Context: India’s poor AOI is a stark reminder of the need to attain a key sustainable development goal of higher agri-growth Issues with current budgetary allocation for agriculture Marginally increased agriculture budgetary allocation by 4.4% is lower than the current …
What’s in the news? The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched the ‘Samajik Adhikarita Shivir’ initiative for distribution of aids and assistive devices to ‘Divyangjan’. A total of 5286 aids and assistive devices valued at Rs. 2.33 crore …
What’s in the news? The government is set to launch the Central Sector Scheme “SMILE- Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise”. The umbrella scheme is designed to provide welfare measures to the Transgender community and the people engaged …
What’s in the news? Anganwadi Services is one of the flagship programmes of the Government of India providing early childhood care and development of the beneficiaries i.e children in the age group of 0-6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers …
About Nirbhaya Fund Framework Nirbhaya Fund is a dedicated fund set up by the Government of India in 2013 which can be utilized for projects specifically designed to improve the safety and security of women. It is a non-lapsable corpus …
What is it? It is an initiative spearheaded by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) in collaboration with ISRO, DRDO, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the Indian Navy. …
PDS in India Under the National Food Security Act, 2013, about 81 crore persons are entitled to buy subsidized foodgrain — rice at Rs 3/kg, wheat at Rs 2/kg, and coarse grains at Re 1/kg — from their designated Fair …
About PMKSY The Ministry of Food Processing Industries has been implementing the Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY) since 2017. SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) is a comprehensive package which aims to create modern infrastructure …
What’s in the news? Railway Protection Force has launched a nationwide operation to curb human trafficking. As part of “Operation AAHT”, special teams will be deployed on all long-distance trains/routes with focus on rescuing victims, particularly women and children, from …