SHRESHTA SCHEME

 SHRESHTA = Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High School in

Targeted Areas.

 Introduced By: M/o Social Justice & Empowerment.

 Aim: To provide quality education and opportunity to → SC (Schedule Caste)

Students.

 Admission Of Class 9th & 11th SC Students → In CBSE Schools.

SVAMITVA

 SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages Abadi & Mapping With Improvised Technology in

Village Areas) Scheme.

 Initiated by → Ministry of Panchayati Raj.

 Aim: To Provide Property Ownership Rights To Individuals Residing In Village

Areas.

NAYA SAVER or ‘FREE COACHING & ALLIED SCHEME

 Launched By: M/o Minority Affairs (Smirti Irani)

 To assist students belonging to the 6 notified minority communities:

1. Sikh

2. Jain

3. Muslim

4. Christian

5. Buddhist
6. Parsi.

PROJECT UDBHAV

 ‘PROJECT UDBHAV’ launched on October 21, 2023, by Defense Minister

Rajanth Singh.

 Initiative Of → INDIAN ARMY & USI (United Service Institution of India).

 Aim: To Promote Indigenous Military Knowledge By Merging:

1. Ancient Strategic Knowledge,

2. With Modern Military Practices.
SWACHH BHARAT MISSION

 Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM): It aims to improve waste management practices

and promote cleanliness in public spaces.

 Launched @: 2014 By: PM Modi @ Rajghat(Delhi).

 Aim: To Improve Solid Waste Management & To Create Open Defecation Free
(ODF) Villages.

 Why in News: Jammu & Kashmir has Achieved 100% Open Defecation Free Plus
Status under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM).

PM-EBUS SEWA SCHEME

 Union Cabinet Approved → PM-eBus Sewa Scheme.

 To Boost Electric Public Transportation.

 Aim: To provide 10,000 electric buses to 169 cities through a public-private

partnership (PPP) model.

ATAL BEEMIT VYKATI KALYAN YOJANA

 Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana: Unemployment Scheme.

 Launched: In 2015 By PM Modi @Kolkata.

 Ministry: Finance Ministry.

 Provide Financial Support To → Jobless People.

 The Scheme provides the subscribers with a fixed pension ranging between
Rs.1000 to Rs.5000.

 Any individual aged between 18 years to 40 years and have a bank account are
eligible for the scheme.

 Subscribers Get → ₹1K To 5K / Month From The Age Of 60 Years.

 Govt. Extended This Scheme For 2 Years (Till 2024).

 Why In News: Atal Pension Yojana Surpassed 5.2 Cr Enrolment.

ABDM MICROSITE
 Ayushman Bharat Digital mission (ABDM) 1st ABDM Microsite: Launched In →
Aizawl, Mizoram.
 Under → 100 Microsites Project by National Health Authority.
  Under This Project 1. All Private Clinics, Small Hospitals And Labs → Will Be
Made ABDM-enabled.

 Will Offer → Digital Health Services To The Patients.

JJM – JAL JEEVAN MISSION

 JJM - Jal Jeevan Mission.

 Launched: 15 August 2019

 Under Ministry: Ministry Of Jal Shakti.

 Aim: By 2024 → To Provide Safe & Drinking Water To » Every Rural Household.

 Why In News: 12Crore Rural Households → Provided Safe & Drinking Water.
 “Har Ghar Jal” State/UT (100% Coverage):

1. Goa

2. Telangana

3. Andaman Nicobar Island

4. Puduchery
5. D&NH Daman & Diu

6. Haryana

7. Gujarat

8. Punjab

9. Himachal Pradesh (Latest).

PM - USHA

 Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA).

 Launched By: Education Ministry {Dharmendra Pradhan}.

 Aim → To Provide Financial Support To States → For Improving Their Higher

Education System.
DIGITAL INDIA PROGRAMME

 Launched on 1st July, 2015 by PM Modi.

 Aim: To empower the country digitally in the domain of technology.

 Centre Approved 5 Years Extension For → Digital India Programme.
  Continue Till → 2025-26

 Total Outlay → 14,903Cr

 Under This Scheme: 1. 6,25,000 IT Professionals → Re-skilled & Upskilled; 2.

2,65,000 People Will Be → Trained In Information Security.

