The number of people benefited from the 'Ayushman Bharat' scheme has crossed the one crore-mark. In September 2018, Modi had launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana-Ayushman Bharat. It has been termed as the biggest government-sponsored healthcare scheme in the world. The mission is ...

The Cabinet has approved the “Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana - A scheme to bring about Blue Revolution through sustainable and responsible development of fisheries sector in India” with highest ever investment of Rs. 20050 crores in fisheries sector comprising of Central share of Rs. 9407 ...

Union Cabinet has given its approval to the following for the welfare of and to enable old age income security for Senior Citizens: As per the approval, the scheme is extended up to 31 March 2023 for a further period of three years beyond 31 March 2020. It also allowed initially an assured ...

Ministry of Defence has approved the launch of the Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS) with an outlay of Rs.400 crore. The aim is to create a state of the art testing infrastructure for the defence sector and to boost domestic defence and aerospace manufacturing. DTID Scheme will run ...

Atal Pension Yojana (APY), the flagship social security scheme of the government has completed five years of successful implementation. APY was launched on 9 May 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The aim of the scheme is to deliver old age income security, particularly to the workers in the ...

The Centre has sanctioned ₹33,300 crore under the MGNREGA in the current financial year so far to liquidate all outstanding dues of previous years and to meet wage expenditure till June. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The States and Union Territories (UTs) have been directed ...

Government of India has issued guidelines regarding the SVAMITVA scheme, a new initiative of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. He also released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) regarding e-Gram Swaraj. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The aim of the program is to provide rural ...

The government has provided for “one-time exemption in furnishing of utilization certificate” for release of the first instalment, and exemption from furnishing of audit certificate for release of the second instalment under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) Scheme. This ...

The Union Cabinet has approved revamping of "Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)" and "Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS)" to address the existing challenges in implementation of Crop Insurance Schemes. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The Centre has slashed its ...

Department of Heavy Industry has sanctioned 2,636 Electric Vehicles (EVs) charging stations in 62 cities across 24 States/UTs under FAME India (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles in India) scheme phase II. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Electric vehicles ...