Category: Centre Govt Schemes

Union Minister Jitendra Singh starts ‘COVID BEEP’ app for COVID-affected patients

June 9, 2020

• 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.

Power Minister starts the ‘#iCommit’ initiative on World Environment Day

June 7, 2020

• 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.

Govt starts “TULIP” portal to provide internships to graduates, engineers

June 5, 2020

• 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.

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar started the “Nagar Van” scheme

June 5, 2020

• Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar started the “Nagar Van” scheme. The scheme was released to mark Environment Day.
• Aim: The scheme stresses on urban forestry. Under the scheme, around 200 urban forests are to be promoted all over the country in the next five years.

Govt starts SWADES scheme for jobs opportunities to returning Indians from abroad

June 4, 2020

• 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.

Govt. Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) campaign started for 1.5 crore dairy farmers

June 4, 2020

• 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.

Centre started three new schemes to support electronics manufacturing in India

June 3, 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.

Center begins scheme “PM SVANIDHI” for street vendors to get loans of up to ₹10,000

June 2, 2020

• 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.

LIC begins “PM Vaya Vandana Yojana” for senior citizens

May 27, 2020

• Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has declared the start of modified Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana, a social security scheme for senior citizens.

Webinar on “Van Dhan Scheme: Learnings for post-COVID-19”

May 27, 2020

• 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.