Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, was passed by Parliament in May, 2005 and received Presidential assent on the 23rd of June, 2005. The act envisages that the SEZs...
Intangible Cultural Heritage means the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills – as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts and cultural spaces associated therewith – that communities, groups and,...
The National Cultural Fund (NCF) was established by the Ministry of Culture in 1996 as a Trust under the Charitable Endowments Act. 1890. NCF`s primary mandate is to...
Zonal Cultural Centres have been conceptualized with the aim of projecting cultural kinships, which transcend territorial boundaries. The idea is to arouse and deepen awareness of the local...
On 15th August, 2003, Prime Minister of India made an announcement for setting up of a National Mission on India’s Tangible Heritage. Accordingly the National Mission on Monuments...
National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) was launched during February 2011 by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) with the funding from Ministry of Agriculture, Government of...
The National Bamboo Mission was launched in 2006-07 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme to promote the growth of bamboo sector. The programmes address four major areas of bamboo...
Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) was established in 1994. Its fundamental objective is to link the small farmers to agricultural value chain, which includes investments, technology and markets...
From 1 April 2014, this scheme has been merged in Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM). Under this Gramin Bhandaran Yojana or Rural Godown Scheme, government provides supports to...
The National Dairy Plan is implemented by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DADF). The World Bank provides financial assistance to the plan. It is implemented in...
