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ContentsStar(*) marked schemes are important.

Basic of Schemes : Recent Changes.................................................................................................... 4

Agriculture Schemes............................................................................................................................... 5Soil Health Card Scheme * .............................................................................................................. 5

PM Krishi Sinchai Yojana * ............................................................................................................. 6

PM Gram Sinchai Yojana * ............................................................................................................. 7

Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna * ................................................................................................ 7

Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme .................................................................................... 7

Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana ........................................................................................................ 7

Price Stabilization Fund .................................................................................................................. 8

KISAN (Crop Insurance) * .............................................................................................................. 8

Integrated Scheme for Agriculture and Marketing (ISAM) .......................................................... 9

Small Farmer's Agriculture-Business Consortium (SFAC) ........................................................... 9

National Crop Insurance Programme ............................................................................................ 9National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology (NMAET) ................................... 10

Minimum Support Price Scheme * ................................................................................................ 11

National Horticulture Mission ....................................................................................................... 11

National Bamboo Mission .............................................................................................................. 11

National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture ............................................................................... 11

National Dairy Plan ....................................................................................................................... 12

National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) ................................................... 12

Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture ................................................................. 13

National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil Palm (NMOOP) * ............................................................... 13

National Food Security Mission * ................................................................................................. 13

Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) * ........................................................... 14

National Agriculture Market (NAM) * ......................................................................................... 14

Neeranchal National Watershed Project * ................................................................................... 15

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana * ........................................................................................... 16

Education Related Schemes................................................................................................................ 16

ASMITA * ....................................................................................................................................... 16

GIAN * ............................................................................................................................................ 17

INSPIRE * ...................................................................................................................................... 17

Rashtriya Madhyamaik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) ...................................................................... 17

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya ............................................................................................. 18

Mid-Day Meal Scheme .................................................................................................................. 18

RTE ................................................................................................................................................. 18

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA) ........................................................................................................ 19Environment Related Schemes.......................................................................................................... 19

Green Corridor Project .................................................................................................................. 19

Green Highway Policy * ................................................................................................................ 19

Namami Gange Project * .............................................................................................................. 20

National LED Programme (UJALA) * ......................................................................................... 20

National Mission of Green India ................................................................................................. 20

Pradhan Mantri UJJAWALA Yojana * ......................................................................................... 21

e-Governance and IT............................................................................................................................. 21

Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) .................................................. 21

Digital India * ................................................................................................................................ 21

DigiLocker * ................................................................................................................................... 22e-Biz * ............................................................................................................................................. 22

e-Courts Mission Mode Project * .................................................................................................. 23

Jeevan Pramaan * .......................................................................................................................... 23

National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) * .................................................................................. 23


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Special Economic Zones (SEZs) ................................................................................................... 41

Swacchh Bharat Abhiyan * ............................................................................................................ 41

Swiss Challenge model * ............................................................................................................... 41

UDAY * ........................................................................................................................................... 42

Manufacturing and EXIM.................................................................................................................... 42

Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme ...................................................................... 42

Make in India Programme* .......................................................................................................... 42National Investment and Manufacturing Zones .......................................................................... 43

Miscellaneous.......................................................................................................................................... 44

Gram Uday se Bharat Uday Abhiyan * ......................................................................................... 44

Khelo India * .................................................................................................................................. 44

NE and JK Based..................................................................................................................................... 44

Ishan Uday * .................................................................................................................................. 44

Ishan Vikas * .................................................................................................................................. 44

North East Council ........................................................................................................................ 45

Skill and Labor........................................................................................................................................ 45

Ajeevika - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) * .......................................................... 45

ATAL Innovation Mission * .......................................................................................................... 45MGNREGA * (10 years completed) .............................................................................................. 46

National Skill Development Mission * ......................................................................................... 46

National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015 * ........................................ 47

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana * ...................................................................................... 47

Self-Employment & Talent Utilisation (SETU) * ......................................................................... 47

Skill India Campaign * ..................................................................................................................48

Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram * .......................................................48

USTAAD Scheme * ........................................................................................................................48

Tourism..................................................................................................................................................... 49

PRASAD - Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive * ............................ 49

HRIDAY - National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana * .......................... 49

Tribals, Backwards and Minorities................................................................................................... 50

Nai Manzil Scheme * ..................................................................................................................... 50

Nai Roshni Scheme ........................................................................................................................ 50

Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) * .................................................... 50

Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojna * ........................................................................................................... 51

Urbanization and Housing.................................................................................................................. 51

AMRUT * ........................................................................................................................................ 51

"Housing for All by 2022" Mission * ............................................................................................ 52

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana * .................................................................................................... 52

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Gramin * .................................................................................... 53

Smart City * .................................................................................................................................... 53

Women, Children and Girls................................................................................................................ 54Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Scheme * .............................................................................................. 54

Digitial Gudda Guddi Board * ....................................................................................................... 54

Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahayog Yojana ...................................................................................... 54

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). ......................................................................... 55

SABLA - Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls ..................................... 55

Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme * ....................................................................................................... 55


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Basic of Schemes : Recent Changes

There are three types of schemes:1. Central schemes / Central Sector Schemes:

a.

These schemes are funded and implemented by the union government.b. Usually they are schemes related to the subjects over which union government has jurisdiction as per

Schedule VII2.

Centrally Sponsored Schemes:a. These schemes are funded by the Union Government or Union as well as State government but

implemented by State governments.b. Funding pattern may be 50:50,75:25 etc.c. North Eastern and Hilly states generally have patter of 90:10

3.

State schemes: These schemes are funded and implemented by the state governments.

Changes in Central Sector Schemes in recent past? (Facts given for better understanding only)

Announced in 2016 Budget : Each scheme will have a sunset date i.e. in the beginning it will be decided

till when the scheme will run. Midterm reviews will further decide whether the scheme is to be extended ornot.

Earlier there were too many schemes, which did not yielded desired result because of:o

Bureaucratic mindset (Budget maximisation tendency)o

Duplication of efforts (No coordination among various schemes)

Number of schemes are being reduced :o

UPA : There were 147 Central Sector Schemes (CSS)o

In 2013, UPA reduced CSS to 66o

In 2014, NDA added 6 more CSS leading to total 72 CSSo

In 2015, NITI Ayog constituted a Panel under Chairmanship of Shiv Raj Singh Chauhan, whichrecommended to reduce CSS to 27 only.

o Based on the recommendation of Shiv Raj Singh Chauhan Panel, government is restructuring CSSs.

