health Card Scheme Ministry/Department : Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Far mers Welfare Scheme : The Soil Health Card is a printed report that will be given to farmers once in three years for each of his/her land holding. It will contain crucial information on: o macro nutrients in the soil, secondary nutrients and micro nutrients o Type of soil o Fertilizer type to be used o Crop suitability for the type of soil and climate The card will be accompanied by an advisory on the corrective measures that a farmer should take to improve soil health and obtain a better yield. The Central Government provides assistance to State Governments for setting up Soil Testing Laboratories for issuing Soil Health Cards to farmers. The state governments will prepare yearly action plan on the issue and the cost will be shared in the ratio of 75:25 between the Centre and states 

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_______________________________________________________________ Ministry/Department : Ministry of AYUSH AYUSH stands for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy. Sowa-Rigpa is also covered under AYUSH. Objective: To provide cost effective and equitable AYUSH health care throughout the country by improving access to the services Mission: Mission has 4 components: o AYUSH Services : Give universal access o AYUSH Educational Institutions : Strengthen them o Quality Control of AYUSH Drugs : Set norms and regulate them o Medicinal Plants : Ensure their supply The resource allocation by centre to the States/UTs is proposed on the basis of po pulation, backwardness and performance of the State/UT It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. It aims to address gaps in health services through supporting efforts of State/UTs for providing AYUSH health services and education in country, particularly in vulnerable and far-flung areas. 

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Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Jan Aushadhi Scheme Ministry/Department : Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Objective : To make available quality generic medicines at affordable prices to all Scheme: Medicines will be made available through outlets known as Jan Aushadhi Stores (J ASs). State Governments are required to provide space in Government Hospital premises or any other suitable locations for the running of JAS Less priced, but good quality, unbranded generic medicines will be made available through Ja n Aushadhi stores which inherently are less priced but are of same and equivalent quality, efficacy and safety as compared to branded generic medicines NGOs, Charitable Organisations and public societies like Red Cross Society, Rogi Kalyan Samiti typically constituted for the purpose can be operating agencies f or the JAS The operating agency for JAS is nominated on the basis of the recommendations of the State government. Operational expenditure is met from trade margins admissible for the medicines The Jan Aushadhi Programme is a self-sustaining business model not dependent on government subsidies or assistance. It is run on the principle of ‘Not for Profits but with Minimal Profits’  

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Ministry of Civil Aviation UDAN - Regional Connectivity Scheme * Ministry/Department: Ministry of Civil Aviation UDAN stands for Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik Objective: To get more people to fly in the smaller towns. To boost regional air connectivity and provide various incentives to airlines. Aims that at least half the seats on every flight should have a fare cap of Rs2,500 per seat per hour of flying. Scheme: The UDAN scheme seeks to provide connectivity to un-served and under-served airports of the country through revival of existing air-strips and airports. This first-of-its-kind scheme will ensure affordability, connectivity, growth and development. It aims to increase ticketing volume from 80 million to 300 million by 2022. Under it regional connectivity will be developed on market-based mechanism under which Ai rlines will bid for seat subsidies. It will create affordable yet economically viable and profitable flights on regional routes so that flying becomes affordable to the common man even in small towns. Under it, airlines will have complete freedom to enter into code sharing with larger airlines for connectivity and they will be exempted from various airport cha rges. Airlines will have exclusive rights for three years to fly on a particular regional route. On these routes for regional flights Airfares will be capped at 2500 rupees for an hour’s flight. Central and State governments and airport operators will pro vide a financial stimulus in the form of co ncessions to airlines The mechanism of Viability Gap Funding (VGF) will be provided to interested airlines to kic k-off operations from such airports so that the passenger fares are kept affordable Government will provide subsidy to airlines for first three years of operations when they will have exclusive flying rights on the selected routes. Once the market in these routes gets jump started, it will operate on a commercial basis as per market forces of supply and demand. 

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Ministry of Commerce and Industry Focus Market Scheme Ministry : Ministry of Commerce and Industry Aim is to increase the competitiveness of exports with a geographical targeting i.e. specified markets Scheme: The exporters who export to notified FMS countries g et Duty Credit Scrip equivalent to 3 % of FOB value of exports (in free foreign exchange) for exports This scheme is only for Goods exports and not for Services. It also does not cover exports to SEZ, export of Precious, semiprecious stones, precious metals, jewellery, Ores, Minerals, Cereals and Sugar, Petroleum Products and Milk and Milk Products. As per the 2015-20 Foreign Trade Policy, FMS was merged with MEIS. 

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Focus Product Scheme Ministry : Ministry of Commerce and Industry Aim is to incentivize export of certain products, which have high employment intensity and other advantages. Scheme: Exports of notified products to all countries shall be entitl ed for duty credit scrip equivalent to 2 -5 % of the value of exports for each licensing year. Duty credit scrip is a license to import commodities in a duty free manner for the scrip value. As per the 2015-20 Foreign Trade Policy, FPS was merged with MEIS. 

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Make in India Programme Ministry/Department : Ministry of Commerce & Industry Objective: Aims at promoting India as an important investment destination and a global hub for manufacturing, design and innovation Programme: It does not target manufacturing sector alone, but also aims at promoting entrepreneurship in the country The initiative is further aimed at creating a conducive environment for investment, modern and efficient infrastructure, opening up new sectors for foreign investment and forging a partn ership between government and industry through positive mind set Following 25 sectors have been identified under it : o Auto Components Automobiles Aviation Biotechnology Chemicals Construction Defence Manufacturing Electrical Machinery Electronic System Design and Manufacturing Food Processing IT and BPM Leather Media and Entertainment Mining Oil and Gas Pharmaceuticals Ports Railways Roads and Highways Renewable Energy Space Textiles Thermal Power Tourism and Hospitality Wellness  

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Merchandise Exports from India Scheme * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Commerce & Industry Scheme: MEIS was launched under Foreign Trade Policy of India (FTP) 2015-20. It is one of the two schemes introduced in FP 2015-20, as a part of Exports from India Scheme. The other scheme is Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS). Objective of MEIS is to offset infrastructural inefficiencies and associated costs involved in export of goods and products, which are produced and manufactured in India. It seeks to enhance India’s export competitiveness of t hese goods and products having high export intensity, employment potential. Under this scheme, Ministry of Commerce gives duty benefits to several products. It provides duty benefits at 2%, 3% and 5% depending upon the product and country. It has three sub components: o Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana o Focus Market Scheme o Focus Product Scheme  

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National Investment and Manufacturing Zones Ministry/Department : Ministry of Commerce & Industry What are NIMZs? These are integrated industrial townships that are established as special zones for investment and manufacturing. It has minimum area requirement of 5000 Hectares. SPV would handle each NIMZ township. State Governments would notify NIMZ as Industrial Townships under article 243Q(c) of the constitution of India. State acquires the land. Created SPV. Notifies land for NIMZ Centre gives approval and notifies NIMZ in gazette. Central Government will also improve/provide external physical infrastructure linkages to the N IMZs including Rail, Road (National Highways), Ports, Airports, and Telecom, in a time bound manner The State Government may keep the ownership of NIM Z itself or transfer the ownership to a state government undertaking. 

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Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops (RISPC) Ministry/Department : Ministry of Commerce and Industry Objective : To protect plantation growers from the risks such as pest attacks, yield loss and income decline c aused by fall in prices. Scheme: RISPC announced in September 2016 is improved form of the Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) Scheme, 2003 which was closed 2013. It was launched for protecting growers of plantation c rops from twin risks of : o Yield loss due to pest attacks, adverse weather parameters etc. and o Income loss caused by fall in domestic and international prices. It shall be covering tea, coffee, rubber, cardamom and t obacco plantations and shall be implemented by the commodity boards. It will be implemented on a pilot basis for two years i.e. till 2018 in eight districts in West Bengal, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu. On the basis of performance of the scheme in pilot project, it will be considered for extension to other districts. 

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Startup-India Ministry/Department : Ministry of Commerce and Industry Objective: Aims at fostering entrepreneurship and promoting innovation by creating an ecosystem that is conducive for growth of Start-ups. The objective is that India must become a nation of job creators instead of being a nation of job seekers. Scheme: It is focused on to restrict role of States in policy domain and to get rid of "license raj" and hindrances like in land permissions, foreign investment proposal, environmental clearances Single Window Clearance even with the help of a mobile application 10,000 crore fund of funds Credit Guarantee funds for start up through SIDBI 80% reduction in patent registration fee Modified and more friendly Bankruptcy Code to ensure 90-day exit window Freedom from mystifying inspections for 3 years Freedom from Capital Gain Tax for 3 years Freedom from tax in profits for 3 years Eliminating red tape Self-certification compliance Innovation hub under Atal Innovation Mission Starting with 5 lakh schools to target 10 lakh children for innovation programme New schemes to provide IPR protection to start-ups and new firms Stand India across the world as a start-up hub The initiative is also aimed at promoting entrepreneurship among SCs/STs, women communities. Rural India’s version of Start up India was named the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Swaniyojan Yojana 

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Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES) * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Commerce & Industry Aims to develop export linked infrastructure in states with a view to promoting outbound shipments. Scheme: Objective: Enhance export competitiveness by bridging the gap in export infrastructure, which has not been addressed by any other scheme. It would focus on projects like customs checkpoints, last mile connectivity, border haats and integrated check posts. Beneficiaries: All central and state agencies including Commodities Boards, Exp ort Promotion Councils, SEZ authorities and Apex Trade Bodies recognised under EXIM policy of Central Go vernment are eligible for financial support. Funding: The cost of projects will be equally shared by the Centre and t he states in form of grant-in-aid. In normal cases centre will borne 50% of the total equity in the project. For projects located in north-eastern and the Himalayan region states, Centre may bear 80% of the cost. Approval: An inter-ministerial empowered committee will sanction and monitor the projects. It will be headed by the commerce secretary. 

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DARPAN Project * Ministry: Ministry of Communications DARPAN stands for The Digital Advancement of Rural P ost Office for A New India DARPAN is Information Technology (IT) modernisation project aimed at realising financial inclusion of un-banked rural population. It offers core banking services to the account holders. Project: The project intends to provide low power technology solution to each branch postmaster (BPM). This will enable each of approximately 1. 29 lakhs branch post offices (BOs) to improve service delivery. It aims to increase rural reach of Department of Posts (DoP) and enable BOs to increase traffic of all financial remittances, savings accounts, Rural Postal Life Insurance a nd Cash Certificates.   


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Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana * SPARSH stands for Scholarship for Promotion of Aptit ude & Research in Stamps as a Hobby. Scheme: It is a pan India scholarship program for school children to increase the reach of Philately. Under the scheme, annual scholarships will be awarded to children of Standard VI to IX having good academic record and also pursuing Philately as hobby through c ompetitive selection process in all postal circ les. Government will award 920 scholarships to students pursuing Philately as hobby. The amount of Scholarship will be Rs. 6000/- per annum @ Rs. 500/- per month. The selections will be made based on evaluation of Project work on philately & performance in Philately Quiz conducted by Circles.  

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National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Communications Objective: To provide broadband connectivity to over two lakh Gram Panchayats Project: Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) is the special purpose vehicle created as a PSU for execution of NOFN Connectivity gap between Gram Panchayats and Blocks will be filled The project provides internet access using existing optical fibre and extending it to the Gram panchayats The project was intended to enable the government of India to provide e-services and e-applications nationally All the Service Providers like Telecom Service Providers (TSPs), ISPs, Cable TV operators etc. will be given nondiscriminatory access to the National Optic Fibre Network and can launch various services in rural areas. Various categories of applications like e-health, e-education and e-governance etc. can also be provided by these operators Its target was subsequently scaled down to less than half (1.10 lakh Panchayats) due to miserable implementation and then the targets as well as t he plan lost into oblivion. 

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Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Sanchar Kaushal Vikas Pratisthan Scheme Ministry/Department : Ministry of Communication and IT Scheme: Ministry will impart training t o 10,000 people from 10 States/UTs in the first phas e. States like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Punjab and Haryana will get benefitted in the first phase. Further, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) plans to established more than 1,000 Sanchar Kaushal Vikas Pratisthan in future.   

Sampoorna Bima Gram (SBG) Yojana * Ministry: Ministry of Communications Aims to provide affordable life insurance services to people particularly those living in rural areas with expanded coverage of Postal Life Insurance (PLI). Scheme: Under SBG Yojana, at least one village (having a minimum of 100 households) will be identified in each of revenue districts of country to cover all households of i dentified village with minimum of one RPLI (Rural Postal Life Insurance) policy each. Coverage of all households in identified Sampoorna Bima Gram village is pri mary objective of this scheme. With expansion of PLI, benefits of PLI will no more be confined to government and semi-government employees only, but will also be available to professionals such as doctors, engineers, management consultants, chartered accountants, architects, lawyers, bankers etc. and to employees of listed companies of N SE (National Stock Exchange) and BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange). 

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About Postal Life Insurance (PLI) Scheme: PLI was introduced in 1884. It is one of oldest life insurance schemes for benefit of government and semi-government employees. It covers employees of Central and state governments, Central and state public sector undertakings (PSUs), universities, government-aided educational institutions, nationalized banks, local bodies, autonomous bodies, joint ventures having a minimum of 10% Government/PSU stakes societies etc. It also extends facility of insurance to o fficers and staff of Defence services and para-military forces. It also manages group insurance scheme for extra departmental employees ( Gramin Dak Sevaks) of Department of Posts. In all policies age limit is 19 to 55 years. Low premium and high bonus is unique feature of PLI scheme.   

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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Antyodaya Anna Yojana Ministry/Department : Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Aim is to make Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) more focused and targeted towards the poorest section of population. Scheme: Beneficiary families under the scheme are distributed 35 kg of rice and wheat at the rates of Rs. 3 per kg and Rs. 2 per kg respectively. Coarse grains, on the other hand, are distributed at the rate of Rs. 1 per kg. Under the scheme, subsidies are fully borne by the central government and States/UT bear the distribution cost. The scheme has been expanded to cover 2.50 cr households and scale of issue has been increased to 35 kg per family per month. 

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Aim is to provide subsidized food grains to a pproximately two thirds of India’s po pulation i.e. 75% in rural areas and 50% in urban areas. Scheme: It converts the various existing food security schemes i nto legal entitlements (i.e.) from welfare based approach to rights based approach. It includes the Midday Meal Scheme, ICDS scheme an d the PDS. It also recognizes maternity entitlements. Under NFSA, each beneficiaries is entitled to 5 kilograms of food grains per month at Rs.3, Rs.2, Rs.1 per kg for rice, wheat and coarse grains respectively. However, the beneficiaries under Antyodaya Anna Yojana will keep receiving the 35 Kg per household per month at same rates. It guarantees age appropriate meal, free of c harge through local Anganwadi for children up to 6 months and one free meal for children in age group 6-14 years in schools. Every pregnant and lactating mother is entitled to a free meal at the local Anganwadi as well as maternity benefits of Rs. 6,000, in instalments. Maternal benefits does not extend to Government employees. The identification of eligible households is left to state governments. 

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A single window SEZ approval mechanism by Board of Approval Application recommended by states/UTs are approved by BOA

What are the incentives for units in SEZs: Duty free import/domestic procurement of goods for development, operation and maintenance of SEZ units 100% Income Tax exemption on export income for SEZ units under Section 10AA of the Income Tax Act for first 5 years, 50% for next 5 years thereafter and 50% of the ploughed back export profit for next 5 years. Exemption from minimum alternate tax under section 115JB of t he Income Tax Act. External commercial borrowing by SEZ units upto US $ 500 million in a year without any maturity restriction through recognized banking channels. Exemption from Central Sales Tax. Exemption from Service Tax. Single window clearance for Central and State level approvals. Exemption from State sales tax and other levies as extended by the respective State Governments.  

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To celebrate the unity in diversity of our nation and to maintain and strengthen th e fabric of traditionally existing emotional bonds between the people of our country 2. To promote the spirit of national integration through a deep and structured engagement between all states and union territories through a year-long planned engagement between states 3. To showcase the rich heritage and culture, customs and traditions of either state for enabling people to understand and appreciate the diversity that is India, thus fostering a sense of common identity 4. To establish long term engagements 5. To create an environment which promotes learning between states by sharing best practices and experiences 6. Under it rich heritage and culture, customs and traditions of either State will be showcased for enabling people to understand and appreciate the diversity that is India, thus foster sense of common identity. 7. It will also establish long-term engagements and create an environment which promotes learning between States by sharing best practices and experiences

National Mission on Cultural Mapping of India Ministry: Ministry of Culture The mission aims at converting the vast and widespread cultural canvas of India into an objective cultural map, designing a mechanism to fulfil the aspirations of the whole artist community of the nation and preserving the rich cultural heritage of this country in the form of a cultural repository of artists and art form   

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Project Mausam * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Culture Objective: To establish cross-cultural linkages and to revise historic maritime cultural and economic ties with 39 Indian Ocean countries. 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; while at the micro level, the focus is on understanding national cultures in their regional maritime milieu. Scheme: It is to be implemented by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as the nodal agency ASI will get research support of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and National Museum as associate bodies. The Government has identified 39 countries to bring on board for trans-national nomination for World Heritage This project aims to explore the multi-faceted Indian Ocean ‘world’ – collating arc haeological and historical research in order to document the diversity of c ultural, commercial and religious interactions in the Indian Ocean – extending from East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka to the Southeast Asian archipelago. It also aims to promote research on themes related to the study of Maritime Routes through international scientific seminars and meetings and by adopting a multidisciplinary approach.  

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Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Ganga Gram Yojana * Ministry/Department:: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Ministry/Department Objective: To Objective: To develop the villages located along the main stem of river Ganga which whic h have historic, cultural, and religious and/or tourist importance Scheme: Under the “Namami Gange” Programme Encompass comprehensive rural sanitation, development of water bodies and river ghats, construction/ modernization of crematoria etc Make the village open defecation free Abate direct discharge of untreated liquid wastewater from such villages into river Ganga Ganga Facilitate adequate infrastructure for crematoria Develop proper solid waste disposal facilities in order to avoid any pollution to river Ganga Promote better sanitation practices in th e villages through IEC activities.  

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Ministry of Earth Sciences S ciences Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva (GKMS) Ministry : Ministry of Earth Sciences Aim is Aim is to provide accurate crop specific advisories to the farmers Scheme: The scheme is implemented by India Meteorological Department in collaboration with State Agricultural Universities /Indian Council of Agricultural Research etc. It issues crop and location specific weather based agro advisories for the benefit of farming community. The Agro-meteorological Advisory Services (AAS) under the GKMS is operated to prepare biweekly weather based bulletins. The information is transmitted through multimedia channels and SMS to help farmers plan farm operations accordingly. 

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National Mission of Green India Ministry/Department : Ministry/Department : Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Objective: It Objective: It aims at protecting, restoring and enhancing India's diminishing forest cover and responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation adaptat ion and mitigation measures Scheme: It is one of the eight Missions Missio ns outlined under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) Mission Goals: o To increase forest/tree cover to the extent of 5 million hectares (mha) and improve quality of forest/tree cover on another 5 mha of forest/non-forest lands o To improve/enhance eco-system services like carbon sequestration and storage ( in forests and other ecosystems), hydrological services and biodiversity; along with provisioning services like fuel, fodder, and timber and non-timber forest produces (NTFPs) o To increase forest based livelihood income of about 3 million households It will be implemented on both public as well as private lands with a key role of the local communities in planning, decision making, implementation and monitoring  

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Ministry of External Affairs Know India Programme * Ministry: Ministry of External Affairs Programme: For NRI and PIO youth KIP aims to provide them with an exposure to the country of their origin so that they can understand India better and more closely It is for NRI and PIO youth of age group of 18 to 30 years. It is a 3 week orientation program The KIP offers a platform for the young PIOs to visit India share their views, expectations and experiences and forge closer bonds with the India of present times It was launched in 2004.  

