About the programme Mission Karmayogi is a nationwide programme to lay the foundation for capacity building of civil servants. It will help the officers to learn about the best practices across the world. Officially called the “National Programme for Civil …
About the project Last year, the Government of India launched the “PM GatiShakti — National Master Plan” for infrastructure development aimed at boosting multimodal connectivity and driving down logistics costs. PM GatiShakti is a digital platform that connects 16 ministries …
About InvITs Infrastructure and real estate are the two most critical sectors in any developing economy. A well-developed infrastructural set-up propels the overall development of a country. It also facilitates a steady inflow of private and foreign investments, and thereby …
About Co-operative banks Co-operative banks are financial entities established on a co-operative basis and belonging to their members. This means that the customers of a co-operative bank are also its owners. These banks provide a wide range of regular banking …
About the Scheme Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme is a tri-ministerial initiative of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Human Resource which focuses on awareness and advocacy campaign for changing mind-sets, multi-sectoral action, enabling …
About the scheme POSHAN Abhiyaan (also known as National Nutrition Mission) is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development that aims to improve nutrition amongst children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. Launched in 2018, it is …
Context The Constitution of India recognises the special status of tribal people as ‘the Scheduled Tribes’ and provides safeguards to protect their rights and culture. However, despite a large number of schemes and programmes, the 104 million (as per Census …
What’s in the news? The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has established the Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States (Tele-MANAS) initiative. Tele-MANAS aims to provide free tele-mental health services all over the country round the clock, particularly …
Context The Government of India’s planned approach expedited the overall development of the Scheduled Tribes (ST) of the country, identified the problems and designed the ways and means to overcome the problems through various social, economic and political initiatives. Development …