Two important projects under Swadesh Darshan Scheme of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India were inaugurated at PTSO Lake in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.
These projects are
1) “Development of North East Circuits: Bhalukpong- Bomdila - Tawang Project &
2) Nafra- Seppa- Pappu, Pasa, Pakke Valleys- Sangdupota- New Sagalee- Ziro- Yomcha Project ”.
The project Development of Bhalukpong- Bomdila - Tawang was sanctioned by the Ministry of Tourism in March 2015 for Rs. 49.77 Crores. Under this project the Ministry has developed facilities like Accommodation, Cafeteria, wayside Amenities, last Mile Connectivity, Pathways, Toilets, Multipurpose Hall at Jang, Sorang Monastery, Lumpo, Zemithang, Bumla Pass, Gritsang TSO lake, PTSO Lake, Thingbu and Grenkha Hot Spring, Lumla, Sela Lake.
The project Development of Nafra- Seppa- Pappu, Pasa, Pakke Valleys- Sangdupota- New Sagalee- Ziro- Yomcha was sanctioned by the Ministry of Tourism in December 2015 for Rs. 97.14 Crores. The facilities developed under this project includes Helipad, Wayside amenities, trekking trails, Rafting Centre, Log Huts, craft bazaar, Eco Park, Tourist facilitation centres, parking, multipurpose Hall, festival ground etc.
The main objective is to provide cheaper loans to startups in the cooperative sector.
This scheme will be implemented by National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) by linking it to Rs 1000 crore ‘Cooperative Start-up and Innovation Fund (CSIF) created by it.
More incentives will be provided for cooperatives of North Eastern region, Aspirational Districts and cooperatives with women or SC or ST or PwD members.
The main aim is to increase the use of solar energy for helping farmers in irrigation.
It is a dug well based solar pump irrigation system in convergence mode.
The total cost of the scheme allocated by the state government is Rs. 27.18 crore in the 2018-19 financial year.
Under this scheme, 5,000 solar pumps will be provided to farmers at a subsidy of 90 percent to irrigate 2,500 acres of land.
The Chief Minister distributed four go-ahead orders for installation of solar pump to the farmers.
Arunachal Pradesh Agriculture Minister Dr.Mohesh Chai launched Chief Minister’s Sashakt Kisan Yojana (CMSKY) and the Chief Minister’s Krishi Samuh Yojana (CMKSY) schemes. The schemes are to support the farmers to increase production and their income.
The schemes are to fulfil the vision of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to double farmer's income by 2022.
The CMSKY would subsume three programmes:
♦ The CM's Employment Generation Scheme
♦ The CM's Agri-Mechanization Programme
♦ The CM's Flagship Programme on Tea and Rubber
Also, the State is planning to introduce more policies for the enhancement of the farmer's income.
The construction of a new railway line connecting Katghora-Mungeli-Kawardha-Dongargarh would accelerate the growth of the mineral-rich region and bring prosperity.
About Piyush Goyal
Piyush Ved Prakash Goyal is an Indian politician. He is the current minister of Railways, Coal and Corporate Affairs in the Government of India, He was elevated to Cabinet Minister position on 3 September 2017.
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) approved Reliance Health Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Capital, to begin operations.
It will commence operations by December 2018.
Odisha government launched its own food security scheme on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the scheme at four different districts through video conferencing from the State Secretariat, Bhubaneswar. This scheme will benefit 25 lakh people who were left out of the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
The beneficiaries will get 5 kg of rice per person per month at the rate of Rs.1 per kg. The State government will spend Rs.443.5 crore per annum to support the scheme and Rs. 221.75 crore in the current financial year. This move is after the refusal of the Centre to its request to add additional beneficiaries under the NFSA.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that the state has scored the first position in implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) by providing houses to 11 lakh poor families.
Further, in urban areas, this scheme has benefited over 4 lakh families.
The target of 11 million homes by 2022 under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) will be completed by the third quarter of 2019.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Pradhan Mantri-Jan Aarogya Yojana (PM-JAY), the mega healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat, from Ranchi, Jharkhand. Modi in his speech said that the scheme would be a “game changer” globally in health insurance.
PM-JAY is the world’s largest health scheme. It will cover around 50 crore people. The scheme will pilot in 106 districts in 14 states of the country. The scheme will be providing an annual coverage of Rs.5 lakh per family for nearly 1,350 diseases. The eligible people can avail the benefits of the scheme in government and listed private hospitals. There is no cap on family size and age to ensure that nobody is left out.