PM VISHWAKARMA SCHEME

 PM Vishwakarma Scheme under the ministry of Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises.

 Launched By: PM Modi on September 17, 2023.

 Aim: To Provide Financial Support And Skill To → Traditional Artisans And

Craftspeople.

 Financial Support → Rs10,000 To Rs10 Lakh.

AMRIT BHARAT STATION SCHEME

 Amrit Bharat Station Scheme is Created by: Railway Ministry (Ashwini Vaishnaw)

 Under This Scheme: 1309 Small Railway 🚂 Stations → Will Be Renovate.

 Why In News: PM Modi Laid The Foundation Stone → For The Redevelopment
of 508 Railway Stations.

 As A Part Of → “Amrit Bharat Stations Scheme” Created by: Railway Ministry

(Ashwini Vaishnaw).

PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA - URBAN

 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban.

 Launched: 2015

 To Provide Housing For All → In Urban Areas By » 2024 {1st Aim: Target 2022}

 Implemented By: Ministry Of Housing and Urban Affairs.

 Income Threshold For EWS → 3 To 6 Lakhs.

PRADHAN MANTRI AWAAS YOJANA - GRAMIN

 Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin.

 Launched: @ → 2O16 By PM Narendra Modi.

 Aims: To Provide A Pucca House → To All Rural Families By 2024 🏘🏘 (1st

Target 2022).
  Earlier → Known As: Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY).

 Ministry: Ministry Of Rural Development.

GOBARdhan SCHEME

 GOBARdhan Scheme: Galvanizing Organic Bio Agro Resources

 Launched @ → 2018

 By: Department Of Drinking Water & Sanitation (Under – Jal Shakti Ministry).

 Objective: To Generate Wealth & Energy By Converting Waste (Cow Dung, Agri
Residue) Into Biogas, CBG & CNG.

 Why in News: Govt. Launched → Unified Registration Portal For Biogas Projects.
“World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan In Cooperative Sector”

 Approved By: Union Cabinet Chaired By PM Modi.

 Total Outlay → 1 Lakh Cr

 Aim: 1. To Curb Crop Damages, 2. To Prevent Distress Sales By Farmers, 3. To

Increase Food grain Storage Capacity, 4. To Support IND’s Food Security.

MISHTI

 Recently PM Modi Launched 2 Schemes → For Wetland & Mangrove

Conservation.

1. MISHTI (Mangrove Initiative For Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes) •

For→ Mangrove Plantation Along Coastline.

2. Amrit Dharohar Yojana: For Conserving 'Ramsar Sites’.

SAGAR SAMRIDDHI
 ‘Sagar Samriddhi,’: Online Dredging Monitoring System → To Accelerate The
‘Waste to Wealth’ Initiative.

 Aims: To Promotes Effective Reuse Of Dredged Material

 Launched By: M/o Ports, Shipping & Waterways (M/o PSW)

 Developed By: National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways & Coasts
(NTCPWC).

 Dredging: Dredging Is The Removal Of Sediments & Debris From The Bottom Of
Lakes, Rivers, Harbors.
100 DAYS 100 PAYS’ CAMPAIGN

 Launched By: RBI

 Under The Scheme: Banks Will Trace And Settle Their Top 100 Deposits In Every
District.

 RBI Governor: Shaktikanta Das.

 HQ: Mumbai.

‘75/25’ INITIATIVE
 This Initiative Will Provide → Standard Care To 75M People Suffering From
Hypertension (High BP) & Diabetes.
 Target Year: By 2025

 Launched By: Health Ministry.

VIVAD SE VISHWAS – 1

 Vivad Se Vishwas-1 – Relief For MSMEs.

 To Assist → MSMEs (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) » Impacted By

Covid19 Pandemic.

 Launched By: Finance Ministry {N. Sitharaman}

 Launch Year: 2023 (Announced @ Budget 2023-24)

POSHAN BHI, PADHAI BHI CAMPAIGN

 Poshan Bhi, Padhai Bhi’ Campaign {Education Along With Nutrition} → Under
Mission Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0.

 It Will Focus On → Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE) At Anganwadis.

 Launched By: Smriti Irani (Women & Child Development Minister}.

