NDA government intiatives (for competitive examinations purpose)

Young India-Vibrant India

Sabal Bharat- Samartha Bharat

SCHOLARSHIPS

·         3.7 lakh schools students given National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship

·         3.30 lakh scholarships granted to meritorious students of colleges in the last 3 years

·         Total amount of scholarship given to students by UGC, AICTE and Central Government is Rs. 1273 cr

·         9.65 lakh school girls sanctioned incentive amount of Rs 3000/- under National Scheme of incentive to Girls for secondary education

·         Special scholarship to 24,200 J&K students to complete professional courses in best colleges throughout the country

·         National Scholarship Portal has been created as one stop solution for all scholarship needs. More than 2 Crorestudents have registered on this portal 

STAND UP INDIA (Finance)

·         To promote entrepreneurship among SC/ST and Women launched by PM on 5^th April, 2016

·         To benefit at least 2.5 lakh entrepreneurs.

·         Loans of more than 15,000 entrepreneurs approved out of which more than 80% are women.

·         Rs. 500 crores have been allotted in 2016-17

·         18,565 women and 4,756 SC/STs have so far benefited from Stand Up India scheme.

·         Capital subsidy under New scheme ATUFS (Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme) in Textile Sector will create over 30 lakh jobs, especially for women

START UP INDIA (DIPP)

·         Start-Up India Movement launched on 16th January 2016 for promotion of Entrepreneurship among youth

·         Action Plan Unveiled for encouraging start-ups.

·         Tax relief for three years for the start ups

·         Start-up Fund of Rs 10, 000 Crore

·         Start-ups are allowed to issue ESOPs to promoters working as employees

·         Start Ups approved

·         1835 applications have been received for recognition, out of which 713 had the required documents and have been recognized as Startups by DIPP

·         146 applications could be considered for tax benefits, out of which, 10 Startups have been approved by IMB for availing tax benefit

·         270+ Startups have been mentored for incubation and funding support by Startup India Hub

MUDRA (Finance)

Pradhan Mantri MUDRA (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency) Yojana

·         Launched by PM on 8^th April, 2015 to promote entrepreneurship spirit among the youth.

·         Easy, loans without guarantee under three categories – Shishu, Kishore and Tarun by the banks. 

·         Loans more than Rs. 1.80 lakh crore disbursed to over 4 crore borrowers in 2016-17 FY as per data available till 13.04.2017

·         Budget allocation for 2017-18 doubled to Rs.2.44 lakh crores against Rs. 1.22 lakh crores in 2016-17

·         More than 70% of the loans has been availed of by women entrepreneurs

SKILL INDIA (MSDE)

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana:

·         To provide skills training to youth scheme launched on 15th July 2015

·         National Policy on Skill Development and Entrepreneurship announced

·         Target of providing skills to 40 Crore Youth by 2022.

·         8479 training centers opened in 596 districts.

·         Over 11 Lakh youth enrolled., Training in 375 trades.

·         19.85 Lakh youth trained and 2.49 Lakh placed as part of PMKVY (2015-2016)

·         For PMKVY (2016-2020), 16.37 Lakh targets have been allocated to training providers under Short Term Training, Recognition of Prior Learning, and Special Projects with 2.72 Lakh enrolment as on date.

·         Women constitute approx. 50% of all enrolled candidates under PMKVY

·         PMKVY 1 trained 40% higher number of candidates than STAR under UPA

SANKALP

·         Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion program (SANKALP) to be launched at a cost of Rs.4000 crores. SANKALP will provide market relevant training to 3.5 crore youth 

Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana (MSDE)

·         In order to encourage entrepreneurship among youth the scheme was launched on 9^th November 2016

·         Now Yuva PMKVY2.0 – Pradhan Mantri Yuva Kaushal Vikas Yojana 2.0 (MSDE)

National Young Leaders Program (NYLP)

·         New Scheme launched in Dec 2014, to develop leadership qualities among the youth, with 5 components

·         Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan has involved 9.25 Lakh youth and conducted 12069 Block level YuvaSansad and 80303 Rural level Yuva Sansad programs.

·         Funds increased from 275-290 crore in 2013-14 to 500 crore in 2016-17

  

Khelo India - Boost to Sports (Youth Affairs)

·         First Sports University opened in Manipur.

