Central Government Health Scheme: Union Minister of Health launched the revamped Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and the Umbrella schemes of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) and Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant (HMDG) on National Health Authority (NHA)’s IT platform for providing cashless, paperless and citizen-centric services. Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS): The CGHS is a […]
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‘Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Package for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19
‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) Insurance Scheme For Health Workers Fighting COVID-19’: The Union Government has extended the ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19’ for one year This will continue to provide the safety net to the dependents of health workers, who are deputed to take […]
What is SATAT Initiative?
SATAT Initiative: Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas presided over a virtual ceremony in which a number of initiatives were launched to provide major fillip to the SATAT initiative. This included signing of a Cooperation Agreement by Oil and Gas majors including IndianOil, HPCL, BPCL, GAIL and IGL, for the promotion and development […]
Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP)
Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP): To ensure holistic growth of horticulture, Union Minister of Agriculture launched the Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP). In a pilot phase, the programme will be implemented in 12 horticulture clusters covering 11 States/UTs out of the total 53 clusters selected for the programme. It is a central sector programme. […]
PLI Scheme For Key Starting Materials (KSMs) and APIs
Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme For KSM/Drug Intermediates and API The Department of Pharmaceuticals has accorded approvals under Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Promotion of Domestic Manufacturing of critical Key Starting Materials (KSMs)/ Drug Intermediates and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). The Department of Pharmaceuticals has launched this scheme with an objective to attain […]
Bell of Faith Scheme of Kerala
The ‘Bell of Faith’ scheme: Kerala: The ‘Bell of Faith’ scheme will now be implemented for senior citizens staying alone in villages. Previously, this scheme was successfully implemented in a number of urban households in Kerala. It is a safety project conceived under Kerala’s Community Policing Scheme. It will help elderly citizens attract the attention […]
YUVA- Prime Minister’s Scheme For Mentoring Young Authors
YUVA- Prime Minister’s Scheme For Mentoring Young Authors: Ministry of Education has launched “YUVA- Prime Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors”. YUVA is an Author Mentorship program that will train young and budding authors aged below 30 years in order to promote reading, writing, and book culture in India. It will also project India and […]
DBT Of The Cooking Cost Component Of The Mid-Day-Meal Scheme
DBT Of The Cooking Cost Component Of The Mid-Day-Meal Scheme: The Ministry of Education has approved the proposal to provide monetary assistance to students through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of the cooking cost component of the Mid-Day-Meal (MDM) Scheme, to all eligible children. Implications of DBT for MDM Scheme: With schools closed for months due […]
SeHAT OPD Portal
SeHAT OPD Portal: Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh launched ‘Services e-Health Assistance & Tele-consultation (SeHAT) OPD portal through video conferencing on May 27, 2021. The portal provides telemedicine services to the serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and their families. The services can be availed by registering on the website. This is the final version of the […]
MPLADS : MP Local Area Development Scheme
MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS):: MPs have written to Speaker Om Birla to restart the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS). The Union government had resorted to Disaster Management Act to suspend the member of Parliament local area development (MPLAD) scheme in April 2020. About MPLAD scheme: Launched in December 1993. Seeks […]