 Currently 13.9 Lakh Anganwadi Centres → Providing Supplementary Nutrition &

Early Care And Education.
‘MERI LIFE, MERA SWACHH SEHER

 Meri LiFE, Mera Swachh Seher: For Sustainability & Better LiFE.

 Launched By: Hardeep S. Puri {M/o Housing & Urban Affairs}

 Objective: To Promote 3R Mantra – Reduce Reuse Recycle (#RRR)

  Thousands Of RRR (Reduce Reuse Recycle) Centres Set Up For The LiFE
Campaign.

 REDUCE

 REUSE

 RECYLE

PLI SCHEME

 PLI SCHEME {Production Linked Incentive} Introduced Under → 'AatmaNirbhar

Bharat Abhiyan' (Self-Reliant India Initiative).

 Effective From: 1st April 2021

 Aim: To Boost The Manufacturing Sector & To Reduce Imports.

 In Budget 2021-22

 Total ₹1.97 Lakh Cr Announced For PLI Schemes → For 14 Key Sectors These
14 Sectors Are:

 Mobile Mfg, Mfg Of Medical Devices, Automobiles, Pharmaceuticals, Drugs,

Steel, Telecom & Networking Products, Electronic Products, White Goods (A/Cs
and LEDs), Food Products, Textile Products, Solar PV Modules, Advanced
Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery & Drones. 🔋🔋

 Production Linked Incentive Scheme – 2.0 For IT Hardware.

 Approved For → 6 Years.

 Outlay → ₹17000 Cr.

 It Covers → Laptops, Tablets, PCs, Servers & Ultra Small Form Factor Devices.

 INDIA: World’s 2nd Largest Manufacturer Of Mobile Phones.

SAKSHAM

 SAKSHAM (Stimulating Advanced Knowledge For Sustainable Health

Management).

 Learning Management Information System (LMIS) Of → M/o HFW.

 Developed By → National Institute Of Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW).

 System Provide → Online Training & Medical Education To All Health

Professionals.

‘VIBRANT VILLAGE PROGRAMME

  ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’: For The Development Of Border Villages In 4
States & 1 UT {AP, UK, Sikkim, HP & Ladakh}

 Launched In → Kibithu (Arunachal Pradesh).

 Financial Allocation: ₹4800 Cr. For FY 2022-23 To 2025-26.

MSME COMPETITIVE (LEAN) SCHEME

 MSME Competitive (LEAN) Scheme was launched in March, 2023.

 Launched By: MSME Ministry (Narayan Rane)

 Launched To Provide → Roadmap To Global Competitiveness For MSMEs.

 Will help Indian MSMEs by boosting their: 1. Quality, 2. Productivity & 3.

Performance.

PM MITRA SCHEME

 PM MITRA (Mega Integrated Textile Region & Apparel).

 Launched By: Textile Ministry @2021.

 Under PM MITRA Scheme: 7 Textile Parks → Will Be Setup In → Tamil Nadu,

Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, MP, UP, MH.

 Total Outlay: ₹4,445 Cr.

 Aim: 1. To make Indian textile industry globally competitive, 2. To Boost

Employment, 3. To attract large investment.

APPI

 APPI (Animal Pandemic Preparedness Initiative).

 Aim: To Prevent Zoonotic Diseases.

 Launched by: Parshottam Rupala (M/o Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying).

CAPTIVE EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE

 ‘Captive Employment’ Initiative Is Launched Under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya

Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY).

 Launched By: Giriraj Singh (Rural Development Minister)

 Aim: For To Provide Sustainable Placements Rural Poor Youth.

PTP-NER SCHEME
 PTP-NER (Promotion of Tribal Products from North Eastern Region).
  Launched By: Tribal Affairs Ministry (Arjun Munda).

 AIMS: 1. To Make Strong The Livelihood Opportunities Of Tribal Artisans, 2. To

Promote & Showcase Their Products From NE States.

SANGATHAN SE SAMRIDHHI CAMPAIGN

 Sangathan Se Samridhhi’ Campaign Launched Under ‘Deendayal Antyodaya

Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)’

 AIMS: 1. To Mobilize 10 Crore Women From Vulnerable & Marginalized Rural

Households, And 2. To Include These Women In SHGs (Self Help Groups).

PRADHAN MANTRI JAN DHAN YOJANA

 Launched For → Promoting Financial Inclusion In INDIA.

