Steps taken for Disabled population ✅NEP 2020: progressive education policy ✅Accessible India Campaign: To create a barrier-free environment for independent, safe and dignified living ✅The international development agenda says “Leave No One Behind.” ✅The RPwD Act also increased the ...

Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) Program ✅The programme targets improvements in the performance of 5.5 lakh MSMEs. ✅It is expected to mobilise financing of USD 15.5 billion, as part of the government’s USD 3.4 billion MSME Competitiveness – A Post-COVID Resilience and ...

PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) ✅PM MITRA Parks will offer an opportunity to create an integrated textiles value chain right from spinning, weaving, processing/dyeing, and printing to garment manufacturing at 1 location ✅An integrated Textile Value chain at 1 ...

SWAMIH Fund ✅The Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH) Investment Fund I is a social impact fund specifically formed for completing stressed and stalled residential projects. ✅The Fund is sponsored by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, and is managed by ...

Dhara Initiative The unique and flagship initiative “Dhara: Ode to Indian Knowledge Systems”, taken up under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav by the Ministry of Culture has completed one year in February 2023. ✅The Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) Division of the Ministry of Education ...

Genetic Improvement program for Indigenous  Fish species ✅Genetic Improvement Programme of Indian White Shrimp: The farmed shrimp sector contributes about 70% of India's seafood exports worth Rs. 42000 crores, but it mostly depends on one exotic Specific Pathogen-Free stock of Pacific ...

Lord Macaulay’s Minute • The famous Lord Macaulay’s Minute settled the row in favour of Anglicists— the limited government resources were to be devoted to the teaching of Western sciences a lone literature through the medium of English language alone. • Lord Macaulay held the view that ...

FIRST ANGLO-MYSORE WAR (1767-1769) • The English were confident of their military strength after their success in Bengal. They concluded a treaty with the Nizam of Hyderabad (1766) persuading him to give them the Northern Circars (region) in lieu of which they said they would protect the Nizam ...

Scheme: Urja Ganga Project Key Facts about the scheme : Urja Ganga is a pipeline project which aims to provide eco-friendly fuel natural gas to households, vehicles and industries. The first phase of ‗Urja Ganga‘ taken up Jagdishpur – Haldia and Bokaro – Dhamra Pipeline project (JHBDPL). The ...

Mission Shakti ✅It is an integrated-umbrella scheme of MWCD aimed at strengthening interventions for women safety, security and empowerment during the 15th Finance Commission period 2021-22 to 2025-26. It has two sub-schemes – ∆Under Samarthya, a new component of Gap Funding for Economic ...

Clean Plant program ✅With the demand for foreign planting materials of fruits like apples, avocados and blueberries rising over the years, the Central government plans to set up 10 ‘Clean Plant Centres’ ✅Objective: To boost domestic production of the selected fruit crops ✅Services ...

Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan Scheme ✅It is a Central sector scheme which focuses on the skilling, entrepreneurship and leadership training requirements of the minority and artisan communities across the country. This is an integrated scheme that converges five erstwhile schemes of ...