Category: Important Scheme

9th Instalment Of Financial Benefit Under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN): The Prime Minister released the 9th instalment of financial benefit under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN). Further, the Prime Minister also interacted with farmer beneficiaries during the event. PM-KISAN: Under the scheme, the Centre transfers an amount of Rs 6,000 per year, […]

Seekho Aur Kamao Scheme Minister of Minority affairs informed Rajya Sabha about the Seekho Aur Kamao scheme. Seekho Aur Kamao is a skill development scheme for youth of 14 – 35 years age group and aiming at providing employment and employment opportunities, improving the employability of existing workers, school dropouts etc. The scheme ensures 75% […]

Mid-Day Meal Scheme: A national level meet was recently organised by the National Human Rights Commission to discuss the status of various policies to ensure Right to Food and nutrition. Following are the suggestions made by the experts at the end of the meet: Extend the midday meal scheme up to Class XII. Start an […]

PM-DAKSH Portal And App: The government has launched ‘PM-DAKSH’ portal and app to make the skill development schemes accessible to the target groups of Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Safai Karamcharis. The scheme is being implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment from the year 2020-21. Under the scheme, eligible target groups are […]

Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana – PMUY): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana – PMUY) by handing over LPG connections, at Mahoba Uttar Pradesh on 10th August, 2021. Ujjwala 1.0: During Ujjwala 1.0 launched in 2016, a target was set to provide LPG connections to 5 crore women […]

MK Bhan Fellowship-Young Researcher Fellowship Programme (MKB-YRFP): The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, announced the results of the First MK Bhan Fellowship-Young Researcher Fellowship Programme (MKB-YRFP), which was instituted to honour eminent scientist and Former Secretary of the DBT. The Department established the MK Bhan Fellowship-Young Researcher Fellowship […]

Samagra Shiksha Scheme 2.0: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the school education programme Samagra Shiksha Scheme 2.0 till the 2025-26 financial year. It has been upgraded to align it with the Sustainable Development Goal for Education and the new National Education Policy launched in 2020. About Samagra Shiksha Scheme: It is an […]

Samagra Shiksha Scheme: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved continuation of the revised Samagra Shiksha Scheme for a period of five years i.e., from 2021-22 to 2025-26 with a total financial outlay of Rs.2,94,283.04 crore which includes Central share of Rs.1,85,398.32 crore. The Centre plans to pay students their Right to Education (RTE) […]

MPLADS: Virtually half of the belated ₹2,200 crore allotted for completing the ongoing MPLADS projects in 2020-21 simply lapsed, as the Finance Ministry granted “barely a week” to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) to release the funds. Spending under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) had already halved before […]