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Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana is a Social Security Scheme For 48 identified vocational/ occupational groups / rural landless household. Provides Death and Disability cover to persons between the age group of 18 yrs to 59 yrs The AABY provides insurance cover for a sum of o Rs 30,000/- on natural death, o Rs. 75,000/- on death due to accident, o Rs. 37,500/- for partial permanent disability (loss of one eye or one limb) due to accident and o Rs. 75,000/- for total permanent disability (loss of t wo eyes or two limbs or loss of one eye and one limb) due to accident. The Scheme also provides an add-on-benefit, wherein Scholarship of Rs 100 p er month per child is paid on half yearly basis to a maximum of two children per member, studying in 9th to 12th Standard. The total annual premium under the scheme is Rs. 200/- per beneficiary of which 50% is contributed from the Social Security Fund created by the Central Government and maintained by LIC. The balance 50% of the premium is contributed by the State Government / No dal Agency / Individual, as the case may be

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Atal Pension Yojana * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Finance Objective: To address the longevity risks among the workers in unorganised sector and to encourage the workers in unorganised sector to voluntarily save for their retirement Scheme: Atal Pension Yojana (APY) is open to all bank account holders who are not members of any statutory social security scheme The APY will be focussed on all citizens in th e unorganised sector, who join the National Pension System (NPS) administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA ) and who are not members of any statutory social security scheme. Now small finance banks and payment banks can also offer APY (Changed in January 2018) Contribution of subscribers would vary based on their age Subscribers would receive the fixed pension of Rs. 1K/2K/3K/4K/5K per month, at the age of 60 years, depending on their contributions. The Central Government would also co-contribute 50% of the subscriber’s contribution or Rs. 1000 per annum, whichever is lower, to each eligible subscriber account, for a period of 5 years, i.e., from 2015-16 to 2019-20, st who join the NPS before 31 December, 2015 and who are not income tax payers There is no exit to the scheme before the age of 60. In case of death of subscriber, the spouse of the subscriber shall be entitled for the same amount of pension till his or her death. 

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Gold Monetization Scheme Ministry/Department : Ministry of Finance Objective: To reduce the country's reliance on the import of gold to meet domestic demand Scheme: Gold in any form can be deposited with banks for a period of one to 15 years. This gold will earn interest and redemption will be at the prevailing market value at the end of the tenure of deposit. No tax on interest earned. The mobilized gold will also supplement RBI’s gold reserves and will help in reducing the government's borrowing cost The risk of gold price changes will be borne by the Gold Reserve Fund that is being created The scheme will help in mobilizing the large amount of gold lying as an idle asset with households, trusts and various institutions in India and will provide a fillip to the gems and jewellery sector. Deposit can be made for short-term period of 1-3 years (with a roll out in multiples of one year); a mediumterm period of 5-7 years and a long-term period, of 12-15 years (as decided from time to time). Like a fixed deposit, breaking of lock-in period will be allowed in either of the options and there would be a penalty on premature redemption (including part withdrawal).  

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Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana Ministry/Department : Ministry of Finance Objective: Its objective is to eradicate financial exclusion by covering all households in the country with banking facilities and having a bank account for each household. Scheme: 3 Pillars: o Universal access to banking facilities o Financial Literacy Programme o Bank account with additional benefits Provides Basic Banking Accounts with overdraft facility of Rs.5000 after six months and RuPay Debit card Account holders is entitled to Rs. 1 lakh accidental death cover and Rs. 30,000 life insurance cover All Indian citizens can now avail of a bank account despite the lack of KYC documentation. These bank accounts are valid for a year within which account holders must furnish proof of having applied for valid documents required to comply with KYC norms. The objective of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is to ensure access to financial services viz. Banking, Savings & Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pe nsion in an affordable manner. No minimum balance required in account Beneficiaries of Government Schemes would get Direct Benefit Transfer in these acco unts RuPay Debit Card must be used at least once in 45 days Overdraft facility upto Rs.5000/- is available in only o ne account per household, preferably lady of th e household 

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Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) Ministry/Department : Ministry of Finance Provides: Life Insurance Eligibility: Available to people in the age group of 18 to 50 and having a bank account. People who join the scheme before completing 50 years can, however, continue to have the risk of life cover up to the age of 55 years subject to payment of premium. Premium: Rs.330 per annum. It will be auto-debited in one instalment. Payment Mode: The payment of premium will be directly auto-debited by the bank from the subscribers account. Risk Coverage: Rs.2 Lakh in case of death for any reason. Terms of Risk Coverage: A person has to opt for the scheme every year. He can also prefer to give a long-term option of continuing, in which case his account will be auto-debited every year by the bank. Who will implement this Scheme?: The scheme will be offered by Life Insurance Corporation and all other life insurers who are willing to join the scheme and tie-up with banks for this purpose.

Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) Ministry/Department : Ministry of Finance Provides: Accidental Death Insurance Eligibility : Available to people in age group 18 to 70 years with bank account. Premium: Rs.12 per annum. Payment Mode: The premium will be directly auto-debited by the bank from the subscribers account. This is the only mode available. Risk Coverage: For accidental death and full disability - Rs.2 Lakh and for partial disability – Rs.1 Lakh. Eligibility: Any person having a bank account and Aadhaar number linked to the bank account can give a simple form to the bank every year before 1 st of June in order to join the scheme. Name of nominee to be given in the form. Terms of Risk Coverage: A person has to opt for the scheme every year. He can also prefer to give a long-term option of continuing in which case his account will be auto-debited every year by the bank. Who will implement this Scheme?: The scheme will be offered by all Public Sector General Insurance Companies and all other insurers who are willing to jo in the scheme and tie-up with banks for this purpose.

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Pension (minimum: Rs.1000/ month; maximum: Rs.5000) will be 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. It is exempted from goods and services (GST) tax. It will offer senior citizens more avenues to earn steady regular income at a time of falling interest rates. On survival of the pensioner to the end of the policy term of 10 years, the purchase price of the sc heme along with the final pension instalment will be payable. The scheme also offers loan up to 75% of the purchase price after 3 policy years (to meet the liquidity needs). Loan interest will be recovered from the pension instalments and loan will be recovered from claim proceeds. The scheme allows for premature exit for the treatment of any critical terminal illness of self or spouse. On such premature exit, 98% of the purchase price would be refunded. On death of the pensioner during the policy term of 10 years, the purchase price should be paid to the beneficiary.

Savings (Taxable) Bonds, 2018 * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Finance Aims to help citizens invest in a taxable instrument, without any monetary ceiling. Scheme: The Bonds are open to investment by individuals (including Joint Holdings) and HUFs. Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) are not eligible for making investments in these bonds. The Bonds will be issued at par i.e. at Rs.100.00 They will be issued for minimum face value amount of Rs.1,000 and in multiples thereof. There will be no maximum limit for investment in the Bonds. The Bonds will have maturity of 7 years carrying interest at 7.75% per annum payable half- yearly. The Bonds will be issued in demat form (Bond Ledger Account) only. The Bonds are not transferable and also are not tradeable in secondary market. They are also not eligible as collateral for loans from banking institutions, non-banking financial companies or financial institutions. Interest on the Bonds will be taxable under the Income-tax (IT) Act, 1961 as applicable according to the relevant tax status of the bond holder. However these Bonds will be exempt from Wealth-tax under Wealth Tax Act, 1957 

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Ministry of Food Processing Industries Mega Food Park Scheme * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Food Processing Industries Objective: Aims to provide a mechanism to bring together farmers, processors and retailers and link agriculture production to the market so as to ensure maximization of value addition, minimization of wastages and improving farmers’ income Scheme: Government provides financial support to establish the mega food parks in the country. The Scheme has a cluster based approach based on a hub and spokes model It includes creation of infrastructure for primary processing and storage near the farm in the form of Primary Processing Centres (PPCs) and Collection Centres (CCs) and common faciliti es and enabling infrastructure like roads, electricity, water, ETP facilities etc. at Central Processing Centre (CPC) Mega Food Park project is implemented by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) which is a Body Corporate registered under the Companies Act. State Government/State Government entities/Cooperatives applying for setting up a project under the scheme are not required to form a separate SPV. The financial assistance for Mega Food Park is provided in the form of grant-in-ai d at 50% of eligible project cost in general areas and at 75% of eligible project cost in NE Region and difficult areas (Hilly States and ITDP areas) subject to maximum of Rs. 50 crore per project   

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Scheme for Agro-Marine Produce Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters (SAMPADA) Ministry/Department : Ministry of Food Processing Aims to integrate current and new schemes aimed at reducing food wastage and doubling farmers’ income by 2022 Scheme: SAMPADA is an umbrella scheme that will include ongoing schemes like mega food parks and cold chain projects and new schemes. It has an outlay of Rs. 6000 crore and will be implemented by 2019-20. The ministry will also launch three new schemes to create infrastructure for improving the entire food supply chain. These three schemes are o ‘Creation/ Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities’, o ‘New Agro-Processing Clusters‘ and o ‘Backward and Forward Linkages’. Moreover, government is taking steps to boost food processing sector to bring down post-harvest losses preferably to zero level, provide quality food to consumers at cheaper price and double of farmers’ income. 

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) Program * Ministry : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Aims to reduce the expenditure incurred by patients on treatment of cancer and heart diseases Program: To open AMRIT outlets which would sell medicines and equipment at affordable prices To open in all central government hospitals Its intended beneficiaries are patients suffering from cancer and heart diseases ( non-communicable diseases). The project is implemented by government-owned HLL Lifecare Ltd (HLL) which is deputed to establish and run AMRIT chain of pharmacies across the country. These drugs and implants under the scheme will be sold based upon authentic prescriptions from doctors. At the AMRIT outlets, 202 cancer and 186 cardio-vascular drugs will be available at reduced rate of 60 to 90% compared to market rates.    

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_______________________________________________________________ Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Objective: to provide better health facilities for pregnant women and sick neonates and eliminating "out-of-pocket" expenses. Scheme: Under this scheme, pregnant women are entitled for free drugs and consumables, free diagnostics, free blood whenever required, and free diet up to 3 days for normal delivery and 7 days for C-section This initiative also provides for free transport from home to institution, between facilities in case of a referral and drop back home Similar entitlements have been put in place for all sic k new borns accessing public health institutions for treatment till 30 days after birth 

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Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Objective: To reduce maternal and infant mortality by promoting institutional delivery among pregnant women Scheme: It is a centrally sponsored scheme Eligible pregnant women are entitled for cash assistance irrespective of th e age of mother and number of children for giving birth in a government or accr edited private health facility It comes under National Health Mission Financial assistance under JSY is available to all pregnant women in states that have low institutional delivery rates, namely, UP, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, MP, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Rajasthan, Odisha, and J&K. They are categorized as Low Performing States (LPS) In other states, JSY benefits are available to BPL women only.  

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Laqshya- A Labour Room Quality Improvement Initiative Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Project: It is safe delivery mobile application for health workers who manage normal and complicated deliveries in the peripheral area. It objective is to improve quality of care provided to pregnant mother in Labour Room and Maternity Operation Theatres (OTs), thereby preventing undesirable adverse outcomes associated with childbirth. It aims to reduce preventable maternal and new-born mortality, morbidity and stillbirths associated with care around delivery in Labour room and Maternity OTs. It will be implemented in government Medical Colleges (MCs), District Hospitals (DHs), high delivery load SubDistrict Hospitals (SDHs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs). It plans to conduct quality certification of labour rooms and provide facilities to a chieve outlined targets. 

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_______________________________________________________________ Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Objective: The Mission Indradhanush, depicting seven colours of the rainbow, a ims to cover all those children by 2020 who are either unvaccinated, or are partially vaccinated against seven vaccine preventable diseases which include: 1. diphtheria, 2. whooping cough, 3. tetanus, 4. polio, 5. tuberculosis, 6. measles and 7. hepatitis B 4 vaccines are given in selected areas: 1. Japanese Encephalitis (JE) (in endemic districts) 2. Rotavirus 3. Rubella 4. Polio (injectable) 5. Haemophilus influenzae type B Scheme: The Mission is being implemented in 201 high focus districts in the country in the first phase which have nearly 50% of all unvaccinated or partially vaccinated children The campaign is part of the Universal Immunisation Programme by 2020 and is being implemented under the National Health Mission across the country The Ministry will be technically supported by WHO, UNICEF, Rotary International and other donor partners. 

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Mission Parivar Vikas Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Aim : To accelerate access to high quality family planning choices based on information, reliable services and supplies within a rights-based framework Mission: To deliver improved family planning services in 145 High Focus districts in seven states These districts are located in the seven high focus states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Assam The target of the government is to reach the replacement level fertility goals of 2.1 by the year 2025  

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Mothers’ Absolute Affection (MAA) Program Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Aims to enhance optimal breastfeeding practices in the country. Program: It seeks to create an enabling environment to ensure that mothers, husbands and families receive adequate information and support for promotion of breastfeeding. The programme has been named ‘MAA’ to signify the support a lactating mother requires from family members and at health facilities to breastfeed successfully The chief components of the Programme are 1. Community awareness generation, 2. Strengthening inter personal communication through ASHA, 3. Skilled support for breastfeeding at Delivery points in Public health faciliti es, and 4. Monitoring and Award/recognition 

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National Deworming Mission * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Objective: Get rid of intestinal worms (large multicellular organisms, whic h when mature can generally be seen with the naked eye. They are also known as Helminths). Mission: Albendazole tablets given as part of scheme Aimed at children in age group of 1-19 years It aims to reach more than 32.2 crore children aged between 1 to 19 years to combat parasitic worm infections.   

National Health Assurance Mission Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Objective: to reduce the out of pocket spending on health care by the common man. Mission: Provide free drugs, diagnostic services and insurance for serious ailments for India's 1.2 billion people. The NHAM plans to cover all aspects of health care including primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare.  

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National Health Mission (NHM) Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare The National Health Mission (NHM) has two Sub-Missions : 1. National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) covering urban areas 2. National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) covering rural areas The broad objectives of this mission are as follows: Reduce MMR to 1/1000 live births Reduce IMR to 25/1000 live births Reduce TFR (Total Fertility Rate ) to 2.1 Prevention and reduction of anaemia in women aged 15–49 years Prevent and reduce mortality & morbidity from communicable, non-communicable; injuries and emerging diseases Reduce household out-of-pocket expenditure on total health care expenditure Reduce annual incidence and mortality from Tuberculosis by half Reduce prevalence of Leprosy to <1/10000 population and incidence to zero in all districts Annual Malaria Incidence to be <1/1000 Less than 1 per cent microfilaria prevalence in all districts Kala-azar Elimination by 2015, <1 case per 10000 population in all blocks     

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National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Objective: NUHM 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 p ocket expenses for treatment Mission: It seeks to strengthen the existing health care service d elivery 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. implemented by the Ministries of Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Human Resource Development and Women & Child Development NUHM would cover all State capitals, di strict headquarters and cities/towns with a population of more than 50000 It would primarily focus on slum dwellers and other marginalized groups like rickshaw pullers, street vendors, railway and bus station coolies, homeless people, street children, construction site workers. 

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National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Program: The central government is implementing a “Strengthening of Tertiary Care Ca ncer facilities” Scheme under NPCDCS to assist states in establishing State Cancer Institutes (SCI) And Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCC) in different parts of the country NPCDCS is being implemented under NHM for interventions up to district level The objectives of NPCDCS include awareness generation for cancer prevention, screening, early detection and referral to an appropriate level institution for treatment The focus is on three types of cancer namely breast, cervical and oral cancer 

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Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Aims to provide free health check-ups to pregnant women at government health centres and hospitals Program: The national programme aims to provide pregnant ladies free ante-natal services (ANC) and required treatment for free on 9th of every month. Objectives of the scheme are o Provide healthy life to the pregnant women. o Lowering the maternity mortality rate. o Making pregnant women aware of their health issues and diseases. o Making sure safe delivery and healthy life of the baby. The scheme is applicable only for the pregnant women in their pregnancy period of 3 to 6 months. It will provide all kinds of medical check-ups com pletely free to pregnant women. These check-ups will take place at the medical centres, government and private hospitals a nd private clinics across the country. These free of cost tests will include blood pressure, sugar level, weight, haemoglobin test, blood test and screening. 

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Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Objective: To correct regional imbalances in the availability of affordable/ reliable tertiary healthcare services and also to augment facilities for quality medical education in the country. Scheme: Started in 2003 It has two components o setting up of AIIMS like institutions and o upgradation of Government medical college institutions.  

Project Sunrise Ministry : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Aims prevention of AIDS specially among people injec ting drugs in the 8 North-Eastern states. Project: Project Sunrise aims at bringing the people living with HIV/AIDS into the national mainstream and create more awareness about the disease in these N-E states It will be implemented in addition to the existing pro jects of the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO). The project has been sponsored by US based Centre for Disease Control and would be implemented by Family Health International 360. 

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Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Aim is early identification and early intervention for children from birth to 18 years to cover 4 ‘D’s viz. Defects at birth, Deficiencies, Diseases, Development delays including disability. Scheme: RBSY envisages Child Health Screening and Early Intervention Services and subsumes the existing school health programme. The 0 - 6 years age group will be specifically managed at District Early Intervention Center (DEIC) level while for 6 -18 years age group, managed at existing public health facilities. DEIC will act as referral linkages for both the a ge groups. Children under 6 years will be screened by Mobile Block Health teamsat the Anganwadi centre and those between 6-18 years will be screened at the local schools at least once a year in government and government aided schools 

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Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Aim is to cater and address health and development needs of the country’s adolescents. Scheme: It introduces community-based interventions through peer educators (Saathiyas), and is underpinned by collaborations with other ministries and state governments. RKSK identifies six strategic priorities for adolescents: 1. nutrition, 2. sexual and reproductive health (SRH), 3. non-communicable diseases (NCDs), 4. substance misuse, 5. injuries and violence (including gender-based violence) and 6. mental health. To guide the implementation of this programme, the ministry in collaboration with UNFPA has developed a National Adolescent Health Strategy. Target Groups: The strategy focuses on age groups 10-14 y ears and 15-19 years with universal coverage. It covers males and females in school and out of school, in urban and rural, married and unmarried and vulnerable and under-served. 

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Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (Earlier it was under Ministry of Labour and Employment) Objective: 1. To provide financial protection against catastrophic health costs 2. To improve access to quality health care for below poverty line households and other vulnerable groups in th e unorganized sector Scheme: A centrally sponsored health insurance scheme The premium cost for enrolled beneficiaries under the scheme is shared by Government of India and the State Governments It was initially designed to target only the Below Poverty Line (BPL) households, but has been expanded to c over other defined categories of unorganised workers, covering construction workers, street vendors etc. The beneficiaries under RSBY are entitled to hospitalization coverage up to Rs. 30,000/- per annum on family floater basis, for most of the diseases that require hospitalization. The coverage extends to maximum five members of the family which includes the head of household, spouse and up to three dependents. Provision to pay transport expense is also there subject to limits The beneficiaries need to pay only Rs. 30/- as registration fee for a year Beneficiaries get a biometric-enabled smart card containing their fingerprints and photographs  

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Swachh Swasth Sarvatra Ministry : Ministry of Health and Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation The objective of this initiative is to strengthen community health centres in blocks across the country to enable them to achieve higher levels of cleanliness and hygiene. Key Facts: The Swachh Swasth Sarvatra is a part of the Union Government’s flagship Swachh Bharat Mission and is focused on the twin objectives of constructing toilets and enabling behavioural change. It is joint initiative of Ministry of Health and Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation to achieve better health outcomes through improved sanitation and increase awareness on healthy lifestyles. Its objective is to build on and leverage achievements of two c omplementary programmes – Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) and Kayakalp. Under it, financial assistance of 10 lakh rupees will be given to the community health centres so that they can be strengthened to meet the standards of sanitation, hygiene and infection control. 

