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24 Major Government Schemes, Projects and Yojanas 2017: Summary (Current Affairs)
Culture and Tourism
Paryatan Parv
Paryatan Parv to Boosts Tourism: Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav in Gujarat
Paryatan Parv to Boosts Tourism: Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav in Gujarat
Boost tourism
Important Parts:
- Dekho Apna Desh – Encourage Indians to visit country – J&K and also NE states
- Tourism for All – Promote tourism across all states
- Tourism & Governance – skill development, innovation, include ex-servicemen
- International Promotion
Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav in Gujarat – Guided heritage walk
- Litti Chokha from Bihar, Puran Poli from Maharashtra, ‘Mave ki Kachori’ from Rajasthan
- Pung Cholom dance (Manipur) , Mer Ras (Gujarat) and Mayur nrutya (Uttar Pradesh)
Online contest on MyGov
- Dekho Apna Desh Photo Contest
- Incredible India Quiz
- Dekho Apna Desh Blog Contest
Hamari Dharohar Scheme
Achievements Made Under Hamari Dharohar Scheme
- Rich heritage of minority community
- Maintain heritage sites
- Digitize archives
- Preserve and promote language
- Everlasting Flame – Iconic exhibition of Parsis
- Dairatul Maarifil Osmania under Osmania University, Telangana to translate 240 invaluable documents belonging to Medieval period on Medicines, Mathematics, Literature, etc. from Arabic language to English
USTTAD
16,200 Trainees Sanctioned to the Project Implementing Agencies in the States Under USTTAD Scheme
- Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts Crafts for Development scheme
- 16,200 trainees sanctioned to Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) during 2016 - 17 for training in 34 traditional arts and crafts
- Master craftsmen and artisans capacity
- Livelihood for marginalized community
- Ensure dignity of labor
- Support craft museum and minority craftsmen
Cruise Tourism
Government Efforts to Developing Domestic Cruise Industry
- Ro-Ro Ferry – Gogha-Dahej in Gujarat
- Transport, hotels, indirect employment
- 40% discount on major ports in port charges
- e-Visa facility and e-landing card for 5 ports
- New infrastructure at Mumbai for ₹ 300 crore
Infrastructure Development
Saubhagya Scheme
Saubhagya Scheme for Household Electrification (Important)
- Free electricity for 4 crore households identified in Socio-economic & caste census, 2011
- Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojna
- ₹ 16,320 scheme for electricity
- Last mile connectivity with central assistance
- On-spot registration of application
- Transition from electrification of villages to households
- 60% by center, 30% by bank loans and 10% by state
- Boost growth
- Reduce kerosene
- Rural Electrification Corp is the nodal agency for the scheme
Bharatmala Pariyojana
Bharatmala Pariyojana: Road and Highways Project
- ₹ 10 trillion outlay for road construction scheme
- Subsumes all highway projects including NHDP
- Improve connectivity
- Comprises of Economic Corridors, Inter Corridor, Feeder Routes, International Connectivity and Coastal Roads
- Total length of 51,000 km
FASTag Scheme of NHAI
FASTag Scheme of NHAI: NHAI Launches Mobile App MyFASTag and FASTag Partner
- NHAI program for Electronic Toll Collection on Toll Plazas on National Highways
- Device employs Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for toll payments directly from the linked prepaid account.