How restructuring is being done?(Process not complete yet) Schemes are now classified into three types :

1. Core of the Core (Total 6 schemes)2. Core (Total 18 schemes)3. Optional (Total 3 schemes)

Special Category states are: 11 total ( 8 North Eastern states + 3 Himalayan states i.e. Uttarakhand,HP & JK)

Funding patternfor these type of schemes would be:1. For Core of the Core

For General Category states : Existing pattern For Special Category states : Existing pattern

2. For Core For General Category states : 60 : 40 (i.e. 60% by centre, 40% by state)

For Special Category states : 90 : 10 (i.e. 90% by centre, 10% by state)3. For Optional For General Category states : 50 : 50 (i.e. 50% by centre, 50% by state) For Special Category states : 80 : 20 (i.e. 80% by centre, 20% by state)

Core of the Core Schemes:1.

MGNREGA2. National Social Assistance Program (For Senior citizens, widows etc.)3. Umbrella Scheme for SC (All schemes for SC in one)4.

Umbrella Scheme for ST (All schemes for ST in one)5. Umbrella Scheme for OBC (All schemes for OBC in one)6.

Umbrella Scheme for Minorities (All schemes for Minorities in one)

Core Schemes:1. Green Revolution

Krishi Unnati Yojana Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana

2. White Revolution - Rashtriya Pashudhan Vikas Yojana (Livestock Mission, Veternary Services andDairy Development)

3. Blue Revolution


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4. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana Accelarated Irrigation Benefit and Flood Management Program (Har Khet Ko Pani) Per Drop More Crop Integrated Watershed Development Program

5. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana6. National Rural Drinking Water Mission7. Swachh Bhart Abhiyan

SBA - Rural SBA - Urban

8. National Health Mission NHM - Rural and Urban Mission NHM - Human Resource in Health and Medical Education NHM - AYUSH

9. Rashtriya Shasthya Suraksha Yojana10. National Education Mission

NEM - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan NEM - Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan NEM - Teacher's Training and Adult Education NEM - Rashtriya Ucchatar Shiksha Abhiyan

11. Mid Day Meals Program

12.

Integrated Child Development Scheme (Umbrella ICDS) Core ICDS National Nutrition Mission Maternity Benefits Program Scheme for Adolescent Girls Integrated Child Protection Schemes

13. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana PMAY - Rural PMAY - Urban

14. Forestry and Wild Life National Mission for Green India Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats Conservation for Natural Resources and Ecosystems

15.

Urban Rejuvenation Missions - SMART Cities and AMRUT16. Modernisation of Police Forces17. Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary18. Member of Parliament Local Area Development Schemes

Optional Schemes: (Because all states don't need them)1. Border Area Development Program2. National River Conservation Plan3. Shyama Prasad Mukharjee RURBAN Mission

Agriculture Schemes

Soil Health Card Scheme *

Ministry/Department: Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare

Scheme :

The Soil Health Card is a printed report that will be given to farmers once in three yearsfor each of his/herland holding.

It will contain crucial information on:o

macro nutrients in the soil, secondary nutrients and micro nutrientso

Type of soilo

Fertilizer type to be used

o

Crop suitability for the type of soil and climate The card will be accompanied by an advisory on the corrective measures that a farmer should take to improve

soil health and obtain a better yield.

The Central Government provides assistance to State Governments for setting up Soil TestingLaboratories for issuing Soil Health Cards to farmers.


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The state governments will prepare yearly action plan on the issue and the cost will be shared in the ratio of75:25between the Centre and states

Why needed?

Because soil has degraded due to mindless use of chemicals and wrong choices of crops

Because of low usage of organic matter and non-replacement of depleted micro and macro nutrients in the soil,soil is increasingly becoming infertile.

For ex. After Green Revolution, fertilisers were mindlessly applied leading to distorted NPK (Nitrogen,Phosphorous and Potassium) ratio of about 20:5:1 in place of advised 4:2:1

Factual information:

The Soil Health Card scheme has been launched with this ideal on February 19, 2015 by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi from Suratgarh, Rajasthan.

Under this scheme, 14 crore Soil Health Cards are envisaged to be issued over the next 3 years.

The Soil Health Card' would carry crop-wise recommendations of nutrients / fertilizers required for farms in aparticular village, so that the farmers can improve productivity by using inputs judiciously.

The government plans to distribute 14 crore soil health cards by 2017

PM Krishi Sinchai Yojana *

Ministry/Department: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. State Agriculture Departments to be nodalagencies (Why? Since Agriculture is a State subject Schedule VII of Constitution)

Objective:

PMKSY is launched to provide convergence to existing schemes of water management and thus briningefficiency to the use of water in irrigation.

PMKSY is launched to become "end-to-end" solution in irrigation.

Components:

Providing soil health cards to identify suitability of soil for production capability of soil

Identify best nearby water resources in the area.

Interlinking of rivers

Use of satellite imagery and 3D photography to guide villages to use best possible sources of irrigation Strengthening of Krishi Vigyan Kendras or agriculture science centres in all the districts of the country to aid the

farmers with new technology up gradation for irrigation

Linkage of this scheme with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme to channelize theavailable work force to productive & value added work.

PMKSY is an amalgamation of:o

Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) of Ministry of Water Resources,o

River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation; Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) ofDepartment of Land Resources; and

o On Farm Water Management (OFWM) component of National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture

(NMSA) of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation.

Framework:

Decentralised state-level planning and execution, in order to allow States to draw up a District Irrigation Plan(DIP) and a State Irrigation Plan (SIP)

Plans will integrate three components namely,o

water sources,o

distribution network ando

water use application of the district.

All structures created under the schemes will be Geo-Tagged

The state agriculture department would be the nodal agency for implementation of PMKSY projects

PMKSY projects would be scrutinised by the State Level Project Screening Committee (SLPSC) and sanctionedby the State Level Sanctioning Committee, which is already set under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana.

A state will become eligible to access PMKSY funds only if it has prepared the district irrigation plansand state irrigation plans and sustained an increasing expenditure trend in irrigation sector in

state plan

Funding Pattern:


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PMKSY funds would be given to states as 75% grant by the central governmentand the remaining 25%share is to be borne by the state government. For north-eastern region and hilly states, the funding patternwould be 90:10

PM Gram Sinchai Yojana *

Ministry/Department: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Scheme:

The Pradhanmantri Gram Sinchai Yojana is aimed at irrigating the field of every farmer and

improving water use efficiency to provide `Per Drop More Crop

Nothing more is known about the scheme.

Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna *


Scheme: Also called Traditional Farming Improvement Programme.

Launched to promote organic farming.

Objective is to improve soil health via organic farming.

Scheme will encourage farmers to adopt eco-friendly concept of cultivation and reduce their dependence onfertilizers and agricultural chemicals to improve yields

It is acluster based scheme. Fifty or more farmers will form a cluster having 50 acre land to take up theorganic farming under the scheme

In this way during three years10,000 clusters will be formed covering 5.0 lakh acrearea under organicfarming.

Every farmer will be provided Rs. 20,000 per acrein three years for seed to harvesting of crops and totransport produce to the market

Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme

Ministry/Department: Ministry of Water Resources

Scheme:Under this scheme, Centre gives loan assistance to the States to help them complete some of the incompletemajor/medium irrigation projects which are at an advanced stage of completion.

Objective: To expedite completion of ongoing irrigation projects.

Factual Information:

Launched in 1996-97

This scheme is now a component of PM Krishi Sinchai Yojana

Related Information:Irrigation is a state subject and irrigation projects are formulated, executed and funded by the State Governmentsthemselves from their own resources

Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana

Ministry/Department: Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Objective: To achieve 4% annual growth in agriculture

Scheme:

Launched to incentivize the states to increase their investment in Agriculture Scheme incentivize the States to provide additional resources in their

State Plans over and above their baseline expenditure to bridge critical gaps

A state is eligible for funding under the RKVY if it maintains or increases the percentage of its expenditure onAgriculture and its Allied Sectors with respect to the total State Plan Expenditure year on year.


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It covers all sectors of agriculture like: (don't remember them)o

Animal Husbandryo

Agri-Financeo

Agriculture Marketingo

Agricultural Research and Educationo

Crop Husbandry and Education etc.

Sub Schemes of RKVY are:o

Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern Region : To improve rice based cropping system in eastern India.o

Initiative on Vegetable Clusters : To increase production of vegetableso

National Mission for Protein Supplementso

Saffron Mission : Started in 2010-11; To improve saffron cultivation in JKo

Vidharbha Intensive Irrigation Development Programmeo

Crop Diversification

Framework:Under this scheme, the central government provides support to states on the basis of their own budget on Agriculture& Allied Sectors. The states are mandatorily required to prepare the District and State Agriculture Plans thatcomprehensively cover resources and indicate definite action plans


Launched in 2007Price Stabilization Fund


Objective: Objective of the PSF was to safeguard the interest of the growers and provide them financial relief whenprices fall below a specified level

Scheme:

Central Sector Scheme

To support market interventions for price control of perishable agri-horticultural commodities

PSF will be used to advance interest free loan to State Governments and Central agencies to support their

working capital and other expenses on procurement and distribution interventions for such commodities Procurement of the commodities will be undertaken directly from farmers or farmers organizations at farm

gate/mandi and made available at a more reasonable price to the consumers.

Initially the fund is proposed to be used for onion and potato only. Losses incurred, if any, in the operations willbe shared between the Centre and the States.

Framework and Funding:

States will set up a revolving fund to which the Centre and State will contribute equally.

The ratio of Centre-State contribution to the State-level corpus in respect of northeast States will, however, be75:25


Launched in 2003

KISAN (Crop Insurance) *


ACRONYM: C(K)rop Insurance using Space technologyAnd geoiNformatics

Objective: The project envisages use of Space Technology and geoinformatics (GIS, GPS and Smartphone)technology along with high resolution data from UAV/Drone based imaging for improvement in yield estimation andbetter planning of Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs), needed for crop insurance programme

Why needed?Currently, the crop insurance claim is calculated on the basis of crop cutting experiments. However, there has always

been a problem in getting timely and accurate data, due to which payment of claims to farmers were getting delayedand the government is concerned over the delays in settlements. To address this issue Kisan programme is beinglaunched on pilot basis


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Integrated Scheme for Agriculture and Marketing (ISAM)


Related to :Agricultural marketing

Objective: to promote creation of agricultural marketing infrastructure by providing backend subsidy support to State,

cooperative and private sector investments;

to promote creation of scientific storage capacity and to promote pledge financing to increase farmers income;

to promote Integrated Value Chains to provide vertical integration of farmers with primary processors;

to use ICT as a vehicle of extension to sensitize and orient farmers to respond to new challenges in agriculturalmarketing;

to establish a nation-wide information network system for speedy collection and dissemination of marketinformation and data on arrivals and prices for its efficient and timely utilization by farmers and other stakeholders;

to support framing of grade standards and quality certification of agricultural commodities to help farmers getbetter and remunerative prices for their graded produce;

to catalyze private investment in setting up of agribusiness projects and thereby provide assured market to

producers and strengthen backward linkages of agri-business projects with producers and their groups; and to undertake and promote training, research, education, extension and consultancy in the agri marketing sector.

Agri Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)is the most important sub-scheme of ISAM.

Small Farmer's Agriculture-Business Consortium (SFAC)


Objective:

To support new ventures in agro-based industries

To promote the farmer producer organisations ( FPOs) and their integration in agriculture value chain.

Scheme:

SFAC gives Vanture Capital Assistance and Project Development Facility to supports the new ventures in agro-based industries.

The beneficiaries are:o

Individuals,o

farmers,o

producer groups,o

partnership,o

Propriety firms,o

Self Help Groups,o

companies etc.)


Started in 1994

National Crop Insurance Programme


Objective: The Scheme aims to provide insurance coverage and financial support to the farmers in the event of cropsfailure as a result of natural calamities, pests and diseases as also to encourage farmers to adopt progressive farmingpractices, high value inputs and higher technology in agriculture.

Scheme:

It was started by merging three schemes which are now its component :

a.

Modified National Agricultural insurance Scheme (MNAIS),b. Weather Based Crop insurance Scheme (WBCIS) andc. Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme (CPIS).

What is MNAIS?


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It is a component of National Crop Insurance Programme (NCIP) and it provides insurance coverage and financialsupport to the farmers in the event of failure of crops and subsequent low crop yield.

Which crops are covered in MNAIS?

This scheme covers food crops including cereals, millets and pulses; oil seeds and horticulture crops.

Individual State Governments notify the crops to be covered.

