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Lecture 1: Government Schemes Target Prelims (Current Affairs) 2019
Content Layout Schemes / Policies / Mission related to Ministry of 1. Human Resource Development 2. Health and Family Welfare 3. Women and Child Development 4. Mines 5. Chemical and Fertilizers 6. Agriculture and Farmer Welfare 7. Drinking Water and Sanitation
Ministry of Human Resource and Development
Samagra Shiksha 1. Dept of school Education and Literacy 2. Pre School – 12th 3. Supporting states for pre primary education 4. Grants on the basis of learning outcomes
Samagra Shiksha
• Holistic Approach
• Administrative Reforms
• Enhanced Funding
• Quality of Education
• Digital Education
Features • Strengthening of school Education
• Girls Education
• Inclusive Education
• Skill Development
• Physical Education
• Regional BalanceOperation Digital Board 1. Digital classroom 2. Availability of e-resources at any time and at any place to students. 3. 9th - PG
PISA 1. Programme for International Students Assessment. 2. Launched in 1997 by OECD 3. 1st Assessment in 2000 , 3 year cycle , Next Assessment 2021 4. Evaluate education system worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15 year old students. 5. Parameters a. Reading b. Maths c. Science d. Collaborative problem solving
PISA 6. All forms of schools will be covered – Public, Private, Private aided 7. Paper based Test 8. India will participate in PISA 2021 through schools run by a. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), b. Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) and c. UT of Chandigarh. 9. World Bank will be providing technical support as well as financial assistance
e-Pathshala 1. NCERTs books free in digital version 2. Mobile App 3. Nov 2015 4. HRD and NCERT 5. English,Hindi and Urdu
UDISE+ 1. Unified District Information on School Education (UDISE) collects data on all schools in the country. 2. UDISE+ application will be online and will gradually move towards collecting real-time data. 3. 2012 - 13
UDISE+ Dashboard GIS Mapping 3rd Party • Stakeholders can • Exact location of Verification access and analyse school • Officials information to make • School report – all evidence based details of school decisions • Monitor performance • Data analysis
PGI – Performance Grading Index
Learning
1. Grading States and UTs Access
on their performance Outcomes
Infrastructure & Facilities
across 70 indicators on
school education. Equity
Indicators
2. Third party verification Attendance
of data by UNICEF.
Teacher adequacy
Administrative adequacy
Governance
Training
Accountability
TransparencyShagun Portal
1. SSA – Elementary Education
Shagun Portal
SHA -
Shala
Repository of
Online monitoring
innovation
SHAGUN
Good practices State level
GUN -
Gunvatta performanceShagunotsav 1. Visiting and checking govt school Aug – Sep 19 2. Focus (Mapping Online) a. Infrastructure b. Facilities
Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar 1. Private, Govt, Govt aided 2. Categories a. Water b. Toilet c. Hand washing with Soap d. Operations and Maintenance e. Behaviour Change and Capacity Building
Rangotsav 1. fortnight of cultural activities for both students and teachers
Kala utsav 1. Artistic talent for School students (Govt and Govt aided) 2. 9th -12th 3. Visual Arts and Crafts 4. School, District and State
National Testing Agency 1. Entrance examinations a. Admissions / Fellowships in HEIs 2. Chairman - Secretary,Dept of higher Education
PM Research Fellows 1. Research S & T 2. B.Tech./ M.Tech students from any recognized Indian institution will be offered direct admission in PhD Programme in the IITs/IISc/ Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISERs)
HEFA - Higher Education Financing Agency 1. implemented under initiative of “Revitalising Infrastructure & Systems in Education (RISE) by 2022” 2. MHRD (91%) + Canara Bank (9%) 3. HEFA incorporated on 31st May 2017, 4. creation of capital assets in premier educational institutions in India to cover school education, educational institutes under Ministry of health etc. 5. HEFA is registered under – Companies Act 2013 as a Union Govt company and – Non Deposit taking NBFC with RBI. 6. Chairman-Secretary,HRD ministry
SPARC - Scheme for Promotion of Research Collaboration 1. Government will fund such collaboration between Indian institutions which are in top 100 of either subject specific NIRF ranking or aggregate NIRF ranking on one hand and with foreign institutions figuring in top 500 QS world ranking. 2. Secretary (HE), MHRD, Chairman
STARS - Scheme for Transformational
and Advanced Research in Sciences
1. Objective
a. allowing educational institutions in the hinterland to collaborate with
established research centers in science.