- On windscreen of vehicle
- Non-stop movement of vehicles
- More than 6 lakhs FASTag made so far
- MyFASTag and FASTag Partner Mobile Apps - process of purchase and recharge of FASTags. Make it possible to buy or recharge FASTags at the click of a mobile button
- MyFASTag consumer App - purchase or recharge FASTag
- FASTag Partner is a merchant App for agencies like Common Services Centre, banking partners and vehicle dealers to enroll FASTag
- FASTag Partner App will convert these RFID tags into ETC Tag
- Implement by Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL) (a company incorporated by National Highways Authority of India) and National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI)
Street Lightning Program
Street Lighting National Programme Illuminates 50,000 Km (Supporting Data)
- Illuminate 50,000 km
- Street with LED lights - energy efficient
- Reduction of 3.29 lakh tons of CO2 annually
- Centralized Control and Monitoring System (CCMS) to enable remote operation and monitoring of the streetlights
Common Service Centers
What are Common Services Centres (CSC) and Their New Schemes
- Multiple-Service single point model
- Component of National e-Governance Plan
- Approved in 2006
- Physical facility for delivery of e-services
- G2C & C2G communication
- Launch of Patanjali services, Bharat Bill Payment services, DigiPay, Tele-radiology, Tally GST Service
Saur Sujala Yojana
“Saur Sujala Yojana” Launched in Chhattisgarh- (Important)
- Solar powered irrigation pumps to farmers at subsidized price (3 HP and 5 HP capacity)
- Strengthen agricultural development in rural Chhattisgarh
- Benefit to 51,000 farmers
- Implemented by CREDA (Chhattisgarh State Renewable Energy Development Agency)
- Other schemes by CREDA - National Program on Bio-gas Development, Solar Thermal, Solar Photo Voltaic, Remote Village Electrification and Biomass Gasifier
Agriculture
SAMPADA Scheme
SAMPADA Scheme Renamed to Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana
- Renamed PM Kisan Sampada Scheme
- Create job
- Reduce food wastage
- Boost cold chain infrastructure
- Modernize processing and reduce agri-waste
- Govt. allocated ₹ 6,000 crore
- Mega food parks, integrated cold chain and value addition infrastructure, food safety and quality assurance infrastructure
Soil Heath Card & E-NAM
National Agricultural Markets (E-Names) and Soil Health Card (Important)
- Soil Health Card – promote use of fertilizers based analysis of soil health to get maximum yield at low cost
- e-NAM – online portal for electronic trading of agricultural produce
- Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act – create facility for private market yards and farmer consumer markets
Enhance Farmer Income
Schemes and Steps to Enhance the Income of Farmers (Important)
- Soil Health Card
- Neem Coated Urea
- Paramparaghat Krishi Vikas Yojana
- e-NAM
- PM Fasal Bima Yojana
- Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
- National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm – Transfer of Technology
- Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture – Capacity building and post-harvest management
- New Model Agricultural Produce & Livestock Marketing Act
- Market Yards of National Importance – reduce intermediaries b⟋w producer and buyer
Facilities to Farmers
Facilities to Farmers (Important)
- ATMA Scheme: Set up autonomous institutions in planning, executing and implementation.
- Mass Media Scheme: Educate farmers
- Kisan Call Centres (KCCs) Scheme: Farmers queries answered on telephone in their own dialect.
- Kisan Suvidha Mobile App: Provides information on weather report, plant protection, input dealers, agro-advisory and marketing.
- Pusa Krishi Mobile App, Agri-Market App and Crop Insurance Mobile App
- ICAR՚s network of 680 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) for technology assessment and demonstration
- Crop Development Schemes: Scientific crop production technologies
- National Food Security Mission (NFSM) on rice, wheat, pulses, coarse cereals
- Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI) and Crop Diversification Program (CDP) for commercial crops (cotton, jute & sugarcane)
- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) – ‘Per Drop More Crop’ for water use efficiency at farm level
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM) : Ecological approach to keep pest population below economic thresholds level through alternate pest control strategies
Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium
Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium
- Established in 1994
- Facilitate agri-business ventures by catalyzing private investment by Venture Capital Assistance
- Promote small agri-business
- Develop Farmer Producer Organization
- Improve working capital and development of business activities
- SFAC – central procurement agency for oilseed and pulses under Price Stabilization Fund
Evergreen Revolution
3 Year Roadmap For Evergreen Revolution (Important)
- From green revolution – commodity centered
- To evergreen revolution – farming system centered
- Term given by Swami Nathan – increase production and productivity for short term & long term
- Produce more from less land, less pesticide, less water
- Use wasteland and seed village program
PM Fasal Bima Yojana
