GOVT SCHEMES GS2

Question 1

Ease of Doing Business Rankings of the States: DPIIT

Answer 1

• Released by: The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  
  • Top Performers: (1) Andhra Pradesh; (2) Uttar Pradesh; (3) Telangana; (4) Madhya Pradesh; (5) Jharkhand.
  • Worst performers: (1) Tripura; (2) Sikkim; (3) Odisha

Question 2

SAROD-Ports: Dispute Resolution Mechanism launched

Answer 2

• Composition: Members from Indian Ports Association (IPA) and Indian Private Ports and Terminals Association (IPTTA).
  
  • Functions: (1) SAROD-Ports will advise and assist in settlement of disputes through arbitrations in the maritime sector.
  • Benefits: (1) SAROD-Ports will become the pivotal mechanism of ummeed (hope), vishwas (trust) and nyaya (justice) in the Port sector of India; (2) It will lead to saving huge amounts of legal expenditure and time; (3) Enforcement of concession agreements in the letter and spirit.

Question 3

Delhi Master Plan 2041

Answer 3

• Focus: Sustainability, inclusivity and equity, blue-green infrastructure, cycling infrastructure, walking circuits for pedestrians, removal of all sources of pollution and unauthorised colonies
  
  • Objective: To be proactive and forward-looking
  • Features: Spaces for yoga, active sports, open air exhibitions, museums and information centres, and other low impact public uses.

Question 4

Bamboo Clusters launched

Answer 4

• States covered: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Uttarakhand and Karnataka.
  
  • Ministry: Union Ministry for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare

Question 5

JK-IGRAMS & National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS)

Answer 5

• Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) launched the Jammu and Kashmir Integrated Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (JK-IGRAMS) in order to create an interface with the public and focus on governance issues in the Union Territory.
  
  • The National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) was also launched.

Question 6

EPFO’s New Facility on UMANG App started

Answer 6

Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG) App which enables members of the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) 1995 to apply online for Scheme Certificates.

Question 7

UMANG App

Answer 7

• It is a unified, secure, multi-channel, multi-platform, multi-lingual, multi-service mobile app.
  
  • Developed by: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and National e-Governance Division (NeGD)
  • Objective: To drive mobile governance under Digital India.

Question 8

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)

Answer 8

• It is a government organisation that manages the provident fund and pension accounts for the workforce engaged in the organized sector in India.
  
  • It implements the Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.
  • Administered by: Ministry of Labour and Employment.

Question 9

Ambedkar Social Innovation & Incubation Mission launched

Answer 9

• The Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission under Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes (SCs) was recently launched.
  
  • Ministry: Ministry of Social Justice
  • Objective: To promote innovation and enterprise among SC students studying in higher educational institutions.

Question 10

Property Cards to be distributed under SVAMITVA scheme

Answer 10

Indian Prime Minister will launch the physical distribution of Property Cards under the SVAMITVA Scheme on October 11, 2020 to transform rural India.

Question 11

SVAMITVA scheme

Answer 11

• It was launched in April 2020.
  
  • Aim: To provide the record of rights to village household owners in rural areas and issue Property Cards.
  • It is being implemented across India in a phased manner over a period of four years.
  • It will cover around 6.62 lakh villages
  • The launch will enable around 1 lakh property holders to download their Property Cards through the SMS link delivered on their mobile phones.

Question 12

Tech for Tribals initiative

Answer 12

Launched by: TRIFED under Ministry of Tribal Affairs in collaboration with Chhattisgarh MFP Federation and IIT, Kanpur

Question 13

Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED)

Answer 13

• It came into existence in 1987.
  
  • It is a national-level apex organization.
  • The basic objective of the TRIFED is to provide good price of the ‘Minor Forest Produce (MFP) collected by the tribes of the country.
  • It functions under Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India.

Question 14

Nation- wide campaign to celebrate Kamdhenu Deepawali Abhiyan started

Answer 14

• Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA) recently started a nation- wide campaign to celebrate Kamdhenu Deepawali Abhiyan on the occasion of Deepawali festival.
  
  • Through this campaign, the RKA is promoting extensive use of cow-dung/ Panchgavya products during this Diwali Festival.

Question 15

Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA)

Answer 15

• It was constituted by Indian Prime Minister for the conservation, protection and development of cows and their progeny and for giving direction to the cattle development programmes.
  
  • It is a high powered permanent body to formulate policy and to provide direction to the implementation of schemes related to cattle so as to give more emphasis on livelihood generation

Question 16

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission

Answer 16

• It is a centrally sponsored programme,
  
  • Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development
  • Aim: (1) To eliminate rural poverty through the promotion of multiple livelihoods and improved access to financial services for the rural poor households across the country; (2) To reach out to all rural poor households and impact their livelihoods.
  • It involves working with community institutions through community professionals.

Question 17

Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE) awarded

Answer 17

The assistance to these centres will be provided in the form of bridging the gaps in sports equipment, high performance managers, coaches, sports scientists and technical support.States and UTs selected: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Tripura and J&K.

Question 18

Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme inaugurated in Bihar

Answer 18

Implemented by: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

* Aim: To connect all 45,945 villages of Bihar with high-speed optical fibre internet by 31st March 2021.
*  Under the scheme, Bihar has to provide at least five fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections per village and at least one WiFi hotspot per village.
*  The Scheme will lead digital services including e-Education, e-Agriculture, Tele-Medicine, and other social security schemes in Bihar.
*  It shall boost the local employment generation with the implementation of Bharat Net initiative which will be done by recruiting local workers.

Question 19

Aditi Urja Sanch inaugurated

Answer 19

• The Union Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences recently inaugurated the Dimethyl ether (DME) fired “Aditi Urja Sanch” unit along with the DME-LPG blended fuel cylinders.
  
  • It is a newly designed Burner.