Category: Important Scheme

National Initiative To Rehabilitate Beggars At Religious, Historical And Tourist Sites: The central government has identified 30 cities of religious, historical, and tourism significance across India for survey and rehabilitation of adults and children engaged in begging. The goal is to make these spaces free of beggary by 2026. More cities may be added over […]

Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance And Relief In Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund): The Delhi High Court recently set aside an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) directing the Income Tax (IT) department to provide details regarding the tax exemption granted to the PM Cares Fund under the Right to Information Act, 2005. PM […]

Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme: Ahead of the interim Budget 2024, exporters have urged the government to allocate funds worth $3.88 billion for the Market Access Initiative (MAI) scheme. Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme is an export promotion scheme envisaged to act as a catalyst to promote India’s exports on a sustained basis. The scheme […]

PM Young Achievers Scholarship Award Scheme:   A total of ₹32.44 Crore has been released for Pre-matric Scholarships and ₹387.27 Crore for Post-Matric Scholarships to States/Union Territories (UTs) under the PM YASASVI scheme in 2023. PM Young Achievers Scholarship Award Scheme (PM YASASVI) is a scholarship scheme for Other Backward Class (OBCs), Economically Backward Class […]

VAIBHAV Fellowship Scheme : Unveiled The First Group The Department of Science and Technology (DST) recently unveiled the first cohort of fellows under the Vaishvik Bhartiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) scheme, a strategic initiative aimed at fostering short-term collaborations with Indian-origin scientists based abroad. Vaibhav scheme finds similarities with the Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty (Vajra) scheme […]

Amrit Dharohar Capacity Building Scheme: The Central government is spearheading a significant transformation in the realm of wetland tourism with the ‘Amrit Dharohar Capacity Building Scheme’. This initiative, launched in June 2023, aims to revolutionize tourism practices at ecologically-sensitive wetlands, particularly Ramsar sites like Odisha’s Chilika Lake and Haryana’s Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary. Amrit Dharohar Capacity […]

Design-Linked Incentive Scheme: Since announcement, the Design-Linked Incentive scheme (DLI) scheme has approved only seven start-ups, markedly short of its target of supporting 100 over five years. Design-Linked Incentive scheme aims to offer financial incentives as well as design infrastructure support across various stages of development and deployment of semiconductor design(s) for Integrated Circuits (ICs), […]

Pradhanmantri Suryoday Yojana: PM Modi announced the launch of Pradhanmantri Suryoday Yojana . Currently, there is no centrally compiled estimate of the number of households in India with rooftop solar installations. Pradhanmantri Suryoday Yojana launched on January,2024. Objectives is to Provide affordable solar energy. Increase energy independence Promote environmental sustainability. It will provide incentives and […]

SHRESHTA Scheme : Issued Instructions For Residential Private Schools The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) recently issued instructions for Residential Private Schools interested in joining SHRESHTA Scheme. Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SHRESHTA) aims to provide access to the best private residential schools for meritorious students from […]