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Suspension and restart of MPLADS scheme
Context: Citing economic recovery, the Union Cabinet recently restored the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) that was suspended in April 2020 subsuming the funds for the scheme in the consolidated fund of India. Background The Government suspended the MPLADS to use the funds “to strengthen the Government’s effo... .Read more
Updated on 12 November, 2021 GS2 Daily Updates
Union Cabinet brings back MPLAD Scheme
Context: Citing economic recovery, the Union Cabinet recently restored the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) that was suspended in April 2020 subsuming the funds for the scheme in the consolidated fund of India. Background The scheme was suspended for two financial years (2020-21 and 2021-22) but the Government recently an... .Read more
Updated on 11 November, 2021 GS2 Daily Updates
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Lack of Funding in MGNREGA
Context: Recently, the Centre has decided to scrap the system of caste-based wage payments in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme after complaints from State Governments. Earlier, the Central government had introduced a category-wise (SC, ST and others) wage payment system, for better accounting purposes. No do... .Read more
Updated on 8 November, 2021 GS2 Daily Updates
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PM launches mega health infra mission, slams previous government
Context: Prime Minister recently launched the nationwide Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission, which he said will strengthen health infrastructure, right from the village level, in the next four or five years. Recent steps by the government in health sector PM inaugurating nine medical colleges in Siddharthnagar district Launching the hea... .Read more
Updated on 26 October, 2021 GS2 Daily Updates
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Govt. offers reward for Samaritans
Context: Good Samaritans who rescue victims of serious road accidents and rush them to a hospital within the golden hour will now be rewarded with ₹5,000. More in the news They will also be eligible for a cash prize of ₹1 lakh which will be given to 10 such Samaritans in a year. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways wrote to all States a... .Read more
Updated on 6 October, 2021 GS2 Daily Updates
Health benefit package under Ayushman Bharat revised
Context: The National Health Authority (NHA), the apex body for implementing Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), has revised the Health Benefit Package (HBP) Master under the scheme. What is revised? In the revised version of Health Benefit Package (HBP 2.2), rates of some packages have been increased by 20% to 400% under t... .Read more
Updated on 6 October, 2021 GS2 Daily Updates
