Category: Important Scheme

GatiShakti Sanchar Portal: The Ministry of Communications has launched the “GatiShakti Sanchar” portal for Centralised Right of Way (RoW) approvals. GatiShakti Sanchar portal: The portal has been developed keeping in view the vision areas of the National Broadband Mission at the core, which are providing broadband infrastructure as a core utility to every citizen, Governance […]

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U): The Centre has committed Rs 2.01 lakh crore for the PMAY-U, of which Rs 1.18 lakh crore has been released and Rs 1.10 lakh crore has been spent. 21 crore houses have been sanctioned under the scheme so far. PMAY- Urban Launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty […]

PMJJBY, PMSBY And APY Complete 7 Years: Social security schemes Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) have completed seven years of their launch. The schemes were launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 9, 2015. PMJJBY: It is a one-year life insurance […]

PM-WANI: The “Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI)” scheme has been recently launched by RailTel. Through this scheme access to RailTel’s free and fast public WiFi services will be provided in 100 Indian Railways stations across the country having 2,384 WiFi hotspots. PM-WANI is the Department of Telecom’s program that helps facilitate the use […]

MPLAD Scheme: At a time when MPs have been asking for an increase in the MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) fund, the Union Finance Ministry has ordered revised rules, under which the interest that the fund accrues will be deposited in the Consolidated Fund of India. The order of the Ministry dated April 11 […]

PRAAPTI Portal: According to the portal, total outstanding dues of electricity distribution companies to power producers rose by 4.04 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1,21,765 crore (Rs 1.21 trillion) in May 2022. DISCOMs owed a total of Rs 1,17,026 crore to power generation firms in May 2021. PRAAPTI stands for- Payment Ratification And Analysis in […]

PM MITRA Parks Scheme: The Ministry of Textiles has organized a National Conference on PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks Scheme. A park will be developed by a Special Purpose Vehicle which will be owned by the Central and State Government and in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) Mode. Each Park […]

PMKGAY : Allocation Of Rice And Wheat From May To September 2022 The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution revised the PMKGAY (Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana) allocation of rice and wheat for all the 36 states/UTs for the remaining five months — from May to September 2022. PMGKAY is a part […]

PMFME Scheme: The Ministry of Food Processing Industries and NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited) launched Three One District One Product (ODOP) brands under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has signed an agreement with NAFED for developing 10 brands of […]

Unique Disability ID Scheme: The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has asked states to speed up implementation of the Unique Disability ID (UDID) scheme for Persons With Disabilities (PwD) in the 75 districts. The Rural Development Ministry has selected the UDID programme as a part of its 90-day campaign in districts “selected on the […]