The Employee's State Insurance (ESI) has approved a scheme named ‘Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojna’ for unemployed Insured Persons (IP) covered under the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948.
This scheme is a relief payable in cash directly to their Bank Account in case of unemployment and while they search for new engagement.
Further, ESIC approved the proposal to increase the funeral expenses from existing Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 15,000 being paid on the death of Insured Person.
During World Ozone Day celebrations on September 17, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan released a draft India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) which lists out actions which can help reduce the cooling demand, thus helping in reducing emissions.
The minister also release a booklet on ‘Montreal Protocol – India’s Success Story’.
‘Keep Cool and Carry on’ : The Montreal Protocol is the theme of 24th World Ozone Day celebrations.
The two stars of the film 'Sui Dhaaga - Made in India', have been signed on to promote and endorse the Skill India Mission (SIM), chaired by the Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
Skill India Mission is led by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and aims to standardise vocational training.
The main objective is to provide clean drinking water across the state.
The Tankers providing water across the state will be cleaned periodically.
About Andhra Pradesh
Chief Minister: N Chandrababu Naidu.
Governor: E.S.L Narasimha.
Capital: Amaravati.
National Parks: Sri Venkateswara National Park, Rajiv Gandhi National Park, Papikonda National Park.
The central government had allocated about 100 crore rupees to develop this project to highlight tribal culture to the domestic and foreign tourists.
The circuit connects 13 tourism sites in Chhattisgarh - Jashpur, Kunkuri, Mainpat, Kamleshpur, Maheshpur, Kurdar, Sarodadadar, Gangrel, Kondagaon, Nathiya Nawagaon, Jagdalpur, Chitrakoot, and Tirthgarh.
Under the theme of the tribal circuit, close to Rs 400 crore has been sanctioned to the states of Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Nagaland.
PM Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina have launched three key projects:
♦ 15-km Akhaura-Agartala rail link which will be operational in next two years;
♦ rebuilding Kulaura-Shahbazpur section of Bangladesh Railways.
♦ The third project is the additional 500MW power supply from India to Bangladesh via Bheramara-Baharampur interconnection.
The child cancer will be treated under the Ayushman Bharat scheme and the rate in this regard is fixed.
According to the announcement made, 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres will be opened across India by 2022 under the scheme.
The centres will provide comprehensive health care for diseases like diabetes, cancer, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the continuation of the Centrally Sponsored Umbrella Scheme of Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (CSS-IDWH)beyond the 12th Plan period from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
The Scheme consists of Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger (CSS-PT), Development of Wildlife Habitats (CSS-DWH) and Project Elephant (CSS-PE).
Union textiles minister Smriti Irani inaugurated a 'digital village' in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
Under the digital village project, there would be 206 programmes available for the people including a Wi-Fi Chaupal, LED bulb manufacturing, a unit to make sanitary pads and PM digital literacy initiative.
The main aim of the government is to transfer financial and non-financial benefits of government schemes in a transparent manner.
The state government will also provide free Wifi facilities to as many as 5,000-gram panchayats to ensure that the state is well connected with the outside world.
In an effort to clean the river Ganga, Germany is providing a soft loan of euro 120 million (approx. Rs 990 crore) to India to strengthen sewage water treatment infrastructure in Uttarakhand.
The purpose of the project ‘Clean Ganga Mission’ is to reduce the inflow of untreated wastewater in River Ganga and, thus, to improve the water quality of the river.
The initiative also includes construction of 13 sewage pumping stations.
The facility is an add-on product to the existing MSE term loans offered by the bank.
The OD facility is offered to all MSEs with a turnover of Rs 50 lakh or more, at a competitive rate of interest.
It was released by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar, CEO Amitabh Kant and member Dr V K Saraswat in New Delhi.
The themes include Inventory and Revival of Springs in the Himalayas for Water Security, Sustainable Tourism, and Transformative Approach to Shifting Cultivation, Strengthening Skill and Entrepreneurship Landscape in the Himalayas.
Himalayan Tourism is growing annually at 6.8% has created a huge challenge related to solid waste, water, traffic, loss of bio-cultural diversity.
