Category: Important Scheme

Revised Guidelines For MPLADS: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the Revised Guidelines on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)-2023 The new guidelines broaden the scope of the Scheme so as to enable the parliamentarian to recommend works as per the changing needs of the community Entire process of fund flow […]

Sagar Parikrama Phase III: The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairy said in a statement that Phase-III, “Sagar Parikrama,” will start from Surat, Gujarat’s Hazira Port. Sagar Parikrama is an initiative of Government of India, aiming to resolve the issues of the fishers and other stakeholders and facilitate their economic upliftment through various fisheries […]

Vibrant Villages Programme: The Vibrant Villages Programme focuses on developing the rural areas in the northern border states and union territories More than 663 villages will be developed under the programme. It is to be implemented for two years, that is, between 2022-23 and 2025-26. The Central Government allocated Rs 4,800 crores for the scheme. […]

Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana: To empower youth by providing them entry-level skill training in Railway Training Institutes, “Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana” (RKVY) has been notified. Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana is a skill development scheme with a special focus on providing training for jobs that are relevant to the Railways. It is a sub-scheme under Pradhan […]

Nirman Se Shakti Initiative: Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) presented an initiative named as ‘Nirman Se Shakti’ to modernize infrastructure. The ‘Nirman Se Shakti’ initiative includes : upgradation/modernization of ESI Scheme (ESIS) hospitals and dispensaries in a phased manner, formulation of standard design for 100/200/500 bedded hospitals with better modern facilities, online real-time dashboard for […]

Bhashini Mission: Union minister for electronics and information technology recently said that Mission Bhashini’s capabilities have been integrated with the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to make digital payments through the UPI 123 Pay available in more than 20 local Indian languages. Bhashini Mission is a local language translation mission that aims to break the barrier […]

Amrit Sarovar Mission : Target Set A target of 50,000 Amrit Sarovars was set to be completed by August 15, 2023. So far, 60% of the target has been achieved with over 30,000 Amrit Sarovars constructed in the span of 9 months. Mission Amrit Sarovar was launched as part of India’s “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” […]

Liberalised Remittance Scheme: Union Budget 2023 The Union Budget 2023 proposes a Tax Collection at Source (TCS) for foreign outward remittance under LRS (other than for Education and medical purpose) of 20% on the entire value. Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) allows Indian residents to freely remit up to USD $250,000 per financial year for current […]

Mukhyamantri Tirth Darshan Yojana : Madhya Pradesh Govt The Scheme was launched by the Madhya Pradesh Government. Under the scheme, the senior citizens will be taken on a spiritual tour free of cost. They will be taken to pilgrimage sites that are located outside the state. One or two pilgrimage sites will be visited by […]

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana: Survey Report As per the sample survey conducted at the national level by Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) to assess employment generation under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), the scheme helped in generating 1.12 crore net additional employment during a period of approximately 3 years (i.e., from 2015 to 2018). […]