Informal Sector Workers In India: According to the latest data, as many as 27.69 crore informal sector workers are registered on the e-shram portal. Over 94% of 27.69 crore informal sector workers registered on the e-Shram portal have a monthly income of Rs 10,000 or below and over 74% of the enrolled workforce belongs to […]
Category: Important Scheme
Benefits Under The PM Cares For Children Scheme
Benefits Under The PM Cares For Children Scheme: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released benefits under the PM Cares for children scheme that supports those who lost their parents during Covid-19 pandemic. Launched in May 2021. The scheme has been launched for support & empowerment of Covid affected children. Eligibility: All children who have lost […]
Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme
Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme: The Union government has extended a scholarship scheme from the United Progressive Alliance era for students from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh for another five years in the wake of the encouraging response it has received. The Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) was introduced by the Congress-led UPA government […]
Eighth Edition Of Swachh Survekshan (SS) – SS 2023
Eighth Edition Of Swachh Survekshan (SS) – SS 2023: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched the eighth edition of Swachh Survekshan (SS) – SS 2023 under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0. The theme of SS 2023 is ‘Waste to Wealth’. In SS 2023, additional weightage has been given to source segregation […]
Indira Gandhi Shahri Rozgar Guarantee Yojana
Indira Gandhi Shahri Rozgar Guarantee Yojana: The Rajasthan government has come up with the job description under its much-touted Indira Gandhi Shahri Rozgar Guarantee Yojana. Announcing the employment scheme for urban areas on the lines of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA for rural areas in his budget speech While MGNREGA assists people in rural areas, there is […]
SRESTHA- Gujarat Project
SRESTHA- Gujarat Project: USD 350 million in aid has been approved by the World Bank for the “Systems Reform Endeavors for Transformed Health Achievement” in Gujarat or the SRESTHA-G project. This project will be costing USD 500 million and the World Bank is providing USD 350 million to support this project and the rest will […]
Punjab ‘Lok Milni’ Scheme
Punjab ‘Lok Milni’ Scheme: Bhagwant Mann, the Chief Minister of Punjab heard the grievances of the people of the state and issued redressal directions in ‘Lok Milni’, a first-of-its-kind public interaction programme that was launched on 16th May 2022. This interactive programme was launched with the aim of providing a platform to the people of […]
Malviya Mission
Malviya Mission: Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan pitched in with an idea of a “Malviya Mission” to develop enabling ecosystem across the country for teacher education/faculty development. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861 – 1946) was an Indian educationist and a Freedom Fighter. He was conferred the title of ‘Mahamana’ by Mahatma Gandhi. During his […]
Integration Of e-Shram Portal With One Nation One Ration Card Scheme
Integration Of e-Shram Portal With One Nation One Ration Card Scheme: The centre is in the process of integrating the e-Shram portal of the Ministry of Labour and Employment with the One Nation One Ration Card scheme. A comparison of the location data with permanent address data on e-Shram shall help identify migrant workers within […]
GatiShakti Sanchar Portal
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 […]
