India has the third largest startup base in the world. Ideas, passion, and dedication alone cannot keep entrepreneurs going. They also require money. The government is striving to make credit easily available to startups. With the number of startups rising by the day. The Government is doing its part to promote and support them. For this government has… Read More »
The Mid Day Meal Scheme is a school meal programme of the Government of India. It is designed to better the nutritional standing of school-age. The programme supplies free lunches on working days for children. Serving 120,000,000 children in over 1,265,000 schools and Education Guarantee Scheme centers. It is the largest of its kind in the world. India has… Read More »
Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao is the social awareness campaign. BBBP is making the parents celebrate the birth of a baby girl instead of getting unhappy. Hundreds of years have witnessed Indian families not rejoicing on the birth of a girl child. Not only in rural areas but also in educated urban areas. On top of it, many families used to… Read More »
The MHRD has launched a programme called Unnat Bharat Abhiyan.UBA‘s aim to connect institutions with local communities to address the development. Abhiyan is inspired by the vision of transformational change in rural development. By providing knowledge institutions to help build the architecture of India. Its mission is thought of development as a movement. It enables processes that connect institutes… Read More »
India Post will launch its long-awaited payments bank. India Post to launch 650 branches across the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the IPPB. India Post Payment Bank aims to utilize all of India’s 155,015 post offices as access points. 3 lakh postal postmen. Grameen Dak Sewaks. to provide house to house banking services. India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) will… Read More »
Department of Pharmaceuticals, the operator of Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana. PMJAY is a two-way benefit scheme that will benefit the customer as well as a medicine seller. The medicine sold will be less than the amount of 70% of the market price. Medicine sold are not branded but have the same efficiency. Eligibility to Open a Jan Aushadhi Store PMJAY Eligibility… Read More »
Accident insurance scheme offering accidental death and disability cover for death or disability on account on an accident. PMSBY will be a one year cover, renewable from year to year. The Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana would be offered through Public Sector General Insurance Companies and other General Insurance companies willing to offer the product on similar terms.… Read More »
Pradhan Mantri is interested in getting the unbanked population to bring in the mainstream banking system. Pradhan Mantri thus has come up with the new PRADHAN MANTRI JEEVAN JYOTI BIMA YOJANA. PMJJBY is for the people or workers employed by the unorganized sector. And it offers a renewable life insurance cover of Rs. 2lakhs with just a premium… Read More »
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) or Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) is a nation-wide campaign in India. That aims to clean up the streets, roads and infrastructure of India’s cities, towns, and rural areas. The campaign’s official name is in Hindi and translates to “Clean India Mission” in English. The objectives of Swachh Bharat include reduction of open excretion. Through the construction of societal-owned… Read More »
Union Government has announced the Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS) in 2012-13 and further expanded in 2013-14. It is a tax saving scheme. It is designed exclusively for new investors with little or no experience in the securities market. Under Section 80CCG of the Income Tax Act, you as an investor qualify for a 50 percent deduction of… Read More »