New Crop Insurance Scheme Advantage (Important)
Crop Insurance Scheme
Maximum financial protection against non-preventable natural risks
Reduced premium for all food and oilseeds crops kept at a maximum of 1.5% for Rabi, 2% for Kharif and 5% for annual horticultural and commercial crops
- Simplified provisions
- Reduced premium
- Increase in coverage area
- Increase in sum insured
- Increase in risk coverage
- Improved technology
- Non-loanee farmers and sharecroppers
- Claim settlement
Aims to:
- Provide financial support to farmers
- Stabilize income of farmers
- Encourage innovative and modern agricultural practices
Health
Reduce IMR Schemes
Reducing the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) : Schemes And Policies
- Decreased 58% during 1990 - 2015
- Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakaram (JSSK)
- Special Newborn Care Units (SNCU)
- Establish Newborn Stabilization Units (NBSU) and Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) units for care of sick and small babies
- Home Based Newborn Care (HBNC)
- India Newborn Action Plan (INAP)
- Universal Immunization Program (UIP)
- Mission Indradhanush – fully immunize children
- Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) - promotes health screening, early detection of birth defects, diseases
Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY)
Janani Suraksha Yojana Pays Dividends: Study (Important)
- Reduce՚socioeconomic disparities existing in maternal care
- Modified from National Maternity Benefit Scheme
- Launched in 2005 as part of NRHM
- 100% centrally sponsored
- Focus on poor pregnant women with special allowance for states having low institutional delivery rates
Against Corruption
Project Insight
Project Insight to Curb Black Money
- Data mining and data analytics to curb black money
- Detect mismatch between income and spending
- Effort after ‘Operation Clean Money’ after demonetisation, Income Disclosure Scheme, GST implementation & amendment of Data Exchange rules (DTAA) with other countries
- PAN and Aadhaar as key identifier
- Catch tax evaders
- Set up new Compliance Management Centralized Processing Centre (CMCPC) for handling preliminary verification, campaign management, generation of bulk letters and notices and follow-up.
- It will widen tax base
- Will use data shared on social networking like foreign trips and purchases
Rural Development
MNREGA
- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Act
- Enhance livelihood security 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
- Timely payment increased from 26.5% in FY 2014 - 15 to 84.87% in FY 2017 - 18
- Electronic Fund Management System
- 2 crore assets geotagged
- Aadhaar seeding and social audit system
- Made mandatory to geotag 3 stages of asset creation
- Bottom-up participatory approach
- Convergence with Aawaas Yojana and SBM
- For the States with minimum wages higher than ₹ 100, those wages were taken as MGNREGA wages
- For States with minimum agricultural wages less than ₹ 100⟋- MGNREGA wages were notified as ₹ 100
- MGNREGA wages are increased based on changes in Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labours
PM Employment Generation Program
Prime Minister՚s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) (Important)
- Credit linked subsidy program for self-employment opportunity
- Above 18 years of age to set project of ₹ 10 lakh in manufacturing and ₹ 5 lakh in service sector
- Khadi, Pachmina Wool, Handloom and Powerloom
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) - (Important)
- Continuous power supply to Rural India
- Govt. plan to invest ₹ 756 billion for rural electrification
- Focus on feeder separation into rural households
- Provide clock power to rural households
- Metering to reduce losses
- GARV-II: Realtime data of 6 lakh villages in India
- Improve Health, education and banking and better social security
NABARD Schemes
List of NABARD Schemes (Important) - NABARD E-Shakti
National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development
Institutional credit to boost rural economy
Constituted Committee to Review the Arrangements For Institutional Credit for Agriculture and Rural Development (CRAFICARD) in 1979, under Chairman B. Sivaraman
Farm Sector Schemes
- Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme
- Capital Investment Subsidy
- Rural Godowns
- Agricultural Market & Agribusiness
- Solar Mission
- Livestock Mission
- Interest Subvention Scheme
Off-Farm Schemes
- Weaver՚s Package
- Credit Linked Capital Subsidy
- Deendayal Antodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission
e-Shakti – for digitization of SHGs and enable banks for informed credit decisions
Water and Irrigation
SAUNI Yojana
Details on SAUNI Scheme - Foundation Stone Laid for Link - 4
SAUNI Yojana - Boon for 11 Districts of Saurashtra Region - Key MAP Locations
- Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation Scheme
- Divert Sardar Sarovar Dam waters to Saurashtra Region – 115 dams & canals of 1,125 km
- Link 4: From Limbdi Bhogavo-II Dam of Surendranagar District to Hiran-II Irrigation scheme of Junagadh with carrying capacity of 1200 cusecs filling 40 reservoirs of Rajkot, Surendranagar, Junagadh, Porbandar, Gir Somnath, Amreli and Botad Districts through 54.70 Km long pipeline.
