The Scheme, also known as Saubhagya aims to provide last mile electrical connectivity to all rural and urban households.
It will provide subsidy on equipment like transformers, meters and wires.
The government has set the target of providing 24X7 power for all by 2019.
LPG Panchayat
Union Petroleum Ministry has launched LPG Panchayat, aimed at encouraging rural communities to turn to clean fuel.
The first LPG Panchayat was held in Gandhinagar, which brings LPG users of a village and officials of fuel companies together.
It created an interactive platform to discuss safe and sustainable usage of LPG, its benefits and linkages between using clean fuel and empowering women.
Soil Quality Scheme
Government aims to analyse the soil quality of farms through Hyper Spectral Imaging (HSI) technique developed by IIT Bombay.
HSI means analysing extremely detailed images of an object, to the scale of nanometres and then reconstructing its constituent elements.
The technique can picture the nutrient balance of a patch of land without necessarily collecting soil sample.
Thus Satellite-images, images from low lying drones can be used to calculate the proportion of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous as well as other minerals in the soil.
Pralay Sahayam
Ministry of Defence hosted a multi-agency exercise “Pralay Sahayam” on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad.
The event demonstrated efforts of all central and state agencies, NDRF and the Armed Forces towards jointly tackling an urban flooding scenario in Hyderabad.
Bharat ke Kaushalzaade
Ministry of Rural Development has organized ‘Bharat ke Kaushalzaade’ on the occasion of Antyodaya Diwas 2017.
It is an event honouring beneficiaries of its Ministry of Rural Development key skilling programmes i.e. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) and Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETI).
Antyodaya mission aims at reaching out to the last person in the rural areas.
Kaushal Panjee
Ministry of Rural Development has launched a mobilization platform ‘Kaushal Panjee’ (Skill Register).
The skill register aims to be citizen centric end-to-end solution to aid mobilization of candidates for RSETIs and DDU-GKY.
It facilitates mobilization through Self Help Group members, Gram Panchayat Functionaries, Block Officials, CSCs and directly by the candidate.
RSETIs and DDU-GKY Partners can access the Kaushal Panjee to connect with the mobilized rural youth.
Kaushal Panjee is connected to the Social Economic Caste Census 2011 which will help the States plan and target their mobilizations based on the socio-economic profile of households in their State.
DDU-GKY
DDU-GKY was launched with a focus on building capacity of rural youth to address the needs of domestic and global skills requirements.
It focused on rural youth between the ages of 15 and 35 years from poor families.
Special initiatives under DDU-GKY -
Himayat : A special scheme for the youth (rural & urban) of Jammu & Kashmir.
Roshni: A special initiative for the rural youth of poor families in 27 Left-wing Extremist (LWE) districts across 9 states.
Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETI)
RSETIs are established in each district with dedicated infrastructure to impart training and skill up gradation of rural youth geared towards entrepreneurship development.
RSETIs are managed by banks with active co-operation from the Central and State Governments.
Nanny State
It is a term that refers to any government that intervenes excessively in the daily lives of its citizens.
It is usually used to refer to governments that engage in heavy taxation and regulation of the economy.
The term was used to criticise government intervention in people’s lives but supporters believe it can improve the lives of citizens through careful policies.