Department of Agriculture & Cooperation (DAC) empanels the companies that provide insurance under thisscheme

What is WBCIS?

It is also a component of NCIP

It provides insurance coverage and financial support to the farmers in the event of failure of crops due toAdverse Weather Incidence.

WBCIS claims is also available to farmers who do not insure their crops under MNAIS but whose crops aredamaged due to Adverse Weather Incidence.

Under WBCIS, "Area Approach" is followed i.e. a Reference Unit Area (RUA) is defined by state government asa homogeneous unit of Insurance.Such RUA can be a Village Panchayat / Revenue Circle / Mandal / Hobli / Block / Tehsil etc. as defined by thestate government

Adverse Weather Incidences :Under WBCIS, they are defined as:

1. Rainfall Deficit Rainfall, Unseasonal Rainfall, Excess rainfall, Rainy days, Dry-spell, Dry days2. Relative Humidity3. Temperature High temperature (heat), Low temperature (frost)4. Wind Speed5. A combination of the above6. Hailstorms and cloudburst

Which crops are covered under WBCIS?The scheme covers major food crops such as cereals, millets & pulses, Oilseeds and commercial / horticultural crops.State Governments notifies the crops covered under this.

What are the major differences between MNAIS and WBCIS ?

WBCIS insures loss due to weather incidents while MNAIS insures drop in crop yield to any reason.

MNAIS benefits is given to only farmers who has insured their crops while WBCIS is based on area approachand its benefit is available to all farmers.


Started in 2013

National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology (NMAET)


Objective: The aim of the Mission is to restructure and strengthen agricultural extension to enable delivery ofappropriate technology and improved agronomic practices to farmers.

How?Objective is envisaged to be achieved by a judicious mix of extensive physical outreach and interactive methods ofinformation dissemination, use of ICT, popularisation of modern and appropriate technologies, capacity building andinstitution strengthening to promote mechanisation, availability of quality seeds, plant protection etc. and encourageaggregation of Farmers into Interest Groups (FIGs) to form Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs).

Framework:The Mission has four components :

1. Sub Mission on Agriculture Extension, (SMAE)2. Sub Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP),

3.

Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) and4. Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPP).

What is Agriculture Extension?


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Agricultural extension refers to application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practicesthrough farmer education. This includes educating the farmers towards cost effective and remunerative mechanizedfarming for improved productivity and sustainable farm growth.


Started in 2014

Minimum Support Price Scheme *

What is minimum support price?Minimum Support Prices is the price at which government purchases crops from the farmers irrespective of themarket price. The objective of the scheme is to check fall of prices of farm produce below certain level and thus supportthe farmers.

How the price are fixed?Government fixes MSPs of various kharif and rabi crops every year on the recommendations of Commission forAgricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), views of concerned State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments andother relevant factors.

Who does the procurement under MSP?Procurement under MSP is undertaken by the designated Central and State Government agencies and Cooperatives.MSP is in the nature of minimum price offered by the Government. Producers have the option to sell their produce toGovernment agencies or in the open market as is advantageous to them


This scheme started in 1966-67on advent of green revolution

MSP is announced for 25 crops

No MSP for Sugarcane. Instead government fixes FRP (Fair & Remunerative Price) for sugarcane. Each statethen fixes its own SAP(State Advised Price)

For Oil seeds and Pulses, there is a Price Support Scheme by NAFED (nodal Agency). So, when the prices ofoilseeds, pulses and cotton fall below MSP, NAFED purchases them from the farmers.

National Horticulture Mission


Scheme:A National Horticulture Mission was launched in 2005-06as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme to promote holisticgrowth of the horticulture sector through an area based regionally differentiated strategies. The scheme has beensubsumedas a part of Mission for Integration Development of Horticulture (MIDH) during 2014-15.

What is National Horticulture Mission?National Horticulture Mission is a government mission to support horticultural production in the country. NHM is aCentrally Sponsored Scheme in which Government of India contributes85%, and 15%is met by the State

Governments.


India ranks second in the global production of fruits and vegetables next to China

Started in 2005-06

Now subsumed in MIDH

National Bamboo Mission


Started in 2006-07

Now Subsumed in MIHD

National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture



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Objective: National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) seeks to transform Indian agriculture into a climateresilient production system through suitable adaptation and mitigation measures in domains of both crops and animalhusbandry.

What it does?

Promotes location specific integrated/Composite Farming Systems;

Conserve natural resources through appropriate soil and moisture conservation measures;

Adopt comprehensive soil health management practices;

Optimize utilization of water resources through efficient water management to expand coverage for achievingmore crop per drop;

Develop capacity of farmers & stakeholders


Launched under NAPCC (National Action Plan for Climate Change)

Started in 2010

National Dairy Plan

Ministry/Department: Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries

Scheme:

Central Sector Scheme

Phase I is from 2011-12 to 2018-19

Objectives:

To help increase productivity of milch animals and thereby increase milk production to meet the rapidly growingdemand for milk.

To help provide rural milk producers with greater access to the organised milk-processing sector.

Framework:

It has three components:o

Productivity Enhancement,o

Village based milk procurement systems ando

Project Management and Learning


Started in 2011-12

National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)


Objective:The mega project has three major objectives of

strategic research, technology demonstrations and

capacity buildingIts aims to make farmers self-reliant by use of climate resilient agricultural technologies and management of naturaland manmade resources for sustainingagriculture in the era of climate change.

Scheme:It has four components:

1. Strategic research on adaptation and mitigation,2. Technology demonstration to cope with current climate variability in 100 vulnerable districts,3. Capacity Building4. Sponsored competitive research to fill critical gaps.


Launched in 2011

Launched by Indian Council of Agricultural Research


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Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture


Scheme:

A Centrally Sponsored Scheme

Launched during XII plan It integrates the ongoing schemes of

o National Horticulture Mission,o

Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States,o

National Bamboo Mission,o

National Horticulture Board,o

Coconut Development Board ando

Central Institute for Horticulture, Nagaland.

Objective:

The Missions aims to promote holistic growth of horticulture sector, including bamboo and coconut througharea based regionally differentiated strategies, which includes research, technology promotion, extension, post-harvest management, processing and marketing.

It takes into consideration comparative advantage of each State/ region and its diverse agro-climatic features; To encourage aggregation of farmers into farmer groups like FIGs/FPOs and FPCs to bring economy of scale and

scope;

To enhance horticulture production, augment farmers income and strengthen nutritional security and improveproductivity by way of quality germplasm, planting material and water use efficiency through Micro Irrigation.


