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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES - December 2018

Dec 2018

Jul 01, 2019

Jal Shakti Abhiyan

The government is set to launch the Jal Shakti Abhiyan, which aims to put in place measures for rainwater harvesting, water conservation and replenishing water bodies, at a time when the Narendra Modi government is turning its attention towards water shortage in various parts of the country.
Teams have been constituted in 254 districts before the launch of the programme, and engineers and technical staff have been placed in 1,539 blocks to take stock of the ground water levels, the state of acquifers, and ponds and water bodies that may have been encroached upon over the last two decades.

Jun 30, 2019

One Nation, One Ration Card

The 'One Nation One Ration Card' scheme, which would allow portability of food security benefits, would be available across the country from July 1, 2020.
This means poor migrant workers will be able to buy subsidised rice and wheat from any ration shop in the country, so long as their ration cards are linked to Aadhaar.
All the States have been given one more year to use point of sale (PoS) machines in the ration shops and implement the scheme.
Already, 77% % of the ration shops across the country have PoS machines and more than 85% of people covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) have their cards linked to Aadhaar.
According to senior Food Ministry officials, while Aadhaar linkage is not necessary to access NFSA benefits in a beneficiary's local registered ration shop, located closest to her home address, it will be necessary to access the portability scheme.
Ten States -- Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana and Tripura – already offer this portability. Delhi had also begun implementing portability, though it was later stopped for technical reasons.
Other States, including Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Tamil Nadu, could easily implement the scheme, as they had PoS machines in all the ration shops.

Jun 28, 2019

Bill to Amend Special Economic Zones Law

The Rajya Sabha cleared the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019, that seeks to allow trusts to set up units in special economic zones, a day after the Lok Sabha passed the measure.
The Bill would replace the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019, promulgated in March.
The Opposition parties had criticised the government for issuing the ordinance, which allowed trusts to open units in the SEZs, just days before the general election was announced.

Lok Sabha Passes Bill on Homoeopathy Council

The Lok Sabha passed the Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which enables the government to extend the tenure of the Board of Governors for a further period of one year with effect from May 17, 2019.
This is the second Bill passed by the newly constituted Lok Sabha and would replace an ordinance issued by the previous NDA government.
Urging the government to re-examine the proposed legislation, the Congress party's leader of the House Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury sought to move a statutory resolution that was defeated by a voice vote.
Another Opposition MP, N.K. Premachandaran of the RSP, also unsuccessfully proposed amendments to the Bill.

Jun 27, 2019

Bill Barring Candidates with over 2 Children

The Uttarakhand assembly passed a bill barring people with more than two children from contesting Panchayat, or village council, elections in the state.
The bill also stipulates minimum educational qualifications for Panchayat poll contestants.
General category men would now need to have passed the class 10 examination to contest the village council elections.
People from the scheduled castes and tribes and women can contest the polls if they have cleared their class 8 exam. The bill also prohibits a person from holding two posts in a local body.
The Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act 2016 (Amendment) Bill was passed with a voice vote on the last day of the state assembly session.
The bill would now be sent to governor Baby Rani Maurya for her approval.

Jun 24, 2019

Amma Vodi Covers Private Schools Also

After a couple of State Ministers moved back and forth on the yardstick applicable to the beneficiaries of the Amma Vodi scheme, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy clarified that the cash incentive of Rs. 15,000 would be given to all women who are from economically poor sections and send their children to school.
It could be a government or a private school.
Jagan had reiterated on several occasions his commitment to ensure quality education to children of all sections in society.
The government was keen on revamping the education system to improve the standards and extend the facility to all.
The objective of the scheme is to encourage women from the poorest families to send their children to school and educate them.
People need not harbour any apprehensions about the government's intention to implement this scheme.

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