The launch of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) was recently rescheduled in the wake of seven-day national mourning declared after the demise of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
IPPB has permission to link around 17-crore postal savings bank (PSB) accounts with its account.
Union Ministry of Women and Child Development announced to observe September 2018 as the National Nutrition Month to mark the country’s fight against malnutrition.
The month-long intensive campaign will be undertaken with an aim of reaching every household with message of nutrition — ‘har ghar posha.
The Manipur Governor, Dr. Najma A. Heptulla inaugurated the project ‘Development of North East Circuit: Imphal & Khongjom’ implemented under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.
The project which covers two sites – Kangla Fort in Imphal and Khongjom was taken up at an estimated cost of Rs. 72,22,82607 under the Union Ministry of Tourism.
About 'Swadesh Darshan':
♦ 'Swadesh Darshan' (tour of country) is a flagship scheme of the Ministry of Tourism for the development of thematic circuits in the country in a planned and prioritised manner.
♦ The scheme was launched in 2014-15 and the ministry has so far sanctioned 70 projects at a cost of Rs 5,708.88 crore.
On the occasion of 72nd Independence Day, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launched Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) which provides annual cashless health coverage of Rs 5 lakh per beneficiary family per annum.
More than 70 lakh families will be benefited by the scheme.
Patnaik also handed over 'Uttam Jeevan Rakshya Padak' and 'Jeevan Rakshya Padak' to two children - Pankaj Kumar Mahanta and Mamata Dalai, respectively, for their act of bravery.
Mamata Dalai (6) was selected for the award after she fearlessly fought against a crocodile to save her sister Asantis life last year.
Similarly, Pankaj Mahanta (15) had displayed courage by diving into the Baitarani river and saved three women who were drowning in the river.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lifted the ceiling on annual family income for the beneficiaries of her government’s flagship women welfare scheme ‘Kanyashree’ that aims to ensure girls stay in school and delay their marriages till at least the age of 18.
Kanyashree was launched on October 1, 2013 to prevent early marriage of girl children of socio-economically disadvantaged families whose annual income is Rs 1,20,000 or less.
This Scheme received the United Nations Public Service Award last year.
Around 64 companies at 101 locations have been identified to enable collection of used cooking oil.
According to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI ), India has the potential to recover 220 crore litres of used cooking oil for the production of biodiesel by 2022 through co-ordinated action.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched a host of new Smart City projects in Delhi. The event took place at the Charkha Park in Connaught Place.
Besides launching the two projects to provide high speed connectivity in the city, the Union Home Minister also launched other projects under the Centre's Smart City initiative. These projects include--
♦ a solar tree,
♦ an ideation centre,
♦ smart poles,
♦ Amdedkar Vatika,
♦ two hi-tech nurseries,
♦ 50 LED interactive screens,
♦ four mechanical road sweepers,
♦ two litter picking machines and
♦ 10 auto tippers.
For the first time, Austria's capital Vienna has topped the Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Liveability Index for 2018, beating Australian city Melbourne, which had topped the list for the past seven years.
Osaka in Japan came third followed by Calgary in Canada while Sydney is fifth.
Syrian city Damascus was placed at the bottom of the list.
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari launched three short films for generating public awareness towards road safety.
Akshay Kumar featured in these films, which are directed by Shri R.Balki.
It is a mobility pitch competition that aims to provide budding entrepreneurs of India a unique opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a distinguished jury.
The main aim is to identify and incentivise the startups, which will help the Government realize its vision of Shared, Connected, Intermodal and Environment-Friendly Mobility for India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan (PMJAA) or Ayushman Bharat scheme will be launched on 25th September. The scheme aims to provide a healthcare cover of Rs.5 lakh per family per annum. The scheme is expected to benefit more than 10 crore poor families.
Ayushman Bharat:
♦ Ayushman Bharat is a government-sponsored healthcare scheme to provide healthcare cover of Rs 5 lakh to 10 crore poor families every year for secondary and tertiary hospitalisation
♦ The scheme will be applicable only to the poor who are from the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) database
♦ The benefits of the scheme are portable across the country
♦ The scheme also allows the poor people to benefit from cashless healthcare services from a public/private hospital
♦ Around 1 lakh ‘Ayushman Mitras’ will be set at the hospitals as part of the scheme to assist patients enrolled under the scheme
These projects are undertaken by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).
