Through Implementation Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G), overarching goal of rural housing is to be achieved by 2022. The scheme envisages provision of financial assistance for construction of pucca house to all houseless and households living in incomplete dilapidated houses. Under the visionary approach, government of India has taken upon itself the onerous task of making availabl...
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National SC/ST Hub Scheme
National SC/ST Hub scheme under the Ministry of Medium and Small Enterprises - MSME- has been launched with an objective to promote the SC/ST entrepreneurs. It may be recalled that the announcement with regard to National SC/ST Hub scheme was made in the budget speech of 2016-17, in order to empower the Dalits and the downtrodden communities in the country so that a culture of entrepreneurship can be cultivated ...
Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojana Cashback Award Scheme for Merchants
The era of playing fraud with the system came to a sudden halt when the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his historic announcement of November 8, 2016, declared the high values currency as null and void. The declaration came as shock to those who took the laws, rules and regulations for granted; but the honest citizens across the length and breadth of the country celebrated the unshackling of the system from sco...
Comprehensive & Futuristic National Health Policy
National Health Policy 2017, recently cleared by the centre is, “comprehensive & futuristic, placing the interests of the citizens first & foremost and marks a historic moment in our Endeavour to create a healthy India where everyone has access to quality healthcare”, in the words of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Integrated Transport & Logistics Policy to Reduce Costs & Congestion
Government of India is formulating an Integrated Transport and Logistics Policy aimed at transforming India’s logistics from a point-to-point model to a hub-and-spoke model to achieve reduction in logistics costs by nearly half and reduce congestion on the highways. Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport Highways & Shipping, speaking at a curtain-rais...
Accurate Targeting of Beneficiaries, Curbing Pilferage & Duplication under DBT Benefitted Government
DBT or Direct Benefit Transfer Mechanism started under UPA on 1 January, 2013 on pilot basis and subsequently effectively implemented under present NDA regime of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took off in a major way after the commencement of LPG Subsidy Scheme through this and has saved nearly one year of total subsidy payout by the government in the last three years u...
Smart Cities Mission to provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment
Significant transformations in geographical distribution of population will continue to be experienced during the coming decades as it has undergone in the past fifty years and urbanization has been one of the major movements in the last century. These transformations have driven economic development. Migration from rural to urban areas has played a key role in the rapid growth of...
Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is National Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure access to financial services, namely, Banking/ Savings and Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pension in an affordable manner. The objective of the scheme is to provide universal access to banking facilities with at least one basic banking account for every household.
Skill India
Skill India campaign of the Government of India, launched on July 15, 2015; aims to train over 500 million youth in various skills in the country by 2020. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship through this Skill India campaign envisions meeting the challenge of paucity of highly trained workforce and un-employability of large sections of conventionally educated youth, who possess li...
Namami Gange
Namami Gange is an Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission for development and rejuvenation of river Ganga with an aim to clean Ganga and its tributaries in a comprehensive manner.It also aims to set up various biodiversity centres, crematoria and modernize of Ghats along the banks of river Ganga, that include developments of Ghats and beautification of River Fronts at Kedarnath, Haridwar, Kanpur, Varanasi, Allaha...