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Universal Immunization Programme Ministry/Department : Ministry of Health & Family Welfare It is a free vaccination program launched by the Union Government in 1985 against vaccine preventable diseases Under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) 7 vaccines are administered. These vaccines are: 1. Diptheria, 2. Pertusis, 3. Tetanus (DPT), 4. Polio, 5. Measles, 6. Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) (TB), 7. Hepatitis B 4 new vaccines are added later: 1. Japanese Encephalitis (JE) (in endemic districts) 2. Rotavirus (Diarrhoea) 3. Rubella 4. Polio (injectable) Mission Indradhanush is the main programme under this. The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare will roll out measles-rubella (MR) vaccine in the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) in February 2017 This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises FAME India Scheme * Ministry : Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Aims to provide fiscal and monetary incentives for adoption and market creation of both hybrid and electric technologies vehicles in the country. Scheme: FAME stands for Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles The scheme has 4 focus areas i.e. o Technology development, o Demand Creation, o Pilot Projects and o Charging Infrastructure. The FAME India Scheme is aimed at incentivizing all v ehicle segments i.e. 2 Wheeler, 3 Wheeler Auto, Passenger 4 Wheeler Vehicle, Light Commercial Vehicles and Buses.  

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What is mild hybrid vehicle? A mild hybrid vehicle has an electric motor, which on its own cannot run a vehicle but assists normal engine by using recovered energy stored in a battery and helps save fuel. It uses the energy generated while applying the brakes and turns it into electric energy which is then stored in a battery. This energy can then be used to turn the starter motor when the car’s start stop system needs it. Mild-hybrids are 7-15% more fuel efficient as compared t o conventional hybrid systems that can run on pure electric power for short distances too. 

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Ministry of Home Affairs Anti-Narcotics Scheme * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Home Affairs Aims to combat illicit trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substances by assisting states and Union Territories financially which are contributing in controlling inter-state and cross-border drug trafficking. Scheme: The scheme was first launched in October 2004 for period of five years. It was later extended twice in subsequent years. It aims to assist states and Union Territories financially which are contr ibuting in controlling inter-state and cross-border drug trafficking. The main strategy under the scheme includes reduction of both su pply and demand of drugs and psychotropic substances. The supply reduction will include enforcement activities and demand reduction will involve rehabilitation a nd de-addiction measures. Why in news? Scheme has been extended for 3 more years.   

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Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Home Affairs Objective: To create a comprehensive and integrated system for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of Police To create a nationwide networked infrastructure for evolution of IT-enabled state-of-the-art trac king system around “investigation of crime and detection of criminals”.  

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UDAAN * Ministry / Department : Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), State Government (Jammu & Kashmir), Corporates and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) Scheme: The programme aims to provide skills training and enhance th e employability of unemployed youth of J&K. The scheme covers graduates, post graduates and three year engineering diploma holders. Udaan Scheme provides exposure to youth of J&K to best of corporate India and corporate India to rich talent pool available in State.   

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It replaces the existing Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY). NULM & NRLM has been subsumed into DAY. NULM aims at universal coverage of the urban poor for skill development and credit facilities. It focuses on organizing urban poor in their strong grassroots level institutions, creating opportunities for skill development and helping them to set up self-employment venture by ensuring easy access to credit. It is aimed at providing shelter equipped with essential services to the urban homeless in a phased manner and also addresses livelihood concerns of the urban street vendors. It aims at creating efficient and effective inst itutional platforms of the rural poor, e nabling them to increase household income through sustainable livelihood enhancements and improved access to financial services. Funding will be shared between the Centre and the States in the ratio of 75:25. For North Eastern and Special Category - the ratio will be 90:10.


"Housing for All by 2022" Mission Ministry/Department : Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Components: 1. Slum rehabilitation of Slum Dwellers with participation of private developers using land as a resource; 2. Promotion of affordable housing for weaker section through credit linked subsidy; 3. Affordable housing in partnership with Public & Private sectors and 4. Subsidy for beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement. Mission: Centrally Sponsored Scheme, except the credit linked subsidy component, which will be implemented as a Central Sector Scheme Flexibility to States for choosing best options to meet the demand of housing in their stat es 

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Central grant of Rs. one lakh per house, on an average, will be available under the slum rehabilitation programme Technology Sub-Mission (environment, disaster management) Ownership of houses will be in the name of woman or jointly with husband The scheme will cover the entire urban area consisting of 4041 statutory towns with initial focus on 500 Class I cities and it will be implemented in three phases as follows, viz. a. Phase-I (April 2015 - March 2017) to cover 100 Cities to be selected from States/UTs as per their willingness; b. Phase - II (April 2017 - March 2019) to cover additional 200 Cities and c. Phase-III (April 2019 - March 2022) to cover all other remaining Cities. Two schemes have been launched to achieve the aim of the mission : a. PM Awas Yojana b. PM Aws Yojana - Gramin


Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Housing for All (Urban) * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs It is the vehicle to achieve objective of "Housing for All" Mission in Urban areas Scheme: The aim of this scheme is to construct more than two crore houses across the length and breadth of the nation. The target beneficiaries of the scheme would be poor and people living under EWS and LIG categories in urban establishments of the country. The government would provide an interest subsidy of 6.5% on housing loans availed by th e beneficiaries for a period of 15 years from the start of loan. The houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana would be allotted to preferably the female member of the family. All details of "Housing for All by 2022" Mission are also applicable here. It covers the entire urban area consisting of 4041 stat utory towns with initial focus on 500 Class I cities. It also targets people living under MIG (middle income Group) 

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Ministry of Human Resource Development ASMITA Ministry/Department : Ministry of Human Resource Development ASMITA is acronym for All School Monitoring Individual Tracing Analysis and shall be launched under Shala Asmita Yojana (SAY). Key facts SAY aims to track the educational journey of school students from Class I to Class XII across t he 15 lakhs private and government schools in the country. ASMITA will be an online database which will carry information of student attendance and enrolment, learning outcomes, mid-day meal service and infrastructural facilities among others. Students will be tracked through their Aadhaar numbers and incase t hose not having unique number will be provided with it. 

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Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN) * Ministry/Department : Ministry/Department : Ministry of Human Resource Development GIAN stands GIAN stands for Global Initiative of Academic Networks Scheme: Programme in Higher Education Aimed at tapping the talent pool of scientists and entrepreneurs, internationally to encourage their engagement with the institutes of Higher Education in India so as to augment the country’s existing academic resources, accelerate the pace of quality reform, and elevate India’s scientific and technological capacity to global excellence. It enables interaction of students and faculty with t he best academic and industry experts from all over the world and also share their experiences and expertise to motivate people to work on Indian problems It is a system of Guest Lectures by Lectures by internationally and nationally renowned experts t argeted towards a comprehensive Faculty Development Programme not only for new IITs, IIMs, IISERs but also other i nstitutions in the country.  

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Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya Ministry/Department : Ministry/Department : Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development Objective: To provide educational facilities for girls belonging to SC, ST, OBC, minority communities and families below the poverty line in Educationally Backward Blocks Scheme: To setup residential upper primary schools for girls from SC,ST, OBC, Minority and BPL girls in t he educationally backward blocks. Free boarding / lodging, books, stationary and uniforms are being provided to the children in these schools. 

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Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh (MUSK) * Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh (MUSK) It is a single corpus fund non-lapsable fund approved by c abinet Under it, all proceeds of secondary and higher education cess will be credited and utilised for the government’s schemes in education sector. The funds arising from MUSK will be utilised for schemes in education sector, which will be available for benefit of students of secondary and higher education all over the c ountry. It will be administered and maintained by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development. Development. The MUSK will be maintained as a Reserve Fund in the non-interest bearing section of the Public Accounts of India. It will be operationalised as per the present arrangements under Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh (PSK) wherein the proceeds of cess are used for Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan ( SSA) and Mid-Day Meal (MDM) Schemes. The expenditure on ongoing schemes of the HRD Ministry will be initially incurred from the gross budgetary support (GBS) in any financial year y ear and the expenditure will be financed from MUSK o nly after the GBS is exhausted.  

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Various Cess for Education: During the 10th Plan, an education c ess of 2% was levied on all central taxes from 2004 to make available additional resources for basic education/elementary education to augment the existing budgetary resources. Later in 2007, additional cess of 1% on central taxes (called Secondary and Higher Education Cess) was levied through Finance Act, 2007 to give fillip for universalizing access to secondary education and expanding the reach of the higher education sector. 

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Under it, best students who have completed or are in final year of B. Tech/Integrated M.Tech/M.Sc c ourses in Science and Technology streams from IISc/IITs/IISERs/ NITs/IIITs will be offered direct admission in PhD programme in IITs/IISc. Maximum of 3000 Fellows would be selected in three year period, beginning 2018-19. Monthly fellowship: Selected students through selection process laid down in PMRF Guidelines will be offered monthly fellowship of Rs.70,000 for first two years, Rs.75,000 for 3 rd year and Rs.80,000 in 4th and 5th years. Research grant: grant: Each selected fellow students will be also provided research grant o f Rs.2.00 lakh for period of 5 years to cover their foreign travel expenses for presenting research papers in i nternational conferences and seminars. Significance: The scheme will help tapping talent pool of country for carrying out o ut research indigenously in cutting edge science and technology domains. The research undertaken by fellows under this scheme will address national priorities at one hand and shortage o f quality faculty in premier educational institutions of country on the other.

Rashtriya Madhyamaik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Ministry/Department : Ministry/Department : Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development Objective: To enhance access to secondary education and to improve its quality Scheme: The scheme envisages to enhance the enrolment at secondary stage by providing a secondary school within a reasonable distance of any habitation, with an aim to ensure GER of 100% by 2017, 2017, i.e., by the end of 12th Five Year Plan and achieving universal retention by 2020. The scheme provides financial support for additional class ro oms, labs, art rooms, toilet blocks, drinking water facilities, residential hostels, appointment of additional teachers, teac her's training etc. 

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Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA) Ministry/Department : Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development Objective: Achievement of Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE) in a time bound manner, as mandated by 86th amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory Education to the Children of 6-14 years age group, a Fundamental Right Scheme: It is a centrally sponsored scheme It covers all districts in the country It is the main vehicle to implement RTE. It is being run with the support of World Bank. Opens new schools in places which don't have school Strengthen existing schools SSA has a special focus on girl's education and children with special needs Free textbooks are being provided to all children in government and government aided schools.        


Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat * Ministry: Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) The programme is an initiative of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) to prepare a physical Health and Fitness Profile Card for more than 12 lakhs of Kendriya Vidyalaya students. Program: The programme aims to provide a comprehensive and inclusive report card for children covering all age groups and children of different abilities. Its main objective is to make students, teachers and parents aware about the importance of good health and fitness and encouraging 60 minutes of play each day. The programme also intends to imbibe values of Olympics and Paralympics amongst students. The objectives are bringing back the childhood amongst children, ma ke recreational games and physical activity an integral part of learning process, motivating potentially outstanding performers in various games and sports of excellence, using technology for analytics and data c apture and giving access to schools, par ents and teachers. 

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SWAYAM * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Human Resource Development SWAYAM: It stands for Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds. Objective: To provide the best quality education to more than three crore students across t he country Scheme: SWAYAM is an online platform of the Min istry of HRD through which online programmes/courses will be offered to students in India US government is cooperating in this project It is the Indian electronic e-education platform which proposes to offer courses from the high school stage to Post-Graduate stage in an interactive electronic platform. SWAYAM-MOOCs project is intended to address the needs of school level 9-12 to Under Graduate and Post Graduate students, covering all disciplines 

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Swayam Prabha * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Human Resource Development Scheme: It will provide high quality educational contents, developed by experts, through 32 DTH (direct to home) Television Channels with an aim to bring uniformity in standards of education. It will cover diverse disciplines of all levels of education in various lan guages. It will be available to all and will be having new content of 4 hours to be telecasted 6 times a day. The SWAYAM Prabha channels are available for free for anyone who has a set top box to receive either DD Free Dish or DishTV. 

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It is a central sector scheme The TEQIP was launched in 2003 with World Bank assistance as a long term programme to be implemented in three phases. TEQIP-I commenced in 2003 and ended on March 31st, 2009. It covered 127 institutes across 13 States including 18 Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs). TEQIP-II commenced in August 2010. It had covered 23 States/Union Territories (UTs) a nd 191 Institutes (including 26 CFTIs). TEQIP-II will conclude in October, 2016. Both phases of the programme had a positive impact on the infrastructure and educational standards in the technical institutions where they were taken up. Currently 3rd Phase of TEQIP is under implementation The Focus States in 3rd Phase of TEOIP are o 3 Hill States: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand. o 6 Low Income States: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh o 8 North-Eastern States: It includes seven sisters plus Sikkim. o Besides, Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is also focused UT under the 3rd Phase of t he Programme.

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Uchchtar Aavishkar Abhiyan * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Human Resource Development Scheme: It aims to promote industry-specific need-based research in the educational institutions 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. The main aim of launching the UAY scheme is to make students more accustomed with t he outer world and give them a market oriented mindset. Implemented by Department of Higher Education. 

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It involves training 1000 selected girl students to compete for admission at premier Engineering colleges in India by providing course in an online and offline format. The girl students enrolled in classes XI of KVs/NVs/other Government run Schools affiliated to any Board in India are eligible for the Scheme

Vishwajeet Scheme * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Human Resource Development Scheme: The scheme entailed the provision of Rs. 1,250 crore to each of the top seven IITs over a period of five years to upgrade infrastructure, hire foreign faculty, and collaborate with foreign institutions to break into the top league in global rankings 

Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan (VISAKA) * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Human Resource Development Objective : To make people aware about cashless economic system. Scheme: VISAKA aims to create awareness among people about digital economy and cashless modes of transactions It was launched on line with Prime Minister’s appeal to youth in ‘Mann Ki Baat’ for creating awareness for making India digital and cashless economy. Under it, young students and faculty members will be roped to encourage and motivate people to use a digitally enabled cashless economic system for transfer of fund. For active participation of youth and faculty, HRD Minister also launched a webpage where students can register themselves. On this website, students and faculty members also can provide th eir feedback and suggestions on the initiative as well as upload the progress of their work.  

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Ministry of IT and Electronics BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) BHIM stands for Bharat Interface for Money Key Facts: BHIM is Aadhaar-based payments app developed by the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI). The app allows easily transferring money or making a payment from your bank account using only phone number. It can work even on basic phones as it supports USSD payments. It has mobile wallet facility in which money can be loaded. Using it anyone can directly connect their phone to bank account like a debit card. The app also allows user to scan a QR code. The merchant can also generate his QR code through the app. Payment can be done through scanning QR code. Merchants can also use the BHIM app to receive money from a smartphone or Aadhaar Pay if customer has linked a bank account and Aadhaar ID. Payments through this app are happening directly from and to bank accounts, so merchants don’t have to worry about transferring wallet earnings to the bank account. All major UPI connected Indian banks accepts money through BHIM app. Even banks not connected to UPI can receive money t hrough BHIM through IFSC assigned to banks.  

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Cyber Surakshit Bharat * Ministry/Department : Ministry of IT and Electronics Objective: Spread awareness about cybercrime and building capaci ty for safety measures for Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and frontline IT staff across all government departments. Scheme: Cyber Surakshit Bharat is first public-private partnersh ip of its kind. It will leverage the expertise of the IT industry in cybersecurity. The founding partners include leading IT companies such as Microsoft, Intel, WIPRO, Redhat and Dimension Data. Its knowledge partners include Cert-In, NIC, NASSCOM and FIDO Alliance and premier consultancy firms Deloitte and EY.   

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DigiLocker Ministry/Department : Ministry of IT Objective: To provide citizens a shareable private spa ce on a public cloud and making all documents / certificates available on this cloud. Scheme: Targeted at the idea of paperless governance, DigiLocker is a platform for issuance and verification of documents & certificates in a digital way, thus eliminating the use of physical documents A secure dedicated personal electronic space for storing the documents of resident Indian citizens. The storage space (maximum 1GB) is linked to the Aadhar number of the user. The space can be utilized for storing personal documents like University certificates, PAN cards, voter id cards, etc., and the URI's of the e-documents issued by various issuer departments. There is also an associated facility for e-signing documents 

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National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) Ministry/Department : Department of Electronics and IT, Ministry of IT Objective: To provide broadband connectivity to over two lakh Gram Panchayats Project: Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) is the special purpose vehicle created as a PSU for execution of NOFN Connectivity gap between Gram Panchayats and Blocks will be filled The project provides internet access using existing optical fibre and extending it to the Gram panchayats The project was intended to enable the government of India to provide e-services and e-applications nationally All the Service Providers like Telecom Service Providers (TSPs), ISPs, Cable TV operators etc. will be given nondiscriminatory access to the National Optic Fibre Network and can launch various services in rural areas. Various categories of applications like e-health, e-education and e-governance etc. can also be provided by these operators Its target was subsequently scaled down to less than half (1.10 lakh Panchayats) due to miserable implementation and then the targets as well as t he plan lost into oblivion. 

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Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan * Ministry/Department : Ministry of IT and Electronics Objective : To make 6 crore rural households digitally literate by March 2019 This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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Stree Swabhiman Initiative * Ministry/Department : Ministry of IT and Electronics Aims to create sustainable model for providing adolescent girls and women an access to affordable sanitary products by leveraging Common Service Centres (CSCs) Scheme: Under this initiative, Common Service Centres (CSC) will pro vide access to affordable, reliable and modern (ecofriendly) sanitary napkins (menstrual pads) to adolescent girls and women in rural areas. Its purpose is to improve awareness on menstrual health and hygiene of women, thus help to protect dignity and rights of women. Under this initiative, semi-automatic and manual san itary napkin manufacturing units will be set up at CSC for producing affordable and eco-friendly sanitary napkins. These micro manufacturing units will be operated by women entrepreneurs and generate employment for 8-10 women. 

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Ministry of Labour and Employment National Child Labour Project (NCLP) * Ministry : Ministry of Labour and Employment Scheme: It is central sector scheme launched in 1988 for rehabilitation of child labour. Under it, special schools/rehabilitation centres for rehabilitation of child labourers are opened so that they can be mainstreamed into formal schooling system. These centres provide non formal education, vocational training, su pplementary nutrition and stipend to children withdrawn from employment. Why in news? o Government has launched a Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour (PENCIL) Porta l o The PENCIL portal is an electronic platform t hat aims at involving Centre, State, District, Governments, civil society and general public in achi eving the target of child labour free society.  

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This program was launched to support the ‘Make in India’ campaign of India for encouragement of manufacturing sector, thus felt need to bring labour reforms. Several initiatives were taken by the Government under the scheme : o Shram Suvidha Portal : Allocation of Unique labour identification number (LIN) to labour to facilitate online registration. The compliances would be reportable in Single Harmonized Form which will make it simple and easy for those filing such forms. Filing of self-certified and simplified Single Online Return by the industry. Labour inspector can upload inspection report within 72 hours. This portal will help timely redressal of grievances. Under this it is proposed to allot LIN to all these 6- 7 lakh units o Labour Inspection scheme: A computerized list of inspections will be generated randomly to reduce inspector raj Inspector has to upload report within 72 hours o Universal Account Number (UAN) for Employee Provident Fund (EPF): An UAN is allotted to 4 crore EPF subscribers after centrally compiling & digitizing their information. Aadhar card is being seeded with the UAN for financial inclusion of labours. The portability of the Social Security Benefits to the labour of organised sector across the jobs and geographic areas will be ensured. o Apprenticeship Protsahan Yojana: Apprenticeship Protsahan Yojana envisages on imparting on-the-job training to apprentices. Total numbers of seats are increased to 20 lakh from current 4.9 lakh in revamped scheme. Government will reimburse 50 percent of stipend paid by employers to increase employability of youth by giving them skills.  