Started in 2014-15

National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil Palm (NMOOP) *


Objective:

to expand area under oilseeds,

harness the potential in the area/ districts of low productivity,

strengthening inputs delivery mechanism,

strengthening of post-harvest services besides a focus on tribal areas for tree bourn oilseeds.

Increasing irrigation coverage under oilseeds from 26% to 36%

Expansion of cultivation of Oil Palm and tree borne oilseeds in watersheds and wasteland

Target:NMOOP envisages bringing an additional 1.25 lakh hectaresunder oil palm cultivation through area expansionapproach in the States including utilisation of wastelands.


The States currently engaged in oil palm cultivation are Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat,Maharashtra, Mizoram, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Manipur,Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal.

Indias edible oil imports are rising steeply. In the past 13 years, import of crude and refined oil was reported tohave quadrupled and the import bill in this regard is expected to touch $ 15 billion in 2016-17.

The oilseed accounts for 13% of the Gross Cropped Area, 3% of the Gross National Product and 10% value of allagricultural commodities.

Started in2014-15

National Food Security Mission *


Objective:

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restoring soil fertility and productivity;

creating employment opportunities; and

enhancing farm level economy.

Scheme:The basic strategy of the Mission is to promote and extend improved technologies, i.e., seed, micronutrients, soilamendments, integrated pest management, farm machinery and resource conservation technologies along withcapacity building of farmers.


Launched in 2007

In the 12th Plan, NFSM aims at raising the food grain production by 25 million tones

Besides rice, wheat and pulses, NFSM proposes to cover coarse cereals and commercial crops(sugarcane, jute, cotton)during the 12th plan period (2012-17)

Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) *

Implemented by :ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Objective:The objectives of ARYA project are

1. To attract and empower the Youth in Rural Areas to take up various Agriculture, allied and service sectorenterprises for sustainable income and gainful employment in selected districts,

2. To enable the Farm Youth to establish network groups to take up resource and capital intensive activities likeprocessing, value addition and marketing, and

3. To demonstrate functional linkage with different institutions and stakeholders for convergence of opportunitiesavailable under various schemes/program for sustainable development of youth


Implemented via Krishi Vigyan Kendras (One in each district)

Training given in Apiary, Mushroom, Seed Processing, Soil testing, Poultry, Dairy, Goatry, Carp-hatchery,Vermi-compost etc

National Agriculture Market (NAM) *

Ministry/Department: Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

What is NAM?The Department of Agriculture & Cooperation formulated a Central Sector schemefor Promotion of NationalAgriculture MarketthroughAgri-Tech Infrastructure Fund (ATIF)through provision of the common e-platform.

Why do we need it?Because APMC's have balkanized Indian agricultural marketing landscape and thus NAM is the step in direction of a

unified national agricultural market.

What are APMCs?

An Agricultural Produce Market Committee is a marketing board established by state governments ofIndia

One main function of which is basically to provide a platform for farmers to sell their produce

In simple terms, the APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committees) is a relic of the past that forces thefarmers to sell their produce only to middlemen approved by the government in authorized Mandis (markets).Thus, if you are a vegetable producer and Im a supermarket, I cannot directly buy from you. Both of us need togo through a broker. This increases prices for the end buyer and unnecessarily adds redtape.

Cons of APMCs:

Fragmentation of Stateinto multiple market areas, each administered by separate APMC

Separate licencesfor each mandi are required for trading in different market areas within a state. This meansthat we have limited the first point of sale for the farmer. He has to come to the local mandi which could beboth good and bad depending upon how it is governed

Licensing barriers leading to conditions of monopoly

Opaque process for price discovery


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Similar initiative Rashtriya electronics Market Scheme (ReMS) of Karnataka government has failed to achievedesired results.

What will NAM do?

National Agriculture Marketis going to implemented by the Department of Agriculture & Cooperationthrough Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC).

NAM is not replacing the mandis.NAM is an online platform with a physical market or mandi at thebackend enabling buyers situated even outside the state to participate in trading at the local level.

It seeks to leverage the physical infrastructure of mandis through an online trading portal, enabling buyerssituated even outside the state to participate in trading at the local level.

This e-platform aims to provide more options to farmers to sell their produce and is part of implementation ofthe roadmap for doubling income of the farmers by 2022

NAM is currently being launched in 21 mandis and it will offer trade in

o chana,o

castor seed,o

paddy,o

wheat,o

maize,o

onion,o mustard and tamarind

Benefits of NAM:1. Transparency: electronic auction platform to be installed in earmarked APMCs can bring transparency in the

price discovery process, and unified market platform might lead to real time, broad-based price dissemination2.

Reduce Price Anomaly: creation of NAM could reduce pricing anomaly at the wholesale and primary ruralmarkets through a network of electronic spot regulated markets

3.

Financial literacy: of farmers will increase

Cons of NAM:1. Fruits and vegetables, where there often are prices fluctuations, are yet to be included in the NAM platform2. Countrys two biggest mandisAzadpur (Delhi) and Vashi (Mumbai)have not yet agreed to come on board3. NAM does not say anything on interstate taxes and levies.

4.

Commission agents fear unification will affect them adversely as farmers can enter details of commodities in thee-platform and sell to the highest bidder without any mediation from the agents. This is a very potentimpediment against forward movement of reforms

What is eNAM?

e-National Agriculture Market (NAM) is a pan-India e-trading platform. It is designed to create a unifiednational market for agricultural commodities

Farmers can showcase their produce online from their nearest market and traders can quote price fromanywhere

It will result in increased numbers of traders and greater competition. It will also ensure open price discoveryand better returns to farmers.

Neeranchal National Watershed Project *

Objective: The project aims to fulfil the watershed component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMSKY)to reduce surface runoff of rainwater, increase groundwater levels and better water availability in rain-fed areas

Framework: The cost of the project is estimated at Rs. 2,142.30 crore of which the Centre will be pitching in with Rs.889 crore while Rs. 182 crore will be provided by the respective State Governments. The remaining 50% of the projectcost will be financed by a World Bank loan.

Scheme: Neeranchal is primarily designed to address the following concerns:

bring about institutional changes in watershed and rainfed agricultural management practices in India,

build systems that ensure watershed programmes and rainfed irrigation management practices are betterfocussed, and more coordinated, and have quantifiable results,

devise strategies for the sustainability of improved watershed. management practices in programmeareas, even after the withdrawal of project support,

through the watershed plus approach, support improved equity, livelihoods, and incomes throughforward linkages, on a platform of inclusiveness and local participation.


