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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES - December 2019

Dec 2019

Nov 11, 2020

PM-KUSUM scaled up: Goal Set to 30.8 GW of Solar Capacity by 2022

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has recently issued orders to expand Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM). Accordingly, the new target of the scheme has been enhanced to achieve solar capacity of 30.8 GW by 2022. This is to be done with the revised central financial support of Rs. 34,035 crores.
In September 2020, the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy proposed to initiate centralised tendering process for the year 2020-21 targeting 4.5 lakh standalone solar pumps. In the first year of the scheme, the target was 1.75 lakh solar pumps. The tendering process is being done by EESL.
The scheme was launched to help farmers install solar pumps, grid connected solar power and other renewable power plants. Initially the target of the scheme was set to achieve 25,720 MW by 2022.
There are three components of the scheme are - Component A: To install 10,000 MW of decentralised ground mounted grid connected renewable power plants, Component B: To install 17.5 lakh standalone solar power agricultural pumps with capacity up to 7.5 HP and Component C: To solarise 10 lakh grid connected agriculture pumps.

Nov 09, 2020

Uttarakhand CM Launches Free Wi-Fi Service for Govt. Colleges, Universities

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat launched free high-speed WiFi service for all government colleges and universities in the state. He launched the service at a college in his constituency Doiwala.
Rawat said that Uttarakhand is the first state in the country to provide free internet to all government colleges and universities. According to Rawat, internet connectivity in colleges and universities will play a big role in the education of students.

Nov 08, 2020

Udyam Scheme

According to Government of India, over 11 lakh MSMEs have registered on the new online system of Udyam Registration, which was launched in July 2020.
According to GoI, over 3.72 lakh have been registered under manufacturing category and 6.31 lakh have registered under service sector. Of these registered enterprises, 93.17% were micro enterprises, 5.62% were small enterprises and 1.21 were medium enterprises. Around 7.98 lakh enterprises were owned by male, 1.73 lakh enterprises were owned by female entrepreneurs. Around 11,188 enterprises were owned by Divyangjan.
The top five industries of registrations include textile, food products, apparel, machinery and equipment and fabricated metal products. Over 1 crore persons were employed through these registration units.
The leading states in the registration are Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.

Nov 07, 2020

Foreign Contribution Amendment Bill 2020

The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020 amends the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010. The Act regulates the acceptance and utilisation of foreign contribution by individuals, associations and companies. Foreign contribution is the donation or transfer of any currency, security or article (of beyond a specified value) by a foreign source.
Under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, certain persons are prohibited to accept any foreign contribution. These include: election candidates, editor or publisher of a newspaper, judges, government servants, members of any legislature, and political parties, among others.
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill adds public servants (as defined under the Indian Penal Code) to this list. Public servant includes any person who is in service or pays of the government, or remunerated by the government for the performance of any public duty.

Haryana Assembly Passes Bill Approving 75% Job Quota in Private Sector

The Haryana Assembly passed a bill to give 75% job reservation to the local job seekers in the private sector; it was one of the key poll promises made by the ruling alliance government.
The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2020 provides job quota for local people in private sector with a salary offer of less than Rs. 50,000 per month. The bill covers private companies, societies, trusts and partnership firms and others located in the state.
The bill states that only 10 per cent of the recruitment by a private company needs to be from the district in which it is located while the rest of the quota can be filled from other districts of the state. The quota will initially apply for 10 years.

Nov 06, 2020

"Go Electric Campaign" of BEE: AP to Set Up 400 EV Charging Stations

The "Go Electric" campaign was launched by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in coordination with the Andhra Pradesh State Energy Conservation Mission.
The Andhra Pradesh State Government is to set up 400 Electric Vehicle charging vehicles all over the state to promote the usage of electric vehicles. This is to be achieved in coordination with the "Go Electric" campaign of BEE.
The New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP) is the nodal agency to establish charging stations in Andhra Pradesh.

GoI Forms Committee to Review Television Rating System

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is to set up a committee to review the existing guidelines of Television Rating Agencies.
The committee has been formed with four members under the chairmanship of CEO of Prasar Bharti Sashi Shekar Vempati. The other three members of the committee include Rajkumar Upadhyaya (Executive Director of C-Dot), Dr Shalabh, Professor of Statistics from IIT Kanpur and Professor Pulak Ghosh of Decision Sciences Centre for Public Policy.
The Committee is to carry out an appraisal system. Also, it will examine the TRAI recommendations that are being notified time to time.

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