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Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana Ministry/Department : Ministry of Labour and Employment Objective is to promote employment generation Scheme: Central Government will be paying the 8.33% EPS cont ribution of the employer for the new employment. All industries registered with Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) can apply for availing benefits under the scheme. It is targeted for employees earning wages less than Rs. 15,000/- per month. The scheme will be in operation for a period of 3 years and GOI will continue to pay and all new eligible employees will be covered till 2019-20.  

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Ministry of Law and Justice e-Courts Mission Mode Project Ministry/Department : Ministry of Law and Justice Objective: To provide efficient & time-bound citizen centric service delivery. To develop, install & implement decision support systems in co urts. To automate the processes to provide transparency of Information access to its stakeholders To enhance judicial productivity both qualitatively & quantitatively, to make the justice delivery system affordable, accessible, cost effective & transparent    

Scheme: In Phase I of the project more than 13,000 District and Subordinate courts have been computerised and case information linked to the respective District court websites These courts are now providing online eServices such as c ause lists, case status and judgments, to litigants a nd public through the eCourts portal Litigants and lawyers are also provided services through Judicial Service Centre at the court complexes The implementation of Phase II commenced on 4th August, 2015. 

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Tele-Law * Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice in partnership with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Aims to provide legal services to people using digital technology vis CSCs Scheme: Under the scheme, a portal called ‘Tele-Law’ will be launched, which will be available across th e Common Service Centre (CSC) network. ‘Tele-Law’ will enable people to seek legal advice from lawyers through video conferencing available at t he Common Service Centres (CSC). Additionally, law school clinics, District Legal Service Authorities, voluntary service providers and NonGovernment Organisations working on legal aid and empowerment can also be connected through the CSCs anywhere and anytime, in order to strengthen access to justice for the mar ginalized communities. The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) will pr ovide a panel of lawyers from State capitals, who will be available through video conferencing to provide legal advice and counselling to the applicants, across the 1000 Common Service Centres (CSC). Under this scheme, every Common Service Centre (CSC) will engage a Para Legal Volunteer (PLV), who will be the first point of contact for the rural citizens and will help them in understanding the legal issues, explain the advice given by lawyers and assist in further action required in cases as per the advice of the lawyer. A trained PLV will be available in a CSC for ten days in a month under the Scheme. These PLVs will help the applicant connect with a lawyer through the video conferencing facility at the CSC and will keep a track of the progress of the applicants’ cases and grievances and maintain a record. They will also submit the records maintained to t he District Legal Service Authority every week. 

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Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ASPIRE Ministry : Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Objective is to set up a network of technology centers, incubation centers to accelerate entrepreneurship and also to promote start-ups for innovation and entrepreneurship in rural and agriculture based industry. Scheme: ASPIRE stands for A Scheme for Promotion of Innovation, Rural Industry & Entrepreneurship The planned outcomes of ASPIRE are setting up Technology Business Incubators (TBI), Livelihood Business Incubators (LBI) and creation of a Fund of Funds for s uch initiatives with SIDBI.  


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ZED Scheme aims to rate and handhold all MSMEs to deliver top quality products using clean technology. It will have sector-specific parameters for each industry. MSME sector is crucial for the economic progress of India and this scheme wi ll help to match global quality control standards. The slogan of Zero Defect, Zero Effect (ZED) was first mentioned by PM Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech in 2014. It was given for producing high quality manufacturing products with a minimal negative i mpact on environment. ZED Scheme is meant to raise quality levels in unregulated MSME sector which is engine of growth for Indian economy. MSME sector drives almost 38% of nation’s GDP and around employs 110 million employees. The scheme will be cornerstone of the Central Government’s flagship Make in India programme, which is aimed at turning India into a global manufacturing hub, generating jobs, boosting growth and increase incomes

Ministry of Mines Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Mines Objective: To provide for the welfare of areas and people affected by mining related operations, using t he funds generated by District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) Scheme: To implement various developmental and welfare projects/programs in mining affected areas that complement the existing ongoing schemes/projects of State and Central Government To minimize/mitigate the adverse impacts, during and after mining, on the environment, health and socioeconomics of people in mining districts To ensure long-term sustainable livelihoods for the affected people in mining areas 

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Ministry of Minority Affairs Jiyo Parsi scheme * Ministry: Ministry of Minority Affairs Scheme: Jiyo Parsi scheme is a Central Sector Scheme for containing population decline of Parsis in India. Its main objective is to reverse the declining trend of P arsi population by adopting a scientific protocol and structured interventions. It aims to stabilize and increase the population of Parsis in India. It has two components: o Medical Assistance and o Advocacy (Counselling). The first phase of the scheme was launched initiated in 2013. Second phase is started in 2017.  

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USTTAD Scheme * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Minority Affairs USTTAD stands for Upgrading the Skills and Tra ining in Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development Scheme. Objective: Aims at upgrading Skills and Training of minority communities by preservation of traditional ancestral Arts and Crafts. Scheme: It envisages boosting the skill of craftsmen, weavers and artisans who are already engaged in the traditional ancestral work. Under the scheme, assistance will be provided to t raditional artisans to sell their products in order to make them more compatible with modern markets. It is fully funded by Union Government Applicable for all areas in India 

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Nai Manzil Scheme Ministry/Department : Ministry of Minority Affairs Objective: To equip minority youth with employable skills Scheme: Minority youths in the age group of 17 to 35 years who are school-dropouts or educated in the community education institutions like Madarsas, are provided an i ntegrated input of formal education (up till Class VIII or X) and skill training along with certification It is done with a view of enabling them to seek better employment in the organized sector and equippi ng them with better lives. 

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Minimum 30% seats are earmarked for minority girls. It includes a Non-residential programme of 9-12 months duration involving a Basic Bridge Programme (For Class VIII or Class X) for their education, along with training in trade based skills for sustained livelihood/gainful employment. The scheme covers the entire country .


Nai Roshni Scheme Ministry/Department : Ministry of Minority Affairs Objective: 1. Leadership Development of Minority Women 2. To empower and instil confidence among minority women by providing knowledge, tools and techniques for interacting with Government systems, Banks and other institutions at all levels. Scheme: The scheme is implemented through Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). The scheme is implemented with the involvement of the Gram Panchayat at village level and Local Urban bodies at the District level.  

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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Green Corridor Project Ministry/Department : Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Objective: Evacuation of renewable energy from generation points to the load ce ntres by creating intra-state and inter-state transmission infrastructure Project: The intra-state transmission component of the project is being implemented by the respective states Power Grid Corporation of India is implementing inter-stat e transmission component  

Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission Ministry : Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Mission: The mission is also known as National Solar Mission and is also one of the eight National Missions under National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). The Mission has set the ambitious target of deploying 20,000MW of grid connected solar power by 2022, which was later revised to 1,00,000 MW by 2022. The target will principally comprise of 40GW Rooftop and 60GW through large and medium scale grid connected solar power projects. 

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There is also 30% capital subsidy for installation of SPV applications like solar lighting systems, solar PV power plants and solar pumps under solar off-grid applicatio n scheme of JNNSM in rural as well as urban areas throughout India.

National Offshore Wind Energy Policy Ministry/Department : Ministry of New & Renewable Energy Objective : Development of wind energy farms in offshore areas Policy: Use of offshore areas within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the country for development of wind energy i.e up to the seaward distance of 200 Nautical Miles (EEZ of the country) from the base line National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) is the Nodal Agency No land acquisition hurdles Cost will be almost double Plant Load Factor for offshore plants will be greater 

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Solar Cities scheme * Scheme: The Scheme aims at reducing minimum 10% in p rojected demand of conventional energy at end of five years, through combination of enhancing supply from renewable energy sources in ci ty and energy efficiency measures. Under it, local Governments are motivated for adopting renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency measures. Solar City developed under this scheme will have all ty pes of renewable energy based projects like solar, wind, biomass, small hydro, waste to energy etc. It may be installed along with possible energy efficiency measures depending on the need and resource availability in the city. 

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Suryamitra initiative Ministry/Department : Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Objective: To provide skill training to rural youth in handling solar installations Scheme: It is Union Government’s skill development program Aims to create skilled manpower in commissioning, installation, O&M of solar power plants and equipment. It primary objective is to provide entrepreneurship and employability opportunities to rural and urban youth & women. The scheme is aimed at creating 50,000 trained solar photovoltaic technicians by March 2020. Special emphasis is given to skill youth from SC/ST/OBC categories. The qualification required to participate in the program is ITI (Electrical & Wireman) / Diploma in Engineering (Electrical, Electronics & Mechanical). Higher qualified participants such as B.Tech etc are not eligible for this programme. The programme is 100% funded by GOI and implemented by National Institute for Solar Energy (NISE) across the country.   

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In addition, short term training programmes for small hydro, entrepreneurship development, operation & maintenance of solar energy devices and boiler operations in co-generation pla nts have been organized. National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) is an aut onomous institution of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE)).

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Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG ‘Pratyaksha Hastantarit Labh’ Direct transfer of LPG subsidy into beneficiaries account for which account must be seeded with AADHAR .


Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat scheme * Ministry: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Aims to distribute LPG connections among rural areas where conventional fuel is used for domestic purposes. Scheme: The LPG Panchayat scheme aims at spreading awareness among LPG users about how to properly use clean fuel and its useful benefits. It will provide platform to trigger discussion through sharing of personal experiences on benefits of use of clean fuel compared to traditional fuels like cowdung, charcoal or wood. It also aims to connect with beneficiaries of Ujjwala Yojana to resolve issues and wrong traditi onal beliefs among people through officials of oil PSUs, NGOs, Asha workers and social workers. Under it, one lakh LPG Panchayats will be activated across country to deal with issue of safe use of LPG as well as discuss its various benefits on environment, health and how it empowers women. LPG Panchayat will serve as an interactive platform between those who received LPG c ylinders under PMUY. One panchayat will have around 100 LPG customers of nearby areas. The panchayats discuss issues such as safe practices, quality of service provided by distributors and availability of refill cylinders. 

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Pradhan Mantri UJJWALA Yojana * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Objective: To reduce health hazards of indoor pollution by providing free LPG connections to Women from BPL Households Tagline : Swachh Indhan, Behtar Jeevan Scheme: 8 Crore (Earlier target was 5 Crore) LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) connections to poor households will be provided The scheme provides free LPG connection with financi al assistance of Rs. 1600/- per connection to an adult woman member of BPL family identified through Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data. Eligible households will be identified in consultation with state governments and Union territories. The scheme will be implemented by 2020. (Older target was to be achieved by 2019). The households will be selected using the socio-economic and caste census data. Consumers will have the option to purchase gas stove and refills on EMI. It seeks to empower women and protect their health by shifting them from traditional c ooking based on unclean cooking fuels or fossil fuels to clean cooking gas. 

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Target increased from 5 Cr to 8 Cr Time period extended from 2019 to 2020 Cabinet also approved proposal to expand scheme to c over all SC/ST households, beneficiaries of Antyoday Anna Yojana (AAY), PMAY (Gramin), forest dwellers, most backward classes (MBC), Tea and Ex-Tea Garden Tribes, people residing in Islands and rivers etc. in addition to SECC identified households. This move will address practical difficulty faced in implementation of PMUY, namely, targeting genuinely poor households left out of Socio Economic Caste Survey (SECC) list

Why launched? Because burning wood/coal is leading to rising pulmonary, cataract and heart diseases According to health experts, the smoke released in the burning process contains hazardous gases like carbon monoxide, particulate matter, etc. Unclean c ooking fuels are the main source of indoor air pollution that causes non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer Generally, poor women are victims of these toxic gases. They have no alternative and thus they are forced to use them  

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Ministry of Power Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana Ministry/Department : Ministry of Power Objective: 1. To augment power supply to the rural areas 2. To strengthen sub-transmission and distribution systems Scheme: It focuses on feeder separation (rural households & agricultural) and strengthening of subtransmission & distribution infrastructure including metering at all levels in rural areas This will help in providing round the clock power to rural households and adequate power to agricultural consumers The earlier scheme for rural electrification viz. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) has been subsumed in the new scheme as its rural electrification component. 

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Integrated Power Development Scheme Ministry/Department : Ministry of Power Objective: To ensure 24x7 power supply Scheme: It envisages strengthening of sub-transmission network, Metering, IT application, Customer Care Services, provisioning of solar panels and the completion of the ongoing works of Restructured Accelerated Power Development and completion of the Reforms Programme (RAPDRP). The scheme will help in reduction in AT&C losses, establishment of IT enabled energy accounting / auditing system, improvement in billed energy based on metered consumption and improvement in collection efficiency All Discoms including private Discoms and State Power Departments will be eligible for financial assistance under this scheme 

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Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahaabhiyan (KUSUM) * Ministry: Ministry of Power Aims for promoting solar farming i.e. decentralised solar power production of up to 28,250 MW to help farmers Scheme: KUSUM scheme will start with building 10,000 MW solar plants on barren lands and providing 1.75 million offgrid agricultural solar pumps. It will provide extra income to farmers, by giving them an option to sell addit ional power to grid through solar power projects set up on their barren lands. It will help in de-dieselising the agriculture sector as India had about 30 million farm pumps t hat include 10 million pumps running on diesel. The surplus electricity generated by farmers will be bought by state electricity distribution companies (discoms). Thus it will help boost the country’s emerging green economy. Components of scheme o Building 10,000 MW solar plants on barren lands o Providing sops to DISCOMS to purchase the electric ity produced, o Solarising existing pumps of 7250 MW as well as government tube wells with a cap acity of 8250 MW o Distributing 17.5 lakh solar pumps. Government will provide 60% subsidy on solar pumps to farmers. It will be shared between Centre and States while 30% will be provided through bank loans. The balance cost will be borne by farmers. 

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Saubhagya - Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana * Ministry: Ministry of Power Aims at providing last mile electricity connectivity to all rural and urban households. Scheme: Under the scheme, government will provide free electricity to all households identified poor under SocioEconomic and Caste Census (SECC) data 2011. Electricity connections will be given to APL families for Rs 500, which will be payable in 10 equal monthly instalments. The BPL cardholders will get free electricity connections. The total outlay of scheme is Rs. 16, 320 crore while Gross Budgetary Support ( GBS) is Rs. 12,320 crore. 

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The Central Government will provide largely funds for the Scheme to all States/UTs. The States and Union Territories are required to complete works of household electrification by 31st of December 2018. For covering un-electrified households located in remote and inaccessible areas, solar power p acks of 200 to 300 Wp with battery bank, comprising of 5 LED lights, 1 DC fan, 1 DC power plug. It also includes the Repair and Maintenance (R&M) for 5 years. The Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC) will be nodal agency for operationalisation of scheme throughout country. Gram Panchayat/Public institutions in rural areas w ill be authorised to collect application forms along wi th complete documentation, distribute bills and collect revenue in consultation with Pa nchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs) and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).

UDAY * Ministry/Department: Ministry of Power UDAY stands for Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana Objective: Financial turnaround and revival of Power Distribution companies (DISCOMs) and ensure a sustainable permanent solution to the problem Scheme: It has ambitious target of making all discoms profitable by 2018-19. The scheme will ease the financial crunch fac ed by power distribution companies, that has impaired their ability to buy electricity. It is based on the premise that it is states’ responsibility to ensure that discoms become financially viable. States shall take over 75% of DISCOM debt as on 30 September 2015 over two years i.e 50% of DISCOM debt shall be taken over in 2015-16 and 25% i n 2016-17. Government of India will not include the debt taken over by the States as per the above scheme in the calculation of fiscal deficit of respective States i n the financial years 2015-16 and 2016-17. States will issue non-SLR including SDL bonds in the market or directly to the respective banks / Financial Institutions (FIs) holding the DISCOM debt to the appropriate extent. DISCOM debt not taken over by the State shall be converted by t he Banks / FIs into loans or bonds.  

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UJALA - National LED Programme * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Power UJALA stands for Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All Objective: To save energy consumption by distributing LED bulbs which are energy efficient Scheme: The scheme is being implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs under the Union Ministry of Power. It is LED based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP). Under it, LED Bulbs are distributed. It wants every home in India to use LED bulbs so that the net power or energy consumption rate comes down and the carbon emission rates can also be checked The scheme will not only help reduce consumers their electricity bills but also contribute to the energy security of India. 

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Mission 25 Tonne - It aims to increase revenue by augmenting carrying capacity. Mission Zero Accident - It comprises of two sub missions such as Elimination of unmanned level crossings on broad Gauge in the next 3-4 years and Equipping 100% of the High Density Network with Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). Mission PACE (Procurement and Consumption Efficiency) - It ai ms to improve 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 super fast mail/express trains by 25 kmph in the next 5 years. It will complement Mission 25 Tonne to increase throughput of the railway system. Mission Hundred - Under this mission, at least a hundred sidings will be commissioned in the next 2 y ears. Siding refers to low-speed track section / track branch distinct from a running line. 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 Corr idors between Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Kolkata scheduled to be commissioned by 2019.

Yatri Mitra Scheme Ministry/Department: Ministry of Railways Aims to provide comfort to old and ill passengers while travelling in trains Scheme Elderly people, differently abled and ill people will get an assistant to assist them while travelling in trains One can avail wheelchair or porter These provisions needs to be booked at time of ticket booking This sewa can be chargeable or free of cost . As of now, free of cost service is not available as NGOs are coming forward in the initiative.    

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Bharat Mala Project * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Road, Transport and Highway Project: It is an ambitious road and highways project. It envisages construction of 34,800 km of roads along India's borders, coastal areas, ports, religious and tourist places as well as over 100 district headquarters. The BharatMala project will include economic c orridors (9,000 km), inter-corridor and feeder route (6, 000 km), national corridors efficiency improvement (5,000 km), border roads and international connectivity ( 2,000 km), coastal roads and port connectivity (2,000 km) and greenfield expressway (800 km). Under programme, roads will be built along borders with Bhutan and N epal, bottlenecks on existing Golden Quadrilateral highway network will be removed. Moreover, road connectivity to small industries will be ensured and manufacturing centres will be connected with national highways.  

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The Char Dham highway development project is an initiative to improve connectivity to the Char Dham pilgrimage centres in the Himalayas i.e. Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath. This objective is to provide 900 km highway roads with paved shoulders, provision for landslide mitigation a nd other road safety measures, which will pro vide all weather road connectivity for p ilgrims and for movement of defence forces.

Green Highway Policy Ministry/Department : Ministry of Road Transport and Highway Objective: Aims to turn national highways into green corridors by planting trees, landscaping, and laying grass turfs and ornamental shrubs alongside them Policy: Funding: A Green Highways Fund would be set apart utilising 1% of the c ivil work cost while arriving at total road project cost. The funds to be transferred to the National Hi ghways Authority of India (NHAI) which would be used exclusively for plantation and maintenance on all NH stretches being developed on the Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) and Build Operate Transfer (BOT) mode. The NHAI will act as Fund Manager Monitoring agency is Indian Highways Management Company Ltd (IHMCL). Initially, at least one NH corridor in each State would be taken up for model plantation, which would be replicated in other stretches subsequently. First year target to cover 6000Km Aims to provide dignified employment to local people and communities 

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Setu Bharatam Ministry/Department: Ministry of Road, Transport and Highway Objectives: Development of bridges for safe and seamless travel on National Highways Project: Aims to make all National Highways free of railway level crossings by 2019 This is being done to prevent the frequent accidents a nd loss of lives at level crossings The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has also established an Indian Bridge Management System (IBMS) at the Indian Academy for Highway Engineer in Noida, U.P. The aim is to carry out conditions survey and inventorization of all bridges on Nat ional Highways in India by using Mobile Inspection Units   

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The scheme is under the Ministry of Rural development and Department of Food and Public Distribution allocates food grains as per the requirements of Mini stry of Rural Development. Senior citizens of 65 years of age or above who are not getting pension under the National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS) are provided 10 kg of food grains per person per month free of cost.

Ajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY) * Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development AGEY aims to provide an alternative source of livelihood to members of Self Help Groups (SHGs) by facilitating them to operate public transport services in backward rural areas. Scheme: It is a sub-scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – Nati onal Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) It will provide safe, affordable and community monitored rural transport s ervices like e-rickshaws, 3 and 4 wheeler motorised transport vehicles to connect remote villages. These transport vehicles will connect villages with key services and amenities including access to markets, education and health for the overall economic development of the area. The scheme will be implemented in 250 blocks in the country on a pilot basis for a period of 3 years from 201718 to 2019-20. Under it, Community Based Organisation (CBO) is proposed to provide interest free loan from its own corpus to SHG member for purchase of the vehicle.  

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Ajeevika - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Rural Development Objective: To reduce poverty by enabling the poor households to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, resulting in appreciable improvement in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis, through building strong grassroots institutions of the poor Mission: It is also called Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana - NRLM Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) was restructured as National Rural Livelihoods Mission in 2011 NRLM has now been renamed as Aajeevika. World Bank supported program Organise rural BPL people in SHGs and make them capable for self-employment by providing ca pacities such as information, knowledge, skills, tools, finance and collectivization. It has a special focus on women empowerment including a dedicated component for promoting farm and no nfarm based livelihoods for women farmers in rural areas It is implemented across the country in all States and Union Territories (except Delhi and Chandigarh). Works on three pillars: o Enhancing and expanding existing livelihoods options of the poor o Building skills for the job market outside; and o Nurturing self-employed and entrepreneurs.     

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DDU-GKY is tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity t o the incomes of rural poor families and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth. It aims at transforming rural poor youth into an economically independent and globally relevant workforce. It focused on rural youth between the ages of 15 and 35 years from poor families. Special initiatives under DDU-GKY: a. Himayat : A special scheme for the youth (rural & urban) of Jammu & Kashmir. b. Roshni: A special initiative for the rural youth of poor families in 27 Left-wing Extremist (LWE) districts across 9 states.

MGNREGA * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Rural Development Objective: To enhance the livelihood security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing 100 days of wage-employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work Program: It is a social security measure that aims to guarantee the 'right to work ' All willing rural citizens are eligible Focuses on durable assets as per local needs Act provides for social audit of performance at least once in every six months Wages are linked to Consumer Price Index (Agriculture Labour) Employment is to be provided within 5 km of an applicant's residence, and minimum wages are to be paid. If work is not provided within 15 days of applying, applicants are entitled to an unemployment allowance. MGNREGA is to be implemented mainly by gram panchayats. Labour-intensive tasks like creating infrastructure for water harvesting, drought relief and flood control are preferred         

Factual Information: Started in 2006 Has legal backing of MGNREGA Act Scheduled Caste workers has consistently been about 20% Scheduled Tribe workers has been about 17% Statutory minimum limit for women share of work is 33%. This limit has been crossed all along. More than 65% of the works taken up under the programme are linked to agriculture and allied activities      

National Social Assistance Program (NSAP) Ministry : Ministry of Rural Development Program: It is a social security and welfare programme to provide support to aged persons, widows, disabled persons and bereaved families on death of primary bread winner, belonging to below poverty line households. It comprises of five schemes, namely : 1. Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS), 2. Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS), 3. Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS), 4. National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) and 5. Annapurna. Under NSAP 100% Central Assistance is extended to the States/UTs to pro vide the benefits in accordance with the norms, guidelines and conditions laid down by the Central Government. 

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Neeranchal National Watershed Project Ministry/Department : Ministry of Rural Development Objective: The project aims to fulfil the watershed component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMSKY) to reduce surface runoff of rainwater, increase groundwater levels and better water availability in rain-fed areas This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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Framework: The cost of the project is estimated at Rs. 2,142.30 crore of which the Centre will be pitching in with Rs. 889 crore while Rs. 182 crore will be provided by the respective State Governments. The remaining 50% o f the project cost will be financed by a World Bank loan. 

Scheme: Neeranchal is primarily designed to address the following concerns: bring about institutional changes in watershed and rainfed agricultural management practices in India, build systems that ensure watershed programmes and rainfed irrigation management practices are better focussed, and more coordinated, and have quantifiable results, devise strategies for the sustainability of improved watershed. management practices in programme areas, even after the withdrawal of project support, through the watershed plus approach, support improved equity, livelihoods, and incomes through forward linkages, on a platform of inclusiveness and local participation.  

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Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Gramin Ministry/Department : Ministry of Rural Development It is the vehicle to achieve objective of "Housing for All" Mission in Rural areas. It aims to provide affordable, environmentally safe and secure pucca house to every rural household living below the poverty line by 2022. Scheme: It will be implemented in rural areas across the c ountry except Delhi and Chandigarh Government to construct 1 crore pucca (permanent) houses for the rural poor in the next three years. The scheme is expected to boost job creation in rural areas The project will be implemented in a span of three years from 2016-17 to 2018-19 Beneficiaries of the rural houses would be chosen according to data taken from the Socio-Economic Caste Census of 2011 It uses ICT and space technology to further confirm correct selection of beneficiaries and progress of work Under it, financial assistance will be provided for construction of dwelling units and upgradations of existing unserviceable kutcha houses The entire payments will be done through transparent IT/DBT mode with Aadhaar linked Bank accounts with consent, to ensure complete transparency and accountability The beneficiary would be facilitated to avail loan of u p to 70000 rupees for construction of the house which is optional The programme provides for skilling 5 lakh Rural Masons by 2019 and allows over 200 different housing designs across the country based on a detailed study of housing typologies, environmental hazards and the households’ requirements. There is a provision for orientation of beneficiaries. A 45 days on site hands-on skill training of Rural Masons helps poor households to move up the skilling ladder     

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Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Rural Development Objective: To provide all-weather road connectivity to all eligible unconnected habitations. Scheme: This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme The programme envisages connecting all eligible unconnected habitations with : o A population of 500 persons and above in plain areas o 250 persons and above in Hill States, Tribal (Schedule-V) areas, the Desert Areas (as identified in Desert Development Programme) and 82 Selected Tribal and Backward Districts under Integrated Action Plan (IAP) as identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs/Planning Commission. The programme also has an Upgradation component in order to ensure full farm to market connectivity. The Rural Roads is one of the six components of Bharat Nirman


RURBAN Ministry/Department : Ministry of Rural Development Objective: To transform rural areas to economically, socially and physically sustainable spaces Scheme: Also called Shyama Prasad Mukharjee Rurban mission It is a cluster based approach State Governments would identify ‘clusters’ (geographically contiguous Gram Panchayats with a population of about 25000 to 50000 in plain and coastal areas and a population of 5000 to 15000 in desert, hilly or tribal areas). These clusters would be developed by provisioning of economic activities, developing skills & local entrepreneurship and providing infrastructure amenities. The Rurban Mission will thus develop a cluster of Smart Villages. The scheme will function with 14 mandatory c omponents to ensure an optimum level of development of a cluster, which include skill development training linked to economic activities, digital literacy , fully equipped mobile health unit and inter-village road connectivity The other components of the scheme in clusters will be providing citizen service centres- for electronic delivery of citizen centric services and e-gram connectivity, public transport, LPG gas connections, agro processing, agri services including storage and warehousing, sanitation, provision of piped water supply, solid and liquid waste management and upgrading education facilities. The mission also aims to set up these clusters by 2019-20 across the country.   

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Funding: The funding will be through various schemes of the government converged into the cluster. The mission will provide an additional funding support of up to 30% of the project cost per cluster as critical gap funding as central share to enable development of such ‘rurban clusters’. The cost of developing a cluster might vary between Rs 50 crore and Rs 52 crore. The preferred mode of delivery would be through public-private-partnerships while using various sc heme funds.  

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Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana Ministry/Department : Ministry of Rural Development Objective: To ensure integrated development of the selected village across multiple areas such as agriculture, health, education, sanitation, environment, livelihoods etc. Scheme: Launched on birth anniversary of Jayprakash Narayan MPs are required to pick one village with a population of 3000-4000 in plains and 1000-3000 in hills within a month of the launch. MPs cannot pick villages which belong to themselves or their spouses. The scheme requires them to draft a village development plan, motivate inhabitants to participat e in growth via different activities, identify gaps in funding and mobilising MPLAD funds to create additional resources specifically from CSR initiatives of various corporate houses, in areas of sanitation and water supply.  

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The outcomes will cover a wide spectrum of indicators like health, nutrition and education through organising and monitoring immunization drives, improving standard and quality of mid-day meal schemes, improving Aadhaar enrolment, setting up “smart schools” with IT-enabled classrooms and e-libraries, Panchayat infrastructure improvement under schemes such as MGNREGA and Backward Regions Grants Fund etc. Social development and harmony should be encouraged through activities like identifying and celebrating a village day, a village song and also laying stress on alternate modes of dispute resolution. District Collectors will carry ground-level surveys along with monthly review m eetings to monitor progress . At the State-level, Chief Secretaries will head empowered committee on the same and the Minister for Rural Development and Secretary, Rural Development, will chair two national-level committees to track the scheme


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SVEP is aimed at creating an ecosystem for ru ral population to be able start their own enterprises for sustainable livelihood. To be launched on the lines of the DDU-GKY to generate livelihood through self employment. Loans will be made available through Self Help Groups for starting t he enterprise.

Ministry of Science and Technology AWSAR (Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research) Scheme * Ministry: Ministry of Science and Technology Scheme: The scheme aims to encourage, empower and endow popular science writing through newspapers, magazines, blogs, social media, etc. by young PhD Scholars and Post-Doctoral Fellows during course of their studies and research pursuits. It also seeks to tap tremendous potential of young scientists to popularize & communicate science and also t o inculcate scientific temperament in the masses. The scheme also carries monetary incentive to each of 100 best entries from PhD scholars in year along with Certificate of Appreciation besides getting the story published/projected in mass media. In addition, three leading stories from selected hundred will be also awarded cash prize. Further, twenty entries will be selected from articles submitted exclusively by Post-Doctoral Fellows relating to their line of Research for monetary ince ntive and most outstanding story to be given a cash prize of Rs.1,00,000/-. 

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Biotech-KISAN Ministry/Department : Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology KISAN stands for Krishi Innovation Science Application Network Scheme: Its purpose is to connect farmers, scientist and science institution across country. Under it, fellowship will be given to women farmers for tra ining and education in farm practice. Under it scientists will spend time on far ms and link communication tools to soil, water seed and market. The main aim of the scheme is to understand individual problems of the small holding farmers and provide ready solutions. It will be implemented in 15 agro-climatic zones of India in phased manner with objective of linking new technology to farm by understanding problem of local farmer Biotech-KISAN will connect farmers to best global practices; training workshops will be held in India and other countries. Farmers and Scientists will partner across the globe.    

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Cattle Genomics Scheme Ministry/Department : Ministry of Science and Technology Scheme: The scheme aims at boosting selective breeding of the native livestock more accurately to ensure high-yielding, disease-resistant, resilient livestock. Under it, government will undertake an ambitious project of genome sequencing of 40 registered indigenous cattle breeds of India. Besides, a high-density DNA chips will be developed under this sc heme to reduce the cost and time interval of breeding of the native livestock. Genome selection will use information on variations in DNA sequences between animals to predict the breeding value more accurately. Thus, help to transform livestock breeding. 

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Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) programme Ministry/ Department : Department of Science and Technology Program: It will promote self-driven cars, autonomous unmanned vehicles and aircraft navigation systems It aims to break silos in academia and encourage greater synergy between the university scientists and industry. Under it, centres of excellence would be developed at the IITs and uni versities. Moreover, there will be dedicated courses on the subject   

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Distinguished Investigator Award (DIA) * Ministry: Ministry of Science and Technology Scheme: The scheme was initiated to recognize and reward Pri ncipal Investigators (PIs) of Department of Science and Technology (DST) projects that have performed remarkably well. It aims to reward best PIs of completed projects and also motivate ongoing PIs to perform exceedingly well. It seeks to effectively improve productivity of research undertaken and overall efficiency of research ecosystem. It will be one-time career award devised to specifically cater to younger scientists who have not received any other prestigious awards or fellowships. The award carries a fellowship and optional research grant for 3 years, based on peer review of project proposal submitted. 

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INSPIRE Scheme * Ministry/Department : Department of Science & Technology INSPIRE stands for Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research Objective: To attract talent to Science. Scheme: Communicate to the youth of the country the excitements of creative pursuit of science Attract talent towards science at an early age build the required critical human resource pool for strengthening and expanding the Science & Technology system and R&D base   


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It does not believe in conducting competitive exams for identification of talent at any level. It believes in and relies on the efficacy of the existing educational structure for identification of talent. INSPIRE has three components: a. Scheme for Early Attraction of Talent (SEATS) -> Awards and internships b. Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) and c. Assured Opportunity for Research Careers (AORC) -> Fellowship and Faculty Scheme


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MANAK stands for Million Minds Augmenting National Aspirations and Knowledge It is the new name for INSPIRE Awards What is new in this remodified scheme? Best ideas would be worked upon by professional engineers and designers and taken up for potential commercial development with intellectual property rights for t he children The top 60 ideas will also get incubation support. Professionals will work on these and the children will share the intellectual property 

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National Biopharma Mission * Ministry: Ministry of Science and Technology Aims to make capabilities in biopharmaceuticals to be globally competitive level over the next decade. Mission: It is an Industry-Academia mission to acc elerate biopharmaceutical development in India. The mission will be implemented by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), a PSU of Department of Biotechnology. Under it ministry launched Innovate in India (i3) program to create an enabling ecosystem to promote entrepreneurship and indigenous manufacturing in the sector. i3 is a flagship program of t he Government of India in collaboration with World Bank . It is committed to make India a hub for design and development of novel, affordable and effective biopharmaceutical products and solutions.  

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National Initiative for Development and Harnessing Innovation (NIDHI) Ministry/Department : Department of Science and Technology Objective: To nurture ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into successful startups. Program: NIDHI focuses on building a seamless and innovation driven entrepreneurial ecosystem especially by channelizing youth towards it and thereby bringing in t he positive impact on the socio-economic development of the country. The program aims to provide technological solutions not only to the pressing needs of the society but also targets to create new avenues for wealth and job creation. NIDHI, by design connects and strengthens all the links of t he innovation chain from scouting to sustaining t o securing to scaling to showcasing, because a c hain is only as strong as its weakest link. The key stakeholders of NIDHI includes various departments and ministries of the central government, state governments, academic and R & D institutions, mentors, financial institutions, angel investors, venture capitalists, industry champions and private sectors. NIDHI strongly addresses the new national aspirations by massively scaling up DST’s experience of three decades in promoting innovative startups. 

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Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana * Ministry: Ministry of Science and Technology Aims to formulate and implement appropriate S&T interventions for sustainable development through cluster approach in Uttarakhand. Scheme: Under the scheme, Department of Science and Technology (DST) will adopt few clusters of villages in Uttarakhand and transform them to become self-sustainable in time bound manner through t ools of S&T. Local resources and locally available skill sets will be utilised using S&T under the scheme for substantial value addition for local produce and services which c an sustain rural population. The areas selected under these clusters will process and add value to milk, honey, horticulture and local crops, herbal tea, mushroom, forest produce, medicinal & aromatic plants and traditional craft and handloom. This project will also ensure, stringent product a nd process control interventions for energy and water conservation. The project will also give emphasis to p ractice of agriculture, agro-based cottage i ndustries and animal husbandry in an eco-friendly manner. It will mainly undertake post-harvest processing of Kiwi, Cherry, Strawberry, Tulsi, Adrak, Badi Elaichi through solar drying technology, extraction of apricot oil using cold press technology. 

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TARE Scheme * Ministry: Ministry of Science and Technology TARE stands for Teacher Associateship for Research Excellence (TARE) Scheme: It aims to tap latent potential of faculty working in state universities, colleges and private academic institutions who are well trained but having difficulty in pursuing their research due to varied reasons including lack of facilities, funding and guidance. Up to 500 TAs (Teacher Associateships) will be supported under this scheme. 

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This scheme facilitates mobility of such faculty members to carryout research in well-established public funded institution such as IITs, IISc, IISERS and other National Institutions (NITs, CSIR, ICAR, ICMR labs, etc) and Central Universities located preferably nearer to institution where faculty m ember is working.

VAJRA Faculty Scheme * Ministry: Ministry of Science and Technology VAJRA stands for Visiting Advanced Joint Research Scheme enables NRIs and overseas scientific community to participate and contribute to research and development in India. Scheme: The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a Statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology will implement the Scheme. Foreign researchers of Indian origin or otherwise can collaborate with faculties in public funded Indian institutions. The researchers would receive endowments at par with those in their own countries. They would be given USD 15,000 in the first month of residency and U SD 10,000, for the remaining months. The scheme would promote broad areas of research like energy, health, advance material among others. Public funded academic institutions and national laboratories will be eligible for hosting the VAJRA Faculty. The VAJRA faculty can reside in India for a minimum of 1 month and a maximum of 3 months a year. The applications received from the interested foreign researchers would be evaluated by a Selection Committee of eminent scientists. The Committee will meet twice a year in January and July and make recommendations. 

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Ministry of Shipping Sagarmala scheme * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Shipping Objective: To promote port-led direct and indirect development and to provide infrastructure to transport goods to and from ports quickly, efficiently and c ost-effectively Scheme: Three pillars: o Supporting and enabling Port-led Development o Port Infrastructure Enhancement, including modernization and setting up of new ports, and o Efficient Evacuation to and from hinterland. The programme aims to promote port-led development in the country by harnessing India's 7,500-km long coastline, 14,500-km of potentially navigable waterways and strategic location on key international maritime trade routes 

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Every container is attached to a Radio Frequency Identification Tag (RFID) tag and then tracked through RFID readers — aids importers and exporters in trac king their goods in transit. This has, in turn, cut the overall lead time of container movement as well as reduced transaction costs that consignees and shippers incur. It is billed as a major ‘ease of doing business’ initiative aimed at boosting India’s foreign trade and ensuring greater transparency. The project covers “the entire movement (of co ntainers) through rail or road till the Inland Container Depot and Container Freight Station

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme Ministry/Department : Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Objective to provide apprenticeship training to ov er 50 lakh youngsters by 2019-20 in order to create more jobs Scheme: Scheme will be implemented by Director General of Training (DGT) Union Government will provide financial incentives to the employers to engage apprentices Union Government will directly share 25% of the total stipend payable to an apprentice with employers In addition, Union Government will also support basic training which is considered an essential component of apprenticeship training Union Government will bear the 50% of the total expenditure incurred on providing basic training to a n apprentice. The NAPS has been framed to meet objective of Nati onal Policy of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015 which focuses on apprenticeship as one of the key components for creating s killed manpower in India    

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National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015 Ministry/Department : Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Objective: To provide an umbrella framework to all s killing activities Policy: The national policy will provide clarity and coherence on how skill development efforts across the country can be aligned within the existing institutional arrangements. This policy will link skills development to improved employability and productivi ty. Bridging existing skill gaps, promoting industry engagement, operationalising a quality assurance framework, leverage technology and promoting greater opportunities for apprenticeship training Equity is also a focus of the Policy, which targets skilling opportunities for socially/geographically marginalised and disadvantaged groups Skill development and entrepreneurship programmes for women are a specific focus In the entrepreneurship domain, the Policy seeks to educate and equip potential entrepreneurs, both within and outside the formal education system It also seeks to connect entrepreneurs to mentors, incubators and credit markets, foster innovation and entrepreneurial culture, improve ease of doing business and promote a focus on social entrepreneurship 

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The Mission has been developed to create convergence across sectors and States in terms of skill training activities. National Skill Development Mission would not only consolidate and coordinate skilling efforts, but also ex pedite decision making across sectors to achieve skilling at sc ale with speed and standards It will be implemented through a streamlined institutional mechanism driven by M inistry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) Institutional mechanisms is three tiered: o Governing Council for policy guidance at apex level, o Steering Committee and o Mission Directorate (along with an Executive Committee) as the executive arm of the Mission. Mission Directorate will be supported by three other institutions: o National Skill Development Agency (NSDA), o National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), and o Directorate General of Training (DGT). Seven sub-missions have been proposed initially to act as building blocks for ac hieving overall objectives of the Mission. They are: o Institutional Training, o Infrastructure, o Convergence, o Trainers, o Overseas Employment, o Sustainable Livelihoods, o Leveraging Public Infrastructure.