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World Bank assisted project

It will be implemented acrossnine States Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,Gujarat, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Rajasthan.

It can be considered as a new version of Integrated Watershed Management Programme

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana *


Objective: The scheme aims to bring 50% farmers under the scheme within next 2-3 years.

Scheme:

The scheme covers kharif, rabi crops as well as annual commercial and horticultural crops

There will be one insurance company for the whole state. Private insurance companies will be roped along withAgriculture Insurance Company of India Limited (AIC) to implement the scheme

New scheme will cover post-harvest losses apart from yield loss.

It will also provide farm level assessment for localised calamities including hailstorms, unseasonal rains,landslides and inundation.

The scheme proposes mandatory use of remote sensing, smart phones and drones for quick estimation of croploss to speed up the claim process.

The settlement of claims will be fastened for the full sum assured. About 25% of the likely claim will be settleddirectly on farmers account. There will not be a cap on the premium and reduction of the sum insured.

What is new in this scheme?

It is open to all farmers but NOT mandatory to anyone.

It is optional for loanee as well as non-loanee farmers.

It has so far lowest premium. The existing premium rates vary between 2.5% and 3.5% for kharif crops and 1.5%for rabi cropsbut the coverage was capped, meaning farmers could, at best, recover a fraction of their losses.The farmers premium has been kept at a maximum of 2 per cent for food grains and up to 5 per cent for annualcommercial horticulture crops. For rabi crops, it is 1.5%. The balance premium will be paid by the government toprovide full insured amount to the farmers. Since there is no upper cap on government subsidy, even if the

balance premium is 90 percent, the government will bear it This scheme provides full coverage of insurance. While NAIS had full coverage, it was capped in the modified-

NAIS scheme.

It also covers the localized risks such as hailstorm, landslide, inundation etc. Earlier schemes did not coverinundation.

It provides post-harvest coverage. The NAIS did not cover while the modified NAIS covered only coastal regions.


Launched in2016

It will replace the existing two crop insurance schemes National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) andModified NAIS

Education Related Schemes

ASMITA *

Ministry/Department: Ministry of Human Resource Development

ASMITAis acronym for All School Monitoring Individual Tracing Analysis and shall be launched under ShalaAsmita Yojana (SAY).

Key facts

SAY aims to track the educational journey of school students from Class I to Class XII across the 15 lakhs privateand government schools in the country.

ASMITA will be an online database which will carry information of student attendance and enrolment, learningoutcomes, mid-day meal service and infrastructural facilities among others.


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Students will be tracked through their Aadhaar numbers and incase those not having unique number will beprovided with it.

What are the benefits?

Drop outs can be traced better now

Education outcomes can be better traced

Better policy decisions

GIAN *

Ministry/Department: Ministry of Human Resource Development

GIANstands for Global Initiative of Academic Networks

Scheme:

Programme in Higher Education

Aimed at tapping the talent pool of scientists and entrepreneurs, internationally to encourage their engagementwith the institutes of Higher Education in India so as to augment the countrys existing academic resources,accelerate the pace of quality reform, and elevate Indias scientific and technological capacity to global

excellence. It enables interaction of students and faculty with the best academic and industry experts from all over the world

and also share their experiences and expertise to motivate people to work on Indian problems

It is a system of Guest Lecturesby internationally and nationally renowned experts targeted towards acomprehensive Faculty Development Programme not only for new IITs, IIMs, IISERs but also other institutionsin the country.


Started in 2014

INSPIRE *

Ministry/Department: Department of Science & Technology

INSPIREstands for Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research

Objective: To attract talent to Science.

Scheme:

Communicate to the youth of the country the excitements of creative pursuit of science

Attract talent towards science at an early age

build the required critical human resource pool for strengthening and expanding the Science & Technologysystem and R&D base

It does not believe in conducting competitive examsfor identification of talent at any level. It believes inand relies on the efficacy of the existing educational structure for identification of talent.

INSPIRE has three components:a. Scheme for Early Attraction of Talent (SEATS) -> Awards and internshipsb. Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) andc. Assured Opportunity for Research Careers (AORC) -> Fellowship and Faculty Scheme


Started in 2008

Rashtriya Madhyamaik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)

Ministry/Department: Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development

Objective: To enhance access to secondary education and to improve its quality

Scheme:


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The scheme envisages to enhance the enrolment at secondary stage by providing a secondary school within areasonable distance of any habitation, with an aim to ensure GER of 100% by 2017, i.e., by the end of 12th FiveYear Plan and

achieving universal retention by 2020.

The scheme provides financial support for additional class rooms, labs, art rooms, toilet blocks, drinking waterfacilities, residential hostels, appointment of additional teachers, teacher's training etc.

Framework:

The scheme is being implemented by the State government societies established for implementation of thescheme.

The central share is released to the implementing agency directly.

The applicable State share is also released to the implementing agency by the respective State Governments.


Launched in 2009

Targeted Teacher : Student ratio = 1:30

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya


Objective: To provide educational facilities for girls belonging to SC, ST, OBC, minority communities and familiesbelow the poverty line in Educationally Backward Blocks

Scheme:

To setup residential upper primary schools for girls from SC,ST, OBC, Minority and BPL girls in theeducationally backward blocks.

Free boarding / lodging, books, stationary and uniforms are being provided to the children in these schools.


Started in 2004

Now merged in SSA

Mid-Day Meal Scheme


Objective: To enhance, retention and attendance and simultaneously improving nutritional levels among children.

Scheme:

Scheme covers all children studying in class I to VIII

The programme supplies free lunches on working days for children in primary and upper primary classes ingovernment, government aided, local body, Education Guarantee Scheme, and alternate innovative educationcentres, Madarsa and Maqtabs supported under SSA and National Child Labour Project schools run by the

ministry of labour MDM is covered by National Food Security Act, 2013


Started in 1995 as National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education

To achieve the above objectives, a cooked mid-day meal with the following nutritional content is provided to alleligible children.o

For Primary students:

Calories 450

Protein 12 gmso

For Upper Primary students:

Calories 700

Protein 20 gmso

Adequate quantities of micro-nutrients like Iron, Folic Acid and Vitamin-A.