b. making available high end research funding in the field of science to
researchers in small educational institutions.
2. Coordinated by IISc BangaloreARIIA 1. Innovation Cell and Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements 2. Innovation cell is MHRD’s initiative and has been established at AICTE premises with a purpose to systematically foster the culture of Innovation in all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across the country. 3. It will encourage healthy competiveness among Higher Educational Institutions. 4. to systematically rank all major higher educational institutions and universities in India on indicators related to “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development” amongst students and faculties.
ARIIA
Budget, Expenses to Support & Revenue Generated (20 Marks).
Infrastructures & Facilities to Support Innovations and Start-ups (10
Marks).
Awareness Activities for Promoting Idea Generation and Innovation (20
Parameters
Marks).
Promotion and Supporting Entrepreneurship Development (20 Marks).
Intellectual Property (IP) Generation, Technology Transfer and
Commercialization (14 Marks).
Innovative Learning Methods & Courses (10 Marks).
Innovations in Governance of the Institution (6 Marks).Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
1. Every institution adopts 5 villages
2. Technical institutions design technical solutions for local issues
3. Aim to connect institutions of higher education including Indian Institutes of
Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Indian
Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISERs) etc. with local
communities to address the development challenges through appropriate
technologies.
4. The objectives of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan are broadly two-fold:
a. Building institutional capacity in Institutes of higher education in
research & training relevant to the needs of rural India.
b. Provide rural India with professional resource support from institutes of
higher education, especially those which have acquired academic
excellence in the field of Science, Engineering & Technology and
ManagementSmart India Hackathon
1. A unique IT Initiative under which students are encouraged to apply
knowledge to the real life situations and to find innovative solutions to
the day to day problems
2. launched on 16th October 2017.
3. It includes 2 sub- editions – Software as well as Hardware:
1. Software Edition- 36-hour software product development
competition, similar in concept to SIH 2017.
2. In the new Hardware Edition of the Hackathon, the teams work for 5
consecutive days and build their hardware solutions for the proposed
problem statements.
4. SIH 2019 aims at developing software and hardware solutions to industrial
problems.National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 1. Outlines methodology to rank institutions across the country. 2. 2018 also saw the beginning of limited ranking of institutions in new areas like Medicine, Law and Architecture.
Study in India 1. Students from 30 countries across South Asia,Africa, CIS and Middle East can apply for different courses from 160 select Indian institutions (both public & private) which are high on NAAC and NIRF ranking 2. It will improve the global ranking of Indian Institutions
National Digital Library (NDL) 1. National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a project of the Ministry of Human Resource Development under the aegis of National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) 2. 1.9 Crore e-books and documents are available. 3. Content is available in English, Hindi and about 200 other languages.
Impactful Policy Research in Social
Sciences (IMPRESS)
1. Under the Scheme,1500 research projects will be awarded for 2 years to
support the social science research in the higher educational institutions and
to enable research to guide policy making.
