In 2018 the Ministry of Home Affairs came up with the Witness Protection Scheme. The scheme aims to provide protection of witnesses based on the threat assessment. Particularly, the scheme intends at enabling a witness to depose fearlessly and truthfully. In addition to this, protection measures are also included as ...
Read More »Dairy Sahakar Scheme: From Cooperation to Prosperity
To make the vision of “From Cooperation to Prosperity” true, Dairy Sahakar Scheme came into force on the 75th Foundation Year of Amul. At Anand, Gujarat during a function organized by Amul, the Union Home Minister launched the scheme on October 31, 2021. Implemented by the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), ...
Read More »75 Digital Banking Units to be setup in 75 Districts across country
The Finance Minister while presenting the budget this year announced on setting up of 75 digital banking units in 75 districts in the country. Digital Banking Units will facilitate all the traditional bank work like depositing cheques, pay-in slips, etc digitally. Background: Since the demonetization of the national currency in ...
Read More »e-SANTA: bringing happiness in the Aquaculture industry
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry inaugurated an electronic platform known as e-SANTA. With the aim to connect aqua farmers and buyers, the portal works as an electronic marketplace. Although coined for the web portal, e-SANTA refers to Electronic Solution for Augmenting NaCSA farmers’ Trade-in Aquaculture. What is NaCSA? NaCSA ...
Read More »ABDM: Building innovative national digital health ecosystem
On 15th August 2020, our Prime Minister announced National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) for India. With a budget of Rs 1600 crore over 5 years, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is a Central Sector Scheme under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). It should be noted that ABDM is ...
Read More »Use of Fortified Rice in all government schemes: solving the malnutrition with nutritious rice
Recently, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs accorded its approval for the supply of fortified rice across government schemes. Let’s have an in-depth understanding of the entire step: What is fortified rice? Rice fortification is a process of adding micronutrients keeping in mind dietary requirements to regular rice. Generally, the ...
Read More »Stand Up India Scheme: A life-saver for budding enterprises
Recently, India celebrated the 6th anniversary of the Stand Up India Scheme. Launched on 5th April 2016, the scheme proved to be pivotal in nurturing entrepreneurship amongst marginalized sections. Anchored by the Department of Financial Services (DFS), undoubtedly Stand Up India focused on the SCs, STs, and women population. Objectives: ...
Read More »SVAMITVA: providing financial stability with ‘record of rights’
A central sector scheme under the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Svamitva scheme aims to provide the ‘record of rights’ to village household owners. Thus, SVAMITVA stands for Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas. In addition, the property owners will get property cards for their houses ...
Read More »Govt’s scheme to permit coal block owners to surrender undeveloped mines
The Coal Ministry is reportedly planning to come up with a scheme to allow coal block allottees to surrender mines that are not in a position to develop due to technical reasons. This move is likely to boost coal supply at a time when domestic power producers are grappling to secure coal ...
Read More »e-Biz Portal: One-stop shop for Investors to avail all services of Central Government for doing business
e-Biz is an online service portal launched by the Government of India in 2013 as a part of its 27 Mission Mode Projects. The launched e-Biz portal aims to improve the business environment of the country by enabling efficient, fast, and transparent access to Government – to – Business (G2B) ...
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