RTE


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Enacted in 2009

Came into force in 1 April, 2010

It implies that every child in the age group of 6 to 14 years has Right to elementary education

They are entitled for free and compulsory education

It describes the modalities of the importance of free and compulsory education for children between 6 and 14 inIndia underArticle 21Aof the Constitution.

SSA is the main implementing scheme under this act.

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA)


Objective:Achievement of Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE) in a time bound manner, as mandatedby 86th amendmentto the Constitution of India making free and compulsory Education to the Children of 6-14years age group, a Fundamental Right

Scheme:

It is a centrally sponsored scheme

It covers all districts in the country

It is the main vehicle to implement RTE. It is being run with the support of World Bank.

Opens new schools in places which don't have school

Strengthen existing schools

SSA has a special focus on girl's education and children with special needs

Free textbooks are being provided to all children in government and government aided schools.


Started in 2000-01

Environment Related Schemes

Green Corridor Project

Ministry/Department: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Objective: Evacuation of renewable energy from generation points to the load centres by creating intra-state andinter-state transmission infrastructure

Project:

The intra-state transmission component of the project is being implemented by the respective states

Power Grid Corporation of India is implementing inter-state transmission component

Green Highway Policy *

Ministry/Department: Ministry of Road Transport and Highway

Objective:Aims to turn national highways into green corridors by planting trees, landscaping, and laying grass turfsand ornamental shrubs alongside them

Policy:

Funding: A Green Highways Fund would be set apart utilising 1% of the civil work cost while arriving at totalroad project cost.

The funds to be transferred to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) which would be usedexclusively for plantation and maintenance on all NH stretches being developed on the Engineering

Procurement Construction (EPC) and Build Operate Transfer (BOT) mode. The NHAI will act as Fund Manager

Monitoring agency is Indian Highways Management Company Ltd (IHMCL).

Initially, at least one NH corridor in each Statewould be taken up for model plantation, which would bereplicated in other stretches subsequently.


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First year target to cover 6000Km

Namami Gange Project *

Ministry/Department: Ministry of Water Resources

Objective:Aims to clean and protect the Ganga river in a comprehensive manner

Project:

Central government project

It is also known as Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission project

It will cover 8 states & 12 rivers.

Ministries of Environment, Urban Development , Shipping, Tourism & Rural Development are coordinatingwith Water Resource ministry in it

Local people's participation is envisaged in it

Expanding waste/sewage treatment

Emphasises sustainable agriculture

Application of bio-remediation method /in-situ treatment to treat waste water in drains

Setting up Ganga Eco-Task Force


Started in 2015

National LED Programme (UJALA) *

Ministry/Department: Ministry of Power

UJALAstands for Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All

Objective: To save energy consumption by distributing LED bulbs which are energy efficient

Scheme: The scheme is being implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs under

the Union Ministry of Power

It wants every home in India to use LED bulbs so that the net power or energy consumption rate comes downand the carbon emission rates can also be checked

The scheme will not only help reduce consumers their electricity bills but also contribute to the energy securityof India.


Started in March 2015

Target end date was March 2016 for domestic and street-lighting in 100 cities

National Mission of Green India

Ministry/Department: Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change

Objective:It aims at protecting, restoring and enhancing India's diminishing forest cover and responding to climatechange by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures

Scheme:

It is one of the eight Missions outlined under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)

Mission Goals:o

To increase forest/tree cover to the extent of 5 million hectares (mha) and improve quality of forest/treecover on another 5 mha of forest/non-forest lands

o To improve/enhance eco-system services like carbon sequestration and storage (in forests and other

ecosystems), hydrological services and biodiversity; along with provisioning services like fuel, fodder, andtimber and non-timber forest produces (NTFPs)o

To increase forest based livelihood income of about 3 million households

It will be implemented on both public as well as private lands with a key role of the local communities inplanning, decision making, implementation and monitoring


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Launched in 2011-12

Pradhan Mantri UJJAWALA Yojana *

Ministry/Department: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Objective: To reduce health hazards of indoor pollution by providing free LPG connections to Women from BPLHouseholds

Scheme:

50 million LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) connections to poor households will be provided

Each beneficiary will get financial support of Rs.1,600 for securing an LPG connection.

Eligible households will be identified in consultation with state governments and Union territories.

The scheme will be implemented over the next three yearsi.e. by 2019

The households will be selected using the socio-economic and caste census data. Consumers will have theoption to purchase gas stove and refills on EMI.

Why launched? Because burning wood/coal is leading to rising pulmonary, cataract and heart diseases

According to health experts, the smoke released in the burning process contains hazardous gases like carbonmonoxide, particulate matter, etc. Unclean cooking fuels are the main source of indoor air pollution that causesnon-communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lungcancer

Generally, poor women are victims of these toxic gases. They have no alternative and thus they are forced to usethem

e-Governance and IT

Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS)

Ministry/Department: Ministry of Home Affairs

Objective:

To create a comprehensive and integrated system for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of Police

To create a nationwide networked infrastructure for evolution of IT-enabled state-of-the-art tracking systemaround investigation of crime and detection of criminals.

Scheme:

It is a Mission Mode Project (MMP) under the National e-Governance Planof Govt. of India.

It will automate Police functions at Police Station and higher levels

It will also create facilities and mechanism to provide public services like registration of online complaints,ascertaining the status of case registered at the police station, verification of persons etc.


Started in 2009

Under the CCTNS Project, approx. 14,000 Police Stations throughout the country has been proposed to beautomated beside 6000 higher offices in police hierarchy e.g. Circles, Sub-Divisions, Districts, Range, Zones,Police Headquarters, SCRBx including scientific and technical organizations having databases required forproviding assistance and information for investigation and other purposes e.g. Finger Print Bureaux, ForensicLabs etc

Digital India *

Ministry/Department: Coordinated by DeitY, Ministry of Communication. Implemented by entire governmentmachinery in their respective domains.

Objective:


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To ensure the government services are made available to citizens electronically.

Transform so far agrarian Indian economy to a knowledge-centric economy

Plug the widening digital divide in Indian society

Give India equal footing with the developed world in terms of development with the aid of latest technology.

Scheme:

Digital India has three core components. These include-a.

The creation of digital infrastructure,b. Delivering services digitally,c. Digital literacy

9 Key points of Digital India Programme are as followo

Universal Access to Phoneso

Broadband Highwayso

Public Internet Access Programmeo

e-Governance Reforming government through Technologyo

e-Kranti Electronic delivery of serviceso

Information for Allo

Electronics Manufacturing Target NET ZERO Importso

IT for Jobso

Early Harvest Programmes

Umbrella programme which includes the hitherto National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) to connect 2,50,000gram Panchayats by providing internet connectivity to all citizens.