2. The broad objectives of the scheme are:
a. To identify and fund research proposals in social sciences with
maximum impact on the governance and society.
b. To focus research on broad thematic areas such as:
State and Democracy, Urban transformation, Media, Culture and Society,
Employment, Skills and Rural transformation, Governance, Innovation
and Public Policy, Growth, Macro-trade and Economic Policy, Agriculture
and Rural Development, Health and Environment, Science and Education,
Social Media and Technology, Politics, Law and Economics.SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) 1. one integrated platform and portal for online courses using information and communication technology (ICT) and covering all higher education subjects and skill sector courses. 2. MOOCs is also now being used to train teachers through Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT). 3. NIOS is one of the National Coordinator of SWAYAM. 4. Leadership for Academicians Program (LEAP) and Annual Refresher Programme In Teaching (ARPIT) for higher education faculty
Leadership for Academicians
Programme (LEAP)
1. Three weeks Flagship leadership development training programme (2
weeks domestic and one week foreign training) for second level academic
functionaries in public funded higher education institutions.
2. The main objective is to prepare second tier academic heads who are
potentially likely to assume leadership roles in the future.Annual Refresher Programme in
Teaching (ARPIT)
1. to prepare online training material with focus on
a. latest developments in the discipline
b. new & emerging trends
c. pedagogical improvements and
d. methodologies for transacting revised curriculum.IMPRINT INDIA 1. November 2015 to channelize the research in premier institutions into areas that can have largest social and economic good for the country. 2. research projects under 10 selected domains are jointly funded by MHRD and other participating Ministries/Departments
UCHCHTAR AAVISHKAR ABHIYAAN 1. The scheme was launched to promote industry-specific need-based research so as to keep up the competitiveness of the Indian industry in the global market. 2. All the IITs have been encouraged to work with the industry to identify areas where innovation is required and come up with solutions that could be brought up to the commercialization level. 3. IIT Madras is the National Coordinator of the scheme. 4. These research projects are expected to result in registration of patents.
Global Initiative for Academics Network (GIAN) 1. Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) in Higher Education was launched on 30th November, 2015. 2. The programme seeks to invite distinguished academicians, entrepreneurs, scientists, experts from premier institutions from across the world to teach in the higher educational institutions in India.
UGC (Institutions of Eminence Deemed
to be Universities) Regulations, 2017
1. to create a distinct category called Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be
Universities (regulated differently from other Deemed to be Universities )
a. to evolve into Institutions of world class in reasonable time period.
b. to assist Indian Higher Education Institutions to get a rank within the top
100 in globally renowned rankings.
2. Government has shortlisted Six Institutions of Eminence (IoEs)
a. Public Sector
i. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
ii. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
iii. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
b. Private Sector
i. Jio Institute (Reliance Foundation), Pune under Green Field Category
ii. Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences,Pilani
iii. Manipal Academy of Higher Education, ManipalUGC (Institutions of Eminence Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2017 3. Government Institutions will get financial assistance of 1000 crores over a period of five years in addition to the grant already being received. 4. The institutions selected from the private sector will have complete autonomy to promote innovation and creativity expected to result in producing competent graduates for the development of the country.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
AYUSHMAN BHARAT Primary Healthcare
Additional Human Resource
Multiskilling/Training of existing service providers
Health and
Wellness Efficient logistics system
Centre
Robust IT system
AYUSHMAN Indigenous health system
BHARAT
Linkages with schools
PM-Jan Insurance Cover 5L / Family
Aarogya
Yojana National Health Agency (Implementing Agency)AYUSHMAN BHARAT Focus Areas of AB – HWC 1. Pregnancy and child-birth. 2. Neonatal and infant 3. Childhood and adolescent 4. Family Planning, Contraceptive services and other Reproductive Health 5. Communicable diseases including National Health Programmes 6. Ophthalmic and ENT problems 7. Basic Oral health care 8. Elderly and Palliative health care services 9. Emergency Medical Services 10. Mental health
AYUSHMAN BHARAT Features of PM-JAY 1. PMJAY is an entitlement based scheme. 2. deprivation and occupational criteria as per SECC data. 3. cashless and paperless access to services in any (both public and private) empaneled hospitals across India. 4. States are free to choose the modalities for implementation. 5. no restriction on family size 6. National Health Agency (NHA) (registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860) to implement the scheme.