 Launched Date: 28th Aug 2014 » By PM Modi

 Under: Ministry Of Finance

 6 Pillars: Providing bank accounts, credit, insurance, pension, financial literacy,
and banking agents.
 Why In News: Total balance in PMJD Accounts Crossed → ₹2 Lakh Cr.

 Total No of Beneficiaries → 48.70 Crore.

 In Fiscal Year 2022-23: States With Maximum Jan Dhan Beneficiaries:

1. Bihar (84,89,231),

2. UP,

3. Tamil Nadu.

NEW INDIA LITERACY PROGRAMME (NILP)

 Approved By: Ministry of Education (For 2022 To 2027)

 Total Outlay: ₹1037 Cr.

 It Will be aligned with » NEP 2020 Objectives.

 It Will Cover 5Cr Non-literates (Age Group 15+)

 It Will Provide Foundational Literacy & Numeracy & Also Other Components Like
– Financial literacy, Digital literacy, Commercial skill, etc.

GREEN TUG TRANSITION PROGRAMME (GTTP)

 Launched By → Sarbananda Sonowal {Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways}.
  Aim To Become ‘Global Hub for Green Ship’ building by 2030 Also → Launched
IND’s 1st → National Centre of Excellence In Green Port & Shipping (NCoEGPS)
in Gurugram, Haryana.

MPLAD SCHEME

 MPLAD Scheme: Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.

 Under This Scheme: Every MP Is Entitled To Spend Rs.5 Crore Annually.

 MPLADS Funds: Must be used to create durable assets like physical

infrastructure for health, education, Etc.

 Ministry: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

 Why In News: New MPLADs guidelines & Web portal Came into effect from 1st
April 2023.

PM KISAN

 Why In News: Recently Completed 4 Years PM-KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan

Samman Nidhi)

 Launched By: PM Modi On 24th Feb 2019.

 Ministry → M/o Agri & Farmers Welfare.

 Under This: Farmers → ₹6000/Year (In 3 Instalment).

PM-KUSUM

 PM-KUSUM (PM Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan).

 Launched In → 2019

 Launched By: M/o New & Renewable Energy.

 Aim: To Install 30,000 MW Solar Power Capacity By 2026 (Previous Target – By
2022)

 Achievement: 1 Lakh+ Solar Pumps Installed Under PM-KUSUM • Max Solar

Pumps Installed @ → RAJASTHAN.

REACHOUT SCHEME

 REACHOUT Scheme {Research, Education & Training Outreach}

 AIM: 1. To promote research, education and training in India. 2. To Support

various R &D activities.
PMGKAY
  PMGKAY = PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana.

 PMGKAY: It Was Introduced @2020 (Covid Time).

 From January 1, 2023, the PMGKAY had subsumed under other schemes under
National Food Security Act such as the Antoyaday Anna Yojana (AAY) & Priority
Households (PHH) for one year.

 Started From → @ 1st Jan 2023.

 Aim: To provide 5 Kg free food grains To 1. Antodaya Ann Yojna (AAY) & 2.
Primary Household (PHH) Beneficiaries.

 Benefits → 80 crore poor people.

 In 2023 Centre Will Spend → 2 Lakh Crores.

TIES

 Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES).

 Launched By: M/o Commerce & Industry (In 2017).

 Why In News: Recently Department of Commerce: Implemented TIES Scheme

→ For the growth of exports by creating appropriate infrastructure.

SWADESH DARSHAN SCHEME

 Swadesh Darshan scheme was Launched @ → 2014-15

 By → Ministry of Tourism and Culture.

 Aim: To Promote & Develop → Theme-based tourist circuits (Ex – Ramayan

Circuit, Budhhist Circuit, Sufi Circuit…..etc).

NIDHI AAPKE NIKAT 2.0

 Nidhi Aapke Nikat 2.0: Grievance redressal & information exchange platform →
For employees.

 Launched By: EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation).

ATAL NEW INDIA CHALLENGE 2.0

 Atal New India Challenge 2.0 (ANIC 2.0)

 Launched By → AIM – Atal Innovation Mission.

 ANIC Is A Flagship Program Of → AIM, NITI Aayog.

 Aim: To seek, select, support technology-based innovations.
NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME

 Namami Gange Programme Integrated Conservation Mission → Approved By

Govt @ 2014.