To be monitored by a Digital India committee comprised of several ministers.

Will also ensure public answerability via a unique ID, e-Pramaan based on standard government applicationsand fully online delivery of services.

If implemented well, will be a great boost for the electronics industry in India and expectedly will see a fall inimports of electronics.

Also includes development of an electronic development fund.

What is the difference between DI and NeGP?Unlike predecessor National E-Governance Plan (NeGP), Digital India initiative looks much beyond public servicedelivery system. It places equal stress on digital infrastructure, governance and service delivery and

digital empowermentof citizens. Without such comprehensive plan NEGP had very little relevance in rural andbackward areas


Completion target is 2019

It is an Umbrella Programme covering many departments

Envisages as Net-Zero Electronics Import Target by 2020

DigiLocker *

Ministry/Department: Ministry of Communication and IT

Objective: To provide citizens a shareable private space on a public cloud and making all documents / certificates

available on this cloud.

Scheme:

Targeted at the idea of paperless governance, DigiLocker is a platform for issuance and verification ofdocuments & certificates in a digital way, thus eliminating the use of physical documents

A secure dedicated personal electronic space for storing the documents of resident Indian citizens.

The storage space (maximum 1GB) is linked to theAadharnumber of the user.

The space can be utilized for storing personal documents like University certificates, PAN cards, voter id cards,etc., and the URI's of the e-documents issued by various issuer departments.

There is also an associated facility for e-signing documents


An initiative under Digital India

e-Biz *

Ministry/Department: Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP),Ministry of Commerce & Industry


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Objective: To improve the business environment in the country by enabling fast and efficient access to Government-to-Business (G2B) services through an online portal.

Project:

Integrates 11 services on eBiz portal

A business user can avail all these 11 services 24*7 online end-to-end i.e., online submission of forms,attachments, payments, tracking of status and also obtain the license/permit from eBiz portal.

The eBiz platform enables a transformational shift in the Governments service delivery approach from beingdepartment-centric to customer-centric as a single window portal


eBiz is part of the 27 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) under NEGP

Implemented by Infosys

e-Courts Mission Mode Project *

Ministry/Department: Ministry of Law and Justice

Objective: To provide efficient & time-bound citizen centric service delivery.

To develop, install & implement decision support systems in courts.

To automate the processes to provide transparency of Information access to its stakeholders

To enhance judicial productivity both qualitatively & quantitatively, to make the justice delivery systemaffordable, accessible, cost effective & transparent

Scheme:

InPhase Iof the project more than 13,000 District and Subordinate courts have been computerised and caseinformation linked to the respective District court websites

These courts are now providing online eServices such as cause lists, case status and judgments, to litigants andpublic through the eCourts portal

Litigants and lawyers are also provided services through Judicial Service Centre at the court complexes

The implementation ofPhase IIcommenced on 4thAugust, 2015.


The project is being implemented by National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of IT

Jeevan Pramaan *

Ministry/Department: Department of Electronics and IT, Ministry of Communication and IT

Objective: It aims to streamline the process of getting Life certificate and making it hassle free and much easier forthe pensioners.

Scheme: It is aAADHAR Biometric Authentication baseddigital life certificates for Pensioners.

It will do away with the requirement of a pensioner having to submit a physical Life Certificate in Novembereach year, in order to ensure continuity of pension being credited into their account


Launched in 2014

National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) *

Ministry/Department: Department of Electronics and IT, Ministry of Communication and IT

Objective: To provide broadband connectivity to over two lakh Gram Panchayats

Project:

Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) is the special purpose vehicle created as a PSU forexecution of NOFN


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Connectivity gap between Gram Panchayats and Blocks will be filled

The project provides internet access using existingoptical fibre and extending it to the Gram panchayats

The project was intended to enable the government of India to provide e-services and e-applications nationally

All the Service Providers like Telecom Service Providers (TSPs), ISPs, Cable TV operators etc. will be given non-discriminatory access to the National Optic Fibre Network and can launch various services in rural areas.

Various categories of applications like e-health, e-education and e-governance etc. can also be provided by theseoperators

Its target was subsequently scaled down to less than half (1.10 lakh Panchayats) due to miserableimplementation and then the targets as well as the plan lost into oblivion.


Started in 2011

Funded by Universal Service Obligation Fund

Nowcast

Ministry/Department: Ministry of Agriculture (With back end support from Ministry of Earth Sciences i.e. IMD)

Objective: To provide timely alerts on extreme weather conditions to farmers

Project:

IMD already gives weather forecasts but farmers in the affected areas could not get this information on timehence nowcast launched

Under this initiative, the extreme weather data originated from IMD is being moved to mKisan portal using aweb service.

From mKisan Portal warnings regarding extreme weather conditions are automatically and instantaneouslytransmitted by SMSto farmers located in affected district/blocks.

This technological break-through is a collaborative effort between mKisan Portal developed by DAC, weathertechnologies adopted by IMDand GIS Portal of NIC


Started in 2015

PRAGATI (ProActive Governance and Timely Implementation) *

Ministry/Department : PMO

PRAGATIstands for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation.

Objective:The platform is aimed at addressing common mans grievances, and simultaneously monitoring and reviewingimportant programmes and projects of the Government of India as well as projects flagged by State Governments.

Project:

An ICT-based, multi-modal platform forinteraction between state and central governments (PMO,Union Government Secretaries, Chief Secretaries

The PRAGATI platform uniquely bundles three latest technologies:o

digital data management,o

video-conferencing ando

geo-spatial technology

It also offers a unique combination in the direction of cooperative federalism since it brings on one stage theSecretaries of Government of India and the Chief Secretaries of the States

With this, the Prime Minister is able to discuss the issues with the concerned Central and State officials with fullinformation and latest visuals of the ground level situation. It is also an innovative project in e-governance andgood governance

It is a three-tier system(PMO, Union Government Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries of the States).

Issues to be flagged before the PM are picked up from the available database regarding Public Grievances, on-

going Programmes and pending Projects Systems uses data from CPGRAMSfor grievances, Project Monitoring Group (PMG) and the Ministry of

Statistics and Programme Implementation. PRAGATI provides an interface and platform for all thesethree aspects.


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