Inter-Linking Rivers
Work on Three River Interlinking Projects to Begin
- Ken-Betwa Linking Project
- Damanganga- Pinjal Link Project
- Par-Tapi-Narmada Link – Surplus waters from Western Ghats to water deficit Saurashtra and Kutch
- Irrigation
- Hydropower
- Flood relief
Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project
Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project
- With assistance of World Bank
- Repair and rehabilitation of 198 dams in 7 states
- Improve and strengthen safety
Cyber Schemes
National Cyber Coordination Centre
Launch of National Cyber Coordination Centre
- Scans internet traffic metadata coming in country to detect cyber security threat
- Coordinates between intelligence agencies especially during network intrusions and cyber-attacks
- Keeps virtual contact all ISPs to scan traffic
Gender
Gender Champions Scheme
150 Universities and 230 colleges Initiated Gender Champions
- Gender Champions as responsible leaders enabling environment within their schools, colleges and academic institutions where girls treated with dignity and respect
- Gender budgeting and analysis
- Increasing awareness
- BBB (Beti Bachao Beti Padhao)
TREAD
TREAD Assistance Scheme Women Entrepreneurship Programme
- Trade Related Entrepreneurship Development Assistance Scheme
- Self-employment and income generation for SHG in non-farm sector
- Provides credit, training and counselling, assistance on related needs
Nai Roshini Scheme
Nai Roshni Scheme: Leadership Development of Minority Women In 2015 - 16
- Women empowerment and leadership development for minority
- With help of NGO, Civil society and government institutions
Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana (Important)
- Govt. to provide ₹ 5,000 to pregnant and lactating mother for 1st live birth
- Earlier named as Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana
Cleanliness
Swachh Survekshan Gramin
Swachh Bharat New Initiatives: Swachh Survekshan Gramin 2017
Progress of SBM in rural areas
- 3rd party assessment by Quality Council of India – monitor and administer quality
Social Welfare
Textile Worker Schemes
Swachh Bharat New Initiatives: Swachh Survekshan Gramin 2017
- Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS)
- Schemes for Development of Silk and Sericulture sectors
- National Handloom Development Program (NHDP)
- Comprehensive Handloom Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS)
- Yarn supply Scheme National Handicrafts Development Program (NHDP)
- PowerTex India- comprehensive scheme for Powerloom Sector Development
Social Welfare Schemes
- Mahatma Gandhi Bunkar Bima Yojana for Handloom weavers
- Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthaya Bima Yojana for Health Insurance under merger with Rashtriya Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana
- Group Insurance Scheme for Powerloom workers
- Aam Admi Bima Yojana for handicrafts artisans
- Scholarship for children of jute workers
Textile Workers Rehabilitation Fund Scheme - relief to jobless workers from permanent closure of Non-SSI Textile Mills in private sector, now merged with Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Kalyan Yojana (RGSKY)
Pradhan Mantri Paridhan Rojgar Protsahan Yojana
Digital Reforms
Digital Reforms in India: Payment & Governance – Major Computer Terminologies
Financial Inclusion
- Jan Dhan Yojana
- JAM Trinity
- DBT
- PoS machines
- Credit Guarantee
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