NTPC Bongaigaon has partnered with the District Administration of Kokrajhar, Assam, in a major campaign to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts. This collaboration is aligned with the national goal of a TB-free India by 2025, as envisioned by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). A Memorandum … Continue reading NTPC Bongaigaon TB campaign
Aliva initiative
Nayagarh, a small district in Odisha has adopted a unique initiative to eradicate child marriage by recording information on all adolescent girls in the district. The District administration launched the Aliva programme in January this year. Under the programme, Anganwadi workers had been asked to identify every adolescent girl in their jurisdiction and keep tabs … Continue reading Aliva initiative
polio immunisation (20 Sept)
In India, vaccination against polio started in around 1972 with Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). By 1999, it covered around 60% of infants, giving three doses of OPV to each. In 1985, the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) was launched to cover all the districts of the country. Steps taken by the Government to maintain polio free … Continue reading polio immunisation (20 Sept)
SWAYAM
About SWAYAM SWAYAM is a programme initiated by Government of India and designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality. The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. SWAYAM seeks to bridge the digital divide for students … Continue reading SWAYAM
Jigyaasa 2.0
Ministry of S&T recently organized Jigyasa 2.0 for the renewable fuel program About Jigyasa Jigyasa, a student-scientist connect programme by CSIR in collaboration with Kendriya Vidyalaya and is aimed at connecting school students and scientists so as to extend students’ classroom learning with that of a very well-planned research laboratory-based learning. It would inculcate the culture of inquisitiveness on one hand and scientific temper on the other, amongst the … Continue reading Jigyaasa 2.0
Cri Mac portal
At least seven States and one Union Territory have given a cold shoulder to the Centre’s online platform meant to share information and coordinate action among law enforcement agencies on serious criminal incidents, including human trafficking, data show. The Crime Multi Agency Centre (Cri-MAC) was launched in 2020 by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) … Continue reading Cri Mac portal
Parekh
The Union government is planning to set up a national regulator PAREKH for achieving a benchmark framework to assess students at the secondary and higher secondary level. What is PAREKH? Full-Form: PAREKH stands for Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development. It will act as a constituent unit of the NCERT. Mandate: It will be … Continue reading Parekh
One nation one ombudsman
‘One Nation One Ombudsman’Launched in 2021 as an integrated consumer grievance redressal mechanism for addressing service deficiencies in banking, NBFCs and digital payment systems.To make the alternate dispute redressal mechanism simpler and more responsive to the customers of regulated entities.Under this,18 lakh complaints were received during 2021-22 and as many as 97.9 per cent of … Continue reading One nation one ombudsman
Project Sampoorna
With the objective of ending malnutrition in the state of Assam, the Union government is coming up with an innovative yet unique project that will address the prevailing issue of malnutrition in children. The initiative named as ‘Project Sampoorna’ will be set up in Assam’s Bongaigaon district under which the mother of a healthy child … Continue reading Project Sampoorna
Fuel station run by prisoners
Karnataka prisoners to manage fuel stations soonThe Karnataka state prisons department is planning to start fuel stations to be run and managed by prisoners. These stations will be started at selective places which are close to prisons and can be easily monitored by the department staff. This initiative is in line with reform and rehabilitation … Continue reading Fuel station run by prisoners
Project Arohan
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PEN PLUS strategy
Africa has adopted the PEN-PLUS strategy to boost access to the diagnosis, treatment and care of severe non-communicable diseases (NCD). What is the PEN-PLUS Strategy? Adopted by: Africa Purpose: To address severe Non-Communicable Diseases at First-Level Referral Health Facilities. Aim: To bridge the access gap in the treatment and care of patients with chronic and severe NCDs. Features: The … Continue reading PEN PLUS strategy
Mission Basundhara
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e Shram portal
e-SHRAM Portal SC has directed states to register unorganized workers on the portal within 6 weeks. About E-Shram portal was one of the key initiatives aimed at bringing the workforce (creating a national database), particularly the unorganised sector, into the ambit of social security.Currently, about 28 crore workers from nearly 400 fields have been registered … Continue reading e Shram portal