AYUSHMAN BHARAT 1. Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission Council - an Apex body has been set up to provide policy direction to the scheme.
Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill,2018 1. AIM: regulation and standardization of education and services by allied and healthcare professionals.
Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill,2018
Define Allied Healthcare Professional
Define Health Professional
Allied and Healthcare Professions
Key Features
Allied and Healthcare council of India
State Allied and Healthcare Councils
Establishments of New Institutions
Offences and PenaltiesNational Medical Commission Bill, 2017
1. Replace Medical Council Act,1956
National Medical Medical Advisory
2. AIM: Commission Council
a. Availability of adequate and high
quality medical professionals. Key
b. Latest medical research Features
c. Periodic Assessment of Medical
Institutions Autonomous
Entrance Exams
d. Effective grievance redressal Bodies
mechanismNational Nutrition Mission
1. Ministry of Health and Family AIM Next 3 years
Welfare and Women and Child from 2017-18
Development per Annum
2. Focus Areas : 0-6 years, Adolescent Reduce Stunting 2%
Girls, Pregnant Women and
Lactating Mothers Under Nutrition 2%
3. Convergence of various schemes Anaemia 3%
Low Birth Weight 2%National Nutrition Mission
Major components / features of the Mission:
1. Mapping of various Schemes
2. ICT-based real time monitoring system
3. Incentivizing States/UTs for meeting the
targets
4. Incentivizing Anganwadi Workers
(AWWs) for using IT based tools
5. measurement of height of children at
the Anganwadi Centers (AWCs)
6. Social Audits
7. Setting-up Nutrition Resource Centers.Mental Healthcare Act,2017
AIM: protect the rights of Definition
people with mental health
problem to ensure that they are
able to receive optimum care Rights of Person with Mental Illness
and are able to live a life of
Components
dignity and respect
Advance Directive
Mental Health Authority
Mental Health Treatment
Suicide is DecriminalisedHIV & AIDS (Prevention & Control) Act, 2017
Prohibition of Discrimination against HIV+ persons
Informed consent and Disclosure of HIV status
Components
Role of Central and State govt
Role of Ombudsman
Guardianship
Court ProceedingUniversal Immunization Programme (UIP)
AIM: to prevent Under 5
Mortality
▪ Vaccines to
– Infant
– Child
– Pregnant Women
Mission Indra Dhanush
• 2014
• Vaccination to missed children
/ partially vaccinatedUniversal Immunization Programme (UIP)
Vaccines provided under UIP:
1. BCG - Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine.
2. OPV - Oral Polio Vaccine.
3. Hepatitis B vaccine
4. Pentavalent Vaccine - Diptheria,Tetanus, Pertusis,
Haemophilis influenza type B,Hepatitis B.
5. Rotavirus Vaccine
6. PCV - Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine.
7. fIPV - Fractional Inactivated Poliomylitis Vaccine.
8. Measles / MR vaccine - Measles and Rubella
9. JE vaccine - Japanese encephalitis vaccine.
10.DPT booster - Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis.
11.TT - Tetanus toxoidNational Viral Hepatitis Control Program
AIM: STRATEGIS:
1. ending viral hepatitis as a 1. preventive and promotive interventions.
public health threat in the 2. co-ordination and collaboration with
country by 2030. different Ministries and departments.
2. reduce morbidity and 3. increasing access to testing and
mortality due to viral management of viral hepatitis.
hepatitis. 4. promoting diagnosis and providing
treatment support .
