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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES - December 2019

Dec 2019

Jun 03, 2022

Government Limits LPG Subsidy to Ujjwala Beneficiaries

The government limited subsidy on cooking gas (LPG) for only 9 crore poor women and other beneficiaries who got free connections under the Ujjwala scheme and the remaining users, including households, will pay the market price. Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries will get Rs. 200 per cylinder subsidy for 12 bottles in a year to help ease some of the burden arising from cooking gas rates rising to record levels.
A 14.2-kg LPG cylinder costs Rs. 1,003 in the national capital. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries will get Rs. 200 subsidy directly in their bank account and the effective price for them would be Rs. 803 per 14.2-kg cylinder. For the rest, it will cost Rs. 1,003 in Delhi. The Rs. 200 subsidy will cost the government Rs. 6,100 crore.

Jun 01, 2022

PM Modi Releases 11th Installment of PM-KISAN Benefits

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 11th instalment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, worth nearly Rs. 21,000 crore, in Shimla. The amount was released at the 'Garib Kalyan Sammelan' as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. He interacted with beneficiaries of about 16 schemes spanning nine departments of the Government of India.
Events were organized at State Capitals, District Headquarters and KVK Centres all over the country wherein the scheme beneficiaries interact with Chief Ministers, Central or State Ministers, Members of Parliament, Members of Legislative Assembly and other elected public representatives.

PM Modi Unveils PM CARES for Children Scheme

The students who lost both their parents due to Covid-19 will get a monthly stipend of Rs. 4,000 a month. The monthly stipend will be disbursed under the PM Cares for Children Scheme. If someone needs an education loan for professional courses, or for higher education, then PM cares will help in that too. The youth from 18-23 years of age will get a stipend every month and when they are 23 years old, they will get the amount of Rs. 10 lakh.
PM Cares fund also helped a lot in preparing hospitals, buying ventilators, and setting up oxygen plants during the Covid pandemic.

May 29, 2022

Tamil Nadu Government Launches Integrated Agri-development Scheme

Chief Minister MK Stalin launched the 'Kalaignarin All Villages Integrated Agricultural Development Programme' that proposes overall agriculture development in all the 15,525 village panchayats through a convergence of Union and State government schemes and externally-aided projects in five years.
In 2022, the programme will cover 1,997 village panchayats at a cost of Rs. 227.06 crore and benefit over nine lakh agricultural families.
The programme aims to bring 11.75 lakh hectares of land under net area cultivated in the next 10 years, increase the double-cropping area to 20 lakh hectares, and make Tamil Nadu among the top three States in production of foodgrains, coconut, cotton, sunflower, and groundnut.

May 26, 2022

Tripura Adopts EV Policy to Convert 10% of State's Vehicles to Electric

In an effort to cut down on environmental pollution and uphold Tripura as an eco-friendly tourist destination, the Tripura state government decided to adopt the Tripura Electric Vehicle Policy 2022, to promote electric vehicles. There are 60,000 vehicles in Tripura. Government has taken an in-principle decision to convert 10 per cent of these 60,000 vehicles in the next five years.
The electric vehicles policy is already existing in 14 states of the country. If implemented, Tripura would become the 15th state and third in the Northeast region after Assam and Meghalaya to adopt the electric vehicle policy.
The cabinet also decided to provide 2-3 Ganda free land to 7,230 tea garden workers in the state.

Centre Launches Swachh Survekshan 2023 under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0

Union Government launched the Eighth Edition of Swachh Survekshan – SS-2023 under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0. Designed with the theme of 'Waste to Wealth' as its driving philosophy, Swachh Survekshan- 2023 is curated towards achieving circularity in waste management. The survey would give priority to the principle of 3 Rs- Reduce, Recycle and Reuse.
Over the years, Swachh Survekshan emerged as the largest Urban sanitation survey in the world. It was observed that whenever the Swachh Survey starts, there is an enhanced level of activities undertaken by the cities and cities are visibly cleaner during the months the survey is conducted. Therefore, in SS-2023, the evaluation will be conducted in four phases, instead of three phases in earlier editions.

Uttarakhand Becomes the First Indian State to Roll Out Drone in Healthcare

Drones being used commercially to deliver great healthcare to Indians in the most rural locations appears to be a possibility now. In the United States' Redcliffe Labs, a division of Redcliffe Lifetech, has completed its first commercial drone flight in the healthcare sector. Between Uttarkashi and Dehradun, the business just launched a commercial drone corridor. Redcliffe Lab transported a payload of 5 kilograms in air temp boxes from Gyansu, Uttarkashi, to Vivek Vihar, Dehradun, a distance of 60 kilometres by air.
Though initially sceptical, India's commercial sectors have embraced drones to improve job efficiency and save operational costs. According to 6W research, the Indian UAV market is expected to develop at a CAGR of 18% in terms of revenue from 2017 to 23.

May 16, 2022

Chhattisgarh becomes first state to restore old pension scheme

Chhattisgarh became the first state in the country to restore the old pension scheme in order to provide assured income to retired employees. The state government sent a proposal to the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) for the withdrawal of Rs 17,000 crore accrued under the National Pension Scheme since November 2004.
- The government issued a notification saying that the old pension scheme will be effective from April 1, 2022. Also, the 10 per cent deduction for monthly contribution from the salary of government employees as a contribution to the new pension scheme will be abolished from April 1, 2022. However, a minimum of 12 per cent of basic salary will be deducted as per the General Provident Fund rule.
- The old pension scheme gives 50 per cent of the employee's salary as pension.

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