Nikshay Poshan
Only two-thirds of people living with tuberculosis benefitted from the Nikshay Poshan Yojana scheme in 2021. What is the Nikshay Poshan Yojana? Launched in: 2018 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Under the scheme, every TB patient in India, seeking treatment in both government and private sector hospitals is eligible for a direct benefit … Continue reading Nikshay Poshan
One nation one fertilizer
The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has decided to implement One Nation One Fertiliser by introducing a “Single Brand for Fertilizers and Logo” under the fertilizer subsidy scheme named “Pradhanmantri Bhartiya Janurvarak Pariyojna”(PMBJP). What is the “One Nation One Fertiliser” scheme?Under the scheme, all fertiliser companies in the country have to sell their products under … Continue reading One nation one fertilizer
Mission Bhoomiputra
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ANPR
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is planning to replace toll plazas with cameras that could read number plates, also known as Automatic Number Plate Reader (ANPR) cameras. About the new model- The plan is to remove toll plazas on national highways and instead rely on ANPR cameras, which will read vehicle number plates and automatically … Continue reading ANPR
Gopal Ratna award
National Gopal Ratna Awards -2022 Gopal Ratna Award is one of the highest National Award in the field of livestock and dairy sector. Given by: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and DairyingObjective: to encourage all individuals and Dairy cooperative societies / Milk Producer Company / Dairy farmers Producers Organizations working … Continue reading Gopal Ratna award
MCA 21
MCA21 version-3.0 is a technology-driven forward-looking project, envisioned to strengthen enforcement, promote Ease of Doing Business and enhance user experience. What is the MCA21? MCA21 is an e-Governance initiative of Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) that enables an easy and secure access of the MCA services to the corporate entities, professionals and citizens of India. … Continue reading MCA 21
Education township
UP government to build India’s first education township The Uttar Pradesh government is planning to build an education township in the state. As per the Yogi Adityanath government, the education township will be developed on the idea of ‘Single Entry, Multiple Exit’. The move will provide high-quality education to the youth and equip them with … Continue reading Education township
Kerala Savari
Kerala has soft launched ‘Kerala Savari’, the country’s first online taxi service owned by a State government. What is Kerala Savari?It is an online taxi service launched by the Kerala government. Aim: To ensure fair and decent service to passengers along with fair remuneration to auto-taxi workers. A police clearance certificate is mandatory for drivers … Continue reading Kerala Savari
Assam Millet Mission
The State government has decided to launch a mega demonstrative farming scheme, Assam Millet Mission across the State for the session 2022-23. With a view to expanding and increasing millet cultivation in the State, the government has initiated the scheme across the State. The prospects and aims of the mission are to set better food … Continue reading Assam Millet Mission
Grameen Udyami project
National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) in partnership with Seva Bharti and Yuva Vikas Society has launched the second phase of Grameen Udyami Project recently. What is the Grameen Udyami Project? Grameen Udyami is a unique multi-skilling project, funded by NSDC that aims to train tribal students and impart functional skills to them for enabling livelihoods.The project is being implemented … Continue reading Grameen Udyami project
NAFIS
Union Home Minister has recently inaugurated the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) at the two-day National Securities Strategies (NSS) Conference 2022 held in New Delhi. The NAFIS project is a country-wide searchable database of crime- and criminal-related fingerprints. It was conceptualised and managed by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) at the Central Fingerprint Bureau (CFPB) … Continue reading NAFIS
Sakhi Express
Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma recently inaugurated the distribution ceremony of scooters, among "community cadres" under Assam State Rural Livelihood Mission's Sakhi Express scheme for the financial year 2021-22. Beneficiaries of "Sakhi Express" includes "Krishi Sakhi", "Bima Sakhi", "Pashu Sakhi", "Jivika Sakhi", among others who, as "community cadres" work towards mobilizing and members of … Continue reading Sakhi Express
Tea Tourism
