Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan (PM-SYM) Scheme News: The scheme was formally launched in Ahmedabad. About the scheme It is a central sector scheme open to unorganised workers, whose monthly income is Rs 15000/- or below and who have an Aadhar number as well as savings bank account. The minimum age for joining the scheme is 18 years and the ma... .Read more
Updated on 5 March, 2019 Daily Updates
Benefits extended to workers in unorganised sector Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan Yojana was launched by the Prime Minister. It is a scheme for the unorganised sector. The scheme has been launched to take care of the needs of the workers in case of death, retirement or illness. Need for the scheme More than 90% of the workers belong to ... .Read more
Updated on 5 March, 2019 Daily Updates
Public Private Partnership (PPP) Project is based on a contract or concession agreement, between a Government or statutory entity on the one side and a private sector company on the other side, for delivering an infrastructure service on payment of user charges. “Viability Gap Funding” or Grant (one-time or deferred), is provided by the govt. under th... .Read more
Updated on 4 March, 2019 Daily Updates
1. Pradhanmantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna: Government announced fixed yearly income for small and marginal farmers. This scheme will benefit about 12 crore farmers who have 2 Hectare land. Rupees 6000 per year direct cash transfer in their account. Cash transfer will be given in three equal installments of Rs 2000 each. The benefit under this yojna wi... .Read more
Updated on 4 March, 2019 Daily Updates
Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana, or Saubhagya It aims to make electricity accessible to every household by the end of 2018. Under the scheme poor households which have no access to electricity will be provided electricity connections free of cost. The beneficiaries for free electricity connections would be identified using Socio Econo... .Read more
Updated on 4 March, 2019 Daily Updates
In Budget 2015-16, Union Finance Ministry stated that stocks of gold in India were estimated to be over 20,000 tonnes but mostly this gold was neither traded, nor monetised. Gold Monetisation Scheme replace both the present Gold Deposit and Gold Metal Loan Schemes. This scheme would allow the depositors of gold to earn interest in their metal accounts and ... .Read more
Updated on 4 March, 2019 Daily Updates