The inauguration was done by Union Minister Rajnath Singh
The projects include Smart Poles, Solar Tree, Ideation Centre, 50 LED interactive screens, Ambedkar Vatika and various other things.
The document 'Digital North East Vision 2022' emphasizes on digital technologies to transform the lives of people of the northeast and enhance the ease of living.
Our Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad released the document.
The Document identifies eight digital thrust areas - Digital Infrastructure, Digital services, Digital empowerment, Promotion of Electronics Manufacturing, Promotion of IT and ITES including BPOs, Digital Payments, Innovation & Startups, and Cybersecurity.
The main aim of the scheme to provide cashless healthcare facilities to beneficiaries at empanelled hospitals.
The scheme would be initially implemented on a pilot basis in one government hospital in each of the 22 districts, one ESI hospital and one medical college.
Under the scheme, families identified by the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) would be provided with coverage of Rs 5 lakh.
The government approved that the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) can be continued even beyond the 12th five year plan period. PMGSY was to establish rural road connectivity. It will be connecting 38,412 habitations at an estimated cost of Rs.84,934 crore. In this, the central government would share Rs.54,900 crore and the state would share Rs.30,034 crore.
According to PMGSY, 6,58,143 km road was planned to be completed. Against the target, 5,50,601 km road length was completed. Under, PMGSY-II, against the target length of 50,000 km, around 32,100 km road length has been sanctioned in 13 States.
PMGSY:
PMGSY was launched on December 25, 2000. The aim is to provide All-Weather road connectivity to the eligible unconnected habitations in rural areas of Country.
'Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds' (SWAYAM), aims to provide one integrated platform and portal for online courses.
This course covers all higher education subjects and skill sector courses.
The main objective is to ensure that every student in the country has access to the best quality higher education at the affordable cost.
The event will take place at the capital's Talkatora stadium.
The government is planning to utilize 650 branches as controlling offices for servicing and monitoring post offices.
These branches will be linked to IPPB by the end of this year.
There are 370 million different types of accounts at post offices, which will be linked to IPPB gradually.
Gopakumar was serving GIC Housing Finance Ltd as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.
United India Insurance Company (wholly owned by the Government of India) is the 2nd Largest General Insurance company with a premium of Rs.16000+ Crore in India.
The Gross Domestic Premium for the Financial Year 2017-18 is above Rs.17300 crores.
Around 99 prioritized irrigation projects are signed under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY).
The funding is done through the Long Term Irrigation Fund (LTIF).
The revised MoA will enable the Ministry of Water Resources to release Central Assistance to prioritize projects under PMKSY as per the requirements from time to time.
During the second phase of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), central assistance is provided for opening of new Model Degree Colleges (MDCs) in ‘Aspirational Districts’ identified by NITI Aayog and in unserved & underserved districts in North Eastern and Himalayan States.
These districts have been selected on the basis of the composite index which includes published data of deprivation enumerated under Socio-Economic Caste Census, Health & Nutrition, Education and Basic Infrastructure.
Startup India is a unique mentorship opportunity between academic scholars and startups to fulfill the Indian Government’s mission and to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship in the country.
The main aim is to build bridge between the academia and industry to implement the third pillar on which the Startup India Action Plan is based - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Incubation.
Around 122 new research projects of 112 crore rupees under its Impacting Research Innovation and Technology ‘IMPRINT-2’ scheme are approved.
IMPRINT - 2 is a government initiative to address the major science and engineering challenges that India must address and champion to enable, empower and embolden the nation for inclusive growth and self-reliance.
The Mughalsarai station got a new name after Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik.
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Amit Shah inaugurated the renamed station.
It is located on the main Howrah-Delhi Grand Chord line.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched ‘Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojana’, a scheme for the girl child. The scheme will provide Rs.54,100 for a girl child from her birth until she graduates.
This is to express the State government’s resolve for the empowerment of women. The ‘scheme will be run by three departments namely education, health and social welfare.
The Chief Minister also said that the amount under the ‘Bicycle Yojna’ will be increased from Rs.2500 to Rs.3000.
Under the scheme, an allowance of Rs 1000 per month will be provided to unemployed youth in the state.
About 12 lakh youths in the age group of 22-35 years will get the benefit of the scheme.
Andhra Pradesh CM - Chandrababu Naidu
Delhi emerged the most-attractive state for investors on the top position on the National Council for Applied and Economic Research (NCAER)’s 2018 State Investment Potential Index.