·         Launched as a Central Sector Scheme during the current financial year 2016-17 onwards

·         Target Olympics podium scheme launched to identify and assist medal probable for 2020 Olympics

·         Task force for preparations for next 3 Olympic Games

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CLEAN INDIA- GREEN INDIA

Swachch Bharat- Harit Bharat

SWACHCH BHARAT ABHIYAN (UD, RD)

• India’s biggest ever cleanliness drive launched by the Prime Minister on Gandhi Jayanti, 2^nd October 2014 at Rajghatin New Delhi.
• PM urges everyone to devote 100 hours every year that is two hours every week towards cleanliness.
• Campaign aimed at the Mission Clean India by 2^nd October 2019 to coincide with the 150^th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
• More than 3 Crore toilets constructed
• Sanitation coverage which was 42% previously has become 60%
• Open Defecation Free (ODF) States: Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala
• Urban Areas of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat and Sikkim declared ODF.

Swachch Bharat Gramin:

• Over 3.6 crore household toilets constructed since the launch of the Mission
• 1,74,557 villages, 118 districts and 3 States declared ODF
• Incentive for individual toilet has been increased to Rs. 12,000.
• 80 lakh toilets constructed from 2.10.2014 to 2.10.2015 against expected 60 lakhs.
• Against the yearly target of 50 lakhs for individual latrines for the year 2014-15, 58,54,987 latrines were constructed, which is achievement of 117% of the target.
• 45.59 lakh and 49.76 lakh toilets were constructed in 2012-13 and 2013-14 respectively. On the other hand, in the first two years of NDA Government, 58.54 lakh and 97.73 lakh toilets constructed in 2014-15 and in 2015-16 (upto29.2.2015).
• 100 Swachh Iconic Places (SIP) of historical and cultural significance will attain the highest levels of Swachhta as per global standards. 20 of these have been selected in Phase1 and Phase 2.
• 4300 villages along the banks of River Ganges across 52 districts in 5 States will be Open Defecation Free, ODF by May, 2017. Out of 4300 villages, 3300 constituting 76 percent are already ODF.

Swachch Bharat Urban:

• 31 lakhs individual household toilets constructed so far; 18.50 lakh more under construction
• 1.25 lakh Community and Public Toilet seats constructed
• 39,995 out of total 81,015 urban wards covered under 100% Door to Door collection of solid waste
• Waste processing increased to 21.51% from 18% in 2014
• Waste to Compost conversion increased to 13.13 lakh tons/year from 1.50 lakh tons per year in 2014
• 614 cities have been so far declared Open Defecation Free after due verification
• All cities of Andhra Pradesh and  Gujarat declared ODF

SWACHCH VIDYALAYA:

• Target was fully achieved with 4.17 lakh toilets added to 2.61 lakh government elementary and secondary schools from 15.8.2014 to 15.8.2015.

• 13.77 crore children in 11.21 lakh government schools all over the country now have access to toilet facilities

SWACHCH BHARAT KOSH (Finance)

·         To improve the cleanliness levels in rural and urban areas, priority to girl toilets in schools.

·         Purpose: Construction of new toilets and repair and renovation of dysfunctional toilets in villages, towns, government schools and aanganwaadis.

·         Fund also used for constructing water lines to the toilets, training and skill development to maintain hygiene in the toilets and other activities to improve sanitation.

·         Rs 365 crore; used for school toilets & renovation of defunct toilets

SWACHH BHARAT CESS (Finance)

·         Contribution to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in the form of Swachh Bharat Cess

RURAL DRINKING WATER SUPPLY (MoDWS)

• Rural drinking water supply coverage - No. of fully covered habitations increased from 73.66% as on 1.4.14 to 77.01% (As on 28.2.17)
• 2,67,057 habitations covered from 2014-2017 (As on 28.02.17)
• 55 percent of the rural population have access to tap water
• Clean Water to Arsenic and Fluoride affected 28000 habitations by 2020

NAMAMI GANGE (MoWS& GR)

·         Ambitious Ganga Rejuvenation Program ‘NamaamiGange’ launched for cleaning of Ganga.

GREEN INDIA (MoEF)

·         All Environment Clearances made online.

·         National Air Quality Index launched on 6^th April, 2015 to monitor the quality of air in major urban centres across the country on a real-time basis.

·         Waste Management rules notified

UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All)

·         Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All. LED bulb distribution under domestic efficient lighting program in Delhi launched on 5 January 2015

·         23.13 crore LED Bulbs distributed till now

·         30,040 Million units of electricity saved per year

·         To help government to save Rs 12,016 crores per year

·         Reduction in Carbon Dioxide Emission up to 24.33 MT/year

·         Procurement price of LED bulbs dropped significantly due to aggregation of demand from Rs. 310 )Jan. 2014 ( to Rs. 38 (Jan. 2017)

INITIATIVE FOR ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (MoEF)

·         India declares its INDCs in the run to COP-21 at Paris in December 2015.

·        No. Of Tigers increased by 30% over the last count. 2014 census shows 2226 tigers.