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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES - December 2019

Dec 2019

Feb 03, 2021

Punjab CM launches 'Har Ghar Pani, Har Ghar Safai' mission

To accomplish the goal of 100 percent potable piped water supply in all rural households by 2022, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh launched the 'Har Ghar Pani, Har Ghar Safai' mission as part of the state government's campaign.
He also inaugurated one Mega Surface Water Supply Scheme covering 85 villages in the Moga district, 144 new water supply schemes for 172 villages, 121 Arsenic, and Iron removal plants. The scheme is being funded by the World Bank, Jal Jeewan Mission of GoI, NABARD, and State Budget.

Assam CM Launches Schemes For College Students, Literary Bodies

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched two schemes to provide monetary assistance to college students and literary bodies of the state.
Under Pragyan Bharati scheme, 3,26,046 college students were given Rs 1,500 each for purchasing textbooks, while a total of Rs 161 crore was reimbursed for the free admission of 4 lakh eligible students.
The second scheme is Bhasha Gourab, under which the state government provided 21 Sahitya Sabhas (literary bodies) with a total of Rs 43 crore as a contribution towards their corpus funds.

14 New Minor Forest Produce Items Included Under MSP Scheme

The government has decided to include 14 new minor forest produce items under the mechanism for marketing of minor forest produce through a minimum support price scheme to provide remunerative and fair prices to tribal gatherers of forest produces. Newly included items are Tasar Cocoon, elephant apple dry, bamboo shoot, malkangani seed and wild dry mushroom among others.
The Central government had introduced a minimum support price for a selected list of minor produce items through mechanism for marketing of Minor Forest Produce through Minimum Support price and development of Value Chain of MFP Scheme in 2011. It aims to provide a social safety net to these underprivileged forest dwellers, and to aid in their empowerment.

Feb 02, 2021

Govt. to Amend Apprenticeship Act to Enhance Opportunities for Youth

To enhance opportunities for youth, the government proposed to amend the Apprenticeship Act and realign the National Apprenticeship Training Scheme for a post-education apprenticeship, training of graduates and diploma holders in engineering.
Presenting the Budget for 2021-22 in Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that over Rs. 3,000 crore will be set aside for this purpose.
The National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme was launched in 2016.
The National Apprenticeship Training Scheme for providing post-education apprenticeship, training of graduates and diploma holders in Engineering shall be realigned and over Rs. 3,000 crore will be provided for this purpose.

Feb 01, 2021

Fourteen Minor Forest Produce Items Included under MSP Scheme

The government has decided to include 14 new minor forest produce items under the mechanism for marketing of minor forest produce through a minimum support price scheme to provide remunerative and fair prices to tribal gatherers of forest produces.
Newly included items are Tasar Cocoon, elephant apple dry, bamboo shoot, malkangani seed and wild dry mushroom among others.
The Central government had introduced a minimum support price for a selected list of minor produce items through mechanism for marketing of Minor Forest Produce through Minimum Support price and development of Value Chain of MFP Scheme in 2011.
It aims to provide a social safety net to these underprivileged forest dwellers, and to aid in their empowerment.

Jan 31, 2021

Start-up India Seed Fund Scheme

The government launched the Start-up India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS).
The scheme will be launched with a corpus of Rs 945 crore.
The scheme was launched with the aim of providing the financial assistance to start-ups for the product trials, market-entry, proof of concept, prototype development and commercialization.
The funds under the Start-up India Seed Fund Scheme will be disbursed through the selected incubators across the country.
The scheme will be in mission mode for the year 2021-25.
The funds under SISFS can be availed by a start-up that are incorporated not before the 2 years ago at the time of application.
The Start-ups will be recognized by the DPIIT.

Jan 30, 2021

Parliament to Consider Bills to Ban Private Cryptocurrencies, Set up DFI

The Budget session of the Parliament will contemplate introduction of two keys payments that search to ban personal cryptocurrencies and arrange a growth finance establishment for infrastructure financing.
The government will introduce the 'Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021 that seeks to create a "facilitative framework" for creation of official digital foreign money that might be issued by the Reserve Bank of India. The Bill will prohibit all personal cryptocurrencies in India, however will permit for sure exceptions to advertise the underlying know-how of cryptocurrency, and its makes use of.
The government may even introduce The National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) Bill, 2021 by which a brand-new Development Financial Institution might be arranged.
Besides these, the present Parliament session may even contemplate 18 different payments, together with the Finance Bill, for passage.
This contains Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2021 that can allow co-operative societies to raise assets extra successfully by selling purposeful autonomy and professionalization.
The Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2021 may even be launched to carry structural modifications within the governing construction of the CCI, and to handle the wants for brand spanking new age markets.

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