In the overall rankings, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, and Kerala emerged the most attractive States to do business, while Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, and Bihar were at the bottom.
In Haryana, water projects will supply water for 256 villages and 72 hamlets.
The state government has sent three more project proposals costing Rs 236.85 crores
About NABARD
Full form: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
Head Quarters: Mumbai
Founded on: 12 July 1982.
Chairman- Harsh Kumar Bhanwala.
The Startup India Yatra launched in Raipur, the capital city of Chattisgarh.
Startup India is a flagship initiative of the Government of India.
Aim:- To promote job creation in tier 2 and tier 3 towns and cities.
Main pillars of the program are
Simplification and Hand Holding
Funding Support and Incentives
Industry Academia Partnership and incubation
The main objective is to provide cheaper loans to startups in the cooperative sector. This scheme will be implemented by National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) by linking it to Rs 1000 crore ‘Cooperative Start-up and Innovation Fund (CSIF) created by it. More incentives will be provided for cooperatives of North Eastern region, Aspirational Districts and cooperatives with women or SC or ST or PwD members.
The main aim is to increase the use of solar energy for helping farmers in irrigation. It is a dug well based solar pump irrigation system in convergence mode. The total cost of the scheme allocated by the state government is Rs. 27.18 crore in the 2018-19 financial year. Under this scheme, 5,000 solar pumps will be provided to farmers at a subsidy of 90 percent to irrigate 2,500 acres of land. The Chief Minister distributed four go-ahead orders for installation of solar pump to the farmers.
Arunachal Pradesh Agriculture Minister Dr.Mohesh Chai launched Chief Minister’s Sashakt Kisan Yojana (CMSKY) and the Chief Minister’s Krishi Samuh Yojana (CMKSY) schemes. The schemes are to support the farmers to increase production and their income. The schemes are to fulfil the vision of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to double farmer's income by 2022. The CMSKY would subsume three programmes: ♦ The CM's Employment Generation Scheme ♦ The CM's Agri-Mechanization Programme ♦ The CM's Flagship Programme on Tea and Rubber Also, the State is planning to introduce more policies for the enhancement of the farmer's income.
The construction of a new railway line connecting Katghora-Mungeli-Kawardha-Dongargarh would accelerate the growth of the mineral-rich region and bring prosperity. About Piyush Goyal Piyush Ved Prakash Goyal is an Indian politician. He is the current minister of Railways, Coal and Corporate Affairs in the Government of India, He was elevated to Cabinet Minister position on 3 September 2017.
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) approved Reliance Health Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Capital, to begin operations. It will commence operations by December 2018.
Odisha government launched its own food security scheme on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the scheme at four different districts through video conferencing from the State Secretariat, Bhubaneswar. This scheme will benefit 25 lakh people who were left out of the National Food Security Act (NFSA). The beneficiaries will get 5 kg of rice per person per month at the rate of Rs.1 per kg. The State government will spend Rs.443.5 crore per annum to support the scheme and Rs. 221.75 crore in the current financial year. This move is after the refusal of the Centre to its request to add additional beneficiaries under the NFSA.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that the state has scored the first position in implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) by providing houses to 11 lakh poor families. Further, in urban areas, this scheme has benefited over 4 lakh families. The target of 11 million homes by 2022 under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) will be completed by the third quarter of 2019.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Pradhan Mantri-Jan Aarogya Yojana (PM-JAY), the mega healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat, from Ranchi, Jharkhand. Modi in his speech said that the scheme would be a “game changer” globally in health insurance. PM-JAY is the world’s largest health scheme. It will cover around 50 crore people. The scheme will pilot in 106 districts in 14 states of the country. The scheme will be providing an annual coverage of Rs.5 lakh per family for nearly 1,350 diseases. The eligible people can avail the benefits of the scheme in government and listed private hospitals. There is no cap on family size and age to ensure that nobody is left out.
The Employee's State Insurance (ESI) has approved a scheme named ‘Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojna’ for unemployed Insured Persons (IP) covered under the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948. This scheme is a relief payable in cash directly to their Bank Account in case of unemployment and while they search for new engagement. Further, ESIC approved the proposal to increase the funeral expenses from existing Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 15,000 being paid on the death of Insured Person.