 Objective: To “Reduce pollution”, conserve and Restore → National River Ganga.

 Being Implemented by: NMCG → Under Ministry Of Jal Shakti.

 National Mission For Clean Ganga – NMCG

 NMCG Was registered as a → Society on 12th August 2011 → Under the

Societies Registration Act 1860.

 Director General Of NMCG → G. Asok Kumar.

PM VIKAS

 Old Name: Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Ko Kaam Karyakrame.

 New Name: PM VIKAS {Virasat Ka Samvardhan} Scheme.

 Anounced By: Minister of Minority Affairs → Smriti Zubin Irani.

 PM VIKAS Scheme • Approved by @ 15th Finance Commission

 Aim: To improve livelihoods of 1. Minorities & 2. Artisan communities.

RE-HAB PROJECT

 Re-Hab Project (Reducing Elephant 🐘 Human Attacks using Honey Bees).

 Launched In Nainital By → Manoj Kumar (KVIC Chairman)

 Re-Hab Project • Launched From → Karnataka (2021) @ Nagarhole National

Park.

 Initiative Of KVIC’s → National Honey Mission (2017).

 Sweat Revolution (2016) → Related To Honey 🍯🍯🍯

PM-SHRI YOJANA

 PM-SHRI Yojana: (Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India).

 Under This Scheme: 14500 Schools → Will Be Upgraded. 🏠🏠

DAKSH Apps

 “DAKSH” Apps – New SupTech initiative.

 Launched by: RBI Governor → Shaktikanta Das.
  DAKSH: RBI’s Advanced Supervisory Monitoring System.

 Will Make → Supervisory processes more strong.

ONE NATION ONE FERTILISER SCHEME

 Under → One Nation One Fertiliser Scheme 1. All subsidised soil nutrients: will
be marketed under single brand → Bharat 2. India will have a common bag
design: Like → Bharat urea, Bharat DAP (Di-ammonium phosphate) & Bharat
NPK.

 INDIA: 1st World’s 1st Country To Start Commercial Production Of → Nano Urea.

PM – DevINE

 PM-DevINE (PM Development Initiative For NE Region).

 100% Central Sector Scheme.

 Will be implemented by: Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

(DoNER).

 Approved For → 4 Years(2022-23 To 2025-26)

 Total Outlay: ₹6,600 Cr

 PM-DevINE 1. Will create infrastructure, 2. Support industries, social

development projects & 3. Create livelihood activities.

I-STEM

 A National Web portal → For sharing R&D (Research and Development)

facilities.

 Launched By: Indian Science Technology and Engineering facilities Map (I-
STEM).

 This Initiative: Will Empower women » So That They can contribute to Sci-tech &
innovation ecosystem
 Launched: 2020.

 Initiative Of → Office Of PSA.

SETU Programme

 SETU (Supporting Entrepreneurs in Transformation & Upskilling) programme.

 Launched by: Piyush Goyal (Com. & Industry Minister) → In USA

 SETU: Will connect start-ups in India to US-based investors and start-up.
MAKE IN INDIA

 Make In India → Completed 8 Years Why In News:

 Make In India • Launched By: @ 25 Sept 2014

 To transform IND → Into a leading global manufacturing & Aim: investment

destination.

 Objectives:

1. To increase Manufacturing sector’s growth rate to 12-14% / Annum

2. To Create 100 million additional jobs by 2022,

3. To Increase Manufacturing sector’s contribution to GDP to 25% by 2025.

GENESIS

 GENESIS (Gen-Next Support for Innovative Startups) Initiative.

 Under This Initiative, Govt. Will Promote → 10,000 startup solution Next 5 Years.

NAMASTE

 National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE)

 Ministry → Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

 AIMS Of NAMASTE: 1. To Achieve → Zero fatalities in sanitation work 2.

Sanitation work should be performed by → skilled workers.

DACE SCHEME

 DACE Scheme: Dr Ambedkar Centres of Excellence (DACE) Scheme

 Launched By 1. Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment {Virendra

Kumar} & 2. Anandi Ben Patel (UP – Governor)

 Launched From: BHU (Uttar Pradesh).

 Aim: To provide high-quality free coaching facilities to the Scheduled Caste

students » For UPSC Civil Services Exams.

PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJANA

 News: Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana → Completed 7 Years In 7 Years 1. 34.42

crore loan accounts opened 2. Total Loan Provided: 18.60 Lakhs Crores.

 PMMY Launched: 8 April 2015

  Aim: To Provide Loans Upto Rs. 10 Lakh To The Non-corporate & Non-farm
small/micro-enterprises

 Type of PMMY Loan

1. Shishu: ₹50,000↓

2. Kishorr: ₹50K To ₹5 Lakh

3. Tarun: ₹5 Lakhs To ₹10 Lakhs.

AGNEEPATH SCHEME
 Agneepath Scheme: Introduced by the Govt. of India → On 14 June 2022.

 For recruitment of → Soldiers into the 3 Services 1. Indian Army, 2. Indian Navy,
3. Indian Airforce.

 Age Limit: 17.5 To 21 Years (23 Years For 2022).

 Under This Scheme: Youth joining the army → Called Agniveer.

 Period: 4 Years After 4 Years: 25% of the batch will be recruited back → For 15
Years.

 Benefits: After Completion Of 4 Years, ₹ 11.7 Lakhs Will Be Paid » As ‘Seva

Nidhi’ package.

 Pension: No Pension.

PMUY

 NEWS Recently Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas → Decided to celebrate

1st May 2022 as » Ujjwala Diwas.

 PMUY – Pradhanmantri Ujjwala Yojna.

 Launched: May 1, 2016 → By PM Modi.

 From: Ballia {Uttar Pradesh}

 Aims: To Make Available Cooking Fuel Such As → LPG To Rural Households.

 Ministry: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

 Himachal Pradesh → Became First “Smoke” Free State.

ABPMJAY SEHAT SCHEME

 ABPMJAY SEHAT Scheme (Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya

Yojana – Social Endeavour for Health and Telemedicine)
  ABPMJAY SEHAT Scheme → Works With The » ABPMJAY

 About “ABPMJAY”:

 World’s Largest Health Insurance Scheme.

 Launched: @ 23 Sept 2018 From: Ranchi → By PM Narendra Modi.

 Under: Ministry Of Health & Family Welfare.

 Under This Scheme: ₹ 5 Lakh Health Cover → Provide To “Poor Family”.

NeVA Programme

 Nagaland Assembly: First paperless Assembly by implementing → National e-

Vidhan Application Programme (NeVA).
 NeVA » It Is A Mission Mode Project For Digital Legislatures

 Aim: To Make All Legislative Houses → Paperless.

 Theme: ‘One Nation – One Application’

 Project Funded By: Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

UDAN SCHEME
 UDAN Scheme: Selected For → PM’s Award for Excellence in Public
Administration 2020 Under the category » “Innovation (General) – Central”
 UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) Scheme: Regional Connectivity Scheme
(RCS).

 Launched: 2016.
 Under: Civil Aviation Ministry » Jyotiraditya Scindia.

SMILE SCHEME

 SMILE Scheme → Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood and

Enterprise”

 Launched For The Welfare Of → Transgender community and the Beggars

SMILE Scheme Will Give The 1. Necessary Legal Protection, 2. Social Security,
3. Secured Life.
PRADHAN MANTRI GATI SHAKTI

 National Infrastructure Masterplan: ‘Pradhan Mantri Gati Shakti’.

  Launched by: PM Narendra Modi → @ 13th October 2021 » Gati Shakti — A
Digital Platform.

 Estimated Cost: ₹100 Lakh-Crore.

 Will Bring: 16 Ministries{Including – Road & Railway } Together In 🚂🚂 One

Platform For → Planning of all infrastructure connectivity projects.

 All the schemes that have to be completed by 2024-25 → Will be put under Gati
Shaktil.

 This Platform Will Provide → Satellite Images For Monitoring {Infrastructure}.

 This Platform Will: Increase Industry Productivity, Support Local Manufacturers&

Increase Job Opportunity ↑.

PM CARES

 PM CARES” for Children Scheme.

 Launched by: PM Modi → On 29 May 2021

 Under This Scheme: financial assistance → provided to the children who have
lost their 1. Parents, 2. legal guardian, 3. adoptive parents Due To COVID-19.
NIPUN SCHEME

 NIPUN » National Initiative for Promoting Upskilling of Nirman workers.