Assam has huge potentialities of tea tourism and considering the potentialities,50 iconic Tea Gardens throughout the state will be selected based on the criteria setin the guidelines for implementation of the scheme “Promotion and development ofTea Tourism Infrastructure in Assam”. Tea-tourism is a fast growing travel concept in the Eastern Himalayas, mainly in the Darjeeling … Continue reading Tea Tourism
Aqua bazaar
The Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has launched Aqua Bazar App. What is Aqua Bazar App? It is an online marketplace application that will help the fish farmers and stakeholders to source the inputs such as fish seed, feed, medicines and services required for fish culture. The farmers can also list table-size … Continue reading Aqua bazaar
Nidaan
A first-of-its kind database of arrested narcotics offenders has been made operational for use by various central and state prosecution agencies tasked to enforce anti-drugs laws in the country. The portal–NIDAAN or the National Integrated Database on Arrested Narco-offenders–has been developed by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). It is part of the narcotics coordination mechanism (NCORD) portal that was launched by Union Home Minister Amit Shah … Continue reading Nidaan
5 years of UDAN
Ministry of Civil Aviation’s flagship program Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN (UdeDeshkaAamNagrik) has completed 5 years of success since the launch of it first flight by Prime Minister in April 2017. UDAN created a framework based on the need and led to the formulation of:Lifeline UDAN (for transportation of medical cargo during pandemic).Krishi UDAN (value realization … Continue reading 5 years of UDAN
TKDL access
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister has approved the “Widening access of the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library(TKDL) database to users, besides patent offices”. The TKDL currently contains information from existing literature related to Indian Systems of Medicine(ISM) such as Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Yoga. – The information is documented in a … Continue reading TKDL access
Bamboo Commercialisation
China dominates the global bamboo market by supplying about 83 per cent of bamboo products while India has the largest area under bamboo cultivation (about 14 million hectares) Even though China has 6 million hectares under bamboo cultivation, it still is the main marketer. Reasons: The first reason is related to research in the bamboo … Continue reading Bamboo Commercialisation
Manthan
The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser(PSA) to the Government of India (GoI) has announced the launch of the Manthan platform. What is Manthan Platform? Manthan is a platform to promote collaboration at scale between industry and the scientific research and development ecosystem to help meet India’s scientific missions and goals in alignment with the UN-defined Sustainable … Continue reading Manthan
NIPAM
NIPAM has achieved the target of imparting Intellectual Property (IP) awareness and basic training to 1 million students recently. National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission (NIPAM)- NIPAM, a flagship program to impart IP awareness and basic training, was launched on 8 Dec 2021 as a part of “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’‘ celebrations. The pan-India ambitious mission aims … Continue reading NIPAM
Bal Aadhaar
The Unique Identification Authority has enrolled more than 79 lakh children in the 0 – 5 age group under Bal Aadhaar initiative during April – July of the current financial year. About the initiative- Bal Aadhaar works as a facilitator in availing several welfare benefits, and also works as a digital photo identity for children right … Continue reading Bal Aadhaar
50 years of Pin Code
The 75th Independence Day coincides with another milestone in the country’s history — it was on August 15, 1972, that the Postal Index Number(PIN) was introduced in India. Who was the person behind the PIN Code initiative? The person behind the initiative was Shriram Bhikaji Velankar, an additional secretary in the Union Ministry of Communications … Continue reading 50 years of Pin Code
NAMASTE
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJ&E) is preparing to undertake a nationwide survey to enumerate all Sanitation workers engaged in cleaning of sewers and septic tanks. What are the Key Points? The enumeration exercise is part of the National Action Plan for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) Scheme and will be conducted across 500 AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation … Continue reading NAMASTE
Heal in India
The Union health ministry is all set to launch the new initiative – ‘heal in India and heal by India’ – a new portal which is likely to be announced by the prime minister (PM) on August 15 that aims to give impetus to medical tourism. Developed under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, the portal … Continue reading Heal in India
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