During World Ozone Day celebrations on September 17, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan released a draft India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) which lists out actions which can help reduce the cooling demand, thus helping in reducing emissions. The minister also release a booklet on ‘Montreal Protocol – India’s Success Story’. ‘Keep Cool and Carry on’ : The Montreal Protocol is the theme of 24th World Ozone Day celebrations.
The two stars of the film 'Sui Dhaaga - Made in India', have been signed on to promote and endorse the Skill India Mission (SIM), chaired by the Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Skill India Mission is led by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and aims to standardise vocational training.
The main objective is to provide clean drinking water across the state. The Tankers providing water across the state will be cleaned periodically. About Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister: N Chandrababu Naidu. Governor: E.S.L Narasimha. Capital: Amaravati. National Parks: Sri Venkateswara National Park, Rajiv Gandhi National Park, Papikonda National Park.
The central government had allocated about 100 crore rupees to develop this project to highlight tribal culture to the domestic and foreign tourists. The circuit connects 13 tourism sites in Chhattisgarh - Jashpur, Kunkuri, Mainpat, Kamleshpur, Maheshpur, Kurdar, Sarodadadar, Gangrel, Kondagaon, Nathiya Nawagaon, Jagdalpur, Chitrakoot, and Tirthgarh. Under the theme of the tribal circuit, close to Rs 400 crore has been sanctioned to the states of Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Nagaland.
PM Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina have launched three key projects: ♦ 15-km Akhaura-Agartala rail link which will be operational in next two years; ♦ rebuilding Kulaura-Shahbazpur section of Bangladesh Railways. ♦ The third project is the additional 500MW power supply from India to Bangladesh via Bheramara-Baharampur interconnection.
The child cancer will be treated under the Ayushman Bharat scheme and the rate in this regard is fixed. According to the announcement made, 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres will be opened across India by 2022 under the scheme. The centres will provide comprehensive health care for diseases like diabetes, cancer, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the continuation of the Centrally Sponsored Umbrella Scheme of Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (CSS-IDWH)beyond the 12th Plan period from 2017-18 to 2019-20. The Scheme consists of Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger (CSS-PT), Development of Wildlife Habitats (CSS-DWH) and Project Elephant (CSS-PE).
Union textiles minister Smriti Irani inaugurated a 'digital village' in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Rahul Gandhi. Under the digital village project, there would be 206 programmes available for the people including a Wi-Fi Chaupal, LED bulb manufacturing, a unit to make sanitary pads and PM digital literacy initiative.
The main aim of the government is to transfer financial and non-financial benefits of government schemes in a transparent manner. The state government will also provide free Wifi facilities to as many as 5,000-gram panchayats to ensure that the state is well connected with the outside world.
In an effort to clean the river Ganga, Germany is providing a soft loan of euro 120 million (approx. Rs 990 crore) to India to strengthen sewage water treatment infrastructure in Uttarakhand. The purpose of the project ‘Clean Ganga Mission’ is to reduce the inflow of untreated wastewater in River Ganga and, thus, to improve the water quality of the river. The initiative also includes construction of 13 sewage pumping stations.
The facility is an add-on product to the existing MSE term loans offered by the bank. The OD facility is offered to all MSEs with a turnover of Rs 50 lakh or more, at a competitive rate of interest.
It was released by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar, CEO Amitabh Kant and member Dr V K Saraswat in New Delhi. The themes include Inventory and Revival of Springs in the Himalayas for Water Security, Sustainable Tourism, and Transformative Approach to Shifting Cultivation, Strengthening Skill and Entrepreneurship Landscape in the Himalayas. Himalayan Tourism is growing annually at 6.8% has created a huge challenge related to solid waste, water, traffic, loss of bio-cultural diversity.
The launch of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) was recently rescheduled in the wake of seven-day national mourning declared after the demise of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. IPPB has permission to link around 17-crore postal savings bank (PSB) accounts with its account.
Union Ministry of Women and Child Development announced to observe September 2018 as the National Nutrition Month to mark the country’s fight against malnutrition. The month-long intensive campaign will be undertaken with an aim of reaching every household with message of nutrition — ‘har ghar posha.
