Niti Aayog in association with Piramal Foundation — the philanthropic arm of the Piramal Group — on 5th May began a campaign ”Surakshit Dada-Dadi and Nana-Nani Abhiyan” focused on ensuring the wellbeing of senior citizens
Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati(IIIT-Guwahati) recently arranged a Poster Making Competition under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) Campaign.
The Ministry for Human Resource Development (HRD) is the nodal ministry for the EBSB campaign which is gone along with various other partner ministries and states.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on 14th May declared “Atmanirbhar Gujarat Sahay Yojana” wherein the urban and district cooperative banks and credit societies in the state will give Rs 5,000 crore as loans to small entrepreneurs and businessmen here at an interest rate of two percent.
“Charan Paduka” campaign has been begun by theMadhya Pradesh for the migrant laborers moving through the state. Under this campaign, shoes and slippers will be given to those laborers going barefoot in order to lessen their pain.
“Didi Vehicle Service” has been begun by the women of Rural Livelihood Mission in the tribal-dominated Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh for rural women for the safe delivery, hence giving to be a lifeline for pregnant rural women in tribal areas.
A Webinar under Know Your Scheme-Lecture Series on “Van Dhan Yojana: Learning For Post Covid-19” was launched by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Rajasthan in agreement with Trifed, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has declared the start of modified Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana, a social security scheme for senior citizens.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on 1st June released PM Svanidhi, or Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi scheme, which is a unique micro-credit facility plan to give an affordable loan of up to ₹10,000 to more than 50 lakh street vendors, who had their businesses operational on or before 24 March.
Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan has declared that Kerala Fibre Optic Network Project (K-FON) project of Rs. 1,500 crore that will give free internet access to the poor will roll out by December 2020.
Central Government on 2nd June has declared three schemes worth Rs 50,000 crore. The schemes are Production Linked Incentive Scheme, Component Manufacturing Scheme, and Modified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters Scheme – will be executed from June 2 for the growth of the electronics manufacturing sector in India.
The Government will give Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to 1.5 crore dairy farmers relating to Milk Unions and Milk producing Companies within the succeeding two months (1st June-31st July 2020) under a exceptional drive.
The government has started a new scheme SWADES (Skilled Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support) to carry out a skill mapping exercise and present employment opportunities to the returning citizens under the Vande Bharat Mission.
Union human resource development (HRD) minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and minister of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) Hardeep Singh Puri on 4th June together initiated The Urban Learning Internship Programme (TULIP) to give internship opportunities to thousands of fresh graduates and engineers of the county under the ‘Smart City’ projects.
Shri R. K. Singh, the Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, started the ‘#iCommit’ campaign, on the occasion of World Environment Day. The initiative is a clarion call to all stakeholders and individuals to keep moving towards energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability to make a robust and resilient energy system in the future.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on June 7, released the ‘COVID BEEP’ app, the country’s first indigenous wireless physiological parameters monitoring system promoted for COVID-19 affected patients.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradeshbegan Street Vendor Registration Portal http://www.mpurban.gov.in/and “Mukhyamantri Shahri Path Vyavasayi Utthan Yojana” and transferred Rs 300 crore to the urban local bodies.
The government of India signed ₹1,280 Crore for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in the State in 2020-21. Madhya Pradesh has prepared to have 100% Functional Household Tap Water Connection (FHTC) by 2023-24.
A plan of Rs 1,01,500 crore has been presented under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the present financial year 2020-2021.
For the financial year 2020-21, a total of Rs 31,493 crore has already been released which is more than 50 percent of the budget calculation of the current Financial Year.