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PM FME Scheme: Ministries Converge
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries, earlier launched an all India Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM FME) Scheme. The scheme is to be implemented between 2020-21 and 2024-25. It is to implemented at an outlay of Rs 10,000 crores. Convergence of Ministries Recently, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) agreed ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana • Food Processing Industry • National rural livelihood mission • PM FME • Self-help group
Union Cabinet approved Agricultural Infrastructure Fund of Rs 1 lakh crores
On July 8, 2020, the union cabinet chaired by PM Modi approved a new Central Sector Scheme-Agricultural Infrastructure Fund of Rs 1 lakh crore. Highlights The scheme is to provide long tern and medium term debt financing facility to invest in viable agricultural projects. It will support community farming, post-harvest management infrastructure. The allocated fund ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Agricultural cooperative • Agricultural Infrastructure Fund • Agriculture • Farmer producer organisations • Self-help group • Startups • Union Cabinet
Odisha introduces Mission Shakti department and independent Nutrition Budget
The Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik recently announced that Odisha will be the first state to have an exclusive department for Self Help Group (SHGs) called “Mission Shakti”. In addition to this exclusive department, the state government has also introduced an independent Nutrition Budget focusing on the nutritional enhancement of all mothers and children ..
Topics: Mission Shakti • Nutrition • Odisha • Self-help group
Ministry of Rural Development organizes 2019 SARAS Aajeevika Mela
On 12th October 2019, the SARAS Aajeevika Mela has been organised by the Ministry of Rural Development at India Gate Lawns in New Delhi and will carry on till October 23. It was formally inaugurated by Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. The aim of this SARAS Mela to bring the rural women Self Help ..
Topics: Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana • Economic development • Economy • Government of India • Ministry of Rural Development • Narendra Singh Tomar • National rural livelihood mission • Poverty in India • Self-help group • Tomar
Government e Marketplace (GeM) signs pact with SIDBI to enable growth of MSMEs, Start-ups and Women Entrepreneurs
The Government e Marketplace (GeM) has signed an MoU with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to benefit MSMEs, women entrepreneurs, Self Help Groups (SHGs), Women Self Help Groups (WSHGs) and various loan beneficiaries under MUDRA and Stand-up India scheme. The MoU will enable promotion of special initiatives of GeM like Womaniya and Start-up ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Economy • Finance • Money • Self-help group • Small Industries Development Bank of India
World Bank signs loan pact for NRETP to boost rural incomes in India
On 4th March 2019, the World Bank (WB) and the Government of India (GoI) has signed a $250 million loan agreement for the National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP) to boost Rural Incomes across 13 States in India. The loan will help women in rural households develop viable enterprises for farm and non-farm products. The ..
Topics: Economy • Finance • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development • Microfinance • National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development • Organizations • Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana • Self-help group • United Nations Development Group • World Bank