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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES - June 2019

Jun 2019

Aug 20, 2024

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Introduces Nutritional Scheme for School Children

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu launched the Mukhyamantri Bal Paushtik Aahar Yojana to provide nutritious food to children in government-run schools.
Launching the initiative in Hamirpur, he said that it would complement the existing midday meal scheme and was targeted at students from nursery to Class 8 in 15,181 schools.
Under the scheme, school children will be provided boiled eggs or fruits once a week.
Sukhu further said that about 17,510 primary school teachers would receive tablets as part of the government's efforts to promote digitisation in educational and administrative processes.
"This initiative aims to modernise teaching methods, improve access to digital educational resources and simplify administrative tasks," he said.

Aug 18, 2024

Maharashtra Goverment Launches 'Ladki Bahin' Scheme

The Maharashtra government officially launch and roll out the 'Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana', which seeks to provide Rs. 1500 per month to over one crore women in the state.
Modelled on the lines of the 'Ladli Behna Yojana' in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde assured that this scheme will not be temporary and will continue indefinitely.
The Maharashtra government has launched an app called Nari Shakti Dhoot, through which women eligible for the scheme can easily apply online.
In order to be eligible for the scheme, women need to qualify as a permanent resident of the state of Maharashtra. The scheme is also applicable only for women between the age of 21 and 65. Further, in order to aid those who are financially disadvantaged, the scheme only applies for women whose family or household income is less than Rs. 2.5 lakh per annum.

Aug 13, 2024

The Indian Government Withdraws the Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is learnt to have withdrawn the new draft Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2024, which triggered a controversy and criticism over fears that the government was trying to exert greater control over online content. The draft Bill had raised several questions on the freedom of speech and expression, and the government's powers to regulate it.
As per reports, the ministry is expected to go back to the drawing board and work on a new proposal.

Aug 12, 2024

Maharashtra Government Approves Logistics Policy 2024

The Maharashtra government approved the Logistics Policy 2024, aimed at revolutionising the state's logistics infrastructure and generating approximately 500,000 job opportunities. The policy includes the development of over 200 logistics parks, complexes, and truck terminals equipped with advanced facilities.
The Maharashtra policy incorporates the 'Integrated Logistics Master Plan', which focuses on optimum utilisation of existing and upcoming logistics networks, strengthening logistics infrastructure and multi-modal connectivity. Under it, dedicated logistics infrastructure will be developed on more than 10,000 acres in the state by 2029.
The projects include an international mega logistics hub to be developed in the Navi Mumbai-Pune region on 2,000 acres of land, which will also be connected to the new international airport at Panvel. This will help in making the area a major international trade and industry centre due to its proximity to various industrial estates. A budget of Rs. 1,500 crore will be allocated for this development.
Key Objectives:
Infrastructure Development: Establish more than 10,000 acres of dedicated logistics infrastructure.
Logistics Hubs: Create 25 district logistics nodes, five regional logistics hubs, five state logistics hubs, one national logistics hub, and one international logistics hub.
Technological Integration: Promote high-tech logistics through Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain technology, robotics, automation, IoT, digitisation, drones, and fintech to create tech-savvy jobs.

Aug 08, 2024

Lok Sabha Passes Finance Bill, Amends LTCG Tax Provision on Immovable Properties

The Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill 2024 after the Central government relaxed the freshly-introduced new capital gains tax on real estate, allowing taxpayers an option to switch to a new lower tax rate or stay with the old regime that had higher rate with indexation benefit.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget for 2024–25, proposed to lower the long-term capital gains tax on real estate to 12.5 percent from 20 percent, but without the indexation benefit, moved an amendment to the bill to give the option.
Indexation benefit allows taxpayers to arrive at the cost price of the property after adjusting for inflation.
The amendment came after the new provision was criticised for raising tax incidence and disincentivising investments in real estate.
The major amendment in the Bill relates to the restoration of the indexation benefit on sale of properties bought prior to July 23, 2024.

Andhra Scraps 2-Child Policy for Individuals to Contest Local Body Polls

The Andhra Pradesh government decided to scrap the two-child norm for contesting local body elections in view of the declining fertility rate in the state. The decision was taken at the meeting of the state Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
The Cabinet gave its approval to repeal the amendments made in 1994 to the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act 1955 and the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act 1965, barring individuals with more than two children from contesting the polls. Individuals with more than two children were barred from contesting in urban local body elections. Although the restriction for Panchayat Raj elections was removed in 2019, it continued to apply to other local bodies.
The Cabinet noted that while the national fertility rate is 2.1 per cent, the same in Andhra Pradesh is only 1.5 per cent.

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