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Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Objective: To impart skill training to youth, focussing on improved curricula, better pedagogy and trained instructors Scheme: It is a skill certification and monetary reward scheme. National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is the implementing agency The training includes soft skills, personal grooming, behavioural change et al. The Skill training would be based on the National Skill Qualification Fra mework (NSQF) and industry led standards Under the scheme, a monetary reward is given to trainees on assessment and certification by third party assessment bodies. The average monetary reward is around Rs.8,000 per trainee Focus on improved curricula, better pedagogy and better trained instructors Besides catering to domestic skill needs, the scheme will also focus on skill training aligned to international standards for overseas employment in European and Gulf countries etc    

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It will provide entrepreneurship education and training to over 7 lakh students in 5 years through 3,050 institutes. It will provide easy access to information and mentor network, incubator, credit and ac celerator and advocacy to create a pathway for the youth. The institutes under the PMYY include 2,200 institutes of hi gher learning (colleges, universities, and premier institutes), 500 ITIs, 300 schools and 50 entrepreneurship development centres through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).

SANKALP scheme * SANKALP = Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion Scheme: SANKALP scheme envisages setting up of Trainers and Assessors academies with self-sustainable models. SANKALP is Rs 4455 crore centrally sponsored scheme including Rs 3300 crore loan support from World Bank. Over 50 such academies are to be set up in priority sectors. It will leverage institutions for training trainers in both long and short term VET thereby bringing about convergence. Additional trainer academies will also be set up. It will focus on greater decentralization in skill planning by institutional strengthening at State level which includes setting up of SSDMs and allow states to come up with State and District level Skill Development Plans (SSDPDSDP). It also aims at enhancement of inclusion of underprivileged and marginalized communities including women, Scheduled Castes (SCs)/Schedule Tribes (STs) and Persons with Disabilities (PWD). It will also develop a skilling ecosystem that will su pport the country’s rise in Ease of Doing Business index.  

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Skill India Campaign Ministry/Department : Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship It is the umbrella campaign under which following was unveiled: National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015 National Skill Development Mission Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana   

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STRIVE scheme * STRIVE = Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement The objective of project is to improve access to quality and market-driven vocational training and apprenticeships. Scheme: STRIVE scheme will incentivize ITIs to improve overall performance including apprenticeship by involving SMEs (Small Scale Enterprises), business association and industry clusters. STRIVE is Rs 2200 crore central sector scheme with half funding will be World Bank loan assistance. It will develop robust mechanism for delivering quality skill development training by strengthening institutionsNational Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), State Skill Development Missions (SSDMs), Sector Skill Councils, ITIs and National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) etc. 

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It will support universalization of National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) including National Quality Assurance Framework (NQAF) across skill development schemes. It will provide required push to National Skill Development Mission 2015 and its various sub missions. It is also aligned to flagship Government programs such as Make in India and Swachhta Abhiyan.

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) Ministry : Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Scheme: It is to create an enabling environment to ensure equal opportunities, equity, social justice and empowerment of persons with disabilities. It encourage voluntary action for ensuring effective implementation of the p eople with disabilities (equal opportunities and protection of rights) act of 1995. The definition of disability includes Blindness, Low vision, Leprosy-cured, Hearing impairment, Loco motor disability, Mental retardation and Mental illness. Parents/guardians and voluntary organizations are encouraged to provide rehabilitation services. To provide financial assistance to facilitate delivery of various services to voluntary organizations’ grants-in-aid to NGOS. 

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Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) Ministry : Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Objective is to provide physical aids and assisted-living devices for senior citizens belonging to BPL category. Scheme: It will be fully funded by the Central Government. The scheme will be distribute free of cost physical a ids and assisted-living devices for senior citizens belonging to BPL category. It will be implemented through the sole implementing agency ‘Artificial Limbs Ma nufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO), a PSU under Union Ministry of S ocial Justice and Empowerment. The eligible elderly beneficiary will get devices such as walking sticks, elbow crutches, walkers/crutches, tripods/qadpods, hearing aids, wheelchair, aificial Dentures and Spectacles. The devices will help the Senior Citizens to overcome their a ge related physical impairment and to lead a dignified and productive life with minimal dependence on care givers or ot her members of the family. Beneficiaries will be identified by the State Governments/UTs through a Committee chair ed by the Deputy Commissioner/District Collector. The Committee can utilize the data of BPL beneficiaries receiving Old Age Pension under the NSAP or any ot her Scheme of the State/UTs for identification of senior ci tizens belonging to BPL category.  

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The campaign targets three separate verticals for ac hieving universal accessibility namely the built up environment, transportation eco-system and information & communication eco-sy stem. Targets under the campaign o Envisages making all railway stations of A1, A & B categories and the international airports fully a ccessible to the disabled. o Conducts accessibility audit of all the international airports, domestic airports, major railway stations. o Seeks to convert at least 10% of government owned public transport c arriers in the country fully accessible carriers for disabled persons by March 2018. o At least 50% of all public documents by the Central and State Governments to meet accessibility standards for persons with disabilities by March 2018.

Ministry of Statisitcs and Programme Implementation MPLAD Scheme * Ministry: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation About MPLAD scheme: Launched in December, 1993 It provides 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  

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Ministry of Textiles Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme Ministry/Department : Ministry of Textile This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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PowerTex India scheme Ministry : Ministry of Textiles Aims to boost common infrastructure and modernisation of the powerloom sector in the country. Scheme: PowerTex India scheme comprises new research and development in power loom textiles, new markets, branding, subsidies and welfare schemes for the workers. It has two schemes: o Pradhan Mantri Credit Scheme (PMCS) for powerloom weavers and o Solar energy scheme (SEC) for powerlooms. PMCS for power looms: Under it, financial assistance, including margin money subsidy and interest reimbursement, will be given as against the credit facility under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana to the decentralised power loom units. SEC for power looms: Under it, financial subsidy for the installation of the Solar Photo Voltaic Plants will be provided to alleviate the problems of power cuts. Government will provide subsidy of 50% to power loom units having maximum eight looms for adopting solar energy for captive use either in grid or off grid system 

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Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS) * Ministry : Ministry of Textile Aims to ensure steady supply of skilled manpower in the labour-intensive textile sector. Scheme: SCBTS is a new skill development scheme covering the entire value chain of text ile sector excluding Spinning & Weaving in organized Sector. It will remain operational for three years ending in 2019-20 with an outlay of Rs. 1300 crore. The objectives of SCBTS are to provide demand driven, placement oriented skilling programme to incentivize efforts of the textile industry in creating jobs in the organized textile and related sectors. It also seeks to promote skilling and skill up-gradation in traditi onal sectors through respective Sectoral Divisions/organizations of Ministry of Textiles and also provide livelihood to all s ections of society across the country. The skilling programmes will be implemented through textile Industry/Units, reputed training institutions and Institutions of Ministry of Textiles/State Governments having placement tie-ups with textile industry/units. The scheme will be implemented for benefit of all sections of the society across country including rural, remote, LWE affected, North East, J&K by imparting skills in identified job roles. It will also give preference to various social groups, SC, ST, differently-abled, minorities and other vulnerable groups. 

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Ministry of Tourism Apni Dharohar Apni Pehchan Project * Ministry : Ministry of Tourism Project: Under it, Private, Public Sector Companies a nd Corporate individuals were invited to adopt heritage sites and to take up responsibility for making them and promote sustainable tourism through c onservation and development under their CSR activities. This scheme was launched by Tourism Ministry in close collaboration with Ministry of Culture and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). It envisages at developing monuments, heritage and tourist sites across India an d making them tourist friendly and enhance their tourism potential and cultural im portance in planned and phased manner. The project primarily focuses on development and maintenance of world-class tourist infrastructure and amenities including basic civic amenities and advanced amenities like clea nliness, public conveniences, secure environment, ease of access, illumination and night viewing faciliti es for inclusive tourist experience to increase both domestic and foreign tourists footfall. 

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PRASAD - Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive Ministry/Department : Ministry of Tourism 

Twelve cities identified for development under PRASAD are: a. Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh), b. Gaya(Bihar), c. Dwaraka(Gujarat), d. Amritsar(Punjab), e. Ajmer(Rajasthan), f. Kanchipuram(Tamil Nadu), g. Vellankani(Tamil Nadu), h. Puri(Odisha), i. Varanasi(Uttar Prasesh), j. Mathura(Uttar Pradesh), k. Kedarnath (Uttarakhand) and l. Kamakhya (Assam)

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Swadesh Darshan Scheme Ministry/Department : Ministry of Tourism Objective : To develop theme based tourist circuits in the country Scheme: Tourist circuits will be developed on the principles of high tourist value, competitiveness and sustainability in an integrated manner They will be developed by synergizing efforts to focus on concerns and needs of all stakeholders to enrich tourist experience and enhance employment opportunities Under this scheme, 13 thematic circuits have been identified for development They are Buddhist Circuit, North-East India Circuit, Coastal Circuit, Himalayan Circuit, Krishna Circuit, Desert Circuit, Eco Circuit, Wildlife Circuit, Tribal Circuit, Rural Circuit, Spiritual Circuit, Ramayana Circuit and Heritage Circuit The scheme is 100% centrally funded for the project components undertaken for public funding 

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Ministry of Tribal Affairs Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojna Ministry/Department : Ministry of Tribal Affairs Objective: Develop tribal people by streamlining and ensuring all benefits reach them. Scheme: Central Sector Scheme Aims at overall development of tribal people with an outcome-based 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 Through VKY, 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  

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HRIDAY - National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana Ministry/Department : Ministry of Urban Development Objective: To preserve and revitalize the soul and unique character of the heritage cities in India Scheme: It aims to bring urban planning, economic growth and heritage conservation together for heritage cities. It seeks beautification in an inclusive and integrated manner with focus on cleanliness, livelihoods, skills, safety, security, accessibility and faster service delivery of heritage cities. The scheme will be completely funded by the Central Government to create i nfrastructure and provide facilities around the heritage sites to attract more tourists. The development initiatives covered it includes improvement of water supply, sanitation, drainage, waste management, footpaths, approach roads, street lights, electricity wiring, tourist conveniences, landscaping and such citizen services. The projects can be funded directly or through support from other stakeholders including private sector.  

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Smart City Mission * Ministry/Department: Ministry of Urban Development ( in collaboration of states) Objective: To develop 100 cities all over the country making them citizen friendly and sustainable Scheme: Smart cities to be selected through City Challenge Competition These cities to be developed as satellite towns of larger c ities and by modernizing the existing mid-sized cities. Eight critical pillars of India’s Smart City Program are: a. Smart Governance b. Smart Energy c. Smart Environment d. Smart Transportation e. Smart IT & Communications f. Smart Buildings g. Smart Health Hospitals h. Smart Education The 100 potential smart cities were nominated by all the states 4 approaches are adopted for development of Smart Cities: a. Retrofitting i.e. city improvement: Introduce planning in an existing built-up area to achieve smart city objectives, along with other objectives, to make the existing area more efficient and liveable. In  

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Swacchh Bharat Abhiyan * Ministry/Department: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (for Gramin) and Ministry of Urban Development (for Urban) Objective: To ensure hygiene, waste management and sanitation across the nation Mission: Swachh Bharat Mission has two sub-Missions: o Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) and o Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) It aims to provide every rural family with a toilet by 2019. Provision to be included in the Indira Awas Yojana Pro gramme for provision of functional toilets. Provision for Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Fund sharing between the Central Government and the State Government and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) is 75%:25% (90% : 10% for North Eastern a nd special category states). 

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Smart City Ganga Program Ministry/Department : Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of Water Resources Program: Under this programme, Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) and improved drainage network will be set up on hybrid annuity mode on public private partnership basis. In phase 1 10 cities are selected 10 Cities/Towns are Haridwar, Rishikesh, Mathura, Varanasi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Patna, Sahibganj and Barrackpore 

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Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme Ministry/Department : Ministry of Water Resources Scheme: Under this scheme, Centre gives loan assistance to the States to help them complete some of the incomplete major/medium irrigation projects which are at an advanced stage of completion. Objective: To expedite completion of ongoing irrigation projects. Factual Information: Launched in 1996-97 This scheme is now a component of PM Krishi Sinchai Yojana  

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Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABY) * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Aims to tackle ever-deepening crisis of depleting groundwater level Scheme: The objective of scheme is to recharge ground water an d create sufficient water storage for agricultural purposes. It also focuses on revival of surface water bodies so that ground water level can be increased, especially in t he rural areas. It will give emphasis to recharging ground water sourc es and ensure efficient use of water by involving people at local level. The scheme after Cabinet’s clearance will soon be launched in water-stressed states: Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. It will cover 78 districts, 193 blocks and more than 8,300 gram panchayats across these states. Centre will support half of the total project cost and rest of the budgetary cost will be shared by the World Bank. 

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Encompass comprehensive rural sanitation, development of water bodies and river ghats, construction/ modernization of crematoria etc Make the village open defecation free Abate direct discharge of untreated liquid wastewater from such villages into river Ganga Facilitate adequate infrastructure for crematoria Develop proper solid waste disposal facilities in order to avoid any pollution to river Ganga Promote better sanitation practices in th e villages through IEC activities.


Jal Kranti Abhiyan Ministry/Department : Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Objective : Creating awareness on aspects of water security and water conservation Scheme: Strengthening grass root involvement of all stakeholders including Panchayati Raj Institutions and local bodies in the water security and development schemes e.g. Par ticipatory Irrigation Management (PIM); Encouraging the adoption/utilization of traditional knowledge in water resources conservation and its management To utilize sector level expertise from different levels in government, NGO’s, citizens etc. Enhancing livelihood security through water security in rural areas 

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Ministry of Women and Child Development Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Scheme * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Human Resource Development Objective: Survival, protection & education of the girl child Scheme: It is also called "Save girl child, educate girl child" It aims to address the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) through a mass campaign across the country targeted at changing societal mind sets & cr eating awareness about the criticality of the issue It will cover all the 640 districts (as per census 2011) of the country to have a deeper positive impact on Child Sex Ratio (CSR). Implemented under the overall guidance and supervision of concerned District Magistrate/Deputy Commissioners. The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) is nodal ministry for programme at t he central level. The focus of BBBP is on awareness and advocacy campaign, multi-sectoral action enabling girls’ education an d effective enforcement of Pre-Conception & Pre Natal Diagnostic Techni ques (PC&PNDT) Act. The specific objectives of the scheme are preventing gender biased sex selective elimination, ensuring survival and protection of the girl child and ensuring education and participation of the girl child.  

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The beneficiaries are paid Rs.6000/ in two instalments through bank accounts or post office accounts. a. The first instalment is given in third tri mester i.e. seven to nine months of pr egnancy and b. The Second installment is given six months after delivery on fulfilling specific conditions. The beneficiaries would be pregnant women of 19 years of age and above for first two live births (benefit for still births will be as per t he norms of scheme). All Government/PSUs (Central & State) employees are excluded from the scheme as they are entitled for paid maternity leave. The scheme addresses short term income support objective with long term objective of behavioural and attitudinal changes.


Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Women and Child Development Objectives: To improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group 0-6 years; To lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the c hild; To reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout; To achieve effective co-ordination of policy and implementation amongst the various departments to promote child development; and 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.    

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National Creche Scheme: It aims at providing safe place for mothers to leave their children while they are at work. It is measure for empowering women as it enables them to take up employment. It is also intervention towards protection and development of children in age group of 6 months to 6 years.

Kishori Shakti Yojana Ministry : Ministry of Women and Child Development This scheme is a redesign of the already existing Adolescent Girls (AG) Scheme being implemented as a comp onent under the centrally sponsored Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme.

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Under this scheme skill development training in women friendly trades is provided Stipend is provided while training Self-Help group is formed during training period Micro Credit is given after that

National Mission For Empowerment of Women (NMEW) / Mission Poorna Shakti Ministry : Ministry of Women and Child Development It aims to achieve holistic empowerment of women through convergence of schemes/ programmes of different Ministries/Department of Government of India as well as State Governments.

National Nutrition Mission * About NNM: NNM is an apex body under Ministry of Women and Child Development It will monitor, supervise, fix targets and guide nutrit ion related interventions across the Ministries. It will monitor various schemes contributing towards addressing malnutrition.   

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Function of NNM Introducing a very robust convergence mechanism including ICT based Real Time Monitoring system. It will incentivize states/UTs for meeting the targets. It will also incentivize Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) for using IT based tools. It will eliminate registers used by AWWs. It will introduce measurement of height of children at t he Anganwadi Centres (AWCs). It will aid to conduct Social Audits. It will set-up Nutrition Resource Centres, involving masses through Jan Andolan for their participation on nutrition through various activities, among others.   

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Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme * Ministry : Ministry of Women and Child Development Aim: It aims at empowering rural women through community participation to create an environment in which they realise their full potential Scheme: The scheme is part of Umbrella Scheme “Mission for Protection and Empowerment for Women” of the U nion Ministry of Women and Child Development The scheme is approved for a period 2017-18 to 2019-20. PMMSK scheme is envisioned as one-stop convergence support service for empow ering rural women with opportunities for skill development, digital literacy, health and nutrition a nd employment. It aims to improve declining child sex ratio (CSR), ensure survival and protection of the girl child, ensuring her education and empowering her to fulfil her potential. It will provide an interface for rural women to approach government for getting their entitlements and for empowering them through training and capacity building. Through this scheme, government plans to reach 115 most backward districts in the country with 920 Mahila Shakti Kendra. At national level, Mahila Shakti Kendra will provide domain-based knowledge support while at state level, it will cater to State Resource Centre for Women that will provide technical support on issues related to women at district and block level centres. It will provide support to PMMSK and also give foothold to Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao in 640 districts. 

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Scheme for Adolescent Girls * Ministry : Ministry of Women and Child Development Scheme: The scheme aims at providing adolescent girls nutritional support, motivating out of school girls to go bac k to formal schooling or skill training under its non-nutrition co mponent. Girls are equipped with information on health, hygiene and guidance on existing public services. It is centrally sponsored scheme implemented using platform of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme. Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) are focal point for delivery of services. Ministry of WCD is implementing scheme in selected 508 districts across country. It is implemented through Centre and State share in ratio of 50:50, for nutrition component 60:40 for rest o f activities for State/UTs with legislation, 90:10 for NE and 3 Himalayan States and 100% for UTs without legislative assemblies 

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Objective: Aims at all-round development of adolescent girls of 11-18 years (with a focus on all out-of-school AGs) by making them ‘self-reliant’. Scheme: Centrally Sponsored Scheme It uses ICDS infrastructure to deliver services 2 major focus areas: a. Nutrition : Take Home Ration or Hot Cooked Meal b. Skill development : Health check-up, Supplements, Vocational training etc.   


