Context: India’s less-privileged workforce during the lockdown have highlighted the massive scale of falling incomes and loss of means of livelihood. Specific policy measures can reverse the lockdown-created trauma and stop it from snowballing into chronic poverty. Issues with poverty …
Context: “We… do not have government by the majority. We have a government by the majority who participate.”- Thomas Jefferson Mandate of Election Commission of India (ECI): Ensuring that every Indian who is eligible to vote can do so must …
About Agriculture Infrastructure Fund: Agriculture Infrastructure Fund aims to provide a medium – long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post-harvest management Infrastructure and community farming assets through interest subvention and financial support. Under the scheme, …
About: Namami Gange Programme is an Integrated Conservation Mission, approved as a ‘Flagship Programme’ by the Union Government in 2014 to accomplish the twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution and conservation and rejuvenation of National River Ganga. It is …
About NHAI: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) was constituted by an Act of Parliament in 1988 under the administrative control of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The authority became operational in 1995. NHAI has been set up …
About the scheme It is an umbrella of two major health initiatives, namely Health and Wellness Centres and National Health Protection Scheme. Health and Wellness Centres Under this 1.5 lakh existing Sub Health Centres (SHC), Primary Health Centres (PHC) and …
About: The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has launched the PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM FME) scheme to bring in new technology, apart from affordable credit to help small entrepreneurs penetrate new markets. The scheme will …
Why in News? The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) in partnership with IBM has unveiled Free Digital Learning Platform ‘Skills Build Reignite’. About The SkillsBuild Reignite tends to provide job seekers and entrepreneurs, with access to free online …
About the scheme PM SVANidhi was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for providing affordable Working Capital loan to street vendors to resume their livelihoods that have been adversely affected due to Covid-19 lockdown. Under the Scheme, …