The Manipur Governor, Dr. Najma A. Heptulla inaugurated the project ‘Development of North East Circuit: Imphal & Khongjom’ implemented under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. The project which covers two sites – Kangla Fort in Imphal and Khongjom was taken up at an estimated cost of Rs. 72,22,82607 under the Union Ministry of Tourism. About 'Swadesh Darshan': ♦ 'Swadesh Darshan' (tour of country) is a flagship scheme of the Ministry of Tourism for the development of thematic circuits in the country in a planned and prioritised manner. ♦ The scheme was launched in 2014-15 and the ministry has so far sanctioned 70 projects at a cost of Rs 5,708.88 crore.
On the occasion of 72nd Independence Day, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launched Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) which provides annual cashless health coverage of Rs 5 lakh per beneficiary family per annum. More than 70 lakh families will be benefited by the scheme. Patnaik also handed over 'Uttam Jeevan Rakshya Padak' and 'Jeevan Rakshya Padak' to two children - Pankaj Kumar Mahanta and Mamata Dalai, respectively, for their act of bravery. Mamata Dalai (6) was selected for the award after she fearlessly fought against a crocodile to save her sister Asantis life last year. Similarly, Pankaj Mahanta (15) had displayed courage by diving into the Baitarani river and saved three women who were drowning in the river.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lifted the ceiling on annual family income for the beneficiaries of her government’s flagship women welfare scheme ‘Kanyashree’ that aims to ensure girls stay in school and delay their marriages till at least the age of 18. Kanyashree was launched on October 1, 2013 to prevent early marriage of girl children of socio-economically disadvantaged families whose annual income is Rs 1,20,000 or less. This Scheme received the United Nations Public Service Award last year.
Around 64 companies at 101 locations have been identified to enable collection of used cooking oil. According to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI ), India has the potential to recover 220 crore litres of used cooking oil for the production of biodiesel by 2022 through co-ordinated action.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched a host of new Smart City projects in Delhi. The event took place at the Charkha Park in Connaught Place. Besides launching the two projects to provide high speed connectivity in the city, the Union Home Minister also launched other projects under the Centre's Smart City initiative. These projects include-- ♦ a solar tree, ♦ an ideation centre, ♦ smart poles, ♦ Amdedkar Vatika, ♦ two hi-tech nurseries, ♦ 50 LED interactive screens, ♦ four mechanical road sweepers, ♦ two litter picking machines and ♦ 10 auto tippers.
For the first time, Austria's capital Vienna has topped the Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Liveability Index for 2018, beating Australian city Melbourne, which had topped the list for the past seven years. Osaka in Japan came third followed by Calgary in Canada while Sydney is fifth. Syrian city Damascus was placed at the bottom of the list.
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari launched three short films for generating public awareness towards road safety. Akshay Kumar featured in these films, which are directed by Shri R.Balki.
It is a mobility pitch competition that aims to provide budding entrepreneurs of India a unique opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a distinguished jury. The main aim is to identify and incentivise the startups, which will help the Government realize its vision of Shared, Connected, Intermodal and Environment-Friendly Mobility for India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan (PMJAA) or Ayushman Bharat scheme will be launched on 25th September. The scheme aims to provide a healthcare cover of Rs.5 lakh per family per annum. The scheme is expected to benefit more than 10 crore poor families. Ayushman Bharat: ♦ Ayushman Bharat is a government-sponsored healthcare scheme to provide healthcare cover of Rs 5 lakh to 10 crore poor families every year for secondary and tertiary hospitalisation ♦ The scheme will be applicable only to the poor who are from the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) database ♦ The benefits of the scheme are portable across the country ♦ The scheme also allows the poor people to benefit from cashless healthcare services from a public/private hospital ♦ Around 1 lakh ‘Ayushman Mitras’ will be set at the hospitals as part of the scheme to assist patients enrolled under the scheme
These projects are undertaken by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). The inauguration was done by Union Minister Rajnath Singh The projects include Smart Poles, Solar Tree, Ideation Centre, 50 LED interactive screens, Ambedkar Vatika and various other things.
The document 'Digital North East Vision 2022' emphasizes on digital technologies to transform the lives of people of the northeast and enhance the ease of living. Our Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad released the document. The Document identifies eight digital thrust areas - Digital Infrastructure, Digital services, Digital empowerment, Promotion of Electronics Manufacturing, Promotion of IT and ITES including BPOs, Digital Payments, Innovation & Startups, and Cybersecurity.
The main aim of the scheme to provide cashless healthcare facilities to beneficiaries at empanelled hospitals. The scheme would be initially implemented on a pilot basis in one government hospital in each of the 22 districts, one ESI hospital and one medical college. Under the scheme, families identified by the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) would be provided with coverage of Rs 5 lakh.