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The main objectives of SAKSHAM includes: 1. 2. 3. 4.

To make the Adolescent Boys gender sensitive, self-development and empowerment To address the health needs i.e. the physical, mental and emotional health of Adolescent Boys To create sensitized Ahimsa Messengers to address Violence against Women To provide relevant information and vocational skills through National Skill Development Program (NSDP) for future work-participation 5. To promote awareness about health, hygiene, nutrition and Adolescent Reproductive & Sexual Health (ARSH) and family and child care. 6. The scheme will utilize the structures made under ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services Scheme).

Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme Objective: Aims to ensure equitable share to a girl child in resources and savings of a family Scheme: It is small deposit scheme for girl child launched under "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" Scheme The scheme offers higher interest rate than PPF. But it is only for girls below age of 10 years with longer lock in period.   

Factual Information: Started in 2015 Investment type: small deposit account Where: post office and selected banks Max number of account: 1 account per girl Max number of accounts per family: max. 2 girl child Age: from birth till 10 years of girl child Min. deposit: Rs. 1000/ per year, further multiple of Rs. 100 Max. deposit: 1.5 lakh/year Interest rate: 9.1% of financial year 2014-15. It will change every year Partial withdrawal: 50% allowed at the a ge of 18 years of girl Maturity : 21 years from the date of account open or marriage, whichever is earlier           

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It is a ‘Central Sector Scheme’ that aims to provide skills that give employability to women and to provide competencies and skill that enable women to become self-employed/ entrepreneurs. The Scheme is intended to benefit women who are in the age group of 16 years and above across the country. The grant under the Scheme is given to an institution/ organization including NGOs directly and not the Stat es/ UTs. The assistance will be available in any sector for imparting skills related to employability and entrepreneurship.

Ujjawala Scheme Ministry/Department : Ministry of Women and Child Development Aims at prevention of trafficking and at providing support for rescue, rehabilitation, reintegration and repatriation of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation The Scheme is being implemented mainly through NGOs. Factual Information: Started in 2007 



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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Khelo India * Ministry/Department : Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Objective: Aims at mainstreaming sport as tool for individual development, community development, economic development and national development. Program: A program of central government for development of sports. Khelo India is a merger of following schemes: o Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan(RGKA) o Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme (USIS) o National Sports Talent Search Scheme (NSTSS) The revamped programme for period 2017-18 to 2019-20 aims to impact entire sports ecosystem, including infrastructure, talent identification, community sports, coaching, competition structure and sports economy. It includes: o Pan Indian Sports Scholarship Scheme o Sports Universities o National Physical Fitness Drive  

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Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan(RGKA): The RGKA was a centrally sponsored scheme l Launched in2014. It was launched in place of erstwhile Panc hayat Yuva Krida aur Khel Abhiyan (P YKKA). o RGKA aimed at constructing sports complexes in each block and exclusively both for indoor and outdoor in different sports discipline for 5 years.   

PYKKA: It was a rural sports initiative introduced by the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to promote youth and social development through sports.

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It is a flgship programme to enable youth to realise their potential. This umbrella scheme consolidates Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan NYKS), National Youth Corps ( NYC), National Programme for Youth & Adolescent Development (NPYAD) and National Disci pline Scheme (NDS), National Young Leaders Programme (NYLP)

Target Olympic Podium Scheme Ministry/Department : Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Its objective is to identify and support potential medal prospects for 2016 and 202 0 Olympic Games This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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Scheme: Under the scheme the selected athletes are provided financial assistance fo r their customized training at Institutes. These sports institutes will have world class facilities a nd other necessary support to improve performance and higher position in medals tally for the country. Under it benchmark for selection of athletes is in relation to international standards. Abhinav Bindra Committee is setup with objective of identifying and supporting potential medal prospects for 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games 

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Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Creative India; Innovative India * Taking forward the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy 2016, a ‘Scheme for IPR Awareness - Creative India; Innovative India’ has been launched by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. Key facts: The Scheme aims at raising IPR awareness amongst students, youth, authors, artists, budding inventors and professionals to inspire them to create, innovate a nd protect their creations and inventions across India including Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 cities as well as rural areas in the next 3 years. The Scheme will conduct over 4000 IPR awareness workshops/seminars in academic institutions ( schools and colleges) and the industry ,including MSMEs and Startups, as also IP training and sensitization programmes for enforcement agencies and the judiciary. Workshops will cover all vital IP topics including international filing procedures, promotion of Geographical Indications and highlighting the ill effects of piracy and counterfeiting 

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e-Biz Ministry/Department : Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Objective: To improve the business environment in the country by e nabling fast and efficient access to Governmentto-Business (G2B) services through an online portal. Project: Integrates 11 services on eBiz portal A business user can avail all these 11 services 24*7 online end-to-end i.e., online submission of forms, attachments, payments, tracking of status a nd also obtain the license/permit from eBiz portal. The eBiz platform enables a transformational shift in th e Governments’ service delivery approach from being department-centric to customer-centric as a single window portal  

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Department of Space Sakaar Ministry/Department : Department of Space (ISRO) Objective: To highlight the achievements of Department of Space Application: It is an Augmented Reality(AR) application designed for Android devices. This application superimposes live camera view ( physical world) and virtual objects/video clips such t hat physical world and virtual objects looks tightly coupled. The virtual objects can consist of 3D models, videos and anaglyph images.  

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NITI Ayog ATAL Innovation Mission * Ministry/ Department: NITI Ayog Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) including Self-Employment and Talent Utilization (SETU) is Government of India’s endeavour to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. Its objective is to serve as a platform for promotion of world-class Innovation Hubs, Grand Challenges, Start-up businesses and other self-employment activities, particularly in technology driven areas. The Atal Innovation Mission shall have two core functions: Entrepreneurship promotion through Self-Employment and Talent Utilization, wherein innovators would be supported and mentored to become successful entrepreneurs Innovation promotion: to provide a platform where innovative ideas are generated 

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Mentor India Campaign * Ministry/ Department: NITI Ayog Program: NITI Aayog has launched Mentor India Campaign, a strategic nation building initiative to engage leaders for guiding and mentoring students at Atal Tinkering Labs. The Mentor India Campaign aims at maximising the impact of Atal Tinkering Labs by engaging leaders who will nurture and guide students in the Atal Tinkering Labs. Under this initiative, NITI Aayog is looking for leaders who can spend one to two hours every week in one or more such labs to enable students learn, experience and practi ce future skills such as design and computational thinking. 

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Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital (SATH) * Ministry/ Department: NITI Ayog NITI Aayog under the SATH initiative plans to i dentify and build three future ‘role model’ states for health systems. This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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The vision of the program is to initiate transformation in the education and health sectors. The program addresses the need expressed by many states for technical support from NITI. Program: NITI Ayog will identify three states and will work with them It will help in designing a robust roadmap, develop a program governance structure, establish monitoring and tracking mechanisms, and provide support to the stat e institutions to achieve the end objectives. SATH program will be implemented by NITI Aayog along with McKi nsey & Company and IPE Global consortium  

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Self-Employment & Talent Utilisation (SETU) SETU or Self Employment and Talent Utilization Scheme is a t echno-financial, incubation and facilitation programme to give support and encouragement to young start-ups and other self-employment technology-intensive ideas.  

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PMO PRAGATI (ProActive Governance and Timely Implementation) Ministry/Department : PMO PRAGATI stands for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation. Objective: The platform is aimed at addressing common man’s grievances, and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing important programmes and projects of the Government of India as well as projects flagged by State Governments. Project: An ICT-based, multi-modal platform for interaction between state and central governments (PMO, Union Government Secretaries, Chief Secretaries The PRAGATI platform uniquely bundles three latest technologies: o digital data management, o video-conferencing and o geo-spatial technology It also offers a unique combination in the direction of cooperative federalism since it brings on one stage the Secretaries of Government of India and the Chief Secretaries of the Stat es With this, the Prime Minister is able to discuss the issues with the concerned Central and State officials with full information and latest visuals of the ground level situation. It is also an innovative project in e-governance and good governance It is a three-tier system (PMO, Union Government Secretaries, and C hief Secretaries of the States). Issues to be flagged before the PM are picked up from the available database regarding Public Grievances, ongoing Programmes and pending Projects 

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Systems uses data from CPGRAMS for grievances, Project Monitoring Group (PMG) and the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. PRAGATI provides an interface and plat form for all these three aspects.


Practice MCQs Q 1. Under the National Energy Efficient Agriculture Pumps Programme: 1. Farmers will be helped with replacing old agricultural pumps across the country with new-age energy efficient agricultural pumps 2. Pumps will come enabled with a smart control panel, giving farmers th e flexibility to switch-on and switch- off these pumps from their mobile phones Select the correct answer using the code g iven below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 2. Consider the following statements: 1. The National Water Mission is one of the eight National Missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change 2. The National Project on Aquifer Management (NAQUIM) is an initiative of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Which of the statements above is/are correct? Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 3. Consider following statements related to "Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme": (1). Scheme was launched to ensure skill training of adolescent girls (2). Scheme was launched under "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Campaign" Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 4. Consider following statements related to "Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme": (1). Scheme is only for the girls below the age of 10 years (2). Parents can open any number of accounts for an eligible girl Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 5. Consider following statements related to "Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme": (1). It is a small deposit scheme (2). Parents can save upto Rs. 1.5 lakh for their girl children (3). Investment made not eligible for tax exemptions Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 1 and 2 Only Option 3 : 1 and 3 only This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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_______________________________________________________________ Option 4 : 1, 2 and 3 Q 6. Consider following statements related to "SABLA Scheme": (1). Scheme aims at empowering girls by increasing investment in their names by their parents (2). Ministry of Finance is the nodal agency for the scheme Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 7. Consider following statements related to "SABLA Scheme": (1). Under SABLA, girls get an additional benefit of free education in residential schools (2). Scheme utilises ICDS infrastructure to deliver its s ervices Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 8. Consider following statements related to "SABLA Scheme": (1). It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (2). Nutrition and Skill Development are its t wo main objectives (3). Girls are provided cooked meal or ratio n, nutrition supplements like Folic acid ta bles and skill training under this scheme Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 and 3 Only Option 2 : 2 and 3 only Option 3 : 2 only Option 4 : 1, 2 and 3 Q 9. Consider following statements related to " Integrated Child Development Scheme": (1). Scheme was launched under Right to Education campaign (2). It aims to ensure integrated development of children in the age-group 6-14 years Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 10. Consider following statements related to " Integrated Child Development Scheme": (1). Ministry of Welfare is the nodal ministry for this scheme (2). It aims to improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group 6-14 years Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 11. Consider following statements related to "Integrated Child Development Scheme": (1). It is a Centrally Sponsored Schemes (2). It is implemented by states Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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Q 12. Consider following statements related to " Integrated Child Development Scheme": (1). It covers all aspects of child development except immunization (2). It was launched in 10th Five Year Plan Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 13. Consider following statements related to "Indira Gandhi Matritva Sehyog Yojana": (1). Under this scheme, cash incentives are provided to pregnant and lactating mothers to improve their health and nutrition status (2). Benefits under the scheme are provided to women of all age Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 14. Consider following statements related to "Indira Gandhi Matritva Sehyog Yojana": (1). Ministry of Welfare is the nodal agency (2). Women under government are also covered under the scheme Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 15. Consider following statements related to "Digital Gudda Guddi Board": (1). Ministry of Women and Child development is the nodal agency (2). Scheme comes under Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 16. Consider following statements related to "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Sche me": (1). Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Mi nistry of Human Resource Development are collaborating to implement this scheme (2). Scheme aims at survival, protection & education of the girl child Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 17.Consider following statements related to "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Sch eme": (1). It aims to address the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) (2). Scheme is being implemented in entire country Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 18. Consider following statements related to "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Scheme": This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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_______________________________________________________________ (1). It aims to address the issue of declining Sex Ratio in the country (2). It was launched in 2015 Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 19. Consider the following statements and mark the correct one: Option 1 : Number of centrally sponsored schemes is i ncreasing in recent years because of launch of new schemes Option 2 : Number of centrally sponsored schemes is increasing in recent years because of restructuring of existing schemes Option 3 : Number of centrally sponsored schemes is d ecreasing in recent years because of restructuring of existing schemes Option 4 : Number of centrally sponsored schemes is neither increasing or decreasing Q 20. 'Shiv Raj Singh Chauhan Panel' is related to: Option 1 : Winding up of Planning commission Option 2 : Launch of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana Option 3 : Recommendations of 14th Finance Commission Option 4 : Restructuring of Central Sponsored Schemes Q 21. Consider following statements related to "Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme": (1). Ministry of Rural Development is t he nodal agency (2). Under this scheme, Centre gives loan assistance to the States t o help them complete some of the incomplete major/medium irrigation projects which are at an advanced stage of completion. Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 22. Consider following statements: (1). Irrigation is a state subject and irrigation projects are formulated, executed and funded by the State Governments themselves from their own resources (2). Under "Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme", Centre gives loan assistance to the States to help them complete some of the incomplete major/medium irrigation projects whic h are at an advanced stage of completion. (3). This scheme is made a sub-component of "Bharat Nirman" Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below Option 1 : 1 and 3 Only Option 2 : 2 and 3 only Option 3 : 1 and 2 Only Option 4 : 1, 2 and 3 Q 23. The Krishonnati Yojana is a new umbrella scheme submerging which of the following existing scheme(s)? 1. Soil Health Card scheme 2. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana 3. National Food Security Mission Select the correct answer using the codes below. Option 1 : 1 and 2 only Option 2 : 3 only Option 3 : 2 and 3 only Option 4 : 1, 2 and 3 Q 24. Consider the following about 'One MP - One Idea Scheme'. 1. It was initiated by the Ministry of Parliamentary affairs. 2. The District administration submits innovative ideas to MPs who then forward it to the Union Cabinet for ratification and implementation. 3. Ideas must be funded by the concerned MPs through MPLADS funds. Select the correct answer using the codes below. This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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Option 1 : 1 and 2 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : 2 and 3 only Option 4 : None of the above Q 25. The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for Option 1 : Providing free of cost LPG connections to women from BPL Households. Option 2 : Giving subsidized LED lights to power consumers Option 3 : Providing scholarships to BPL st udents for higher education Option 4 : Giving free electricity connections in Naxal affected blocks Q 26. Consider following statements related to "Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture ": (1). It is being implemented by Indian Council of A gricultural Research (2). It aims to attract Urban Youth towards agriculture and thus start reverse migration from cities to villages (3). Under it, training is given in various fields like Apiary, Mushroom, Seed Processing, Soil testing etc. Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below Option 1 : 1 and 2 only Option 2 : 1 and 3 only Option 3 : 2 and 3 only Option 4 : All of the above Q 27. Scheme "Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture " comes under: Option 1 : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Option 2 : Ministry of Youth Affairs Option 3 : Ministry of Rural Development Option 4 : Ministry of Human Resource and Development Q 28. Consider following statements related to "Integrated Scheme for Agriculture and Marketing ": (1). It is being implemented by Ministry of A griculture & Farmers Welfare (2). It aims at replacing Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees (APMC) (3). It is related to agricultural marketing Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below Option 1 : 1 and 2 only Option 2 : 2 and 3 only Option 3 : 1 and 3 only Option 4 : All of the above Q 29. Consider following statements related to "Integrated Scheme for Agriculture and Marketing ": (1). Quality certification of agricultural commodities is one of the component of ISAM (2). Agri Marketing Infrastructure(AMI) is one of the sub-schemes under it Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 30. KISAN scheme is related to: Option 1 : Providing direct cash subsidy to farmers Option 2 : Providing life insurance to farmers Option 3 : Providing health insurance to far mers Option 4 : Providing crop insurance to farmers Q 31. Consider following statements related to "KISAN" (Crop Insurance Scheme): (1). It is being implemented by Ministry of F inance (2). KISAN is an acronym for Crop Insurance using Space technology and geoinformatics Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 32. Consider following statements related to "KISAN" (Crop Insurance Scheme): (1). Scheme aims at utilising Space Technology and geoinformatics (GIS, GPS and Smartphone) technology for better planning and quick payment to farmers (2). UAVs/Drones would be used to collect data Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 33. Consider following statements related to "Minimum Support Price (MSP) scheme: (1). Government procures at MSP only if price in market falls below MSP (2). MSP is declared for all kharif and rabi crops Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 34. Consider following statements related to "Minimum Support Price (MSP) scheme: (1). Scheme started in 2001 after 4 consecutive weak monsoons (2). Farmers can not sell their produce elsewhere if government has declared MSP for that particular crop Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 35. Consider following statements related to "Minimum Support Price (MSP) scheme: (1). MSP is declared for Wheat (2). MSP is not declared for sugarcane Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 36. Consider following statements related to "Minimum Support Price (MSP) scheme: (1). MSP is fixed for Kharif crops onle (2). The objective of the scheme is to check fall of prices of farm produce below certain level and thus support the farmers. Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 37. Consider following statements related to "Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture": (1). It comes under Ministry of Development of North East Region (2). It is launched in XIIth Plan period Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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_______________________________________________________________ Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 38. Which of the following are the component of "Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture": (1). National Horticulture Mission, (2). Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States, (3). National Bamboo Mission, (4). National Horticulture Board, (5). Coconut Development Board and (6). Central Institute for Horticulture, Nagaland. Option 1 : 1,2 and 3 only Option 2 : 1,2 and 4 only Option 3 : 3, 4 and 5 only Option 4 : All of the above Q 39. Consider following statements related to "Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture": (1). It encourage aggregation of farmers into farmer groups like FIGs/FPOs and FPCs to bring economy of scale and scope (2). It cover horticulture development except bamboo and coconut Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 40. Which of the following are a part of "National Crop Insurance Programme": (1). Modified National Agricultural insurance Scheme (MNAIS) (2). Weather Based Crop insurance Scheme (WBCIS) (3). Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme (CPIS). Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below Option 1 : 1 and 2 only Option 2 : 2 and 3 only Option 3 : 1 and 3 only Option 4 : All of the above Q 41. Which of the following are considered an adverse weather incident under "Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme" (1). Relative Humidity (2). Wind Speed (3). Low Temperature Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below Option 1 : 1 and 2 only Option 2 : 2 and 3 only Option 3 : 1 and 3 only Option 4 : All of the above Q 42. "National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology (NMAET)" Comes under : Option 1 : Ministry of Science and Technology Option 2 : Ministry of Rural Development Option 3 : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Option 4 : Ministry of Human Resource & Development Q 43. Which of the following is not a sub mission under "National Mission o n Agricultural Extension and Technology (NMAET)": Option 1 : Sub Mission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE) Option 2 : Sub Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP) Option 3 : Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) Option 4 : Sub Mission on Crop Insurance (SMCI) This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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Q 44. "National Food Security Mission" comes under: Option 1 : Ministry of Science and Technology Option 2 : Ministry of Rural Development Option 3 : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Option 4 : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Q 45. Which of the following are the objective of "National Food Security Mission" : (1). To increase the production of rice, wheat, pulses and Coarse Cereals through area expansion and productivity enhancement (2). To restore soil fertility and productivity (3). To create employment opportunities (4). To enhance farm level economy. Option 1 : 1, 2 and 4 only Option 2 : 1 and 2 Only Option 3 : 2 and 4 only Option 4 : All of the above Q 46. Consider the following statements about "National Food Security Mission": (1). It was launched in 2007 (2). It aims at increasing production of rice, wheat and pulses only Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 47. Consider the following statements regarding "National Horticulture Mission": (1). It started as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme in 2005-06 (2). It has now been subsumed into Mission for Integration Development of Horticulture (MIDH) Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 48. Consider the following statements regarding "National Bamboo Mission": (1). It started in 2005-06 (2). It has now been subsumed into Mission for Integration Development of Horticulture (MIDH) Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 49. Consider the following statements: (1). National Agriculture Market is a Central Sector scheme for Promotion of National Agriculture Market (2). Agriculture is a subject in Union List under Schedule VII of Constitution Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 50. Agricultural Produce Market Committees are established by: Option 1 : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Option 2 : Farmer Produce Organisations This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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_______________________________________________________________ Option 3 : Respective State governemnts Option 4 : Urban Local Bodies Q 51. Consider the following statements: (1). National Agriculture Market will replace all existing Mandis in our country (2). National Agriculture Market will offer trade in all crops Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 52. Consider the following statements regarding "National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture" (1). It was launched under NAPCC (National Action Plan for Climate Change) (2). It started in 2010 Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 53. Consider the following statements regarding "National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture" (1). It aims to optimize utilization of water resources through efficient water management to expand coverage for achieving ‘more crop per drop (2). A Soil Health Card will be issued under the scheme Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 54. Consider the following statements regarding "National Dairy Plan" (1). It aims to help increase productivity of milch animals and thereby increase milk production to meet the rapidly growing demand for milk. (2). Phase I of this Plan will run from 2011-12 to 2018-19 Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 55. Consider the following statements regarding "National Initiative on Climate Resilient A griculture " (1). Its aims to make farmers self-reliant by use of climate resilient agricultural technologies (2). It comes under Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 56. Consider the following statements regarding "National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture" (1). It was launched in 2011 (2). It is being implemented by Indian Council of Agricultural Research Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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Q 57. Consider the following statements regarding "National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil Palm" (1). It aims to increase area under oilseeds (2). It aims to increase irrigation coverage under oilseeds crops Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 58. Consider the following statements regarding "National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil Palm" (1). It is being implemented all over India (2). Due to this scheme, India's oilseed production is rising and edible oil imports a re decreasing Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 59. Consider the following statements regarding "Neeranchal National Watershed Project " (1). It is a sub component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (2). It aims to reduce surface runoff of rainwater, increase groundwater levels and better water availability in rain-fed areas Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 60. Consider the following statements regarding "Neeranchal National Watershed Project " (1). It is being implemented across the c ountry (2). It is a World Bank assisted project Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 61. Consider the following statements regarding "Traditional Farming Improvement Programme" (1). It aims to promote organic farming (2). Under this scheme, every farmer will be provided Rs. 20,000 per acre in three years for seed to harvesting of crops and to transport produce to the market Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 62. Consider the following statements regarding "Pradhan Mandtri Fasal Bima Yojana" (1). The scheme aims to bring 50% farmers under the scheme within next 2-3 years (2). The scheme covers only Kharif crops Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 63. Consider the following statements regarding "Pradhan Mandtri Fasal Bima Yojana" This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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_______________________________________________________________ (1). The scheme is open to marginalized farmers only (2). It is mandatory for all eligible farmers to enroll under the scheme Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 64. Consider the following statements regarding "Pradhan Mandtri Fasal Bima Yojana" (1). The scheme is launched in 2016 (2). The scheme covers yield loss only Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 65. Consider the following statements regarding "Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana " (1). A Soil Health card will be provided under this scheme. (2). Interlinking of rivers is one of t he components of the scheme Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 66. Which of the following ministries are involved in "Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana" (1). Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (2). Ministry of Rural Development (3). Ministry of Agriculture Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 and 2 only Option 2 : 2 and 3 only Option 3 : 1 and 3 only Option 4 : All of the above Q 67. Consider the following statements regarding "Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana " (1). Scheme is linked with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Sch eme to channelize the available work force to productive & value added work (2). The state agriculture department would be the nodal agency for implementation of PMKSY projects Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 68. Consider the following statements regarding "Price Stabilization Fund" (1). Objective of the PSF was to provide them financial relief when prices fall below a specified level (2). It wsa created to support market interventions for price control o f perishable agri-horticultural commodities Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 69. Consider the following statements regarding "Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana" (1). It aims to achieve 3% annual growth in agriculture (2). It was launched to incentivize the states to increase their investment in Agriculture This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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_______________________________________________________________ Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 70. Consider the following statements regarding "Small Farmer's Agriculture-Business Consortium " (1). It aims to support new ventures in agro-based industries (2). Scheme started in 2015 as a part of "Make in India" initiative Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 71. Consider the following statements regarding "Soil Health Card Scheme" (1). Under this scheme, compensation would be given to farmers if soil looses it fertility (2). The Soil Health Card is a printed report that will be given to farmers once in three y ears for each of his/her land holding Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 72. Consider the following statements regarding "Soil Health Card Scheme" (1). The ‘Soil Health Card' would carry crop-wise recommendations of nutrients / fertilizers required for far ms in a particular village, so that the farmers can improve productivity by using inputs judiciously (2). The government plans to distribute 14 cror e soil health cards by 2017 Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 73. Consider the following statements regarding "SWAYAM Scheme" (1). It stands for Study Webs of Act ive-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds. (2). UK government is cooperating in this project Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 74. Consider the following statements regarding "SWAYAM Scheme" (1). SWAYAM is an online platform which aims to provide the best quality education to more than t hree crore students across the country (2). It is an ambitious project of Ministry of IT Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 75. Consider the following statements regarding "Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan" (1). Scheme covers only high focus districts with low literacy rates (2). Scheme started in 2000-01 Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 76. Consider the following statements regarding "Right to Education" (1). It provides right to education to all children aged 5-15 years (2). Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is the main implementing scheme under this act Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 77. Consider the following statements regarding "Mid Day Meal Scheme" (1). Scheme comes under ministry of Women and C hild Development (2). It aims to enhance, retention and attendance and simultaneously improving nutritional levels among children Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 78. Consider the following statements regarding "Mid Day Meal Scheme" (1). This scheme is covered by National Food Security Act, 2013 (2). This scheme started in 1995 Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 79. Consider the following statements regarding "Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya Scheme" (1). Scheme aims to provide educational facilities for girls belonging to SC, ST, OBC, minority communities and families below the poverty line in Educationally Backward Blocks (2). Residential schools are setup under t his scheme Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q80. Consider the following statements regarding "Rashtriya Madhyamaik Shiksha Abhiyan" (1). The scheme envisages to enhance the enrolment at secondary stage by providing a secondary sc hool within a reasonable distance of any habitation, with an aim to ensure GER of 100% by 2017 (2). The scheme aims at achieving universal retention by 2022 Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 81. Consider the following statements regarding "INSPIRE Sc heme" (1). Scheme comes under Ministry of Human R esource Development (2). Scheme aims to attract talent towards science at an early age Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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_______________________________________________________________ Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 82. Consider the following statements regarding "GIAN Scheme" (1). Scheme comes under Ministry of Science and Technology (2). It is a system of Guest Lectures by internationally and nationally renowned experts Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2 Q 83. Consider the following statements regarding "ASMITA Scheme" (1). Scheme comes under Ministry of Human Resource and Development (2). Scheme aims to track the educational journey of school students from Class I to Class XII Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below: Option 1 : 1 only Option 2 : 2 only Option 3 : Both 1 and 2 Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2