5. building capacities at national, state,
district levels and sub-district level up to
Primary Health Centers.LABOUR ROOM QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE - LaQshya AIM: 1. reduce preventable maternal and new-born mortality, morbidity and stillbirths associated with the care around delivery in Labour room and Maternity OT. 2. conduct quality certification of labour rooms
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) AIM: 1. to provide assured, comprehensive and quality antenatal care, free of cost, universally to all pregnant women
Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)
AIM: Launched in February 2013 for child screening and free treatment
for 4 Ds i.e.
a. Defects at birth
b. Diseases
c. Deficiencies and
d. Development delays including disability.Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK)
Started in 2014 as a comprehensive Platforms
Programme focusing on i. Adolescent Friendly Health
1. Sexual and Reproductive Clinics (AFHCs)
Health ii. Adolescent Health Counselors
2. Nutrition iii.Weekly Iron Folic Acid
3. Injuries and Violence (including Supplementation (WIFS)
gender based violence) Programme
4. Non-Communicable Diseases iv.Menstrual Hygiene Scheme
v. Peer Education Programme
5. Mental Health and Substance
Misuse.MISSION PARIVAR VIKAS (MPV)
1. increasing the access to
contraceptives and family planning
services in districts with TFR of 3 and
above.
2. MPV encompasses the following gamut
of activities
a. Roll out of Injectable Contraceptives
Sterilization Compensation Scheme
Condom Boxes in public health
facilities
b. Nayi Pehl Kits to the newly married
couples
c. Saas Bahu SammellanAMRIT - Affordable Medicine and Reliable Implants for Treatment 1. A total of more than 5200 drugs and other consumables are being sold at upto 50% discounts
NIKSHAY Poshan Yojana 1. providing financial assistance for nutrition support at rate of Rs. 500/- per month has been initiated since April 2018. 2. DBT for NPY. 3. E-Health advances - programme management and surveillance. 4. Programme is enhancing its ICT based surveillance tool NIKSHAY. 5. NIKSHAY Aushadhi – drugs distribution management system 6. Call Centre with capacity of 90 seats has been established to cater to Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh and expanded to other states gradually. 7. Community Engagement and Multi-stakeholder efforts
IT initiatives in Healthcare
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)
1. envisages creation of tertiary healthcare
capacity in medical education, research and
clinical care in the underserved areas of the
country.
2. It aims at correcting regional imbalances in
the availability of affordable/reliable tertiary
healthcare services and also augmenting
facilities for quality medical education in the
country.
3. PMSSY has two components-
a. setting up of new AIIMS like institutes in
underserved regions of the country: and
b. upgradation of existing Govt Medical
Colleges (GMCs).Ministry of Women and Child Development
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP)
1. convergent effort of Ministries of
a. Women and Child Development
b. Health & Family Welfare
c. Human Resource Development
2. AIM: to bring an improvement in Sex
Ratio at Birth (SRB) through
a. improved health & nutrition
b. gender parity in education
c. better sanitation
d. opportunitiesOne Stop Centre 1. facilitating access to an integrated range of services including police, medical, legal, psychological support and temporary shelter to women affected by violence. 2. The Scheme is funded through Nirbhaya Fund
SHe Box 1. Sexual Harassment electronic–Box 2. facility of making online complaints of sexual harassment at workplace to all women employees in the country, including all government and private employees.
POSHAN Abhiyaan 1. reduce malnutrition from the Country in a phased manner, through the life cycle concept 2. bring down stunting of the children in the age group of 0-6 years from 38.4% to 25% by the year 2022
Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
1. Pregnant women and
lactating mothers
2. grant-in-aid is being released
to States/UTs in cost sharing
ratio
a. States & UTs with
Legislature 60:40
b. North-Eastern States &
Himalayan States it will be
90:10
c. 100% for Union Territories
without Legislature.
3. cash incentive amounting to
₹6,000Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
1. Society
2. meet the credit needs of
poor and asset less
women in the informal
sector
a. livelihood support
and
b. income generating
activitiesMahila E-Haat 1. direct online e- marketing platform to support Women entrepreneurs/SHGs/ NGOs 2. direct contact between the vendors and buyers
Mahila Shakti Kendra (MSK) Scheme 1. 2017-18 to 2019-20 2. to empower rural women through community participation and to create an environment in which they realize their full potential.