The government approved that the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) can be continued even beyond the 12th five year plan period. PMGSY was to establish rural road connectivity. It will be connecting 38,412 habitations at an estimated cost of Rs.84,934 crore. In this, the central government would share Rs.54,900 crore and the state would share Rs.30,034 crore. According to PMGSY, 6,58,143 km road was planned to be completed. Against the target, 5,50,601 km road length was completed. Under, PMGSY-II, against the target length of 50,000 km, around 32,100 km road length has been sanctioned in 13 States. PMGSY: PMGSY was launched on December 25, 2000. The aim is to provide All-Weather road connectivity to the eligible unconnected habitations in rural areas of Country.
'Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds' (SWAYAM), aims to provide one integrated platform and portal for online courses. This course covers all higher education subjects and skill sector courses. The main objective is to ensure that every student in the country has access to the best quality higher education at the affordable cost.
The event will take place at the capital's Talkatora stadium. The government is planning to utilize 650 branches as controlling offices for servicing and monitoring post offices. These branches will be linked to IPPB by the end of this year. There are 370 million different types of accounts at post offices, which will be linked to IPPB gradually.
Gopakumar was serving GIC Housing Finance Ltd as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. United India Insurance Company (wholly owned by the Government of India) is the 2nd Largest General Insurance company with a premium of Rs.16000+ Crore in India. The Gross Domestic Premium for the Financial Year 2017-18 is above Rs.17300 crores.
Around 99 prioritized irrigation projects are signed under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY). The funding is done through the Long Term Irrigation Fund (LTIF). The revised MoA will enable the Ministry of Water Resources to release Central Assistance to prioritize projects under PMKSY as per the requirements from time to time.
During the second phase of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), central assistance is provided for opening of new Model Degree Colleges (MDCs) in ‘Aspirational Districts’ identified by NITI Aayog and in unserved & underserved districts in North Eastern and Himalayan States. These districts have been selected on the basis of the composite index which includes published data of deprivation enumerated under Socio-Economic Caste Census, Health & Nutrition, Education and Basic Infrastructure.
Startup India is a unique mentorship opportunity between academic scholars and startups to fulfill the Indian Government’s mission and to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship in the country. The main aim is to build bridge between the academia and industry to implement the third pillar on which the Startup India Action Plan is based - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Incubation.
Around 122 new research projects of 112 crore rupees under its Impacting Research Innovation and Technology ‘IMPRINT-2’ scheme are approved. IMPRINT - 2 is a government initiative to address the major science and engineering challenges that India must address and champion to enable, empower and embolden the nation for inclusive growth and self-reliance.
The Mughalsarai station got a new name after Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik. Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Amit Shah inaugurated the renamed station. It is located on the main Howrah-Delhi Grand Chord line.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched ‘Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojana’, a scheme for the girl child. The scheme will provide Rs.54,100 for a girl child from her birth until she graduates. This is to express the State government’s resolve for the empowerment of women. The ‘scheme will be run by three departments namely education, health and social welfare. The Chief Minister also said that the amount under the ‘Bicycle Yojna’ will be increased from Rs.2500 to Rs.3000.
Under the scheme, an allowance of Rs 1000 per month will be provided to unemployed youth in the state. About 12 lakh youths in the age group of 22-35 years will get the benefit of the scheme. Andhra Pradesh CM - Chandrababu Naidu
Delhi emerged the most-attractive state for investors on the top position on the National Council for Applied and Economic Research (NCAER)’s 2018 State Investment Potential Index. In the overall rankings, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, and Kerala emerged the most attractive States to do business, while Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, and Bihar were at the bottom.
In Haryana, water projects will supply water for 256 villages and 72 hamlets. The state government has sent three more project proposals costing Rs 236.85 crores About NABARD Full form: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Head Quarters: Mumbai Founded on: 12 July 1982. Chairman- Harsh Kumar Bhanwala.
The Startup India Yatra launched in Raipur, the capital city of Chattisgarh. Startup India is a flagship initiative of the Government of India. Aim:- To promote job creation in tier 2 and tier 3 towns and cities. Main pillars of the program are Simplification and Hand Holding Funding Support and Incentives Industry Academia Partnership and incubation
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