Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana extended

On June 30, 2020, PM Modi extended the free distribution of food grains scheme under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana till November 2020. Highlights The estimated cost of extension of the programme is Rs 90,000 crores. The extension will provide free food grains to 80 crore people. Free Food Grain Distribution Under Pradhan Mantri Garib ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Government Schemes India • MNREGA • PM Modi • PM-Kisan • Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana • Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana • Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi • Ujjwala Scheme

Rs 170 crores disbursed to MNREGA

On May 21, 2020, the Government of India disbursed RS 170 crores to MNREGA workers. The amounts were disbursed to the beneficiaries through the Deaprtment of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj. Highlights The Department has taken up more than 14,000 development projects under MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act) since April 20, 2020. This ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Topics: COVID-19 • Employment • employment generation • Migrant workers • MNREGA • Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin • Rural Development • solid waste management • Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan • Swachh Bharat Mission

Fifth Tranche of Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan announced

On May 17, 2020, the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman announced the fifth and final tranche of Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. The scheme is to implement several measures to fight COVID-19 at an allocated budget of Rs 20 lakh crore economic packages Highlights Under the fifth tranche of the scheme, the finance minister announced seven ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Topics: Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan • Companies Act • Ease of Doing Business • Gross domestic product • IBC • Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code • MNREGA • nirmala sitaraman • Public sector undertakings in India • Swachh Bharath Mission

Group of Ministers submitted draft proposal on Employment and Skill Development

The Group of Ministers Committee formed under the leadership of Social Justice and Empowerment Minister recently submitted its draft proposals on employment and skill development. Proposals made The following proposals were made by the draft The draft has proposed “The Land Pooling Model”. The model is being used in greenfield airports. The proposal suggests to ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Aayushman Bharat • Food Processing • Migrant workers • Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment • MNREGA • MSME • pradhan mantri jan arogya yojana • Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana • RBI • Repo Rate

CMIE: Unemployment rate climbs to 27.1%

On May 5, 2020, the Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy released unemployment data. According to the data, 121.5 million are without works. Highlights The data says that 91,3 million daily wage labourers were out of their jobs due to COVID-19 crisis. Also, 18.2 million entrepreneurs are without work as there are lack of labourers. ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: CMIE • FCI • Food Corporation of India (FCI) • Government procurement • Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) • MNREGA • NAFED • Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana • Unemployment