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Answers and Explanations Q 1 : (3) Q 2 : (1) Explanation : The National Project on Aquifer Management (NAQUIM) is an initiative of the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, for mapping and managing the entire aquifer systems in the country. Q 3 : (2) Explanation : SSS is a scheme launched to ensure equitable share to a girl child in resources and savings of a family. It is a small savings scheme. It is not related to training and skill. So, 1 is wrong SSS is launched under BBBP Campaign. So, 2 is correct Q 4 : (1) Explanation : Only 1 account is allowed per girl Q 5 : (2) Explanation : 1 and 2 are correct. 3 is wrong because investment is eligible for tax exemptions Q 6 : (4) Explanation : Both are wrong. Scheme aims at all-round development of adolescent girls of 11-18 years (with a focus on all out-of-school AGs) by making them ‘self-reliant’. It aims at their nutrition and vocational training. Ministry of Women and Child Development is the nodal agency Q 7 : (2) Explanation : 1 is wrong. There is no such provision. Scheme aims at nutrition and training. Q 8 : (4) Explanation : All are correct Q 9 : (4) Explanation : Both are wrong. It is not a part of RTE and its objective is to improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group 0-6 years. It is a very old scheme. Started in 1970s. Q 10 : (4) Explanation : Both are wrong. Ministry of Child and Women Development is the nodal ministry. Its focus age group is 0-6 years Q 11 : (3) Explanation : Both are correct statements Q 12 : (4) Explanation : ICDS was launched in 1975 i.e 5 th FYP It covers all aspect of child development including immunization. Following six services are provided under ICDS: a. Supplementary nutrition (SNP), b. Immunization, c. Health check-up, d. Referral services, e. Pre-school non-formal education and f. Nutrition & health education are provided. Q 13 : (1) Explanation : 1 is correct. Benefits under the scheme are provided only to pregnant women of 19 years of age and above for first two live births only Q 14 : (4) Explanation : Both statements are wrong. Ministry of women and child development is the nodal agency. Government employees are not covered as they get paid maternity leaves. This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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Q 15 : (3) Explanation : Both statements are correct. About this scheme: (1). The digital board displays audio video material as well as still frames for disseminating information. (2). This Board is being displayed at important state offices including that of the Chief Minister, district level offices, Zila Panchayat offices, primary health centers and other public places frequently visited by the common man. (3). It was first launched in Maharashtra. Later adopted at centre as best practice under Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Scheme Q 16 : (3) Explanation : Both the statements are correct Q 17 : (1) Explanation : 1 is correct. But scheme is being implemented only in selected district. In start it was implemented in 100 districts. Later 61 more districts were added. Q 18 : (2) Explanation : Its focus in "Child Sex Ratio" and not "Sex Ratio". So, statement (1) is wrong. 2 is correct. It was launched in 2015 from Panipat, Haryana Q 19 : (3) Explanation : Number of CSS is decreasing as government is restructuring existing schemes. Government is also winding up some schemes because of overlapping of such schemes with other schemes. Q 20 : (4) Explanation : This panel was constituted by NITI Ayog in 2015 to recommend restructuring of CSS. This panel recommended to reduce/restructure and merge many CSSs. Government has decided to reduce CSS to 27 only based on this panel's recommendation. Q 21 : (2) Explanation : Ministry of Water Resources is the nodal agency. So, statement 1 is wrong. 2 is correct. Q 22 : (3) Explanation : 1 and 2 are correct. AIBP is now a sub-component of "PM Krishi Sinchai Yojana" not "Bharat Nirman" Q 23 : (2) Explanation : National Food Security Mission was launched in 2007-08 to increase the production of rice, wheat and pulses Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana is a cluster based programme to encourage the farmers for promoting organic farming. Under the Soil Health Card Scheme, Soil Health Card ( SHC) will be provided to all farmers in the country at an interval of three years so as to enable them to apply appropriate recommended dosages of nutrients for crop production and improving soil health and its fertility. [ Source: Chapter 4: India Yearbook 2016 ] Q 24 : (4) Explanation : Statement 1: It was announced by t he Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS). Statement 2: Based on the innovative ideas received from the local people regarding developmental projects, a 'One MP - One Idea' Competition can be held in each Lok Sabha constituency annually to select the three best innovations for cash awards and certificate of appreciation for next five best innovations. A committee headed by DM evaluates these ideas. Statement 3: MPs award Certificate of Honour along with cash award of Rs. 2.5 lakhs, Rs. 1.5 lakhs and Rs. 1 lakh to the 1st , 2nd and 3rd best innovative solutions respectively through their MPLAD funds. Lead banks and financial institutions fund local innovations. Q 25 : (1) Explanation : The PMUY seeks to empowering women and protecting their health by shifting them from traditional cooking based on unclean cooking fuels or on fossil fuels that have serious health hazards to clean cooking gas. Financial support of 1600 rupees for each LPG connection will be provided to the BPL households. The identification of eligible BPL families will be made in consultation w ith the State Governments and the Union Territories. It will be implemented over three years' time frame namely in the FY 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19. This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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Q 26 : (3) Explanation : Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is wrong because schemes is not related to urban youth Statement 3 is correct as under the scheme training is given in Apiary, Mushroom, Seed Processing, Soil testing, Poultry, Dairy, Goatry, Carp-hatchery, Vermi-compost etc Q 27 : (1) Explanation : ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is the nodal agency for this scheme Q 28 : (3) Explanation : Statement 2 is wrong as the scheme is not meant to replace APMCs. APMCs comes under state c ontrol as Agriculture is state subject. ISAM ai ms at building agriculutral marketing infrastructure to provide best prices to farmers Q 29 : (3) Explanation : Both the statements are correct Q 30 : (4) Explanation : KISAN is related to crop insurance Q 31 : (2) Explanation : Statement 1 is wrong as scheme is being implemented by Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Statement 2 is correct Q 32 : (3) Explanation : The project envisages use of Space Technology and geoinformatics (GIS, GPS and Smartphone) technology along with high resolution data from UAV/ Drone based imaging for improvement in yield estimation and better planning of Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs), needed for crop insurance programme Q 33 : (4) Explanation : Minimum Support Prices is the price at which government purchases crops from the farmers irrespective of the market price. So, statement 1 is wrong MSP is announced for 25 crops and not all kharif and rabi crops. So, statement 2 is also wrong Q 34 : (4) Explanation : MSP scheme is very old. It started during Green Revoution(1966-67). So statement 1 is wrong Farmers are free to sell in open market. So, statement 2 is also wrong Q 35 : (3) Explanation : No MSP for Sugarcane. Instead government fixes FRP (Fair & Remunerative Price) for sugarcane. Each state then fixes its own SAP(State Advised Price). So Statement 2 is correct. Statement 1 is also correct Q 36 : (2) Explanation : Government fixes MSPs of various kharif and rabi crops every year on the recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), vi ews of concerned State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments and other relevant factors. So, statement 1 is wrong. Q 37 : (2) Explanation : It comes under Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. So, statement 1 is wrong. Q 38 : (4) Explanation : Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture integrates all the 6. Q 39 : (3) Explanation : 1 is correct. 2 is wrong as it includes bamboo and coconut development also. Q 40 : (4) Explanation : All are components of NCIP This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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_______________________________________________________________ Q 41 : (4) Explanation : All are correct. Following are considered as an adverse weather incident: 1. Rainfall – Deficit Rainfall, Unseasonal Rainfall, Excess rainfall, Rainy days, Dry-spell, Dry days 2. Relative Humidity 3. Temperature – High temperature (heat), Low temperature (frost) 4. Wind Speed 5. A combination of the above 6. Hailstorms and cloudburst Q 42 : (3) Explanation : NAMET comes under Ministry of A griculture & Farmers Welfare Q 43 : (4) Explanation : NAMET has 4 sub missions: 1. Sub Mission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE) 2. Sub Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP), 3. Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) and 4. Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPP). Q 44 : (4) Explanation : Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare controls NFSM Q 45 : (4) Explanation : All are objectives of NFSM Q 46 : (1) Explanation : Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is wrong because Besides rice, wheat and pulses, NFSM proposes to cover coarse cereals and c ommercial crops (sugarcane, jute, cotton) during the 12th plan period (2012-17) Q 47 : (2) Explanation : Both statements are correct Q 48 : (2) Explanation : Started in 2006-07 Q 49 : (1) Explanation : Statement 1 is true. Statement 2 is wrong because agriculture is a state subject. Q 50 : (3) Explanation : What are APMCs? (1). An Agricultural Produce Market Committee is a marketing board established by state governments of India (2). One main function of which is basically to provide a platform for farmers to sell their produce (3). In simple terms, the APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committees) is a relic of the past that forces the farmers to sell their produce only to middlemen approved by the government in authorized Mandis (markets). Thus, if you are a vegetable producer and I’m a supermarket, I cannot directly buy from you. Both of us need to go through a broker. This increases prices for the end buyer and unnecessarily adds redtape. Q 51 : (4) Explanation : Both Statements are wrong. What will NAM do? (1). National Agriculture Market is going to implemented by the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation thr ough Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC). (2). NAM is not replacing the mandis. NAM is an online platform with a physical market or mandi at the backend enabling buyers situated even outside the state to participate i n trading at the local level. (3). It seeks to leverage the physical infrastructure of mandis through an online trading p ortal, enabling buyers situated even outside the state to participate in trading at the local level. (4). This e-platform aims to provide more options to farmers to sell their produce and is part of implementation of the roadmap for doubling income of the farmers by 2022 (5). NAM is currently being launched in 21 mandis and it will offer trade in – (a). chana, (b). castor seed, This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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_______________________________________________________________ (c). paddy, (d). wheat, (e). maize, (f). onion, (g). mustard and tamarind Q 52 : (3) Explanation : Both statements are correct. Q 53 : (1) Explanation : What it does? 1. Promotes location specific integrated/Composite Farming Systems; 2. Conserve natural resources through appropriate soil and moisture conservation measures; 3. Adopt comprehensive soil health management practi ces; 4. Optimize utilization of water resources through efficient water management to expand coverage for achieving ‘more crop per drop; 5. Develop capacity of farmers & stakeholders There is no provision of Soil Health Card under this scheme. Q 54 : (3) Explanation : Both Statements are correct. Q 55 : (1) Explanation : Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is wrong as the scheme comes under Ministry of Agriculture. Q 56 : (3) Explanation : Both statements are correct. Q 57 : (3) Explanation : Both the statements are correct. Q 58 : (4) Explanation : Statement 1 is wrong. The States currently engaged in oil palm cultivation are A ndhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal. Statement 2 is also wrong. India’s edible oil imports are rising steeply . In the past 13 years, import of crude and refined oil was reported to have quadrupled and the import bill in this regard is expected to touch $ 15 billion in 201617 Q 59 : (3) Explanation : Both the statements are correct. Q 60 : (2) Explanation : It will be implemented across nine States – Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Rajasthan. Q 61 : (3) Explanation : Both the statements are correct. Q 62 : (1) Explanation : Statement 1 is correct. The scheme covers kharif, rabi crops as well as annual commercial and horticultural crops. Hence, statement 2 is wrong. Q 63 : (4) Explanation : Both the statements are wrong. It is open to all farmers but NOT mandatory to anyone. Q 64 : (1) Explanation : Statement 1 is correct. Scheme will cover post-harvest losses apart from yield loss. So, statement 2 is wrong. This document is a part of IAS4Sure Notes | For more info, please visit http://www.ias4sure.com © 2018 IAS4Sure | All Rights Reserved | Last Updated: 04 March 2018

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_______________________________________________________________ Q 65 : (3) Explanation : Both the statements are correct. Q 66 : (4) Explanation : PMKSY is an amalgamation of : (1). Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation; (2). Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of Department of Land Resources (Ministry of Rural Development); and (3). On Farm Water Management (OFWM) component of National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation. Q 67 : (3) Explanation : Both the Statements are correct. Q 68 : (3) Explanation : Both the statements are correct. Q 69 : (2) Explanation : Statement 1 is wrong. Aims was 4% growth. Statement 2 is correct. Q 70 : (1) Explanation : Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is wrong. It is an old scheme which was started in 1994 after LPG reforms. Q 71 : (2) Explanation : Statement 1 is wrong. There is not such provision of compensation Statement 2 is correct Q 72 : (3) Explanation : Both the statements are correct Q 73 : (1) Explanation : Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is wrong. US is cooperating, not UK. Q 74 : (1) Explanation : Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is wrong.It is a project ministry of Human Resource Development Q 75 : (2) Explanation : Statement 1 is wrong as scheme covers all districts. Statement 2 is correct Q 76 : (2) Explanation : Statement 1 is wrong as scheme targets children of age 6-14 years Statement 2 is correct. Q 77 : (2) Explanation : Statement 1 is wrong. It c omes under ministry of HRD. Statement 2 is correct. Q 78 : (3) Explanation : Both the statements are correct Q 79 : (3) Explanation : Both the statements are correct Q 80 : (1) Explanation : Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is wrong. Target is to achieve universal retention by 2022


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