Ministry of Mines
Project “Sudoor Drishti” 1. “monitoring of mining activities using satellite imagery 2. Two Remote Sensing Labs are being set up at Hyderabad and Nagpur.
Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana
1. welfare of areas and people affected by mining related operations.
2. The main objective is
a. Minimize / mitigate the adverse impacts during and after mining on
• Environment
• Health
• Socio - Economic conditions of people in mining districts
b. ensure sustainable livelihood for the affected people.
3. The beneficiaries include people living in directly affected areas and displaced
family under the Land Acquisition Act.
4. implemented by the District Mineral Foundations with consent of Gram Shaba
5. District Mineral Foundation (DMF) is a trust set up under Mines and Minerals
(Development & Regulation) Amendment Act, (MMDRA) 2015 as a non-profit
body in those districts affected by the mining works.Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana
Drinking water
Health
Sanitation
Education
60 % Skill Development
Women and Child care
Utilization of Welfare of aged and disabled
DMFs Funds Environment conservation
Physical infrastructure
Irrigation
40 %
Energy
Watershed developmentMinistry of Chemical and Fertilizers
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana
(PMBJP)
1. quality Medicines, Surgical and Consumables at affordable prices
2. BPPI(Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India),Department of
Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers will be the
implementation agency for the PMBJP.
a. for coordinating procurement, supply and marketing of generic
drugs through the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi
Kendras.
b. In April 2010, BPPI got registered as an independent society
under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 as a separate legal
entity.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare
RKVY-RAFTAAR 1. strengthening infrastructure in agriculture and allied areas 2. RKVY — RAFTAR Agribusiness Incubators (RABIs) 1. Infrastructure 2. Manpower 3. Equipment 3. provide them an opportunity to generate innovations in agriculture and allied sector
Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)
1. Soil Health Management (SHM)
2. Organic farming
3. AIM
a. Promotion of commercial
organic production through
certified organic farming.
b. The produce will be
pesticide residue free and
will contribute to improve
the health of consumer.Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North
Eastern Region (MOVCDNER)
1. AIM: development of certified organic
production in a value chain mode to link
growers with consumers and to support
the development of entire value chain
starting from inputs, seeds, certification
and creation of facilities for collection,
aggregation, processing, marketing and
brand building initiative.
2. Major components of MOVCDNER:
a. Value Chain Production
b. Value Chain Processing
c. Value Chain Marketing
d. Value Chain Support Agencies.Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) –
Per Drop More Crop
1. Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare
2. water use efficiency at farm level through precision/micro irrigation.
3. micro level water storage or water conservation/management activities
4. Micro Irrigation Fund
a. enhancing water use efficiency
b. to facilitate the States in mobilizing the resources for expanding
coverage of Micro Irrigation by taking up special and innovative projects
5. Rainfed Area Development Programme
a. Integrated Farming System (IFS) (Cropping System +) for enhancing
productivity and minimizing risks associated with climatic variabilities.Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan
(PM-AASHA)
1. AIM: ensure remunerative price to farmers
Components
PDPS –Price PPPS – Pilot of Private
PSS – Price Support
Deficiency Payment Procurement and
Scheme
Scheme Stockist SchemeNational Agriculture Market (e-NAM)
National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) 1. pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities. 2. Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) is the lead agency for implementing eNAM under the aegis of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India.
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
GOBARdhan scheme 1.Galvanising Organic Bio-Agro Resource dhan or “GOBARdhan” scheme on 30th April 2018. 2. The scheme is aimed at keeping villages clean while increasing the income of farmers and cattle owners by promoting local entrepreneurs to convert cattle dung and other organic resources to biogas and organic manure.
Swajal 1. community demand driven, decentralized, single village, preferably solar powered, mini PWS (Piped Water Supply) programme for the 117 aspirational districts identified by NITI Aayog. 2. Gram Panchayats in partnership with rural communities and State sectoral agencies would be involved in the execution of the scheme and also operate and maintain the scheme. 3. The programme would also sustain ODF status.
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