 Through This Scheme: Over one lakh construction workers → Trained.

 NIPUN » Flagship scheme of → Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban

Livelihoods Mission DAY-NULM.

 Launched by: MoHUA → Hardeep Singh Puri.

“TB FREE”

 75 Tribal Districts: Identified → For TB Intervention Projects

 To Make These Districts → TB Free

 Selected By: Ministry of Tribal Affairs & Central TB Division Of MoH&FW.

 India’s Target For “TB FREE” → By 2025.

POSHAN ABHIYAN or NATIONAL NUTRITION MISSION

 Report titled ‘Preserving Progress on Nutrition in India: Poshan Abhiyan in

Pandemic Times.
  Released By: NITI Aayog.

 Larger State Category: Maharashtra (Top), Andhra, Gujarat.

 Smaller States: Sikkim Scheme Poshan Abhiyan Or (National Nutrition Mission).

 Launched: 8th March, 2018 (International Women’s Day)

 Implemented by: Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD)

 Aim Of → NNM To Reduce: 1. Stunting (Low Height For Age) → By 2%

Annually, 2. Under-nutrition→ By 2% Annually, 3. Anaemia → By 3% Annually, 4.
Low birth weight: By 2% Annually.

STREE MANORAKSHA PROJECT

 Stree Manoraksha Project’ Launched By – 1. MoWCD – Ministry Of Women &
Child Development {Smriti Irani} & 2. NIMHANS – National Institute of Mental
Health and Neurosciences → Banglore.

 Aim→ To improve the mental health of women in India.

SAMBHAV & SVAVLAMBAN INITIATIVES

 Launched By: M/o MSME (Micro Small & Medium Enterprises).

 Why: To promote entrepreneurship amongst youth.

‘SVANidhi Se Samridhi’

 SVANidhi se Samriddhi’: Additional program of PMSVANidhi

 Launched in → Additional 126 cities.

 28 Lakh Street vendors & their families → Will be covered.

 Will Provide → Social security benefits to street vendor.

 PM SVANidhi Scheme {PM Street Vendors AtmaNirbhar Nidhi}

 Launched: @ 2020.

 By: M/o Housing & Urban Affairs {Hardeep Singh Puri}

PM eVIDYA SCHEME

 Why In News: Use ICT (Information And Communication Technology) under the
“PM eVidya” scheme → won UNESCO’s recognition PM eVIDYA programme.

 Initiative of → Ministry of Education.

 Initiated as part of the→ ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan’ → @ May 2020.
  Objective was: to protect the education of children during the Covid-19
pandemic.

NASHA MUKT BHARAT ABHIYAAN

 Launched by: Ministry Of Social justice and empowerment.

 Since August 2020 → Implemented In 272 most vulnerable districts » To address

problem of Drug Abuse.

PMFME SCHEME

 Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food Processing Enterprises (PMFME)

Scheme.

 Launched by: PM Modi → @ 2020 » under Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

 Currently Implemented In → 35 States & UTs.

 Under → Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

 Under This Scheme: Technical, financial and business support: Provided to »
micro food processing units.
PM ABHIM

 PM ABHIM: PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission.

 Launched @: 2021 → By PM Narendra Modi.

 Aim: For strengthening healthcare infrastructure Across The INDIA.

 World Bank 🏦🏦🏦🏦

 Formed: 1944
 HQ: Washington DC, USA.

SKILL INDIA MISSION

 Recently 7th Anniversary of Skill India Mission: Observed @ “15th July”

 Skill India Mission Launched: 15 July 2015

 Why: To empower the youth with skill » making them more employable.

 Pradhanmantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna (Under Skills IND Mission).

 1Crore 36 Lakh+: Young persons have been trained so far → Under 'PMKVY’.
RUSA SCHEME
  RUSA Scheme: Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan.

 RUSA → Centrally Sponsered Scheme.

 Launched: 2013

 Funding → State government universities and college.

IVFRT SCHEME

 IVFRT Scheme (Immigration Visa Foreigners Registration Tracking).

 Continuation Till → 2026.

 Total Outlay → Rs1,364Crore About “IVFRT Scheme”

 Ministry: Minister Of Home Affairs 🏡🏡

 Aim: To modernize and upgrade Immigration and Visa services.